A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews, they were very kind even if there were only three.
Looking at herself in the mirror, Elphaba only saw a monster. Her skin was the colour of a cabbage, or maybe even celery. She looked like a human vegetable and that was all that she would ever see herself as. The fact that right now, the blonde she shared a room with was actually trying to help her look pretty, didn't help her feel any better about herself. Nothing would work, and she knew it. There was also no reason for this strange behaviour, especially after the party she went to. That hat had been the end of any hope at a social life for Elphaba.
"Elphie, what about this one?" she heard the chipper voice of her roommate from behind her. Elphaba cringed, not only was the voice too perky for her liking, the pet name she now had was ridiculous to her.
"You really don't have to do this Galinda!" Elphaba exclaimed, turning around to look her roommate dead in the eye.
"I've already told you that this is what makes me so nice," Galinda pouted her pink lips then flipped some of her bouncy blonde curls behind her shoulder. "Come on Elphie, we're friends now."
"I'm not so sure about that," Elphaba muttered very discreetly. She then decided to brighten up her mood, at least for the sake of the ditzy blonde who wore a shiny pink nightgown that fit her dress from the night before. Everything that they had tried then hadn't worked out, and Elphaba decided that she would not wear it the next day. In class, Galinda had looked very disappointed, and Elphaba was slowly thinking of trying it for once. Maybe it would work, even if her skin was an unnatural colour. With defeat in her eyes, Elphaba replied, "I suppose that it wouldn't hurt to try on a blouse."
This comment made Galinda squeal in delight, grabbing a white jacket from her collection that she had begun to collect on her bed. "You know, this would go good over that dress you wore to the uh… to the party." Galinda handed her the jacket with force. "You will wear this tomorrow, won't you?" the girl looked up at Elphaba, her lips pursed just a tiny bit. Why ever she wanted to be so nice, Elphaba would never understand.
A small smile played at her lips as she answered, "I will, I promise."
Suddenly Galinda had a look of horror on her face, "Oh no! I forgot about what to do with your hair!"
"Do we really ha-," Elphaba began.
"Yes! No outfit is complete without hair and makeup. Honestly, Elphie, you must have had to live under a rock to not know this!"
She just shook her head, "I don't go outdoors very often, Galinda. Remember, green skin?"
Galinda's face turned bright pink, "Oh, right, I'm sorry. I keep forgetting about that."
At first, Elphaba thought she was joking, no one could forget about her green skin, so however Galinda had was a mystery to her. But everything on Galinda's face showed truth, so she must have been very serious about forgetting. "Thank you, Galinda," Elphaba said, her voice quiet. She felt like it was important for her to know how much she cared that Galinda was look past the colour of her skin. People had always stopped right there, but here was the most self centered girl Elphaba had ever met trying to get to know the girl behind the green. Elphaba wasn't sure she would be able to open up, but she would have plenty of time to think about it. For bed time was approaching and she was beginning to slouch over on the seat she was perched on.
"You're welcome, Elphie. Guess we ought to get to bed."
"I suppose so," Elphaba got off of the stool, her black night gown flowing against her skin. "But what about my hair?" of course Elphaba didn't care, but she was sure Galinda did.
"That's what pink flowers are for," Galinda replied, a large smile on her face. "And I hope you don't mind lip gloss," these were the last words she said before slipping between her shiny pink covers on her bed, (during Elphaba's thinking pursuit she had already put away the clothes). "Good night, Elphie."
"Good night, Galinda," Elphaba closed her eyes, as she crept into her covers.
Silence filled the room, and finally, Elphaba had time to think about the event of the earlier day. For the new student, Fiyero Tiggular had been in her mind this whole time. He was a strange figure and for some reason, her attention had been on him most of the day. She wouldn't have brought this up with Galinda, especially because of the fact that Galinda was sure to be planning a wedding already. Elphie knew that Galinda was infatuated with the prince, and therefore talking about him would only further this strange fever that Galinda had caught.
But for some reason, Elphaba feared she was catching it as well, because all she could think about were the events that he had been in through out her day. She could dwell on this later, though, because no one could love a green girl. And she couldn't love either. So relationships just wouldn't happen.
Tendrils of sleep found her and slowly she let her breathing become slow, slipping into the dream world.
