Author's note: Hey you guys. Ok, so I was writing this while I was in Europe and have gotten pretty far. I'll upload all the chapters that I've done so far, then I'll keep adding when I've written more.

Kiss me too fiercely

Hold me too tight

I need help believing

You're with me tonight

My wildest dreaming

Could not foresee

Lying beside you

With you wanting me

Just for this moment

As long as you're mine

I've lost all resistance

And crossed some borderline

And if it turns out

It's over too fast

I'll make ev'ry moment last

As long as you're mine

"Elphie!!" Elphaba Thropp looked over her shoulder as Galinda Arduenna, dressed from head to toe in baby pink, came skittering at an impressive speed down Crage Hall. Elphaba shifted her book bag on her bony shoulder and slowed her pace, waiting up for her friend.

"You're excited, it has to be something good… but then again this isn't exactly unusual for you." Elphaba remarked, tilting her head as Galinda caught up with her.

"Have you heard the Ozdust Ball is coming up soon? Are you going to ask anyone?" Galinda asked excitedly. Elphaba snorted.

"Yeah, right, because that's completely something I normally attend." She said, her voice oozing with sarcasm. Galinda stared at her blankly.

"What are you talking about? You never go to those." She said. Elphaba rolled her eyes with a sigh and a smile, patting her friend's arm.

"I was being sarcastic." She explained. "And no, I don't plan on asking anyone."

"Elphie! I insist." Galinda protested as they reached the mess hall. Elphaba moved toward one of the classrooms near the mess hall and came back out, wheeling her sister, Nessarose, along with them. Much to Elphaba's exasperation, Nessa was holding a flyer for the damn dance.

"Elphaba, you're going to the Ozdust Ball, right?" Nessa asked hopefully.

"Yes, she is." Galinda insisted, shooting Elphaba a stern glance.

"No, I'm not, Nessa." Elphaba said, her stubbornness kicking in almost immediately. "But you could go. Just because I'm missing out on the fun doesn't mean you should, too."

"But who would I possibly go with?" Nessa said, motioning to her braced legs and the wheelchair. "Who would ask me? Nobody's going to invite a cripple to the dance."

"Nessie, don't talk like that." Elphaba said firmly, brushing her younger sister's dark hair off her face with one green hand. "You forget a key detail. Who's going to ask a green girl? You have a better chance at it then I do. Remember what Madame Morrible said? 'Tragically beautiful'? Why don't you go with Boq?"

Nessarose looked at her hands skeptically. Sure, she and Boq went last year. "You think he'd ask me again?"

"Of course he will!" Galinda shrilled. As they sat down at a table, Elphaba sat down next to Nessa and saved a seat for Galinda, who shot off toward the entrance.

"What on earth is she doing?" Nessa said. Elphaba sighed.

"I know exactly what she's doing. Boq's over there. Nessie, I think you may get your wish."

"Boq!" Galinda sang out, her voice ringing across the cafeteria. Boq, a Munchkinlander, raised his head, blue eyes wide.

"You got my name right." He said, stunned. For the past two years, Galinda had been butchering Boq's name in a million different was, from Biq, Beq, Buq. But because Boq was infatuated with Galinda, he let it go. Now the fact that she actually said his name right was a complete shock.

"Of course, I've always known your name." Galinda giggled, laying a delicate hand on his shoulder. Elphaba, watching from across the cafeteria, thought Boq was going to pass out. "Listen, I have a proposition for you. You had fun with Nessarose last year, right?"

"Of course, she was a pleasure to take to Ozdust." Boq responded.

"Would you go with her again?" Galinda pushed on. Boq shrugged.

"I don't see why not." He responded. "Why, does she not have a date?"

After a few more minutes, Galinda came skipping back, a smile on her face.

"Be ready, Nessa," She said. "He's planning on asking you sometime this week."

"Oh, Galinda, thank you so much" Nessa cried, reaching up with outstretched arms to hug the Gillikin. Galinda smiled, hugging the girl in return.

