Ok everyone, chapter 7 is up! I think this is the fastest I've ever updated! Due to the recent plauge of deleting story's because of having 'non-fictional characters' I may or may not have parodied a name in her... wink you'll figure it out. Thanks to all my readers!
Oh! yeah, I keep forgetting to put this in but when I started writing this, I had not read wicked, and I used 'musical Avaric'. Somewhere in between chapters 3-5 I read wicked and I was like "awwww man, I soooo woulda used book Avaric!" so just incase anyone was wondering, I would've used him, but I had not yet leaned of the wonder of Avaric yet...
Disclaimer: I don't own wicked, rent, avril or the click 5 sorry.
"Tap on my window, knock on my door, I want to make you feel beautiful," Boq's clear voice rang out over the microphone. He pointed a wavering hand at Nessa as he said 'beautiful' and the crowd erupted again. Nessa blushed a bright red and screamed as Galinda went wild beside her. "I know I tend to get so insecure...it doesn't matter anymore."
"Galinda!" Elphaba's voice suddenly screamed into the blonde's ear. "I'm going up to sing!" Galinda ran her hand through her curly blonde hair and looked at Elphaba as if she spoke Oz-lish. She puckered her lips as if she was going to reply several times but only small sounds came out.
"I wanna-a come!" She finally slurred. Elphaba rolled her eyes for the millionth time that day. She took hold of her sister's chair and the three of them shoved through the crowd until they reached the stage exit and entrance. The munchkin who currently occupied the stage looked as if he thoroughly enjoyed the crowd approval.
"I don't mind spending everyday, Out on your corner in the pouring rain, Look for the girl with the broken smile; Ask her if she wants to stay awhile, And she will be loved, And she will be loved…" Nessa would probably be as trashed as Galinda by the end of the night. Elphaba left her two companions and screamed her karaoke request to the DJ so he could hear her over the crowd.
"I-WANNA-SING-'GIRLFRIEND'-BY-" Elphaba bellowed, the DJ held up his hands in an 'I-don't-know-what-the-hell-you-are-talking-about-Greeny' way. Elphaba gave up and began to walk away.
Boq's song was finished and the full-of-himself munchkin strolled off stage. Elphaba caught him by the arm and steered him over to Nessa and Galinda.
"Oh my OZ Boq!" Galinda squealed as she stumbled over to him. "You were amazing!" The blonde closed in on the munchkin. She put a hand on each side of his head and gently kissed his lips. Boq's eyebrows raised in surprise because (A) Galinda sucked at kissing and (B) His first kiss with her was right in front of Nessa and Elphaba.
"BOQ!" Nessa cried shrilly. She tried to roll closer to them in her chair to pull Boq away from Galinda, but the crowd was so jam-packed, she couldn't.
Elphaba wrenched Galinda away from the munchkin, almost protectively, and glared at her. "Damn, she's so drunk. I told Fiyero that his idea to switch our drinks was a bad…"
"What?" Nessa asked smartly. She had known her sister was talking to herself.
"Shut up," She directed at her sister. "Stay with Nessa! If she gets hurt I'll kill you munchkin," Elphaba told Boq. He seemed scared by her threat and gripped the handles of Nessa's chair tightly. Elphaba, who had taken charge, took Galinda by the arm and dragged her over to the DJ.
"Hello little lady," The DJ said smoothly to Galinda. "What can I do for you?"
"You can play 'Girlfriend' by Lavril Avigne." Elphaba said to him. "We wanna sing together." Oz what was she doing? Galinda was way drunk. Karaoke at this stage would be a disaster.
"Ohhh! Elphie I love that song!" Galinda giggled. Elphaba took her by the arm and dragged her onto the stage. "We're singing it?" She hiccupped.
"YES!" Elphaba hollered. Tonight sucks, Elphaba decided. She felt sick. Her stomach churned; the world about her was blurry and she was dizzy. Additionally, she was hot and therefore her forehead produced beads of sweat and she felt like she was going to throw up. I really need to stop drinking. She made an oath with herself that she was no longer allowed to drink. That much.
