So, Wicked was amazing! Whitney Brandt went on (she was the understudy) and I swear all through Popular she had a little bit too much spiked punch at the party if you know what I mean, and she was bouncing and squeeing and it was hilarious.

bwayfan25: Yeah Bessa! *virtual high five*

Fae'sFlower: Patience. He will eventually.

LifelongLeahstar: At least 11 chapters, not sure on the full length yet.

SunRise19: Thanks so much!

For reference, they are all talking about the same science test, in case that was confusing.


"Cursed Elphie! I'm cursed!" Galinda shrieked, throwing the textbook onto her bed.

"Galinda, for the last time, split ends aren't a curse." Elphaba explained slowly, not looking up from her novel.

"No Elphie! This science test we have tomorrow. I'm going to fail! I can't remember any of this!" Galinda huffed. Elphaba, suddenly interested, stuck a bookmark in her page and sat up to look at the blonde.

"Since when did you care about tests?" Elphaba asked.

"Elphie, if I don't pass, I'm going to fail the class. And then Momsie and Popsicle will cut my allowance in half." She complained. The green girl rolled her eyes.

"You will still get more than twice what Nessa and I get combined." Elphaba said. Galinda gave her one puppy-dog look and she sighed.

"You want help studying don't you?" It was less of a question, more of a statement. Galinda nodded.

"Alright, what don't you understand?" Elphaba asked, moving over to Galinda's bed and picking up the textbook. The green girl sat cross-legged, resting the book on top of her folded legs, and opened up to the first chapter that the test was on and briefly skimmed it.

"Most of it." Galinda admitted sheepishly. Elphaba looked at her and back down to the page.

"Let's start with…this," Elphaba said, placing a finger on the question she found, "What do you get when you combine an acid with a base?" Elphaba asked, looking up at the blonde.

"Oh I know this! It's…water…and a…salt?" Galinda answered, but the end was more of a question. Elphaba smiled.

"That's right Glin!" She said. "How about…when waves move at different speeds through a medium, what is it called?"

Galinda racked her brain, searching for the answer. She couldn't come up with anything.

"Hint?" Galinda pleaded, and Elphaba agreed.

"It starts with an 'r'." She said.

"Ooh reflection!" Galinda said, and Elphaba shook her head.

"Close, it's called refraction." Elphaba informed her.

It went on like this for a few hours. Elphaba read through all three chapters and asked Galinda questions on any part she could.

"Final question, if you can answer it, you'll do fine on the test tomorrow. Ready?" Elphaba asked, and Galinda nodded vigorously.

"What is the more common name for the human tympanic membrane?"

Galinda closed her eyes and focused, she knew this! Digging around in the knowledge that was swimming through her head, she found the answer.

"The eardrum!" Galinda said, smiling broadly. Elphaba grinned and gave her a hug.

"Galinda you'll do just fine tomorrow, as long as we get some good sleep tonight." Elphaba said, yawning. It was almost ten, so the two decided to turn in for the night.

"Thanks Elphie." Galinda said as she slid into bed.

"You're welcome Glin. You'll do great tomorrow."


The alarm clock blared at eight the next morning. After a minute, Elphaba sat up and looked around the room. The bathroom door was closed, a light shining underneath. Elphaba collected her undergarments and her uniform and sat on the bed and waited. Just a moment later, Galinda came out of the bathroom, a towel on her head and dressed in a bathrobe.

"Morning Galinda." Elphaba said.

"Hi Elphie!" The blonde chirped, walking into the room.

Elphaba walked into the bathroom and closed the door. In only twenty minutes she reappeared, with her wet hair clinging to her back.

She found Galinda, perfect blonde hair already dry and wearing her uniform, curled up on her bed reading. Wait reading?!

"Galinda…what are you doing?" Elphaba asked cautiously.

"Last minute studying." Galinda said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, not looking up from the book in her lap.

"Well we better go if you want to…you know…eat before we take this test." Elphaba said, throwing her hair in a braid. Galinda agreed, setting the textbook down, grabbing her bag, and following her roommate out the door.

Galinda and Elphaba walked into the café. Fiyero had magically appeared behind them, and Nessa and Boq were over already in a booth, so they decided to sit together. Grabbing their orders, Galinda, Elphaba, and Fiyero walked over to the table.

"Hi guys!" Galinda said brightly, sitting down.

"Hey." Boq said, sliding over to accommodate the newcomers.

"Hello." Nessa whispered, scooting slightly away from Boq. She tore a small piece off her muffin and nibbled on it, refusing to make eye contact with anyone at the table.

Boq pointed at her and shrugged, he didn't understand her behavior either. Elphaba gave him a calming look, implying she'd talk to her later.

After a short breakfast, everyone went on with their day. The science test loomed over all of them like a black, ominous cloud. Boq took it first, since science was his first class of the day. Then Elphaba, Nessa, Fiyero, and Galinda had it last.

She walked into science slowly, as if at any point something might've attacked her. Her fear increased even more when she saw "TEST TODAY!" written on the blackboard. Galinda slipped into her seat silently, channeling all the information from the previous night's study session. As she struggled to remember what the qualities of an acid were, the professor stepped up to the front of the class room.

"Good afternoon class. Today you will take the test on chapters thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen. You have the whole period to work. Good luck."

He handed a test packet to everyone, before returning to his desk. Galinda took a deep, calming breath before grabbing her quill and starting. She wrote her name at the top before briefly reading all the questions, a tip she'd learned from Elphie.

As she went, she realized that she knew the answers to a good majority of the questions.

She smiled as she marked her answers, skipping the five or so she didn't know. Galinda scribbled out a few sentences for the short response question, and put her best guess on the questions she had left.

