Again we own nothing… sadly
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"What?" Elphaba asked bolting up right.
"I'm sorry," she muttered quickly, "I shouldn't have said anything."
"You mean...like...the way you..." Elphaba paused for once in her life at a loss for words.
"Yeah. It's crazy I know," She threw her hands into the air and laughed at herself, "I just can't...can't help it."
Elphaba stood. "You...like me...as in kissing and things like that?" She asked pacing 'smooth Elphaba' she thought to herself.
Glinda bit her lip again and drummed her fingers on the bed frame 'smooth Glinda, you scared her', "Yeah, yeah I guess so."
"Ummm...wow...I didn't know you...liked...women...with Fiyero and all... 'What are you doing!' She mentally screamed.
"Ugh," The blonde threw herself backwards onto the bed and shut her eyes, "I'm sorry Elphie, I shouldn't have said anything," She shook her head.
"No...Glin it's okay." Elphaba said sitting gently on the bed. "Its okay with me...I'm just shocked I guess you could say."
"Really?" She asked and opened one eye cautiously to peer at the woman, "You don't think I'm horrible?"
"No Glin, I could never think that about you!" She picked up one of her hands. "We need to get you some nail polish, this is all chipped."
Glinda laughed with the sound of a bubbling stream and propped herself up on her elbow to look at Elphaba, "You're sure you're okay with this?"
"Completely," She kissed her cheek. "You're the only friend I have ever had."
"My only true friend," She whispered.
Elphaba nodded. She pulled back part of the blanket and looked beneath. "It looks clean."
"It works, for now anyway," Glinda raised her eyebrows and yawned before climbing under the blanket next to the wall.
Elphaba removed her dress and climbed in next to Glinda in her slip. "Can I ask you something?" She whispered.
"Anything," She replied, concern flooding her eyes.
"Why me? How...I just don't understand why you would love me...especially like that."
"I don't know how either but, when I found myself sitting up at night just to watch you breathe, when I realized that you hold your fork with your left hand but do everything else with your right...I just knew," She smiled and kissed Elphaba's forehead softly.
Elphaba's eyes widened. "I can't believe you know that."
Glinda smiled and snuggled further into the mattress, "It's cute."
Elphaba thought for a minute. "You always twirl your pen through your fingers, but only when you write to your parents other wise you brush the feather against your lips."
"Wow," She murmured, "I don't even think I knew that until now," She sighed and shivered despite herself, 'It's spring why am I shivering?'
"Its cold at night I'm sure this place doesn't have heat." She said eyeing the musty walls. "Come here." She said opening her arms.
The heat that radiated off of Elphaba's body felt wonderful to Glinda and she gladly cuddled into her arms, "Thank you Elphie."
"Anything for you," She nuzzled Glinda's curls. "Did you notice...did I snore?"
Glinda laughed, "No but, you tend to go on about whatever it was you were reading."
Elphaba blushed. "The Great Speeches of Oz?" She gently ran her hand through the blond hair. "You have such beautiful hair."
"You do too you know, despite what you think you're one of the most beautiful people I've ever met," She traced her fingers over a wrinkle in the sheet and smiled to herself.
"I'm not beautiful Glinda., no way."
Glinda raised her eyebrows, "Do you really think I'd lie to you Elphie?"
Elphaba blushed. "All of my life I have been shunned by everyone...you know...you were the first person that I can recall that actually held me? That night right after the Ozdust ball...you hugged me and you gave me my hat. I'll never forget that night."
"It is a cute hat," She smiled and ran her fingers down the side of Elphaba's arm, "And holding you...felt amazing," Glinda whispered and kissed Elphaba's cheek lightly.
Elphaba's eyes fluttered closed she pressed her head into the pillow she was sharing with Glinda and sighed even though it seemed they were on the run from the law she was completely content.
The sunlight filtered in through the mangy curtains hanging in the window. Elphaba was first to awake she felt a weight on her arm and looked to her left. Glinda lay peacefully sleeping curled around her lying on Elphaba's arm. She smiled and gently kissed her friend's closed eyelids.
The young blonde became aware she was only half asleep at the light touch and moved her hand up to brush some of her curls out of her face. She barely cracked her eyes open to see Elphaba gazing at her silently, "Hi," She whispered and yawned.
"Morning," She whispered kissing Glinda's forehead and pulling her closer to her side.
"Did you sleep okay?"
"Mhmm," Came the soft reply, "You?"