Elphaba walked up to the mike; her stomach seemed to roll in remorse. Galinda took her place at the back-up mike. The blonde wrenched it off its stand (from which it really wasn't supposed to come off of) and took her place at the front of the stage. Elphaba's lips, Oz, were they really shaking like she thought they were, spoke the words "This song is all to Fiyero."
All of a sudden, the song started. A guitar chord and she was off as she began to sing. "Hey! Hey! You! You! I don't like your girlfriend! No way! No way! I think you need a new one; Hey! Hey! You! You! I could be your girlfriend…" While she only screwed up the first few words of the song, and executed the rest perfectly, Galinda was all over the place and several beats behind the song.
"GRILFRIEND" Galinda screeched, impossibly off key. "HEY!" Elphaba took her by the hand and lead her to the edge of the stage. She saw Cell-Phone-girl from the bathroom in the front of the crowd. She danced wildly and cheered them on. Elphaba pried the mike out of Galinda's hand and gently pushed her off the stage and entrusted her in the care of Cell-Phone.
"Oh, hi Mimi!" Galinda slurred. Cell-Phone shook her head and forced Galinda stay put.
With the cordless mike, Elphaba found a new freedom and began to dance around as she sang. "Hey! Hey! You! You! I know that you like me, No way! No way! No it's not a secret; Hey! Hey! You! You! I want to be your girlfriend." She saw Fiyero out in the crowd. He bellowed a cheer.
"Go ELPAHBA!" He screamed. She rolled her eyes as the song progressed with her dance. She pranced around the stage. She lifted her feet and clapped her hands. Her hair swung as she danced. She wished she had some clunky boots and a pair of fishnet stockings so she felt more rebellious. The crowd roared in approval: most of them were either too drunk to notice she was green or they didn't care.
"Don't pretend I think you know I'm damn precious; Hell yeah/I'm the motherfucking princess!! I can tell you like me too and you know I'm right…" The DJ seemed to have forgotten this song had profanity. He frantically tried to lower her mike, but it only caused her to miss some of the bridge. If he didn't edit it out, she was going to say it. She continued to sing; fairly confident that she was going to win the bet by the way the crowd cheered. Maybe tonight wouldn't suck so much after all.
OH REALLY?
"I can see the way, I see the way you look at me, And even when you look away I know you think of me...I know you talk about me all the time again and again, so come over here, tell me what I want to hear! Better yet make your girlfriend disappear!! I don't want to hear you say her name ever again!" Fiyero buzzed a shot at the bar as he listened to Elphaba sing. He had to be drunk enough to do this. She was way going to win the bet, not that he was complaining… "In a second you'll be wrapping around my finger; Cuz I can, cuz I can do it better! There's no other; so when's it gonna sink in? She's so stupid, What the hell were you thinking?!"
"Girl, you've already got me." He said as he raised another shot glass in a private toast to her before he downed it and started to push his way through the crowd. He collected Galinda on his way to sing. She giggled when he found her.
"Oh, hi Fiyero!" She said loudly. She stumbled over to him. Almost as soon as she reached him, she passed out. Fiyero barely caught her before she plummeted to the floor. He picked her up and shoved his way through the crowd until he got to their table. He set her down on one side of the booth gently. Boq and Nessa stared as he laid Galinda down. Nessa was somewhat tipsy off of a margarita. Boq sat next to her and sipped on a martini. They were in the middle of some supposedly intellectual discussion.
Fiyero rolled his eyes and took off his jacket. He threw it over Galinda in the hope she would be a little less likely to get raped. He kissed her forehead to ask for forgiveness for getting her trashed and stalked off to the DJ. By the time he got there, Elphaba had finished her song and she slowly worked her way off the stage. She stopped often to bow and blow kisses to the crowd, very uncharacteristically. There were several men and a couple of women who waited at the stage exit for her. They all swooned and called to her.
"Would you all knock it off you drunken bastards?" Fiyero said loudly as he shoved past them and walked straight up to Elphaba. He took her by the arm. "Galinda's passed out. Nessa and Boq are both tipsy. We need to go after this." He told her seriously.
