Day 31: Because I Love You

Galinda sped through Shiz as fast as her legs, and heels, would allow. She nearly ran into at least five other students but she didn't care. She had gotten out of class early and the only thing that was on her mind was seeing her green skinned girlfriend. Once in her dorm Galinda saw Elphaba sitting on the her bed. Her face buried in some science book of course.

"Hello Galinda." Elphaba greeted her as she motioned the blonde to come closer. Once the blonde was close enough Elphaba quickly put down her book, pulled Galinda into her lap, and began to kiss the side of the blonde's face.

"Are you busy this evening, my sweet?" Elphaba asked, as she wrapped her arms tightly around her girlfriend.

"Not that I know of." Galinda answered, with a giggle, for the green girl's breath tickled her neck ever so lightly.

"Good," Elphaba replied, as she began to caress her blonde girlfriend's arms.

"Can I ask why you want to know this?" Galinda asked, with a smile. "Does my green bean have a secret plan I don't know about?"

"I just thought we would go to the café just outside of Shiz. You know and spend sometime together." Elphaba answered. "Just you and me."

Galinda gave a squeal and jumped up unexpectedly, leaving Elphaba dazed for a few moments before replying, "Oh, Elphie, I can't wait! What time are we going? Oh, dear, what shall I wear? Can I just wear my pink dress or something more formal?"

"Galinda, my sweet, don't get yourself all flushed over this." Elphaba said, as she stood up slowly and placed her hands on the blonde's shoulders. "Your pink dress will be fine."

"Well in that case, I only need to worry about my makeup and shoes!" Galinda replied, with excitement before she practically skipped off into the bathroom to get ready.

Elphaba just grinned as she sat back down on her bed and opened up her book once more. She knew it was going to be a little while before Galinda was ready to go.

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A half an hour later Galinda finally emerged from the bathroom as an overjoyed smile crept over her face. She quickly noticed that the green girl was still reading her book, so without a word Galinda walked over to Elphaba, grabbed the book she was reading, and threw it across the room.

"I'm ready." Galinda said, as she pulled Elphaba to her feet before linking arms with the green girl. Elphaba bent down slightly to give the blonde a deep kiss before they headed out the door.

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A brief ten minute walk took them to their destination which was the "Yellow Brink Road café. " They were quickly seated and ordered their food. As they waited they made some light conversation. Not to mention Galinda also instigated a few games of Footsie with Elphaba. Once their food had arrived they eat slowly and Galinda soon noticed Elphaba was staring longingly into her eyes.

"Elphie, haven't anyone told you it's rude to stare?" Galinda asked, with a twinkle in her eyes.

"Oh, was I staring?" Elphaba said, as one of her eyebrows rose. "I guess I didn't notice. If you want I will divert my eyes to some other place."

"No, that's quite all right." Galinda replied, as she lightly stroked the green girl's closest hand.

"But didn't you just say it's rude to stare?" Elphaba asked, a grin was creeping upon her face as she spoke.

"I can make this one exception for you." Galinda answered, with a blissful sigh.

Just then a group of three boys about their age could be seen. As they got closer to Elphaba's and Galinda's table their eyes immediately fell on the green girl and one muttered to the other two, "Look at that freak." The other two boys snickered in agreement.

"Looks like one of the circus freaks escaped." Another boy added, with a snort.

Elphaba gave a sigh and was going to ignore the comments, but Galinda would have none of that. As the boys made it by the two girls Galinda extended her leg out from under the table and tripped them. The three boys were so distracted with their conversion about the green girl that they didn't notice Galinda's perfectly placed leg, and all three fell to the ground with a loud and hard thud. Just as quickly the blonde pulled her leg away, so there was no evidence that would show she was the one who tripped them. Feeling quite embarrassed about their fall the three boys hurried away with their faces flushed and their heads down.

