Part 11

"Don't shush...me Elphaba!" Glinda said into Elphaba's shoulder. "I'm distraught!" Glinda said between sniffles.

"I know, dear. I know..." Elphaba whispered.

The two women had been sitting on the ground for only minutes but to them seemed like hours. Though neither would admit it, they both had craved just being held by someone they knew loved them for a very long time. Glinda hadn't had an embrace like this, well she never cried in front of anyone so she never really had an embrace like this ever, but to an outsider looking on this embrace could be mistaken as a lovers embrace and neither Glinda nor Elphaba had been held in one of those for quiet a long time.

Elphaba smiled and for the life of her she couldn't seem to make that inscrutable smile leave her face. It was like her lips were permanently set on 'smile' instead of 'frown'. Elphaba knew that she would have to get Glinda to get up and move with her. The green woman also knew she was going to have to tend to Glinda's feet once they had been traveling for at least an hour or two. Elphaba still had a schedule to keep and she knew she would have to get off this floor soon, because the twig that was pressing against her arse was staring to really hurt.

"Glinda...?"

"Hmm...yes?" Glinda asked. The blonde was now calm and collected but she refused to move from where she was. It was too comfortable and it felt so safe, warm and in the end she Glinda felt protected which seemed ironic since Elphaba was the one to kidnap her in the first place.

"Darling I'm going to pick you up, and I'm going to take you back to the camp site and tend to your wounds before we set out again." Glinda nodded.

Elphaba bent down on her knees and lifted Glinda into her arms, bridal style, and walked them both over to her broom and set Glinda on it first before seating herself behind Glinda and wrapping her arms lightly around Glinda's waist so she had the handle of the broom in her hand and was able to steer them up above the tree line and back to the camp she and Rose had set up hours before. While flying Elphaba was able to get a good look at where they were and in which direction the Vinkus River was. The river would lead them in the right direction before they had to brake off and head toward Kimono Ko, and at that point Elphaba would be able to find the way herself just by memory.

When they arrived back at camp Elphaba did exactly as she said she would. The witch went to finding her aid kit and put a kettle on the fire, heating the water inside so she could use that to clean Glinda's feet. Elphaba had lifted Glinda up again and gently sat her down on a near by bolder that was eligible for their use at the moment.

Glinda watched as Elphaba put some herbs in a wooden cup and then started to grind the herb with another wooden tool. Glinda was under Elphaba's spell. Glinda felt dizzy and light headed and at the moment felt like a young school girl again. She was enchanted by the green witch herself. It seemed while Elphaba was gone she had learned a thing or two about medicine, and at the moment Glinda was glad Elphaba had because she needed medical assistance right about now.

Elphaba put some hot water with the herbs and walked back over to Glinda. She kneeled down in front of the blonde with her pot of hot water, her rags, bandages, and herbs. As Elphaba was tending to Glinda's feet she noticed a tear in Glinda's dress and what caught her eye was the red falling out of that tear. Elphaba's eyes widened slightly and she stopped wrapping Glinda's feet and bent over a little more to see Glinda's stomach better. The witch moved the cloth of Glinda's dress only to hear Glinda hiss in pain. Elphaba saw that the fabric of the dress was now sticking to the blood and stuck inside the wound.

"Glinda..." Elphaba whispered as if trying to say sorry just by saying the woman's name. "...I'm going to need to get the fabric out from the wound and it will hurt." Elphaba said as she picked up the small cup that held the now green water inside. "I'm going to need you to drink this, dear. It will help with the pain." Elphaba stated as she looked at her old friend.

Glinda nodded and took the cup with the opposing liquid and instead of sipping at it like Elphaba thought she would. The blonde gulped it down not caring for the taste at all she started to cough and gag but the liquid had already gone down.

smart move, Glind. Elphaba thought as she went about taking care of Glinda's gash.

When she was not able to come up with any other way Elphaba stood up and took out a knife from her bag and cut a large square out of Glinda's dress around the wound and then put the knife back in her bag and took out clothing in Glinda's size.

"Are those for me?" Glinda asked looking at Elphaba. Her only answer was a nod and to emphasize the nod the clothing was pushed into Glinda's hands.

"But I need you to take off your dress first." Elphaba stated as she looked at Glinda.

The blonde blushed slightly at the thoughts running wild in her head. When Elphaba saw Glinda's blush she smiled. Glinda blushing was the most beautiful thing in the world to Elphaba, besides her daughter.

"Why Ms. Elphaba if I didn't know any better I'd say you were trying to get me out of my dress." Glinda stated looking at her friend with a wry smile as she slowly lifted the dress over and above her head. Elphaba helped remove the dress completely and then set out in making sure all of the fabric of the dress was no longer embedded in the gash.

Though it did take a little longer then planned Elphaba did attended to all of Glinda's wounds. As Glinda was slipping into the new dress and cloak Elphaba had given her, the witch was packing up their camp site. Elphaba put the bag of items over her shoulder and waited until Glinda gave her the OK to turn back around and face her.

"It is alright Ms. Elphaba. I am decent." Glinda stated as she pulled the black cloak Elphaba had given her closer to her to prevent what heat was on it from leaving her.

Elphaba turned around and bowed her head before moving over to the broom. Glinda was still sitting on the rock when Elphaba had firmly placed herself on her broom. When Elphaba looked over at Glinda she saw the blonde trying to put some weight down on her feet but was wincing in pain as she did so. Elphaba unsettled from her broom and walked over to her old friend.

"Here...let my carry you." Elphaba stated and was about to bend down and pick Glinda up when the blonde protested.

"I'm a grown woman Ms. Elphaba I can surely walk on my own two feet." Glinda said and then tried to emphasize her point by walking only to fall toward Elphaba.

"Yes my pretty Ms. Glinda but you're feet are not yet healed." Elphaba said calmly as she held Glinda's upper body in her arms. "Now...will you let me carry you so we can get a move on?" Elphaba asked.

Glinda sighed and nodded her head, she was defeated and she knew it. And to Glinda's surprise even in Elphaba's older age she was able to lift her up and carry her over to the broom with what seemed like ease. And soon off they were heading to places unknown.

TBC...

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter.