Sorry that this chapter took so long. Lots of stuff has been happening, but I hope that you'll enjoy this chapter. Its Rose and Elsie once again and just giving some insight into them at the moment, before I bring the story back to Elphaba and Glinda. So I hope you like.

Part 14

Once the tremors had stopped Elsie got sick a couple of times and Rose was behind her holding back her long blonde tresses from the vomit coming up. Rose looked down; she knew it was her fault. Elsie had told her she wanted to get down or she'd be sick and here she was getting sick and she had almost fallen to her death from some hundred feet in the air. When Elsie was feeling better she leaned back against Rose again. She was too tired to do anything, and she didn't feel like lying on the hard, rough ground when she could lean up against a warm comfortable body.

"I'm sorry." Rose whispered into Elsie's ear.

Elsie closed her eyes and slipped her hand into Rose's. "Can we skip the flying for a little while?" Elsie asked with a slight grin.

Rose smiled and kissed the back of Elsie's head, in a comforting manner. "Of course…" Rose said. "I wouldn't want to hear you complaining in my ear for another two hours."

Elise laughed at this before turning toward Rose and froze as she looked into Rose's eyes. She moved her hand from Rose's and moved it up the raven haired woman's clothed arm. Her skin was no longer green, but just as peach as her own was. Elsie moved her hand to the side of Rose's face and slowly pushed the cloth concealing her hair down. The blonde just watched as shoulder length jet black hair fell out from its concealment. Elsie was under that same spell that had enchanted her at the dance and this time she didn't care how long she staid in it.

Rose's eyes became wide as she watched fascinated as Elsie pulled her by her neck down to her. If Rose didn't know better she would say that Elsie was going to kiss her, but then again Rose knew Elsie hated her guts but right now as their breathe mingled Rose wasn't too sure of that anymore.

"Elsie...wha...?" Rose was about to ask but got cut off by Elsie's lips on her own.

Rose felt like melting and the irony in that was almost enough to make her laugh...almost. Elsie couldn't believe what she was doing, it felt so wonderful but it also scared her to know that it felt so wonderful. Though it didn't matter any longer what it felt like because she was too drawn up in this simple kiss that everything went unnoticed by her. When Rose felt Elsie push against her further and pull her down she couldn't help the small sound that escaped her. The small sound didn't seem to help Rose in getting out of this kiss anytime soon; it only seemed to fuel Elsie's desire, like throwing another log onto the fire Rose thought.

When Rose felt Elsie's tongue asking for permission she moved her hands to Elsie's shoulders and pushed her weight against them, causing the blonde to pull back slightly, which was why Rose had pushed against Elsie in the first place. This couldn't happen, she couldn't kiss Elsie, it just wouldn't go along with her mother's plan. No matter how much she wanted to go against that plan at the moment she couldn't. If she wanted to get Elsie somewhere that she could be safe there was no way she could fall into this temptation and continue what Elsie had just started.

"Why…" Elsie took a deep breathe trying to calm her pounding heart but as she looked at Rose's face she looked down and closed her eyes. "….I'm…"

Rose couldn't bear to have Elsie finish that sentence. She moved her hands to Elsie's mouth and covered it with one hand as she lifted Elsie's chin with the other.

"Shush now….don't finish that statement." Rose said looking into Elsie's eyes. "Its time we get to looking for out mothers and besides I can't be caught kissing the kidnapped Princess in the middle of a field now can I?"

Elsie looked down, not being able to look Rose in the eyes, her blush running from her toes to her face. Rose saw this and smiled. Just for good measure she leaned forward and kissed Elsie's lips softly before she pulled away and smiled when she saw Elsie's couldn't seem to open her eyes, or close her slightly parted lips.

"It's time to move, love." Rose whispered. "It's time to get you to safety." Rose said as she stood up slowly, now holding on to Elsie's hand hoping the blonde would follow suit and follow her.

Elsie nodded and she looked up at Rose, she let out a shaky breath and stood up. Once standing at her full height she saw that she was slightly shorter then Rose, and they seemed to be compete opposites, her with her blonde hair, and twig like figure and Rose with her jet black hair and her masculine, man-ish figure. Elsie looked into Rose's eyes and she felt something she hadn't even imagined she would ever feel together. She felt loved, wanted and she felt so safe. She had felt those things yes, but never together, never together!

"Where is it that we will be safe? If not here where there is no one around us? What could be more safe then being in the palace? Surrounded by guards willing to die for me…and my mother?" Elsie asked looking at Rose.

"Kansas." Rose stated simply and she walked around Elsie and picked up her broom and started to trudge through the field, knowing that Elsie was following her, if only by her whining about not being given a straight answer once again.

Rose shock her head, what a way to end the most emotional/romantic thing that had ever happened to her, with a whining stuck up princess trying to catch up, and yet again complaining.

"Well looks like she's feeling better." Rose mumbled to herself as she continued to walk.

"What was that?" Elsie asked from right behind her.

Rose groaned. "Nothing…." Rose said as she started to walk a little faster.

Elsie looked at Rose and groaned herself. She picked up her pace as she continued to ask questions about where they were going and now she was complaining that they weren't flying.

"Good thing we need her, or else I think I might have already killed her, not giving Morrible the chance to." Rose thought as she walked into the entrance of the forest she and her mother had been sleeping in the night before.

Elsie looked at the trees and saw how dark it was in the forest and she gulped. She looked at Rose's disappearing figure and back at the large trees that seemed to reach up into the sky itself. "She better be one of the good guys." Elsie said to herself as she screamed for Rose to wait for her and ran after the taller woman.

TBC……