A/N: Kind of exciting chapter, and I think what you've all been waiting/hoping for!

I'm so glad that a few of you responded to the question I posed yesterday about the alternate endings. Everyone who replied thought it was a good idea, so I'm going to go ahead with it! I planned out the Gelphie alternate ending about an hour ago, and I quite like it so far. It will be a fair bit longer and will have a lot more drama than the Fiyeraba continuation, but that's to satisfy the Gelphie lovers out there *cough Shauna and Micheala! cough* who had to put up with Fiyeraba for these first 11 chapters! :P At this stage, I think the alternate endings will come in at about chapter 13 or 14... Probably 13... But I'll see what happens!

Enjoy this chapter!

"Hey baby, you ready to go out?" called Fiyero as he let himself into the girls' room. His eyes landed on Elphaba and Galinda, who were clutching each other as if they were drowning, and his face fell at the sight.

"Fae?" asked Fiyero uncertainly. "What's the matter, sweetheart?"

Elphaba blinked, looking at him with wide, nervous eyes. Her lip trembled slightly, and more tears threatened to fall just at the sight of him. He was so handsome, and she loved him so much. What would this news do to him? Would he be happy? Or would he end up hating her forever, and want nothing to do with her or the baby. "Not the baby," thought Elphaba. "It's his baby!"

After a moment of silence, in which the couple stared at each other cautiously, Galinda got up.

"I- I'll leave you two a-alone for a while," she managed to get out, before letting out another loud sob and fleeing into the bathroom.

Fiyero crossed the room, reaching his girlfriend in three strides. He embraced her tightly, resting his chin on top of her head. "You're so beautiful," he murmured. "Why are you crying? What's wrong, baby?"

At the word 'baby', Elphaba's resolve broke, and the tears streamed down her face once again. Alarmed, Fiyero pulled back slightly, wiping her tears away with his thumb. He just looked at her expectantly, knowing that whatever she had to tell him would come out eventually, especially if it was something this important. When her tears slowed enough for her to speak, she looked into his beautiful, deep blue eyes and sobbed, "I'm p-pregnant, Yero."

The prince was stunned for a moment, then his face broke into a huge smile. "Really?"

Elphaba looked at him like he was crazy. "Fiyero, why would I joke about something like this? Of course 'really'!"

Fiyero shrugged. "Just checking... But Fae, this is amazing!" His grin faded as Elphaba shook her head.

"Clearly it's not amazing, or I wouldn't have been bawling my eyes out for the last hour, Yero! This is terrible! I haven't even been at Shiz for a year yet and I'm going to have to leave! I can't finish my education, my father will disown me, I'll have nowhere to live! And of course I'll be stared at even more than I already am, and I'll be cast into the stereotype of 'pregnant teenage slut'! How in Oz can you call that amazing?"

Elphaba finished ranting and stared at Fiyero. As his eyes gave away a wounded look, but also sympathetic and loving, Elphaba couldn't take it anymore. She yelled in anger and frustration, beating her fists against Fiyero's toned chest as he pulled her back into him. She sobbed into his shirt, and he led her to the bed, pulling her down onto his lap and rubbing soothing circles on her back. He could feel tears welling in his eyes too, seeing his beautiful girlfriend so upset, but he wiped them away impatiently. He knew he needed to be Elphaba's rock right now. She was counting on him.

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When she finally felt well enough to talk to Fiyero properly, after crying for another fifteen minutes and then barging past Galinda in the bathroom to throw up again, they adjusted their position so that Fiyero was leaning against the bed head with his legs crossed and Elphaba was lying along the length of the bed with her head in his lap.

"Fae, sweetheart," began Fiyero. "I listened to what you said before, about all the negative consequences this baby could bring about. But have you even considered the positives? Sure, there are probably more negatives, but the small number of positives probably outweigh the bad things! If possible, this baby will bring us closer together! Caring for him, or her, together, will be amazing, and I know we can do it! We will be good parents, Fae. We can deal with this, trust me."

Elphaba smiled tremblingly at that, hoping it was true, seeing as there would be no way around this except to keep the baby and raise it with Fiyero. In truth, she had to admit this was a tiny bit exciting. It was extremely unexpected and inconvenient, but deep down she had always wanted a child to take care of, so she could prove that Thropps were capable of providing their children with love and care. Elphaba had always been denied that devotion from her father, and had vowed to herself when she was younger that she if she ever had a child, she would never treat it like she had been treated.

"And we can see if, once the baby is born, we can come back here too. I've heard that apparently there are marital suites somewhere, for students who are married and want to live together. We could get married and request one of them, and we could take turns looking after the baby when the other has classes, or we could hire a nanny..." Fiyero's train of thought was cut off by Elphaba reaching her hand up to his neck and pulling him down to her mouth. They kissed upside down, and after a few seconds of trying to kiss passionately but failing, they pulled away and both burst into laughter.

Elphaba felt so much better after Fiyero's heartfelt speech. She stopped laughing, and gazed into his eyes. "I love you," she whispered. "So much. And thank you, Yero."

"I love you too, sweetheart. I want to make sure you understand that I will always, always stay with you, and support you. I'll never hurt you, I promise!" replied Fiyero in a fierce whisper. Elphaba sat up and threw her arms around him, kissing him properly this time.

They broke apart as they heard the bathroom door open. Galinda came out, her face red and blotchy, and stained with tear tracks and smudged mascara.

"Galinda, why were you crying too? I mean, I know it's a shock and everything, but..." Fiyero trailed off as Galinda stared him down.

"If you must know, I was just upset for my best friend, Fiyero! Am I not allowed to be upset when she is? Am I not allowed to feel her pain and hurt?" Her dramatic outburst had none of them convinced.

Fiyero raised an eyebrow, looking at Elphaba who was now sitting next to him on the bed. She shrugged. They both turned their gazes back to the small blonde, who eventually slumped her shoulders in defeat and turned away as a single tear rolled down her cheek.

"Galinda?" asked Elphaba softly. "Please tell us the truth. There has to be another reason why you're so upset!"

Galinda wiped away her tears and whispered, "Because I love you." She said it so quietly that neither Elphaba nor Fiyero could hear what she said.

"Pardon? Can you say that a bit louder please?" said Fiyero, albeit rather insensitively, thought Elphaba. She shushed him with a look and walked over to her best friend, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Galinda wheeled around suddenly and almost screamed at Elphaba. "BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" Elphaba jumped back into Fiyero's arms, shocked at Galinda's sudden outburst. Galinda continued angrily. "There, I finally said it! Are you happy now? I must say, that really wasn't how I pictured saying it, but I didn't have much of a choice!"

Elphaba turned to Fiyero and pushed him straight out the door. "Yero, go home for a while please. I think Galinda and I need to talk about this, alone. I'll talk to you later." She dropped her voice to a whisper as she said, "I love you." He gave her a soft kiss on the lips, out of sight of Galinda, and quickly left.

She turned back to the blonde, who was sitting on the window seat staring out to the grounds below.

"Oh Galinda..." thought Elphaba as she approached her best friend.