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December 21

"Good thing I put this one on the lower shelf," Fiyero said with a slight grimace. "You'll have to be very careful with this one."

"Not another necklace, surely," Elphaba said, eyeing the box uncertainly. "I told you –"

"It's not a necklace," Fiyero interrupted. "But that's all I'll say. Better put it on the table to open it."

Elphaba took the box from Fiyero and, gripping it firmly, brought it over to the coffee table in front of the sofa.

Her first peek inside the box revealed a lot of green tissue paper. Once that had been removed, she noticed a thick layer of bubblewrap. She looked up at Fiyero. "Now I know why I have to be careful with it. It's something fragile, isn't it? Something breakable." She shook her head. "Which means you –"

"I told you, Elphaba," Fiyero reminded her, "the money thing doesn't matter. You're the only thing that matters to me."

Wisely deciding not to argue this time, Elphaba gingerly lifted the object out of its box and peeled off the bubblewrap.

"Oh, Fiyero," she breathed, her eyes widening. "It's beautiful!"

Elphaba held in her hands a china figurine which depicted two children. One, a boy with black hair, was climbing a tree; the other, a girl with brown hair and wearing a green dress, was lying on the grass below, reading.

"Do you like it?"

Elphaba looked up and nodded, her eyes filled with wonder. "It's perfect. I can't…oh, my goodness. Wow. Thankyou," she said sincerely, standing up to kiss Fiyero's cheek.

Fiyero smiled and kissed Elphaba's nose in return. "You're welcome."

"I've never owned anything like this before… Oh, gracious, what will Father say?" Her eyes widened as she began to worry about what may happen when her father found out she had something so expensive amongst her possessions.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Fiyero told her gently. "He needn't know yet."

Elphaba bit her lip and hesitated before nodding. "You're right." She glanced over at the figurine again. "It really is beautiful. Thankyou."

"Anything for you, sweetheart. Anything at all."