A/N: This chapter can get a little graphic in parts…so try not to visualize, haha. Also….and please don't kill me….I might be ending this story soon. I have college to get back to and so I know I won't be able to update regularly. So the story is coming to an end but there is a possibility of a sequel…


Chapter 53

Glinda stood still for a couple of seconds trying to calm down. She needed to comprehend what her fiancée had just told her.

"Your what?" The blonde asked to make sure she hadn't been hearing things. She had a throbbing headache as a result of the punch to her face.

"My water just broke!" The green woman panicked as she stared down at a tiny puddle of water on the ground.

"That cant be! You're only at eight months!" Glinda refused to believe that Elphaba's water had broken. The baby can't come yet. It was too early.

"I know that!" Elphaba yelled as her body shook. This was too much for her to handle all at once. First Alice and now this.

Glinda limped her way over to the raven-haired beauty, stumbling only once.

"We need to get you to the hospital wing!" Glinda yelled as she took a hold of the panicking green woman's wrist. The blonde was still too much in shock to be excited about the baby's birth. She figured they still had a month left to get everything situated. She wasn't ready.

Elphaba stared wide-eyed at her love before clutching onto her own stomach and bending forward.

"It hurts." The green woman gasped as she tried to gain her breath. The pain was so sudden and unexpected.

"Elphie listen to me, we need to get you to the doctor! You can't have the baby out here!" Glinda pleaded with her love to listen to her. She didn't have enough in her to be the strong one through this.

"It hurts so much." Elphaba clenched her teeth as another contraction hit. She had apparently been too involved with the fight to notice her pain before.

"I know it does sweetheart but we have to go!" Glinda tried to soothe her love. She could see that Elphaba was in pain.

"I…I don't think I can walk." The green woman began sweating. The pain she was experiencing was nothing like she had felt before.

"Stay here!" Glinda looked around the corridor and over to the door where she knew some party guests still lingered. She just had to get to that door.

"Don't leave me!" Elphaba clutched tightly onto Glinda's arm as the blonde tried to leave.

Glinda stared back at her love and saw fear within her eyes.

"I need to get help!" Glinda pleaded with her love to understand.

Elphaba stared into those blue eyes before releasing her grip. Glinda was going to get help. That was all. Glinda wasn't going to leave her.

"I'll be right back." Glinda placed a soft kiss on the green woman's cheek before limping her way over to the door. Walking was increasingly difficult, but it was a requirement. She needed to get Elphie some proper medical care.

As Glinda approached the door she peered in to see a couple of guests laughing over something Ella had said.

"Her water just broke!" Glinda yelled once she was in earshot. The women all turned towards the door and looked at Glinda.

"Dear Oz what happened to you!" One of the women got up and hurried over to Glinda. The blonde looked as if she had been in a bar fight.

"Not now! Iris's water broke! We need to get her to the hospital wing." Glinda brushed off her friend's concern. They needed to help Elphaba.

"Where is she?" One of the other women came up in front of Glinda.

"Out here. Hurry!" Glinda turned around so that the women could follow her. During their little catfight earlier, the three had migrated to the other side of the corridor.

By the time Glinda and the two women arrived back at the spot were Elphaba had been she was sitting on the floor trying to breath properly.

"I'm right here my love." Glinda bent down next to Elphaba despite her bad legs. She knew she was going to pay for this later.

"It hurts Glinda. It hurts so much." Elphaba whimpered as she saw her love kneel next to her.

"I know sweetheart. We just have to get you to the hospital wing and they can give you something for that." Glinda reached up a hand to brush Elphaba's tears from her eyes.

"You get the left side and I'll get the right!" One of the women called as they took their position and helped pull Elphaba up.

The green woman groaned as her weight was once again shifted. The baby's weight was now pressing downwards again.

"Come on Iris, you can do this." One of the women encouraged as they took the first step in the direction of the hospital wing. "Take a hold of my sleeve Glinda." The woman motioned for Glinda to hold on to her.

The group of four slowly made their way to the hospital wing. It took three times as long as it would have normally taken had Elphaba not been pregnant. They had to make a couple stops along the way so the green woman could rest.

"We're almost there." Glinda encouraged her fiancée to keep walking. "Just a couple of hours and our little girl will be with us." The blonde tried to smile to lighten Elphaba's mood.

"Hours?!" Elphaba shrieked as she fought back a wave of nausea.

Glinda immediately regretting saying the word hours. She knew that Elphaba was having a hard enough time as it was.

"Sweetie just a couple more steps." Glinda chose to ignore Elphaba's outburst. She remembered what labor was like and how it hurt like hell.

"It's too far." Elphaba began to whine but before the four of them knew it they had arrived at their destination.

