AN: Thank you all so much for reviewing! I'm back, I had an amazing time in London, and Wicked was wonderful as always - I really liked Kerry Ellis as Elphaba and Savannah Stevenson is just the perfect Glinda... same goes for Jeremy Taylor as Fiyero.

And the Wizard spat. Again. I think they cast Wizards on their spitting abilities (though he was very good). He should have been singing, "Waterfalls, I'm spitting waterfalls!"

Anyways, this is the final chapter of this story! I will finish Days of summer soon, but I'm already working on my next fic, so no hiatus this time ;).

Chapter 28. Okay

"Hmm, Fiyero!" Galinda puckered her lips and made kissing and slurping noises. "Kiss me, Fiyero!"

Elphaba glared at her. "Are you done?"

"Kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight!" Galinda sang – rather off-key – as she danced around the room, still making weird noises. "Ooh, Fiyero, I love you! Smack, smack, slurp…"

Elphaba's pillow hit her straight between the eyes and the blonde tumbled to the floor with a startled shriek.

Her roommate just cackled. "You had it coming."

"I was trying to teach you a lesson," Galinda protested as she sat up from the floor and tossed Elphaba's pillow back at the green girl. "The lesson that even though I love you and Fiyero being back together and I think you're incredibly cute, I do not want to come into a room to see you two making out on your bed."

Another pillow hit the blonde's head.

"And that," Elphaba said, smirking, "was me trying to teach you the lesson that normally, when you know your roommate's boyfriend is coming over and you get back from your shopping trip, you knock before coming in."

"On the door of my own suite?!" She made a face. "And besides, knocking didn't help me much when I went to visit Nessa the other day. She and Boq didn't even notice me standing there, they were so busy sucking each other's faces off… though at least that means Operation Bessa succeeded."

Elphaba snorted. "Yes, because that took you a lot of effort," she teased. "You told me to tell Nessa to stop treating Boq like a servant, she apologised, he took her back. It's all thanks to you. You're so wonderful, Galinda."

The blonde tossed her hair. "I know!" Then she frowned at her roommate again. "Still, Elphie – I'm not knocking on the door of my own dorm room. That's silly."

Elphaba shrugged innocently. "You get to choose. You knock, or you see things you might not want to see."

Galinda's eyes lit up. "Things I might not want to see?"

Elphaba rolled her eyes. "Not what you think."

"Really?" Galinda pouted. "Elphie, come on..."

"Nothing happened, Galinda."

"But the making out –"

"Was just that. Making out."

"But Fiyero had his shirt off."

"He'd have to have taken off more than just his shirt in order for the things that you have in mind to happen, Galinda."

"But –"

The blonde girl was interrupted by a knock on the door and Elphaba shot up. "Oh, no, would you look at that," she said in mock disappointment. "I have to go. And I was so enjoying our conversation." She waved sweetly at her roommate. "Bye, Galinda!" She quickly slipped out of the door and closed it behind her, breathing a sigh of relief.

Fiyero, who was on the other side of the door, raised an eyebrow at her.

"Don't ask," she said, linking her arm with his.

He chuckled and wrapped his arm around her. "I won't."

They went to the park behind campus together, where they sat down in the grass. It was autumn by now and slightly chilly, but neither of them really minded.

Elphaba leant back on her elbows and looked up at the blue sky, dotted with grey and white clouds. Fiyero planted a kiss on her throat. She put her head on his shoulder.

They didn't talk much. It was funny, Elphaba realised as she lay down on her back, still staring at the sky, that it seemed everything in their relationship so far had been about talking. Fiyero had first won her over by talking – a lot. If she were to believe him, he fell for her, too, because she'd been talking so much, that day with the Lion cub. They broke up because they hadn't talked enough – because he hadn't told her about Aliyra and she hadn't told him about the way she was feeling. And when they had gotten back together again, they'd spent a lot of time talking about everything. His journal, her childhood, Aliyra, Frexspar, their feelings and their relationship – they had talked endlessly about everything and they had promised each other no more secrets.

She'd been terrified to confess everything. She hadn't wanted him to know about the way her father treated her, or about her mother's death, or about… any of that, really. She'd been convinced that he would decide she was too much of a hassle and he couldn't be bothered anymore.

She had admitted that to him, too, right after she had told him everything and he – of course – had only kissed her hair and said he was glad she'd told him. He had just stared at her.

"I'm not sure which part I am more shocked about," he'd said. "The part where you think I would leave you again, the part where you think I would leave you because of your family, or the part where you think I could ever feel like you're too much of a hassle. If I hadn't wanted a hassle, I wouldn't have started dating you to begin with, Fae. I knew you were a commotion from the beginning, remember?" he had teased.

She'd just blushed and looked down. "I know… I feel really stupid right now."

"You're not stupid." He had kissed her temple, then grinned. "Not really stupid, anyway."

She'd shoved him off the bed.

He, in turn, had been hesitant to talk to her about Aliyra, because he was afraid she would feel as if he still loved Aliyra more than he did Elphaba, which was not true. He had recognised, though, that he would have to talk to his girlfriend about everything to avoid fights like the huge one they had in the future, and so he had. And she'd understood.

And now, now that they were closer than ever, they didn't feel the need to talk so much anymore. They could go entire afternoons like this, in each other's presence – reading or studying together, or kissing, or just cuddling – and barely say a word to one another. Galinda always complained that that was crazy – "Elphie, what is the fun in a relationship if you don't talk?! You talk about yourself, or your next date together, or about some present you'd really, really like to get and that he is then supposed to have gotten you the next time you see each other…" – but Elphaba couldn't say she minded. The silence was never awkward. Just comfortable. As if they didn't need words to know what the other was thinking.

