A/N: Thank you to Liana (wickedozgirl) for editing this chapter... finally... I'm kidding! Enjoy and remember to review... and if you don't read AN's I'll remind you ;)
Chapter 9: I understand.
When Fiyero woke up in the morning, he had almost forgotten what happened the night before. He sat up and looked around the room, noting that Elphaba was nowhere in sight and her clothes, books and bag were gone. Fiyero did a mental face palm, he had taken advantage of his girlfriend. Last night Elphaba's barriers had been down she was scared. Fiyero couldn't rid the feeling of guilt that suddenly washed over him. Elphaba had just packed up and left, had she regretted last night as well? Is that why she left?
Fiyero got out of bed and went to have a shower. After he got out of the shower he contemplated going to find Elphaba and seeing if she was okay, but he rethought and decided she needed her time and space. Instead he chose to ask Boq, who was his closest friend, his thoughts. The Munchkin was a shy young man with the hugest crush possible on Galinda, although he didn't know about the… situation between Elphaba and Galinda. But Boq was still a smart man with wise opinions.
"Surely he could help me…" Fiyero thought.
So Fiyero made his way over to Boq's dorm room. He knocked on the door and was greeted by Boq's roommate, a Gillikinese boy named Benji.
"Hi, is Boq there?" Fiyero asked, peeking over Benji's shoulder.
"Yes he is, Your Highness, come in, come in," said Benji, moving out of the way of Fiyero.
Boq was sitting at his desk, studying, Fiyero guessed. It was something Elphaba was always doing.
"What is it with Munchkins and studying?" wondered Fiyero aloud, laughing at his own joke.
Boq jumped twice his height and looked around at Fiyero.
"What are you doing here Fiyero?" asked Boq, surprised to see the prince in his room.
"I need to talk to you about something, alone," Fiyero added, glancing at Benji who grabbed his books and scurried out of the room, mumbling something along the lines of,
"I'll be at the library…"
Fiyero couldn't be sure, but he turned back to Boq anyway.
"First, Boq, you cannot tell anyone about this," Fiyero narrowed his eyes at the Munchkin. "Ever…" Fiyero added for emphasis.
"Okay, you have my word," replied Boq, raising his hand in oath. Fiyero laughed before turning serious and continuing.
"Something happened between Galinda and Elphaba, and I don't know what to make of it," Fiyero whispered. Boq's eyebrows furrowed together in confusion.
"What do you mean, 'something happened'?" Boq asked. "Did they have a fight or something?"
"No, not exactly," said Fiyero. "Although you could call it a fight…"
"Then tell me what happened!" Boq placed his small hand on Fiyero's shoulder for support.
Fiyero took a deep breath before nodding and continuing. "Galinda has… feelings for Elphaba."
Boq was taken aback by what Fiyero had said. Galinda had feelings for Elphaba? That was the strangest and most heartbreaking thing he had ever heard.
"What do you mean exactly, Fiyero? Does Galinda love Elphaba?" Boq asked, trying to make sense of what he had just heard.
"Yes…" Fiyero whispered, shaking his head in mutual confusion. "Elphaba and Galinda kissed last night… twice, on both their parts. Elphaba came over to tell me and I was supportive, because I don't want to lose her. But at the same time I was shocked, and didn't know what to make of the situation. I mean I love Elphaba, she's amazing and I can see how Galinda could love her. Elphaba changed Galinda so much, for the better, but I can't think of why she would choose her best friend," ranted Fiyero. Boq waited patiently until he had finished.
"I mean, it's not the same thing is it? Loving another girl? I feel like she cheated on me by kissing Galinda, but then I don't because Galinda did first and she's only doing what a friend would do! I told her if it was us in this situation then I would do the same, which she got grossed out about. But my p-"
Boq held his hand up for Fiyero to stop and looked at him with an expression of disgust. "You told Elphaba that you would kiss me, if this happened to us, which I assure you it never will! But, why?" Boq cried, obviously in a panic, which Fiyero found amusing.
"Boq its okay, I don't think I would ever look at you like that… ever!" laughed Fiyero.
"That's not even funny Fiyero! You need some help! Who would ever be friends with either of us again if that happened?" Boq rambled.
"BOQ! I love Elphaba, okay?" exclaimed Fiyero in frustration.
Boq took a deep breath before nodding.
"What do you think I should do, Boq? I love Elphaba, but with Galinda it's just going to be so… different. I mean nothing has really changed except the fact that Galinda loves my girlfriend," Fiyero said.
