A/N: Happy birthday, Poppy! :D I might not be able to get you Broadway tickets for Next to Normal, but…

Disclaimer: I don't own Wicked. Not sure what I would do with it if I did, actually.

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"Oh, Boq, how come you've never taken us to New York City?" Nessa asked. She was wearing a white "I Heart New York" t-shirt along with a red skirt. But she looks pretty in it, Boq noted. "It's wonderful!"

"I've never heard of it," Boq responded, feeling stupid.

"Hm, well, not many people have, but I thought since geography was your best subject all throughout your grade school years that you might've. It's not in Oz, though; it's in the United States of America."

Boq stayed silent, not wanting to appear ever more unintelligent.

"Do you know where that is?" Nessa inquired. Boq shook his head. "Well that's okay, I didn't either until I went with Glinda and Fiyero." Boq cocked an eyebrow. Why would she go with Fiyero and Glinda of all people?

"That was a rather spur-of the moment invitation," he commented. He almost felt left out, but he shook that thought away.

"Oh, well, they got the tickets more than a year ago and the third one was supposed to go to, well, my sister." Nessa's voice faltered for a moment, but then she shook her head, and continued on. "So Glinda gave me the spare ticket."

Of course Glinda would do something so kind. "I'm glad you all had a good time," Boq said, not sure what else to comment on. Then he got it. "What did you do there?"

"We saw a show called Next to Normal, and it was amazing!" Nessa responded enthusiastically. "And we also met the cast members at the stage door and they were so nice…I'm so glad I got to see it. I love seeing theater shows. There's another one I want to see there." She paused, taking a breath.

"What is it?" Boq was now curious.

"It's called Wicked. It's actually supposed to be a prequel type of thing to a famous movie-or at least, it's famous in the United States of America-called the Wizard of Oz, and I found out there's a character in it with my name. It sounds really good."

Now she's going to expect me to take her to that place and see it. Great. Boq sighed.

"What's wrong?" Nessa asked. "Did I say something offensive?"

"No, no," Boq answered, trying to cover up the reason he really sighed. "it's just…I was going to take you…someplace because I…" Lying had never been his strong point. "Because I wanted to take you someplace on a...a date."

Nessa grinned. "That would be wonderful!"

"We could go…" think of something, Boq, think of something!
"To get coffee!" Idiot. Nessa doesn't like coffee.

"That would be nice but…I don't like coffee. Sorry," Nessa said, sounding a bit disappointed.

"But you might like a mocha frappucino."

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"This stuff…" Nessa said, pausing to take another gulp of her mocha frappucino. "Is amazing."