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Chapter 10

Elphaba lit the last candle on her desk as a knock sounded at the door. The green woman smiled before going over to open it.

"Hey." Viola smiled to her girlfriend who had dressed up for her. "You look beautiful."

Elphaba blushed slightly as she took the bartender's coat. "So do you." The green woman smiled as she motioned for Vi to take a seat.

"What's with the fancy setup?" Viola was curious as to why there were candles lit around the makeshift table that Elphaba had created. She wasn't expecting anything elaborate.

"It's my way of saying thank you for last night." Elphaba smiled as she took a seat across from the bartender. Viola was wearing a light blue dress and her hair was up in a French braid. Elphaba had to admit that she liked when Viola's hair was pulled back because it accented her features all the more. Unlike the sharp features in which Elphaba had, Viola's were softened and sort of childlike. She had a button nose that the green woman found oddly attractive. Viola was not really similar to Galinda in anyway. Galinda's hair was blonde and curly; Viola's was light brown and straight. Galinda's blue eyes sparkled, whereas Viola's were just a normal bluish color. They didn't sparkle as much but they did hold some mystery to them. Viola had deep set eyes and an olive skin complexion. Galinda looked like a delicate flower compared to Viola. Not to say the bartender had a rough exterior or anything. She just didn't look as dainty. She was the perfect touch of feminine without being too girly.

"You've already thanked me for last night." Viola smiled as she reached over and took Elphaba's hand within her own. "But thanks for this."

"Your welcome." The green woman smiled as she stared into Viola's eyes. She was trying not to let the image of Galinda invade her mind but it was a little difficult seeing as how the room smelled of her.

"So did you just light candles and set up a table so that we can stare at each other or is there food?" The bartended joked with her girlfriend.

"There is food." Elphaba smiled before reaching under the table and pulling out a bowl of salad. She had hidden the food under there for the time being.

"Oh yummy food too!" Viola cheered as she saw the salad. Elphaba chuckled at Viola's obvious chipper attitude. She already liked how their second date was starting out.

"Yummy food for a yummy person." Elphaba added as she put some of the salad on Viola's plate.

"I'm yummy?" Viola raised an eyebrow questioningly to her girlfriend.

"When I kissed you this morning you certainly were." Elphaba smiled as she handed over some dressing to the bartender. Viola smiled.

"Well you were yummy too." The older woman laughed as she took the dressing from Elphaba's hand. She made sure to brush their fingers together as they passed the condiment back and forth.

A couple of minutes passed between the two of them before Viola's curiosity got the better of her. She needed to figure out what had happened between Elphaba and that girl Galinda. She needed to know where she stood in this. She was willing to wait for Elphaba to figure things out because she really did like her, but at the same time she couldn't be expected to wait around forever.

"So did you get things situated between that girl?" Viola brought up the topic casually as she took a bite of cucumber.

The green woman frowned slightly before answering. "We are working on it but yes. I told her that my heart now belongs to another." Elphaba was so forward as to add that last sentence.

Viola smiled as she heard Elphaba say that her heart now belonged to her. She was going to keep it nice and safe.

"Did someone beat me to you?" Viola teased the green woman before looking around the room. "Whoever has stolen Elphaba's heart better give it back or they will have to deal with me!" The bartender called out into the abyss.

Elphaba smiled as her girlfriend joked around. She was surprised she had never noticed her beforehand. How could someone so perfect, funny, and smart exist?

"They are you!" The green woman added before chuckling. "So unless you plan on beating yourself up then…" Elphaba trailed off as Viola placed her pointer finger on the green woman's lips.

"Hush." Viola smiled as she stared at the green lips that her hand rested upon. She wanted to kiss Elphaba again but didn't know if she was ready yet. So she looked into the green woman's eyes asking for permission.

Elphaba bit her bottom lip in anticipation as she saw the look in Viola's eyes. She understood that her girlfriend wanted to kiss her and truth be told she wanted her to. Elphaba didn't quite know if she was ready yet but she didn't care.

She needed to feel the tan girl's lips upon her own.

Viola smiled as she received all the confirmation she needed in Elphaba's eyes. Placing her fork down, she reached across the table to capture Elphaba's lips within her own.

The green woman smiled as she kissed Viola. Thoughts of Galinda didn't invade her mind this time around. The only thought that kept going through Elphaba's mind was to continue kissing her beautiful girlfriend across from her.