"I think you should leave things how they are and just see how everything plays out. Act normal around Galinda, obviously she has felt this way about Elphaba for a while, but kept it hidden. There's only so much you can take while keeping it hidden. So I think you should just tell Galinda what you think about everything, reassure her that it's okay. Which I'm assuming it is?" advised Boq.
"Yeah it is fine, Galinda is an amazing woman, and she will find someone eventually," said Fiyero. "I'll go speak with her now and see! Oh and one more thing… Elphaba and I slept together last night and she wasn't there this morning… do you think she regrets it?"
Boq was taken aback again by Fiyero's question. "Umm, Fiyero, I don't know, maybe. She was vulnerable last night, she could be feeling used…" replied Boq vaguely.
"Okay, thank you Boq," said Fiyero as he walked out the door.
Fiyero walked over to Galinda and Elphaba's dorm, knowing that Galinda most likely wouldn't have left and Elphaba was not with her. Fiyero knocked on the door and waited. There was no response, so he tried again and still nothing. He tried the door knob and it opened without resistance.
"Galinda? Are you here?" Fiyero whispered. He saw a figure on the other side of the room jump at his words.
"Fiyero? What are you doing here? Is Elphaba okay?" asked Galinda in a rush, worried that something had happened to her friend after last night's incident.
"Fae's fine, Galinda, I wanted to talk to you actually. Elphaba told me what happened last night and I just came to tell you-" Fiyero started, only to be cut off by the blonde's hysterical crying.
"I'm…s-s-sorry, Fiyer-o-o," Galinda cried, hugging her knees to her chest.
Fiyero made his way over to Galinda's bed and wrapped the blonde in a hug.
"It's okay Galinda. You don't need to apologize for anything, you haven't done anything wrong," Fiyero whispered to Galinda.
"What?" Galinda cried, pulling away. "What do you mean, I haven't done anything wrong? Didn't Elphie tell you anything? I love her! I made her kiss me, I kissed her! What haven't I done wrong?"
Fiyero took a deep breath. "Galinda, Elphaba told me everything, there wasn't one of those things that she didn't tell me! It's not your fault you love her! That's your feelings, you can't control where they lay! As for kissing her, I know that's wrong, but you can only keep your feelings bottled up inside for so long. There was nothing you could do," Fiyero told her, looking into the blonde's eyes to prove his sincerity.
"Fiyero, how can you be like this? How can you just accept this so easily?" Galinda demanded, aggravated by Fiyero's willingness to accept the situation.
"Because Galinda, Elphaba is an amazing girl, how you could not love her would shock me more! But you're going to get through this Galinda, I'll be here, Elphaba will be here, we will help you," Fiyero told her.
"I met someone today…" whispered Galinda. "She has gone through almost the same situation as me, but worse. I think she can help me more than anyone."
Fiyero grinned. "See Galinda, you are going to be fine. Elphaba doesn't blame you and I certainly don't, so just be happy and try to go on with your life."
"A piece of my heart will always belong to Elphie though…" Galinda looked at the ground, ashamed of her feelings.
"Just like a piece of my heart will always belong to you, there is nothing wrong with that as long as you can get past it," said Fiyero.
"That's why I was so upset when you told me that you were in love with Elphie," Galinda continued, not even registering Fiyero's words. All she wanted to do was clear the air and lift that weight off her shoulders. By telling Fiyero this, she was sure it would do the job. To Fiyero, a few things finally made sense knowing all this.
"Oh Oz, that makes so much more sense! We never really had deep feelings for each other; we were both in love with the same person!" Fiyero exclaimed.
Galinda nodded. "I don't know why I didn't just tell her how I felt straight away, it would have been so much easier."
"I know Galinda, but we can't undo the past, so let's please get past this. For Elphaba's sake more than our own, please," begged Fiyero.
"Of course," whispered Galinda, flashing Fiyero a small smile.
"Thank you, Galinda, for talking to me," Fiyero told Galinda, giving her another tight hug.
"And thank you, Fiyero, for listening," Galinda laughed and hugged him back. "Well, I need to go, I am meeting Carlaya for dinner."
"Carlaya?" asked Fiyero, confused.
Galinda merely laughed. "Yes silly, Carlaya, the girl I told you about before."
"Oh, that makes sense. I'll be going then," Fiyero jumped up and headed for the door. "Have fun tonight, Galinda."
"I hope I will," replied Galinda and went into the bathroom to wash up.
Fiyero closed the dorm to the girls' dorm and walked back to his apartment, deciding it would be better to leave Elphaba alone for today. He walked along the edge of the grounds and through the forest to get back to his apartment, deciding to get some fresh air and more time to think.
"Everything will be better tomorrow," he told himself, hoping it was true.
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