A/N: So I felt really good writing the last scene of this chapter. I hope you feel good reading it. This one is dedicated to DarkwolfKnight because…well just because. She'll know why. And I am still expecting that Oneshot!

Chapter 52

One month passed by quickly. Elphaba had now reached thirty-six weeks and from the size of her belly it looked as if she could go at any second. Glinda was finally able to walk with the assistance of someone holding on to her. Ella became more and more anxious as the days passed for her little sister to arrive. And Tahj continued to watch over the happy family.

Since the day of Elphaba's birthday party things had gotten a lot better between Elphaba and Glinda. Elphaba no longer had reservations when she would make love to Glinda, and Glinda no longer craved for anything more. She had learned to adapt to their new ways of love making and had found she had enjoyed it as much as she had before. Elphaba certainly wouldn't let her injured arm bring her down. She was quickly learning to use her left hand for everyday tasks. Eating wasn't as difficult anymore, writing was a little less challenging, and making love to Glinda seemed easier.

It seemed as if everything was going fine between the family of three, soon to be four.

Today was the day of Elphaba's baby shower. Glinda had made sure only to invite their closest of friends.

"Honey are you ready to go to the party?" Glinda asked her fiancée as she clasped a pair of earrings to her ears. They had decided to put the wedding off until after the baby was born. Elphaba had said she didn't want to get married looking like a blimp.

"I will be in a second!" The green woman called from the bathroom as she finished putting on a little bit of makeup. The old Elphaba would have never put on makeup, but these pregnancy hormones were really starting to make Elphaba feel a lot girlier. She often found herself wanting to paint her nails, or even go shopping. At first Glinda had found this kind of frightening, but by now she had grown accustomed to it.

"I'm ready whenever you are." Glinda called back as she stood up from her chair. She had her weight leaning on the desk and so standing was not a problem. She had wanted to stand ever since leaving the hospital three weeks ago. She had sat for nearly four months and was sick of it.

"Ready." Elphaba called as she exited from the bathroom. "How do I look?"

Glinda rolled her eyes at her fiancée's sudden interest in appearance.

"You look great." Glinda smiled, trying to mask her annoyance. Back at Shiz she had wanted to make Elphaba over so badly, but now actually seeing it on a daily basis was disconcerting. She missed the old Elphaba and couldn't wait to get her back once the baby arrived.

"You don't seem too convincing Glinda. Should I wear another dress? Does this one make me look fat?" Elphaba stared down at her dress and checked to make sure there were no wrinkles or anything on it. She couldn't look unpresentable at her own party.

"Elphie you are pregnant. You don't need to be worrying about how anything looks on you." Glinda replied as she looked her loves appearance over.

"But I don't want to look too pregnant." Elphaba huffed as she went back over to the wardrobe. "I'll just change."

"Elphie you look fine!" Glinda made her way over to the green woman by clutching on to the walls.

"But you said I looked fat in this." The green woman ignored her girlfriend and continued going through her racks of clothes. "Damn it! Why don't I have anything else to wear?" she yelled as she continued to riffle through the clothes.

"Elphie sweetheart it's all right. You look gorgeous. Just please let's go. We don't want to be late to the baby shower." Glinda grabbed a hold of the distraught green woman's arm.

"Are you sure I look okay?" The green woman turned to the mirror that was across the room. "Is my hair okay?" She lifted her hand to try and give it some volume.

"Sweetheart you're killing me!" Glinda groaned. Why did Elphaba have to turn into a society type girl when she was pregnant? If anything, Glinda had become more 'normal' while pregnant with Ella.

"Why? Did I accidentally hit you in the ribs?" Elphaba took Glinda literally.

"Let's just go Elphie!" Glinda whined as she tried to pull the green woman away from the wardrobe.

"Are you sure I look okay?" The green woman continued to ask as Glinda led her away from the room.

"You look fine!" Glinda alliterated again before coming to a stop. Tahj was up ahead and she wanted to say hi to him before they went to the shower. He wasn't allowed since he was a guy.

"Tahj!" Glinda called out as she changed direction and headed towards their dearest friend.

"Glinda. Elphaba." Tahj nodded to the two approaching women. "My Elphaba you look big as a house!" Tahj joked with the green woman although Elphaba didn't take it as such.

