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A/N This chapter takes place about one week after Nessa and Rose were born. Liir, Dorothy, and Mira came to see the new babies. The idea of Glinda going into labor during the trial is all Sinfulpurgatory's idea, not mine, so I take no credit for that. They are at Elphie's trial (in case you didn't figure that out) and I have about zero court experience, so I'm doing the best I can. If you see mistakes in court things or whatever, please correct me! Enjoy!
"Order Order! This court will now come to order!" yelled the judge, who was banging the gavel so hard that a few people were afraid it might just fly off.
Everyone sat down quickly, and stopped talking. Elphaba and Fiyero were sitting behind the table, each holding a baby. Elphie looked extremely calm, considering that she was on trial. She held Nessa on her lap, rocking her slightly and whispering to her. Fiyero looked far more nervous. He was holding Rose in his arms, which were only bouncing slightly, but his foot was jiggling out of control.
"The prosecution may call its first witness to the stand." Said the judge forebodingly.
The lawyer on the other side, who was standing next to a few citizens chosen to represent the mass population, considering nearly everyone wanted Elphaba to be guilty.
"We call Mrs. Glinda Upland to the stand." (A/N I'm pretending that she didn't change her last name.)
"Oh, my, well," Glinda was a nervous wreck as she walked up the aisle, fixing her hair and dress, smoothing the skirt over her bulging tummy.
"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?" the judge asked Glinda, who was standing with her hand on a book, her other hand in the air.
"Yes, I do." Stated Glinda clearly.
She then sat in the witness box, and waited for the first question.
"Do you admit that Miss Elphaba Thropp was an acquaintance of yours?"
"Yes."
"And that you were roommates?"
"Yes."
"Did she ever harm you at all?"
"No, of course not."
"Did you ever see her harm others?"
"No."
"Is it true that she abducted you to go to the Emerald City to go see the Wonderful Wizard of Oz?"
"No, she did not abduct me! I went of my own free will. And we didn't see the 'Wonderful' Wizard. We saw the Wizard all right, but he was in no way 'wonderful'." Said Glinda fiercely.
"Did she…"
The prosecutor was interrupted by a sharp intake of breath from Glinda.
"Please, sir, the baby, it's coming."
People started talking and whispering, and some were standing up to get a better view of Glinda.
"Order Order!" shouted the judge.
Glinda was now doubled over in pain, clutching the railing with such force that her knuckles were white.
"Breathe Glinda!" shouted Elphaba.
She sucked in a deep breath and her grip loosened a little bit. After the contraction was over, the judge asked, "Mrs. Upland, are you able to continue your questioning?"
Glinda started to shake her head, then Elphaba leapt up.
"Of course she isn't! She's in labor! Unless you want her to have a baby in your courtroom, I suggest you postpone this trial, because I'm not letting her have this baby by herself! I'm her friend, and friends stick by friends!"
The people again started muttering. The Wicked Witch of the West was Glinda's friend? This was news to them. And that she actually wanted to help someone? Why? She'd never helped anyone else before, she was a selfish, wicked witch!
"I declare this case postponed until further notice, everyone is to stay seated until the defense and prosecution leave." Said the judge, smacking the gavel once again.
Elphaba and Fiyero walked out first, casting anxious glances at Boq, who was helping Glinda out. When they were all outside, Boq picked up Glinda and carried her to their bedroom, while ordering a servant to go find Lily.
36 hours later…
Glinda was in the middle of what seemed like the thousandth contraction. Boq was standing next to her, doing what he could to help. Elphaba, who was determined not to leave until her friend had given birth, had fallen asleep in the squashy chair. Lily had gone to get more water. Fiyero put the twins to bed then fell asleep next to Elphaba.
Glinda turned her face to Boq with great difficulty.
"You! You! I should never have let you near me! This hurts!
She then grabbed the vase full of flowers that was sitting on the bedside table and chucked it at Boq. Luckily he ducked in time, but the vase crashed into pieces on the floor. The noise woke both Fiyero and Elphaba up, but they didn't say anything, the two just pretended to still be asleep.
"We are NEVER EVER EVER making love again! This hurts too #$ much!" she screamed. "If you even come near me after this I'll, I'll…"
"Do what Glinda? Transform him into a ball gown?" interrupted Elphaba, who was trying hard to keep a straight face.
"Elphie! You're awake!" exclaimed Boq.
"Yep,"
"How, how much of that did you hear?" asked Glinda, who was slightly calmer now.
"All of it." Replied Elphaba smugly.
"I'm sorry Boq, I wouldn't really, you know, well…" said Glinda, abashed.
"I know, it's okay dear," he said, giving her a quick kiss.
All of a sudden, a strange look came over Glinda's face.
"Elphie, I need to push!"
"Okay, just a minute, I'll go get Lily."
"NOW ELPHIE!"
"Fine, fine, Boq hold her hand."
"Okay…" he looked rather nervous about this prospect.
"Alright, one, two, three, PUSH!"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Glinda squealed.
Elphaba pulled the baby out, and wiped it off with one of the cloths that had been set there.
"It's a baby girl!"
"Oooh, Boq, a baby girl! How sweet!"
"Yeah," said Boq, his eyes misting over.
"Ouch!" Glinda exclaimed suddenly.
"What?" asked Elphaba.
"I, that felt like another contraction…"
Boq and Fiyero's eyes both popped out of their heads. Boq nearly dropped his daughter, whom he was now holding.
Elphaba looked under Glinda's frilly pink nightgown.
"That was another contraction, I can't believe it! We both have twins!"
"You're kidding, right?" said Glinda wearily.
"No, you're going to have to push again Glinda."
"Elphie, I can't I'm just so tired!"
