A/N: This is an idea I had.
Disclaimer(I always forget to put these things): I don't Wicked, Fiyero, Boq, or Rent. (I hate these things they give it away!)
Boq was trying out a new video camera his mom sent him for his birthday. Apparently his letters home weren't getting the job done so once a month, his mother was expecting a video diary of his life at Shiz. He went outside the gates where some homeless people were sitting. Fiyero and Elphaba soon came up and watched as Boq shot some time on one of the asleep homeless people. One of the students, whose job was to squeegee the windows, suddenly yelled, "HONEST LIVING." A stray carriage almost ran him over. "Feliz Navidad." The student said before running off, probably to squeegee more windows. Some of the security guards came over in full gear and approached the homeless person Boq was taping. One of the guards poked the homeless person awake with his stick. Another homeless person came up and said, "Evening officers." The guard raised his stick to hit the person before Boq runs in. "Smile for my mom, Officer…Martin." The guard lowers his stick as a different homeless person says, "And a Merry Lurlinemas to your family."
"Right." With that the security guards left. Boq goes back to filming the first homeless person. She suddenly stands up and give Boq a cold look. "Who the f*** do you think you are? I don't need any goddamn help from some corporate college student. My life's not for you to make a name for yourself."
"Easy, honey, easy. He was just trying to-" Elphaba says, trying to calm the irate homeless woman.
"Just trying to use me to kill his guilt. It's not that kind of movie, honey. Let's go this lot is full of Motherf*** college kids." The woman says as she get up. She suddenly turns back to Boq.
"Hey college. You gotta dollar?" Boq shakes his head no.
"I thought not." With that she stormed off.
"Shiz U. Hehe." Elphaba said as she tried to break the tension.
"Uh huh." Boq says.
"Center of Oz."
"You sing it girl." Fiyero says.
"Times are shitty. But I'm pretty sure they can't get worse." Elphaba says.
"I hear you."
"It's a comfort to know, when you're working on stupid papers. That anywhere else you could possibly go after Shiz would be a pleasure cruise.
"Now you're talking." Fiyero said as came closer to his girlfriend and best friend. "Well I'm thwarted by a pedagogy puzzle. And I'm sick of writing papers, that I know. And I'm screaming in my sleep, I need a muzzle. All this misery pays no salary so, let's open up a restaurant in Emerald, oh sparkling Emerald would be nice, let's open a restaurant in Emerald, and leave this to the roaches and mice."
"You write?" Elphaba asked.
"I write. New Era Philosophy. But my teachers would rather fail me."
"Shiz U." Elphaba said as an explanation.
"Shiz U." Boq confirmed.
"You're a sensitive aesthete. Brush the sauce onto the meat. You could make the menu sparkle with rhyme," Elphaba was well known for her well-written poems. "You could sing a gentle song. I could seat guests as they come, chatting not about the Wizard, but wine! Let's open up a restaurant in Emerald. Our labors would reap financial gains. We'll open up a restaurant in Emerald. And save from devastation our brains." Everyone knew that they were learning nothing of real value here. "We'll pack up our junk and fly so far away. Devote ourselves to projects that sell. We'll open up a restaurant in Emerald. Forget this cold out-of-date hell." Both Elphaba and Boq had a far-away look in their eyes as they imagined this perfect universe Fiyero had made in their minds. Fiyero decided to add one last thing to his fantasy. "Do you know the way to Emerald? You know, fancy clothes, skyscrapers?"
"Yeah…"
End Story. Sorry my brain went back to Rent because they were showing it on tv but my mom didn't want to watch it because she heard it was a bad adaptation. Please review.