A/N: This idea kind of came out of the blue so I hope you like it. I do love Gelphie but there is a part of me that likes Gliyero as well…hopefully I can cover both in this story. With that said please enjoy…and my Gelphie followers don't kill me for writing non-Gelphie for once, haha.

Chapter 1

Galinda bounced eagerly on her bed as she awaited for her date to arrive. She still had another hour before Fiyero would pick her up, but that didn't stop her from bubbling.

"For Oz sake will you calm down Galinda?" Her green roommate was growing dizzy at the sight of the blonde bouncing up and down.

"No." Galinda stuck her tongue out as Elphaba before continuing to bounce.

"Master Fiyero won't even be here for another hour or so." The green woman sighed. Why was Galinda so excited to go out with this boy who seemed to have air for brains? Galinda was so much better than Fiyero. Galinda deserved someone smart, someone that understood her, someone that loved all of her.

"That doesn't matter Elphie." Galinda stopped bouncing and hopped up from her bed. She was now going to hop on Elphaba's.

"What do you see in him anyways?" The green woman was curious as to what Galinda was attracted to. She would never admit it but she secretly had a crush on the blonde. Of course girls were not supposed to like girls and so she never told anyone of her true sexual orientation. Instead she closed herself off to love, realizing that she could never be with the person she fell in love with. It would be frowned upon.

"Well he's handsome for one thing!" Galinda giggled as she plopped down on her roommate's bed. "Plus he's a prince!"

"Oh." The green woman frowned. Galinda found Fiyero attractive. This upset her in more ways then one. That meant that if she thought Fiyero was handsome she must have looked like an ugly toad next to him. There was also the mention of his position. Even Thropp Third Descending didn't hold as much power as a prince.

"Don't you think he's cute?" The blonde asked her roommate who had still not looked her in the eyes. She didn't understand why Elphaba would be so friendly towards her, but whenever the subject of Fiyero came up she went back into her shell.

"If you're into that sort of thing." The green woman replied. Sure Fiyero was cute if you liked boys, but she didn't. She liked girls. One girl in particular.

"Well then what are you in to?" Galinda asked as she scooted a little closer to her friend.

"I don't know." The green woman shrugged. She did know though. She liked blonde hair and blue eyes. The embodiment of popularity. The exact opposite of her.

"Aww come on Elphie. Someone out there has to be your type. There are a bunch of cute boys in our science class. Do none of them attract your attention?" Galinda couldn't believe that Elphaba didn't know her type. Everyone knew what their type was. For the blonde it was dark hair and dark eyes. Fiyero fit the hair category but his eyes failed. It was a small detail that Galinda was willing to overlook.

"I haven't really noticed." Elphaba didn't lie this time. She hadn't noticed the boys in her class because she had been too preoccupied staring at Galinda who sat directly in front of her.

"How can you not notice? We are like the only two girls in that class!" Galinda couldn't believe that Elphaba hadn't noticed their other classmates. That's all Galinda could notice in that class.

"I guess I just pay attention to the lecture." Elphaba shrugged again. Truth be told science was actually her worst class at the moment because she was too busy staring at Galinda to listen.

"Oh." The blonde frowned. How come Elphie always shut down whenever she brought the topic of boys up? She wasn't willing to let up on the subject though. She still had about forty-five minutes until Fiyero picked her up so she needed to occupy her time.

"Well do you like light hair or dark hair?" Galinda asked.

The green woman was growing annoyed with all of this talk about liking people. It made her uncomfortable. Especially with the one person she truly did like sitting two feet from her.

"Can we drop this subject Galinda?" The green woman asked as she raised her head for the first time to stare into Galinda's piercing blue eyes. She swooned at the sight of those gorgeous eyes.

"Okay." The blonde frowned. She didn't want to push the subject on Elphaba if she insisted they drop it. "Well then what do you want to talk about?"

"I don't know. Pick something." The green woman felt bad for causing Galinda to frown and so she decided to continue on in their gossip talk. Usually she would have just told Galinda that she was busy.

"Umm…" Galinda pondered what they should talk about. All she kept coming back to were shoes, boys, and Fiyero, all things she knew made Elphaba uncomfortable. "How are classes going for you?"

The green woman was a little shocked at the question but decided to answer. "Good…and you?"

"Good." Galinda replied. There was then an awkward silence that followed.

The blonde glanced at the clock and saw she still had thirty minutes until her prince would come and take her out to dinner.

"You don't have to talk to me just because we share a room you know." Elphaba broke the awkward silence that had passed between the two. "We can both be in here at the same time without having to talk to one another." The green woman didn't really believe was she was saying but she wanted to offer Galinda a way out. She noticed that the blonde seemed uncomfortable.