"Doctor!" One of the women sat Elphaba down in a chair and went to find the doctor.

"What is it?" The doctor peeped his head out of the nurse's station. He was wondering what all the ruckus was about.

"Iris has gone into labor! Her water broke." The woman grabbed a hold of the doctor and dragged him over towards the three women.

"Let's get her onto a bed." The doctor ordered as they lifted Elphaba once again and entered one of the rooms. They carefully shifted her weight until she was on the bed.

"Take my hand sweetheart. It's going to be okay." Glinda offered her hand to her distressed love once she was lying down.

Elphaba wasted no time as she grasped onto Glinda's hand, squeezing it a little harder than was comfortable.

"When did your water break?" The doctor asked as he pulled up a chair in front of Elphaba.

"About fifteen minutes ago." Glinda replied, seeing as how Elphaba was straining to breath properly. There was no way she could form a response.

The doctor lifted up Elphaba's dress to examine the situation.

"It seems as if it is too late to give you the epidural." The doctor replied as he continued to check things out.

"What!" Elphaba responded furiously. No epidural? She could barely tolerate the pain as it was.

"It seems that you are too far along for the shot. If we gave it to you now you'd have the baby before it started kicking in. You look to be eight centimeters." The doctor replied.

"Eight!?" Glinda and Elphaba chorused. How could she have been so pregnant and in labor without knowing? Was that the cause of Elphaba's extreme bitchiness earlier?

"Yes eight." The doctor confirmed. "We need to wait until you are at ten before pushing."

Elphaba whimpered. She couldn't wait until she was two more centimeters dilated. The pain was increasing and so she clutched tighter onto Glinda's hand.

The blonde winced but didn't let go. Elphaba needed her and she wasn't going to leave her side.

The two women who had helped Elphaba to the hospital wing could tell they were no longer needed. They would just have to wait it out like the rest of them.

"We're going to go back to the party and tell everyone what's going on. Do you need us to do anything else Glinda?" One of the women asked.

"Can you take Ella to Tahj and have them both come up here. I know that Ella will be upset if she's not here when the baby comes." Glinda smiled at her friend as her fiancée squirmed next to her.

"Certainly." The woman smiled before looking at Iris. "Good luck." And with that the two women were gone.

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Twenty minutes, a couple of screams, and a gallon of sweat later, Elphaba was finally ready to start pushing.

"Okay Iris you need to start pushing when I tell you. The baby seems to be in the correct position." The doctor informed as he motioned for the nurses to get ready.

"I…I can't. It hu…hurts so much." The green woman screamed as another volt of pain shot through her body.

Glinda was sitting next to her coaching her the whole time.

"Sweetheart you need to push. Don't you want to see our little girl?" The blonde smiled encouragingly as she wiped some sweat from her love's forehead.

"You push the damn thing out then!" Elphaba yelled. She was in so much pain she didn't care who she yelled at.

"I'm not the one pregnant." Glinda stated. She ignored the hateful tone in Elphaba's voice because she knew that her love was in too much pain.

"Okay Iris I need you to start pushing." The doctor stated as he put his hands in position.

"I've got you sweetheart. Just hold onto my hand and we'll get through this." Glinda stated as she tightened her grip around her love's sweaty hand.

"Okay on the count of three. One. Two. Three." The doctor counted down. When he reached three the green woman let out a scream as she tried to do as directed.

"Okay that was good! We just need a couple more pushes from you and your baby girl will be here." The doctor encouraged as he made sure the baby was still in the correct position for delivery.

"You did good." Glinda smiled as she placed a kiss on Elphaba's forehead. "Our daughter is almost with us."

"But it hurts so much." Elphaba whimpered as the pain increased.

"I know it does sweetheart. I know." Glinda had tears in her eyes as she saw the pain Elphaba was enduring.

"Okay we need you to start pushing again." The doctor stated as another contraction began.

The green woman grunted as she tried pushing once again. The blonde's hand had gone bone white at the grip Elphaba had exerted on it.

"Good! I can see the baby's head!" The doctor cheered. "We need you to continue pushing now. No breaks."

The green woman let tears roll down her cheeks as the pain struck once again.

"She's almost here!" Glinda became excited at the announcement that the doctor could see the baby's head.

"Okay Iris I need you to push." The doctor stated again.

"I can't. It hurts to much." The green woman cried, unable to stand the pain much longer.

"You have to push. The pain will go away after you push." The doctor said. He knew that if Elphaba didn't pick up her pushing soon the baby would go into distress.

"I can't." Elphaba whimpered again before screaming in pain.

"Iris you need to push!" The doctor replied harshly. Now was not the time to change her mind.

