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FaerieTales4ever: What is that a reference from?

Torchakaywrites: I'm 17. And you didn't ask for feels? Well, I didn't ask for the paper cut you gave me!

LifelongLeahstar: If you kill Fiyero, how are we gonna have Fiyeraba? It would just be "aba", which isn't as much fun.

Zenaida (Guest): I don't mean to be a life-ruiner (actually, I totally do!)

And I know you are all upset and worried about the Fiyeraba, but it will be fixed… maybe…

The blonde marched around the campus like a woman on a mission (which she was). She had a serious bone to pick with the prince. She had to get to the bottom of his behavior, especially since he didn't even pretend to be happy to see her after Lurlinemas break. It's not like she did anything wrong. But first… she had to find him. She walked past the café when something caught her eye. She did a double take and pressed her face against the window, seeing something that made her shoulders sag in surprise.

Fiyero was sitting at a table talking to a girl… who wasn't Elphaba. Galinda knew she had seen her before somewhere. She racked her brain for the girl's name. Alecta, wasn't it? She was probably in one of her classes, but that wasn't an important detail at the moment. Her thick, dark brown hair was tied in a braid that reached just past her shoulder blades. Her hazel eyes seemed to sparkle as she looked at Fiyero. Her lips were thin and soft as they curled upwards into a small smile. But they weren't just talking, the blonde noticed as she stopped examining the girl; they were talking and laughing. And eating the exact. Same. Thing.

Not on my watch, you're not, Galinda thought, narrowing her eyes and frowning at the prince. She opened the door and walked inside, putting on her most charming smile.

"Hi, Alecta, is it?" Galinda asked, approaching the two.

The girl looked up. "Yes. You're Galinda, right?"

The blonde smiled. "The one and only. I'm sorry to disturb you on your… date ("DATE?!" the blonde screamed inwardly), but may I borrow Fifi for a few clock-ticks? I promise I'll bring him right back."

Alecta looked at the prince, who was refusing to look at the blonde. "It's alright." She looked at Fiyero, who still had yet to move. "Fiyero, go talk to your friend."

"I… I really don't think –" Fiyero started.

"You're coming with me right now, mister, and that's final!" Galinda hissed as she pulled the prince up, surprising him by her strength for a petite blonde. She flashed Alecta a smile before pulling Fiyero out of the café behind her. She pulled him behind a tree so that she could properly yell at him without turning as many heads.

"What in the name of Oz do you think you're doing?!" she hissed, glaring directly into Fiyero's eyes.

"Well, I was having a nice meal with Alecta…" Fiyero started.

"Not that, you brainless idiot! I meant what happened between you and Elphie?"

Fiyero stiffened. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Well, that's just too bad, because you're going to talk about it, whether you want to or not. You're really hurting her, Fiyero, and I want to know why."

"It's none of your business, Galinda," Fiyero argued, sighing.

"I'm making it my business, because if you don't tell me, I'll be forced to kill you."

"Elphaba doesn't want to speak to me."

"Fiyero, didn't she come up to your room last night? Because I'm pretty sure that when someone doesn't want to talk to you, they don't go looking for you."

"I don't know why she did that. I guess she just wanted to rub it in."

"I'll rub something in you, alright, if you don't tell me what's going on!" Galinda threatened, way beyond dead serious, though her threat didn't make complete sense to the Vinkun. "Stop being so stubborn and tell me why you're acting like this!"

"She doesn't want to see me, alright! She doesn't want to be my girlfriend. She said that we were through. She doesn't love me."

"She loves you, Fiyero. She's confused and upset and I-don't-even-know-what-else right now because of all this, but she still loves you."

"She said she didn't."

"When?"

Fiyero was about to say "in her letter", but something stopped him. He couldn't bring himself to say it. It still stung and he didn't feel like getting emotional. "Nothing, Galinda. Now, if you don't mind, I would like to get back to my date."

"I mind! I mind very much!" Galinda called after him as he hurried back to the café and disappeared inside. Sighing, she fisted her hands against her hips. What was wrong with that prince? Had he lost his common sense? The blonde continued to ask herself these questions, not really looking for direct answers, as she walked back to her room.

When she opened the door, she saw Elphaba on her bed, reading a book. The green girl heard the door open and when it didn't close, she looked up to see Galinda going through her shoes.

"Glin, what are you doing?"

