Day 15: Tunnel of Love

Elphaba and Glinda were taking a walk downtown when the bubbly blonde saw a large group of people around a strange stand, or it looked to be a stand. Her eyes lit up, and she moved her head to one side and back again, trying to see what had caused this vast herd of people. Elphaba just watched Glinda intently and made no such movement to look at the crowd.

"Elphie, let's go over there, and see what all the commotion is about." The green woman really didn't have any choice as she was dragged over before she could utter an answer. Despite Glinda's smaller size, she could be quite strong when she wanted to be.

As they got closer, the two woman soon noticed the large group was huddled around what looked to be a ride of some sort. It wasn't long before Glinda gave a squeal and clapped her hands in excitement as she bounced up and down.

"Elphie! It's a tunnel of love ride! Oh, can we go on it! Please? Oh please?" Glinda begged her eyes shining.

"Glinda if you haven't noticed that ride involves water. Have you forgotten how I feel about water?" Elphaba asked, her brow coming together almost in a way to challenge the blonde.

"Oh I haven't, Elphie, but just think how romantic it would be."

"What's with you and romantic situations?" Elphaba asked, as only one of her eyebrows rose.

"Just shush and get in the boat. I promise you'll be fine," Glinda said, as she patted the green woman on the shoulder. "If for some reason our love boat does down you can use me as your boat."

"Well you do have the best floatation devices," Elphaba mumbled as she gave a glance at Glinda's ample bosom.

"What did you say Elphie?"

"Nothing, my sweet." Elphaba answered, only to be pulled over to one of the boats. "At least the boats look stable enough."

"Ooh, I can't wait!" Glinda replied, in an excited tone, as the green woman helped her inside the boat before getting in herself.

"Enjoy the ride," The man supervising the ride said, as he pulled a lever and the boat started to move.

"Yippee! Here we go!" Glinda shouted, as she linked her arm with her girlfriend.

"Oh joy," Elphaba grumbled, as she felt the boat sway a bit, and without voicing it, to Glinda, took back her statement about the boats looking stable.

As their boat disappeared farther down the tunnel Elphaba couldn't help but think how very tacky this ride was. The music that was playing, in the background, sounded out of tune, and wasn't romantic music, at least not by Elphaba's standards, by any means. The water color their boat was floating on was changing from a clear color to a blackish brown color that made the green woman frown in disgust. The flowers that were around them, that were suppose to created that romantic feeling, were either half dead or looked like weeds. There were also pictures of hearts and Cupid on the walls, but the pictures, Elphaba noticed, were either faded or hung upside-down.

The green woman then looked over to Glinda to see a huge smile on her face. She stared up at her green girl friend before kissing her on the cheek in excitement. Glinda was clearly enjoying herself despite the flaws of this ride. She wondered if Glinda was even aware of the problems this ride had.

"Look, there are fish!" Glinda shouted, as she pointed just a head of them. "Those two are swimming upside-down. I didn't know they did that."

Elphaba was about to tell Glinda that fish don't swim upside-down. In fact those two fish were dead, but decided it was better not too.

Suddenly their boat stopped with a might jerk that caught both woman by surprise. It especially scared Elphaba who thought, for a second, she was going to be shot out into the water.

Then a small bell was heard, and rose petals started to fall on top of them from the ceiling below. The petals covered their heads and Elphaba gave out a deep sigh. Glinda responded by blowing a hand full of the petals into Elphaba's face.

The green woman rose an eyebrow at her blonde girlfriend. Glinda just giggled and within seconds brought her lips against green ones. Elphaba was caught off guard by this, but after a few seconds returned the kiss with equal passion. Soon the awful music, the vulgar water, and faded pictures left Elphaba's mind and all she thought about was her Glinda.

Once they broke for air, Elphaba only waited a few seconds before she started up another make out session. The smell of rose and the scent of her girlfriend's perfume only increased Elphaba's need to kiss Glinda.

As their kiss grew in strength the two woman didn't even feel the boat start moving again. A few minutes went by and this time they weren't broken apart for their need of air. This time a loud clearing of the throat made, by the man supervising the ride, caused them jump apart.

"I can see you two enjoyed the ride," He said, with a small grin. Elphaba blushed as she quickly exited the boat before helping Glinda out as well.

"That was fun," Glinda said, as she linked arms with the green woman. "Did you have as much as fun as I did?"

"The beginning started out a little rocky, but the end made it all worth it," Elphaba replied, with a goofy grin that she tried to hide from Glinda. As they headed off down the street, the green woman couldn't help but pull Glinda closer to her.

"I say we make our own love tunnel ride. Made just for the two of us." Glinda said, with a purr. "Let's get started on it once we get back to our room."

Elphaba quickened her pace before answering, "You read my mind."