Defied Gravity

"I - I have to go."

Elphaba swiftly left the room she shared with Galinda, desperately trying to tug the large pink flower out of her hair. In doing so, she ran into something headlong.

"Watch where you're going!" The boy that Galinda was so in love with snapped. Elphaba looked up.

"You don't strike me as the type to wear pink," Fire-o or what ever his name said. Elphaba huffed.

"Its Galinda's," she snarled. The flower hung limply in her hair.

"Here," he said as he clipped the flower out with one hand. He handed it to her.

"How did you know how...?" Elphaba was stunned. Fire-o shrugged.

"Galinda has me take them out for her sometimes..." he blushed.

"Thank you... Fire-o," she said unsurely, "For your help with Galinda's hair accessories."

"First off, my name is Fiyero. And second, its out of love I know hair accessories," he said, blushing more.

"Well if thats love, it comes at too much high of cost."