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Chapter 3

Elphaba slowly opened her eyes and awoke to the new day. It was finally the last day of the week, and she couldn't be happier. She stretched and got up silently. Elphie glanced over at her roommates bed, remembered the previous night, and smiled. The back of the blondes head was facing her, but Elphaba could see Galinda's chest rise and go back down slowly, and could see her steady breathing. Elphaba felt silly for observing her best friend this much, but couldn't stop.

She decided to thank Galinda properly for the hug last night, but without Galinda knowing. The green girl headed over to the pink bed and wrapped her arms around the small girl.

"Good morning, Glin," she muttered, taking in the scent of strawberries.

She slowly took her arms away from the sleeping girl, changed, and sat at her desk. She had about three hours before classes, and would usually study in this time. But she couldn't stop thinking about Galinda. It was strange to her, she never had thoughts of her roommate like this. All she could think of was her laugh, her smile; the way she tossed her hair when they were joking around, the way Elphaba liked it when Galinda hugged her…

Elphaba turned to look at her. Galinda turned over so Elphaba could see her face. It looked so soft, so delicate; Elphaba was sure that if she touched it, it would be baby-soft. She felt a strange desire to stroke it. But Elphaba knew she couldn't; Galinda might wake up. Elphaba sighed and turned back over to her desk. Elphie started to tap her pencil on her desk, shifted in her seat, and tried to do anything that might distract her from Galinda. But Elphaba knew she couldn't stop thinking about the blonde, no matter how hard she tried.

Finally, Elphaba was defeated by her mind and started to think about Galinda freely. She didn't like it though. She felt slightly uncomfortable, but couldn't help but wonder about Galinda. Like, for example, was Galinda really in love with Fiyero? She never talked about him. Mostly, Galinda talked to Elphaba about her personally life, and questioned Elphie about her own. Elphaba realized at that moment that a lot of Galinda's questions involved her personal… love life. Every other day Galinda would ask Elphie if she liked anyone, if she was secretly seeing someone, or anything of those matters. Of course, if that ever happened to Elphie, she'd probably tell Galinda first thing. But Elphaba doubted she'd see anyone. For two reasons. One, no one in the school would date a green girl. Two, something in her heart found it wrong to like anyone.

Besides from Galinda.

Elphaba tilted her head as if she was talking to herself in a confused way. She didn't like anyone else but Galinda in the school. Galinda was the only one that really talked to her, cared about her, was her friend; no one else would really go near her. Elphaba sunk lower in her chair. Wait a minute… Elphaba thought, staring at the side of the desk. Am I in love with Galinda?

Suddenly, she felt a pair of small arms sneak around her chest. She looked up and smiled. It was Galinda. "Good morning Elphie," she said sleepily, slowly taking her arms away from her rommie.

Elphaba couldn't help but smile at how cute she looked. "Hey, Glin," she said, standing up.

Galinda shook her head as if to shake away the sleepiness, than looked up at Elphie. "So, today's Friday, right?"

Elphaba laughed. "Galinda, since when did you become a Dog?"

Galinda pouted. "Leave me alone, Elphie!"

Elphaba smiled. "Yeah, today's Friday, finally."

Galinda smiled, and said "Well, I'll see you later, I'm gonna take a shower."

"Yeah, I was just going to get break-" Elphaba paused, then looked at Galinda. "Do you want to come with me to breakfast?"

Glin grinned. "Sure, Elphie! As long as you don't mind waiting…?"

"No, it's fine, I'll just stay here," Elphaba said simply.

Galinda smiled, turned around, and headed into the bathroom. Elphaba sat down at her desk, and continuing thinking about Galinda until she emerged from the bathroom, followed by tons of steam.

Elphaba stared. "Hot shower?"

Galinda nodded. "Can you tell?"

Elphaba swatted some of the smoke away and smiled. Galinda quickly changed, and headed to the hall. They had breakfast, sat together (They received the same amount of looks that they usually did) and chatted for a little. Then, they said their goodbyes, and headed to class.

Throughout every class, whether Galinda was in them or not, Elphaba couldn't stop thinking about her. Elphaba wasn't really sure what she was feeling; it was to confusing to describe. What is this feeling? She kept wondering, as she always seemed to find herself in a different classroom without knowing it. Before Elphaba even knew it, it was the end of the day, and it as time for lunch. Elphaba gathered her things, met Galinda in the hall, and they walked to the lunch hall.

Elphaba sat down at a table, and so did Galinda. "So, how were your classes?" Elphaba said, trying to start conversation.

Galinda shrugged. "It was alright, I wasn't really paying attention. I was writing…"

Elphaba tilted her head. "You write?"

Galinda blushed. "…a note. I don't think I'd be able to write anything creative, Elphie, you should know that."

Elphaba grinned. "I'd read it, though. Whether you'd want me to or not,"

Galinda rolled her eyes. "How were yours?"

Elphaba shrugged as well. "I wasn't paying attention. I was off in my own little world…" She grinned at the end, and Galinda laughed.

