Chapter 28. I Wear the Biggest Smile
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Elphaba looked up. A woman with beautiful, golden curls stood before her. Her blue eyes sparkled at recognition, and she smiled wide, reaching out to embrace the teenager, who promptly stepped back.
"Elphie?"
She sounded like Glinda, looked like Glinda, but it couldn't be.
After the shock of discovering who Fae really was, Elphaba wasn't taking any chances.
"W....who are you?" She asked.
"Elphie, don't you know me?" Elphaba shook her head, backing up and holding the bag of groceries to her chest, as a makeshift shield.
"Who are you looking for?" The girl asked.
"Elphaba. Elphaba Thropp. You look so much like her. But, I guess she'd be....a bit taller, older, thinner, with the same horrible fashion sense that she had in college."
"HEY!" Elphaba cried, glaring at her. Her fashion sense was fine, she wasn't in the uniform, she was in one of Fae's old dresses. The woman turned to her.
"Oh, I didn't mean to insult your fashion sense. Your's is very pretty. I brings out the green of your skin. But, it's just that.....you look an awful lot like my Elphie."
Elphaba nodded, digesting the information. Then, she looked up at the woman.
"Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not."
The woman's face fell.
"I understand." She turned to go, and Elphaba turned to flee, when the woman turned back. "Um...."
Elphaba stopped.
"W....would you like to get a cup of coffee?" Elphaba blinked.
This woman was asking her to get coffee with her?
Man, she must be really desparate.
Elphaba bit her lip, thinking.
On the one hand, Fae was probably still asleep, and as long as Elphaba got back before she woke up, everything would be fine. On the other hand, what if Fae was awake? What if she read the note? She'd kill Elphaba.
"Sure."
What the hell? At least, if Fae killed her, Elphaba would have seen the city before hand.
The woman smiled, and led her to a small cafe. As the two sat at the table, the woman asked,
"So, is the skin......"
"Real? Yes. I've always been green."
As they ordered their tea, Elphaba decided to ask the question she'd been trying to get an answer too since she met the woman.
"Who are you?"
"Glinda. Lady Glinda Audreanna of the Upper Uplands." The blonde said. Elphaba started.
"Oh."
"And you're not....Elphie. My Elphie?" Elphaba shook her head. "What's your name?"
"E....Fabla." Elphaba corrected, using her childhood nickname.
Their tea arrived, and they sat in silence. Finally, once their tea was done, Elphaba gathered her bags and got up.
"It was....nice meeting you Lady Glinda."
"Please, call me Glinda." The blonde said, as the two left the cafe.
"Alright, Glinda." She held out her hand, and Glinda took it, shaking it gently. When the two broke contact, Elphaba turned.
"Fabla, wait!" Elphaba turned. The look on Glinda's face almost ripped her heart in two.
"Yes?"
"If you see her, tell her.....I miss her."
