The Emerald Woman and the Little Star
Chapter Fourteen
Elphaba woke up and yawned taking a quick glance at her watch she saw she had been asleep for a little over and hour and a half she looked down at the little girl in her arms and saw she was awake.
"Hey baby did you have a good sleep" said Elphaba kissing the top of the little girls head, Alice sat up as she did so she felt that feeling in her bladder again taking a deep breath she turned to Elphaba who had also sat up.
"I need to go Elphie" said Alice "I need a bucket please please please"
Elphaba looked at the little girl and stroked the top of her head "baby you don't have to wee in buckets here let's go and use the toilet or potty darling" She stood up and lifted the little girl into her arms then carried her down the hall to the bathroom, once in the bathroom Elphaba put the little girl onto her feet "ok sweetheart which do you want to use the toilet or potty" the little girl shook her head and tried to back out of the door.
"No Elphie not allowed Fiyero will hurt me" said Alice she started to shake and cry.
"Oh baby it's ok you're ok Fiyero will not hurt you for using your potty sweetheart he was so proud of you when you used it in the night" said Elphaba "come on let's sit you on the potty darling it's ok" she gently pulled the little girl's bottoms down and tried to sit her on the potty but the little girl started to fight her.
"No Elphie no no no" sobbed Alice.
"It's ok baby you're ok come on sweetheart sit down for me" said Elphaba. The little girl sighed, sat down and immediately started to pee "That's a good girl I'm so proud of you baby".
After a few seconds had past the little girl sighed again and turned to Elphaba "I'm done Elphie I'm sorry I couldn't hold it please don't let Fiyero hurt me"
"Baby it's ok Fiyero will not hurt you for using the potty he's going to be so proud of you" said Elphaba she grabbed some toilet paper off the roll and handed it to the little girl "here sweetie wipe yourself". Alice slowly stood up and took the paper from Elphaba, once she had wiped herself she dropped the tissue into the potty and pulled her bottoms up then walked over to the sink to wash her hands, Elphaba lifted the middle out of the potty chair and emptied it into the toilet then flushed it before putting the middle back into the potty.
Once they had both washed their hands the two of them headed downstairs to find some lunch as they got to the bottom of the stairs Elphaba could hear voices coming from the sitting room she took hold of Alice's hand and walked into the sitting room and was surprised to find Fiyero's mother and sister in law sitting on the settee drinking coffee.
"Fae you are up did you sleep well" said Fiyero "hey sweetie did you have a good sleep".
The little girl looked at him then taking a deep breath she spoke "I had to go Fiyero I tried to hold it but I couldn't I didn't mean to wee in the potty I'm sorry please don't hurt me"
"Sweetheart I would never hurt you ever not for anything I'm so proud of you for using your potty darling so proud" said Fiyero smiling at the little girl. Alice stared at him confusion all over her face.
"You not hurt me but I'm allowed to use the toilet or potty only a bucket so what I did was naughty" said Alice. Fiyero's heart broke and his eyes filled with tears.
"Oh baby come here darling" said Fiyero holding his arms out to the little girl, she looked at him then turned to Elphaba and grabbed onto her. Elphaba knelt down in front of the little girl.
"Baby it's ok go to Fiyero it's ok he's not going to hurt you I promise" said Elphaba. The little girl thought for a moment then slowly walked over to Fiyero stopping just out of his reach she looked over her shoulder to Elphaba "go on baby it's ok" she turned back to Fiyero and took the last few steps into his open arms and he scooped her up and held her close.
"I love you baby I will never ever hurt you ever and using your potty is not naughty baby it's the right place to go when you need to go" said Fiyero "you can trust me sweetheart"
Elphaba watched Fiyero with the little girl and her eyes filled with tears she was so glad the little girl was starting to accept him she was wiping the tears from her face when the little girl spoke.
"Cuddle Elphie" said Alice holding one of her arms out to her, Elphaba smiled and walked over to where Fiyero stood holding the little girl he held out his arm and she snuggled into his embrace the spell was broken by his mother clearing her throat.
Elphaba pulled away from Fiyero and looked at Amilie "Amilie, Sorelle what brings you here today"
"Yero called and said you where struggling with Alice and needed some help" said Amilie.
