I AM SO SORRY! I know it has been a long time, but in my defence I have been very busy. My teachers seem to think the best way to teach is to give you tons of homework. Anyways I got this in and I really hope you guys like it.

Disclaimer: I have stephen swartz's autograph...


She wanted to, Oz knew, she wanted to, but she couldn't. It was her best friends boyfriend, and she couldn't. She pushed herself off him, forcing a smirk on her face.

"Wow Tiggular, glasses? I would never have guessed it."

He watch her stand up as he himself tried to catch his breath. He could still feel his heart pounding. He pushed himself up and walked past her, towards the desk, taking a seat on the chair.

"Whatever. Can we get started?"

"Fiyero Tiggular wanting to actually work? Do those glasses have magic powers or something?"

Realizing he still had the glasses on, Fiyero quickly took them off his face, putting them down on the desk. She laughed at him and pulled up a chair next to the desk.

"You're gonna have to let me see your test, you know. That's the whole point of todays session."

He turned away.

"Wow! Now you're shy? What has the world come to?"

He rolled his eyes and passed her a his test, face down. She took it, looking for any signs of red marking before looking at the score. Her eyes widened and she turned to look at him. He shrugged, not meeting her eyes and got up, moving to the sodas he had let fall to the ground.

"Here," he said as he returned to his seat and handed her a can, "wouldn't open it yet if I were you."

A few moments pass without either saying anything, Elphaba still very much in shock.

"Are you alright Fae? You usually talk a lot more."

The odd nickname made her jump, but finally pulled her out of her dazed state.

"Fiyero, this is amazing. You got a near perfect score on the essay part and only missed a couple on the multiple choice."

He smiled at her compliment.

"Well thank you, but I had a great tutor."

She rolled her eyes at his flattery.

"Oh and 'Fae'? What in Oz is that?"

"What don't you like it?"

"That's not the point," she said try to keep a straight face and not show Fiyero how much she enjoyed it.

"Right," he smirked.

"Shut up Tiggular."

"As you wish, Fae," he whispered the last word so that she was unsure if she heard it or if it was just her mind playing tricks on her.

"You did very well on the test, but we need to keep this up, we don't want you to fall back into old patterns."

"Of course."

"Now your essay is good, but you could have more facts to support your evidence," she turned to face him and found him closer then she thought he would be, leaning his head on his hand looking intently at her.

"Lets get started shall we?"


Galinda rubbed her eyes looking around at the crowded dining hall.

"Where is Fiyero?"

Elphaba looked up from her book and took a beat of french toast before answering.

"I don't know Glin, he's not my boyfriend."

"Is that him?"

"Galinda I'm trying to read!" she said, exasperated, " can you not recognize your own boyfriend?"

"I think it's him," Boq popped in.

"Is he wearing glasses?" Nessarose wondered.

This made Elphaba's head pop out of her book yet again.

"Fiyero, are you wearing...?" Galinda asked, perplexed.

"Glasses? Yay, I lost my contacts, so I had no choice," he said, looking at Elphaba and giving her a secret smile. She pretended not to notice and tried to return to her book, but Fiyero saw that her eyes held the same spot on the page.

"Fiyero, everyone's staring and not in a good way!" his girlfriend whispered angrily and pulled him away and out of the hall.


She took her usual seat in the front of the classroom, greeting Dr. Dillamond as she sat down. A few minutes later she heard the seat to her right being pulled out and she turned, prepared to see Fiyero, her glasses jokes locked and loaded. But instead she was met with something very different. The round, pale face of one of the boys in her class was far too close, and not in the seductive, alluring way Fiyero's was, but in a I-can-smell-the-coffee-you-just-had way.

"Hi Elphaba," his open mouth sent a brand new wave of the smell, causing her to lean back and scoot her chair as far away from him as possible.

"Hi, um..."

"Frederick"

"Right, ok," his way of speaking timidly vaguely reminded her of when Boq attempted to talk to Galinda.

"I uh was just wondering uh something."

She waited for him to continue, but it seemed he had lost his power of speech.

"What can I help you with, Frederick?" she was starting to get annoyed at him for wasting her pre-class preparation time.

"Well I was just uh wondering if uh you were doing anything uh this uh weekend?"

She opened up her book and thumb through the pages, not really paying attention to him.

"Not really, no"

"Ok good," she heard him take a deep breath and all of a sudden a tornado of words spewed from him.

"Would you like to go on a date with me Saturday night?"

"What? I..."

"Hey Fae!" Fiyero had just entered the room and was making his way across the room towards her.

"Is that a yes?"

"I um, I" she looked at his sad little eyes and sighed, "yes"

"Excuse me, but I think you're in my seat."

Frederick turned and walked away and Fiyero took his seat.

"Hello," he smiled at her.

She drew her attention to him, still unsure about what had just occurred.

"You're still wearing your glasses."

"Yup."

"I got the impression that Galinda didn't like them."

"She didn't. But she isn't the one I'm trying to impress."

"Mr. Tiggular could you please be quiet so we can start class?"

"Of course, sorry."

Dillamond began his lecture and Fiyero turned and smiled at Elphaba before turning back to his teacher to pretend to pay attention.


Elphaba watched Galinda take her makeup off and prepare for bed.

"Is something wrong Elphie?"

"What? No. What made you think that?"

"Well usually there is nothing the keeps you away from your book, but you've been distracted all night."

Elphaba was surprised at her friends knowledge, but saw the opportunity to make her move.

"Fine you're right."

"So," she took a seat on Elphaba's bed, "what's wrong?"

"I think I have a date on Saturday."

Galinda's scream must have been heard through the door. When she finally calmed back down, well calm for Galinda, she sat down and began the bombardment of questions that Elphaba had expected..

"Who was it, how did he do it, when did he do it, is he cute? Oh Elphie you have to tell me everything!"

"His name is Frederick, I guess."

"The short blonde one?"

"Yes that's him."

"He seems nice. So how did he do it?"

"Well he took me by surprise a little. It was before history class started and he just came up and asked. Then he came to me at the library and gave me the place and time."

"Oh tell me!"

"The Ozian at seven."

"Oh that place is nice. Fiyero took me their for our third date. We definitely need to find you something to wear. Do you want to start now? I have some ideas about..."

"I'm tired and I need to get up early tomorrow, Galinda. I think I'll just go to bed."

"All right," she got up slowly, not trying to hide her disappointment, "tomorrow then?"

"Sure Glin. Goodnight."

Galinda turned the lights off a few minutes later and promptly fell asleep, but Elphaba had a bit more trouble. Her mind was racing. Was this date really that big of a deal? Galinda made it seem that way, but Galinda made everything seem like a bigger deal than it really was. She needed to talk to someone. Nessa wouldn't really care and Boq didn't seem like a real option. That only left one person and as much as she hated to admit it, she knew he could help.

She could talk to Fiyero during their tutoring session, but she couldn't wait. She heard Galinda's shallow breathing as she slept. Slowly and quietly she got dressed and exited the room. She carefully treaded across the campus, hoping that she wouldn't be caught. She was sure it was past the time allowed for people to be outside.

She found his room without getting too lost and took a deep breath, hoping that she was making the right decision.


I know they didn't kiss, i'm sorry if I disappointed anyone, I wanted them to kiss, but I needed to have a Lion-cub-esc scene. Not to say that there won't be a lion cub scene, because I have it planned and I have a feeling you guys will like it. Please remember to review!