All righty, a happy event is going to happen in this chapter. Also it is going to skip a couple of months and you will see why. I won't say what it is because you have to read and find out. This is going to be a fluffy chapter for the most part. So read and enjoy. :)
"Momma, come on wake up."
Something poked Glinda in the back forcing the blonde to groan and swat away what ever was trying to wake up her perfect night of rest. It was something that she has little of because of many nights of going to the bathroom multiple times a day and making love to Elphaba. It was exhausting and Glinda wanted just one night of sleep without doing either. Elphaba was a little disappointed that she wasn't able to make love to last night when Glinda pushed off her advances, the blonde swore that the green witch was developing a fetish with her pregnant stomach, and told her that she just wanted to get some sleep. Seeing how tired the blonde was Elphaba stopped pushing and had her lover sleep in her arms not before rubbing her bulging stomach a couple of times, she would have done it longer but Glinda swatted her hand away and told her to go to sleep.
Glinda mumbled something intangible and adjusted her head on her pillow. She gave a deep sigh and started to fall back asleep but there were giggles coming behind her. Blonde eyebrows drew together at this and slowly began to open her eyes to see who has awoken her from her beauty sleep.
"Yeah, momma wake up."
The next voice sound deeper then the one before and had a lot of teasing in it as the person spoke this line. A hand came onto her stomach and slowly began to make small circles. Her blue eyes snapped opened at once while giving a huge huff as she swatted the green hand off her pregnant stomach. There was move laughter coming behind her as the blonde craned her neck around to see what they wanted. There sitting on the bed, with laughter in their voice and happiness in their eyes, were her two favorite green people in all of OZ. Hope stopped laughing first and crawled up to her mom with a huge grin on her face. Glinda wrapped an arm around her daughter when Hope cuddled up to her back and kissed her on the forehead.
"Momma, you forgot that today is our picnic day and mommy said that you were going to miss it if you slept in any longer." Hope said rapidly because she was so excited to have the annual family picnic day today. It was just going to be her and her parents for the whole day. Blue eyes widen at this as the information came flooding her still sleeping brain. Elphaba chuckled at seeing the realization hit her lover and the sheepish look that followed.
"She remembers Hope. So go down to Hunter and get the food while I will help your momma out ok." Elphaba said as she patted her daughter on top of her head. Hope nodded her head vigorously up and down while squeezing Glinda tightly, her arms barely made it to the blonde's huge stomach, as her momma returned the hug with equal force. When the little green child was done hugging Glinda did she hug Elphaba. The green witch rubbed her back with affection and kissed the top of her head.
"Go on now." Elphaba whispered as she let go of Hope. The green child nodded her head and bounced off the bed. Two sets of eyes watched her leave the room with such energy and enthusiasm it's amazing that she was still that way after going through therapy to help her shoulder get better. Glinda sighed softly as she threw off her covers and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. She was eight months along and her stomach was so huge that she couldn't see her feet anymore. The blonde wiggled her toes and pouted at not being able to see such a simple gesture of the feet. Elphaba chuckled at seeing the pout so she leaned over the bed and kissed her lover on the back of the head. The blonde perked up at feeling that from Elphaba. She always knew what to do to cheer her up
"Do you need help getting up?" She asked as she pushed herself off the bed and started to walk around the bed to help the blonde get off the bed. Glinda nodded her head as she held out her hands. Green came onto pale and with a grunt the green witch pulled. The blonde came flying into Elphaba's body and the two went tumble back a couple of steps.
"Oh…ow." Elphaba whispered in pain as the corner of her desk was digging into her back. They went a lot further then she thought. Hearing this Glinda got out of the loose embrace her lover had on her and helped Elphaba off the thing that was causing her pain. The raven haired beauty grunted and rubbed her now sore back after getting pulled off the very sharp corner.
"Sorry." Glinda apologized before kissing those green lips to give her something for the pain. Elphaba was just getting into the kiss when the blonde pulled away and started to waddle her way to the bathroom. She needed to get ready as fast as she can. Hope would be waiting impatiently for them in the kitchen and would complain that they took too long. The green witch pouted at kissing those luscious lips and sat on the desk that brought her harm then waited for Glinda to get done.