"You? Not pay attention? That's rich,"

"Oh, leave me alone Miss Galinda." Elphaba scowled, but couldn't help but grin.

"Oh, come on Elphie, you know…" Galinda started, but was interrupted by three stacks of books being slammed on the table. Elphaba looked and saw it was Pfennee, Shenshen, and another girl that Elphaba did not know. She had short, shiny brownish hair, grayish-blue eyes, and was a little short. Maybe Galinda's height.

"Galinda, you know Mohana," Shenshen said, ignoring the fact that Elphaba was there. Elphaba sunk a little low in her chair, and ignored them.

"Yes, hello, Miss Mohana," Galinda said, and Elphie could hear her voice sounding annoyed.

"Hello, Miss Galinda," The girl replied, standing up. So did Shenshen and Pfennee. Each went on one side of Galinda, and Elphaba started to stiffen. It looked as though they were going to beat Galinda up. Elphaba got ready to jump up and take action if nessecary.

"Miss Galinda, what were you writing in class all day?" Mohana said, eyeing Galinda oddly. Glin sunk in her chair.

"I do not believe that is any of your concern," she said coldly. Galinda moved a hand onto her things, and took an unsteady breath. Elphaba didn't move her head, but she looked up at Mohana. She nodded towards Shenshen and Pfennee.

It all happened to fast. Galinda's things going flying in the air, papers going everywhere, Shenshen and Pfennee keeping Galinda down, and Mohana grabbing the folded piece of paper in Galinda's book.

Galinda was on the ground, and Elphaba jumped up to help her. The blonde's face was flushed, and she struggled to get up. "Glin, are you alright?" Elphaba asked, holding onto her arm. Galinda said nothing.

Mohana got on top of a table, causing everyone to stare at her. "Well, well, it looks like Miss Galinda wrote a note!" Everyone exchanged glances. Galinda looked frozen to the ground. "And what do you know! It's to our dear friend the artichoke!"

Elphaba's face heated up in anger. Galinda wasn't moving at all. Mohana was just grinning nastily.

"Well, let us see what our dear Miss Galinda has to say to the green girl!"

Galinda looked so red that her face was about to explode. Elphaba couldn't feel herself moving either. She wanted to pounce onto Mohana so badly, rip her eye sockets out, but she couldn't feel her legs. What did Galinda have to say to her in a note that she couldn't tell her in person?

"Dear Elphie" After the first second Mohana laughed. "Wow, the green girl has a nick name. Funny, isn't it?"

She cleared her throat, then started over.

"Dear Elphie,

We've been friends for an awful long time. I love having you as a friend, I really do! And Elphie, to be honest, I never thought I'd ever be your friend. I mean, we're so different, and yet we're best friends. I've never had a friend as good as you. I've always heard opposites go well together, and now I know exactly what it means. And…I know it's weird, but…I don't know…lately…I've been thinking and…I think maybe...maybe I'm feeling something more. In fact, I'm sure I am. To be honest, Elphie…I think I'm in love with you…I know it might end our friendship, but I thought you should be aware. Okay, I'm going to run away now.

Galinda."

Elphaba was now frozen to the ground as well. She couldn't believe her ears. Galinda really loved her. Was that possible? Her face had heated up so much during the note that she felt like her face was going to explode. Elphaba slowly turned her head to look at Galinda.

Galinda's eyes were shinning with tears, and she broke out into a run. She ran out of the hall. The room lingered in a nasty silence.

Mohana looked at Elphaba after a moment, and grinned. "So, it seems Miss Galinda Upland is in love with Miss green girl!"

Elphaba twitched. She looked at Mohana, snatched the note, and glared. "You've got some nerve, to kill someone inside like that, you know?" She found herself climbing on top of the table herself. "I think the only reason you decided to ruin Galinda's personally life was because you have no life of your own to ruin. You need to take your anger out on someone else because Galinda is more popular than you, but you don't realize that Galinda will probably be a lot better than you one and you'll be a lonely piece of crap that's living alone on the streets that's selling their body for money. How's that, did I basically get all your future plans out in the open?"

Elphaba shoved her onto the table with such force, she staggered backwards a little. Mohana practically flew across the table, and landed on the plates with a crash. The room was greeted by "Oh man, I think she's mad," And "Oh, Oz knows where this is going…"

Elphaba slowly got off the table, and glared at the students. "If you don't want to be like her, I suggest you all never talk about this again." The entire room seemed to shift towards the wall, and Elphaba had a clear path to walk away. She ran out of the hall, and practically collapsed against the wall.

So Galinda really did love her? Elphaba couldn't believe it herself. She looked at the crumpled note in her hand, and re-read it. It was true. Everything Mohana had said was true. At that moment, Elphaba realized how torn up Galinda must've been. Galinda was just publicly humiliated. And it was Galinda, the social bee of Shiz. It must have hit her so hard. Elphaba jumped off the wall and started to run down the hall.

"Glin."

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