"He did what" said Elphaba her eyes narrowing she rounded on Fiyero "how dare you do that behind my back I knew you didn't think I could look after her"
"Fae that's not true at all I think you have done wonderfully with Alice I really do but you were in a right state this morning" said Fiyero "I was worried so I called my mother"
"If I wanted help I would have asked for it she took Alice from him then stormed towards the door stopping before she went through it "I'll be in the kitchen getting MY daughter her lunch" with that she stormed out of the room
Fiyero sighed and ran his fingers through his hair "I don't know what has got into her today she so flipping stubborn"
"She's a new mother Yero and she's got a little girl who is terrified of her own shadow what Elphaba needs is support from all of us even if she can't see it at the moment I mean for goodness sake it took the pair of you the best part of two years to work out how you felt about each other" said Sorelle "Look you two stay here I'll go and talk to her"
Sorelle stood up and headed out of the room as she walked out of the back doors she could see Elphaba sitting on the grass with the little girl eating sandwiches she made her way over to her and sat down beside her.
"Elphaba can I talk to you mother to mother" said Sorelle.
Elphaba sighed "if you must" she turned to Alice "baby you play here I'm going to go over there and talk to Sorelle" the little girl nodded and started pulling toys out of the box. Elphaba stood up and followed Sorelle over to the patio chairs the two of them sat down.
"Elphaba I want to help you if you will let me let's face it Alice is not an easy child you have done a fantastic job since she arrived on Friday but it doesn't mean you don't need help now and then" said Sorelle " Yero tells me the biggest problem at the moment is getting her to use the potty"
Elphaba nodded "she is so terrified of being hurt again I've managed to get her to use the potty and the toilet a couple of times but it was a hell of a fight today she used it once she's wet her knickers once " she looked over to the little girl and smiled she was happily chasing a ball over the grass a second later she spotted Fiyero walking through the back doors, he walked over to Elphaba and sat down on the other side of her.
"Fae please don't be angry with me I was only trying to help" said Fiyero "why don't you go inside and have a chat with mother I'll watch Alice".
Elphaba thought for a moment then turned to him "ok but any problems you come and get me I mean it"
"It's ok Elphaba I'll stay out here with him" said Sorelle. Elphaba nodded and headed into the house.
Once Elphaba had gone into the house Fiyero walked over to the grass and sat down beside the little girl "Hi baby what are you doing playing football"
The little girl jumped at the sound of his voice then slowly picked up the ball and handed it to him "I'm sorry I'm sorry please don't hurt me" Fiyero looked at the fear in the little girl's eyes and spoke softly to her.
"Baby it's ok remember what I told you inside you can't trust me I will never hurt you ok" said Fiyero he handed the ball back to the little girl and she smiled.
"Play with me Fiyero" said Alice kicking the ball towards him.
"Of course I will baby" said Fiyero standing up.
The two of them played with the ball for about twenty minutes until the little girl suddenly stopped and walked over to the toy box and started to look through it Fiyero smiled.
"Do you want a drink baby" said Fiyero. The little girl nodded "ok sweetheart I'll be back in a minute" he walked across the grass back to the patio area where Sorelle was sat.
"You are great with her Yero" said Sorelle "but then I always knew you would make a great father you're great with our kids"
"Thanks I'm going to get some drinks do you want one" said Fiyero.
"No I'd better get back the kids will be home from school soon" said Sorelle "tell your mum I'll see her soon"
"Ok see you soon thanks for coming" said Fiyero and he watched as she left the garden.
A short while later Fiyero came back into the garden carrying a mug and a beaker he set them down on the table and turned to where the little girl was playing on the grass "Alice come and get your drink baby" the little girl didn't move from her spot beside the toy box. Fiyero walked slowly over to the grass as he got closer to the little girl a smell hit his nose "Sweetheart have you had an accident"
The little girl shook her head violently "No Fiyero"
"I think you have baby I can smell you it's ok come on let's get you cleaned up" said Fiyero he took a step towards the little girl but she freaked out at him.
"Don't touch me no no no haven't had an accident" said Alice backing away from him.
"Alice it's ok I promise I'm not going to hurt you come on darling let's get that mess off of you" said Fiyero but the little girl screamed at him.
"No no no don't touch me" said Alice "want my Elphie"
"Ok baby ok I'll get her" said Fiyero he dashed into the castle and down the hall to the sitting room where Elphaba and his mother were in deep conversation " Sorry to Interrupt but Fae I need you"
"Yero what's happened where's Alice" said Elphaba jumping to her feet.
"Don't panic Fae I think she's had a poo accident but she won't let me touch her" said Fiyero with a pant.
"Ok I'm coming Sorry Amilie thanks for the talk" said Elphaba
"No problem dear I'd better be off anyway" said Amilie "goodbye you two and Elphaba remember if you need help don't be afraid to ask"
"I won't and thank you" said Elphaba. Once Amilie had left Elphaba followed Fiyero out to the garden and walked over to the little girl who was crouching behind the toy box as she got close to her a smell hit her nose she knelt down in front of the little girl "baby have you had a poo in your knickers".
The little girl shook her head "No Elphie" she stood up and started to back away from Elphaba.