Viola could feel a difference in the way Elphaba was kissing her now, from the way she had kissed her before. The green woman relaxed into the kiss and allowed her feeling for Viola to take over.

The bartender sighed happily as she reached a hand up to pull Elphaba closer to her. She wanted to taste more of her girlfriend.

The green woman smiled into the kiss as she felt Viola's arms wrap around her neck. Never had Elphaba thought that she would be so lucky as to have an amazing girl kissing her across a candlelit table.

The kiss the two of them shared quickly became not so chaste as Viola finally slipped out her tongue to ask entrance into Elphaba's mouth.

The green woman denied entrance at first because she didn't quite know what she was doing. She had never shared an open mouthed kiss with anyone and the thought kind of scared her. What if she did everything wrong? What if her tongue moved the opposite way it was supposed to? What if it turned out she was a horrible kisser?

Viola felt Elphaba's apprehension and so she carefully removed the object of much concern. The bartender was content in kissing Elphaba how they were originally until the green woman was ready. She had told Elphaba that she was willing to wait and that meant in all aspects.

The kiss continued to wage on for another minute before Elphaba finally pulled back. She had a goofy smile on her face that mirrored that of Viola's.

"That was certainly better than our first kiss." Viola chuckled slightly as she wiped at some smeared lipstick she knew she had on her face.

"Much better." Elphaba smiled as she reached a hand up to wipe the lipstick that Viola had missed. The green woman was just so happy that her kiss had gone on uninterrupted by thoughts of Galinda. Maybe that little talk they had did work.

The two women continued to poke jabs at one another and tell stories of their past as dinner continued.

It was nearly seven o'clock when the two settled into a snuggling position on Elphaba's bed.

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"Galinda just order something already." Fiyero groaned in frustration as Galinda looked over the menu for the hundredth time. They had arrived at the restaurant thirty minutes ago and Galinda had still not decided.

"I don't know what I want." Galinda said a little too harshly. She was still frustrated with the whole Elphaba/Viola situation and so she was taking it out on Fiyero.

"Don't get snippy with me. I'm not the one who takes thirty minutes to decided between chicken or fish." Fiyero shot back with as much force in his words as Galinda had given him. He didn't know why the blonde was taking so long.

"Well what if I like both chicken and fish equally? What if I can't decide between the two!" Galinda yelled a little too loudly. Some of the other dining occupants overheard and glanced in their direction.

"Then you can have chicken tonight and fish the next time we go out." Fiyero offered up the most logical explanation. He couldn't understand what had come over his girlfriend. Galinda wasn't acting like her normal perky self. It was as if she were on bitch mode or something.

"I can't have both chicken and fish! It doesn't work that way. I have to choose!" The blonde huffed, not really thinking about chicken or fish anymore. Her thoughts had been on Elphaba since the two of them had left her dorm room.

"It's not that hard of a decision." Fiyero added snidely as he pulled the menu from Galinda's hand.

"Hey! I was looking at that!" The blonde yelled before pulling the menu back. "I need to know if I should get chicken or fish."

"Get the chicken." Fiyero rolled his eyes. Why was Galinda acting this way?

"But what if I want the chicken right now but when my food comes I wish I had the fish? What then?" Galinda questioned Fiyero.

"Then get both tonight." Fiyero suggested. He wouldn't mind paying for an extra meal if it meant shutting Galinda up for a while.

"I can't have both!" Galinda nearly screamed again.

"And why not?" The prince was interested to hear why Galinda couldn't have both fish and chicken.

"Because I just can't." The blonde huffed. "No one can have two. They are stuck with one."

"Galinda what in Oz are you talking about?" Fiyero asked. He understood now that this went beyond the decision of fish or chicken. Something was really bothering Galinda so much that it was affecting their date.

"Nothing." Galinda sulked once again.

"Fine." Fiyero gave up before standing from his seat.

"Where are you going?" Galinda asked as she saw her boyfriend stand from his chair and grab his coat.

"I'm going to eat. When you make up your mind whether you want fucking fish or chicken then you call me." Fiyero was too angry with Galinda to care about his use of the explicative in front of a lady.

The blonde watched as Fiyero left her sitting alone at the table. The time was only six forty-five and so Galinda decided to go back to her room. She wasn't really that hungry anyways.

She forgot that Elphaba was going to eat dinner with Viola.