Elphabalover101: HAHA! Because you care about him… no matter how brainless he acts sometimes.

NellytheActress: Stop trying to out-reference me. It's not going to end well. Just sayin'.

Doglover645: Sorry, but I already laid out everything in the story, so it's planned out. But don't worry, I'm working on the "special" story.

Elphaba'sGirl: Sorta. I didn't really see it like that. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

TheWickedrae: *Starts knocking on wood like crazy* And I'm updating for Oz and Fiyeraba! LOL!

"Glin?" Elphaba whispered softly, swimming into her bedroom.

Galinda grunted in response from where she sat on her bed, filing her nails.

"Are you still mad at me?"

Another grunt.

"I'm sorry, Galinda," Elphaba whispered.

Galinda crossed her arms and turned around to face Elphaba. Her expression softened when she saw the hurt expression on her cousin's face. Sighing, she got up and swam over to her. "It's okay, Elphie."

"I just… I hate staying cooped up in here," Elphaba whispered, lifting her gaze to meet Galinda's.

"I understand, Elphie. I know you think I don't, but I do."

The blonde gave the emerald princess a reassuring smile and she hugged her. "T-Thanks."

"Going somewhere?" Elisa asked when she saw Fiyero swimming to the door.

"For your information, Lissie, I'm just going into the gardens. I'm not going to do anything that you would classify as 'brainless'," Fiyero said stiffly.

"Everything you do gets classified as 'brainless'," Elisa said with a slight smirk.

Fiyero smiled. He was glad his sister was talking to him again, even if she was insulting him. As promised, he went into the gardens behind the castle. Sighing, he picked a flower and twirled it around in his fingers.

"She loves me… she loves me not… she loves me… she loves me not… she loves me… she loves me not… she loves me," Fiyero smiled, now holding the petal-less flower in his fingers. Smiling, he thought of Elphaba. She was beautiful. The way her emerald tail and skin shimmered, the way her long, raven hair gently flowed in the water… heck, everything about her was beautiful. He had to see her again. He just had to.

Elisa would kill me if I even thought about going back, Fiyero thought sadly. Sighing, he slowly got up and swam back to the palace to search for his sister.

"Lissie?" he called, searching the palace and its surrounding grounds. When he couldn't find her, he smirked at the opportunity to go back to the border.

Fiyero was excited as he swam away from the castle, successfully sneaking past the guards. He hoped Elphaba would be there.

When he got there, he didn't see Elphaba. But what he did see gave him the shock of his life.

A girl that looked very similar to Elisa was sitting on the ground talking to a boy around her age. He had dark brown hair, brown eyes, and from Fiyero's point of view, really good cheekbones. The two merpeople seemed to be in a deep conversation. Fiyero hid behind a reef, eavesdropping. The girl looked like his sister and sounded like his sister, but Fiyero knew that it couldn't be his sister because his sister would never do something this… and he quoted, 'brainless'.

The boy said something and the girl laughed. Fiyero froze. That laugh sounded like his sister's laugh. That was not possible.

"Thought you were sneaky, huh?" Fiyero asked, having heard enough.

Gasping, the two whipped around. The boy looked scared while Elisa turned a bright shade of red.

"F-Fiyero, what are you doing here?" Elisa gasped, staring at her brother.

"I was just about to ask you the same exact question," Fiyero frowned. He turned to the boy. "And who are you?"

"I'm N-Nelsy. I… I deliver the newspapers," the boy said shyly.

Nodding, Fiyero swam over to them and grabbed Elisa's hand. "Well, Nelsy-who-delivers-the-papers, though I'm glad we met, but Elisa and I have got to get back to the palace."

"Fiyero!" Elisa hissed, pulling her arm away from her brother. "What in Neptune's name do you think you're doing?"

"I'm protecting you from doing something brainless!"

"Fiyero, brainlessness doesn't run in the family. I have no idea how you got it, but I can assure you, I'm not brainless."

"How long has this been going on?" Fiyero asked, violently gesturing from Elisa to Nelsy.

"None of your business."

"How. Long?"

"Again, none of your business."

"How come is it that you can come here and have a secret boyfriend from Sirèneia for who-knows-how-long and when I…"

"For two reasons," Elisa interrupted. "One, because I'm not dating royalty. I'm dating a newspaper boy. No offense," she said quickly, looking at Nelsy.

"None taken," the newspaper boy whispered.

"And secondly, I'm the younger sibling. Nobody cares what I do. And I actually think."

"You weren't thinking that I might find you out here?"

"Well… I wasn't planning on it."

"Same thing."

Elisa sighed as she gave her boyfriend an apologetic smile. "I'll see you tomorrow, Nelsy."

"See you, Elisa," Nelsy smiled as they shared a gentle good-bye kiss that lasted, in Fiyero's mind, way longer than it should have.

"Okay, that's enough," Fiyero said, taking Elisa's arm and pulling her away.

"That was so embarrassing," Elisa muttered, pulling away from Fiyero once they were back at the palace.

"You wanna talk about embarrassing? Fine, lets talk about embarrassing. It was embarrassing when you followed me to the border. That's embarrassing."

"Fiyero, you have millions of other mermaids that would kill to date you. Why would you choose the princess of Sirèneia?"

"You wouldn't understand."

"Try me."

"She's beautiful."

"Her skin is green."

"That doesn't matter. She's smart, kind, thoughtful…"

"You've only spoken to her for fifteen seconds."

"I can tell just from those fifteen seconds."

Elisa smiled. Fiyero stared at her, wondering why she was suddenly smiling at him. "W-Why are you smiling at me like that."

"Because you've passed the test."

"W-What?"

"You're obviously thinking right now, so you must really like her. I'm so proud of you, Fiyero. You're finally learning."

"So, you're saying that…"

"I'm saying that I'll help you two get together. But if we get caught, I'm denying everything."

"Fair enough. Thank you, Lissie," Fiyero smiled, giving his younger sister a grateful hug.

"Don't thank me just yet," Elisa smiled, gently pulling away and swimming up the stairs.

Sorry it's so short. Next chapter will be longer.