AN. I've mentioned a few times that there were scenes in UtEoT that were referenced but never written. One of these was the dinner from Chapter 14 after Elphaba and Galinda become roommates. Someone on Tumblr asked if I could write the scene, and someone else requested to hear about the girls' first night as roommates. It was easier to combine the two.

So here we are, what I'm calling the "cut scenes" (because they were cut from UtEoT. Hence the artwork for this story's cover. I know. I'm hilarious).

Cut From Chapter 14: The First Dinner

Late afternoon, Fiyero entered the suite and dumped the box in his arms on the ground. It fell with a heavy thud, making Elphaba, Galinda and Boq all jump.

"Is that books you've got in there or bricks?" he complained to Elphaba.

She rolled her eyes, straightening up as she finished making the bed. "You poor baby. You carried them up one whole flight of stairs."

Fiyero grinned. "What's your point? Anyway, this is the last box."

Elphaba's shoulders eased slightly. "Really? Ok. I'll just go do a final check before I take my key back to the administration building."

She sighed slowly, hoping luck would be on her side enough to avoid a final meeting with Pinar. She wasn't hopeful.

"She's not back yet," Fiyero volunteered as she moved to the door as though he'd read her mind.

Elphaba blinked in surprise but threw him a grateful smile. "I'll be back in a minute."

She hurried down the stairs and into her, now, former room. Her side was now as empty as the day it had been when she'd moved in last fall. Although she was sure she hadn't missed anything in her packing, she surveyed the closet, nightstand, desk drawers and bathroom to make sure nothing had been forgotten.

Everything was empty, but she still frowned. A small part of her had been hoping she'd come across the things that had gone missing over the last semester- the things she suspected Pinar had taken. She'd hoped the events of the bonfire might have inspired a small amount of remorse in Pinar. But apparently that was too much to hope for.

Looking around the empty room, Elphaba sighed and then left the room, closing the door behind her and hurrying over to the administration building to return the key.

It was official now, she was Galinda Upland's roommate. The thought was still bizarre in Elphaba's mind. Galinda had been more than accommodating during the day while Boq and Fiyero carried bags and boxes upstairs. She'd put herself in charge of organising Elphaba's closet, albeit according to her own personal system. Elphaba wasn't sure what the system was exactly and was sure she'd never be able to find anything, but she appreciated it none the less.

It was already darkening as she headed back towards Crage Hall. It had taken rather longer than she'd thought to move her things upstairs and unpacked, and aside from a quick break for coffee and then lunch, they hadn't stopped.

When she entered the suite, Fiyero was pinning something to her the corkboard which he'd hung on the wall. As he stepped back, she saw it was the note he'd written her the morning after the bonfire, which made her smile.

"None of us are game to touch your books," Fiyero informed her when he saw her saw standing there. "I'm sure you have some odd system that makes sense to no one but you."

Elphaba laughed. "Organised by genre, and then alphabetical by the author's surname within the genre," she replied. "Not that odd. Why, how do you organise your bookshelves?"

He shrugged. "I just put them on the shelves so they fit."

"Then how do you find anything?" Elphaba demanded, and he shrugged.

"Mine are organised by size," Boq offered.

That was a more acceptable system in Elphaba's mind, although she still had questions. Instead, she looked around the room.

"Is it just the books left to be unpacked?" she asked.

"I think so," Galinda agreed. "I put your things in the bathroom. I cleared out a drawer for you."

Elphaba decided not to point out that there were three drawers.

"Thank you," she said instead.

Fiyero sat himself on Elphaba's freshly made bed, shifting aside a box of her books so he had more room.

"So, dinner?" he proposed. "A little Moving Day festivation? My shout."

Elphaba glanced wistfully at the boxes of books. She didn't think she'd feel quite settled until they were unpacked.

"Sure," she agreed. "I'll just run down and let Nessa and Xia know."

"Boq? Galinda?"

Galinda hesitated. "I was planning on going to the OzDust tonight with Pfannee and Shen-Shen… but I suppose I could always meet them afterwards."

Elphaba wanted to be optimistic about her new roommate situation, but she was relatively sure it was Fiyero's presence- and dime- that had swayed Galinda to accept the invitation.

"I'm in," Boq was quick to add. "Where shall we go?"

"Ooh, let's go to Idylliah!" Galinda suggested, naming the most expensive restaurant in town.

"Or we could go to Willowbranch?" Boq suggested tentatively.

"Willowbranch?"

"The all-you-can-eat place near the church?"

Fiyero nodded. "Oh yeah. Good food. Dumb name. I vote the pub."

Galinda wrinkled her nose. "The pub?" she repeated carefully, as though she'd never heard of such a place.

Fiyero grinned broadly at Elphaba. "Yeah, I think we should definishly go to the pub."