The green woman shot a glare at her fiancée. Glinda had to cower away at the way Elphaba was looking at her.

"I told you I should have picked another dress!" Elphaba yelled as she stormed off back in the direction of their room.

Glinda was left clutching the side of Tahj's jacket for support.

"What was that all about?" Tahj asked as he shifted Glinda in front of him.

"She's very sensitive about her weight right now and you're not helping!" Glinda swatted at her friend's arm.

"Our Elphaba sensitive about her weight?" Tahj mocked before laughing.

"Oh don't give me that. I have to put up with this twenty-four seven. It's not normal!" Glinda huffed as she stared at her chuckling friend.

"Well you have to admit she is getting rather large. I don't remember you ever being that big when you were pregnant with Ella." Tahj tried to defend his reasons for calling Elphaba a house.

"Even if that's true you don't need to throw that in her face!" Glinda continued to steam.

"Whoa, I'm sorry if I offended." Tahj stuck his arms up in defense.

"Now please help me back to my room so I can collect my crazed fiancée!" Glinda pulled on Tahj's arm to help her back.

"As long as you agree that she is crazy." Tahj smiled before offering his arm out to Glinda.

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Elphaba threw clothes up in the air as she tried to search for another dress that wouldn't make her look so pregnant. She wasn't having much luck. Everything that she liked no longer fit her.

"Damn it!" The green woman yelled as she slammed a drawer shut. There was nothing to wear.

"Sweetheart please calm down." Glinda's melodic voice came from the doorway. She had been watching Elphaba tear through her wardrobe for the past minute.

Elphaba looked up towards the door to see her love standing there. Her perfect love, her perfectly skinny love. It didn't make her feel any better.

"There's nothing to wear! I can't go to the shower looking like a house!" The green woman went over to help Glinda walk into the room.

"You don't look like a house Elphaba now calm down." Glinda tried to be as calm as she could.

"Tahj called me a house!" Elphaba shot back furiously as she lowered Glinda onto their bed.

"Tahj was messing with you my love. You are gorgeous." Glinda smiled encouragingly to her love.

"I don't feel gorgeous. I feel fat." The green woman sat next to Glinda on their bed.

"You are not fat Elphie! You are pregnant! There is a difference." Glinda scooted closer to her love and reached her arm out to rub Elphaba's belly.

"You didn't deny that I wasn't overly pregnant though." Elphaba huffed as Glinda continued to rub her belly.

"Overly pregnant? How can anyone be overly pregnant?" Glinda chuckled lightly as she lowered her head to press it against Elphaba's stomach. "I think I hear her tiny heart beating." The blonde smiled as she closed her eyes.

"You probably just hear my stomach rumbling. I'm kind of hungry." Elphaba admitted as she brought a hand up to stroke Glinda's hair.

"Well you wouldn't be hungry if we had left on time for the baby shower." Glinda scolded as she removed her head.

"How can I go if people will think I'm fat?" Elphaba huffed once again. She wasn't liking the idea of everyone seeing her so pregnant.

"They won't think you are fat! They will know you are pregnant. It is a baby shower after all Elphie. Give these people some credit." Glinda stood up from the bed and offered her hand out to Elphaba.

"So I don't look like a house?" Elphaba needed to hear it again.

"You don't look like a house." Glinda affirmed as Elphaba stood up beside her. "Now can we get to the party? Ella is probably already talking the heads off of all the guests." Glinda chuckled lightly.

"Lead the way." Elphaba sighed before resigning to the fact that she couldn't skip her own baby's shower. Even if she did feel as big as a house.

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"Mommy! Mama!" Ella yelled as she spotted her parents coming towards the room of the party.

The three-year-old sprinted her way towards them. Elphaba barely had time to comprehend what was happening before Ella latched herself onto her leg.

"There you all are!" One of Glinda's friends came up to shuffle the family into the party room.

"Sorry we're late. Iris over here had a fashion emergency." Glinda chuckled as she allowed herself to be led into the room.

"It was not a fashion emergency!" Elphaba replied. "It was a fashion crisis!"

Even the green woman couldn't keep a straight face at that and soon began to laugh along side her love.

"Whatever you need to believe dearest." Glinda giggled as she sat down in a seat so Ella could sit on her lap.

