A/N: Gelphie angst follows.
Glinda hadn't thought she would ever see Elphaba Thropp again. So she had tried to wipe out every memory of her deep knowing brown eyes, her emerald skin, her ebony hair.
When Elphaba showed up after Nessarose's death, Glinda didn't know what to do, what to say, how to act. She acted as though she had known Elphaba was alive and well. She spoke civilly with Elphaba, of course…more than. Civility with hints and implications of intimacy and love. Glinda thought of the old days and could scarcely recall meeting the Wizard at all…instead she remembered sharing a bed with Elphaba and all the things it made her feel.
When Elphaba asked how Glinda had come to be the first on the scene at Nessa's death, Glinda immediately began to prattle about her hubby's business in Munchkinland, her own good-doings. She could not say she had been going to meet Nessa anyway, could not say the bitter truth. What would she say besides? That she was seeking out Nessa so that the bitch of the East might take her in ways only the skilled imagination might dream of? Oh yes, Elphaba would surely respond well to that…She recalled Elphaba's sentiment for Animals and pressed that advantage.
And then Elphaba surprised her again. "I want those shoes!"
Glinda frowned. "Elphie…" She reached out to touch the arm of the one woman she still ached for. "They're just shoes. Let it go! Surely…there are more important things than those…silly shoes." Oh, how she hated those shoes.
Elphaba scowled and jerked away from Glinda causing the blonde to flinch. "Those shoes are all I have."
"You have me! I love you still!" Glinda stepped back, the words shocking her as much as they shocked Elphaba. She wanted to apologize, to say something to get that stricken look off Elphaba's face.
Then Elphaba grabbed her so fiercely Glinda was sure she would bruise. Their mouths crashed together, tongues dueling. Several moments later, when both were breathless and trembling, Elphaba shoved Glinda away. "Shut up, you little idiot!" Elphaba hissed. "I left because I loved you too much! Don't make it impossible for me to do it again!"
"Don't! You abandoned me once…toNessa! Don't leave me again…don't let me alone…" Glinda didn't even notice the tears that had begun to fall from her eyes, didn't realize she was begging – on her knees before Elphaba.
Elphaba rose to her feet, her own eyes burning. She said goodbye in a low, harsh voice. "I don't want to see you again," and walked away.
Glinda wished she had never seen Elphaba's face as she sobbed wretchedly where she'd been abandoned by her only love…the second time.