At this point, class was going to be over in ten minutes. She read over the answers she put several times, before walking to the front of the room on shaking knees and turning in the test.

Galinda returned to her seat, feeling as if a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders. She put her head down, resting them on her crossed arms. After two short minutes, the bell rang and she bolted out of the room.


"You know what we should do?" Fiyero suggested the next day to Elphaba, putting down his quill and looking at her. Boq looked up from his arithmetic, Nessa from her Philosophy paper, and Galinda from her nails.

"What would that be Fiyero?" Elphaba sighed, putting her book down. They were in the middle of a homework session, the five of them, and Elphaba had already finished, naturally.

"The science test we took yesterday. We should play Bucks on Friday night after we get it back." Fiyero smiled.

Bucks was a relatively simple game they had created, but played rarely. The way it worked was they would all go out for dinner after a test, and the person who got the lowest score would pay the bill. They didn't play it often, because it wasn't that fun when it was done constantly, so it was really only after mid-terms or big tests, like the science one.

"What do you think?" Fiyero asked, a devilish grin on his face. Everyone was silent.

"I'm in." A voice broke the silence, which belonged to Boq.

"Me too." Nessa said.

"I suppose." Elphaba agreed reluctantly.

"Let's do it." Galinda said.

"Great! Friday at Zandolyn's. Bring your tests." Fiyero said, and everyone nodded in agreement.


Galinda nervously tapped her fingers on the desk as the professor called out names to hand back the tests.

"Miss Galinda." He finally said.

The blonde dragged her feet to the front, as if anticipating her doom. She held out her manicured hand and the professor placed the test in her grasp.

"Well done Miss Galinda." The professor smiled. Galinda nodded and walked back to her seat, the graded corner of the test folded over. She slowly uncovered it and gasped at the sight.

A 'B' was written in bright red ink, and beside it '86%' was printed neatly.

On the outside she was smiling.

On the inside, however, she was jumping for joy, dancing, and screaming all at the same time.

She wouldn't lose Bucks this time.


Friday came quickly, and the group all met at Zandolyn's, a restaurant just down the road from the campus. Fiyero arrived first with Elphaba, followed by Nessarose and Boq, and Galinda showed up last.

Everyone placed their orders, and as they ate, Bucks commenced.

"Alright, let's start. Fae, you go first." Fiyero said. Elphaba pulled the test out of her jacket pocket. She smoothed out the creases so the '100%' was easily read.

"Not surprising. Nessa?" They went around, Nessa had a '94%' and Boq had a '92%.'

"Galinda?" Fiyero asked.

"Nope. I'm going last. Fiyero, your turn." Galinda said, pointing a finger at the Prince. He sighed, and pulled a crumpled paper out of his pocket, a '72%' was written on it.

"I studied with Fae!" He exclaimed proudly. Galinda smiled, pulled out her test, and put it on the table. She cautiously unfolded it, as if afraid it would fall apart.

"Eighty-six! I got a B!" She said excitedly.

"Would you look at that? The blonde bimbo didn't fail." Nessa snarled. Everyone dropped their utensils, eyes glued to the girl.

"Nessa!" Boq said sternly.

"Don't give me that crap Boq. I'm surprised. Galinda, the blonde bimbo, didn't fail her science test." Nessa hissed. Galinda looked as if she was about to burst into tears, strangle Nessa, or both.

"Nessarose Avalyn Thropp!" Elphaba yelled, using her sister's full name, which shocked everyone. Elphaba never yelled at her sister.

That seemed to snap Nessa out of it.

"Oh Galinda…I'm sorry. I don't…I can't…" Nessa stuttered, grappling with her words. "Oz-dammit I don't know what's been coming over me lately!" She cried.

"What's been happening?" Fiyero asked, oblivious to the previous events.

"She's been constantly insulting us." Galinda said in a low tone.

"It's not like that!" Nessa interjected, giving Elphaba a pleading look.

"She's been experiencing uncontrollable waves of anger-" Elphaba attempted to explain, but was cut off by Galinda.

"You're just trying to defend her because she's your sister!" The blonde accused. "Thanks Elphie. I thought maybe you would've been on my side." She said sarcastically, grabbing her purse and storming out of the restaurant.


The next morning, the two had reconciled. Elphaba had managed to convince Galinda of what Nessa had told her about the random outbursts, but that didn't change the anger that the blonde felt towards the younger Thropp.

Around noon, hunger was taking over both, so they went off in search of food, more specifically café food.

They walked to the café, shivering. The sudden change in the weather caused the temperature to drop at least fifteen degrees from what it was last week.

After what felt like an eternity, the pair reached their destination. They both received their sandwiches and looked around for somewhere to sit. Elphaba scoped the room, and someone caught her eye.

"Look," she said, gently nudging Galinda and pointing to a booth in the corner, "There's Nessa." The brunette sat alone, discarded food in front of her, running a finger around the rim of her mug and muttering to herself.

"Elphie, do we have to?" Galinda whispered. One look from the green girl shut her up.

Galinda and Elphaba walked over and sat down across from Nessa, who didn't look up from her focus on the torn-apart lunch on the table.

"Nessie?" Elphaba asked, and Nessa met her gaze. She bit her lip as her face reddened. Elphaba reached out and grasped her sister's surprisingly cold hand, not expecting for the other girl to quickly pull away.

"Is everything alright?" Galinda asked, concern glistening in her eyes. Despite what the brunette had said to her, Galinda still cared for Nessa.

Nessa shook her head, took one final gulp of tea, and raced out of the café.


Credit where credit is due- the random trivia generator website and my science teacher.

This chapter flew off my fingers. It only took two days to write!

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