Hey guys! I'm so sorry for the long wait. Lots has been happening both good and bad. Anyway I just wanted to apologise. Fiyero's thoughts are in italics. We meet four new characters here yay! I would also like to dedicate this whole story to my bestest friend in the whole universe, Exoticpeachblossom. She's an amazifying author so go check out her stuff. Also big shout out to my rp girlies. Love you guys (totally non creepy way).
Sitting in class Fiyero's mind kept wandering away from the topic Elphaba was lecturing on. It's wasn't like he could understand what she was saying anyway. She was talking about something that happened sometime in someplace that was all he knew. One minute he was thinking how ugly the walls were the next he was thinking what he was going to do tonight. Most of the time though it seemed his mind was on the green girl at the front of the classroom. For some strange reason Fiyero couldn't stop thinking about her. When the chance to look at her properly came, he took it without it hopefully coming across weird or inappropriate.
She had long raven hair that she had threaded into a braid. Her eyes were deep pools of chocolate with bits of gold sprinkled throughout. They lit up when she came to a topic she was passionate about. Her glasses rested on her nose which crinkled whenever she was concentrating. Her lips were perfect. They were full and red and luscious, ideal for kissing. Wait what!?
He sat up straight. Did I really just think that? Oz Fiyero man what are you doing having those thoughts about your teacher? Hey to be fair she's the same age as me and she's actually pretty hot. With that he went back to studying her.
She had the perfect figure with curves in all the right places. The dress she was wearing made that evident. It was much like the one she had been wearing the night before, but instead of black it was a deep purple. It hugged her body and ended right above her knees. Oz if she was a student he would be after her.
But she's green. And? Well what would everyone think. Who cares man she's hot. Fiyero think for once. Did I just insult myself? He stopped arguing with himself and turned his attention back to Elphaba.
He placed his elbows on his desk with his chin in his hand and leaned forward. Just then Elphaba turned to write something on the board. So the view from the back is just as good as the front.
'What were the variances which caused the trade agreement between the Glikkus and the City of Emeralds to be broken?' was the question she had written on the board but of course Fiyero didn't know that because he was too busy looking at her butt. Suddenly he was called back to the real world by Elphaba's voice.
"Master Tiggular would you please tell us what caused it." She said sounding annoyed.
"Your cute butt." He said still thinking about it.
"Excuse me!" she practically yelled. Suddenly he realised what he had said. Sweet oz she's gonna murder me.
She was blushing, which Fiyero found to be quite adorable. Instead of going red like most, she went a darker shade of green. He heard the giggles and snickers from around him and immediately regretted embarrassing her like this.
She stood there glaring at him murderously. "Master Tiggular as I informed you earlier your position does not mean you can say what you want without consequences."
He began to speak but she cut him off which although understandable annoyed him. He didn't like being interrupted and few people ever did. "That was extremely rude and inappropriate."
Before she could continue he cut her off. "Sorry for complimenting you." He spat back.
"That's it. You will go outside and remain in the hallway until class is over and then you and I will be having a serious discussion. If you can't behave you will be visiting Madame Morrible understood."
She sounded as angry as she was that morning and that scared the living daylights out of him. He gulped and nodded.
"Good now out." She said pointing to the door. He got up and walked to the door. He could hear the students whispering but ignored it.
As soon as he shut the door she said, "Would anyone else like to follow the prince?" she was answered by a chorus of no's.
Fiyero slid down the wall and put his head in his hands. Nice one brainless first day and your already one teacher's worst enemy. He waited in the hall for fifteen minutes then to all but one of the students the school day was over.
He stood up and watched the students go by. A few girls giggled and waved at him to which he responded with his trademark smile.
"Master Tiggular." He bristled at that. He turned to find a very serious Elphaba standing behind him. He tried his smile on her knowing full well it wouldn't work and he was right. She just frowned even more at him.
"Follow me." She says as she walks back in the classroom.
He reluctantly follows and takes his sweet old time closing the door. When he turns around he found Elphaba leaning on her desk and glaring at him.
"Er...hi." he said trying to act casual and charm his way out of it somehow though he just knew it wasn't going to work.
"Don't give me that. Your charm won't work on me."
"Yeah I've noticed." He mumbled.
"What was that?"
"Nothing." He said as his hand made its way to the back of his neck. Her glare only intensified.
She stared at him as if waiting for him to begin. He sighed and gave in.
"Look Elphaba I..." he was cut off.
"That's Miss Thropp to you." She said icily.
He mentally slapped himself. How had he slipped up like that?
"Sorry. Miss Thropp. I'm sorry I didn't mean to embarrass you like that..."
