(A/N: Alright you guys, this is the end. Even though some of you asked for an epilogue, I don't think I'll do one. I wouldn't want to mess anythign up. I mean, I might do one, but I sincerely doubtify it. So, enjoy this last chapter of this story. It has been amazing. Over 500 reviews! WOW! You guys have been great. It was kind of sad for me to end this, but when one drags something on, it looses its spark. So, here's it's ending. Now that this is finished, I'll have time to work on my other stories, but golly gee, this one has been my best. I'm working on another story already that I'm kind of into, and who knows, maybe it will be as big a hit as this one! It will be up on the site soon. So enjoy this last chapter of "He's A She?" thanks again!)
1 month later
Elphaba was pacing inside the palace, wondering how she was ever going to get her nerves under control. She'd foolishly let Galinda pick out her dress. It was long and trailed behind her, as did the veil. As she paced, she'd tripped several times over the long dress. It was sleeveless and just off-white. Her hair had been left down, and curled softly. Soft black spirals fell down her back and complemented the white dress. She wrung her hands and twisted her fingers as she tried to calm her nerves. She was about to get married to the most amazing man in Oz and she didn't think she could do it. Were his intentions true? Did he really love her? How could she be getting married? She felt like she'd just been watching as her life became everything she never thought it could be. Who had she suddenly switched stories with? Whose wonderful fate had she stolen? Which fairytale had she fallen into? Which dream had she got caught in? Or more importantly…when was she going to wake up? Nothing is so good it lasts eternally. She suddenly remembered Fiyero was going to be King of the Vinkus someday…he couldn't marry her…could he? He needed someone who would be able to stay in the Vinkus with him! Didn't he? She had to stay in the Emerald City. Oz, what if they had children one day and they looked like…her? Green? Abnormal? She could never ruin someone's life like that. She could never do that to a child. She wouldn't be able to live with herself. Imagine what that would do to her! To Fiyero! Of course Fiyero would want to have children, he'd need them to sustain the Vinkus…but what if---if---…..if…and then…what then? So many 'ifs' were running through her mind, followed by 'what thens'. Galinda rushed in then.
"Elphie!" she squealed, "It's time for you to come on already! Everyone's waiting!" Elphaba stopped pacing and spun around to face Galinda.
"I can't."
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Fiyero stood at the altar, waiting for Elphaba to make her entrance. Their wedding was being held outside in the bright sunny courtyards. All of the leaves were golden green and the grass sparkled with the light from the sun. The flowers seemed to have volumized their rich bright colors for the special occasion. More than 300 people had attended. Elphaba had made some more friends in the 3 months since the war had ended and the few she made attended with their families. Fiyero's family was there. Galinda's family was there. Hmm…who else was there? Hmm…David was serving as his best man…Galinda was serving as Elphaba's maid of honor, Nessa was a bridesmaid…James was there…suddenly it dawned on him that as the music struck up…Elphaba wasn't there. There was a muffled murmuring throughout the crowd as they all turned in their seat towards the doors from the palace. Fiyero began to panic. He looked to Galinda.
"I'll be back, she's probably just nervous…I'll convince her to come out." she said to him. She picked up her skirts and hurried down the aisle and disappeared into the palace. Fiyero sighed as Galinda's last words rang in his head. Elphaba shouldn't need to be convinced to marry him. She was supposed to want to. Did she just realize what saying 'yes' garnered?
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"What do you mean you can't?!" Galinda shrieked.
"I just can't!" Elphaba reasoned.
"What do you mean you can't?!" Galinda repeated, "You're going to break Fiyero's heart! He's going to die if you don't marry him!"
"I'm doing him a favor, believe me!" Elphaba said. She kicked off her heels. Galinda shrieked as one of the heels broke. Elphaba started on her veil.
"NO!" Galinda shrieked, pulling Elphaba's hands down, "You're going to marry Fiyero and you're both going to be happy! What's gotten you? Why are you freaking out so much? What could go wrong?"
"Everything!" Elphaba said. She sat down in one of the chairs, her dress wrinkling. For once Galinda didn't say anything concerning the welfare of the dress.
"Elphie, what are you so worried about?" she asked quietly.
"This isn't my story Galinda." said Elphaba, "This isn't happening to me."
"But it is." Galinda smiled, "This must be overwhelming, all of this…this happiness so fast, but…it is happening and nothing bad is going to come of this. This is what you want. You said yes then, now all you have to do is say 'I do'."
