Ok, so this is my Elphaba/Boq fic.I'm doing this partly because there don't seem to be very many Elphaba/Boq fics, and partly because I beleive shedid have a crush on himat one point. Set back in Shiz, our story begins right after Elphaba meets up with Boq in the cafe, and lets it slip out that he is actually good-looking. Remember the part? Where she slices the one guy's newspaper with her umbrella as she left in a big embarrassed hurry? I pick up right after that. This is my first fic w/o an OC of any sort, so I'm nervous about it. Let me know what you think. I may or may not continue, depending on whether or not you think it's sucky. So review, please!

I really own nothing this time.

Elphaba ran for her life. Or, so it felt. So much for being discreet, Elphaba, she thought to herself as she tripped over the curb and very nearly fell face first into a giant puddle. For a split second, she was more worried about impaling herself on her ridiculously masculine umbrella than she was getting wet in the puddle. So much for trying to blend in, Elphaba,she scolded as she looked up to find a small group of people in the street staring at her, some concerned, wracked with fear and pity, as though they thought she was having a mental breakdown, some amused and hiding it poorly. So much for not causing a scene. She could only hope - ridiculous as she knew it was - that Boq had not followed her - that the slanting, reflecting light of the storm had masked her from his gaze.

But then again, if he had followed her, it would give her ample excuse to act like a human to another human. Having regained her footing, she turned with a snap of the neck and a flick of her long black hair, and squinted over her shoulder. Her eyes darted to all the faces behind her, but she recognized none of them. He had not followed her. She smiled to herself as she turned back to continue her path to the library, her face beginning to feel hot as the wind switched directions. There was nothing to dry herself off with, however, so she quickened her step towards the shelter of the school. As she walked, she laughed.

What were you thinking, Elphaba, she thought, shaking her head. That he would notice you with her prancing around campus? That you would ever even enter his mind in that matter? He doesn't think of you as a woman, you idiot. He doesn't even think of you as a human. She laughed again. Just like everybody else.

As she opened the door to the library, she was shocked beyond imagining to see Galinda there. Galinda's fair cheeks took on a pretty pink glow as she saw Elphaba come in. How was she supposed to explain herself? She'd be mortified if Elphaba found out Galinda was trying to read more so that she wouldn't feel so stupid around her roomie. Ummm, think Galinda, think! Lie your way out of it! Put on a pretty show and get out!. But her plans were momentarily forgotten as she looked closer at her roomie's shocked and confused face.

"Why, Miss Elphaba," She said, stepping closer to her, "Have you been crying?"

Elphaba's eyes narrowed. "What do you think?" She snapped. "It's raining outside, Miss Galinda. Maybe if you'd take a little time looking at things other than your looking glass, you might have known that." She grabbed somebody's scarf and dried her face off with it. The owner of the scarf didn't want it back.

Galinda's fan came out. For whatever reason, she suddenly felt very bold, though she spoke partially hidden by her fan. "You know what? It's no wonder you don't have any friends."

Elphaba couldn't help it. She was proud. Had Galinda just made an intelligent quip? Yes, indeed she had - and a biting one at that. Elphaba smiled widely at her roomie. "I'm proud of you, Galinda." She told her.

Galinda shut her fan. "What!" Elphaba made no idication of explaining herself further, so Galinda opened her fan again, waved it, and rustled past the emerald embodiment of contradiction. At the door, she shut the fan with a clap and held it tightly in her hand as she spat out, "you're infuriating, Miss Elphaba! I'm applying for another roomie! You can sleep in the dorms!"

"Good!" Elphaba said, laughing, "I'll have the entire dormitory to myself!"

But only Elphaba knew what she meant by that.