AN: I thought I'd write a cute little Fiyeraba story, AU. Don't hate me. This is my first Wicked fanfic and I'd really appreciate some feedback. Also, there will be updates every Friday so this is the first!
Disclaimer: I wish I could say I own Wicked, but I don't because I am not that talented.
The Galinda Guide: The 5 Step Plan
"Fiyero, you and Elphaba have been friends for how long now? Seven months?" Galinda Upland asked her former boyfriend as he hunched over his breakfast one spring morning at Shiz. Classes had only just resumed and people were settling down into a routine.
"Not quite, Glin." Fiyero argued, "Six months, three weeks and four days."
Galinda's eyes widened and then a smile appeared on her face. "Not that anyone's counting or anything," She teased. "Anyway, the point I was trying to get across was the fact that you've known her for seven months-"
"-Six months, three-"
"Okay Fiyero, I get it. I mean it's close to seven months, and how much do you exactly know about her?" Galinda enquired. She watched as Fiyero's face turned into a frown. "Exactly. You know hardly anything about her. And the only thing she knows about you is that you're in line to be the King of the Vinkus one day. Face it, you know nothing about each other."
Fiyero sighed, "I guess you're right. What do you suggest I do?"
"The five step plan." Galinda quipped.
"The what?"
"Well, it's no secret that you have feelings for her, is it? Then you should use the five step plan. I made it up and it's totally thrillifying that someone should need it!" Galinda cried, her voice filled with glee. "There are five steps that girls love when boys try to get their attention. It works almost every time, you should try it."
"Glin, this is Elphaba we're talking about. She hates all kinds of attention." Fiyero argued. "How many times has this been used exactly?"
Galinda shook her head, not accepting Fiyero's attempt to decline her offer. "Nonsense Fiyero! Elphaba is still a girl and either way, whether she shows it or not, she wants to find her prince." Fiyero glanced at her. "No pun intended."
He noticed how she made no attempt to answer the latter question.
"Elphaba may not seem like the person to want love," Galinda went on, "but she is. Everyone deserves loves, Fiyero. And you and Elphaba would be absolutely perfectly suited!"
"I'd like to think so, Glin." Fiyero smiled at his perky blonde friend, "So, what's this five step plan?"
Galinda clapped her hands excitedly, she made note to remind Fiyero of her plan so that she could be mentioned on their wedding day.
Step 1 Hint Your Feelings
"Fiyero!" Galinda shrieked. Fiyero inwardly groaned and ended his conversation with Boq as Galinda flounced over. "Come on." She grabbed his hand and began to drag him away from Boq, bidding a hasty farewell to the munchkin boy.
"Glin, where are you taking me?" Fiyero asked, trailing behind her and not by choice.
"Well, you do want to win the affection of our darling Miss Elphaba, do you not?" Galinda asked. Fiyero merely nodded. They had finally reached Galinda's shared dormitory. She saw the look on Fiyero's face, "Don't worry, Elphie is in the library."
When they entered the room, Galinda invited Fiyero to sit. He had only been in their dorm around four times. You could tell which side belonged to Galinda and the other, Elphaba.
"Step one." Galinda began. "Hinting your feelings. Now, I know you are not the most subtle person at Shiz, Fiyero but if you want this to work then you need to hint your feelings to Elphie, but not tell her outright. We wait for that part."
"Wait, so you're asking me to tell her but not tell her?" Fiyero asked, he was clearly confused by Galinda's plan.
"No, silly. You hint. You make her laugh, do something to impress her. Anything like that." Galinda explained.
Fiyero nodded, "So, I should show her my dance moves? The ones I used to impress you?"
"Oh Fiyero, dearest." Galinda sighed, "If you use those dance moves, she will run a mile."
Fiyero scowled, "Excuse me, I have fabulous dance moves."
"Fiyero, face it. Your dance moves are definishly not your greatest quality." Galinda argued whilst trying to supress a grin. "Just get her attention, and hint to her. Do you understand where I'm going with this?"
"I think so."
"Don't go too over the top, be subtle. Subtlety will get you everywhere." She went on. Fiyero mentally took notes, although he felt as though he should be writing all of this stuff down. "Elphie hates having a fuss made of her, or so she says. But inside everyone secretly wants attention. I know Elphie has a good reason to not want the attention, but attention from you might be different."
"Glin, have you actually thought about this? What if this plan doesn't work? What if she doesn't like me after it?" Fiyero panicked.