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Fiyero stood there, every fiber in his body was panicking. Everyone was sending him sympathetic glances and checking the door to see if she was coming. He couldn't stand it anymore. How could he just stand there when his felt like the air was being sucked out of his lungs? He needed to go find his oxygen and life: Elphaba. He hurried down the aisle and vanished inside the palace. He went into Elphaba's room and saw her in there, sitting in a chair, Galinda's arm around her. He opened the door wider and they both looked up.
"Fiyero!" Elphaba said. Galinda kissed Elphaba's cheek and stood up.
"I'll see you out there in five minutes Elphie. And don't forget to walk slowly or you'll trip over your gown." she said and left. Elphaba didn't know why she was so sure that she was going to be going out there. Fiyero stood in front of Elphaba, his heart felt like it was on the verge of breaking. She didn't look at him. He didn't know what to say. She didn't know what to say.
"Do you not want to marry me?" Fiyero finally asked, his voice cracked and broke like the usual smooth flow of a stream being sliced by an intruding boulder. Elphaba looked up at him through her eyelashes.
"I want to marry you." she said, "But--"
"But what?" asked Fiyero, "Do you not love me?"
"No! I love you!" Elphaba said.
"Then what's the problem?" asked Fiyero, sitting down next to her.
"I'm not right for you." said Elphaba.
"What do you mean?" asked Fiyero, "When I got down on one knee and asked you to marry me I accepted you for all that you are. I made it clear then that you were my exact match, my one and only my right, my answer."
"Fiyero you need someone who can make you happy." Elphaba said.
"You make me happy!" Fiyero said, frustrated. His frustration and stubbornness made Elphaba crack. All of her worries began spilling out of her like sand from a broken hour glass.
"What if we fall apart because you'll be in the Vinkus? What if we have children and they're green and their lives are horrible and all because you married me?! And then you hate me---" Elphaba was going into hysterics now.
"Elphaba, hush." said Fiyero soothing, putting his arms around her, "That's what you're worried about? Elphaba, if our children have green skin as beautiful as yours it will be a blessing. There's nothing wrong with your skin, it's beautiful and our children will be too, whether their skin is pink, blue, green, white, black, brown or any other color of the rainbow. We can have tie-dye colored children and I won't care. I will love them and I will always love you." he assured her. She quieted and he held her tighter, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Because none of it was real until now." Elphaba said, "Because this—this wedding just made everything so-- perfect--!"
"So that's what you're worried about!" Fiyero said with realization, "You're not worried about me having to go to the Vinkus, or even our children having emerald skin. You're scared of being this happy. Elphaba, I know that growing up as you did, all of this happiness is coming at you really fast and it scares you--"
"I'm not--" Elphaba began but Fiyero stopped her.
"Yes you are. You're scared that once this last dream comes true, it will all crash down on you." said Fiyero.
"That's what Galinda said." said Elphaba.
"We both know you inside and out." said Fiyero, "Elphaba, I promise you that everything will be fine. We'll be fine. I will love you forever and always, in sickness and in health and whatever other shit we go through. I love you."
"I love you too." said Elphaba, wiping away a tear and smiling weakly at him.
"Good." said Fiyero. He got down on one knee and Elphaba laughed. Fiyero grinned, "Ok, I'm going to do this all over again. Elphaba, will you please, pretty please with a green egg on top, marry me?" he gave her a winning smile, "And will you please answer the question?"
"Yes."
"Yes you'll answer the question or yes you'll marry me?"
"Yes I'll marry you." she said.
"Thank. Oz." he said, "To your credit I was about to have a heart attack." he picked her up and spun her around. She laughed and he bent to kiss her but she stopped him.
"Aren't you supposed to wait until we're official?" she asked.
"We couldn't get more official." he kissed her anyways and she laughed. She pulled away and put her veil back on. Fiyero grinned and then pulled a serious face and then right there in the cluttered bride's room he announced the vows, "I, Fiyero Tiggular, take you, Elphaba Thropp, to be my wife, my partner in life (and crime) and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I will trust you and honor you. I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully, through the best and the worst, through the difficult and the easy. What may come I will always be there. As I have given you my hand to hold," Fiyero took her hand, "I give you my heart and life to keep." he pressed her other hand to his heart.
"And I, Elphaba Thropp, take you, Fiyero Tiggular, to be my husband, my partner in life and--"
"You forgot crime." Fiyero grinned. Elphaba laughed.
"--my partner in life and crime and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today tomorrow and forever. I will trust you and honor you. I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully, through the best and the worst, through the difficult and the easy. What may come I will always be there. As I have given you my hand to hold, I give you my heart and life to keep."
