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Chapter Three
Elphaba had a long day at work of taking notes, so she decided to go home after her overtime was over. It was long past dinner when she unlocked the door to her apartment, and she yawned as she opened the door. She looked at her and sighed. Only ten-thirty.
She soon climbed into bed and began her journey into a deep sleep. A few hours, she woke to a large crash that seemed to come from her living room.
She shot up and quietly went to investigate the noise. Peeking around her bedroom door, she found a man dressed in all black, a knife in his belt as his back was turned going through a drawer in her living space.
She gasped.
The man heard her and started towards her, drawing the knife from his belt, and Elphaba screamed at the top of her lungs, backing into her bedroom.
Fiyero, across the hall in his apartment, sat in his living area, doing paperwork later that night when he heard a crash, followed shortly by a scream from a nearby. He ran out of his door to find Elphaba's ajar, and he didn't hesitate to run in.
He traced the origin of the scream to the bedroom, where he ran next to find a man in black holding a knife, closing in on Elphaba. Her eyes met his for an instant, but left each other when Fiyero attacked the attacker.
Fiyero pinned him to the ground, punching him in a rapid fashion that quickly made him unconscious. He removed his mask, still panting and said, "Do you know him?"
She shook her head, looking at the attacker.
Fiyero got up, and went to Elphaba, tears streaming down her face, "Are you alright?" he said, his crystal blue eyes looking into her brown depths.
She nodded her head, and he quickly got help and phoned the police from across the hall. When he returned, Elphaba was looking at the lump on the floor, her mind somewhere else.
"I'm so sorry this happened to you, Elphaba." She looked at him at the sound of her name on his tongue.
She didn't say anything and he continued, "Well, I don't want you sleeping alone tonight, so either I can take the couch here, or you could take the bed in my apartment. I'll sleep on the couch."
She nodded, and the pair waited until after the police had done away with the perpetrator. Once they were alone, she grabbed a few things and walked with him across the hall. After she'd cleaned up, she went into the living room and saw him doing paperwork. She went behind him and said, "Thank you."
He turned and looked at her, "You are welcome." He said with a smile.
She turned to walk to his bedroom and he said, "Are you sure you're alright? If you want to talk, I'm here."
"I think I'll make it. Sorry if I freaked you out."
"Elphaba, you….you were in a grave situation. It's ok to be freaked out."
She smiled at him and said, "Goodnight."
"Goodnight." He said as she turned away from him. He went back to his work when she left his sight, but paused and thought about the night's events. Now, he would make sure nothing bad ever happened to her.
Elphaba lay in Fiyero's bed, his scent surrounding her. She looked up at the ceiling, reflecting on the past event, and realized she probably wouldn't be alive if Fiyero hadn't come to her rescue.
She smiled, and closed her eyes as she fell into a deep sleep.