Fiyero lay down beside her and nuzzled her temple. She turned her head to look into his eyes. He smiled and kissed her.

"I love you," he said.

She laced her fingers with his. "I love you, Yero."

He ran his hand down her arm, absently stroking it. She closed her eyes. They stayed like that for a long while, just lying next to each other.

Fiyero leant his forehead against her hair. "Fae?"

"Mm?"

He took a breath. "Are we… okay?"

She opened her eyes and looked at him. "I don't know. Are we?"

He could see the uncertainty in her eyes and he hastened to reassure her. "That's not what I meant." He reached up to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. "I just mean… I guess… are you okay? Like, in our relationship? Is there anything that's bothering you, or anything you want to talk about, or…"

She cut him off with a kiss.

"I'm good," she said. "I think we're good."

He nodded. "That's good."

She chuckled. "You're ridiculous."

"That's why you love me," he said, giving her one of those lopsided grins of his, and she couldn't help but smile.

"It is," she agreed softly. "One of the reasons, anyway."

He kissed her deeply and she wrapped her arms around him, melting into the kiss. She squeaked when he suddenly lifted her off her feet and started carrying her across the park and back to campus.

He completely ignored her protests as he carried her into a building and then to the music room, where he gently placed her down on the piano bench.

"I wrote a few songs," he said earnestly. "You know, when we were… apart. Songs I really, really hoped I'd get to sing to you – or with you – one day."

He cleared his throat and started playing something on the piano.

"Every breath you take

Every move you make

Every bond you break,

Every step you take

I'll be watching you."

He stopped when he saw the look she was giving him and he grinned sheepishly. "Right. I guess that one is kind of stalker-ish, isn't it?"

"Just a little bit," she said, eyes twinkling with amusement, and he chuckled.

"The chorus goes, "Oh can't you see you belong with me…"," he said and she shuddered.

"Fiyero," she said sternly, "this isn't even romantic anymore. This is just creepy."

"I know." He shrugged. "I wrote this in the beginning. You know, when you were furious with me and I was just trying to get you back… I guess I was feeling a little stalker-ish back then." He shook his head. "I'll try a different one."

She laughed and watched as he rose to his feet and went to get one of the guitars from the corner. He fidgeted with the strings and then started playing, his fingers dancing across the instrument.

"I could stay awake just to hear you breathing

Watch you smile when you are sleeping

When you're far away and dreaming

I could spend my life in this sweet surrender

I could stay lost in this moment forever

Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure."

He was singing with his eyes closed, but they snapped open when he heard her voice joining his in the chorus. She smiled widely at him and he saw that she had found the lyrics he had written down on one of the pieces of paper from his bag.

"I don't want to close my eyes

I don't want to fall asleep

'Cause I'd miss you, baby

And I don't want to miss a thing

'Cause even when I dream of you

The sweetest dream would never do

I'd still miss you, baby

And I don't want to miss a thing."

She had figured out the chords quickly and was now trying to keep up on the piano, her eyes on him the entire time. He moved closer to her and sat down on the piano bench next to her, still playing the guitar, as he sang the second verse.

"Lying close to you, feeling your heart beating

And I'm wondering what you're dreaming

Wondering if it's me you're seeing

Then I kiss your eyes and thank Oz we're together

And I just want to stay with you

In this moment forever, forever and ever…"

Galinda heard the music when she was on her way to meet up with Shenshen and Milla, and she stopped to listen. Her face lit up when she realised whose voices she was hearing and she sneaked closer to the music room, trying to peer in through the window without either Elphaba or Fiyero seeing her.

There was no need worrying about that, though, she realised when she finally did look in. Elphaba and Fiyero were both sitting behind the piano, Elphie playing it and Fiyero playing the guitar he was holding; but they only had eyes for one another. The blonde doubted it whether they'd even notice if she flew in through the window in a bubble right now, completely naked, and started dancing on the piano – that's how caught up they seemed to be in one another and in their song.

They were both smiling and as Galinda listened to the lyrics of the song and then looked at her friends' faces, she knew that they meant every word they were singing.

"I don't want to miss one smile

I don't want to miss one kiss

Well, I just want to be with you

Right here with you, just like this

I just want to hold you close

I feel your heart so close to mine

And just stay here in this moment

For the rest of time…"

Fiyero pressed a kiss to Elphaba's hair and she laid her head on his shoulder.

"Don't want to close my eyes

I don't want to fall asleep

I don't want to miss a thing

I don't want to miss a thing…"

"Yero?" she whispered when the final tone had died away.

He put the guitar away and wrapped his arms around her instead. "Yeah?"

She looked up at him and he could see the smile in her eyes. "I think we're going to be okay."

He chuckled softly and drew her closer, kissing her forehead. "I think so, too, sweetheart," he said quietly, touching his forehead to hers before leaning down to kiss her lips. "I think so, too."

Galinda, still outside, had to wipe away a few tears, but she was smiling widely and her smile didn't vanish even as she walked the rest of the way to the café where she was supposed to meet her friends. She was just so happy that her friends were together again, and happy with one another… and she really did think that Elphie was right.

They would be okay.

The song is I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by Aerosmith. I've been considering several songs, but this is one of the two that just scream "FIYERABA!" at me every time I hear them, and I wanted to use it somewhere, so...

Last but not least, you guys have to check out the one-shot When I Was Your Man by PocketSevens! He wrote it as a companion piece to this story and it takes place after Chapter 25, after Fiyero has given Elphaba his journal. It's absolutely brilliant ad you simply HAVE to go and read it. Now. Like, right now. Why are you still here, reading this? Go read that one-shot.