"I think you have baby it's ok come here please" said Elphaba. The little girl shook her head and tried to run but Elphaba caught hold of her she turned the little girl around and gently pulled the back of her waist band out and sighed "Baby why didn't you use the potty darling"
"I needed to go and you were gone Elphie I was scared" said Alice bursting in to tears she held her arms up to Elphaba and she picked the little girl up.
"Oh darling it's ok there's no need to be scared come on let's get you cleaned up" said Elphaba she carried the little girl into the castle to the downstairs bathroom.
Once in the bathroom Elphaba removed the little girl's shoes and leggings then taking a pair of scissors out of the cabinet she carefully cut the little girl's knickers off "oh dear baby what a mess" she opened another cupboard and pulled out a small purple plastic bag and put the little girl's dirty knickers into it then grabbing some toilet paper she carefully wiped the worst of the poo off the little girl's bottom and back she flushed the toilet paper away then grabbed a flannel run it under the warm water then cleaned the little girl again once the little girl was clean Elphaba turned to put the flannel in the sink to be washed when she turned back she saw the little girl was standing still panic in her eyes.
"Sweetheart what's wrong" said Elphaba taking hold of the little girl's hands. Alice sighed taking a deep breath she looked into Elphaba's eyes.
"Need a wee wee Elphie" said Alice.
"Oh darling it's ok let's sit you on the potty" said Elphaba. The little girl shook her head and started to back away from her "baby it's ok come on before you wee on the floor" the little girl kept backing away from her and backed into Fiyero who had appeared in the door with the little girl's dry clothes.
"Whoops careful baby" said Fiyero then he saw the panic in the little girl's eyes "Sweetheart what's the matter" the little girl didn't answer him she turned and dived into Elphaba's arms. Fiyero looked at Elphaba.
"She needs to do a wee I'm trying to get her on the potty" said Elphaba "she's scared"
Fiyero looked at the little girl in Elphaba's arms he slowly walked over to her and knelt in front of her "Sweetheart it's ok to use your potty baby I won't hurt you I promise you can trust me darling". The little girl looked into Fiyero's eyes then spoke with a shaking voice.
"Promise" said Alice "I do wee in potty and you not hurt me Fiyero"
"I promise you baby I would never ever hurt you" said Fiyero. Alice looked at him for a few seconds then turned to Elphaba "potty Elphie quickly"
Elphaba smiled and sat the little girl onto the potty and she immediately started to pee sighing a little as she did so when she had finished she turned to Fiyero "promise Fiyero" He nodded and the little girl grinned at him showing all her teeth she stood up and wiped herself then walked over to Fiyero and held her arms up to him. Fiyero lifted the little girl into his arms and held her close.
Elphaba watched the two of with a big smile on her face she was so happy she could melt, she was knocked out of her thoughts by Fiyero saying her name.
"Fae are you alright why are you crying" said Fiyero.
"It's ok Yero they're happy tears" said Elphaba then she looked at Alice "Come on baby let's get these clothes on you"
Once they had finished in the bathroom Alice dashed into the sitting room and pulled her toilet chart out of the corner and was about to climb up on to the side board when Elphaba caught hold of her.
"Alice what did I say about climbing on the furniture" said Elphaba. The little girl looked at her.
"You said no climbing" said Alice then she burst into tears "want my mermaids Elphie"
"Baby don't cry I'll get them" said Elphaba she took the sheet of stickers off the shelf and hands them to the little girl. Alice smiled and peeled a sticker off and stuck it on her chart "well done baby we are both so proud of you"
Alice looked at them both and smiled "I go and play now"
"Of course you can baby, not in the garden though it's getting dark now" said Elphaba. The little girl's face fell.
"But I want to play Elphie" said Alice and she took off out of the sitting room and down the hall to the back doors only to find they where closed and locked she pulled on the handles then started to cry in frustration when they wouldn't open. Elphaba walked over to the little girl and knelt down in front of her.
"Sweetheart you can't go out it's dark now and very cold too let's find something to play with indoors" said Elphaba. The little girl wrapped her arms around Elphaba's neck she picked the little girl up and held her close she felt the little girl snuggling into her chest then felt her start to get heavier "baby don't go to sleep darling it's too late in the day for a nap it's nearly dinner time" the little girl pulled away from Elphaba and looked at her.
"I'm tired and hungry Elphie" said Alice with a yawn she then snuggled into Elphaba's chest again "I know baby let's go and find some dinner" she carried the little girl into the kitchen and smiled when she saw Fiyero standing at the cooker stirring something in a pan. He turned when he heard Elphaba enter the room.
"There's my favourite girls I hope you're hungry Mac and cheese will be ready in a few minutes" said Fiyero then he noticed Elphaba smiling at him "what"
"Did I ever tell you how much I love you" said Elphaba. Fiyero grinned at her.
