I'm sooooo sorry that I haven't updated Haunts and Hurts for such a long time. I just had this major writer's block for it until I sat down and fought tooth and nail with it. This chapter is basically fluff as I promised and it's set a couple months after the accident. This is a high 'T' chapter for what happens at the end. I wouldn't say borderline T/M but it's high up there...I think. So yeah I will stop talking and let you guys read on. So Enjoy. :)
"Oh, Elphie, open your eyes and look at the pond." Glinda's excited voice pierced through Elphaba's concentration. Her eyes opened when one of Glinda's hands landed on her own, giving it a gentle squeeze. Brown eyes softened when they saw two pure white swans gracefully swimming side by side on the cool water. Elphaba leaned forward at this wondrous sight. She has never seen such beautiful creatures so close in her life. The green witch gave her girlfriend a side-long glance before giving her a smile. Well, maybe she would have to reword that sentence later.
"Oh, they must be mates--look how close they swim together." Glinda whispered to Elphaba while she pointed in the swans' direction. Elphaba paid even closer attention to the two animals that were in front of them; it seemed to be they were just enjoying each other's company. Suddenly, the two swans stopped paddling along and they turned to face each other. The green witch heard the blonde inhale softly when she saw this, then; she slowly started to get up. The swans were oblivious to their watchers as they stretched their long elegant necks towards each other until their beaks touched as if they were kissing. Glinda felt tears rise in her eyes at the display of love. That simple act was so beautiful. The blonde was so captured that she started to walk closer to the pond, though she had a slight limp. Her leg was still a little weak, and it would occasionally flare up in pain despite being in the hospital for over a month.
"Glinda, your leg. That's why we were sitting here in the first place." Elphaba whispered heatedly as she watched the blonde get closer to the edge of the pond, completely ignoring the brunette's words. The green witch gave a sigh in exasperation and wondered where Glinda got this stubbornness from. Now she knew how it felt when Glinda was at the end of her stubbornness. Glinda carefully sat down on the grass so she wouldn't disturb the scene before her. She always heard about how swans mate for life and here she is witnessing them showing their love for each other. It made her feel so blessed to witness it.
Glinda jumped slightly when she felt something rest on her right shoulder. Her pink lips curved up in a smile when she heard Elphaba's low chuckles. She should have known it was Elphaba touching her.
"Elphie, isn't it beautiful seeing those two swimming together?" Glinda said quietly, so she wouldn't disturb the swans from their leisurely swimming in the pond. Elphaba nodded as she sat down next to her girlfriend while her eyes were still trained on the two white birds. The swans were now swimming towards the spot where Glinda and Elphaba were sitting. Their beady black eyes were trained on the two witches. The green witch blinked her eyes a couple of times when she got a closer look at the swans.
"Glin, I think those two swans are female," Elphaba whispered to Glinda. The blonde snapped her eyes towards her lover with wide blue eyes. How could Elphaba tell if the swans were both female? It was near impossible to tell male from female. Just as Elphaba was going to explain this a loud voice rang out.
"Glinda! Elphaba!"
The two swans were highly startled by the booming voice. The water got disturbed as the two swans took flight. Glinda gave a soft gasp and looked really sad when the two birds left them. Elphaba put a hand on the blonde's shoulder for comfort before getting to her feet to greet Fiyero. The prince stopped in front of her with a grin and held out a hand to her. He has been very supportive of Glinda's and Elphaba's relationship after what had happened in the hospital. When Glinda tried to explain and apologize for him finding out the way he had, he just held up his hand and simply said that his suspicions were finally confirmed. Then, he said that he knew all along that how Glinda felt about Elphaba, but he wanted Glinda to figure out on her own during the time they were together. He was just sad that it had to get to this point for that to happen.
"Fiyero," Elphaba said with a smile as she put her own hand into his own. Fiyero's face grew into a huge smile as they shook hands. When they were done greeting one another the prince put his hands in his pants pocket as Elphaba turned her attention back to Glinda. The blonde was still sitting on the ground her blue eyes trained on the now-still pond.
"You guys hungry? My treat," Fiyero said as he rocked on his feet while hoping his two favorite girls would say yes. Elphaba wouldn't mind going out to eat—she and Glinda had been out all day but they haven't eaten anything since breakfast, which was four hours ago. It was all up to Glinda because her leg has been bothering her and it need some rest. She felt Elphaba's eyes on her and turned her head around to look at her girlfriend.
