A/N I am soooooooo incredibly sorry that I haven't updated in like forever! Please forgive me! My grandpa died on Aug. 31, so I've been rather busy with relatives and school and the funeral and all, so again I am really sorry! Please keep reviewing!

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A/N This chapter takes place about six months after Glinda and everyone got there. Elphaba tries to avoid Dorothy as much as possible, and Liir follows Dorothy everywhere like a lovesick puppy. Glinda and Boq had to go back to the Emerald City, but for a while still visited Kiamo Ko until Glinda got too big. Fiyero still hasn't quite forgiven Boq for all the mean things he said about Elphie, even though he knew her before she was wicked. Elphaba and Glinda forgave each other after about a week of being mad. All three women are now nine months pregnant, and with two of them in the same house, well, let's just say that things are interesting.

Elphaba was standing in the kitchen, making herself a sandwich, when Fiyero walked in.

"Elphie, we need to talk." He said.

"About what?"

"Here come sit down, this may take a while."

"Why?" she asked suspiciously.

"Well, just sit down and I'll tell you."

Elphaba sat in the chair that Fiyero was pointing to. He then turned his chair around to face hers.

"Elphie, in all reality here, our baby could be born any day now."

"You don't have to tell me that, I've been lugging this thing around forever."

"Yes, well, when the baby is born, how is it going to be born? I for one have never even seen a baby being born much less birthed one. And I'm fairly certain that neither Dorothy nor Liir have either."

"Oh, right, well…"

"Fae, love, do you think that we could, well, expose you now?" Fiyero asked cautiously.

"I…I don't know, I don't want my baby to be hurt, but we obviously can't deliver it here, can we?"

"I don't see how we could, I mean, none of us have any experience…"

"Actually, I do,"

"What!"

"Well, after Liir was born, although I don't remember that, a lot of young mothers-to-be came and needed a place to stay until they had their babies, and I helped with a lot of the births."

"But, you can't deliver your own baby! Can you?"

"No, I don't think so, but I could explain to you how to do it beforehand, and then when it's time, well, you'll be ready."

"I don't know about this…"

"Well, decide soon, if you don't think you can do it, then we can talk to Glinda about exposing me, but you'd better hurry up and decide because like you said earlier, this baby could be born any day now."

"I…I'll think about it."

"Alright love."

As Fiyero moved in to kiss his fiancé, the two heard a scream from upstairs. Both of them stood up and started to move up the stairs when Liir came hurtling down, nearly bowling them over.

"What's the matter? Are you okay?" asked Fiyero.

"I…I'm fine, but Dorothy isn't."

"What happened? Did she fall?"

"No, she was brushing her hair, and then all of a sudden she clutched her stomach and screamed"

"Okay, turn around and go back upstairs, alright? We'll follow you."

He turned around and ran up the stairs, Fiyero started to run too, but seeing Elphaba trudge slowly behind him, turned around, picked her up, and then continued up the stairs. When they arrived in Dorothy and Liir's bedroom, they saw Liir supporting Dorothy, who was standing, gritting her teeth in pain. After a minute or so, she relaxed.

"Wha…what's wrong with her?" asked Liir nervously.

"Nothing, she's just in labor." Said Elphaba smoothly.

"WHAT!" screamed Liir and Fiyero at the same time.

"She's having her baby you dolts!"

"I know what in labor means!" Said Fiyero.

At that moment Dorothy scrunched up in pain again.

"Oh #$&#! That was really fast, we're going to have to have the baby here, there isn't enough time to get her anywhere. Fiyero, now would be an excellent time to learn how to birth babies." said Elphaba commandingly. "Alright everyone needs to follow my instructions exactly, alright?"

The men nodded their heads in agreement, Dorothy was still in too much pain to respond.

"Okay Liir, you get Dorothy onto the bed and into this." She thrust a loose nightgown at him.

"Fiyero, you need to get a tub of boiling water and some clean towels."

"I'll be right back, Liir time how far apart the contractions are, alright?"

"What are contractions?"

"When she's in pain, time how far apart those are."

"Okay."

Elphaba rushed into her room, where she coated her hands in oil; both to keep her hands from getting wet, and to sterilize them.

When she came back into Dorothy and Liir's room, she saw that Fiyero was back with the water and towels and Dorothy was dressed.

"How far apart are the contractions, Liir?"

"About two-and-a-half minutes."

"Whew, we're going to have to work fast, then."

"Liir, you hold Dorothy's hand and let her squeeze it when she has contractions, okay?"

He nodded.

"Fiyero, you stand right next to me and pay very close attention to what I'm doing."

He moved towards her.

Elphaba peeked under Dorothy's nightgown.

"Liir! Why didn't you take her panties off?"

"You didn't tell me to."

"Well, how in the world is she supposed to have a baby with her panties still on?"

"Okay, I'll get them."

"Never mind, I already did."

She turned to Fiyero.

"Fiyero, please promise me that you won't act like such an idiot when I have our baby."

"I'll try not to." He replied

"Okay, hand me those towels." she said. "Alright, Dorothy, on the next contraction, I want you to push, okay?"

She nodded, bracing herself.

"Okay, ready… push!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Dorothy.

"Good, you're doing fine, now stop for a second." Elphaba checked to make sure there was no cord around the baby's neck, "Okay, go again. Keep going, it's almost out,"

There was a snapping sound and Liir whimpered. Fiyero winced.

"Okay, Dorothy, it's almost out… and here it is!" Elphaba pulled out a grayish-blue baby.

"Is it alive?" asked Fiyero softly.

"Yep," she slapped the baby, which then started crying. "Congratulations Dorothy and Liir, you have a healthy baby girl!" she said as she cut the cord.

"Would you like to hold her?" she asked Dorothy.

Dorothy nodded.

Elphaba handed the baby, who was wrapped in towels to Dorothy.

"She's beautiful." Whispered Dorothy.

"Do you have a name?" asked Elphaba, who couldn't help but love the little baby, who she realized with a start was her granddaughter.

Dorothy and Liir whispered back and forth for a few minutes. Then Liir said, "Mirabelle Nor."

"That's a wonderful name." Said Fiyero softly, holding back tears.

"Let's leave these two alone for a while." Elphaba said quietly, leading Fiyero out of the room.

They walked out, leaving Liir and Dorothy gazing lovingly at the miracle they had created.

A/N Gee, I almost cried writing this! Well, anyway please R&R! I NEED OPINIONS ABOUT WHETHER FIYERO SHOULD BIRTH ELPHABA'S BABY OR IF THEY SHOULD EXPOSE HER. IF I DON'T GET AT LEAST THREE REVIEWS ON THE SUBJECT, I CAN'T WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER, SO PLEASE TELL ME YOUR OPINIONS!

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