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The ride to school the next day was more than a little awkward. Elphaba sat between Galinda and Fiyero, who were facing out opposite windows. It was sunny, so Esme was driving them in the dark windowed Mercedes. No one spoke. At lunch Jessica announced that she, Lauren, and Angela were going to Port Angeles to choose dresses for the dance. Galinda immediately decided to join them (even though she wasn't going to the dance) and an invitation was extended to her green friend as well. "Come on Elphie!" the blonde begged, bouncing in her seat. "It'll be lots of fun. I promise you won't have to try on anything you don't want to." Elphaba gave in, knowing that if she didn't she'd be alone in the Cullen house with Fiyero (the Cullens were taking another hunting trip) until Galinda got back. And besides Jessica had talked Bella into going, so it wouldn't be totally horrible.
In Biology Elphaba's pale skinned neighbor looked very downcast. "Get used to it," the green girl whispered as class started. "The Cullens are never here on sunny days."
"Why?" Bella questioned her eyes unnervingly curious.
"No one knows," Elphaba hissed mysteriously.
"You know," Bella insisted.
"Some secrets are not mine to share," the green girl said in a way that closed the subject.
"So they do have a secret," Bella murmured to herself.
"Are you thinking about what Jacob Black said?" Elphaba asked offhandedly.
"How do you know about that?"
"I'm a witch remember?"
"Ha ha, very funny," Bella snorted sarcastically. "I still haven't given up on figuring out what you are."
"But right now you're busy figuring Edward out," Elphaba hinted. The pale skinned girl smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah," she admitted. "But you seem to already know all about him." The green girl shrugged before changing the subject.
"By the way don't get to excited about the shopping trip tonight," she warned.
"Why?" Bella wondered.
"It's going to be canceled," Elphaba informed her. "Jessica's going on a date with Mike tonight."
"How on earth do you know these things?" Bella demanded.
"It's a gift," Elphaba said. The pale girl shook her head in disbelief and frustration.
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Esme returned to drive the Ozians home but disappeared after dropping them off at the front door. "Sorry to leave you alone," she apologized in that warm motherly tone. "But we're spending a night in the woods. I'm sure you can manage without us."
"Don't worry, we aren't completely helpless," Elphaba assured her. "And thanks again for all you've done." Esme nodded before driving away. When the green girl went inside she found Galinda and Fiyero sitting on the couch in front of the enormous flat screen TV (an odd contraption not found in Oz), facing away from one another. The green witch's anger at Fiyero had dissipated earlier that morning and now she found this whole silent treatment thing beyond irritating. "This has gone on long enough," Elphaba exclaimed, moving to stand in front of the couch. "You two may have broken up but you're still friends and you'd better start acting like it." Both subjects of her lecture looked up with surprise.
"Elphie we need time…" Galinda began, slightly shocked by her friend's outburst.
"No you don't!" Elphaba growled "This is so annoying I can't even put it into words. Stop pretending to be mad for the sake of drama and make up. Don't tell me I'm being insensitive. This silent treatment business is totally unnecessary."
"She's right," Fiyero admitted, turning towards Galinda. "If you're ready to let this go I'd be more than happy to bury the hatchet." The blonde smiled sweetly.
"Me too," she chirped.
"Finally," Elphaba sighed, flopping onto the couch between her friends. She turned to Fiyero. "And by the way, I'm sorry for almost punching you."
"Apology accepted," he prince chuckled. His laugh played havoc with the green girl's heart.
"What should we do now?" Galinda wondered.
"Homework," Elphaba answered immediately, a gut reaction.
"Elphie don't be such a downer," the blonde chided. "Let's watch a movie." With that Galinda bounced up from the couch and over to a cabinet of DVDs. Alice had been more than happy to expose the Ozians to TV, which Fiyero wanted very much to bring back to Oz. "This one looks good!" the blonde gushed excitedly. "It's called 'The Wizard of Oz'."
"Oz?" Elphaba asked dubiously. "Are you sure that's what it says?"
"Yep," Galinda chirped, starting the DVD. "I'm sure. Maybe it's a documentary on the Wizard." The green witch's eyes brightened with anticipation. Someday Elphaba hoped to meet the Wizard of Oz, if she perfected her magical abilities. The film began with a little girl running down a country lane beside a little black dog. "Where's the color?" Galinda wondered, flopping down beside Elphaba.
"Shh!" the green girl commanded as the little girl, whose name turned out to be Dorothy, began complaining to anyone who would listen that her dog being threatened by some old woman.