"You guys go. I'm going to go back to the dorms to rest." Glinda said, slowly standing up. Elphaba made up her mind then. If Glinda was going to go back to their dorms then so would she. The blonde must have seen this because she put a hand over the green lips.
"Elphie, I will be fine by myself for a couple of hours. I'll probably just take a nap after I'm done soaking in the bath tub." Glinda reassured her worried, green girlfriend while taking her hand off of her lips and using it to tuck some of the raven locks behind a green ear. Elphaba looked hard into the crystal blue eyes to see if Glinda was lying, but her brown eyes softened at seeing what Glinda was saying was, in fact, true.
"Do you need help getting back though? I'm sure Fiyero wouldn't mind giving you a piggy back ride." Elphaba replied, adding in some humor as well. Glinda chuckled as Fiyero turned around and pointed at his back, showing he wasn't opposed to the idea. In fact, he encouraged it. The blonde shook her head "no" and gave him an encouraging smile. Her leg wasn't bothering her enough to need assistants. Elphaba's lips became thinner and her eyebrows drew together slightly. She didn't like that Glinda was going to walk on her own. She hasn't forgotten the one time she had let Glinda walk on her own. She had to be called down to the infirmary to find out that her girlfriend's leg had a sudden flare up of huge pain. Needless to say, Elphaba wasn't going to have the blonde out of her sight anytime soon until after leg was one hundred percent healed again.
"Elphaba, I'll be fine. Shiz isn't that far off." Glinda tried again to reassure her overly protective girlfriend. Elphaba saw a look in her lover's eyes that said, "don't push it", and she remembered what happened the last time her girlfriend got this way. It didn't end well. The raven haired beauty nodded and bent down until her lips connected with Glinda's forehead.
"Ok, just take it easy. All right? I don't want to come back to Shiz to find out that you are in the infirmary again." Elphaba whispered as she straightened her back, looking down to Glinda. The blonde nodded her head in understanding while her cheeks got a little red in embarrassment. She waited until her cheeks were normal before getting on her tippy toes and placing her lips on a green cheek.
"I love you." Glinda whispered as she got back onto her feet. Elphaba felt her lips curve into a huge smile at hearing those three words coming out of her love's mouth. She never tired of hearing those words. Fiyero, at this point in time, was smart enough to back off when he saw that the two women were going to do something just for each other. He knew he needed to give them their privacy. Elphaba grabbed one of Glinda's hands and brought it up to her lips. The blonde felt her heart beat faster when warm, green lips pressed against the back of her hand. How she loved this woman showing her such simple affection out in the open.
"I love you too, my sweet." Elphaba whispered once more before straightening her back. She made a pit stop at Glinda's face and stared deeply into the pools of light blue eyes that belonged to her love. Elphaba bent her head sideways and leaned in. Glinda felt her eyes flutter closed, and she waited for Elphaba to hit her mark. Her heart started to beat faster when she felt lips just barely brush against hers. It wasn't really much of a kiss, but it was enough and the message was clear. When the blonde opened her eyes Elphaba was already standing tall again and looking down on her with love and affection. The blonde gave a giggle before turning around and limping away. She didn't get far when something tugged her around so fast that Glinda didn't realize what had happen to her. Elphaba couldn't stand watching her lover walk away from her and felt a really strong urge to give her a good kiss. So she reached out before Glinda could get too far from her and grabbed the right wrist.
The blonde fell into her body as Elphaba wrapped her other arm around her waist to keep her from falling as her hand still clung until Glinda's wrist. Their lips came together with a crashing force that even Fiyero jumped back a little in shock because everything happened so fast. Glinda didn't mind at all at this sudden movement and eagerly pressed her lips harder against Elphaba's. As they did this the grip on Glinda's wrist grew lax so the blonde pushed her hand up until her hand was palm to palm with Elphaba's. Their fingers then became intertwined as they continued to kiss. Slowly the two pulled back to savor their kiss. Glinda gave a soft sigh as she licked her swollen, pink lips while Elphaba did the same thing to her swollen green ones.
"Now you can go." Elphaba whispered as she tucked some of Glinda's blonde locks behind her ear. The blonde nodded her head and gave the green witch one more brief kiss before turning around and heading back to school to rest. Elphaba kept her eyes on the blonde until she knew that Glinda was going to make it just fine. After that the raven haired beauty turned around to see a bemused Fiyero standing behind her.