Twenty minutes later Glinda came out dressed and ready to start the picnic that everybody has been waiting for. Elphaba held out and elbow for her lover to which the blonde graciously weaved her hand through with a huge smile. After that they went down to the kitchen were Hope was trying to be contained by Hunter with some cookies to eat but the green child was still bouncing off the walls while eating the cookie. She only stopped bouncing when Glinda told her it was time to leave. She gave a loud pitch squeal and started to run towards her parents with basket in hand. It was when she handed off the basket and Elphaba put a hand on her back did Hope remember about Hunter.
The green child ran back to the cook and hugged him right around his stomach. Glinda and Elphaba saw tears forming in his eyes at this gesture and wrapped his arms around his little protégé while whispering some words for her. Hope giggled and whispered something back mostly like she said 'I'll be back and ready to help you out'. A couple minutes went by before those to disengaged from one another. Elphaba and Glinda watch him wave Hope goodbye while she did the same thing to him. It made their hearts warm up at seeing such a close bond between those two. A lot of people would frown on them letting Hope create a bond with a cook because they thought them low on the scale on who to have friendships with but they didn't care as long as Hope was happy. By the bright look in her blue eyes at being with Hunter almost every single day she was very happy as was Hunter.
"Come on the picnic awaits." Glinda said to Hope when she came back to them after a long goodbye to Hunter. Hope nodded her head up and down then let her parents guide her away from the kitchen. At the last second she looked back to see Hunter one more and wave. The cook gave a huge grin at seeing this and wave back. His eyes soften as he looked around the kitchen.
"It's too damn quiet in here now." Hunter said out loud as he put his hands on his hips. He needs to do something now to make it less quiet. The cook gave a huge sigh and went snooping around his kitchen to make the absence Hope has left go away.
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"Ready?" Glinda inquired as she held a munchkin berry in her hand. Hope nodded her head up and down while having her mouth open. Elphaba watched in amusement as Glinda moved her hand back and forth while closing her bad eye to get an accurate aim on her daughter's mouth. Then the blonde lightly tossed the little, green berry into the air and hoped that it would land in Hope's mouth. The green child moved her head slightly to the right and caught it right in her mouth. Elphaba cheered and clapped while Hope chewed on her prize. Glinda giggled and kissed her daughter on her forehead. They were four for four now and needed two more to break their old record. Elphaba watched through sparkling, brown eyes as Hope snatched another munchkin berry and was now aiming for her mom's mouth.
It has been a couple hours and the fun hasn't stop since the moment they put the blanket down. Everything was going perfect. Hope's shoulder wasn't bothering her anymore, Glinda was heavily pregnant with their second child, and her and Glinda will be married in two months. Glinda said that she wanted to wait for the baby to come so they can even be happier when they got married though Elphaba thought the reason was that her lover didn't want to have the baby during the wedding ceremony. The green witch supported her head on her hand and watched Hope toss the berry into the air.
'Nothing can go wrong.' She thought to herself as her eyes traveled with the piece of fruit travel through the air. It missed when Glinda suddenly clutched her stomach and gave a whimper of pain. The munchkin berry bounced off her head as the blonde's body clenched in pain.
"Oh OZ, no not now." Glinda whimpered as Elphaba got up from her position and started to scramble to her lover with her heart pounding hard against her chest. Hope was sitting there with confusion in her eyes as she watched her mom being in pain. She didn't know why her mom was in such pain. The green witch wrapped an arm around the blonde's shoulder while letting Glinda grip her other hand in a vice grip.
"My sweet what's wrong?" Elphaba asked frantically as she rubbed Glinda's shoulders in a soothing way. The blonde whimpered and gripped her stomach tighter when a powerful yet painful contraction ripped through her body. The baby was coming too soon. Why was the baby coming now? Was something wrong?
"Elphie, the baby is coming right now. I'm not due for another month." Glinda managed to get out before another contraction hit her stomach. The blonde let out a choked sob at the pain while tears started to drip down her face. It shouldn't be this painful either. Elphaba was at a lost now at learning this. Panic started to grip the green witch's body as she tried to think of something to get Glinda back.
"Come on get up. You need to get back to the palace." Elphaba whispered frantically as she started to help her lover to her feet but Glinda shook her head no and pulled herself back on the blanket. She knew she couldn't make it back in time. There was no way not in her condition or in this amount of pain. Wild, brown eyes looked around while thinking of another solution. She didn't want to leave Glinda in fear of something might go wrong and she wanted to be here for support. Her eyes landed on their daughter who was staring at them and wondering what was going on in front of her.
