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Chapter Three
Elphaba spoke to herself, still in the alleyway, "Elphaba, don't do this. He could kidnap you, or kill you." After some more debating with herself she sighed, and reluctantly made her way to the Suicide Canal.
The canal was beautiful, unlike its dreary name, but if you were swept into the current, there was no hope of ever being rescued.
That fact made the canal almost always deserted, and only the risky and drunk visited.
Fiyero sat on a small bench towards the entrance of the canal, tapping his thumbs together out of nervousness.
What if she wasn't going to show up?
What was he going to say if she did?
He was too engrossed in her beauty to focus on any of it. One look at her and he was like a lovesick puppy.
She came several minutes after he'd arrived and he stood as she approached him, "What do you want?"
He took a deep breath, "What's your name?"
She looked shocked, "That's it? That's what you dragged me down here for? My name?!"
"Please."
She sighed, "Elphaba. Elphaba Thropp."
"Elphaba, you are the most beautiful person I've ever seen." He said with a smile, looking her in the eye.
She blushed and looked away from him, "That's not funny."
"I'm not laughing."
"Look, I know I'm green-"
"And?"
"How can you say something like that?"
He took a step back, "I can't help something that I know is true, Elphaba. You took my breath away."
She backed away, "I-I have to go."
She turned to run, but he grabbed her hand, "When can I see you again?"
She didn't answer.
"Please, Elphaba, give me a time, a place, anywhere."
She swallowed, "Here, tomorrow. Same time we met today. And tomorrow, I do the talking."
He smiled and nodded, "Thank you."
She gave him a small smile and fled, and he sat down on the same bench, and he couldn't stop smiling.
But there was one thing he couldn't figure out; why was he infatuated with this woman? There had been so many more before her, and none of them had made him feel this way in the span of ten minutes.
Elphaba, he thought, Elphaba Thropp.
Elphaba went back to her dorm, and quickly shut the door behind her. She turned around to see her roommate staring at her.
"Elphie, are you alright? You look like you've seen a ghost."
She took a deep breath, "I'm fine. Don't worry Glinda."
"Do you have plans today, Elphie?"
"Studying. You?"
"Fifi and I are going to dinner."
"Fifi?"
"Fiyero, my fiancée." She sighed, "I love him so much."
Glinda got up to leave, "See you later." She said as she left the room.
Elphaba sighed, "What bimbo could possibly love her?" she said aloud.
