Disclaimer: I don't own Wicked.
Things seemed to have fallen back into place at the Emerald City Palace. Ellie was leaning against the tree out in the back, eating an apple, and reading a book all at once, and Elphaba doing the same. Glinda and Eira were walking around in the gardens, pointing out their favorite flowers and occasionally they'd playfully chase each other. It was obvious Eira and Glinda had a special bond, one that couldn't possible ever be broken. "So, did you two have hot make up sex?" Ellie asked Elphaba suddenly, laughing at making her aunt feel awkward. She didn't need to look up from her book to know that Elphaba turned a darker shade of green.
"Do you want me to slap you?" Elphaba threatened. Ellie laughed, knowing very well she wouldn't be hit. "Have you had some hot sex lately?" Elphaba snorted, trying to make Ellie blush, and she was successful.
"Well, I am engaged to be married, but the relationship is complicated as of late, so I haven't seen him since I came back here to the Emerald City," Ellie explained and tossed her apple core on the ground. "And yes, we did have some pretty hot sex while we lived together."
"You just know how to make things awkward," Elphaba muttered and turned the page in her book violently.
"Oh, stop it. You just don't like that I'm all grown up now."
"Hardly," Elphaba rolled her eyes. "So, tell me about him."
"Kellan? Oh, he's perfect in every way. He treats me very well and loves me to death. He's Gillikinese and teaches history at Shiz," Elena's eyes had a dreamy look in them as she spoke. "But the only problem is he doesn't want anything to do with Eira, so I refuse to marry him."
"Men are complicated, which is why I don't associate with them romantically anymore," Elphaba replied.
"You're more complicated than any man," Ellie chided.
"But I don't have to put up with myself," the green witch reminded her. "She does," she said, referring to Glinda.
"Point taken," Ellie said and smiled when she saw Eira pick up a flower-a lily to be exact-and handed it to Glinda. The blonde hugged the child lovingly and put the flower in her hair.
"Eira and Glinda have a strong bond, don't they?" Elphaba replied.
"Of course," Ellie said. "I haven't been around as much as I should have, so those two were the only ones they had for a while. I admit, I messed up big time. But I'm back for good now, or at least until Eira goes off to college or something of the sort when she's older. My career is on hiatus for ten years or so," Ellie explained.
"You're a good mother, no, you're great," Elphaba assured her. "I was a terrible mother."
"Maybe you can fix things with Liir? I know he's an adult now, but you should at least try to form a relationship with him. I know where he lives if you're interested." Elphaba rolled her eyes and bit her bottom lip quickly.
"He resents me, I know it."
"There will always be some kind of resentment. After all, from what he told me, you weren't the ideal mother. I bet he'd like it if you went to see him, though," Ellie replied.
"I'll think about it," Elphaba said and left it at that.
"Ellie, you're looking beautiful as always," a deep voice said. The brunette turned around and smiled when she saw Kallen, the man she loved, and stood to embrace him. He held her tightly against him and kissed her forehead.
"What are you doing here? Not that I mind, of course," Ellie said, but then stepped away from him when she remembered how much he resented her little girl, although he had never met her before.
"I came because I still want you to marry me, and I want to meet Eira. I've been doing some thinking lately, and I thought I should at least meet her before I claim I don't like her," Kallen responded truthfully, his blond hair a bit messy.
"Oh, thank you for giving her a chance!" Ellie said in a Glinda like fashion and kissed him. She then introduced him to Elphaba and then called over Glinda and Eira to meet him. Glinda was happy to finally meet him, and Eira smiled up at him with hope in her eyes.
"So you're going to be my new daddy?" she questioned him.
"Hopefully," Kellan said a bit uncomfortably. Eira took his hand in her own.
"You must come see my room!" she announced. Kellan looked over at Ellie, but the brunette only shrugged as he was dragged to see a seven year old girl's room.
"Oh, he is so hot, sweetie. You chose well," Glinda giggled as she eyed him when his back was turned.
"So all of a sudden you're into men now," Elphaba raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, hush Elphie," Glinda said and kissed a green cheek.
"So you approve?" Ellie questioned Elphaba. Glinda had already gave Kellan permission for him to ask Ellie's hand in marriage.
"If he makes you happy, then you have my permission, my pretty," Elphaba said and kissed the top of her head.
"Thank you!" Ellie exclaimed. "Now I can finally plan the wedding! That doesn't hurt your feelings, does it?" Ellie asked the two.
"Of course not!" Glinda exclaimed. "Why would it?"
"Well, because you two can't get married…" Ellie trailed, not wanting to finish her thought. In Oz, homosexual couples still weren't accepted and therefore, none of the major religions would marry them, even though Glinda was the Throne Minister. When it came to religious ceremonies, she was utterly powerless.
"Oh, Ellie, don't worry about us! We're perfectly fine the way we are, right Elphie?"
"Right. And besides, just because we can't doesn't mean you shouldn't," Elphaba reasoned.
"I love you guys," Ellie gushed and hugged them. "Since I'm horrible at planning things, could you help me, Glinda?"
"Me? Of course, sweetie! Oh, I can just imagine it now…" Glinda said and looked into the distance with a dazed look on her face. "What colors?"
"I don't really know," Ellie replied. "No pink. I was thinking maybe black and white."
"Are you sure?" Glinda asked. "I mean, pink is such a fun color."
"I like the black and white idea. It's simple and it won't clash with my skin tone."
