Author's Note: Life has been...complicated to say the least so to put you guys out of your misery I'm uploading the last 2 chapters of the story. I hope you like the way I decided to end the story and can't wait hear what you guys think. Thanks! :)
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Chapter 19:
"Goodnight love." Elphaba said looking down at Glinda.
"Goodnight Elphie." Glinda said as she reached up and gave Elphaba a very nice goodnight kiss. "I love you."
"I love you too." Elphaba said as both girls gave each other a smile and cuddled under the blankets.
As both Elphaba and Glinda got more comfortable and slowly fell asleep, both couldn't help but feel like the world had been lifted off their shoulders. The girls silently thought about how they both went from hated enemies, to best friends, to finally the loves of each other's lives. As they wondered what they did to deserve one another they couldn't come up with any reasonable answers. However, it didn't matter to them, as long as they had each other, they knew that they could overcome anything together.
The next morning Glinda woke up from a wonderful dream. In the dream she saw herself cuddled up with her green love on a couch listening to Elphaba read to her. The dream showed that they lived in a big house, most likely a manor that resembled her childhood home. There was a cozy fire burning in the fireplace and the smell of fresh cookies in the air. The best part of the dream was that when Glinda looked down at her hands, she noticed a beautiful diamond ring on her wedding ring finger. Then she saw a ring band on the same finger on Elphaba. She realized in the dream that they were married.
When Glinda opened her eyes she first looked at her left hand and saw no ring there, which caused her to pout. However, when she felt strong arms tighten around her and saw green skin, she smiled.
Elphaba woke up about 30 minutes prior to Glinda. She stared at the ceiling wondering if everything that happened the previous day was a dream or not. She got her answer when she licked her lips and felt a slight burn where she had her cut. Elphaba thought about everything that Glinda did to keep her safe. The blonde sacrificed her own happiness just to protect Elphaba. That thought made the taller girl fall more in love with Glinda. Yet the fact that they told each other that they loved one another and meant it, brought a wide smile to Elphaba's face.
Elphaba was still daydreaming when she felt Glinda's head move. Seeing that the blonde was now awake, she tighten her grip on Glinda.
"Morning Elphie!" Glinda bubbled.
"Morning my sweet." Elphaba said with her crooked grin.
"I like that." Glinda said with a giggle.
"Like what?" Elphaba asked.
"Your grin. Its crooked, your left side of your mouth goes up higher then your right side." Glinda said as she kissed the left corner of Elphaba's mouth.
"Really? I've never really shown anyone it. I guess I'll have to do it more often." Elphaba said blushing slightly.
"No. I like that no one else knows about it, except me." Glinda said.
"Well then it'll be your grin that I give to you." Elphaba said with a smile.
"Ok!" Glinda said jumping as best as she could while lying in bed.
Elphaba smiled as she leaned down and gave Glinda a very steamy good morning kiss. When air became a necessity is when they finally pulled apart but still looked into each others eyes. They remained this way for several long moments, almost as if they were having a conversation with their eyes only.
What broke the silence was Glinda's stomach growling.
"I forgot that your stomach has it own schedule that it keeps to." Elphaba said with a chuckle.
"Yes, it doesn't know when to give me an extra few minutes with my beautiful girlfriend." Glinda said with a slight blush.
"Well lets get you something to eat." Elphaba said as she stood up and extended her hand to help Glinda up as well.
"I kind of want to have breakfast with just you. Maybe to the place where we had our first date?" Glinda said.
"Anything you want. Now why don't you get bathed and ready to leave, while I write a note for Fiyero and Valina." Elphaba said with a smile.
"Great!" Glinda said cheerfully before she gave Elphaba a kiss on the cheek and skipped to the bathroom.
About 30 minutes later both girls were on their way to Over The Rainbow Cafe. They were both holding hands completely oblivious to the outside world and just quietly laughing and talking to each other.
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Once inside and seated, the girls ordered and waited for their food to come.
"Elphie?" Glinda asked suddenly feeling nervous.
"Yes?" Elphaba answered.
"Did you mean it? Last night, what you said." Glinda asked biting her bottom lip.
"Of course I meant it. Why, you didn't mean it?" Elphaba asked getting worried that Glinda changed her mind.
"No! I meant everything I said last night." Glinda quickly reassured Elphaba.
"Oh, good. I got scared that maybe you were rethinking everything and didn't really mean to tell me that you love me." Elphaba said with a sigh of relief.
"I was scared too that you just told me you loved me because of everything that happened yesterday." Glinda said looking a little vulnerable.
"No my sweet. I love you with everything in my body and so much more." Elphaba said reaching across the table to take the blonde's hand in her own.
"I love you too my Elphie." Glinda said with a wide smile that Elphaba reciprocated.
After their conversation both girls ate their meals with the occasional small talk and small smiles towards one another.
Once they finished up they decided to walk to the park and sit by the lake like they did for their first date. This time, however, since it was starting to get colder due to the upcoming winter Elphaba conjured up 2 thick blankets. The brunette laid out the first blanket and sat down against the same tree as before. Glinda grabbed the 2nd blanket and sat in front of Elphaba, with her back against the green girl's chest. They wrapped themselves in the massive blanket to stay warm and created their own cocoon-like embrace.