"You wouldn't have liked it either if you had nothing to wear!" Elphaba huffed as she sat next to her love. People began to take their seats.

Glinda smirked as she leant over to whisper into her loves ear.

"If I was wearing nothing then there is no way we would have made it down here." Glinda purred into Elphaba's ear causing the green woman to flush.

"Are you okay mama? You look sick." Ella noticed Elphaba's green skin turn a darker shade of green.

"Mama is fine." Glinda smiled to her daughter as she pulled back. "She just gets hot flashes sometimes." The blonde turned back towards her love and winked.

The action only caused the green woman to blush even more.

"Okay shall we begin?" The woman who had greeted the Upland family at the door began to speak.

Elphaba quickly agreed to starting and the next two hours were spent with fun filled baby shower games and the opening of presents.

By the time the shower was over Elphaba had received more diapers and onesies than she ever thought imaginable.

"Thank you all so much for these wonderful gifts." Glinda thanked the guests as she tried to gather up some of the discarded wrapping paper.

"Your welcome." The crowd of girls said all at once.

The green woman was still a little shocked at how much her and Glinda had received. Not long ago Elphaba was the most despised woman in all of Oz. And now…now she had friends that were throwing her a baby shower. It was a little overwhelming.

"Mama why does baby sister get new toys?" Ella pouted as she tugged on Elphaba's dress. "Do I get new toys?"

Elphaba looked down to her daughter and smiled.

"Your baby sister is getting new toys because she doesn't have any at all. You already have a lot of toys. Don't you want your sister to have some too?" Elphaba asked as she bounced Ella slightly on her knee.

"I'll give her my toys if I can get new ones." Ella grinned as Elphaba laughed.

"We'll have to talk to mommy about that." Elphaba replied as she looked up to see her love now by the door. That's when she noticed her love was talking to someone.

"Do you know who mommy's talking to?" Elphaba asked her daughter as she sat her down on the ground.

"No." Ella replied as Elphaba walked passed her and towards Glinda.

"Glinda." Elphaba called as she neared her love. Who was she talking to? All of their friends were right here except for Tahj. And Tahj wouldn't come down here because he knew it would be all girls.

"Glinda." Elphaba called again as she got closer. She could see Glinda laughing at something the shadowed figure had said.

"Glinda!" Elphaba called a little more frantically as she reached her fiancée.

"Hello Iris." The stranger called as they saw Elphaba now standing beside her love. "Congratulations on the baby."

Elphaba looked up in shock as she saw Alice standing in the doorway. She was the cause of Glinda's laughter.

"Well don't act as if you've just seen a ghost sweetheart. Alice just came by to say congratulations." Glinda smiled and she steadied herself against the doorframe.

"I'm sure she did." Elphaba replied sarcastically as she stared at Alice. Why was Alice here? She knew that Elphaba hated her so why show up?

"I really am happy for you both." Alice plastered on a fake smile as she stared at Elphaba. There was something victorious in that smile. As if Alice was somehow taunting her.

"As you should be." Elphaba shot back with a little more force this time. She didn't like how Glinda had been laughing at a joke Alice had told.

"Sweetheart calm down." Glinda placed an arm on Elphaba to settle the upset girl. She could tell her emotions were flaring.

"I'll calm down with this harlot leaves the room." Elphaba motioned to the woman standing in front of her. She narrowed her eyes as hate took over. There was no one she despised more than this woman. Well at least no one that was still alive.

"Harlot?" Alice mocked and then laughed. "I would watch what you accuse others of." Alice narrowed her eyes as well.

"Is that some kind of threat?" Elphaba stepped closer to Alice so she was now towering over the petite woman.

"Iris please!" Glinda tried to get Elphaba to calm down. She could see this wasn't going to end well.

"Do you take it as such?" Alice stepped forward and stood on her tiptoes.

"Guys come on! Not here!" Glinda pleaded with the two women in front of her who looked as if they were about to rip each other to shreds.

"Stay out of this Glinda." Elphaba stepped further into the hall towards Alice. Alice had to back up as Elphaba's weight pushed her.

"What? Now you're ordering her around?" Alice stared at the green woman. "As if she weren't already under your spell enough!"