"Well then that's her loss and there's many more people here at Shiz who are willing to let you take them on a date and pamper them." She joked, making Fiyero laugh. "But 'til you try you'll never know."
Elphaba returned just as Fiyero was getting ready to leave. He felt as though his heart had jumped from his chest. "Hi, Fiyero." She greeted. He smiled nervously before bending down and kissing her on the cheek, leaving a tingling feeling.
"Hi Elphaba, bye Elphaba." He said and raced out of the room.
She looked to Galinda, raised an eyebrow. "What was that all about? Is he alright?"
"Yeah. He's been here a while, telling me about how one of the guys in his class could not stop talking about me." She grinned as she observed herself in the mirror.
"Oh, there's something new then." Elphaba joked sarcastically.
"Do you ever want to be with anyone, Elphie?" Galinda asked completely out of the blue. Elphaba had picked up a book and began to read. She put the book down.
"I don't know what you mean, Glin." Elphaba continued to read.
"Do you have your eye on anyone here I mean?" She asked.
"Who would want to be with me? The green bean? The resident artichoke!" Elphaba uttered.
"You mustn't think like that Elphie. But seriously, if you could be with anyone here at Shiz, who would it be?" Galinda pressed.
"Well," Elphaba started, "there is someone. But I'm not telling you who. You'd try and act on it and I want this to be my secret. Nothing could actually happen anyway."
"Describe him."
"What?" Had she heard Galinda right? Describe him? That would give her away instantly! "I don't-"
"Elphie, come on!" Galinda giggled.
"Fine," Elphaba agreed. She had to think about her answer. "Well, when we first met we didn't get along. We hated each other and he would constantly joke about the colour of my skin, inevitably I was used to it so it didn't affect me. But the more I thought about it the more it got to me," She explained, showing no emotion. "That's all you're getting Glin." Elphaba finished.
"One day Elphaba Thropp, I will know." Galinda joked. Elphaba just smiled and went back to reading. "And now, I have to go and find Fiyero."
"Are you two dating again, Glin? You know you can tell me." Elphaba asked.
"No, no Elphie. Fiyero and I are good friends, I just happen to be helping him out with something. I'll be back later," Elphaba didn't get the chance to reply as Galinda had already flounced her way out of the room and began the walk to where Fiyero's dormitory was situated.
Fiyero had been reading, yes, reading when Galinda burst in without knocking.
"Glin! I could have been naked and you just burst in without even a knock on the door!" Fiyero stated. Galinda just laughed.
"And why exactly would you be naked?" She raised an eyebrow, "Wait. Do not even think to answer that question. I'm here because I need to know how you and Elphaba met."
"Why would you need to know that?" Fiyero asked, tucking the book away from Galinda's peering eyes.
"Because Elphaba said something to me today and I just have to know how you two met!" Galinda shrieked. Fiyero winced.
"Fine," He sighed, "My cart almost ran her over in the courtyard, and then when she called me out on it I said 'maybe the driver saw green and thought it meant go.'" Fiyero remembered the day he first lay eyes over the green girl. She was rather extraordinary, her skin was different than everyone else in Oz, yes, but once Fiyero looked past the green skin, he realised how beautiful she really was.
"Wait, you said what?" Galinda then proceeded to punch him in the arm.
"Hey! What was that for?" Fiyero cried, holding his arm. For a girl Galinda had very strong punches, that hurt. Fiyero was sure he had been given a dead arm. "We had just met and I was shocked, that's all! I apologised, didn't I?"
"That still doesn't excuse you for saying it in the first place." Galinda argued.
"Elphaba doesn't mind, I apologised and she said it was actually quite clever for someone as brainless as I am." Fiyero replied. "Elphaba and I are friends now, aren't we?"
"It has to be you." Galinda muttered, hoping Fiyero hadn't heard her, unfortunately, he had.
"What has to be me?" He asked.
"This afternoon Elphaba and I were discussing things and I asked was there anyone here on campus that she wouldn't mind dating and when I asked her to describe said person, she said that the person and her didn't get along when they first met and he joked about her skin."
"Glin," Fiyero began, "I'm sorry to have to burst your bubble but there are a lot of people Elphaba didn't get along when she first got here. Take Boq for instance, he also joked about her skin. Face it, it could be anyone here."
"You're right, Fiyero. When did you get so smart?" Galinda asked, laughing. "Anyway, other than that, I want to know your plans to win Elphie over!"