"You're very welcome, Nessa, it was my pleasure." She said. Elphaba smiled.

"Hey, if my sister's got a date at least, I'm happy," She said with a smile, reaching for an apple out of the bowl on the table. Galinda looked over her shoulder and her eyes widened.

"Oh sweet Oz," She stammered. "Elphie, Fiyero Tiggular's coming over here right now, and I highly doubt it's for me."

"Elphaba?" Elphaba had hoped that Galinda was wrong, but turned at the voice and saw the Arjiki prince striding toward them.

"Oh, for the love of Unnamed God," She groaned.

"Elphaba!" Nessarose, very religious, hissed.

"Elphaba, can I pull you away for a moment?" Fiyero asked when he was near enough. Elphaba eyed him warily.

"Alright," She said, getting up. "Nessa, I'll be back."

They walked a bit away, and Fiyero stopped and turned toward her.

"Look, I wanted to ask you," He rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. Elphaba recognize the motion of nervousness. "Are you…err…going to the Ozdust Ball with anyone yet?"

"No." Elphaba said, her blue eyes level with his. She crossed her arms over her chest.

"Well, would you like to go with me?" He suggested. Elphaba continued to eye him.

"Why are you asking me?" She said suspiciously. "You and I don't hang out in the same crowds. Hell, I'm me. Why is it that you want to go with me?"

"Well, I think you're…interesting." Fiyero said. Elphaba's eyebrows shot up.

"Interesting?" She scoffed, her hands placed promptly on her hips. Fiyero looked panicked.

"No! Ack, that came out wrong," He said quickly. "I just…I…er…I want to get to know you better."

Elphaba exhaled heavily through her nose, staring at him, not sure whether or not to buy this. "Let me think about it. Give me a couple of days." She said. Without another word, she walked away. Fiyero breathed a sigh of relief. Hey, she didn't entirely say no.

When Elphaba got back to her table, Galinda's questioning eyes were eagerly awaiting.

"Well? What did he say?" She demanded. Elphaba sat back down to see Nessa was staring at her as well.

"Well, he asked me."

"And?" Galinda seemed to be leaning forward with anticipation. Elphaba Thropp had to be the only girl Galinda knew who wasn't screaming with excitement by something like this. Then again, nothing Galinda had seen yet, aside from rainstorms, really rattled Elphaba at all.

"I told him I'd think about it." Elphaba responded. Galinda whipped around, sending a plastic water glass to hit the floor. Elphaba reared back as water came splashing up a bit, doing what she could to avoid getting wet.

"Elphaba Melena Thropp, are you out of your damn mind?!" Galinda shrieked. "Fiyero Tiggular, Arjiki prince and possibly the most popular boy at Shiz asked you to the Ozdust Ball, and you tell him you'll think about it?!"

"I don't know if I want to go with him." Elphaba said, her voice hard. "So shoot me."

That whole night, Elphaba was beginning to wonder if she should have just said yes to Fiyero right off the bat. Not because she began to have a change of heart toward the idea, but because Galinda would not shut up about it.

"Do you know what could happen if you went with Fiyero?" She mused. "Better yet, if you two started going out! That's a one way ticket to popularity, Elphaba! You and Fiyero could be Shiz's king and queen!!!"

"God, Galinda, shut up." Elphaba groaned, her voice muffled by the pillow, which she had shoved her face into trying to block out Galinda's constant bantering. She rolled back over onto her stomach, pushing herself up onto her elbows as she looked in Galinda's direction. "I'm not losing sleep over this, but because of you, I am. I don't know what's going to happen. I don't know if Fiyero and I will start going out, I don't even know if I'm going to go with him! Sweet Oz, next you'll be planning mine and Fiyero's so-called wedding!"

"Actually, you'd look good in white." Galinda pondered. Elphaba screamed into the pillow.

"Alright, fine." She cried. "My mind's made up, I'll go with him."