"This isn't about the Wizard of Oz," Fiyero complained.
"Shh!" Elphaba repeated. They watched in silence until Dorothy started singing about a land over the rainbow.
"I didn't know this was an opera," Galinda chirped.
"Whatever it is it's not very interesting," Fiyero sighed.
"I could sing better than her," the blonde hissed. After her 'Over the Rainbow' number Dorothy proceeded to run away with her little dog. They encountered a goofy man who pretended to read her fortune.
"That's so stupid," Galinda growled. "He's obviously a fake."
"Remind me never to watch a movie with you two again," Elphaba snapped dryly. "You see, I actually like to listen to what people are saying."
"This is a stupid movie," Fiyero grumbled. When the green girl shushed him again he continued to mutter under his breath until the twister began. As Dorothy stepped out of her house into a world of color Elphaba gasped. Although cheesy and very unrealistic the place in which Dorothy had landed looked vaguely like Munchkinland.
"She landed in Oz," the green witch breathed.
"Maybe if we stand in a tornado it will carry us home," Fiyero teased. Elphaba threw an elbow into his ribs.
"Look a bubble!" Galinda interrupted, pointing excitedly at the screen. Moments later, when a figure materialized inside the bubble all three Ozians stared in shock.
"Is that you?" Fiyero questioned, turning to the surprised blonde beside him. Galinda didn't answer, she just stared. A woman, who looked like an older version of Galinda, stepped out of the bubble and introduced herself as Glinda the Good.
"Did she say Glinda?" Elphaba wondered.
"Maybe she's been hanging out with Dr. Dillamond," Galinda shrugged, studying her look alike. "Eeek!" the blonde exclaimed. "I've got frown lines!" Elphaba was about to shush her when some very familiar shoes appeared.
"Those are Nessa's shoes!" the green witch exclaimed, jolting off the couch. "Those are Nessa's shoes. That house killed my sister!"
"Elphie relax," Galinda soothed, pulling her friend back into a sitting position. "Nessa's shoes are silver, not red."
"You're right," Elphaba agreed, trying to convince herself. "Those couldn't be Nessa's shoes."
"Ugh, more singing," Fiyero moaned as the absurdly short munchkins began to sing about the witch's death. All three Ozians were glowering at the horrible movie when a green figure in a familiar pointed hat appeared.
"No," Elphaba breathed, her eyes widening. "No, no, that can't be me."
"Who else could it be?" Galinda whispered. "That's the hat I gave you."
"Elphaba's much prettier than that ugly old hag," Fiyero protested. The green girl shot him a grateful look.
"I would never say those horrible things about Elphie!" squeaked Galinda indignantly as Glinda the Good told Dorothy how wicked the green witch was. After the blonde's exclamation there was silence until Nessa's ruby slippers appeared on the farm girl's feet.
"Stealing a dead woman's shoes," Elphaba snorted. "She must have been raised in a barn." The trio of Ozians watched as Dorothy encountered a loose limbed scarecrow.
"Hey he looks like Fiyero!" Galinda exclaimed.
"No he doesn't," the Winkie prince protested. "I'm much handsomer than that!"
"Well the Scarecrow doesn't have a brain," Elphaba pointed out. "He must be Fiyero." The green girl and her blonde friend burst out laughing and Fiyero pouted at them. As the movie progressed it became stranger and stranger. The Tin Man looked surprisingly like Boq and the Emerald City was perfectly represented in all its glory. However absurd things also happened. Elphaba commanded a horde of flying Monkeys that looked like clowns and she flew around on a broomstick. Such odd things made the movie into one big joke for the Ozians, who didn't stop laughing the entire time. Even when the ugly green witch melted into nothingness Elphaba cackled. "I melted?" she giggled. "That's so stupid, why in Oz would I melt?"
"I don't know," Galinda snickered. "That was such a screwed up movie. Who's ever heard of flying Monkeys? Or a flying broomstick?"
"They even showed the Wizard as an imposter," Fiyero hooted with laughter. "How outrageous is that?" The three friends collapsed into one big heap of giggles. After a few minutes Elphaba stood and stretched.
"I'm going to go take a shower," she announced. The Cullens had explained that on Earth everyday showers were essential.
"Don't melt," Fiyero called after her, earning another round of cackles from the green girl.
Ok I know this chapter was kind of plotless but making a scene with the Wizard of Oz movie in it was just too much to resist. Did it flop? Did it do ok? Was it funny? Reviews make great Christmas (or Lurlinemas) presents! I promise the next chapter will be much more exciting!