"What me and Glinda do is none of your concern. You should go now before I do something that I won't regret, but I'm sure you will." Elphaba brought her good arm up and pushed Alice's shoulder so she stumbled backwards.

Glinda was staring on too afraid to get involved. She knew how Elphaba got when she was angry.

"As if you could do anything to me!" Alice teased as she stepped back towards Elphaba. "Fatty."

That was all it took for Elphaba to lose it. She had already been having concerns about her weight and now the woman she hated most in the world was using that to her advantage.

"What did you say?" The green woman took a fighting stance. Her words were enough to burn anyone's ears that listened to the hatred in them.

"I said that you are a fat ass!" Alice shouted a little too loudly.

"I'm pregnant you fucking whore!" Elphaba shouted as she reached out a leg to kick Alice off her feet.

It worked. Alice stumbled backwards and fell straight on her ass.

"What's your excuse?" Elphaba smiled triumphantly as she towered over the fallen woman.

It didn't take that much time before Alice was back on her feet however. She looked even more possessed than before.

"Well at least I know how to pleasure Glinda in a way that you can't even begin to imagine you fucking cripple!" Alice shot back as she reached out a hand to slap Elphaba's face.

The green woman's face flew to the side as the force of Alice's weight was behind the slap. Her face was stinging as she turned back around.

"Glinda would never sleep with someone as used and tarnished as you!" Elphaba stepped closer to Alice.

"Used and tarnished? Ha! She didn't sleep with me because I stopped it. Face it Iris, your fiancée over there is a trollop!" Alice didn't care anymore if she hurt Glinda's feelings. She knew she had done that long ago.

Elphaba was furious. How could this woman stand before her and call her Glinda a whore? Glinda was anything but a whore.

"Don't you dare call Glinda a trollop!" Elphaba shouted before reaching up with her left fist and hitting Alice in the nose.

Alice stumbled backwards as blood poured from her nose. It was surely broken by now.

Glinda was standing speechless in the doorway. She was afraid to say anything but at the same time she didn't want to. Seeing Elphaba defend her honor was…well kind of hot. In actuality Glinda didn't want to stop the catfight because she was becoming more and more turned on as the seconds passed.

"You fucking bitch you broke my nose!" Alice screamed as she clutched onto her bleeding nose.

"Your lucky that's the only thing I broke!" Elphaba shouted as she advanced towards Alice some more.

"Oh as if you could do more prego!" Alice teased as she tried to regain her bearings. She wasn't willing to give up that easily.

"I may be pregnant but I can still kick your ass all the way to Munckinland!" Elphaba moved closer to Alice.

"As if your psycho glitter bitch girlfriend would let you! She has you on a leash!" Alice shot back. For some reason she wanted Elphaba to become furious, even more so than she was now.

"Don't talk about Glinda like that!" Elphaba shouted before reached her first up once again to strike.

This time Alice was too quick for her. She grabbed hold of the green wrist and twisted it as Elphaba gasped in pain.

"I'll talk about your slut of a girlfriend however I want!" Alice smirked as she gained the upper hand.

The green woman gathered all her strength and twisted her arm back so Alice flew off and into the nearby wall.

"I think you are confused. The only slut I see here is you!" Elphaba strode over to Alice and pinned her to the wall.

"If I were a slut then I would have fucked your deprived girlfriend! She was begging me to fuck her!" Alice replied and she felt Elphaba's grip tighten.

"You lie!" Elphaba shot back. She knew than Glinda had almost slept with Alice, but Glinda would never beg. Never.

"I don't! That cunt was asking for it! She wanted me inside of her in a way you never can be again!" Alice screamed as she tried to wiggle her way out from under Elphaba's grasp.

"You are one conniving little bitch, ya know that?" Elphaba pressed her hand against Alice's neck and began to squeeze.

"Ca…can't….bre…breath." Alice brought her hands up to grasp around Elphaba's grip on her neck.

The green woman ignored her and picked her up off the ground.

"I don't care if you can't fucking breath. No one insults my fiancée like that!" Elphaba shouted as she continued to tighten her grip around Alice's throat.

"Let her go!" Glinda finally came to her senses and stumbled over to the two. She couldn't let Elphaba kill Alice.

"No!" Elphaba shouted back and she slammed Alice's thrashing head into the wall.