"How about you show me later just how much you love me" said Fiyero with a wink and Elphaba swotted him.
"Not in front of Alice" said Elphaba then she grinned and whispered in his ear "you can count on it" she ran her hand down his back and felt him shiver.
"Don't Fae" he said and she grinned.
"Getting hot under the collar Yero" said Elphaba she giggled and carried Alice into the dining room and sat her down to eat. Once dinner was eaten Elphaba watched as Alice downed her beaker of juice without stopping then set it on the table then let out a loud burp and Fiyero snorted.
"Sounds like you enjoyed that princess" said Fiyero with a laugh Elphaba glared at him.
"Fiyero don't encourage bad table manners please" said Elphaba then she turned to Alice "Sweetheart when you burp you need to say excuse me afterwards ok" the little girl nodded and then yawned.
"Tired Elphie" said Alice holding her arms out to Elphaba.
Elphaba scooped the little girl up "come on then baby let's give you a bath" she little girl shook her head then turned to Fiyero.
"Fiyero give me a bath please" said Alice. Fiyero face broke into a grin.
"I would love to give you a bath baby" said Fiyero "let's go upstairs"
Elphaba carried the little girl upstairs to her bedroom to find her clean pyjamas while Fiyero headed to the bathroom to run the bath when it was ready he made his way to the little girl's bedroom.
"Bath is all ready for you sweetheart" said Fiyero the little girl smiled and shot out of the room Elphaba and Fiyero followed her down the hall into the bathroom when they got into the room they saw Alice trying to climb into the bath smiling Elphaba lifted her up and put her into the warm water.
"No Elphie want Fiyero to do it" said Alice.
"I'm here baby hey I have a friend for you" said Fiyero he held out a small plastic yellow duck the little girl looked at it confusion on her face.
"What's that Fiyero" said Alice as she sat down in the warm water, Fiyero knelt down by the side of the bath and put the little duck Into the water.
"This is the best bath time friend you could ever get it's a rubber duckie" said Fiyero "hey do you know the rubber duckie song" the little girl shook her head.
Fiyero picked up the little duck and started moving it around the water he then started to sing.
Rubber duckie you're the one
You make Bath time lots of fun
Rubber duckie I'm alwfully fond of you
Rubber duckie joy oh joy
When I squeeze you you make noise
Rubber duckie your my very best friend it's true.
The little girl laughed and splashed about in the water she then reached up and pulled the little hair bands out of her hair.
"Wash my hair Fiyero please" said Alice. Fiyero nodded and quickly washed the little girl's hair he then grabbed a body puff and squeezed some child's body wash onto it he rubbed it on the little girl's tummy make her giggle he was about to wash her legs when the little girl panicked.
"No Fiyero don't touch me" said Alice backing away from him "Elphie do it please". Elphaba who had been sitting on the closed toilet watching stood up and knelt beside Fiyero at the tub.
"Sweetheart it's ok he won't touch you anywhere you don't want him to" said Elphaba she took the body puff from Fiyero and quickly washed the little girl's legs and private parts "there all clean let's get you out" she lifted the little girl out of the tub and wrapped a towel around her then picked her up.
Back in the little girl's bedroom Elphaba quickly got her dried and dressed into her clean knickers and pyjamas then brushed her hair leaving it loose down her back when she was done the little girl turned to her.
"Teeth now Elphie" said Alice taking off out of the room and down the hall to the bathroom Elphaba followed behind her and smiled when she got to the bathroom door and saw the little girl grabbing her tooth brush a few minutes later she put the brush back in the holder then she looked at Elphaba "ok to go wee in potty Elphie please"
"Of course it is sweetheart" said Elphaba she watched as the little girl pulled her bottoms down and sat on the potty within seconds a loud tinkling filled the bathroom once she was done the little girl wiped herself then pulled her bottoms up while she washed her hands Elphaba emptied the potty then washed her own hands.
"Bed now Elphie" said Alice racing back to her bedroom by the time Elphaba got to the room the little girl was in bed and Fiyero was telling her a story about a handsome prince and a green girl it didn't take long for the little girl to fall asleep once she was settled Elphaba and Fiyero left the room closing the door behind them.
"What a day Fae I'm sorry happy it's not real" said Fiyero he pulled Elphaba into his arms "I love you Fae with all my heart"
"Show me Fiyero show me how much you love me" said Elphaba her eyes filled with lust Fiyero lifted her into his arms and wrapped her legs around his waist he kissed her hard pulling away for air Elphaba whispered in his ear "bedroom now".
Fiyero carried her down the hall smiling he didn't think anything could ruin the happiness he felt right now but he couldn't have been more wrong.