Chapter 9

Chapter 9

It took all of Glinda's strength not to fall to the ground at that moment, for Elphaba's words had left her weak in the knees. She couldn't believe how much she loved the woman next to her. She had long ago settled on the idea that she would never find true love.

"Mommy you're red." Ella pointed out which made Glinda turn even redder.

"Red and green aren't quite as flattering and pink and green." Elphaba laughed. Glinda turned her head away to hide her further embarrassment.

Elphaba bent down so she was face to face with Ella. "Can I ask you to do me a favor?"

Ella shook her head in response. The green girl leaned towards Glinda's daughter and whispered something in her ear that Glinda could not hear. Glinda watched her daughters face change from curious to excited. Elphaba backed away from the younger girl and flashed her a smile.

"So you can do that?" she confirmed. Glinda still had no idea what Elphaba had asked her daughter to do. Ella giggled and shook her head. "Perfect." The green girl stood back up.

"What on earth was that about?" Glinda was curious.

"You'll see in time." Elphaba's answer left Glinda with a pout on her face. She didn't like waiting around.

"Hey sweetheart mommy still needs to talk to Elphaba about some stuff. Can you go in your room and play with your toys?" Glinda asked her daughter. Ella was not too keen on the idea of leaving her mother and so she put up a protest.

"But I don't want to go." The two-year old whined. Glinda picked her daughter up.

"I know you don't and I don't want you to go but you have to." Glinda commanded. Ella pouted. It was the same adorable pout that Glinda used to get her way. Elphaba smiled at the interaction between mother and daughter.

"No." Ella pouted some more.

"Please?" Glinda asked nicely. "I know someone who has a birthday coming up and I'm sure they would be disappointed if their party got cancelled."

"Cancelled?" Ella's eyes went wide.

"Yes cancelled."

"You're mean mommy." Ella shouted at her mother.

Glinda did not like when her daughter threw temper tantrums and especially did not like the fact that this one was being thrown in front of Elphaba.

"I will give you to the count of three to make up your mind. One…" she counted. "…Two" Ella still didn't budge. "Don't make me get to three young lady." Ella finally gave in.

"Fine. But I don't like you." She turned her head away from her mothers. Glinda hated seeing her daughter so upset and knowing she was the cause.

"But I love you." Was all Glinda said before she turned her attention back towards Elphaba. "Elphie, I'm going to go take Ella to her room. Will you be okay in here while I'm gone?"

Elphaba nodded and Glinda left the room.

The green girl laid down on Glinda's bed to think. She couldn't believe she had just called Glinda her everything out loud and in front of her daughter no less. Sure she had thought it for years now, but saying it out loud only made it seem that much more realistic. She knew she either had to do something about her feelings soon or that she would eternally stay in the friend zone. She couldn't imagine spending any more time pining over the blonde than she already had.

She continued to think through her actions over the past day, as her eyes grew tired. She closed them for a split second to think and before she knew it she had fallen asleep still wrapped in her towel.

Glinda returned sometime later after giving Ella a stern talk on how to behave in front of company. She opened the door to her room and saw Elphaba curled up asleep on top of the covers of her bed. She also noticed the compromising position the green girl was in. Her towel had risen up a couple of inches above her knee.

"Oh sweet Oz." Glinda whispered as she took in the sight. Elphaba was beautiful to her. She didn't want to get caught staring like she had before and so she went over to cover Elphaba with a cover.

"Here you are my beautiful." Glinda laid the blanket over top of Elphaba. "Sleep tight."

She then turned and went back over to her couch. She needed to put the finishing touches on her spell. She had performed glamour spells in the past, but was not exactly sure how this one would turn out, usually she glamoured one aspect of a person such as their nose or mouth. This time she would be doing a full body glamour.

She opened up her spell book and read the section on glamour's.

"Ah ha. Here it is. Full Body Glamour." She said aloud as she located the space in her book about full body glamour's.

She skimmed the section and her eyes got wide as she read the last paragraph. Her jaw dropped towards the ground and she continued to stare at the paper.

"I have to do what!" she said in disbelief. She had to have read that wrong. She went back to the start of the paragraph and read again.

For a full body glamour, one must touch every body part they wish to be glamoured and say a quick chant. The chant is not as important as the touching and so if you forget a word then that is okay. As long as the person performing the spell keeps physical contact with the glamour recipient then it is okay.