"It hurts." Tears streaked down the green woman's cheek.

Glinda leaned over and whispered into Elphaba's ear so the doctor couldn't hear.

"Elphie you need to push. I'm so proud of how far you've come. Don't let me down. Please Elphie, push for me." Glinda whispered before placing a soft kiss on her love's cheek.

The green woman heard Glinda ask her to push for her and could not let her down. With one last deep breath the green woman pushed.

"She's out!" The doctor exclaimed as he took the baby from Elphaba. He needed to clean out her breathing passages.

"Why isn't she crying?" Glinda panicked as she looked at her silent baby. Newborns were supposed to cry. That's just what they did.

The doctor didn't answer. He passed the baby onto a nurse who took her to the other side of the room.

"Where is she going?" Glinda's fear kicked in as her daughter was moved to the other side of the room. "What's wrong!"

Elphaba was still laying on the bed crying in pain. She hadn't even noticed that she had given birth.

The doctor noticed Elphaba's facial expression and knew this wasn't normal. His first priority right now was to see why Elphaba was still in so much pain.

"What's going on!?" Glinda demanded to know as the doctor went back to looking over Elphaba. She was panicking. Why wasn't their daughter crying and why was Elphaba still in so much pain?

The doctor ignored the blonde as he took a look at Elphaba. His eyes went wide at his discovery.

"WHAT'S GOING ON!!" Glinda yelled when everyone continued to ignore her. She was not going to be ignored.

"You need to push again Iris." The doctor stated as he took his position once again.

"What!?" Elphaba finally spoke up. She had already pushed. Why was she needing to push again? The green woman's shock mirrored that of Glinda's.

"It seems you are having more than one child." The doctor stated. How could he have missed this?

"What!?" Elphaba and Glinda chorused. How could this be? All the tests showed only one child. They weren't ready for two.

The two women stared at each other in shock before a cry broke through their thoughts. Their daughter was crying.

"Okay I need you to push!" The doctor yelled, trying to grab the woman's attention once again.

Glinda stared over at her now crying daughter as tears of happiness streamed down her face. Their daughter was going to be all right. Now they just needed to have Elphaba push again.

"You can do it sweetheart. I believe in you." Glinda smiled as she reached a hand out to brush Elphaba's cheek. "You have already given us one beautiful daughter."

The green woman continued to cry as she pushed once again.

"I can see the baby's head!" The doctor yelled. "I need you to push again."

A feeling of déjà vu took hold as the green woman tried to push once again.

The next sound to fill the air was the sound of crying.

"She's out!" The doctor yelled as he cleaned up their other daughter.

Glinda smiled brightly as she saw her second daughter being born.

The doctor then handed the child over to a nurse to check on Elphaba once again to make sure she didn't have any more surprises. When he was satisfied that she didn't he called for the nurses to bring the twins over.

"Congratulations Miss Glinda and Iris. You are now the proud parents of two healthy baby girls." The doctor smiled as the nurses handed over a child to each of the two women.

Elphaba and Glinda both looked at each other as the nurses handed over their children. They had more love and devotion in their eyes than had ever existed before.

"We did it." Glinda smiled as she held her daughter in her arms.

"That we did." Elphaba confirmed as she looked at her other daughter within her arms.

"They're beautiful." Glinda smiled as she looked over to her other daughter in Elphaba's arms.

"They are." Elphaba mirrored Glinda's smile as she stared at her other daughter in Glinda's arms.

The two women continued to stare at their children for a little while before the babies both drifted off into sleep.

"We're going to have our hands full." Glinda chuckled as she looked towards Elphaba.

Elphaba smiled in return. Her smile quickly changed into concern as a thought struck her.

"What is it my love?" Glinda asked as she saw her love's face change.

"We haven't picked out a name! Or in this case two!" Elphaba stated as she looked down at her two children.

"You're right!" Glinda's face went to one of shock as she remembered this key fact too. The two still didn't have a name for their daughter, or daughter's really.

"Any ideas?" Elphaba chuckled as she continued to stare down at her sleeping child. She was so perfect.

"None whatsoever." Glinda laughed as she shifted the baby in her arms over to Elphaba. She knew that her fiancée should be holding both children when they were named. One might feel left out later.

"Glinda I can't take her with my arm." Elphaba frowned as she noticed Glinda trying to shift her daughter over to her other arm.

"Yes you can." Glinda smiled as she placed the child on top of the sling. "I don't think she's going anywhere soon." The blonde giggled.

Elphaba smiled down at her two daughters sleeping peacefully within her arms.

"I'm going to go get Ella and Tahj for you two. Is there anything else you need?" The doctor finally got up from his seat. He could tell the four needed a family moment.

