A/N: Thanks to everyone who has been reviewing. I am trying to write in this story as often as I can. It's my biggest pet peeve when people start stories and never update them. Hopefully I don't turn into one of those people. haha. Anyhow...thanks for reading this! Oh and also in this chapter I had to make Galinda older than Elphaba. Which I don't think is correct but oh well. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 9
"I don't think this was such a good idea." The green girl laughed. She tried to keep her voice as serious as she could but was failing miserably.
"Aww c'mon Elphie! I promise I won't laugh!" Galinda pleaded to the green girl.
After the two had left the cafeteria Galinda had taken them to one of her favorite stores off campus. It was a small boutique that housed many dresses and jewelry. It was the perfect store for Galinda. Elphaba, however, clashed with everything in sight. It took much begging and a few pouts from the blonde for Elphaba to finally agree to try something on.
"I look ridiculous Galinda." Elphaba tried to convince the blonde that this was a useless endeavor. Galinda wouldn't hear of it though.
"I will give you five more seconds and if you don't come out of that dressing room then I am coming in after you." Galinda sounded a bit agitated but the green girl could care less. She was more worried about what Galinda would say when she saw Elphaba.
"Five…four…three….two…" Galinda stamped her foot on the ground with every number that came from her mouth. She was about to say the number one when Elphaba finally emerged from the room. Galinda's jaw dropped when she saw the green girl in front of her. She was left speechless.
"Um…I take it that you don't like it then." Elphaba shifted uncomfortably. She had gotten out of her wheelchair so that she could model the dress properly for the blonde. Galinda finally found her voice.
"Elphie…you're gorgeous." The blonde still seemed unconvinced that the girl standing before her was in fact her roommate. She took in the sight of the green girl and stored a mental picture in her mind. Elphaba looked perfect at that moment. She was dressed in a black dress that went down to her ankles. The dress was accented with pink stripes down the skirt that eventually all converged where the bust of the dress was.
Elphaba had been waiting for a laugh from the blonde telling her that she looked ridiculous but what she received was unexpected. "Did she just call me gorgeous? Me? Maybe I heard wrong." She thought.
Galinda was still in aw of how the girl in front of her had transformed from something undesirable to something really desirable. She felt the butterflies that had lately been in her stomach return. She thought they had brought reinforcements this time that went a little lower than her stomach. "What is this feeling?" she thought.
"Um earth to Galinda." Elphaba was now standing in front of the blonde snapping her fingers to get her attention. Galinda still seemed a little dazed and had a slight smirk on her face. Elphaba tried this action again only this time after she snapped her fingers she brought her hands down to the shoulders of the blonde in front of her. The blonde immediately looked up at Elphaba when she felt her touch her shoulders. How she had longed for this touch. Just the mere closeness of Elphaba was getting too much for her to handle. She had to figure out what was going on with her and she had to figure it out fast.
"Pink goes good with green." The blonde finally pointed out. Elphaba's hands lingered on the petite blonde's figure. A smile encompassed both of their faces.
Elphaba was aware in that moment that friends don't stand there and just hold each other like Galinda and her had been doing. She was unwilling to move from her spot though. Her mind kept telling her to move but her body was unwilling. She just grasped onto Galinda's shoulders a little tighter as if she were using her as some sort of support.
Galinda felt this sudden change in pressure and left out an audible sigh. She looked down towards the hands that held onto her and then back up to the green girl. Their eyes met for what seemed like forever before Galinda finally broke contact. She didn't back away from Elphaba though. She just moved her eyes to look upon the green lips of the girl in front of her. How she had longed to taste those lips for about a week now. She was curious to whether or not they were as soft as her skin was.
Elphaba noticed Galinda looking at her lips and gulped. This was it. This was the moment she had been waiting for. She looked upon the blonde girls lips in front of her and began to bite her bottom lip as if in anticipation.
Galinda noticed Elphaba biting her bottom lip and smilied. "That's so cute." She thought. She broke her eyes off of Elphaba's lips and met the brown eyes in front of her once again. She asked permission with her eyes and when it seemed like Elphaba was okay with the whole situation she leaned forward ever so slightly.
Elphaba was aware of what was going to happen the second Galinda's eyes met hers again. She wanted this contact. No, she needed it. The tension over the past week had been building up between the two. She needed release and she knew that Galinda was the only one who could provide her with such. She gave her approval to the blonde by way of eye contact. That's when she saw the blonde close her eyes and lean forward towards her. Elphaba panicked in that moment and immediately let go of Galinda's shoulders. She turned her head so that Galinda's kiss was not met with lips but with the cheek of the green girl in front of her.
Galinda immediately opened her eyes confused as to why there was a cheek in front of her instead of lips. She looked up towards Elphaba who had her eyes focused on the floor. Elphaba was unwilling to meet the gaze of the blonde. She was afraid of what she might see in those eyes. Hurt, confusion, regret, sadness, any of those emotions would be too hard for her to bear.
Galinda's smile vanished as she watched the green girl in front of her deliberately avoid her gaze. Her hurt was then replaced with anger at the green girl.
"Why the hell did she lead me on like that?" she fumed to herself. "She looked like she wanted to kiss me if I'm not mistaken." Galinda continued to think of hurtful comments towards the event of which took place when Elphaba interrupted her.
"I have to go." She flushed and headed back towards the dressing room to get changed back into her normal clothes. The whole way back to the dressing room she cursed herself under her breath. "Stupid, stupid, stupid Elphaba!"
Galinda watched as the green girl retreated back into the safety of the dressing room. She was hurt and confused. Elphaba had shown Galinda all the signs that she liked her. She even looked like she wanted to kiss the blonde too. Galinda was not sure what would happen between the two of them now. She didn't want things to become awkward but she knew that that was what was bound to happen. She had many past experiences where guys had hit on her and she rejected them. Things would later become awkward between the two because of hurt egos and what not.
