1Author's NoteI've got some family coming to visit tomorrow, so unless I can get another chapter up today, this is it until Sunday! Ah! I'll try to make it good!

"Oh Elphie" Galinda was moaning. Elphaba's hand was doing things that neither girl ever thought possible. Elphaba kept her pace until Galinda came, shuddering, falling against her. Galinda's hand started to creep up Elphaba's leg, heading tantalizingly upwards when...

Elphaba's eyes snapped open. "Where did that dream come from?" That's when she realized that Galinda's arms were around her, and the blonde was snuggled into her side. "Oh. That's where." She tried to find a way to get up without waking Galinda, then she realized that it wasn't possible. She knew she had to wake the slightly snoring girl, but she didn't want to.

"You're so beautiful..." She murmured, pushing a small blonde curl away from the perfect face. Galinda began to stir, and Elphaba was almost disappointed that she couldn't admire Galinda anymore.

"Elphie?" Galinda yawned, but instead of covering her mouth with her hand, she just turned her head away. She didn't want to remove her arms from around Elphie. She lay her head back down on the green girls shoulder, "What time is it?"

Elphaba looked to the clock on her dresser. "Ugh. It's two thirty."

Galinda gasped. "In the MORNING?" She lifted her head to look at the clock herself, and Elphaba noticed that she still didn't move her arms.

"Yes Galinda, in the morning. We should really get off the floor and into bed." Elphaba reddened when she thought about what she said. "Into our-um-our...SEPARATE beds. You know...and umm..." She continued to stutter, blushing a deep green.

"Elphie. Don't worry about it. Just...go." Galinda gave her friend a final squeeze around the shoulders, and gently lifted herself off the ground, wincing slightly as her knee unbent. Elphaba noticed this, but decided that now was not the time to discuss such things.

When both girls were ready for bed, there was an awkward moment, as they both didn't know what to do. The last time they had gone to bed there was a kiss involved...what did they do this time? They settled it with a brief hug, and they lay down on their separate beds.

Less than an hour later, Galinda was awakened to soft whimpering. She looked over to Elphaba's bed, and saw Elphaba tossing and turning, captured in a nightmare. She got up, and padded over to Elphaba's bed, not hesitating to lay down beside her.

She wrapped her arms around Elphaba, noting with a smile that the green girl calmed immediately, and they both settled into sleep once again.

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The next morning, Elphaba awoke, and immediately wondered why Galinda was in her bed.

Not that I mind...

"Galinda?" Elphaba whispered, not really wanting her to waken. She loved the feeling of the blonde's arms around her.

But when the soft blue eyes opened, and registered where they were, Elphaba was blown away. The look in Galinda's eyes was love, there was no doubt about it.

"Hi Elphie. You had a bad dream, so...I came over here. I hope you don't mind." Galinda still hadn't moved her arms, and Elphaba was relishing in the feeling.

"No! Of course I don't mind, I mean...thanks, and...everything..." Elphaba looked away from Galinda's face, not meeting her eyes. Then, she suddenly popped up, and kissed Galinda on the cheek, then ran to the bathroom to start getting ready.

Galinda lay there for a moment, taking in the situation.

She likes me. She HAS to. She kissed me. And that was a real one! Wasn't it?

As Elphaba came out of the bathroom, surprised and slightly embarrased to see Galinda still sprawled on her bed, Galinda decided that she was going to find out if that was a real kiss or not. She got up, and slowly walked over to Elphaba, not breaking eye contact, and not saying a word.

She placed a soft kiss on the green lips, her heart soaring when she felt a slight response. And with a whispered, "I'll see you later Elphie" She was in the bathroom, doing her morning routine in front of the mirror.

For a few moments, Elphaba stood there, wide-eyed, then proceeded to get ready, dash a short note on a piece of paper on Galinda's dresser, and head to her first class, grinning goofily.

When Galinda came out of the bathroom almost an hour later, she saw the note immediately, and did her best to keep from running to it.

Galinda,

Thank you for taking care of me.

Thank you for...everything else.

I'll meet you for lunch in the café.

Love,

Elphie

When Galinda saw the lunch invitation, she was already excited, but when she saw the 'Love Elphie' she giggled aloud. She tucked the note into her purse, finished getting ready, and headed down to her first class, a silly smile plastered on her face.