Elphaba's gaze fell on Galinda and she gave her a smile before asking, "Why did you do that?" Her facial expression showed she was quite happy Galinda had sent those boys on a trip.

"Because I love you, you delectable green thing you." Galinda replied, as she took a sip from her glass before going back to her meal.

After they had eaten Elphaba and Galinda fought about the payment of the bill. After a few minutes of arguing the green girl won the battle and paid for the entire thing.

"Really, Elphie, you didn't have to pay for the whole thing." Glinda said, as Elphaba rose and extended her hand to her which the blonde took. "Why did you do that?"

"Because I love you." Elphaba replied, as she let the blonde out of the café and onto the sidewalk.

It wasn't long before Elphaba caught sight of a stand that was selling one of Galinda's favorite treats which was ice cream. Without missing a beat the green girl quickly let go of Galinda's hand and ran over to the stand.

"Elphie?" Galinda questioned, not knowing what had caused the her green girlfriend to run off so quickly. When Elphaba returned she had two ice cream cones in her hands. One with strawberry ice cream on top and the other with mint chocolate chip on top.

"Here you are, my pretty." Elphaba said, with a sheepish grin on her face, as she held out the green colored ice cream cone out for Galinda to take.

"Oh, ice cream!" Galinda screamed, in delight, as she took the cone from Elphaba. "I love ice cream. Thank you, Elphie." The blonde girl smiled grew when she saw the colors of the ice cream which were pink and green. Elphaba nodded her head as they took a seat on a bench to eat.

When they had finished Galinda turned to Elphaba and began to giggle, for the green girl had some pink strawberry ice cream on her face.

"Elphie, you have pink ice cream on your face." Galinda said, trying to hold back her laughing.

"Well you know what they say...pink goes good with green." Elphaba answered, as she went to wipe it off, but Glinda stopped her.

"Let me." Galinda whispered, in a seductive manner, and with that she leaned in close and began to kiss away the ice cream from the green girl's face. Once the ice cream was all gone Galinda went to pull back, but Elphaba stopped her and pressed her lips against the blonde's for a passionate kiss. They held this position for a few long moments just savoring each other's closeness. "I could kiss you forever." Galinda added, in a breathless manner.

"Really?" Elphaba asked, as she blushed a slightly darker shade of green.

"Of course I could because I love you." Galinda answered, as she rubbed her nose gently over Elphaba's ever to lightly.

Elphaba smiled before standing up and asking, "Do you want to continue our walk, my sweet?"

"Yes, let's." Galinda replied, as she once again took a green hand into her own and they started off.

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About ten minutes later Galinda's eyes caught sight of a hat displayed in a window of a store.

"By Oz that is the cutest sun hat I have ever seen!" Galinda exclaimed, as she pressed her hands and face to the glass so she could get a better look at it. "I'm so buying it." The sun hat was a bright pink color with green glitter on top with a pink ribbon around the middle. Without a second thought Galinda pulled Elphaba inside the store and within minutes the hat was bought.

"You seem quite pleased." Elphaba replied, once they had left the store, as she noticed the blonde was clinging to her much more tightly.

"I am, this hat is one of those once in a lifetime findings." Galinda answered, as she placed her new hat on.

With that the two girls began to walk again until they came across a bridge that was positioned over a lake. Just then as Elphaba and Galinda made it halfway across the bridge a gust of wind swooped down upon them, and in turn blew Galinda's hat away over the bridge until it laid floating on the surface of the water.

"My new hat!" Galinda cried out. Just then, Elphaba leaped over the side of the bridge down towards the water. "ELPHIE!" Galinda screamed, as she watched her lover descend willingly to the water below to fetch her hat.

With a graceful cat like landing Elphaba planted her feet perfectly on two stepping stones like the fear of burning herself was not even a issue. Then with one smooth motion she grabbed the pink and green hat from the water's surface and bounded back to dry land with the help from the other well placed stepping stones. Once Elphaba was back on the bridge next to Galinda the green girl was met by a slap to her cheek before being in gulfed in a mighty embrace.