Elphaba was changed back into her normal clothes and was sitting in her wheelchair in the dressing room. She was not about to go back out yet. She had to collect her thoughts, had to think through what had jut happened between her roommate and her.
"Okay think Elphaba." She commanded herself to come up with some logical answer. "You have bene having these feelings for a couple of days now. This shouldn't surprise you. You have already figured out that you like Galinda...so why did I not kiss her?" Elphaba's head was now in her hands as she tried to work through her reluctance to kiss the blonde.
Galinda was still out in the waiting area having the same kind of thoughts. "Okay Galinda get a hold of yourself. Just because she refused to kiss you does not mean that there is nothing there. Maybe she was just frightened…or maybe she doesn't like me." Her level headed debate went towards the deep end as the blonde continued to go over reasons why the green girl might not like her.
"I was mean to her all those months. I shouldn't have thought that just because we are friends now that she can forgive me totally. She doesn't like women probably. That's it. She just likes men." Galinda tried to work through this. It was getting her nowhere. She seemed worse off than she was before she started over analyzing everything. She needed to make a decision. She knew that she had two choices. Either confront the green girl and ask her exactly why she denied her or she could ignore the whole situation and act like it never happened. Her and Elphaba could then go back to being roommates and nothing more. She didn't know if she would be able to stand just being roommates with Elphaba. She needed something more.
The blonde finally decided on her decision and got up from her chair. She would go interrogate Elphaba until she received a valid reason.
Elphaba was still lost in her thoughts when she heard a knock sound outside of her door.
"Oh shit! I'm not ready yet!" Elphaba thought, but what came out was, "Come in."
The blonde cautiously entered the dressing room and made her way to sit on the little chair inside.
"Wow. They really don't make these things wheelchair accessible now do they?" she tried to lighten the mood at how small the room was. It didn't work however as all she received from Elphaba was a shrug.
Galinda finally reached the chair and sat down in front of Elphaba. A task that seemed much easier than it actually was. Elphaba was the first to break the silence.
"I'm sorry about out there Galinda." She nodded towards the door. She was still unable to move her head up from looking down in her lap. "I guess you would like an explanation I assume."
Galinda was surprised at how Elphaba had so easily offered up an explanation without having to beg for it.
"I would, yes." Galinda nodded. Elphaba looked up into Galinda's eyes. It was then that Galinda realized why Elphaba had not looked her in the face until now. Elphaba's face had tear marks where she had obviously been crying. Her eyes were still watery and bloodshot.
"Oh sweetie," Galinda grabbed her sleeve and wiped the tears that lingered in Elphaba's eyes. "Red definitely does not go good with green." Elphaba smiled at this and could not help laugh a little. Only Galinda would think about color coordination at a time like this.
Galinda was about to remove her hand from Elphaba's face when Elphaba grabbed it and brought it down to her lap.
"She's holding your hand….maybe that's a good sign." Galinda thought. She then proceeded to give a little squeeze to the proffered hand as a means to encourage the green girl to continue.
"Glin I don't know what came over me out there." Elphaba said truthfully. She was still unsure of the reasons behind why she looked away. Seeing the unsatisfied gleam in Galinda's eyes she continued.
"I'm going to be honest with you Galinda. I like you. I like you as a friend, I like you as a best friend, and I'm scared to think that I like you as more than that even. I have never had such strong feelings for anyone. I just want you to know that even though I didn't really show it out there, I did want to kiss you. I really did." Elphaba continued to look into Galinda's eyes for what she hoped was a valid answer.
Galinda felt as if all of Oz had been lifted off of her shoulders. "She does like me! I wasn't wrong! Yay!" she celebrated in her head. When she was through with celebrations some more questions arose.
"Elphie…if you do like me then why did you turn away?" Galinda needed an answer.
"I don't know that either." Elphaba was beginning to become more and more frusterated with herself. If she liked someone then how come she couldn't just show them? Why did she have to make it all complicated?
Galinda let go of Elphaba's hand and brought it up to the green girls face. She cupped her cheek and when she felt Elphaba lean into her hand she made a bold move that would change both of their lives forever. She leaned forward and whispered something into Elphaba's ear.
"Don't second guess yourself Elphie. If you want something, then you take it." She whispered and then she kisses the cheek next to the ear she had whispered in. She brought her head back to retreat when she felt two hands grasp the back of her neck. She was being pulled forwards towards her roommate. Her breathing stopped as she anticipated what was to happen next.
Green lips met pink in a passionate kiss. The kiss started slowly and soft but gradually became faster and more urgent. Galinda tugged at Elphaba's raven hair and Elphaba continued to move her hands up and down Galinda's back. The two were lost in their own world. Galinda parted her lips slightly to allow Elphaba's tongue to explore freely. Galinda responded with a happy sigh when Elphie did just that.
The two continued to kiss until breathing became an issue. They broke apart and lingered for a little while. Elphaba rested her head against Galinda's forehead and Galinda did the same.
"When I said take what you want, you defiantly did not dissapoint." Galinda smiled as her eyes opened to meet brown ones looking back at her. Elphaba smiled and reached up a hand to stroke the blonde's cheek.
"Well I was always taught to listen to my elders." Elphaba teased.
"Hey! I am not that much older than you!" Galinda playfully hit Elphaba's arm. Elphaba laughed and in that moment she felt something she had never felt before.
"I love you Glin." Elphaba dared to say. Galinda was not expecting the word love to come from Elphaba's mouth. It was a pleasant surprise. Galinda smiled back at Elphaba.
"I think I am falling for you too Miss Elphaba." She sighed as she met Elphaba's lips in a subdued version of the kiss they had shared earlier.