"I have to what?!" Glinda repeated. She would have to touch Elphaba for this spell to work. That wasn't the part that worried her. The part that worried her was she would have to touch Elphaba everywhere. This was not a simple nose glamour where she just touched a nose, or arm glamour where she just touched an arm. For this kind of magic she had to touch everything.

"Oh sweet Oz." Glinda let out a sigh. She wanted to perform this glamour for Elphaba but was not sure that she could bring herself to do it. If she touched Elphaba then she knew she wouldn't be able to stop.

Glinda continued to debate whether or not to perform the glamour when Elphaba finally stirred.

"Glinda?" Elphaba groggily called from the bed. Glinda let all of her thoughts drain out as she heard Elphaba call for her.

"I'm right her sweetie." Glinda got up from the couch and headed over to the bed where Elphaba was.

"I didn't mean to fall asleep." Elphaba looked embarrassed. Glinda smiled.

"It's okay. You needed it."

"Oh thanks." Elphaba sarcastically responded. "Did I really look that horrible?" she continued to tease the blonde.

"You looked beautiful before, but even better now." Glinda smiled. She was unwilling to take Elphie's bait. She had something to discuss with her.

"Elphie we need to talk about the glamour spell." Glinda looked away. She didn't want to face Elphaba when she told her what she had found out.

"Okay but can I change first?" Elphaba nodded at her current attire.

"Actually it's best you stay like that." Glinda responded which earned a raised eyebrow from the green witch.

"I'm intrigued. Please continue." Elphaba encouraged the blonde to continue.

"It's about the glamour. I was reading how to do a full body one and…" Glinda's face went red. "It says I need to touch you." She whispered. Elphaba couldn't hear.

"You need to what?" Elphaba asked the blonde to repeat what she had just said.

"Touch you." Glinda continued to whisper. Elphaba still couldn't quite hear.

"Glinda, honestly, you need to just come out and say it."

"I need to touch you Elphie!" Glinda said loudly enough she was on the verge of a scream.

Elphaba's eyes went wide and her face turned a darker green. "Oh." She tried to respond coolly.

"In order for the glamour to work I have to touch every body part I wish to glamour." Glinda tried to explain logically.

Elphaba continued to look dazed. She wanted Glinda to touch her so badly but knew that if she did she wouldn't want her to stop.

"No Elphie. Don't think like that. This is for scientific purposes. You can't let yourself get carried away." The green girl tried to convince herself that this was the right thing to do.

"Well if that's what it requires…then I guess we have to do it." Elphaba nervously said.

Glinda's eyes went wide. "Do it?! They didn't have to do it for this to work."

"I don't mean have sex Elphie." Glinda blushed. Elphaba realized what she had said and hit herself on the head for not being clearer.

"I didn't mean to say do it as in do it. I meant that let's do the whole touching thing." Elphaba clarified. Her skin had turned a shade of green she had never seen before.

"Oh." Glinda slapped herself in the head. Of course Elphie meant do it as in the exercise.

"When should we do the exercise?" Elphaba made sure to choose her words wisely this time.

"Well Ella is with her nanny right now and the sooner we do the glamour the safer it will be for you." Glinda looked up towards Elphaba.

"All right." Elphaba's voice shook. She had always imagined Glinda touching her, but never in a million years thought the reason behind it would be magic.

"Elphie I don't have to touch everything you know. Only the parts people will see. Like what you did with the concealer." Glinda tried to make the situation easier on the green girl. Her motives were selfish however. She knew that it would be easier for her to avoid certain areas as to not stir up emotions.

"Oh." Elphaba almost sounded disappointed. Almost. "Well I guess that would work. I don't really plan on prancing around nude anytime soon." She tried to smile to lighten the mood.

Glinda smiled back. "I would hope not. I think Master Toyik would have himself a heart attack."

Elphaba laughed. Apparently she had not been the only one to notice the crush that Leland seemed to be developing on her.

"Let me go get the oils I need for the spell." Glinda got up from her position next to Elphaba.

"Oils?" Elphaba managed to croak out. When she finally thought she would be able to handle the touching Glinda had to go and say something about oils.

"Yes oils. For the spell to properly work I have to touch you with a specific oil on my hand." Glinda was hopping this would not be too much for Elphaba to handle. She knew personally that it was beyond her own limit.

"Oh. If it is necessary then." Elphaba found her voice. The oil thrown in the mix had thrown her off.

"You just stay tight and let me go get the stuff." Glinda reassured her and went off into the other room to gather materials.

"This should be fun." Elphaba huffed.