"Oh, Elphie," Glinda said and playfully slapped her arm. "Black and white are somewhat boring colors, but I will make the wedding look positively perfect! I can picture everything. Where do you want the ceremony? And how many people?"
"I would like the ceremony in one of the ballrooms in the palace here, and then the reception would be outdoor and out on the patio, but have one ballroom too just in case people would rather be inside," Ellie explained. "I don't want an insanely large wedding. Just family and friends would be fine."
"I decided I'm going to be the insane mother in the front row bawling my eyes out," Glinda laughed at the thought.
"Sounds like you," Elphaba mumbled.
"Elphie!" Glinda whined.
"I'm sure Eira would love to be the flower girl," Ellie said. "And the maid of honor would have to be Nor of course. I trust she can get things done."
"And I'm sure you have tons of friends who would just die to be your bride's maids," Glinda said. Ellie nodded and thought of the other things.
"Kellan would choose his best man of course. Might be Liir, but I am not one hundred percent certain. Oh, and Elphaba, you better reunite with Liir beforehand. We don't want any weirdness," Ellie said.
"Hate to burst your bubbles, girls, but there's no one to give Ellie away, which I think, is an important part. Perhaps Fiyero?" Elphaba questioned. "Or that Tiger friend of yours, Brac?" Ellie just gave her a blank look. "You didn't remember that part, did you?"
"I have someone in mind," Ellie said. "As long as they accept, of course."
"Who, if it isn't Brac or Fiyero?" Elphaba questioned.
"I was hoping you would," Ellie said in a lowered voice.
"Are you sure you want me to, my pretty?"
"Of course I do," Ellie replied.
"Are you sure you wouldn't rather have Glinda do that?"
"Glinda will be too busy crying her eyes out," Ellie pointed out and the blonde nodded when Elphaba looked at her. "Will you give me away?"
"Of course I will, my pretty."
"And this is my ballet stuff," Eira finished pointing out her various items in her closet. Kellan had never seen so many dresses in his life. He could have sworn this seven year old could open up her own dress shop if she wanted. Her shoe collection was insane, and she had so much jewelry! She would grow out of all of this within the next year or six months even! How was he supposed to support a little girl with such high expectations of luxury? Sure, he had money. He was a Tenmeadow for Oz's sake! But he couldn't afford this much stuff every six months. It was hard to believe she was Ellie's daughter. Elena Thropp, the love of his life, wore pants and shirts, rarely dresses, and she didn't have many.
"You really like ballet, don't you?" Kellan questioned her. Despite the massive amount of things she owned, she was really a sweet girl. He wished he had made more of an effort to meet her before this, and everything he had previously thought about her vanished. So what if he wasn't her biological father? He promised himself that he'd treat her as if she was his own.
"I do," she nodded. "My friend Rhea and I are going to start singing and acting lessons, too."
"Triple threat, huh?" Kellan asked her and she laughed, nodding in confirmation.
"My bestest friend, Rhea, she used to live with these poor people. They were her foster family, I think it's called. But the good thing is she was adopted last week by other people. They aren't as rich as us, but they can send her to a better school and have lessons. They're kinda old to have kids, too. Rhea says they couldn't have any, so they adopted her," Eira explained, chatting away. She really could talk a lot, Ellie hadn't lied about that.
"I hope to meet this Rhea soon," Kellan said.
"You will! When you and mommy get married, I'm allowed to invite Rhea. Mommy told me so a long time ago. Is that okay?"
"Of course it is," Kellan replied.
"Oh, I go to this playgroup sometimes. And since my mommy is who she is and my grandmother is who she is, they made me queen. It's kinda weird, but I just let them have their fun. Anyway, last time, I made Rhea a queen, too. The other kids didn't like it at first because they didn't like Rhea and they said that I could only choose a king, not a queen 'cause that's not how it works. But I told them wrong and said that my grandmother is with my Auntie Elphie, that's what I call Elphaba, and they were all mad, but had to let me get my way because I proved them wrong," Ellie laughed.
"That was very nice what you did for your friend," Kellan replied. "But I hope you don't let that power get to your head. After all, it's only pretend."
"I know that," Eira rolled her eyes, something Ellie did quite a bit. "The only rule I have is no playing doctor."
"Why not?" Kellan asked, a bit confused.
"Because how they play doctor is not what happens when the doctor comes to give you a check up," Eira said with a disgusted face. Kellan didn't want to know anything else about that subject, so he didn't press further.
"So, you're okay with your mother marrying me?"
"Yeah! I like you, Kellan," Eira smiled up at him.
"I like you, too. Now, how do you have so many dresses?"
"My grandmother, of course. Mommy would never buy me this much."
"Don't I know it," Kellan said. "And Eira?"
"Hmm?"
"I'm sorry it took me so long to come here to meet you. Really, you are a nice little girl."
"That's okay. I know it's weird because my real daddy's dead and all. I'm happy that I can have kind of a normal family now, with my mommy, Auntie Elphie, my grandmother, and of course, you!" Eira exclaimed and hugged him. "My grandmother found her lost love…isn't that romantic?" the seven year old went off topic. "And my mommy found her love, you of course. But what about me? Who's my love?"
"You have to wait and find out," Kellan said to her and sat down on the bed. Eira climbed up onto his lap and looked up at him.
"How long?"
"Oh, when you are much older," Kellan said to her. Of course, he'd prefer never so she could be his little girl forever, but he wouldn't tell her that yet. "Now, why don't we go back to your mother?" Eira hopped off his lap and took his hand, claiming she'd lead him through the confusing Emerald City Palace.