Elphaba was walking down the hall and as she rounded the corner she bumped directly into Fiyero.
"Oof!" Fiyero straightened himself and looked to see who the offender was. "Well, well. Who's knocking people over now?" He stated, arching his brow.
"Funny." Elphaba said sarcastically. "And… Sorry about that." Elphaba went to continue on her way. But Fiyero grabbed her arm and turned her back around. "Whoa, wait. Where are you off to in such a rush?"
"I have to head to the shops to pick something up. Hopefully it's ready by now."
Fiyero knowingly smirked. "Riiiight. It's Valentine's and you need to get the princess something."
"Yes it's Valentine's and she's torturing me with decorating again. I had to find a way to get out of there." Elphaba said before starting to head off again, Fiyero simply fell instep with her. "You gave in again didn't you?"
"Shut up." She stated and looked away as she mumbled. "I don't give into her all the time."
Fiyero just smirked as he stepped in front of Elphaba and started walking backwards in rhythm with her. "You just keep telling yourself that. She has you wrapped around her little finger." Making a motion of twirling his index finger in the air.
"Did I not just tell you to shut up? At least this time it gave me an excuse to leave so I could go pick up the gift I have waiting for her."
He simply stepped to the side and whirled around to continue walking with the green girl. "So what did you get the decorator extraordinaire?"
"Like I would tell you. Besides… it's between Galinda and myself." Elphaba already felt self-conscious with this whole Valentine's thing anyway...wanting it to be right and make Galinda happy.
They walked in silence for a while and then Fiyero opened the conversation once again. "You know, I am happy for the two of you."
Elphaba stopped a moment, a bit stunned. "Really? I thought maybe… Well it seemed you and Ga…."
"You win some, you lose some. It was fun while it lasted." He flashed one of his handsome smiles at her. Casually placing his hands in his pockets, he started walking again, this time Elphaba falling instep with him. "She always found ways of talking about you."
Elphaba rolled her eyes. "I'm sure…"
"Not the way you're thinking... You think she hated you." He glanced over at her to see if he was correct in his assumption. "Well she didn't. She felt out of her element when she was around you and that scared her. So she fell back on what she knew." With the discovery of this, Elphaba lowered her head, her eyes focusing on the path ahead of them. "After a while I began to realize that I would eventually end up losing to you, especially after the dance at the Ozdust. Something changed that night… she never would tell me why she seemed so hurt when she saw you." Elphaba just continued walking in silence, taking in all that had been said.
Fiyero decided to excuse himself at that moment. "Well I'm going to leave you to your shopping." He gave a short laugh. "That sounds kind of funny… you'd think I was talking about Galinda." The mention of that name brought Elphaba out of her thoughts as she stopped and looked at Fiyero.
Fiyero stopped and turned towards her. "Look Elphaba, she's different around you. I see it. I see how she lights up when you are around. She opens up to you." He paused a moment before continuing. "You're good for her, know that." He flashed her a smile and winked. "I'll catch you around Green Bean." Then he turned and walked back the way they came.