"But I want to talk to you Elphie. We're friends now!" The blonde cheered. The two of them hadn't been friends for long. The OzDust Ball had just occurred a week ago.

"Okay." The green woman smiled slightly. At least she had Galinda's friendship. She was fine with that for now.

Galinda jumped up off of Elphie's bed and walked towards the bathroom to touch up her makeup. It had probably worn off since she applied it forty-five minutes ago.

The green woman watched Galinda's receding figure noticing how tightly the dress she wore clung to her curves. Curves that Fiyero would soon be enjoying instead of her. The green woman sighed as she reached over for her book. Another Friday night with her and her trusted companion.

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Galinda emerged from the bathroom ten minutes later, looking the exact same as she had when she went in. The only thing that changed was her lip-gloss shimmered a little more in the light.

"Has he come yet?" Galinda asked as she exited the bathroom. She knew that Fiyero hadn't come yet but she still decided to ask. Elphaba needed some interaction anyways.

"No." The green woman looked up from her book and stared at the blonde as she fluffed her hair. Her breath caught in her throat as the blonde pulled at one of the ringlets before letting it spring back into place.

"Okay." The blonde replied before going to sit at her desk. "How come you never go out on the weekends? You're always here with that book." The blonde pointed to the book in Elphaba's hands.

"No one has ever asked me to go out." The green witch replied truthfully. Who would want to ask someone like her out? The only other person she ever hung around besides Galinda was her sister Nessarose, and even she usually had plans on the weekends.

"If they did would you go?" Galinda suddenly felt a pang of guilt for bringing the subject up.

"It depends who asked me." The green woman shrugged. She knew that her answer would be no though. The only person she would ever want to spend time outside of school with would be Galinda. And Galinda was always spending her weekends and free time with her boyfriend.

"What if I got Fiyero to ask one of his friends to come with us next weekend? We could do a double date sort of deal!" The blonde bounced in her chair at the idea of a double date. That way she could have two of her favorite people in the same place at once.

"No thanks." Elphaba replied. Double dating sounded like hell to her. She would rather stand in a shower that would burn her skin than see Fiyero and Galinda getting all cuddly and cozy. The thought sickened her.

"Why now?" Galinda wanted to know why the green woman was resisting a double date. The idea sounded like a real good one to her. This way she would get Elphaba out of the room and get her to meet some cute boys. Elphaba needed a boy in her life, she was too lonely.

"Do you really think anyone is willing to go out with a freak like me? In case you haven't noticed my skin in green. No one wants to be the pity date to a freak of nature." The green woman replied a little harsher than she had initially anticipated.

"I'd go out with you." Glinda giggled which perked Elphaba's interest. "If I were a boy." The blonde added in after thought which once again crushed Elphaba's hopes. Of course Galinda would never be interested in her. Galinda liked boys. Galinda was normal. It was Elphaba that was messed up.

"But you're not so there's no point in saying that." The green woman added as she tried to go back to reading her book. The sooner she could dive back into her novel, the sooner her pain would dissipate.

"Well of course I'm not a boy." Galinda giggled again. She was oblivious to the pain in Elphaba's eyes.

The green woman had to clench her lips tight for there was suddenly a knot in her throat. She felt as if she was going to cry. It didn't matter that Galinda wasn't a boy. She didn't want her to be a boy anyways, she wanted her how she was. But she would never have her. Fiyero would be the one to have her first. The thought just made the green woman's eyes water all the more. She hoped Fiyero would get here soon so that she could get rid of this knot in her throat as soon as they left.

As if on cue there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it!" Galinda hopped up from her chair as she rushed over to the door.

The green woman continued to stare at her book trying to keep it together for a couple more minutes. Once Galinda was gone she could cry all she wanted, but for now she had to act as if everything was okay.

The blonde woman opened the door to he dorm room to be pulled into a fiery kiss by her eager boyfriend on the other side. The blonde immediately pulled back and blushed, knowing full well that Elphaba's eyes were now on her.

"What's the hold up babe?" Fiyero asked as he reached forward to kiss his girlfriend once again. He hadn't noticed Elphaba's eyes burning a hole through the side of his face.

Before Fiyero reached Galinda again the blonde motioned over towards her roommate who was pretending not to look at them.

"Ah." The brunette boy was irritated. How come Elphaba was always in the room whenever he wanted to kiss Galinda? For some reason Galinda would never allow him to kiss her whenever the raven-haired woman was around.

"Are you ready to go?" Galinda asked, trying to break the awkwardness between the three of them.

"Ready as I'll ever be." The boy smiled as he reached out an arm to escort Galinda out.

The blonde accepted the offer and turned towards her roommate. "I should be back by eleven Elphie. And please try and get out of this dorm room at some point tonight." Galinda said before Fiyero pulled her out of the room so he could give her a proper hello kiss.