"Don't tell Ella that she has two sisters." Glinda giggled. "I want her to be surprised."

"Will do. Congratulations again." The doctor nodded his head before exiting the room.

"You did marvelous my love." Glinda smiled as she reached over to place a kiss on the green woman's lips.

"I felt like I was going to die." Elphaba chuckled as she looked over to her love's shimmering blue eyes.

"Well thank Oz that you didn't." Glinda smiled as she looked towards their daughters. "We need to name them though. I refuse to call them Baby A and Baby B." Glinda chuckled.

"There is a name that I like…" Elphaba trailed off as she stared at her daughter on top of her sling.

"And what would that be?" Glinda asked curiously.

"Rowena." Elphaba smiled as she said the name. Her daughter that she was staring at atop her sling began to squirm a little bit.

"It seems she likes that name." Glinda chuckled as she stared at her daughter. "And I think that is a beautiful name. Do you know what it means?"

"Fair haired." Elphaba smiled as she continued to stare at her daughter in the right arm.

"It seems fitting. She does have blonde hair." Glinda smiled.

"That she does. Just like her daddy." Elphaba smiled as she looked up towards Glinda.

"Then she will be named Rowena." The blonde smiled as she looked down to her daughter now named Rowena.

"Welcome to the world Ro." Elphaba smiled as she stared at her daughter.

"Now we need one more name!" Glinda looked to her other daughter before smiling. "I think I have a name."

"And what would that be?" The green woman asked as she stared at her other daughter.

"Kiora." Glinda smiled as she stared at her other daughter.

"That's a beautiful name." Elphaba smiled at her love. "What does it mean?"

"Little and dark." Glinda stated before looking at her daughter who had raven hair just like her mother.

"It's perfect." Elphaba smiled before looking up to the sound of the door opening.

"Is baby sister here!" Ella screamed as she ran into the room followed closely by Tahj.

"Baby sister is here and she brought a friend." Glinda chuckled at her daughter's excitement.

Ella seemed confused for a couple of seconds before looking over to see two babies in her mama's arms. Her face lit up all the more. Now she had two sisters to play with once they were old enough.

"Wow you two really don't mess around in the bedroom." Tahj chuckled as he saw the twin girls in Elphaba's hands.

"Not in front of the children!" Glinda smacked Tahj' arm playfully but couldn't contain her smile. Everything was perfect.

"Do you want to meet your new sisters?" Elphaba asked as Ella went over to the bed.

"Yes!" Ella smiled before hopping up onto the bed with Elphaba. She was careful not to disturb the area where her sling was.

"This little girl in my right arm is Rowena." Elphaba smiled before switching her gaze to her left arm. "And this little girl in my left arm is Kiora."

"Rowena, Kiora, meet your big sister Ella." The green woman smiled as she introduced the twins to her other daughter.

Ella's eyes lit up as she was formally introduced to her sisters.

While Elphaba and Ella were busy looking over the twins, Tahj took Glinda aside to talk to her.

"Glinda I don't mean to burst your bubble or anything…" Tahj began to say before Glinda cut him off.

"But they are green yes I know." Glinda chuckled at her friends concern. Rowena and Kiora were in fact green. Not the same green of their mother though. This was sort of like a honeydew melon sort of green. A mixture of both Elphaba and Glinda.

"But how did the doctor's and nurses not say anything!" Tahj was wondering how this little fact had gotten past their radar.

"I wasn't panicked enough not to form a temporary glamour spell. The doctors only saw the girls as the same color as me when they came out." Glinda stated as she stared back at the women in her life that she loved. Elphaba was watching over Ella carefully as the three-year-old held Rowena within her arms. The two girls were identical. The only thing that allowed them to distinguish who was who was their hair color. Rowena's was blonde like Glinda's, and Kiora's was dark like her mother's. It was still too early to determine their eye color.

"Oh thank Oz." Tahj let out a sigh of relief at hearing this. He couldn't have the doctors and nurses thinking that Elphaba had given birth to the next Wicked Witch of the West.

"Don't thank me too soon. I might not cast a permanent glamour. I don't want the twins to grow up having to hide who they are." Glinda smiled over at her family.

"But what will people say?" Tahj gasped at this news. No one besides the Wicked Witch had ever had green skin.

"Whatever they want to say. But I am not going to allow that to effect my family. If I have to I'll blame it on the dye that is in food. People are so shallow they will believe anything." Glinda stated as she turned back around to face her family. "Now if you don't mind I'd like to spend some time with my girls."

Tahj was left speechless as Glinda made her way back over towards her family. Oz was going to be in quite the uproar once they heard of Glinda's light green children.