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"Hi Elphie!" Galinda said prancing up to her friend and roommate who she had found in the library, studying as always. "What's up?" she asked plopping down across from her at thetable she was using.
"Hi, Galinda," murmured Elphaba, carefully placing a bookmark in the book she had been studying. Glancing up at the bubbly blonde, she couldn't help but smile slightly. "Um, the ceiling, the sky, the clouds, the birds, the Unnamed God..."
"Elphie!" she exclaimed rolling her eyes. "You know what I mean!" she giggled, shaking her head. "But guess what?!" she continued on. "Fiyero asked me out today!" she squealed, "Isn't it wonderful?!"
Fiyero walked through the stacks of books in the library, needing to write an essay on the Great Drought by tomorrow so he didn't fail out of Shiz. However, he quickly became distracted when he heard his name. Looking over at the nearby table, he saw Elphaba and Glinda sitting together, talking loudly. Fiyero smiled as he joined the women, sitting next to the women. "Hey Glinda," he smiled, putting his arm around her, then also gave the green girl across the table a meaningful look, "Hey Elphaba."
"Fiyero," muttered Elphaba, snatching back the book she had just put aside to talk to Glinda. What was it about him that... that... infuriatingly distracted her?
Nessa rolled in on her wheelchair, looking for her sister. "Elphaba! Where are you? I need you to help me pick out an outfit to impress Fi-" She stopped short as she noticed that Fiyero was sitting right there next to her sister. "Oh, hi Fiyero!" Nessa flipped her hair back, Galinda-style, and rolled up next to him with a smile on her face.
"Hi Nessa," Elphaba said with a smile, looking from her sister to Fiyero to Glinda back to her sister. Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no... "What did you need help with, Nessa? An essay?"
Galinda smiled at Fiyero as he came to sit next to her. "Hey Yero!" she said giving him a quick peck on the cheek. "Oh! Hey Nessa!" she added as she saw her wheel into the library. Galinda looked back and fourth between them all for a little, but just shrugged it off, turning her attention back to Fiyero. "So what have you been up to today?" she asked leaning into him.
Nessa glanced at Galinda and said a quick "hi" before returning her attention back to Fiyero. "Yes, what have you been up to today?" She echoed Galinda flirtatiously.
Elphaba rolled her eyes, placing all her books back in a pile. Absently, she pulled one out, organizing them by alphabetical order of author.
Fiyero smiled at the trio of women, "Playing some football with the guys, and now I'm getting ready to work on some stupid essay." However, he quickly focused his attention solely on Galinda. "So, about our date tonight," he started, "What do you say to you, me, and the Ozdust Ballroom?"
Pulling out the bottom book - the author started with A - she watched the pile collapse, hitting Fiyero on the hand. Unwilling to touch his hand to grab back the book, she left it there.
Nessa finally turned her attention away from Fiyero and looked at Galinda in jealousy. She quickly tried to cut in. "Oh! Well, Elphaba just reminded me that I have to work on an essay too! Why don't we work on it together!"
Galinda looked at Nessa, She couldn't be trying to..... flirt with him.... could she? She asked herself couldn't help but feel light headed at Fiyero. "That sounds amazing!" she said smiling at him. This. Was. Ridiculous. The tension radiating off of Nessa was so obvious, somebody as st-bubble headed as Galinda could see it from a mile off. Standing up, she pushed the rest of the books back into the pile.
"Sounds good to me," Fiyero said gratefully, "I know I could use some help on this essay," he continued, rolling his eyes as he held up the pile of books he had collected.
"Help? You'll need help to string a sentence together," and Elphaba clapped her hand over her mouth. She hadn't meant for that to come out.
Galinda's eyebrows raised at the sight of so many books. "Um, wow." was all she could manage. She had never liked schoolwork, but then she gave Elphaba a glare.
"Oh, good! We should start on it now, then. You know what they say. You should work before you play." Nessa grabbed onto Fiyero's arm with a smile.
Elphaba, meeting Glinda's glare, widened her eyes apologetically before nudging Nessa's wheelchair so it wheeled slightly back with her foot. "I have the books for it here," she murmured.
Fiyero chose to ignore Elphaba's rude comment, and opted to smile at Nessa and Glinda, showing off a toothy grin, "Sounds good, let's get started then."