Glinda talked excitingly about the upcoming winter break and how much fun they would have together. Elphaba listened patiently and commented every once in awhile, but mainly just watching her girlfriend. After Glinda finished telling her plans to Elphaba, both feel into a comfortable silence.
Glinda played with Elphaba's fingers under the blanket as Elphaba silently nuzzled the blonde's neck. Glinda let out a sigh of contentment, closed her eyes and let her head fall back to give Elphaba better access. Elphaba then put her chin on the smaller girl's shoulder and tighten her hold on Glinda.
"I love it when we're like this." Glinda's soft voice said.
"It is kind of nice." Elphaba said with a small smile.
"Kind of?" Glinda questioned as she turned to look at Elphaba with one arched eyebrow that was a mirror image of Elphaba's well known expression.
"Yes kind of. Because this is better." Elphaba said with a grin as she leaned in to kiss Glinda.
"Oh. Well in that case 'kind of' is the correct way to describe it." Glinda said with a giggle before she gave Elphaba a kiss that stole the green girl's breath away.
After a few minutes of the steamy kiss, Elphaba was the first to pull away. Glinda had moved from her initial position and was now straddling Elphaba's legs. The green girl stared into Glinda's intense blue eyes all the while stroking her cheek. Glinda stared back into deep brown
eyes and leaned into Elphaba's touch. Both stayed this way for what felt like hours.
"Thank you." Elphaba simply said, breaking the silence.
"For what?" Glinda asked as she wrapped her arms around Elphaba's neck.
"Everything." Elphaba said as she wrapped her arms around the blonde's waist. "If it weren't for you I wouldn't be as happy as I am right now."
"If it wasn't for you, I would've never found out what it was liked to be loved and cared for, ever. Or to love and care for someone also. You saved me, in more ways than one and I will forever love you for it all." Elphaba finished while Glinda had tears falling down her face.
"Thank you also for everything, I am a better person because of you." Glinda said as Elphaba wiped away her tears. "I love you so much Elphaba."
"I love you too Glinda." Elphaba said as she gave Glinda a soft kiss that spoke volumes and expressed everything that either girl was feeling.
When both pulled away Glinda hugged Elphaba as tight as she could, while the brunette also tighten her arms around the blonde. Both wanted to just stay close to each other and show the love they had for one another as best as they could.
As the time wore on, Elphaba loosened her grip on Glinda.
"Let's go home." Elphaba said with her crooked grin.
"I'd love to." Glinda responded with a smile to Elphaba's words, remembering her dream from earlier. The possibility of it coming true and hearing the term 'lets go home' more often made her heart fill with hope.
After the girls cleaned up their spot near the lake, they linked hands again and left the park. All that could be heard was Glinda's excited giggle and Elphaba's chuckle at her bubbly love.
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On the way to their dorm both girls didn't realize how long they stayed at the park wrapped up in each other's embrace until Glinda's stomach growled once again signaling that it was lunch time. With a chuckle from Elphaba they made a stop at the cafe and carried the food back to their room.
After eating, Elphaba decided to just lounge around, something she never ever did. While both girls were cuddled together on Elphaba's bed Glinda thought of something.
"How long exactly have you had a crush on me?" Glinda asked with a smile.
"Ummm... since I first saw you." Elphaba responded while turning a darker green.
"Really?" Glinda asked excitingly.
"Yes, on the first day of school I was trying to ignore all the comments from everyone until I heard your giggle. When I looked up and saw you, I was immediately drawn in." Elphaba said with a shy smile.
"I was immediately drawn to you when I first saw you too. I tried to deny it all the time until I saw you with Ridal." Glinda said shyly, yet said Ridal's name with a sneer.
"You got a little jealous?" Elphaba asked with a cocky smile.
"Yes, but don't act like you didn't either. I saw you sometimes when Fiyero was around me." Glinda said with a grin.
"Guilty, but that was only because I wanted you to be with me." Elphaba said knowing there was no use in denying her jealousy.
"And I only got jealous because Ridal always assumed you were his even when nothing became official between you two." Glinda said.
"But why would that make you jealous? They were just words." Elphaba asked somewhat confused.
"They were more then words. He always said 'you belong to me.'" Glinda explained.
"But why was that a bad thing?" Elphaba asked with her eyebrows scrunched up together and head slightly tilted in confusion from trying to understand the dynamics of relationships.
"Elphie.." Glinda started with a sigh and a smile seeing as Elphaba looked to cute when she was confused. "It was bad because you never belonged to him...because you belong with me."
Elphaba finally understood what Glinda was saying and smiled her big rare smile, leaning in to kiss the blonde. When the taller girl pulled back she held Glinda with her right arm as her left hand stroked the smaller girl's cheek.
"I'll always belong with you for as long as you want me to be." Elphaba said with a soft smile.
"Really?" Glinda asked with a hopeful smile.
"Really. Just don't hurt me either." Elphaba said with her crooked grin.
"I can't even imagine hurting you." Glinda said with a tiny sniffle.
"Good, because I love you." Elphaba said as she brought Glinda closer to her.
"I love you too." Glinda said before she leaned in to kiss Elphaba.
As both girls laid huddled up together in their embrace, they knew that they would protect, care for, and love one another for as long as they possibly could. Nothing would ever bring them down if they stayed together.