"Sounds good," she replied. She glanced over to the men who waited at the entrance. None of them had moved or even regarded Fiyero's comment. They must've been really drunk to want to flirt with her, she thought. "Hug me to discourage the fan club." Fiyero was stunned for a moment but he embraced her, only a little passionately, and pretended that the two of them were 'attached'. When the "Elphie fan club" didn't seem to get it, he yelled at them.
"Would you all fuck off?!" He said it mean enough for them to leave. When they were gone, Elphaba quickly pulled away.
"Have fun." She offered as a goodbye. He walked toward the DJ and she went to go find a place to watch in the crowd. He sighed as he told the DJ what song, confirmed that there were no swear words in it – seemed Elphaba had left a mark – and he stood up on the stage.
The stage lights were blinding as he gripped the microphone. Fiyero found a sudden nervousness because everyone in the club stared at him. "This one goes out to Elphaba – And Oz she doesn't know what this song means to me." With those words the song started. He tapped his foot to keep time as he began to sing.
"She's cold and she's cruel But she knows what she's doin'...She pushed me in the pool At our last school reunion ...She laughs at my dreams But I dream about her laughter...Strange as it seems She's the one I'm after… " Fiyero smiled as he thought of how much Elphaba was like this song and he searched the crowd for her. He didn't see her right off. He wished he had a guitar right now…and he wished he knew how to play the guitar so he could play her this song all the way home. "Cause she's bittersweet" The crowd roared as he hit the high note perfectly.
"She knocks me off of my feet /And I can't help myself /I don't want anyone else /She's a mystery /She's too much for me /But I keep coming back for more /She's just the girl I'm looking for." Suddenly he found her. She stood at the side of the crowd. As the extras on the tape echoed his last words, she seemed shocked. "She can't be decent /For more than an hour /She runs on one hundred proof attitude/ power " He winked at her. "And the more she ignores me /The more I adore her /What can I do/I'd do anything for her…"
As she chorus started again he pointed at her. She could only guess how much she meant to him right now. Sure, Galinda was his girlfriend and sure, everyone said that he, a Vinkus prince, and Galinda, a rich Upland girl, made the perfect pair. But they were wrong; Elphaba was the one he longed for and she didn't see that.
"The way she sees it's me /On her caller I.D. /She won't pick up the phone /She'd rather be alone /But I can't give up just yet /Cause every word she's ever said /Still ringing in my head /Still ringing in my head..."He waited as the music built. "She's cold and she's cruel /But she knows what she's doin' /Knows just what to say /So my whole day is ruined…" The crowd went wild; they were way more excited than they had been with Boq. Although the poor munchkin had sung his song perfectly, Fiyero had more of a sexy rock star look to him. "Cause she's bittersweet /She knocks me off of my feet /And I can't help myself /I don't want anyone else /She's a mystery /She's too much for me /But I keep coming back for more /Oh, I keep coming back for more /She's just the girl I'm looking for…"
JUST THE GIRL?!?!?!!?
Elphaba pushed her way through the newly formed Fiyero fan club which had already congregated by the stage exit. "Just the girl I'm looking for; I'm looking for... I'm looking for... I'm looking for- Just the girl I'm looking for." And with that, Fiyero finished the song. "Thank you," he said into the mike as if he had written the song and just preformed it live. He bowed and began to leave the stage.
It was way obvious that Fiyero had won the bet. Elphaba was incredibly aware that what she was about to do did not follow his terms. She elbowed her way onto the stage, ignored the 'You-can't-be-up-here' from the DJ, and walked straight up to Fiyero.
They stood for a minute in the bright stage lights and just stared into each others eyes. Fiyero made a move to touch her but she threw her arms around him and kissed him. It wasn't a half kiss, as the one earlier had been; this was a full lip-locked tongue kiss. The crowd seemed rather confused but many of them whooped and yelled out rather perverted comments. The two of them were oblivious as they shared a moment of pure bliss.
BESSA
"Look Nessa!" Boq pointed to the stage. Nessa obeyed and found her sister and Fiyero in full make-out mode on the Karaoke stage.
"Oh OZ!" Nessa said as she slurped her margarita. "I'm SO glad our father isn't here…" Boq looked at her. He was surprised that she hadn't flipped out.
