Ugh. I don't like this chapter. Way too dialogue heavy. Oh well, I hope you enjoy it even if I didn't.
He'd never received more odd looks in his life. Most of Shiz didn't seem to understand why he had "lowered" his standards from the beautiful Glinda to the unusual-to-say-the-least Elphaba. So many people stared at him, trying to understand his reasoning. Other boys thought he was crazy for letting a girl like Glinda go, and other girls began to wonder if maybe the Prince wasn't so far out of their league.
Fiyero didn't see what there was to understand about it. If anything, she was too good for him. The only real problem was that she seemed to agree with everyone else and didn't think she was good enough. She'd had an adorable look of wonder on her face when she'd come to him to tell him she'd go out with him, like she was waiting to wake up from a dream. He thought it was sweet that she considered their current situation dream-worthy, but it also worried him slightly.
So, as they sat together to eat lunch with their friends, he didn't say anything special, but let his arm slide around her shoulders and prayed a little. Luckily, that prayer was answered, because she didn't shy away from him, only looked up at him to give him a private little smile and leaned in to him. The little gesture wasn't commented on, but it was noticed, at least by her. He was pretty confident that he'd never been happier and was sure he had never seen her smile more than she had in the past few days.
"So you have class in ten minutes," she murmured.
He frowned, his mood dampened as much as it could be when he had felt like he was walking on top of the world a moment before. "You already memorized my schedule?"
"I already had three classes with you, Linguistics, Ozian History, and Life Sciences. Picking up the other two wasn't hard."
He rolled his eyes at her. "Excuse me for hoping my girlfriend would go out of her way to memorize something about me."
"You're excused," she said, gently pulling away from him and standing up. "And now you should really get to class."
He pretended to whine as he stood up and collected his text books. "You're ruining my reputation, Elphaba."
"Your reputation as what, exactly? If you're Shiz's Bad Boy, we're milder than I thought," she shot back. She leaned up to kiss him on the cheek(she was still shy about most public displays of affection, so the small kiss thrilled him) and called out her roommate, "Are you ready to head home?"
"Yes," Glinda grabbed at Elphaba's hand. "Don't worry, Fiyero. I'll make sure she makes it home in one piece," she chipped, happy at witnessing the affectionate banter.
Still in a positive mood, he made his way toward his class, the last one he had before the weekend. He didn't see what could bring him down in that frame of mind, and was a little surprised when it was his best friend that tried. "Hey, can I talk to you?"
"Oh no, Av. Is this one of those conversations that's going to end with, 'it's not you, it's me'? Because if it is-"
"Stop flattering yourself," said Avaric as he shoved him. "I'm afraid you're not my type."
Sighing, Fiyero prompte him, "So what did you want to talk about?"
Avaric faltered for a second, clearly worried about what he had to say. "So you and Glinda broke up?"
"Yes. Why?" He drawled the words out as if he wanted to stall Avaric from speaking. Which, he actually did.
Avaric made a face, hoping Fiyero would have just guessed. "Well, I know you're with Elphaba now, even if I don't quite understand it-"
"Knock it off," he started but was cut off.
"Anyway, I know you're with Elphaba now, but a lot of guys are funny about their ex-girlfriends. And who they date."
"No," Fiyero said simply. "Do not tell me you want to ask Glinda out. Don't."
The protest began before the last word was even out of Fiyero's mouth. "Why? I like her, man. And I don't see why she shouldn't move on. And do I need to remind you that you are dating her best friend?"
"It's not that I don't want her dating one of my friends. It's that I don't want her to date you!"
Avaric rolled his eyes. "It's not that I'm asking you for permission. I'm just telling you I'm going to ask her out and was hoping you wouldn't be an ass about it."
"I'm not going to be an ass about, and I know I can't stop you, so do what you will." The two of them stood outside Fiyero's classroom. "It's just that I want you to know that if you break that girl's heart, I'm going to kill you.... actually, no, I won't kill you. I'll just hold you down while Elphaba kills you. She's much more creative about this kind of thing than I am."
Although Fiyero hadn't been kidding, Avaric laughed at the threat. "Don't worry about it, she's in good hands."
"And I already don't like the sound of that!"
