If These Wings Could Fly
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Wicked… or Birdy's song "Wings" either for that matter, because if I did, I wouldn't be writing this fanfic right now. I'd be pretty rich.
WickedFrenchHorn: LOL I'm the same way! I'm going to update as frequently as possible.
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So now Fiyero's POV.
Chapter 4: Stories of What We Did
His jaw dropped. It couldn't be, but there was no other green girl he knew of in the world. It had to be. "F-Fae?" He stuttered. Without a word, she ran up to him and hugged him. He picked her up and spun her around, gaining an "Aww" from the people in the bar. "What are you doing here?" He asked his girlfriend. Tears were now streaking down her face. "I work here now. I work here now, I just got the job today! I can't believe you're here! How?"
"I thought you were dead!" He said, "I jumped after you, I didn't want to live in a life without you."
The whole bar "Awwww"ed again, and she hugged him tighter. "How long have you been here?" She asked.
"Since four days ago. How long have you been here?"
"Since five days ago. My oz. I still can't believe you're here!"
"I can't either!" He laughed.
"Where are you staying?"
"Some hotel nearby, but I'm running out of money. I guess I need to think of getting a job too." He flaunted his crooked smile, which he could tell, Elphaba was happy to see again.
"If you want, you can stay with me for tonight. Maybe when you get a job too, we can buy an apartment together, but it's 8. Can you come to the bar so we can still talk while I work?"
"Of course. By the way, did I tell you how gorgeous you look in that dress?"
Elphaba smiled sympathetically. "You don't have to lie to me."
"It's not lying! It's looking at things a different way, and it looks like a lot of men in this town are looking at things a different way. I just caught about five different guys checking you out."
"Oh, stop it! You know that's not true!" She said playfully.
It was 11, and Elphaba was still working tirelessly. Some things never change. Drink after drink, he could tell she was growing tired and annoyed with the customers. He felt bad because here she was, working hard, and here he was sitting at the bar, enjoying himself, and drinking the drinks that annoyed her to prepare. He truly felt guilty. "Elphaba," Her coworker, Avery started, "Why don't you take your break? Just be back in 20 minutes and don't get drunk." Elphaba looked at her and sighed of relief. "Thank you so much. No problem, I will be back."
Elphaba walked out from behind the bar, and around the stools on the other side. She approached Fiyero, wrapping her arms around him and resting her head on his shoulder. She gently kissed his cheek. "Hi, Fae." He said cheerily, while sipping a beer. "You know what you should do, Fae? You should go up and sing a song. I've never heard you sing, but I've heard you were a good singer. I heard you could play the guitar and the piano too." His eyes lied blankly focused on her as she softly giggled, looking down at her feet. She shook her head. "Why not?" She replied, "I'm singing to a bunch of drunk people, what do I have to lose?" Fiyero hugged her at that, and nudged her in the direction of the stage just as the man performing finished his song.
"So, does anyone want to come up and play a song?" He asked, "Anyone? Anyone?" Elphaba began weaving through the bar tables and the people socializing. "I would." She yelled. The man on the stage beamed. "We got someone! Looks like lover boy's girlfriend here wants to sing a song for him!" Fiyero could just see the disgusted look she gave the man when he said that, even though her back was to him. He watched her step behind the grand piano in the corner, which had a microphone hooked up to the stand just above the keys. She tapped on the mic just to make sure it was working.
"Actually," He heard her say, "I do have a song to sing, but it's not for 'lover boy', it's for my dear Yero. I was listening to music the other day, and I heard this song. It really reminded me of you, and our relationship. I love you." He watched her look down as she precisely placed her fingers on the keys to the opening chord. She played the chord rather abruptly, and looked back up at the audience. "By the way, my name is Elphaba." She immediately stared back down at the keys, and began to play the intro.
"Wow, you have a beautiful girlfriend." The man sitting next to him nudged him. "So exotic. She should be a model. Good job man, she's a catch." Fiyero held out his hand to shake, and the man did so firmly. "Thanks. I love her so much. Isn't she beautiful when she plays the piano?" The other man just chuckled, because he was cut off by her hauntingly beautiful voice. It was so clear, and strong, and like listening to a choir of angels.