"Subtle." Was what the prince said. Elphaba snorted and proceeded to walk towards him so they could get some lunch.
"Just for that I'm ordering the most expensive item on the menu." Elphaba replied smugly. Fiyero just shrugged his shoulders and walked with Elphaba to the place where they were going to eat.
The bathroom door opened and steam came pouring out. One foot stepped out of the bathroom and Glinda emerged with a pink towel wrapped around her body with her damp golden locks clinging to her neck. She gave a happy sigh at a successful shower/bath. After a soak in the tub Glinda decided since she was already in the tub that she would take a shower, too. She wanted to be all nice and fresh for Elphaba when she got back. In the doorway of the bathroom the blonde stripped off her towel, leaving herself naked, but she didn't mind because nobody was in her room. Glinda threw her towel back into the bathroom before going back into room where Elphaba and she lived in. The blonde started to hum softly as she walked to her closet and opened it up, shielding her naked flesh from sight. While she shifted through her clothing to find something comfy to wear because she just wanted to relax the rest of the day, the door to the room opened up.
Elphaba poked in her head and scanned the room to see where Glinda was. A grin came upon her face at hearing Glinda's humming and seeing the closet door open. The green witch started to come into their room while calling out to the blonde witch. Brown eyes widened when the door closed and Glinda was standing before wearing nothing at all. Glinda smiled coyly at her speechless lover who just happened to have to door still open at this time.
"Elphie, dear, the door is open and anybody could look in. Please close it before that happens." Glinda said innocently like her being naked in the room was nothing out of the ordinary. Elphaba blinked her eyes multiple times as that message slowly sunk in to the green witch's sudden lust filled brain.
"Oh," Elphaba exclaimed as she slowly started to close the door behind her while not taking her lust filled eyes off of Glinda, "Right."
She had seen Glinda without anything on before, when they would have really heated make out sessions, but both knew that they didn't want to go all the way. The way they just explored each other's body with ultimate affection and love was enough. Glinda had no clue what has come over her when her eyes were set on Elphaba but she felt that if she didn't have Elphaba near her now then she would explode. The green witch gulped hard and continued to stare at her lover's nakedness. She doesn't know what this feeling is brewing up inside of her but she knew that she couldn't contain it much longer.
Before the raven haired beauty knew it she had already crossed the room and crashed her lips on to Glinda's waiting ones. Glinda gave a moan as she fervently moved her lips against the green ones. Elphaba picked the blonde up by her waist and blindly carried her to her own bed. She gently laid Glinda on her mattress and quickly got on top of her, not breaking the passionate kiss. As they continued to kiss Glinda was making quick work of the clothes Elphaba was wearing.
The blonde was happy because Elphaba was kind enough to wear a button up shirt so she could easily use her hands to rip it open. Buttons flew when Glinda did just that. Elphaba didn't seem to mind as she helped Glinda pull off her shirt. She pulled her arms out of her sleeves as Glinda was pulling her shirt down. When Elphaba got her last hand out of the sleeve she grabbed the shirt and threw it to some unknown corner of the room. She was too busy kissing Glinda to care really. The rest of her clothes soon became scattered around the room just seconds later.
It wasn't too long before the bed began to creak in a steady rhythm and passionate noises filled the room. Some of them were names, some of them were whispered words but most of the time it was moans that had to be stifled with kisses so no one else could hear them. Hours later when the two lovers were spent from their passionate love making Elphaba was holding onto a naked Glinda and gently caressing a bare hip. Their eyes were connected and conveyed their love for each other with out saying anything.
"I love you Glinda" Elphaba whispered with a smile. Glinda's own lips curved up to match her lover's smile as she reached up and caressed a green cheek.
"I love you too, Elphaba" Glinda replied back as she snuggled closer to the bare green body with a happy sigh. The green witch chuckled softly at this and wrapped her arms protectively around the blonde's body the rested her head on top of Glinda's. At the same time the two lovers closed their eyes and fell asleep with a smile on their faces.
Told ya...fluff, fluff, and more fluff. That will be in this story for awhile. I got all most all of the angst out of this story in the beginning. So you should sit back and enjoy the fluff that is going to come along in the coming chapters. I will see you guys in the next chapter. Until then.
DWK