Chapter Twenty-One
Elphaba woke to the sun hitting her eyes from the nearby window in Fiyero's room. She squinted her eyes as she rose from his chest, and he too stirred from his sleep to see Elphaba's stretching figure.
He couldn't help but smile at the green woman in front of him and when she saw his smile, she frowned at him and said, "What?" in a tired voice.
His smile grew bigger and he replied, "You're so beautiful."
Her expression softened and she gave him a sweet kiss, "Good morning."
He returned the kiss, "Morning, Fae." He stretched further and asked, "What time is it?"
Elphaba's head snapped up- the time! "Oz, Fiyero! I have to get back to Glinda!" she exclaimed before starting to dart out of the room.
"Woah, woah! Where are you going?" he said, catching her arm before she said,
"We have to keep this on the down low. No one can know- your parents, the staff, no one. I have to go!" Before she left, he took her in for one more drawn out kiss. She regrettably ended the kiss and darted out of the room.
Elphaba scurried to Glinda's room as quickly and quietly as her legs would take her. She closed the door behind her with a sigh of relief, as she saw no one on her race back. However, when she opened her relieved eyes, she saw Glinda, arms crossed in front of her with a suspicious look on her face.
"Elphaba Thropp, where have you been?!" she said, keeping her gaze.
Elphaba blushed and shook her head, "Glinda, it's not what you think! Please, we didn't do anything!" Her eyes pleaded with the blonde.
Glinda stepped closer, "Continue." She simply said.
Elphaba swallowed and replied, "We were talking and we just slept together. Literally. We used to share a bed in the prison when it got cold and we-"
"Prison?!" Glinda said dropping her arms in shock and confusion, "You were imprisoned?!"
Elphaba hesitated, "I-I thought you knew, Glin." She gestured towards herself; "I was taken from Munchkinland and held captive for months, Oz, maybe a year. Fiyero was taken with me, and we were together the entire time. He- he cared for me and we…we spent every moment together." She slowly sat down and Glinda went to her friends' side. She looked up to Glinda and asked, "I never told you, Glinda. I'm so sorry." She saw Elphaba's eyes begin to well with tears and Glinda replied,
"Oh, Elphie, don't cry! You don't have to say anything else." She rubbed Elphaba's back and Elphaba protested,
"No, you deserve to know." She nodded and Glinda nodded back, taking the seat next to Elphaba. Then, Elphaba continued, "We…we were never together. He never pushed me or anything like that. He was the first person who ever cared about me, and it took a while, but I fell for him, Glinda. He loved me so much and I thought we were going to be together, forever. He wanted to marry me." She said, smiling faintly at the memory, "But then the Vinkus won the war and took him away. I got shuffled around for a while before I came to your family. And here we are- with my boss engaged to marry the man I thought I would marry." She looked down at her hands in sadness and Glinda touched her shoulder,
"Elphie, I'm so unbelievably sorry." She sighed, "I don't know how, but we're going to fix this."
Elphaba looked at her with sad eyes and took a deep breath. Glinda smiled a small smile at her and in that early morning, Elphaba felt the small twinge of hope that would get her through the day.