Galinda squealed excitedly, leaping forward as she threw her arms around Elphaba's shoulders. "Oh, Elphie, you'll have so much fun!! I knew you'd change your mind!"

The next day, Elphaba caught up with Fiyero as she walked to her next class. "Fiyero!"

Fiyero stopped and turned around as Elphaba neared. "I'll go." She said.

A wide smile crossed Fiyero's face.

"You will? Really?" He said. Elphaba rolled her eyes, nodding.

"Yes, really." She responded with a sigh. "I really hope this isn't some sort of attempt to gain school publicity. I can see it now, 'Fiyero Tiggular, Arjiki Prince, takes on charity case by taking Shiz Academy's freak show to the Ozdust Ball.'"

"Elphaba…no," Fiyero was quick to correct her. "No, that's not the reason at all. My invitation was genuine."

"Oh, I bet it was." Elphaba retorted and walked away. She walked into the classroom of Professor Nikidik. Galinda met her at the door.

"You told him, right? Please tell me you told him."

"Yes, Galinda, I told him." Elphaba said and brushed past her friend to her seat. They all sat down at computers. Elphaba typed up everything that was written on the blackboard when an instant message caught her attention.

PrettyInPink: well? U going to tell me wat happened or not?

Elphaba turned her head and looked at Galinda in the back of the room. Her blonde friend winked at her and Elphaba couldn't help but smile. Shaking her head, she turned back to her computer and typed her response.

EmeraldElphaba: What do you want to know?

PrettyInPink: Wat did you tell him???

EmeraldElphaba: I just told him I'd go and that it better not be some sort of move for publicity, like "Prince Tiggular takes Shiz's freak to school dance". You do know what kind of trouble we could get into for this, right?

Elphaba whipped her head around as she heard a squeak and a book dropped and the rest of the class stared at Galinda, pale-faced and wide-eyed, who immediately swept it up off the floor.

"Miss Galinda, is there something you'd like to share with the class?" Professor Nikidik asked.

"Um, n-no, Sir." She said meekly. Elphaba heard furious typing behind her and the message popped up onto her screen.

PrettyInPink: ARE YOU MAD?!?!?!?!

EmeraldElphaba: Good job keeping this convo subtle, Gali.

PrettyInPink: This is SO not the time for that. I cant believe you ACTUALLY SAID THAT to FIYERO TIGGULAR!!!

AwesomeArjiki: Actually she had every right to.

Ephaba's jaw dropped and she heard a little screech from Galinda in back. She couldn't believe it. Fiyero was signed on to the Shiz University chat room!

"Miss Galinda, are you sure there's nothing wrong?" Professor Nikidik turned around once more.

"No, Professor! It was a flash film. It just startled me, is all." Galinda said quickly. Elphaba's fingers danced over the keys as she typed.

EmeraldElphba: What in Oz's name are you doing on here, Fiyero?

AwesomeArjiki: You do know that this is a public chat, right? I was bored. Thought I'd sign and see who was on the Dear Old Shiz chat room. Seems I came in at just the right time.

EmeraldElphaba: Galinda and I were having a private discussion; you had no right to but in.

AwesomeArjiki: It wasn't private. Whoever signs on can see the past history of this convo. And can you blame me? I saw my name and had to read on.

EmeraldElphaba: I certainly can and I will.

AwesomeArjiki: So it's certain, you will go with me?

EmeraldElphaba: Yes! I told you that, why are you so dead-set on this?

AwesomeArjiki: Because I want to go with you. Can't blame me for that, can you? ;)

EmeraldElphaba: No, I guess not. Seeing that you must be out of your mind.

Elphaba chuckled, seeing how Galinda wasn't writing anything back and knew that she must be dying right now, seeing how Elphaba was talking to Fiyero. Sure enough, when Elphaba turned to look over her shoulder at her friend, Galinda was staring at the screen, one perfectly manicured hand pressed to her mouth, stunned.