"I'm supposed to have a plan?" He asked, completely clueless.
"I take back my comment about you being smart," Galinda joked once again. "I think you should take it very slowly, Elphie isn't used to relationships and feeling loved. Sure, there's Nessarose and that's lovely but the love Nessa has for her and the feelings you have are two completely different things. She won't be used to the feeling. Ease her into it, you know? Hint it. Don't be too obvious."
"I will, Glin. You should go back, she's probably wondering where you are." Fiyero said, "I want to try and sleep too. Class tomorrow."
"It's six in the evening, Fiyero, what are you up to?"
"Nothing, I'm just tired is all." Fiyero explained, although he knew he was lying and he wasn't entirely sure how long Galinda would believe it for.
Apparently not for long at all.
"Fiyero, you're one of my dearest friends. I know when you're lying. Now come on, tell Galinda." She spoke.
Fiyero reached for the book he had hidden. "I'm reading."
"You? Fiyero Tiggular is reading?" Galinda screeched. "Elphie would be proud!" Fiyero had to supress a grin. "Wait, that's why you're doing this. Isn't it? You're trying to impress her! You're taking my advice on board, this is just thrillifying!"
"Okay, Glin. Yes, I'm trying to impress her of course. Just like you told me to. Anyway, I'd really like to get back to the book, so if you don't mind?" Fiyero asked without sounding too rude.
"Sure, I'll be seeing you tomorrow, Mister Tiggular. Bright and early for breakfast." Galinda demanded as she waltzed out of the room, leaving Fiyero grinning happily to himself, reading his book with his mind racing with thoughts of Elphaba.
True to his word, Fiyero had emerged from his dorm, freshly showered and dressed at seven thirty the morning after. He was sporting a wide grin as he sat next to Galinda, opposite Elphaba. "Good morning everyone." He chirped happily.
"You're happy today." Elphaba observed.
"You are correct Miss Elphaba," Fiyero replied with a broad grin on his face. "I stayed up and read most of the night."
"You read?" She enquired. "I'm impressed."
"He had hoped you would be," Galinda quipped.
"What do you mean by that?" Elphaba asked, a confused look on her face.
"Nothing, it's just you're the only person who would be impressed by his reading." Galinda covered quickly.
"Well, I think it's great that you're finally settling down here and taking your studies seriously." Elphaba smiled. Fiyero took that as a compliment. After that, an awkward silence blanketed over the five friends.
"Come on, class will be starting soon," Boq smiled, speaking up for the first time. "I'll take Nessa, you go to your class Elphaba."
"Are you sure Boq? I can take her," Elphaba offered but Boq shook his head with a smile.
Galinda had left with an excited goodbye, she was off to Life Sciences in hopes to talk to the boy who had recently grabbed her attention. She left Elphaba with a promise to meet her back in her dormitory for lunch. She had invited Nessa, Fiyero and Boq also to which all of them accepted.
"Come on Elphaba, I'll walk you to class." Fiyero offered as soon as everyone had left. Elphaba tried desperately to hide the blush that was forming on her cheeks. Even though they were in the same class, Elphaba thought the gesture was sweet.
Later in the evening, Elphaba approached Galinda as she was reading through her notes from one of her classes. "There's something wrong with Fiyero." She said.
Galinda looked up in alarm. Her friend was stood over her with her arms folded over her chest. "What ever do you mean, Elphie?"
"There's something wrong with him, Glin. Today, he walked me to all of my classes, even the ones we didn't share he would walk me to and then just hug me for a while. I'm quite concerned. Does he have something to prove?"
"Not that I know of," Galinda lied. "Maybe he's just being friendly."
She honestly hated lying to her best friend but hopefully it would all be worth it in the end. Elphaba and Fiyero would have their happy ending, well they would if Galinda Upland had anything to do with it.
"Then why wasn't he doing that with you, or Nessa? Or Boq?"
"Sure, he did. Fiyero hugs me all the time, he likes to hug Nessa too." Galinda commented. "But maybe he likes you. You know, likes you likes you."
"Do you realise how childish that sounded, Glin? Don't be silly. Anyway, I think I'm going to get some rest. We have our first test of the year tomorrow and I want to be completely prepared."
"First Fiyero and now you, Elphie! What is it with everyone having early nights? You're all no fun!" Galinda cried dramatically, to which Elphaba just laughed and settled down to do some last minute studying.
There's the first chapter, hope you liked it!