"Oh really then what did you mean to do?" She said the anger rising within her once again. "What could possibly make you say that apart from wanting to humiliate me?" She said taking a step towards him.
He couldn't explain the real reason. "I...I..."
"Well?" she said tapping her black high heel impatiently.
He couldn't stand it when people tapped their feet. "Maybe just maybe I was trying to lighten the mood in this oz forsaken class." He said stepping towards her.
"Watch it hotshot or you're going to find yourself in a lot of trouble." She said taking another step forward.
"Oh really and what are you gonna do about it?" Another step forward.
Now they were standing nose to nose glaring intensely at each other. "You don't want to know what I can do."
Just a Fiyero was about to speak the door flew open. "Elphie I have some amazifying news... oh!" she said stopping upon seeing her best friend and the prince standing so close. Elphaba immediately turned and walked back to the desk.
"You may leave now Master Tiggular." She said as rubbed her forehead.
"Yes Miss." He said gathering his stuff and heading for the door. "Miss Upland." He said as he passed her on the way out. When it closed Galinda turned to her friend looking very confusified.
"Elphie? What was that?"
Elphaba turned to face her friend. "Nothing Glin just had a little trouble. I promise I'll tell you everything later but right now I need coffee and to sit down."
"Of course Elphie." Galinda said hugging her friend. "Here let me help you get your stuff and then we'll grab some coffee and head back to the room." She said already grabbing her friend's jacket.
Within five minutes the girls were headed to the very cafe Galinda and Fiyero had been at that morning. They got there coffees and headed back to their room Galinda talking all the way.
"Ok Elphie, tell me everything." Galinda said as soon as she shut the door.
"Glin we just walked in the door. Give me a chance to sit down and relax a bit ok."
"Fine," she said pouting but perked up almost instantly. "Elphie, could I do your hair while I wait?"
Elphaba smiled at her friend as she sat on her bed. "Sure Glin." She laughed as she watched her friend run around the room grabbing various things to help her. Finally she jumped on the bed behind her friend and began to brush. After a few minutes of silence Elphaba spoke up. "It all started this morning when I came out of the teacher meeting I told you I had."
Galinda was confusified at first but soon caught on. She smiled at her friend silently telling her to go on.
"As I was walking out the door our dear prince practically bowled me over. Then he had the nerve to insult me not once, not twice, thrice!"Anger clear in her voice. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Galinda looking at her understandingly. Taking a deep breath she calmed down and continued. "I was so angry Glin it became so hard to keep it all in control. But I did. I didn't fly off the handle."
She was engulfed in a hug. "Oh Elphie I'm so proud of you. I knew all our time was worth it."
Elphaba laughed for the first time all day. "Yes Glin it was." Her face went serious again. "I didn't see him all day for which I couldn't be happier. Then it came to the last class of the day and all but one student was there. Of course I didn't know because I hadn't called attendance yet. While I was writing my name on the board he walked in. I might have put him in his place." She said smirking a little. "Nothing too mean." She added after seeing her friend's questioning look.
"What did you say?" Galinda asked still a little sceptical.
"I only called him a bug catcher and a Vinkun statue that's all." Galinda accepted that.
"Then in towards the end of class I was about to ask a question and noticed the prince was listening so I asked him. Apparently he didn't hear me so I asked again and do you want to know what it was?" she was answered with a nod. "He said 'my cute butt'." She said her voice dripping with anger and hatred.
Galinda however found this hilarious and erupted in an uncontrollable fit of laughter. When she opened her eyes and looked up from the ground, where she had so ungracefully fallen, all she could see through the tears was a very angry Elphie glaring back at her. "I'm so. Sorry. I know. This. Isn't funny." She said between giggles.
"No Galinda Upland it is not." She said in what Galinda called her 'teacher voice'.
Galinda calmed herself down as quickly as she could and returned to her position behind her friend and resumed brushing Elphaba's beautiful long hair. "What happened then?" she asked
"Well as you can imagine I'm was extremely angry and a little embarrassed. So I sent him out of the class and promised him a very serious talk afterwards. When I called him back in he tried to charm me but of course it didn't work. His reason was absurd so we may have gotten into a heated discussion and some threats might have been made. Nothing serious he just challenged me. That's where you came in." Elphaba finished taking a deep breath and falling back to lay in Galinda's lap.
Galinda let all of this sink in and then asked "Why were you two standing so close?"
Elphaba groaned and rolled of her friend and onto her pillow and buried her face there. She turned her head so Galinda could understand her. "We must have walked towards each other during our argument. I honestly didn't even realise we were that close. Believe me if I did it wouldn't have happened."
"Oh Elphie I believe you. Come on get up. We're going out." Galinda said jumping up from the bed and unsuccessfully trying to pull Elphaba with her.