Sunlight comes creeping in
Illuminates our skin
We watched the day go by
Stories of what we did
They made me think of you
They made me think of you
Under a trillion stars
We danced on top of cars
Took pictures of the state
So far from where we are
They made me think of you
They made me think of you
Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just want to be by your side
If these wings could fly
For the rest of our lives
He immediately saw how she related it to their relationship. He never would forget the night they spent in the woods after he had left his apparent fiancée. He truly would remember that night for the rest of his life. His thoughts soon slipped from his mind when she began to sing the second verse and chorus.
I'm in a foreign state
Our thoughts, they slip away
My words are leaving me
They caught an aeroplane
Because I thought of you
Because I thought of you
Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just want to be by your side
If these wings could fly
Oh damn these walls
In the moment we're ten feet tall
And you told me after it all
We'd remember tonight
For the rest of our lives
She played a musical interlude and repeated the chorus again, the first half completely a Capella. She stayed perfectly on key, which amazed him, not like he hadn't already been amazed. He had heard from Galinda that she had sang a lot and was pretty good, but he didn't realize she was this good. The night he left Galinda, he begged her to sing for him, but she wouldn't dare, she was too nervous about what everyone else thought. He wondered what had gotten into her. Whatever it was, he wasn't complaining. On top of all of that, he had no idea how well she could play the piano, she looked so poised and at ease up there.
Finally, she let the last chord ring out on the piano, as she sang her last note. The whole bar roared with praise and support. She giggled nervously into the microphone. "That one was called "Wings", sung by an artist named Birdy." The crowd continued to clap as she stepped down from the piano and headed back to Fiyero, who was waiting, excitedly to see her.
"MY OZ, FAE!" He said rowdily, getting a few suspicious glances from the men around. "You were FANTASTIC! I mean, I had heard you sang, and I heard you played guitar and piano but WOAH! I didn't know you were that good! OZ, FAE!" A few more men glanced at him confusedly. "Uhm, Yero?" Elphaba exclaimed, "You might want to stop saying 'Oz'. We're in America, and here, they'll think you're crazy if you say that. I think they already do." She giggled. "But I still love you."
"You know?" Fiyero replied, "You're going to be a star, Miss Elphaba. You're going to be a huge star. You have everything going for you: you're beautiful, you're exotic, you're attractive, you're smart, you're musical, and you're super talented. You are going to be one famous woman."
"I've had my experiences with fame, and they haven't been any good. I'm perfectly happy just flying below the radar."
"Those were bad fame experiences in Oz, Fae. Not here. Here, it's a completely different world. Have you been discriminated once for your green skin, here?"
"I guess not. I have been called 'Gamora' though. Do you know who 'Gamora' is?"
The man sitting next to Fiyero chimed in. "Gamora is a character in the new movie, Guardians of the Galaxy. People probably call you Gamora because she's green too. Don't be offended at all though, in fact, you should take it as a compliment. Gamora is a superhero, she is on a mission to save the world, and she's hot."
The three of them laughed together. "Thanks for the explanation, sir! That makes me feel a lot better."
Fiyero entered the conversation once again. "But what I was saying. People here are enjoying your green skin. They find it interesting, different, exotic, beautiful, they love it! The people back home were just closed minded, scared to open their minds to something different. Here it's not like that."
Elphaba just nodded in reply. Although normally the type who would argue his points, she did not feel like it at the moment. Instead, she leaned over and kissed him on the lips. "I've got to get back to work. Only an hour and forty minutes left." He stared at her beautiful smile that he saw so rarely at home as she walked away, back to behind the bar.
SO… the song was "Wings" by Birdy. If you haven't heard it, you NEED to listen to it. It's beautiful. Birdy just has a beautiful voice. Well I hope you enjoyed this fluffy, romantic chapter, and the next is going to have a bit more substance to it, and more contribution to the plotline I'm developing. Please review!