Elphaba rolled her eyes, suppressing a smile. "The pub is fine. I'll go tell Nessa."

She headed downstairs to Nessa and Xia's room, tapping lightly on the door.

"How's the move going?" Nessa asked her upon opening the door.

"Done," Elphaba said, the relief in her tone palpable. "And I'm mostly unpacked. We're going to take a break and go to dinner at the pub. Do you and Xia want to come?"

"Sure," Nessa agreed immediately. "Xia has a date," she said, glancing back over her shoulder towards the room. "But I'll come. Who else is coming? Fiyero, I presume."

"Fiyero's paying," Elphaba replied. "Boq and Galinda are both coming."

Nessa's eyebrows rose slightly. "Galinda's coming?" she repeated in surprise. "To dinner at the pub?"

Elphaba grinned. "Yeah. Fiyero's idea."

Nessa giggled faintly. "Alright. When are we going?"

"However long it takes Galinda to get ready," came Fiyero's voice from behind Elphaba.

She turned and saw him and Boq coming down the hall. Fiyero handed Elphaba her bag and outerwear, flashing Nessa a grin.

"Galinda's just changing. She asked me what the dress code is for a pub," he chuckled, his eyes twinkling.

Elphaba looked at him pointedly. "And what exactly did you tell her?"

He looked at her in mock hurt. "Come on, Fae. Don't look at me like that. I gave her a serious answer. Didn't I, Boq?"

"He did," Boq confirmed.

Elphaba rolled her eyes. "Nessa's going to come, but Xia has other plans."

Fiyero nodded. "Sure. I told Galinda we'd meet her down here. She said she wouldn't be long, so I figure it'll be what, like five or ten minutes?"

Elphaba and Nessarose scoffed in unison.

It was twenty-five minutes before Galinda hurried downstairs to join them. "Shall we go to dinner?" she asked brightly.

As they walked into town, Galinda and Nessarose made polite conversation. Boq chimed in wherever he got an opportunity, but Elphaba was content to walk in silence. Fiyero contributed to the conversation a bit, usually to make a joke, his arm slung around Elphaba's shoulders and brushing his thumb over her fingers as she reached up to entwine her fingers with his.

He shared a grin with Elphaba as they approached The Hare and Turtle and Galinda regarded the building sceptically. Elphaba and Fiyero led the way inside and over to the booth where they had sat for his interview, Elphaba only pausing to grab some menus from the bar.

"The macaroni and cheese is great," Fiyero told them.

Galinda accepted the menu from Elphaba and opened it gingerly.

"The lasagne is also good," Elphaba told her, taking pity on her new roommate.

Once they'd ordered and were waiting for the food to arrive, Fiyero decided to help Elphaba and Galinda bond.

"So, Galinda," he began. "What kind of books do you read?"

Galinda blinked at him, and Elphaba shot him a quizzical glance.

"Common ground," he hissed at her before returning his full attention to Galinda, looking at her expectantly.

"I like romance novels," Galinda offered, a little tentatively. "Tyme Tamme is my favourite."

Nessa's face lit up. "Oh, I love her books!" she exclaimed brightly. "The Frost's Echo is my favourite."

Galinda beamed at her. "That is a good one. But I think The Sixth Soldier is my favourite of hers."

"That's Elphaba's favourite too, right, Fabala?" Nessa asked her sister.

"It is," Elphaba confirmed.

Galinda frowned slightly, resting her elbows on the table and her chin on her hands as she looked to Elphaba.

"I'm a little surprised you like romance novels," she admitted. "I mean, you don't believe in soul mates, or love at first sight."

Elphaba wasn't quite sure how to respond to that. "I read a lot of things," she said simply.

"I also like the Kit Kappa files. The mystery series? Which I don't always like mystery novels, but I like that series," Galinda offered.

"I've read some of those," Fiyero contributed.

Elphaba looked to him in surprise. "You have?"

The Kit Kappa Files series was more typically read by girls. Fiyero shrugged and Elphaba grinned.

"You read them to impress a girl, didn't you?"

"The first two, yeah," Fiyero admitted. "And it worked too. But then I actually got into them."

Elphaba laughed.

"I read them too," Boq offered, glancing shyly at Galinda. "My sisters like them."

"You have sisters?" Galinda asked him, and he flushed under her direct attention.

"One older, one younger," he mumbled.

Galinda whipped around back to Fiyero. "You're an only child, aren't you?"

Fiyero shrugged modestly. "Yeah, well. When you get-"

Elphaba looked at him pointedly and he sighed, amending his answer. "Yes, I am."

Galinda frowned at them quizzically, and Nessa giggled.

"Don't worry," she reassured her. "You get used to that."

As they ate, there was a steady stream of conversation. Galinda was happy to answer Fiyero and Nessa's questions about her hobbies and interests. She and Nessa had the same Sociology class this semester, which was what Galinda was majoring in.

