Disclaimer: I don't own Wicked
Sorry this took so long to get up, school has been hectic, but at least this one is a little longer. Hope you like it
Elphaba was struggling to stay awake during the film Dr. Dillimond was making them watch, but her eyes couldn't seem to focus on the flickering black and white images playing out on the screen, which were making her head ache. Normally she was very good at paying attention, but she had barley gotten any sleep the night before due to the test she'd stayed up studying for. She contented herself by staring at the back of her roommate Galinda's head, who was sitting in front of her and playing with her blond curls. Since the night before Elphaba had had difficulty thinking about anything but Galinda, the cheerful way she talked, the perfect grace with which she walked, her blinding smile, just everything. The sudden intensity of her confusing feelings shocked her and scared her.
As if on cue Galinda sighed dramatically and said, "My hair is so soft," to no one in particular. Then very suddenly the blond turned around to look at Elphaba, "feel it."
Elphaba stared at her, flabbergasted, "What?"
"Feel it. My hair. It's really soft."
Unable to say anything without hurting her feelings, Elphaba slowly reached out and brushed her fingers through the curls, resulting in one of Galinda's beautiful grins. The blond giggled and played with Elphaba's own thick black hair, causing a very sudden and breathtakingly strong flurry of butterflies in the green woman's stomach. No, not butterflies but eagles… with their wings on fire; a much better way to describe it. She blushed a very dark shade of green, pushed the feelings down, and tried to control her facial expression, but then it was over for as suddenly as Galinda had turned around, she was facing away from Elphaba again, leaving her wandering lost in her own feelings and thoughts.
Later that day, Elphaba lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling, feeling ridiculously excited for Galinda to get back from her last class. She didn't know why, but there was no pretending that she wasn't eager to see her again. She'd never felt anything like it before. It wasn't like when she got butterflies around Fiyero, it was waayy more intense, and it scared her and excited her at the same time. Elphaba fell asleep thinking about Galinda, and dreamt about her.
When Galinda got back to her dorm, the first thing she notice was Elphaba sleeping, her black hair fanned out on the pillow, and her long eyelashes casting spiky shadows on her cheekbones. Galinda sighed, and then quietly tiptoed into the room, placing her stuff on her bed and slipping into the bathroom to touch up her makeup. When she got out, she sat on her bed to paint her fingernails hot pink. She worked with perfect precision, applying numerous coats, simply for something to do, but froze when the green girl murmured something in her sleep. It had sounded like her name but she couldn't be sure. She was sure however, when Elphaba said it again, louder, sounding like a sigh this time. Galinda looked at her roommate, really looked for the first time and realized then just how beautiful she was.
Her angular features, long eyelashes, thin figure; Galinda could just make out the slight shape of where Elphaba's hipbones jutted out. The blond found herself staring, staring at the exotic beauty of her friend and suddenly, unexpectedly felt her face flush with heat, and at that moment, Elphaba's eyes opened. Galinda's blush only deepened when their eyes met, when those dark, dark, eyes met her blue ones.
Elphaba was shocked and confused to wake up to her roommate staring at her, her face bright pink. She sat up without breaking eye contact with the blond, and then she raised an eyebrow and smirked.
"Good morning," Galinda whispered.
Without needing to check the time Elphaba said, "I believe it's the afternoon." And she finally broke eye contact to rub at her sleepy eyes, "Why must you stare at me like that, Galinda?"
Galinda was at a loss for words, which surprised Elphaba again. Galinda always had something to say. "Galinda?" Elphaba asked, looking at her again, "What is it?"
"Oh it's nothing… ELPHIE!!!"
Elphaba shrieked and jumped a foot in the air at Galinda's extremely random and loud outburst.
"Galinda, what in Oz did you just scream at me?"
"Your new nickname!" she yelled bouncing up and down on her pink bed, waving her hands around like a maniac, "Elphieelphieelphieeee!"
Elphaba rushed over to Galinda's pink mountain of a bed and clamped a hand over her pink mouth and placed a hand on her shoulder, trying to sop the bouncing. She glared at Galinda when she accidentally whacked her in the side of her head with one of her flailing arms. Her blue eyes unexpectedly filled with tears making them sparkle even more than usual, if that was possible. Elphaba's annoyance changed to concern in an instant.
"What's wrong?" I'm beginning to wonder if she's Bipolar…
"I'm sorry…" she sniffled, "you hate it don't you?"
Elphaba blinked and sat down next to her, "No, no, I like it." She gave Galinda a grin to cheer her up, white teeth a strong but nice contrast to her green skin.
Galinda peeked up at her through her lashes, "Reeaalllly?"
"Of course,"
Galinda leapt on Elphaba, throwing her arms around her shoulders, and the green woman laughed. Galinda kept her arms around her for a long time, burrowing her face in her neck. Elphie was frozen for a moment, before wrapping her arms around Galinda's waist, where they stayed for much longer than necessary. Both their hearts were pounding against each other, and both were painfully aware of the other. Galinda pulled slightly away so she could look into the other woman's dark eyes.
Just then the door flew open to reveal Fiyero standing at the door.
"What the hell, Galinda?"
The two girls jumped apart, Elphaba falling back on the bed and slamming her head against the headboard and cursing angrily.
Galinda's already flushed face turned redder, "Fiyero I… It was nothing, I was just thanking Elphaba for… uh… giving me the notes for the class I missed—"
"It looked like you were doing more than thanking her." Fiyero said and turned on his heel, stalked out of the room, and slammed the door behind him, leaving the girls in a heated silence.
