Let the Right
One In
Chapter 1
The Plan
AN: I know *groan* yet another new story, but this one has been nagging at me for a while and with Christmas coming soon, I thought what the heck. It's a holiday fluff with romance, a little angst and some humor. This will be my first attempt so please be kind
Fiyero sat perched on the ledge of the great fountain overlooking the vast courtyard of Shiz University. Galinda to the right of him, a gaggle of silly girls to the left, he was starting to feel like a pendulum ball, being knocked back and forth as the girls leaned against him, bumping him in order to chatter away like little chipmunks…or was that squirrels?
A high pitched squeal and Fiyero winced. Nope, more like obnoxious chipmunks high on caffeine.
Sighing he pressed the palms of his hands against the fountain and leaned back. Lifting his head towards the sky, he raised his eyes skyward towards the sun beating down through the thick sweep of silver gray clouds encompassing the sky.
It was the beginning of October and the Land of Oz had been covered in a thick blanket of powder white snow. A very unusual happenstance for this time of year. And though the air was chilled, the sun above brought about a fresh wave of warmth; a strange particular phenomenon for this time of year, the Prince queried.
Lurlinemas would be here in three months, and a part of the Prince was looking forward to the coming Winter Solstice break. Mainly for reasons the others would never have guessed, for though he complained about his family to no end, in truth he had missed them tremendously, especially his twin sisters and little brother.
A small smile pulled at the tip of his lips, remembering the letter he had received from his sister Arianna but a few weeks earlier. In it, she had told Fiyero of all the preparations her, and her siblings have been making for the coming Winter Solstice Ball.
He had laughed uproariously upon reading how their father had fallen from the ladder whilst attempting to put the fall decorations up around the castle when Arielle's cat and Siefer's dog had decided to play a little game of tag.
Chairman Meow ran beneath the ladder first, followed by Sir-Barks-A lot who had struck the ladder with his hind legs, knocking it off balance and sending their father falling and landing on top of a bunch of boxes of straw and Scarecrow parts.
Fiyero had been so fixated on his own thoughts that he had not heard Galinda; his current girlfriend as him a question. It wasn't until the feel of her hand slapping his arm that he was brought out of his thoughts.
Blinking, he turned and looked sheepishly back at the blonde.
"I'm sorry what?"
"FiFi…didn't you hear me?" cries the blonde, her voice rose an octave higher with each syllable.
"Glin calm down. It's not like it's the end of the world if I miss one vapid thought that comes from your tiny little mind" grumbled the Prince.
A collective gasp followed and Fiyero only had a moment to realize what he had said. Inwardly he face palmed. He had not meant to say those words out loud.
Galinda bristled and jumped to her feet
"Vapid!? You think I'm vapid!?" she screeched.
"Glin," sighs Fiyero, "Do you even know what vapid means?"
"I…ah…no I don't" blushes the blonde. Collecting herself, she daintily takes a seat beside Fiyero.
Fiyero watched her, and for what felt like the billionth time, wondered why he was still dating her. Sure their relationship had been hot and heavy, at the beginning, but now after a few months, the heat of their passion had dimmed, the embers glowing faintly in the dark.
He had thought Galinda was the one for him. After all, she was beautiful, and rich. A girl whom he could bring home and his parents would be proud to welcome her into the family. But now, he was starting to have second thoughts to his plan of taking the blonde with him to the Vinkus during Winter break and introduce her to his parents.
"Now…what was it that I had so rudely ignored?" he asked in a slightly sarcastic tone of voice.
"We were talking about Lurlinemas and how it was a shame that certain people would be alone during the holidays" chirps the blonde, having missed the sarcasm from her boyfriend.
"Certain people?" he quarried and arching an incredulous eyebrow back at the blonde.
"She mainly is referring to the Green bean of Shiz University" giggles Pfannee.
"Elphaba…what about her?" asks Fiyero confused.
"FiFi," cries Galinda dramatically, and Fiyero cringes, "Are you daft? She'll be all alone for Lurlinemas…without anyone there by her side, no one to kiss beneath the mistletoe or open presents with or share eggnog with or-" rambles te blonde.
"Okay I get it…so why are you so suddenly concerned?" asks Fiyero, having had enough
"FiFi…no one should be alone during Lurlinemas" the blonde said sincerely, and for a moment, Fiyero softened seeing the genuine concern shimmer in the blonde's dark cerulean eyes.
"So what are you planning on doing then to rectify such an injustice?" asks Fiyero, his own voice softening.
"Well I got this brillifying idea after reading an article in my Ozmopolitan magazine" she brightened.
'Oh Oz,' he groaned, "So what's your brilliant plan?"
"Simple…I send out an article in the Shiz Gazette for Elphaba…the headline reading "Twenty-Five Dates To Lurlinemas" she says, gesturing grandly with her hands.
"Okay and that translates to?" asks Fiyero still not quite understanding what in Oz his girlfriend was getting at.
"Simple…men will come and take Elphaba out on one date a night leading up to Lurlinemas. Whichever one she chooses will accompany her to your Solstice Ball in the Vinkus" giggles the blonde
"Just one Ozdang second here Glin!" cries Fiyero shocked. "First of all, how do you know Elphaba will even go with this crazy idea of yours…and how did you know about the Solstice Ball?"
"FiFi everyone knows about the annual Winter Solstice Ball your family holds…it's like the party of the year. Anybody whose anybody will be going there" snorts Pfannee.
"Aside from that there's a legend that says those who kiss beneath the mistletoe on the eve of Solstice will find their true love" gushed Galinda dreamily.
"So you want Elphaba to go to the Vinkus with a perfect stranger, kiss beneath the mistletoe and find her true love?" asks Fiyero confused.
"No no no no FiFi…the man who will accompany her to the Solstice Ball will be the one whom she chose out of all her dates and yes…when the both of them kiss beneath the mistletoe, they'll fall in love and live happily ever after"
"Galinda…how do you even know that Elphaba will even agree with this crazy…yet absurd plan?" sighs Fiyero.
"She'll agree trust me" winks the blond. Twirling to her feet, she kisses Fiyero quickly on the cheek and bids goodbye to her friends before heading to their shared dorm room. She had a plan to enact.