Chapter 86. Early Morning Sandwiches and Coffee
Rifiuto: Non Miniera
A/N: I'm going to start a new story called Butterfly Kisses, which is going to be basically missing scenes from Changed? and Another Changed? of the butterfly kisses that Yero and Elphie have exchanged over the years. So, the first chapter should be up soon.
Thanks to Elphaba1Fan and -greenTARDISgal- for reviewing 85.
"To return to your time, you must accept the heart of another."
Fae bolted awake, as if someone had splashed water on her. Slightly disoriented, she looked around, to find herself in bed. It was around four in the morning. Climbing out of bed, she slipped out of the room, and wandered downstairs. She didn't intend to see the lights on in the kitchen, and quietly, she moved towards the door.
"No. Apparently, it was Liir that talked Fabla into talking Fae into sneaking into our room." Elphaba said. Silence, before Fiyero spoke.
"Honestly, I didn't think an eighteen-year-old had that much sway over a twenty-two-year-old."
"Yes, well, Fabla is young. And Liir is quite handsome, I can see why he talked her into it."
Twenty-two? Fae wasn't twenty-two. She was eighteen.
Instead of dwelling on it, she returned to eavesdropping.
"After all," Elphaba said, her mouth full. "he's like his father."
Fae knew what her mother was doing, covering her mouth as she talked. She did that whenever she was talking with her mouth full; it seemed more refined, and knowing her mother, she always had something to say.
Gathering her courage, Fae pushed the kitchen door open, and entered, to see Elphaba seated on the island, a sandwich in her hand.
"Oh, hey Fabla." Fiyero said, taking a sip of his coffee. Elphaba turned, and waved, before taking another bite of her sandwich.
"Hi. Um, what are you two doing up so early? It's like four in the morning."
"Couldn't sleep. Fae's little adventure kept us both up." Elphaba said.
"Oh."
"What are you doing up?" Fiyero asked, as Fae took the bread, and started making a sandwich.
"Couldn't sleep." She watched her mother eat around the middle of her sandwich; her mother always ate her sanwiches like that. Eating the crust and leaving the middle for last; Fae did it to. "What are you eating?"
"PB and J." Elphaba replied, pulling a portion of crust off her sandwich and eating it. Fae nodded, finished making her sandwich, and took a bite. The three spent the rest of the morning talking.
Unbeknownst to Fae, she was spending the longest amount of time she'd spent with her parents since she'd gone to Shiz.