~A/N~ I hope you aren't to confused with all the changing :-/ Well part of this chapter is from the previous story so don't be confused!
While Elphaba was nervous about meeting Fiyero's parents, she was pleased that Galinda, Boq and Nessarose would all be coming out to visit during the summer.
Fiyero wanted one thing before Elphaba met his parents; he wanted to be engaged to her. But it had to be perfect: Elphaba had endured such a hard life, never knowing love, that the proposal had to completely display his love for her.
He had already organized part of it; he had the ring, Galinda would after Aya until the next morning, and he knew he wanted to propose in the woods where they had freed the lion cub together. The only thing he couldn't decide of was what to say.
What words could be said to fully describe his love for his green goddess?
Unfortunately Fiyero ended up doing a very manly thing; he winged it.
So there he was on a warm spring-turning-summer night, leading his girlfriend through the woods.
"Yero?" Elphaba questioned, "Where are you taking me?"
He paused only for a moment to peck her lips, "You'll see!"
She pursed her lips, but kept walking behind him. Soon enough they reached a clearing and she inhaled deeply.
"I know this place!"
Fiyero laughed and pulled her close, "I hope you would, this is where we freed the lion cub."
"I think about that day alot," Elphaba ran a hand through his hair.
Fiyero took in a deep breath, holding her hands in his, "I hoped you would, because that's the day I fell in love with you."
A blush crept up Elphaba's cheeks but Fiyero kept going, "Fae I love you more than anything else. No matter what any one else says, I know you're perfect, and that my life wouldn't be complete if you weren't in it."
Now his lovers eyes were shining, and that gave him the courage to get down on one knee, "I guess what I'm trying to say is: I never want to loose you, I want to be able to say 'See that gorgeous woman over there? She's all mine'. So Elphaba Thropp, will you marry me?"
He pulled out the ring box and Elphaba burst into tears and threw her arms around him.
"Oh Yero, of course!" She was able to mumble, holding out her hand for Fiyero to put the ring on.
Then he lifted her of the ground and kissed her passionately.
"I honestly feel like the happiest person in the world right now!"
Elphaba kissed him again, "And I'm the luckiest girl in the world."
News of the engagement spread around campus like wildfire. At one point a group of girls starte spreading a rumor that Elphaba had him under some kind of spell, but Galinda had furiously hunted them down and screamed at them for a full 10 minutes. Hey, the pink fluff-ball could be scary when she wanted to.
Elphaba was grateful for all the support she had from her friends, but was still nervous about meeting Fiyero's parents, possibly more so now. She was no longer his girlfriend who he could break up with at any moment, she was his fiancée and mother of his child.
Thats why the carriage ride to Fiyero's Royal Vinkus castle was tedious and mentally exhausting.