Alone & Loveless: The Wicked Witch Of The East

Nessa's Pride

One day at a Family Luncheon, at a family get together, Nessa was proudly sitting on her father's lap, away from her chair, and within a social circle, Nessa couldn't remember a more happier time! Her father let her eat his piece of cake, despite it being his, while Elphaba was upstairs probably buried in a book. Elphaba was welcomed with sympathy, but it was always better for everyone for her to be left to her own devices.

Often Elphaba would be a downer, yawning at their aunts small talk, rolling her eyes at their uncles tales at the office, and always near Nessa waiting to catch their precious glass doll if she were to topple.

It was their father's birthday, and nothing brought him greater joy, than to boast about his precious girl! Nessa Rose.

Nessa was a name his wife had picked, and rose, was a dagger like joke against Elphaba. Being green and a thorn to his side, might as well complete this message, by placing his darling rose on top.

"Nessa will be a wonderful Governor! Nessa is intelligent, beautiful, and perfectly good!" When not boasting about Nessa, he'd go to his two brothers or sister and talk with them from sports, to news, to politics, the usual.

While Nessa made her way in her chair, when her father wasn't around, often her cousins would poke fun at her, she has two other cousins, boys who were around her age, always making a mess wherever they went, they gave no special treatment to Nessa, which annoyed her. She was a bit glad, but if only they didn't insist on pulling her hair, call her names, complain why they kept having to wait for her. A real reminder to how she seemed to slow everyone down.

So calling for Elphaba, they were left in their room, to play with Nessa's dolls, or anything to distract them from the party down stairs.

It was going fine until their cousins came bursting in the room, which was welcomed by two soar faced girls glaring at them, with dolls in hand. Stiffing up, and swiftly cradling them, protecting them from the loud brutes that has stormed in their room. Nessa quietly imagined going along with the interruption as Giants suddenly invaded the imaginary world already created between her and Elphaba.

Running around, the nanny calmy trying to tell the boys to take it easy, but just then tripping over himself, falling and crashing against Nessa's chair, in a panic Elphaba's unruly gift sprung into action. The worst that could have happened with him still being so little was to bump the chair and making it move a bit, making Nessa hold on with the sudden movement of her chair, but no.

With a gasp and a small defiant scream, Nessa's chair suddenly sprang and jilted, while the cousins stared in awe and confused fear, while Nessa battled the chair she sat in, trying not to topple over. Finally even though it was short, it felt like an eternity before Elphaba spoke breaking the silence by scolding the cousins for their inconsideration.

Getting them to go, with tears in their eyes, yelling, threatening them not to speak a word of it to anyone, before closing the door. Turning around to check if Nessa was okay, Nessa's red angry face stopped her for doing so.

"Why did you have to that?! I could have fallen because of you! I am fine, Elphaba, I can handle it!"

Why does Elphaba have to be so anxious?! Nessa thought. She was fine, if it wasn't for her episode they could have gone on playing, but now thanks to Elphaba, Nessa was once again reminded of her fragile state. She hated it, she hated being so breakable! Why can't Elphaba understand that?! Why can't she do anything right? Maybe Dad is right, and she is just a problem.