The green witch watched as the door to their room was shut. As soon as it clicked she allowed the first tear to fall from her eyes. The stinging sensation was nothing compared to the hole in her heart.

Elphaba pulled the pillow up to her face as she let the sobs that threatened her before overtake her lithe frame.

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As soon as Fiyero and Galinda were out of the room Fiyero pulled Galinda's body into his own.

"Now we can have a proper hello without your pesky roommate around." The boy wiggled his eyebrows suggestively as he reached down to capture Galinda's lips within his own.

The blonde allowed Fiyero to kiss her, as was proper to courting rituals. She wasn't sure exactly when or how, but there was eventually a metallic taste of blood that intermixed between their kisses.

Galinda pulled back to find that Fiyero had bitten her lip during one of their quick make-out sessions in the hallway.

"What's wrong?" Fiyero asked, not wanting to stop kissing his girlfriend.

"You bit me!" The blonde brought a hand up to dab at her lip and sure enough it was her own blood.

"Oops." The brunette boy shrugged his shoulders innocently. He really hadn't meant to be that rough with the blonde.

"It's all right. Just let me go clean up and I'll be right back." Galinda wasn't going to go out looking as she did now. She needed to stop the bleeding and reapply her lip-gloss.

Fiyero sighed unhappily. He had allowed Elphaba to see Galinda enough already. Now he wanted her all to himself.

"Can't you just dab at it with my handkerchief or something?" Fiyero pulled out a black piece of cloth from within his pants pocket.

"Eww I'm not putting that thing to my lip." Galinda cringed at the sight of the dirtied cloth. "I'll just be two minutes." The blonde reassured her boyfriend that she would be back.

"All right." Fiyero sighed unhappily. "And not a second longer."

Galinda nodded before turning around to head back to her room. Before she got two feet however she felt Fiyero reach down and pinch her on the ass.

"Fiyero!" Galinda yelped as she batted at his wandering hand.

The boy chuckled as he watched the blonde enter back into her room.

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Galinda slowly opened the door not wanting to scare Elphaba. She knew that the green woman frightened easily.

Carefully the blonde clicked the door shut as she looked over towards her roommate's bed. That's when she noticed the green woman lying down with her head under her pillow. Her body was shaking.

"Elphie?" The blonde called out curious as to what Elphaba was doing exactly.

"Elphie…?" The blonde repeated as she walked closer to the shaking form of her roommate. That's when she heard sobs coming from underneath the pillow.

Was Elphaba crying? Galinda couldn't believe her eyes or ears. Elphaba Thropp was not one for crying. She was tough. She never showed any emotion besides loathing and hate. What had upset the green woman so much that she had resorted to crying?

"Elphaba sweetheart." Galinda's voice changed to a slightly softer key. Her bloodied lip was all but forgotten. When she didn't receive a response she reached out a hand to rub the green woman's back.

As soon as Galinda's bony fingers came in contact with the material of Elphaba's dress the green woman bolted up in bed as if Galinda's touch had sent a volt of electricity throughout her body.

The pillow fell to the floor to reveal a splotchy tear stained face. There were dark red marks where the tears had burned her flesh.

"Elphie it's okay its just Galinda." The blonde tried to calm her frantic roommate. Elphaba's tears were all but forgotten when fear took over.

"G…Galinda?" The green woman sniffled as she brought her sleeve up to wipe at her eyes. Galinda wasn't supposed to see her like this. Elphaba wasn't fragile. At least not around normal human beings. That was another one of Elphaba's hidden secrets. She was extremely sensitive, although she would never let it show. The slightest things always seemed to upset her.

"Yes." Galinda shook her head. It hurt her to see the green witch in such a state. "What's wrong Elphie?"

"I…I don't want to talk about it." Elphaba turned her face away from Galinda, not ready to look her in the eyes yet. She was extremely embarrassed at being caught in such a vulnerable state.

"Elphie something upset you and I'd like to know what. Was it something I did? I need to know so that I don't do it again." The blonde reached out a hand and placed it on the green woman's arm. She wanted to know what caused Elphaba to burst into tears after she left just five minutes ago.

"Just go away." The green woman sniffled once more as the tears threatened to spill again. What was the use of keeping them in now that Galinda had seen her cry?

"I can't do that Elphie. Not with you so upset." Galinda shook her head. If it meant canceling her date to stay with Elphaba then she would do it. The green woman looked as if she could really use a friend right about now.

"Just get out of here and go on your date with your perfect boyfriend. I'm sure you two will have a wonderful time together!" The green woman screamed angrily before pulling herself up from her bed and storming into the bathroom. She slammed the door shut behind her.

The blonde was left sitting on Elphaba's bed a little confused. Why was Elphaba angry with her and why had she been crying? What had Galinda done to upset her so much?