"It's really interesting. And I like my Philosophy classes too. But that History class I took last semester? So boring."

"So, what are you planning on doing after you finish school?" Elphaba asked her.

Galinda looked thoughtful. "I'm still deciding. Maybe something in public relations or working for some kind of charity. I'm so good at planning parties and events, so I think that would be fun. Or, I could be a guidance counsellor. I mean, look at my column in the paper. I give great advice. Shouldn't I do something with that? Like, I could be a life coach!" she exclaimed, her eyes alight.

"Wouldn't you hire me as a life coach?" she demanded of them.

"I would," Boq replied immediately. "I think you'd be wonderful as a life coach."

She beamed at him. "Thank you, Bick. That's so sweet."

"What kind of charity would you want to work for?" Elphaba asked in interest.

It wasn't the answer that she had expected.

Galinda merely shrugged. "I don't know. But I think it's the best use of my talents. Momsie and Popsicle let me plan our yearly New Year's Eve Party since I was sixteen, you know. I mean, I'm also very good at making scrapbooks, but I don't think I can make that as a career, can I?"

Fiyero nodded knowingly. "That's how I feel about my incredible good looks."

Galinda and Nessa giggled, but Elphaba rolled her eyes.

"Why am I dating you?"

He stared at her blankly. "The aforementioned incredible good looks. I would think that was obvious, Fae."

"You know, the food here is really good," Galinda broke in.

Fiyero grinned at Elphaba.

After dinner, they returned to campus and went their separate ways. Elphaba lingered behind to say goodnight to Fiyero, a little apprehensive about heading back up to her room.

"Dinner wasn't a total disaster, was it?" he asked gently, seeing her hesitation.

"No," Elphaba admitted.

"Conversation flowed…"

"Yeah, but you, Nessa and Boq were there. There was a buffer. I don't know what we're going to have to say to one another when it's just us."

Fiyero kissed her gently. "Just remember. She can't be worse than Pinar."

Elphaba smiled faintly. "I know," she agreed.

"I'll meet you for lunch tomorrow? Town or Dining Hall?"

"Let's meet in the courtyard and decide what we feel like?" Elphaba countered.

Fiyero kissed her again and headed off, as she slowly headed upstairs.

When she entered the room, Galinda was standing before her closet, flicking through her clothes.

Elphaba dumped her outerwear on her bed and picked up the closest box of books.

"It's not going to bother you if I finish unpacking, is it?" she asked cautiously.

It was only eight-thirty, but she figured it couldn't hurt to ask.

Galinda shook her head. "No. I'm going to change and head over to the OzDust for a bit."

Elphaba's first instinct was to be relieved. At least she wouldn't wear out her welcome in the first night.

"Ok, good," she said lamely.

Galinda got changed in the bathroom and freshened up her makeup before grabbing her bag.

"Have a good night," she said. "With your books and all," she added, sounding a little sceptical to Elphaba's ears.

Elphaba smiled faintly. "You too," she replied, choosing not to point out that an evening organising her books actually sounded like a great night to her mind.

Once Galinda had left, Elphaba let out a breath and looked around the suite. The room was no less overbearingly pink than it had been before Elphaba had moved her things in, but she already felt more settled than she ever had in the room with Pinar.

And Fiyero had been right, dinner was a good idea. She'd actually learned a lot about Galinda- like she played tennis and had won equestrian competitions. She and Fiyero had had a ten minute conversation about ballroom dancing- although it had been Fiyero complaining about it, and Galinda reminiscing with fondness about the debutante balls she'd attended.

She spent the next hour and a half organising her books to her liking, before showering and getting ready for bed.

After rooming with Pinar for so long, she had rather expected that Galinda wouldn't return from the OzDust until the early hours of the morning. But it was just shy of eleven o'clock when the door opened and Galinda let herself in.

"Hi!" she greeted Elphaba brightly. "Wow, the room looks pretty good, doesn't it?"

"It does," Elphaba agreed.

Galinda turned slowly, studying the room. "I had that poster over there," she said, pointing to a framed poster of a kitten sitting in a sparkly shoe that hung above her vanity.

"But I think it looks so much better where it is now. What are you reading?"

"Just a novel," Elphaba replied. She paused for a moment then added, "How was the OzDust?"

"Really fun, but I'm so tired now. Shen-Shen and Ryx, did you know she was seeing Ryx? He's a third-year. They had a huge fight in the middle of the dance floor, so we had to deal with that mess. But I think it's all sorted now. I'm going to go get ready for bed."

Elphaba blinked slightly as Galinda disappeared into the bathroom, suddenly feeling very tired. It was too soon to tell how it was going to go with Galinda as her roommate, but she had the feeling it wouldn't be boring.