A/N: Sorry this is late - the site wouldn't let me log in. This is the final chapter. Look for a new story next week. :)
A/N2: Shout out to James Birdsong. So glad you liked it!
Chapter 30
The wedding went off without a hitch which surprised Elphaba. She expected Glinda to lose it when she and Asli were standing at the altar but the blonde was surprisingly calm. It probably helped to know that the Captain was just as nervous as she was. When the priest announced that the Captain could kiss his bride, the heat between the two curled most of the women in the audience's toes. When they separated, Glinda was blushing. Despite only knowing each other for a short while, they would be fine. The love Elphaba saw was almost as deep as hers and Fiyero's, though she was continually surprised at the depth of Fiyero's love. Elphaba could not deny what she felt for the Vinkun was something that she had never felt with anyone else, but she wondered just how deep the feelings ran. She wasn't so sure you could measure love by putting it in a bucket, or a basket, or a thirty gallon drum but maybe that was the point.
The party that followed was one of the largest that Oz had ever seen and would continue on into the weeks following as Asli and Glinda made their whirlwind tour of Oz as part of their honeymoon. They danced the night away and Elphaba ended up having Fiyero carry her up to their shared room, must to his parents' dismay.
"I really wish I hadn't broken my heels," Elphaba mourned the loss of one of the only pairs of shoes she owned as Fiyero set her down on the bed.
"I'll buy you new ones," he said simply, making sure the door to their bedroom was locked.
"Yero," she gave him a look.
"What? I can't buy you new shoes?" He gave her a confused look.
"No, you can, I just think we need to talk before we do a lot of things out in public," she told him as he plopped down next to her.
"Fae, I love you but half of the Emerald City saw us tonight. Dancing, kissing, and having a good time. I think the two of us could go to the cobbler together," Fiyero chuckled.
"I guess I'm just having a hard time getting used to people not running away and screaming when they see me," Elphaba laughed.
"Well they had better get used to a whole lot more," the Prince winked and then slid off the side of the bed. The green woman laughed, figuring he was drunk.
"Someone got a little sloppy tonight," she shook her head.
"Nope. I just had to get something," he smirked and pulled something out from under the bed.
"You hide things under the bed?" Elphaba asked.
"Only the important stuff," he assured her as he got up on one knee and presented the little black box to her. Her eyes went wide as he opened the box.
"Elphaba Melena Thropp, would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" He asked. The silence that followed made him nervous. She looked at him with doe in headlights eyes for a moment or two and then he realized why she hadn't answered him. Elphaba Thropp, the strong willed girl from Munchkinland, was crying.
"Oh Yero," she gave him a look that he'd seen before, one that they shared the night in the forest before he was taken away.
"Is that a "yes"?" He asked.
"Yes," the crying had stopped and it was replaced by a smile and a hug. Fiyero pulled away from the hug and kissed her sweetly on the lips before placing the gold ring with small rubies that encircled a medium-sized diamond.
"Do you like it? I know how much you hate the big gaudy stuff that Glinda is sometimes into and I know that you don't like to make a big fuss out of wearing lots of accessories and…" she cut him off.
"It's perfect," she said before leaning in and kissing him. He returned the kiss and soon they were reaching for one another's clothes. The offending articles of clothing found the floor and the two found each other as they moved up the bed. They had been exhausted from dancing but that all faded away as they held each other and showed each other that they were in this together forever.
The End