"Listen to me! This isn't going to get you anywhere!" Glinda pleaded with her girlfriend to let Alice go.

The green woman's breathing was labored as she strained to keep Alice's weight up with her left hand. She was loosing her grip. Soon Alice slipped from her hand and tumbled onto the floor coughing.

"Don't you ever come near Glinda again! EVER!" Elphaba yelled as she turned her back towards the woman and began walking away.

"Wow. If you're that violent in the bedroom too no wonder Glinda can't leave you." Alice wasn't letting up. Now that she had gained her breath she stood up. She wasn't going to leave without at least getting a punch in, even if Elphaba was pregnant.

"Alice don't!" Glinda warned Alice not to provoke Elphaba any further. It was too late. Elphaba turned around and started heading back towards Alice.

"Just because you are jealous of me and Glinda gives you no right to create such lies!" Elphaba clenched her fist. She was trying not to hit Alice again but it was difficult.

"Jealous?" Alice snorted. "Of what? Glinda's far from perfect! That little scar on her inner right thigh is proof of that!" Alice teased knowing this would provoke Elphaba even more.

Steam blew from Elphaba's ears. She should be the only one to know about that scar in such a private place. Alice shouldn't know about it.

"Oh was I not supposed to know about that scar? Oops." Alice smirked at the expression on Elphaba's face.

"It's only a matter of time before Glinda leaves you! She can't stay with one person for too long. She gets bored with them. She'll toss you aside like she did with her last husband!" Alice taunted.

Elphaba's eyes widened with horror. What if Alice was beginning to speak some truth? What if Glinda would grow bored with her and leave her? Glinda did tend to get a new boyfriend every few years or so. Who was to say Elphaba wasn't just one of those random guys, or in this case a random girl?

"Oh it seems I have hit a little too close to home." Alice goaded at the expression on Elphaba's face.

"I would never leave you!" Glinda interjected as she saw her girlfriend's face widen in shock. She knew that what Alice had just said had gotten to her.

"Oh but you will!" Alice cheered as she watched Elphaba for a minute.

"Sweetie you know I could never leave you! I love you!" Glinda yelled as she made her way towards Elphaba. She was careful not to walk too fast or else she might fall.

"It's only a matter of time. Tick-tock. Tick-tock." Alice continued to singsong as Glinda made her way to her horrified girlfriend.

"Oh Alice shut the fuck up!" Glinda reeled around and now faced the annoying woman she once considered a friend.

"Oh someone's gaining some balls! It would make sense seeing as how you did knock up that bitch you call a fiancée." Alice chuckled. She was too busy to notice Glinda change directions and head for her.

"I said shut the fuck up!" Glinda yelled before reaching up an arm and punching Alice in the face.

"You bitch!" Alice screamed as she brought her hand up to her face.

"You're going to pay for that!" Alice shouted before reaching her own arm up and punching the blonde where she had just been punched.

Glinda stumbled backwards and fell to the ground. Her left cheek was cut from a ring Alice had been wearing.

"Uh guys." A meager voice filled the air.

Glinda and Alice were too wrapped up in their own fight to hear it.

Glinda winced as she stood up. It took all her strength not to fall back down.

"Don't you dare punch me!" Glinda yelled as she limped towards Alice. She had apparently twisted her ankle during the fall.

"I'll punch whoever the hell I want! And if that includes whores like you then so be it!" Alice began to walk towards Glinda as well.

"Uh guys!" The voice from before was a little more panicked. It seemed as if it were coming from Elphaba's direction.

Glinda again ignored it as she reached Alice.

"No one messes with my girlfriend!" Glinda shouted before bringing her leg up to knee Alice in the groin. Too bad she wasn't a guy or else she would have been down in one second.

While Alice grabbed at her crotch, Glinda took the opportunity to bring her fist up and once again punch Alice. This time she hit her square in the jaw. The brunette fell to the ground as the new punch had knocked her out cold.

The blonde smiled triumphantly at having knocked out her opponent.

"Glinda!" The voice was distinct this time. It definitely belonged to Elphaba.

"What!" Glinda shouted with a little too much force as she turned around to her girlfriend.

Elphaba was standing there shaking, a look of pure horror on her face.

"I think my water just broke."