"Sweet Oz, Elphie, what were you thinking? You could have been burned to death!" Galinda shouted, fear and worry still soaked her voice from what had just happened.

"You wanted your new hat back right?" Elphaba asked, her voice so calm it shocked the blonde girl.

"Yeah I did, but I didn't want you to put your life in danger to get it." Galinda argued. Her arms refused to let Elphaba go, for she feared Elphaba would leap back over the bridge for some other reason.

"I was careful. As you saw my skin never touched the water." Elphaba replied, as she placed the sun hat back on her blonde girlfriend's head.

"It doesn't matter how careful you were. Why would you do such a crazy thing like that?" Galinda asked, with a uneasy huff.

Elphaba smiled as she touched her lips to Galinda's for a beat or two before answering, "Because I love you, my sweet."

Galinda opened her mouth so say something but no response exited her lips. After what seemed like a long few seconds the blonde finally said, "Thank you, but just don't do that again. I must say your little stunt has made me quite flustered."

"Forgive me, my lady, may I suggest we sit on that bench until you feel better?" Elphaba asked, as she held out her hand to the blonde.

"Yes, I would like that." Galinda answered, as she took the green girl's hand.

However, once Galinda's hand made contact with Elphaba's the green girl swung the blonde's arm around her verdant neck before lifting Galinda up into her arms and carefully carried her to the bench. Galinda found herself blushing even more deeply, but she knew it was from the love she was feeling for this green girl...her Elphie.

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Once Galinda was no longer flustered their walk continued, but before long a cool fall breeze filled the air causing the blonde to shiver ever so slightly. Elphaba quickly noticed this, so she removed her coat and draped it over the blonde's shoulders. Galinda wasted no time, giving the green girl a smile in thanks before, drawing the coat even more around her and taking in its aroma.

"It smells like you." Galinda said, just above a whisper.

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Elphaba asked, with a light cackle, as her hand found a place to rest against the blonde's back.

"It's wonderful thing." Galinda answered, with a purr.

Elphaba then looked up towards the sky before saying, "It's getting dark, my sweet, I think it would be wise to head back to Shiz."

"All right." Galinda replied, as she pulled the green girl extremely close before they started to head back.

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Once back at Shiz Elphaba made Galinda sit on the bed. The green girl opened her mouth to say something, but closed it just as quickly as she tried to gather her thoughts. After a few seconds of silence words came to her.

"I have something for you." Elphaba said, her voice a bit shaky.

"A surprise?" Galinda asked, her voice filled with a bubbly excitement.

"Yes, a surprise." Elphaba answered, as she got up, took out a long box from her desk, and handed it to the blonde. "Go on and open it." Galinda nodded as she slowly removed the wrapping and took off the box lid. She gasped when her eyes caught sight of what was inside.

"Sweet Oz...Elphie..." Galinda whispered.

"Do you like it?" Elphaba asked.

"I love it!" Galinda exclaimed, as she held up the gift which was a brand new wand with a large star on top covered with shiny stones.

"When I saw it I immediately thought of you." Elphaba said, as she watched Galinda hold it up to the light.

"It's so beautiful." Galinda said, as she felt tears of joy coming to her eyes.

"Don't cry, my sweet, I thought you liked the gift." Elphaba answered, as she wiped away a tear from Galinda's cheek with her sleeve.

"I LOVE the gift you mean green thing. These are tears of happiness." Galinda answered, as she ran one of her hands over the stones. "What kind of stones are these? Are they...no they can't be."

"Can't be what?" Elphaba asked, as she moved so she was closer to the blonde.

"These stones can't be... diamonds." Galinda said.

"Why can't they be?" Elphaba asked, only to have Galinda's head shot up and her eyes widen in pure shock.

"These stones are diamonds?" Galinda replied, as her mouth suddenly got dry.