"I'd kiss you, but you're veils in the way and we haven't been officially pronounced, husband and wife." said Fiyero, "So we should probably get out there so I can kiss you already."
"Probably." she said, then she suddenly remembered she was barefooted. She went to put her shoes on, then remembered she'd broken the heel, "I kind of don't have any shoes…." he looked down at her broken heels. He laughed and took his shoes off.
"I don't have any either." he said, "It's our wedding and we'll wear shoes if we want to." Galinda poked her head in then.
"Um…are you guys coming?" she asked, "The guests are waiting."
"Yes, we're coming." said Elphaba. Galinda looked down at their feet and rolled her eyes.
"I knew you wouldn't wear the heels!"
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Galinda walked back to her spot next to Nessa and told the musicians to start the music. They looked confused but obliged. Everyone turned to see what would happen. The happy couple walked out, both smiling and barefoot. They held hands, rather than the formal way of Fiyero offering her his arm. They looked so young and in love. They were breaking tradition, so everyone else did too and cheered loudly and waved. The couple smiled and waved back. They got to the altar and everyone quieted down.
"Fiyero Tiggular, do you take Elphaba to be your lawfully wedded wife, in sickness and--" the priest began. Fiyero stopped him.
"You can stop there, we already went over that." said Fiyero. He smiled and took both Elphaba's hands in either of his, "I do." he smiled at her.
"Do you, Elphaba Thropp, take Fiyero Tiggular to be your lawfully wedded husband?" the priest said, smiling at Elphaba. She looked at Fiyero and found tears in her eyes. She smiled.
"I do." she said quietly.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife." the priest smiled, "You may now--"
Fiyero didn't wait for him to finish his sentence. He lifted Elphaba's veil gently and then pulled her to him and kissed her passionately. Her arms went around his neck and his circled her waist. The crowd cheered. They heard James' voice in the background.
"Don't you two ever breathe?" he was asking. Elphaba and Fiyero pulled apart and laughed and then brushed each other's tears away at the same time.
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The reception was held outside as well. A dance floor had been put in for the night and the courtyard was decorated with twinkling lights. It was dark outside by now and everyone was dancing. They'd already had the wedding cake and Fiyero and Elphaba had already done the customary dances. Elphaba was able to dance with her father, something she thought was impossible till now. Galinda bounced over to the couple with David.
"Oh Elphie!" Galinda squealed, "I'm so happy for you and Fiyero!"
"Thanks Galinda." Elphaba laughed, "And thanks for planning this, it was really great."
"Yeah, even if you didn't wear the heels." said Galinda, "I can't wait to plan your baby shower." she laughed.
"Well that won't be happening ANY time soon." said James, walking up to them. He gave Elphaba a stern look, "Right?"
"Of course!" she and Fiyero said.
"Good, I'm too young to be a grandpa." James grumbled, but then smiled at the two, "Congratulations you two. Fiyero, you take good care of her or I will take over the Vinkus and tax your ass off."
"Don't worry sir, she's in good hands." Fiyero laughed.
"Oh!" Elphaba called a passing man over. He walked over, another man on his arm. Galinda giggled madly at the sight. Elphaba nudged her in the ribs, "Thanks again for being the priest Bob, it meant a lot to Fiyero and I."
"Yeah." agreed Fiyero, "And thanks for coming Fred." he said. The two men nodded and congratulated the couple before starting off. Galinda and David excused themselves to dance and James went off to speak to Fiyero's parents. Fiyero tugged on Elphaba's hand and he led her past the party to their hammock where you could see the stars peeking at them through leaves of the tree above them. They lay down together and held each other, looking up at the stars.
"How's this for an ending?" asked Fiyero.
"Well, you know what they say about endings." said Elphaba, kissing him gently.
"What?"
"Every ending is only a beginning." she said, "Are you ready for the sequel?"
"As long as you're in it." he said, "And as long as Galinda doesn't write it."
"HEY! I HEARD THAT!"
Fiyero and Elphaba both laughed and then shared a sweet kiss.
"Don't worry." said Elphaba, "I'll write it."
"We'll write it." Fiyero corrected her.
"Fine, but don't forget to use spellcheck." said Elphaba.
"Hey!" said Fiyero. But he quickly forgot about it as he was suddenly caught in a passionate kiss.
"You really want to do this in a hammock? Right now?" asked Fiyero against her lips.
"It's our wedding night, isn't it?"
THE END
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