"You know what Nessa?" Boq said slowly; his fuzzy brain needed to think. "You're not so bad. In fact, you're not bad at all." Nessarose blushed as he smiled at her. Boq glanced over at Galinda. She had long ago passed out across the seat. He was kind of glad that Nessa liked him so much. Nessa was truly in love with him. Galinda could pretend to get along with him, but, he decided that as of now, he didn't want to be obsessed with someone who ignored him. He wanted to be totally obsessed with someone who cared about him every day, not just when she was drunk or when he sang a sexy song. Boq reached out across the table and took Nessa's hand. "We go together quite nicely, two misfits," Boq said gently "Don't you agree?"
"I do." Nessa said. She squeezed his hand. She, the only one who had not sung karaoke, began to sing softly. "We deserve each other ... and Galinda made you realize too... we deserve each other don't we Boq?"
"We do!" He sang back to her as he leaned in and kissed her cheek. Her cheeks turned a deep red. You're perfect, he thought, and he really meant it.
On the ride home, Nessa and Boq sat together. Nessa sang Boq some song, although they were both rather tipsy. Galinda lay sprawled across the seat; she was dead asleep. She had simply been thrown into the carriage by Elphaba and Fiyero. She snored loudly and her posture was certainly not lady-like. Elphaba and Fiyero sat together in the back seat, since Fiyero had definitely won the bet, and because they wanted to sit next to each other after the night's events. Elphaba rested her head on Fiyero's shoulder and his arm was placed comfortably around her. As the carriage silently rolled on toward Shiz University, the young college students reflected on the night, with the exception of Galinda, and thought of all the crazy, stupid things they had done and the crazy, stupid things that would come in their future and all the crazy, stupid things they may do together one day.
"Galinda's gotten heavier since an hour ago." Fiyero stated as he started to pull the blonde out of the carriage. Boq and Nessa had long ago wandered off together to somewhere in Shiz University. "Help me, will ya?" Elphaba took Galinda's feet from the carriage and helped Fiyero heave her into his arms. Once she was in Fiyero's arms, he began to carry her up the girls' dorm. Galinda's arms and legs dangled lazily off to the side as Fiyero carried her. Fiyero grunted; Elphaba and Galinda's suite was on the second floor and by the time Elphaba and Fiyero reached the staircase, he was about to drop her. "She's heavy," he said when Elphaba glared at him. Elphaba took hold of Galinda's legs and helped Fiyero carry the drunken girl up the stairs.
"You're a wimp," Elphaba declared as they stepped up the stairs in unison. "And just to let you know, switching Galinda's virgin drink with my double shot was a BAD idea. Never again, Fiyero." She warned, and her eyes cut him almost playfully.
"No more making out in karaoke bars?" Fiyero said jokingly. He smiled at her as they climbed the last of the steps.
"Shut up." Elphaba pulled her keys out of her small purse and opened the door. They slipped inside. Fiyero flipped on the light. How he knew where it was, Elphaba could only guess. As they got in the door, Elphaba let go and Fiyero took Galinda by himself. He hurried over to Galinda's bed and dumped her on it. The only response from Galinda was a loud snore and a mumbled something that sounded like 'mongoose bikini'. Elphaba followed him inside and threw her purse and keys on her bed. She helped Fiyero to take off Galinda's shoes and throw them across the room.
"Come on, I'll walk you to your dorm." Elphaba told Fiyero. The two of them made small talk as they walked to the boys' half of the dorm.
"Well, good-night then," Fiyero said when they finally arrived at the dorm.
"Good-night," Elphaba said. She smiled. Fiyero lowered his lips to hers and kissed her one last time. He couldn't help it and she didn't seem to mind. Her hand slipped into his and he squeezed it gently.
"See you tomorrow," she said as he opened his door and stood in the doorway.
"Yeah, tomorrow," Fiyero said as he shut the door. He felt guilty to make her walk back by herself but she probably wouldn't act the same around him now. The magic spell had been broken. He sighed and stumbled to bed. All that had happened that day would remain a secret; only known to himself and Elphaba, and she would act as if none of it had happened.
Hey, sorry the spacing is sooo wierd... hope you liked!
Give me reviews or give me death. ( -- what happens when I have to read Johnny Tremain for Lit.)
Angel