"Yes, they are." Elphaba answered. "I know you like sparkling glittery things, so well..." Before Elphaba could finish Galinda had wrapped her arms around the green girl's neck and kissed her with a fiery passion.

"This is the most beautiful gift I have ever received." Galinda said, once they parted. "But...why? Why did you get me this?"

"Because I love you, my sweet." Elphaba replied, as she gently stroked the blonde's cheek. "I want you to never forget that. No matter what happens or what life throws at us I will always love you. Remember, all that I do it is done because I love you. I love you."

Galinda answered by wrapping her arms tightly around the green girl and whispering, "I love you too, my Elphie."

Epilogue

"Who killed my sister? Who killed the Witch of the East?! Was it you?" Elphaba demanded, as she walked up to the young farm girl like she was a predator stalking its prey.

Elphaba would have gotten closer, but Glinda wrapped her arms around the young Dorothy girl and placed her wand out in front. Elphaba tried not to notice the wand, but it was staring her in the face. She knew that wand. By the Unnamed God how could she forget? She was so engrossed in the wand and the beauty of Glinda she nearly didn't hear the young girl's response to her question.

"Well, my little pretty, I can cause accident too." Elphaba answered, her voice sly.

"Aren't you forgetting the ruby slippers?" Glinda asked.

"The slippers. Yes, the slippers." Elphaba replied, as she quickly headed back towards Nessarose to get the only item to remember her sister by. But as quickly as Elphaba left she returned. "They're gone! The ruby slippers what have you done with them? Give them back to me or I'll..."

"It's too late. There they are, and there they'll stay." Glinda answered, as she pointed to Dorothy's feet. Elphaba was in shock. That brat was wearing her sister's shoes! But the farm girl seemed just as surprised as she was.

"Give me back my slippers." Elphaba demanded. "I'm the only one who knows how to use them. They're no use to you. Give them back to me! Give them back!"

"Keep tight inside of them. Their magic must be very powerful, or she wouldn't want them so badly." Glinda whispered into the young girl's ear.

"You stay out of this, Glinda, or I'll fix you as well!" Elphaba growled. Elphaba was surprised that Glinda would lie to the farm girl about why she wanted those shoes. But what shocked Elphaba the most was that she just threaten Glinda. (Even though it was an empty threat.)

Elphaba knew that Glinda wasn't scared of the threat for she laughed and answered, "Oh, rubbish! You have no power here. Be gone, before someone drops a house on you too."

Elphaba looked up towards the sky frightened for a moment, but just as quickly brought her gaze back down to the farm girl and Glinda. Then she started to speak. She could hardly concentrate however, for Glinda had brought her arms back around the young farm girl with her wand out in front. Glinda wanted Elphaba to see that wand. She wanted Elphaba to look at that wand and remember...everything.

'Oh that wand!' Elphaba thought to herself. Her face felt warm for she knew Glinda was staring at her with such intensity. Before Elphaba knew it she was done with her little speech to the farm girl and with a great cackle left leaving behind a puff of red smoke and fire.

Once Elphaba was far away she couldn't help but cry a little even though her tears burned her. Her crying was a result from all her emotions hammering down on her.

"She kept it. She still has that wand. The wand I gave her. That means she still love me. The Unnamed God knows I still love her with all of my being." Elphaba whispered. "Oh Glinda, my sweet, I hope you haven't forgotten that no matter what happens or what life throws at us I will always love you. Remember, all that I do it is done because I love you. I love you."

Not too far away Glinda was watching Dorothy and her dog begin their journey to see the Wizard. She couldn't focus however. Her mind kept going back to Elphaba. Her Elphie. She brushed away a few tears that had escaped down her face.

She then took a deep breath before whispering, "I love you, my Elphie. All that I do is because I love you. I love you."

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A/N: Well that's it. The whole Gelphie month is done. Time sure does fly. Thank you everyone for reading and reviewing!