Boq arrived at his dorm to find that his room-mate, Fiyero, was taking his afternoon nap. He walked past him and threw himself on his bed, pouting about his summer so far. Fiyero woke up to the whining coming from Boq.
"Boq? What are you doing here?" Fiyero asked.
"I had to leave work because I work too hard!" he cried.
"Shut up! Please!" Fiyero wasn't about to spend his whole summer dealing with this. "So, how long is this break of yours?" he asked.
"A week! I can't do this! How am I supposed to have fun?"
Fiyero's face lit up. "A week? Of fun?" He grabbed Boq's wrist and dragged him across the room and down the hallway, into the elevator and through the lobby.
Boq finally got a chance to get up. "Where are we going?" he asked, distressed.
"To have fun!"
They arrived at Galinda and Elphaba's dorm. Boq knew exactly where they were without even looking at the room number. He had only been there once, but the window in his dorm outlooks theirs. He had always looked out the window hoping to see Galinda.
Fiyero knocked on the door. Boq's heart pounded. He wasn't ready to see Galinda, even though he really wanted to.
Elphaba answered the door. "Hey, Fiyero. Hey, Boq. Come in, come in."
Both of the boys walked inside.
"Galinda isn't here right now. She went with Pfannee and Shenshen for a stroll before they have to leave." the green girl stated. Boq was relieved.
"So, Boq got kicked out of work for a week, and I have to show him what fun is." Fiyero remarked. "You wanna come with us, Fae?"
Elphaba laughed. "Sure, Yero! Let's wait on Galinda, though. She'll get mad if we don't. She should be back in a fe- or right now."
Galinda walked in through the door. Boq's heart began to pound again, but harder. He always found himself extremely nervous around her.
"Hey, Lynnie!" Fiyero waved.
"Hey, FiFi!" Galinda smiled. "Boq, did you get a day off from work?"
"Well... Ummm... I kind of had to take a week off or they would've had to fire me..."
"I knew you were always a hard worker, but I never really thought you ever accept to a whole week off."
"Me either." Boq laughed.
Galinda smiled. "You need to learn how to have fun. You have this whole week off and nothing to do." She turned around to get her planner book to find Fiyero and Elphaba kissing. She grabbed her planner and turned back to Boq. "Let's go to the park before their 'thing' gets serious."
Boq and Galinda both got up and walked out of the room and headed down to the lobby. Boq still felt quite a bit nervous. Galinda, on the other hand, was perfectly fine.
They got to the lobby and walked to the nearest park. Galinda, with her planner book in hand, started to make plans with Boq. "So do you have anything planned for the week?"
"Not really. Just gonna sit in my room and read I guess.."
"No! You're going to go see a movie with me tomorrow, then we're going to go shopping, and maybe grab some dinner. Fiyero can't teach you fun. He'll teach you lazy."
Boq was so confused. He couldn't tell if Galinda wanted him to hang out with her, or if she just wanted to have someone to drive her somewhere. To him, though, it didn't matter. Either way, he still gets to hang out with Galinda. "Okay." Boq smiled.
Galinda then got up and ran to the swings. She sat down on the rubber seat and started to swing. Boq followed her and did the same. He smiled as Galinda laughed.
"This is so fun!" Galinda cheered. She jumped off the swing and ran to the slide, not caring about a thing in the world. Boq followed her once again and did the same.
"Weeee!" Galinda screamed happily.
Boq chucked at her as she laughed with delight. She ran up to him and poked him in the forearm. "You're it!" She laughed.
He laughed as he chased her around the park, not feeling nervous about being around her.
She took a sharp turn around the slide, and another around the swing set. She couldn't help but to laugh. She was crying from all the laughter, which made her lose her focus.
Taking another sharp turn beside the little Wishing Fountain, she collapsed to the ground, slipping on the damp grass.
Boq watched as she fell and ran to her, feeling scared, like an over-protective parent. He knelt down beside her as she cried in pain. "What did you hurt?" he asked, feeling jittery and like he could have came up with a better plan than asking a simple question.
"My ankle!" Galinda cried out, tears falling from her face. She attempted to get up, but fell back down, crying even harder than before. "I can't get up!"
Boq, not caring about anything else, then picked up Galinda and gave her a piggy back ride. This is the reason he didn't like to have fun. He didn't like getting hurt.
