Day 25: Pick Me An Apple
"Elphie, I'm hungry," Glinda said, with a distressful sigh, as she held her stomach.
"I told you to eat something before we left," Elphaba retorted, as they continued to walk through the Emerald City Park.
"When is a food vender when you need one?" Glinda mumbled, as she began to fall behind.
"Come on, my sweet, keep up now," Elphaba called, as she moved her hands back and forth in the attempt to get the blonde to move faster.
"I'm going to die from lack of food!" Glinda wailed, as she stumbled to a near by tree to lean against it, as she placed a hand on her forehead like she was going to faint. "Elphie, I feel faint! Catch me! Hold me! Embrace me!"
Elphaba wasted no time as she rushed over to her blonde love, and wrapped her arms around her, just in case she did fall.
"Resist, my sweet, come on," Elphaba said, her tone stern but filled with concern as well.
Glinda's gaze then looked up and her eyes lit up as she shouted, "Apples! Oh, happy day, this tree is an apple tree," Elphaba looked up as well to see that the tree they were under was indeed an apple tree. "Oh, Elphie, won't you be my hero and pick me an apple?"
Elphaba scanned the tree and soon noticed that there were no apples in arms reach. If she wanted to get Glinda an apple, she would have to climb up the tree and retrieve one. The apples were up quite high, but the will to get her love some food overrode any doubt in her mind.
Then with a quick nod Elphaba began to climb up the tree. As Glinda watched her, she noticed how easy Elphaba was making this look. Hand by hand and branch by branch the green woman got closer and closer to the apples.
Just as Elphaba made it to the half way mark Glinda heard a shout from behind her, "Mommy look at that girl! She's way up in that tree!" Before the blonde could think twice a young boy and his mother had made it over to her to get a better look.
"Sweet Oz! What is she doing up there?" The boy's mother asked, her voice filled with worry.
"She's getting me an apple," Glinda answered, as she pointed to the fruit that was far above their heads.
"She shouldn't be climbing such a tall tree like that! If she was to fall she would break all the bones in her body," The woman said, as she pulled her son away from the tree.
With that said Glinda's hunger disappeared, and was replaced by extreme fear for her Elphie. What if Elphaba did fall? What if she got gravely injured? Or worse, what if she died?
"Elphie, get down here! I'm not hungry anymore!" Glinda called up. Her voice was trembling and her tone was filled with distress. Elphaba was so high up now it was impossible to see detail features of her.
"Only one more branch and I will have an apple!" Elphaba yelled back, as she continued up.
It wasn't long before a few more people joined Glinda, the mother and son, in watching the green woman climb to dangerous heights.
"She's almost to the top!" A blonde haired young man, around Glinda's age, said in shock.
"Elphaba Thropp, you get down here at once!" Glinda yelled, as she stamped her foot. "In case you have forgotten this is Glinda Upland. Your girlfriend! You listen to me!" Elphaba didn't seem to hear her, for she passed the last branch, and picked an apple before tucking it into her coat pocket.
"I got the apple!" The green woman shouted, and in turn the small crowd clapped and gave her a cheer. Just then the branch under Elphaba's left foot broke, and now she was just hanging there trying desperately to get her footing once again.
"Elphie!" Glinda screamed. She could feel her stomach drop and her head feel dizzy from stress.
"Hey if your girlfriend dies, do you want to date me?" The young blonde haired man asked.
Glinda thought about slapping him for making such a rude, not to mention, an uncalled for remark, but her mind was too busy worrying about Elphaba.
"Oh no! It looks like the other branch that she's holding on to is going to break as well!" A woman cried out, as she pointed to the end part that was clearly beginning to crack.
"Well do you?" The young blonde haired man replied.
"Will you shut up you pompist jerk!" Glinda shouted, as she pushed him away from her.
"Hey! I was just asking!" He retorted, his voice filled with anger.
"It's almost broken completely!" The little boy said, the cracking became louder.
"ELPHABA!" Glinda shrieked, as she covered her mouth with her hands.
Just then however Elphaba found another branch, and pulled herself over to a stronger limb just as the other branch snapped and came falling down. The branch fell down quickly, and hit the young blonde haired man right in the head.
"Ouch," He muttered before falling onto the ground unconscious.
Elphaba then proceeded to climb down the tree with ease. The crowd responded by cheering even more louder for her. When Glinda saw Elphaba was safe she held her chest in relief. She barely noticed that the young blonde haired man had been knocked out from the branch. Once Elphaba's feet hit the ground, Glinda launched herself at her, and hugged her tightly, but not before kissing her on at least half a dozen time on the lips.
"You're not dead!" Glinda shouted, after she was done showering her green love with kisses.
"I have your apple," Elphaba said, as she patted her coat pocket.
"Forget about the damn apple. I'm just so happy you're all right. I was so worried about you! You could have died!" Glinda exclaimed, as her voice still carrying an anxious tone to it.
"I think you are overreacting just a bit. I guess you being hungry affects you much greater than I thought," Elphaba answered, as she stroked a pale cheek. The green woman than looked down over to her right. "What happened to him?" Elphaba asked, as she pointed to the young blonde haired man, who was on the ground, still knocked out cold.
"Oh, he just fainted from all the excitement," Glinda lied. "He'll be fine." Elphaba just nodded her head, took out the apple, and handed it over to Glinda.
"Please eat it, my sweet, I got it just for you," Elphaba said, and she grinned when Glinda did take the apple from her.
The blonde then smiled, took a bite from the apple before linking arms with the green woman before they disappeared down the road.