"Hope, Hope you need to get back to the palace as fast as you can Mom is giving birth too soon and you needed to get Dr. Nik everybody. Got it." Elphaba ordered rapidly and hoped that Hope got what she was telling her what to do. Blue eyes widen into saucers at learning that her mom was giving birth to her new sibling and saw how chaos was interrupting before her eyes. She knew how important it was to get back as fast as her legs can carry her. Hope moved her head up and down vigorously before getting to her feet and running back to the palace as fast as she could.
When Hope was gone Elphaba had to position Glinda in the proper way of giving birth and sat behind her for some much needed support for the blonde's body. Glinda grunted in pain at another contraction hitting her again and breathing became erratic as her hands clenched her lover's thighs in a hard grip. The green witch winced in her own pain. She knew that she will be acquiring some bruises after this was all over. Elphaba put her hands on Glinda's shoulders and slowly began to rub them in a soothing way.
"Remember what I have taught you deep, calm breaths. Listen to me and try and follow." Elphaba whispered gently as she turned her breathing into what she has told Glinda to do. The blonde closed her eyes and tried to focus on her lover's slowed down breathing while trying to ignore the pain ripping through her body. Slowly but surely her fast breathing slowed down to somewhat deep, calm breaths. The pain also lessoned a little bit as well.
"That is it. Good job now we the fun part is going to be coming soon. Nothing is wrong. Nothing is wrong." Elphaba whispered encouragingly as she continued to rub down the blonde's shoulders. Glinda gave a weak chuckle at the joke the raven haired beauty put in there and squeezed her gently before it turned into a groan of pain when another contraction hit her again. While she focused on her lover's calming presence Elphaba hoped that nothing went wrong with the baby. Fifteen long minutes went by when Hope came running back with a group of people behind her.
"Mom, I got Dr. Nik." Hope yelled as she pushed her tired body to its limit. Glinda smiled happily at seeing her daughter coming back to them. She has never been so happy to see her daughter right now. Hope nearly collapsed next to Elphaba when she finally got her rest that her body as been screaming at her to stop five minutes ago. The green child coughed hard while Elphaba let go one of her lover's hands and ran in it through the sweaty dark locks.
"Thank you Hope you did a good job." Elphaba praised her exhausted daughter as Dr. Nik and his team came upon the scene. Hope weakly smiled at her while catching her breath. The blonde grunted in pain as a huge contraction hit her body again as Dr. Nik knelt down in front of her. He lifted up Glinda's dress to see how far she has gone. His eyes widen at what he saw. It looks like the blonde was going to give birth out here.
"Ok, Glinda you are going to have to start pushing in just a couple of minutes. So be ready." Dr. Nik informed as Glinda nodded her head in understanding. She just hope that she will have enough energy to do that. When she got the order to push Glinda screwed up her face and used her muscles in her body to start pushing out the baby in her stomach. Elphaba bit her bottom lip to stop the scream from escaping her lips when Glinda gripped her flesh in a hard grip. She was going to be sore after this. Four hours have gone by and Glinda was getting very tired at pushing out her child.
"Come on Glinda just one more push." Dr. Nik informed while waiting for that one push that will send this newborn into the world. The blonde whimpered and shook her head now. Her stomach was hurting and her body was telling her to give because it was beyond exhausted. Elphaba kissed a sweaty temple and squeezed the hands that were in her own for comfort. She knew how it felt and with that knowledge she was going to coax Glinda into giving that one last push. Fiyero gave her the speech the last time and she bitched him out during the whole thing. Glinda was surprisingly mellow through out this whole process and now Elphaba won't have any good stories to pass around.
"Glin, yes you can. I know you can. Just give one more push and you can hold our child in your arms. Think of that. Come on you can do it." Elphaba said enquiringly and hope that the blonde would do it just picture holding on to their child when this was done. The blonde screwed her face in picturing such a thing and pushed one last time and prayed that she wouldn't have to do it again. Thirty seconds of pushing and then loud cries filled the air.
Yes, the baby is finally born. Is it a boy or is it a girl? Does it have Elphaba's skin tone like Hopes or is it going to have Glinda's pale skin. You have to wait until the next chapter to find out. Until then.
DWK