Galinda took a look at Nessa's hand on Fiyero's arm, then took a look at her face, and to Fiyero's which had the same confused expression as her. "Umm," she said grabbing Fiyero's hand, pulling him away. "What time should we go tonight?" she asked trying to change the subject.
Nessa glared at her sister. "What are you doing??" She muttered under her breath, then tried to wheel herself back up to Fiyero.
Galinda took a look at Nessa's hand on Fiyero's arm, then took a look at her face, and to Fiyero's which had the same confused expression as her. "Umm," she said grabbing Fiyero's hand, pulling him away. "What time should we go tonight?" she asked trying to change the subject.
"What are you doing," Elphaba hissed, stepping around the table to grab Nessa's wheelchair. "If you guys need help, my sister and I'll be at the next table working on our essay."
Galinda gave Elphaba a grateful look, and mouthed "Thank you" to her.
"I'll be picking you up around eight," he smiled at Galinda, but found himself preoccupied. As much as he wanted to ignore Elphaba's comment, she was the first person at Shiz who had spoken to him so honestly.
Galinda sighed thinking about the very same essay. "I have to work on that too..." she muttered making a face at all the books. "This should be.... fun," she groaned at sat down and started flipping through information with Fiyero.
Elphaba had a tight hold on Nessa's wheelchair as she wheeled them away from the group.
Nessa couldn't take her eyes off of the couple, but spoke directly to Elphaba, venom dripping from every word. "Elphaba, I already offered to help. It would be rude of me to back out now. Besides, I'm sure you can handle your essay all by yourself." She then lowered her voice. "Why can't you just let me do this, Elphaba? I'm about to have the first happy night of my life!" As an afterthough she added "No thanks to you."
"So..." Fiyero started, struggling to concentrate on his essay, "what's the deal with your roommate? Is she always this angry?"
"What?" Galinda asked looking back to Fiyero after trying to listen to Nessa and Elphaba at the same time. "Oh Elphaba?" she giggled shaking her head, "No..." she said smiling, "She's just focused and well..." she paused thinking for the right word. "Determined."
"Flirting with Fiyero is not going to be the happiest night or your life." Elphaba stated it simply, parking her at another table. " They can do the essays themselves - surprisingly, it won't kill them - and breaking them up will not do you any good. Do you really think Fiyero would go for you? I'm just trying to save you from future heartache, Nessa. Let me go back and get my books."
Nessa looked at her sister stunned. "Just because he wouldn't go for a green girl doesn't mean he wouldn't go for me! You're just jealous! You always have been! Of father's attention, of my future position as the Governor of Munchkinland, and now this!" And with that, she backed her wheelchair over her sister's foot.
"OW!" Instincitively pushing Nessa's wheelchair away - and into the table - she bounced backwards on one foot, crashing into Glinda. "Hi, OW, Oz dammit!"
"Whoa!" Galinda exclaimed looking up as Elphaba crashed into her. "Sweet Lurline! Elphie! What happened?" she glanced over to Nessa who was giving her a death glare and glanced over to Fiyero and everything clicked.
Nessa went flying out of her chair as it collided with the table. As she looked up from her position on the ground, she realized that she had landed right at Fiyero's feet.
"Nessa ran over my freaking foot because she thinks that the brilliant Prince of the Brainacs over there would be more than happy to date her over you," growled Elphaba, sarcasm dripping from her tone. Out of the corner of her eye as she turned to lean on the table, her braid swinging over her shoulder, Elphie saw Nessa. She didn't say a word.
Fiyero stared at the group: Glinda sitting next to him, Elphaba half on the floor nearby, and Nessa at his feet. Feeling far too overwhelmed by all the estrogen, he grabbed his books and moved towards the door. "I'm just going to work on this on my own," he smiled as he left, finishing with, "Galinda, I"ll pick you up at eight."
"What?" Galinda said, looking over at Nessa honestly hurt. She had realized that Nessa obviously liked Fiyero, but to go that far. That was just... Galinda couldn't put into words what she felt. "Fiyero!" she called after him... but to no avail. And then she gave Nessa a glare, looked apologetically at Elphaba, grabbed her books and was outta there.