Chapter Seven:

When Sir Chuffrey and Morrible rushed into the infirmary after hearing screaming from Galinda, they were shocked to say the least at the scene before them. There was Galinda, the bottom half of her dress soaked in crimson blood and it seeped on the floor, Ama Clutch was dead with her skin as pale as a sheet and her body as still as the grave, and Elphaba and the blonde were locked in a fiery display of passion with their lips hungry for more of each other.

"Galinda, what in Oz is going on here?" exploded Chuffrey grabbing his wife's wrist forcefully and tearing her away from Elphaba.

"William, I- I," stuttered the blonde as he tightened his grip on her wrist. But Chuffrey's gaze had gone downwards. The action of moving Galinda exposed the bloody mess on the floor and after seeing it, Morrible called for the nurse and had it cleaned up. Afterwards the nurse got some fluids into the blonde and had her resting on a cot in the infirmary. Ama Clutch's body had been disposed of, along with Galinda's baby. They were to be buried in the Emerald City graveyard.

Once she was settled, and no longer hysterical Galinda asked the nurse how this could have happened.

"It was a simple miscarriage, Lady Chuffrey," answered the nurse briskly, "Sometimes there is no cause." The nurse glanced at her, and seeing the tears that were pooling in the young woman's eyes, she sighed and gave a better explanation, "Shock will do it sometimes. But I doubt there was anything you nor Miss Thropp over there could have done to save the poor soul."

"Can it happen again?" snapped Chuffrey's infuriated voice from the other corner of the wing. He had his back turned towards the window and he hadn't said a word to Galinda since he saw what had happened a few hours ago. Elphaba, who was sitting on the edge of the bed with Galinda, glared at him.

"If it does, do you really want to put Galinda through this again? Look at her you bastard, she's devastated!" yelled Elphaba heatedly.

"Elphie," warned Galinda quietly and she looked down at her now empty stomach mournfully and repressed the urge to cry.

Chuffrey now moved quite quickly towards Elphaba in a angry rage and got very close to her face, "She didn't look that devastated when you two were locking lips," he hissed softly so that only Elphaba heard.

Elphaba looked at him, more like glared at him reproachfully and her black eyebrows were slanted in anger. She seemed to be seething from the inside and out. She grew still with irritation.

Galinda sighed slowly as she glanced up at the two of them and was not comforted by the fact that they seemed to be having a staring contest.

"Both of you stop it," she said lifelessly as she leaned back and her head hit the soft pillow. Galinda closed her eyes and tried hard to get everything out of her mind that had just happened but it was not going away. To her horror, her memories of what happened were getting stronger and soon she felt as if she could feel the baby slip out of her over and over again.

Galinda sat up in a jolt and put a hand to her heart, and she shook her head as she calmed herself.

"Are you alright, darling?" asked the nurse worriedly as she grasped Galinda's back as the woman sat up all too quickly.

"Mhm," Galinda said softly and her gaze was trained on the end of the bed.

She seemed to be shocked to her core, and to tell the truth she was. Losing the baby had been a horrible experience, but having to deal with Chuffrey afterwards was becoming an even more horrific task as the hours passed by.

Finally Chuffrey broke eye contact with Elphaba, and with an irritated sigh just up and left the room without another word.

Galinda could feel her own life spinning out of control. Her husband hated her, her parents had no idea what happened, and her best friend had just kissed her. Galinda had no idea what was right or wrong. Her head felt dizzy just trying to figure it out.

"It will be alright Lady Chuffrey," said Madame Morrible who had now returned from taking care of business with the medics, "Your husband is just frustrated. This is no easy thing for any couple to recover from," the head bowed her head down in sympathy.

"Miss Thropp, I would like to see you in my office when Lady Chuffrey leaves if you don't mind," said the Head curtly and she nodded off as she left Elphaba and Galinda to themselves. The nurse followed after making sure Galinda's blood pressure was better.

"Elphie…" started Galinda, "Please don't be mad at me, too. I can't have the two people that I care about most be mad at me."

Elphaba snapped her head around to stare at Galinda, "You actually care about him?" she seethed, her voice growing louder, "Galinda, how could you- why would you? He treats you like you're scum, like you're nothing when really you are the most amazing and treasured person anyone should ever have the damn honor to meet!"

Seeing Elphaba this heated and emotional made Galinda go quiet.

"He has a right to be mad at me, at both of us… for how we acted," Galinda's eyes shifted to look at Elphaba's.

"Why did you do it?" asked the blonde curiously.

Elphaba never blinked, "Why not?"

"That's not an answer!"

"And that is not a question!" retorted the green girl.

The young women stared at each other in silence for a bit.

"I don't know why I did it," said the green one bitterly as she turned her head away from Galinda, somehow ashamed to look at her.

"Do you regret it?" Galinda's small question made Elphaba freeze.

"I don't know," said Elphaba harshly as she got up hurriedly and suddenly. She headed for the door without another word.

But just as she was about to open the doors, they opened by themselves and in came their group of friends.

"Madame Morrible just told us what happened," said Fiyero as he came strolling in the infirmary with Boq, Avaric, Nessa, Nanny, Crope, and Tibbett.

"Are you alright, Miss Galinda?" asked Boq as he rushed over to her and kissed her hand in affection. She was too tired to protest the gesture.

"I'm alright, all things considered," said Galinda softly as she ran a hand through her blonde hair. Her gaze was stuck on Elphaba who had turned to let the group by but was now planning to leave.

"Hey, Elphaba," called Nessa as she noticed this, "Don't leave us just yet. We promise we'll leave soon so Galinda can rest but we just wanted to see her before she goes back home" Nessa was wheeled over to Galinda by Nanny and introduced herself, "I'm Nessarose, Elphaba's younger sister and I am so sorry for what happened. But, if this helps the Unnamed God's doings are not always clear but they always have a positive outcome in the long run," said Nessa to Galinda.

Crope looked at Tibbett and they snorted at the latest remark by the youngest Thropp. "Nessa, will you be quiet with your preaching, not everyone here believes in the Unnamed God, and I doubt Galinda does," said Avaric with a roll of his eyes.

Galinda saw Nessa's face fall, and the blonde looked at the younger girl with gracious poise, "Thank you, Nessa. That does make me feel better."

Galinda watched as Elphaba slowly made her way back to the bed where Galinda sat in. She stood apart from the rest of the friends, and kept quiet.

"So are you planning to go back home… after what happened we wouldn't be surprised if you would," said Fiyero hesitantly.

Galinda sighed, "I don't know. We probably will, Chuffrey will want to go home."

"Where is he?" piped up Boq with a little bit of jealousy seeped into his voice.

"Off somewhere I suppose. He went to go mull things over," said Galinda quickly before Elphaba could say anything for she had her lips parted.

"We all are really sorry, Galinda," said Boq. Galinda smiled at her group of friends who were crowded around her. It was comforting to know that they truly cared about her.

For right now, Galinda conversed with her friends and felt more and more comforted by the minute. She couldn't say the same for how she would feel tonight when she was alone with her angry husband…

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