"Sound," Elphaba gently ran her hand up the blonde's arm. "We probably shouldn't go out today."
Glinda nodded, "Staying in sounds good," smiling she sat up and stretched looking around the room. Their cloaks were still draped over the chair along with Elphaba's dress, and Glinda's shoes were on the floor, "Going to be quite exciting," She laughed and lay back down.
"Umm hum." The green girl sought out Glinda's hand with her own, she carefully examined it. Going up her wrist slightly she noticed a small scar. "Where did you get this at?"
"When I was younger, I was chasing my cousin through our yard on the way over a fence I got caught on a post. My dress ripped, I fell and landed on a rock that just happened to be sharp enough to slice my wrist open," She smiled at the memory and sighed, "I used to take more chances then I do now."
Elphaba laughed. "I can't picture you out running around. I always thought you to be a child that had tea parties and never got dirty."
"No. I could never sit still, I had to learn that, as you know I'm not a very patient person," that got and eye roll out of Elphaba, Glinda chose to ignore her. "What about you? You must have some scar, some imperfection of childhood?"
Elphaba grew quite. "I have a few." She mumbled quickly changing the subject, "What's your mother like?"
"She's the one that tamed me, my father was totally against it he said 'no child of his was going to sit in a house pregnant all her life,'" Glinda brushed the curls out of her face again, "Then he died when I was nine and that was the end of my play time."
"How did he die?" Elphaba whispered tracing patters on Glinda's skin.
"He um," She paused as her skin prickled from the touch; "He just went to work one day and didn't come home. They found him face down in a river a couple days later. He was killed for his money," A tear managed to escape her eyes and she tried to blink it away.
Elphaba turned to face her. "I'm sorry Glinda. I didn't mean to hurt you." She wiped away her tears.
"It's fine, I'm...I'm okay. So tell me miss inquisitor, what was growing up with siblings like?"
"Oh, everyone fawned over Nessa. 'Nessarose did this today, isn't she pretty, she is just so good'" Elphaba laughed. "I went with my dad a lot on recruiting trips. He showed me the Time Dragon Clock once. He always wanted to bring Nessa but with her legs he couldn't. By the time Shell came along I was almost ten and my mother died. He is almost seven now. I haven't' seem him for a few years," Elphaba paused. "You where an only child?" She asked
Glinda nodded, "Yes, I guess that's probably the reason my mother so wanted me to be a proper young lady. Carry on the line...look at me now!" She laughed, "But like I said I'm happy I'm here, I wouldn't trade this for anything."
"What about after Shiz?"
"I...I don't really know to be honest, I'm not even sure I'll make it through till the end, what with being on the run and everything, why?"
"I don't' know...I just look a head and I just can't see...five years from now what will your life be like? Married with children? Teaching sorcery?"
"Well whatever it is I hope you're there with me," She smiled and squeezed Elphaba's hand.
Elphaba gazed at her shocked. "Do you think...together we could make it?"
She bit her lip again and thought, "It might be difficult but...yes I know we could."
"Then...I want to try this with you. I can't promise anything except you'll always be my friend."
"Oh, oh Elphie you have no idea how much that means to me," She was crying again, despite herself, but she was genuinely happy and that was worth the tears.
"Can...Can I kiss you?" Elphaba whispered.
Glinda's heart leapt and she nodded, not trusting herself with words.
Elphaba slowly leaned in and touched her mouth to Glinda's her eyes fluttered closed as sparks ignited behind her eyelids.
Glinda's pale eyelids snapped shut as well and she draped her arm over Elphaba's waist so she could move closer. It surprised her really how good it felt, nothing like kissing Fiyero, this was sweet, innocent and simple; the way it was supposed to be.
Elphaba pulled back her eyes still closed her lips slightly parted. "You have the softest lips," She whispered. "I guess all of that gloss does something."
The blonde laughed softly, "I don't only use it for the shimmer effect you know."
"So...you saw me eating with my left hand...that was it for you? You just swooned and fell for me?" Elphaba asked setting her head on Glinda's shoulder.
"Just about...that and the fact that you play with your hair when you concentrate," She smiled and kissed the top of Elphaba's head.
"I'm just trying to understand this. I've never been in love... that I know of. I don't see how you can just fall in love by seeing something someone does."
"I don't really understand it either, all I know is I started to miss you before you had even left my side. I found myself wondering what you would say to certain things had you been there. I needed to be with you, if that makes sense."