"Glinda, you have to! Just push NOW!"
Glinda pushed, even though she was tired. The next baby came out screaming its head off.
"And you have a little baby boy!" said Elphaba, handing him off to Boq, who cradled the babies in his arms.
Glinda, by this time was completely exhausted. Elphaba went over to her and wiped her face off with a dry cloth.
"I don't see how you did it Elphie." She said softly. "It's so hard!"
"I imagine it was easier for me this time." Replied Elphaba.
"What? Oh, right, Liir. You honestly don't remember giving birth to him?"
Elphaba shook her head. "I was insane, my lover was dead, everything I'd lived for was gone, I'd blown my big chance. I wasn't myself, I was messed up. If the maunts hadn't taken me in, I would be dead now."
Then Glinda's mouth turned into an 'O' of surprise.
"Elphie, please tell me that you had another pain like a contraction after Rose was born."
"No, why? You didn't…"
Elphaba rushed to the end of the bed. "Glinda, I think you may be having more than just twins."
"You're kidding, please say you're kidding!"
"No, I'm not, push on three."
By this time Boq and Fiyero had realized that something was going on. Fiyero figured out what was happening before Boq did, and took the babies out of his arms.
"Go help your wife!" he shouted at Boq, who was standing there, dumbstruck.
"One,"
"It'll be okay honey!" said Boq to Glinda.
"Two,"
"Come on, you can do it."
"THREE!"
Glinda was too tired to make noise, so she just pushed, feeling the strength draining out of her, like water down a hill.
"Come on Glinda, dear, just a little more, you're fine." Encouraged Boq, who could see that Glinda was weak.
As soon as Elphaba could get her hands on the baby's head, she helped as much as she could.
When the baby came out, Glinda collapsed back on the pillows, completely drained.
"Keep her awake Boq," said Elphaba in a serious tone while cleaning the baby off.
Boq talked to Glinda, and wiped her face with cold water. After a little bit of this he realized what he could do, so, he kissed her. He gave her the most passionate, romantic kiss, that anyone with half a brain would wake from the dead for. It did the trick, she sat up a little bit more and focused on Boq, then she kissed him back.
"Ahem." Said Elphaba.
The couple realized what they were doing, and quickly pulled apart, embarrassed.
"You have another baby boy!"
"Oh Boq, a girl and two little boys!"
"Thank you honey." Whispered Boq, while handing her the baby girl to hold.
"For what?" she asked.
"For giving me the three most beautiful babies all of Oz."
"It wasn't all me, if I do remember correctly, a certain munchkinlander had a little something to do with it."
"Darling stop, you're embarrassing me."
During this exchange of loving, Elphaba had gently pulled Fiyero out of the room, to give the new parents time with their babies.
The baby girl, who was in Glinda's arms, started fussing.
"What's wrong?" asked Boq, worried.
"I think, maybe, she's hungry."
"Well then feed her!"
Glinda unbuttoned the top of her nightgown, and pulled it down to expose one breast.
The baby girl started suckling noisily.
Boq and Glinda stared at her, in a trance for a few minutes.
"She likes it almost as much as I do!" said Boq.
"Darling! Not in front of the babies!"
"Sorry, I couldn't resist. By the way, we can't just keep calling them 'the babies'. They need names."
"Oh, right!"
"What names do you like?" asked both Glinda and Boq simultaneously.
They laughed until Glinda said, "Well, for a girl, I like the name Devi, and for a boy, I like Aldo.
"And for a girl I like Galinda, to remind me of you, and Paden for a boy."
"Okay, so we have Devi Galinda for our daughter, Aldo what for the first boy and Paden what for the youngest."
"Umm, I also like the name Rex, so we could have Paden Rex and Aldo…"
"Kasimir." Said Glinda.
"Alright, well, should we go find Elphaba and Fiyero to tell them?"
"Yes, please do! I'll hold the babies."
"Here you go," said Boq while setting Aldo and Paden on Glinda's lap. "I'll be right back."
Boq went out into the hallway, and walked down it for a little while until he heard a voice squeal "Fiyero!" which sounded suspiciously like Elphaba. He knocked on the door.
"Quick, fix my hair!" he heard a woman's voice say.
After a minute or two, Fiyero opened the door and peeked out.
"What do you want?" then, he saw that it was Boq, and opened the door wider, to reveal Elphaba, who was trying to arrange her hair to cover up the hickeys on her neck.
"How's Glinda?" she asked.
"Fine, and so are our babies. They have names now."
"What are they?" asked Fiyero.
"If you will kindly follow me, I'll be happy to tell you in the company of my wife."
They all walked into the room where Glinda was feeding Aldo and Paden, with Devi laying across her lap.
Fiyero stared at Glinda until he felt Elphaba's glare in the back of his head. He turned around.
"I was looking at the babies!" he protested.
"I'm sure." she replied angrily.
"Besides, I only appreciate green, if you know what I mean." He muttered into her ear, she blushed.
"Ahem." Said Boq, "I would like to introduce our offspring. This is Devi Galinda, Aldo Kasimir, and Paden Rex." He announced, pointing to each baby in turn.
"Cute names." Said Elphaba
"Well, not to be rude, but Elphie and I are rather tired, so I think we'll retire for the night."
"Yeah, and I'm sure they are going to go right to sleep," said Boq sarcastically.
"Come sit with me dear." Murmured Glinda, patting the empty bed beside her.
Boq obliged, and put one arm around Glinda's shoulders, while taking Devi to hold in his other arm.
"Darling, we do make beautiful babies." Said Boq.
"And three at a time!" replied Glinda, laughing.
A/N Brownie points to anyone who can figure out which TV show the last two lines are from!
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