"We...we lost?" Galinda said disbelievingly. "That's it I'm leaving."
"Shocker." Avaric said.
"I didn't see that one coming at all." Elphaba agreed.
"Look at her." Galinda cried. "Letting normal people try on my crown."
Fiyero said nothing, but held out his hands longingly.
"Let's just let it go. I think Nessa and Boq deserve it." Elphaba admitted.
"But they don't even have a pronounceable couple name!" Galinda said angrily. "That crown is mine. I'm going to get it." She stalked off, but Avaric grabbed her arm, holding her back and she yelled. "I DESERVE IT!"
"Forget this. Galinda and I are getting our crowns." Fiyero said. "See you two later."
"Hold on a minute." Elphaba commanded, stepping in front of him. "I did not burn my hair until it curled and poke myself in the eye with eyeliner until I was seeing black just for you to walk off like a baby!"
"Elphaba's right." Avaric agreed. "We should enjoy this! Who knows when the next we get into a competition will be?"
Elphaba held her hand out to Galinda. "If it means anything, you were a very worthy opponent."
Galinda's eyes softened and she pulled Elphaba into a tight hug. "Oh Elphie, you look great in my dress, but who did your hair?"
"That would be me." Fiyero said pleasantly, giving Avaric a good natured pat on the back.
"I guess I just wanted to be remembered in the school." Galinda admitted.
"We'll be remembered for other reasons." Avaric replied.
"Like I'm a fantastic hair stylist, designer and makeup artist." Fiyero said proudly.
Elphaba grinned. "And I'm the green girl who freaked out on everyone the first day school, then freaked out at the history class, then freaked out at the Winkie prince, then freaked out at the OzDust, then freaked out at the history class again..."
"And I'm the prettiest, popularest, funniest, sweetest person this school has ever seen!" Galinda exclaimed happily.
Boq and Nessa approached the four of them timidly, holding up their hands as a white flag. Avaric shook Boq's hand and Elphaba pulled her sister in for a congratulating hug.
Nessa looked at Galinda shyly. "I hope there are no hard feelings. I honestly don't even know where that came from."
"Same here." Boq said to Fiyero.
Galinda blew a kiss at Nessa. "No worries!"
Fiyero nodded approvingly.
"But we had an idea." Nessa continued.
"We figured you wanted to be prom king and queen way more than us." Boq added in.
"So we thought maybe you." She looked at Galinda. "And Fiyero would like to borrow our crowns just for tonight."
"Oh Boq, I could kiss you!" Fiyero exclaimed.
Elphaba looked at Avaric. "He's not just like this around me right? I mean these moments..."
Avaric nodded. "You never quite know what you're going to get."
Galinda dropped a kiss on Nessa's forehead and bent over so Nessa could place the crown on her head, then Boq crowned Fiyero.
"We're going to turn in for the night." Boq said. "See you all tomorrow!"
"Are you sure?" Elphaba asked. "You can stay with us! It'll be fun!"
"I'm sorry." Galinda whispered to Fiyero. "Did Elphie just say a party would be fun?"
Fiyero shook his head. "Surely that was not my Elphaba."
Nessa said goodnight and as Boq pushed her away, Elphaba turned around and surveyed Fiyero. "I change my mind for the favour. I want the crown." She said deviously.
"No, babe, not the crown!" Fiyero cried, as she pulled it off his head and set it on her own.
"I say, Miss Elphaba, you look positively royal!" Galinda exclaimed.
"As do you, Miss Galinda!" Elphaba replied. "Shall we dance?" She held out her arm and they ran into the crowd.
Avaric held out his arm to Fiyero. "Shall we dance?"
Fiyero slapped his arm away. "People are looking."
"So it's okay for you to give girls makeovers, but when your buddy wants to dance- I don't understand you Tiggular." Avaric complained.
"Let's go get some punch." Fiyero said irritably.
"No, honey bunch, I think you should go get me some punch." Avaric whined.
"Shut up." Fiyero said flatly and Avaric followed him to the punch table, where Galinda and Elphaba stood watching them, smiles plastered on their faces.
"Who wants to know what a badass I am?" Avaric announced.
"Oh, what'd you do?" Galinda inquired.
"Let's just say Tenmeadows sneaked into the teachers' lounge and spiked the punch." Avaric said carelessly.
Elphaba looked down at her cup. "This punch isn't spiked."
Avaric waved her away. "I hardly expect you to know what alcohol tastes like."
Forcing a cup into Avaric's hand, Elphaba looked at him pointedly as he tasted it and then tasted it again. "Oh fiddlesticks, what punch did I spike?"
Suddenly Madame Morrible and Doctor Dillamond ran onto the stage. Morrible wore fuzzy pink slippers and Dillamond rocked out on an air guitar.
"Oh crap..." Avaric muttered.
"You know what Dillamond?" Morrible yelled into the microphone. "I've never liked Animals and history is boring!"
Dillamond grabbed the microphone from her and said loudly. "And I've always thought you were a batty old baaaaaa-itch."
The whole group of students laughed as the two teachers made their way out, except for Elphaba who looked horrified.
"Hey guys I've uploaded that to OzTube!" Someone called.
Elphaba put her face in her hands. "They'll never live that down. Avaric look what you did."
"Hey lighten up. Morrible is a batty old baaaaa-itch." Fiyero mocked.
A slower song started to play and Fiyero offered a hand to Elphaba.
Shaking her head, Elphaba refused. "Maybe Galinda wants to take this one for me."
Galinda took Fiyero's hand. As they walked off Elphaba and Avaric overheard Galinda giggle and say. "Hey I just realized, we look like Barbie and Ken. We should have a fashion show soon."
Avaric sighed. "I am so glad this is over."
"Me too." Elphaba agreed.
"It just leaves the election for next year's class president and I'm finished." He said.
Elphaba dug her fingernails into the styrofoam cup in her hand. "You're running for class president?"
Avaric nodded.
"So am I." Elphaba said evenly.
"'Well you can't win. Galinda's my campaign advisor." Avaric replied confidently.
"And Fiyero's mine." She countered.
"It's on, Thropp." Avaric challenged.
"Bring it Tenmeadows." Elphaba retorted. "It only gets more brutal from here."