Elphaba thought about what she was saying. She had felt the same way. She would sit at the library at night studying wondering what the preppy blond would think about the passage she was reading. "I think I know what you mean." They laid in silence for a while just enjoying the others company when Elphaba's stomach growled. "Are you getting hungry?" Elphaba asked
"You read my mind, I can go get us something what would you like?"
"Anything, it is up to you."
"All right well considering I slept in my only gown I'm ready to go," She slipped out of bed and tugged on her shoes before reaching into her cloak to pull out the bag of money. "I'll be back in a bit," She blew Elphaba a kiss and left.
Elphaba smiled and laid back. She couldn't believe her life had come to this. Glinda and her were friends...on the verge of becoming more than friends. Yet they where running from the law but still she couldn't' be happier.
A good thirty minutes later the woman returned with a sack under her arm, she swayed a bit as she shut the door and turned to face Elphaba, "The bakery gave me more then I asked for but before I realized it I had paid and left so I," She paused and shook her head lightly, scrunching up her pale face.
"Well that good for us." Elphaba said taking the bag and looking inside. She noticed Glinda's odd behavior. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm just a little woozy," She smiled, not convincingly and steadied herself with a hand on the wall.
Elphaba gently placed a hand on her shoulder. "Are you sure?" She looked into her eyes; they looked different, glassy almost
At that point the woman's legs gave way and she fell into her friend without so much as an 'oh'.
Elphaba easily picked the girl up in her arms she crossed to the bed and laid her down. "Glin?" She gently patted her face. "Glin come on? Are you okay?" She ran her hand over Glinda's brow it was hot and clammy.
She moaned quietly and turned her head so she was facing Elphaba while still keeping her eyes closed, "What happened?"
"You fainted...I think." Elphaba said beginning to unbutton the blonde's dress. "What hurts?"
"My head...and my stomach."
"Let me get a cloth." She slipped gloves on her hands and as quickly as she could dipped on of the towels into a basin of water sitting by the bed and quickly rung it out. She gently placed it on Glinda's forehead.
"Thank you Elphie," She swallowed hard opened her eyes partially so she could see what her companion was doing.
"When did this come on?" She asked finishing opening up the dress.
"I felt fine until I was coming back; there was hardly anyone on the streets. I didn't stop I came straight here but I felt worse and worse on the way."
"Not since yesterday in the interrogation room," She swallowed, "They offered cookies so I took one."
"Glin. You're going to starve yourself." Elphaba pulled a pastry out and handed it to Glinda. "Try eating this, it might help."
The blonde stared at it for a minute and nibbled off a corner, "Thanks for catching me."
"I'll always catch you." She whispered gently stroking her hair. After a moment she asked, "Are you sure no one saw you?"
She nodded and chewed off another corner, filling spilled out of the center and landed on her chin and neck. She blinked and sighed, "Crap."
Elphaba laughed. "What am I going to do with you?" She took the cloth off on Glinda's forehead and gently wiped up the mess. She gently touched her lips to Glinda's "Delicious."
"I try my best," She murmured and pressed her lips to Elphaba's softly.
Glinda pulled away sharply, turned her head and coughed into the sheets. Clamping her eyes shut and gasping for air she began to cry.
"Glinda!" Elphaba cried pulling her to her, the sheets which she had just coughed into where covered in blood. "Oh Lurie!"
She clung to Elphaba as if her life depended on it, her green eyes still shut tight.
"I don't know what to do! I..." She looked over eyeing the spell book sitting on the chair. "Hold on." She detangled herself from the blond and began flipping through it. The book had to be at least a thousand pages and the rate Elphaba was going she could never find what she was looking for. "I don't know!" She cast the book aside and went back to Glinda. "I have to get you to a doctor!"
Glinda swallowed, "Elphie you can't they'll know who you are!"
"I don't care." She pulled on her cloak. "I'm going to find someone to take care of you, alright?"
The blonde nodded and wiped the tears from her eyes before leaning over the side of the bed to cough again.
The green girl moved over to the bed and picked the small blond up into her arms. "Whatever happens Glinda, know that I will always come back for you." She said holding her close to her chest. With her entire body shrouded in cloth she made her way out the door screaming for a doctor.
It took under ten minutes for a squat little man to come running up the street saying that he indeed was a doctor. After telling him what had happened Elphaba let the man take the blond into his arms. With one last looked Elphaba quietly slipped out of the crowd that had begun forming and slinked back to the hotel room.
TBC…