Elphaba looked sternly at the blonde. "Glin we went out last night not again. Not after the day I've had."
"But Elphie don't you remember what today is?"
"Monday? The first day of the school year?" Elphaba mumbled into the pillow.
"Well yes but it's also a very very important day for us?" Galinda said jumping up and down.
"Oz Glin just say it already."
"Ok! If you insist." She said jumping back on the bed. "Today is...thefifthanniversaryofthedaywebecamebestestfri ends." She let out one of the loudest, highest squeals Elphaba had ever heard her do. Even with the five years experience, it still took her a while to figure out what her best friend had said.
"Ears Glin." She said laughing. She couldn't help but laugh at her friend's guilty face. "Well I suppose this is a cause for celebration. One thing though, home by eleven we have classes to teach tomorrow ok."
Galinda nodded vigorously. "Oh Elphie please let me give you another make-over?"
Elphaba rolled her eyes. "If this were any other day the answer would be no but because of the "special occasion", I can't believe I'm saying this... but yes you can." Again her ear drums nearly exploded. She laughed at the blonde jumping around the room. Next thing she knew she was being pulled off the bed and pushed into a chair in front of Galinda's vanity.
"Oh Elphie this is gonna be so much fun!"
"We'll see." Elphaba mumbled under her breathe
Fiyero had just left the classroom and his discussion if you will with Elphaba. Oz that woman is infuriating. He was still frowning and thinking about it when he heard a sugar-sweet voice call him.
"Oh, Fiyero."
He turned to find a beautiful brunette standing next to the building. She had long brown hair. Although it's not as long as hers. She was nice looking and normally would have thought her to be quite stunning but for some reason he found himself comparing her to another. The person he was comparing her to though was the last person he'd expected. Well you haven't been able to stop thinking about her all day.
Fiyero shut the voice in his head off and smiled his trademark smile at her, which of course caused her to giggle, which pleased him to know that his charm was still there. With an air of confidence about him, he walked over to her.
"Hi." He said taking her hand and kissing it. "You know my name I think it's time for me to learn yours."
She giggled. "I'm Valisha."
"Well Valisha it is so nice to meet you. Do you have plans for tonight?" he asked as he winked at her
"I do now."
"Great ill pick you up at..." He said suddenly stopping.
Valisha looked at him worriedly. "Fiyero?" She followed his gaze to where a beautiful blonde and the green teacher were just coming out of the building. "Fiyero." She called sharply causing him to jump.
"Oh sorry." He said once again giving her the smile. This time didn't have the same effect as the last time though.
"Do you know them?" she asked a hint of jealousy flashing across her face but quickly disappeared and was replaced by her sickeningly sweet smile.
"No really." He said trying to play it cool. "One them is my teacher that's all."
"The green one?" she asked making green sound like a disease. This bothered Fiyero for reasons he couldn't explain.
"Elphaba." He corrected her.
"Elphaba?" She said quirking an eyebrow. Shiz! That's the second time he'd slipped up with that.
"Miss Thropp actually. So as I was saying ill pick you up around...eight?" he hoping she would drop it. She soon fulfilled his hopes.
"Sounds perfect." Valisha said looking happy and sweet on the outside, but inside she already hated this Elphaba. She smiled as she watched Fiyero walk away. As soon as he was out of sight she frowned and turned to walk back to her friends, Tiff, Kelli-Anne, and Monique. "Who in Oz knows their teacher's first name?" she asked angrily not expecting or wanting an answer. "I mean I know one of mine but that's only because it's Galinda Upland of the Upper Uplands." Then she turned to her friends suddenly happy. "I got a date with Fiyero Tiggular." They all squealed.
"That's so perfect Lish." Tiff said calling her by her favourite nick name.
"But why were you so unhappy before?" Monique asked genuinely puzzled, which earned her an elbow in the ribs form Kelli-Anne
"Because we were talking and all of a sudden he just stopped. He was staring at Galinda and the artichoke. I asked him what was wrong and he just said it was his teacher and I know for a fact he doesn't take fashion design with Galinda so I asked if it was the green one and he got all defensive and even corrected me with her name." All three girls gasped.
Monique still genuinely confused asked "What's the big deal though?" earning her discreet kick in the shin from Tiff this time. "Ow!" she said quietly.
"The big deal," Valisha rolled her eyes, "Is who knows their teachers first name on the first day of school, especially when she's green?"
"Ohhhh." Monique said finally catching on.
'What are you going to do, Lish?" Kelli-Anne asked.
"I'm gonna keep a close eye on our grassy friend." She said with a wicked smile.
Thanks for reading. I hoped you enjoyed it.
