It was very early in the morning, the sun was barely even up yet. Elphaba tossed and turned, but could no longer find a comfortable position. She glanced over at her blonde roommate, who was spread out across the other half of her bed, sound asleep. She liked having Galinda close to her, despite that fact that she took up most of the space. You're such a wild sleeper. Elphaba shook her head and smiled. But you are quite pretty when you sleep. She thought to herself, observing the blonde closely.
Elphaba sat up in her bed. She felt a sharp familiar pain in her abdomen. She ignored it at first, but a few minutes later it came back. What the fuck? she adjusted herself in bed. Ugh please tell me it's not that time… I swear that was not a month. She got up and made her way to the bathroom. Sure enough it was that time of the month. Great.
The green girl scrambled through the bathroom cabinet under the sink for pads. She kept hers hidden in the back. She searched and searched, to her luck there were none. They were here a few days ago, what happened?
Still pretty tired, she simply shoved a small wad of toilet paper in her underwear and hoped it would last. She headed back to her bed, lightly scooted Galinda over some, and wiggled under the covers.
The green girl awoke several hours later, to her surprise Galinda was already up. She wasn't sure where she had gone, but the blonde girl was no longer stretched across her bed.
"Well look who's up" a familiar voice said.
Elphaba jumped and turned around to see Galinda walking towards her.
"Morning Elphie!" the blonde said, a taking a seat at the end of Elphaba's bed.
"Good morning" the green girl said as she rubbed the sleep away from her eyes. "Are you feeling better?" she asked with concern.
"Well sorta… but not really, it still hurts, but I'll be ok…I think…" The blonde girl said, gripping her lower belly.
"I wonder what it could be…" Elphaba said, reaching for her glasses off the side table. "Was it something you ate? Or maybe its that bug that's been going around… I'll walk you to the nurse before class."
Galinda sighed. "It's...that time of the moth."
Elphaba paused for a second. "Oh...You know you could have told me that to begin with."
"I know I thought it'd be too personal." Galinda said. "It just hurts so badly!" Galinda said holding her tummy tightly.
So you're the one who took my pads Elphaba furrowed her brow, but didn't say anything out loud.
"What?" Galinda asked, noticing Elphaba's glare.
"Oh nothing…" Elphaba said rolling her eyes.
"Elphie what is it?" Galinda asked getting annoyed, she hated when Elphaba thought she could read her mind.
"My sweet… did you happen to take something out of the bathroom that belonged to me?" The green girl asked.
"What?…Ohhh, umm…well I was all out… and I figured well you're a girl too, so you had to have something around here, I only took a few." Galinda responded.
"A few? There are none left!" Elphaba exclaimed.
"Oh…" Galinda blushed slightly. "Did you need them?" she asked.
Elphaba then realized that she didn't have anything on and was probably leaking through her sheets. She sprang out of her bed, embarrassed to see a fairly large stain.
Galinda looked at her not knowing what to say. The green girl sighed.
"Yes, I did!" she said as she turned two shades darker.
"Oh I'm so sorry Elph-" Galinda started. Before she finished Elphaba dashed to the bathroom to clean up.
Minutes later she came out to find Galinda dressed, but laying on her bed still in pain. When the blonde girl saw Elphaba she sprang up and got her shoes.
"Where are you going?" the green girl asked.
"To the convenient mart, right outside campus to get me some… well you some…well us some more-." the blonde said, struggling to stand all the way up.
"You better say here, I'll go." Elphaba said, noticing her roommates struggle. Elphaba had cramps herself, but weren't nearly as bad as Galinda's, she could manage a ten minute walk to the store and back.
"No Elphie, it's my fault we don't have any, I should go…" Galinda insisted.
"I'll go Galinda, you stay here." The green girl demanded. "I don't wanna be worried about you." Elphaba said.
"Okay fine." Galinda said. "Hurry back." she said as she leaned up to kiss Elphaba on the cheek. Elphaba blushed as she grabbed her boots and headed out the door.
Galinda was about to lay down in her bed and cry because of her terrible cramps. She laid there for a second thinking about how comforting Elphaba was last night, and how she actually forgot about the pain when she was next to her...and just now how she insisted she say in the room for her own sake. Wow, Elphie cares about me… a lot.
Galinda managed to get out of her bed, and looked over at Elphaba's bed. She removed the stained sheets, and planned to take them down to the laundry room but first she grabbed several dollars out of her purse.
On her way back from the laundry room, she stopped at the vending machine in the lobby of the dormitory and bought a ton of snacks. Chips, crackers, and chocolate of course, along with some of Elphaba's favorite iced tea.
The blonde girl made her way back to the room. Elphaba had still not returned. She sat the snacks on her nightstand, jumped into her bed and dozed off to sleep.
Moments later Elphaba returned. She immediately went to the bathroom to put on one of the pads. She came out and noticed Galinda sound asleep. She watched her for a moment. Her bubbly roommate looked so calm and peaceful when she slept.
Galinda awoke as if she felt Elphaba's stare. "Oh hey you're back" she said with her eyes barely open.
"Yes, you better get up my sweet, class will be starting soon" Elphaba said, kneeling down to Galinda's bed to be at eye level with her. She placed her hand on the blonde's arm and gently stroked.
Galinda propped herself up with her elbow. "Elphie...I don't feel like going to class. We can just say that we're sick and just stay here." Galinda suggested.
"What do you mean we?"
"Well I don't wanna stay alone."
The green girl shook her head. "We're not skipping class, silly. Atleast I'm not." she said.
"Come on, I got us some of our favorite snacks and stuff, pleeaaase let's stay here" the blonde girl begged.
"Galinda…" Elphaba stood up, about to protest, when she felt the sharp pain in her stomach again. She flinched and then hesitated.
"Alright, perhaps a day off wouldn't hurt us…" she said. Galinda smiled.
"Yay" she said softly, kissing the corner of Elphaba's mouth for a lingering second. Elphaba tensed up as a wave of electricity shot through her body.
"Oh and Elphie, If you haven't noticed, you're sheets out to be laundered, so you can come to my bed." Galinda offered.
"Thanks." Elphaba said with a light smile.
The two friends snuggled under the covers together. They stayed in Galinda's bed nearly the whole day. Munching on snacks, relaxing and cuddling similar to how they did last night. Galinda soon began to doze off. Elphaba did too, with her roommate in her arms.
Something about both girls was starting to change. They were both suddenly wanting and enjoying each others company much more than before.