"I'm looking for the highest stiletto I have," the blonde responded, half her body buried in her closet.

"Why?"

"So I can kill Fiyero."

Elphaba blinked and put her book aside. "Did you talk to him?"

Galinda looked up and paused, wondering if she should tell Elphaba what she had discovered. But seeing the desperation and worry in her roommate's eyes, she decided to tell her. "I saw Fiyero in the café today. I pulled him out, literally, and asked him if he had lost his mind and what was going on. At first, he told me that it was nothing and that it was none of my business, but then he realized that I could actually kill him, and started talking. He didn't say much, but he did say that you said that you don't want to speak to him. I asked him that if that was the case, then why did you go up to his room to try and talk to him. He didn't know why you did that, but he seemed really upset about everything. He actually seemed really confusified as to why you did that. He thought you were rubbing it in, whatever 'it' is. Then he said that you said that you don't love him."

Elphaba blinked as she tried to process all of Galinda's information. "I… I never said that."

"I know you didn't. He wouldn't even tell me when you said it."

"He couldn't have misinterpreted anything I said in my letter. I didn't even say anything remotely close to that."

"This doesn't sound like something was misinterpreted. He genuinely believes that you said these things to him. I'm not saying that you actually did," Galinda added quickly when Elphaba closed her eyes. "I'm just saying that that's what he thinks."

"I have to go talk to him," the green girl said, getting up and beginning to put on her winter gear.

"Elphie, wait," Galinda said, grabbing her friend's arm. "There's something else you should know."

"What?"

"Fiyero… when I saw him in the café, he… he was with another girl… on a date."

Time seemed to stop for Elphaba. Fiyero had really moved on this quick? They never had a mutual break-up, but Fiyero seemed to have made that official move first. "Wh-What?"

"I'm sorry, Elphie."

"He's… he's moved on already? This quick?"

Galinda lowered her eyes and nodded. When she didn't hear Elphaba move or say anything else, she looked up and found her frozen in place. "Elphie…?"

"Fine."

"Elphaba..."

"Fine. If this is what he wants, I won't push him anymore. If he thinks that I don't want to talk to him, then we just won't talk to each other anymore."

This was obviously not what the blonde had wanted to happen. She watched as Elphaba threw her winter gear to the floor and stalked back to her bed. "Would you like some hot chocolate?" was the only thing she could think of at the moment that would make her roommate feel better.

"No," Elphaba said shortly, laying down with her back facing the blonde, and going back to her book. But she was only half-reading it, her mind distracted by other things that had nothing to do with 'An Analogy of Oz's Greatest Poets'.

As so, life went on. Fiyero and Alecta continued to date, and Elphaba went back to spending most of her time with her sister. They had one big snowstorm that cancelled all classes, which students took advantage of to have snowball fights. Elphaba would watch from inside her dorm room at everyone having fun in the show. Her eyes scanned the groups until she saw Fiyero with Alecta, throwing snowballs at each other. Alecta's hit Fiyero right in the mouth and he spit the snow out before tackling her and trying to bury her in the snow. He looked like he was having the time of his life, while she was stuck inside. Every so often, their paths would cross. Their eyes would meet and they would both turn away. They refused to speak about or acknowledge each other's existence.

As the snow began to melt and spring tried to force its way through, it had seemed as though Fiyero and Elphaba had completely forgotten about everything they had shared. They began to speak together again, but they were extremely curt and short. Elphaba continued to spend most of her time with her sister, which Nessa didn't mind in the least. She was more than happy to have the close relationship they used to have.

Fiyero and Alecta also seemed very happy with each other. They were almost always together, giggling and playing with each other's fingers. They were mostly spotted together in the café or in the common room, enjoying each other's company. There were many times where Elphaba had walked past and see them practically trying to kiss each other's faces off, and she had promptly turned and walked in the other direction. She didn't know why, but the more she tried to push Fiyero from her mind, the more he came back into her thoughts.

One day, she was studying in the library for her history quiz when she heard footsteps approaching her. She looked up to find one of the last people she expected to see.

"Hi," Alecta said.

"Hi," Elphaba said, though very suspiciously.

"Can I… can I talk to you?"

Elphaba looked at her before gesturing to the seat across from her and closing her book as Alecta sat down. "What is it?"

Alecta played with her thumbs. "I… I wanted to talk to you about… Fiyero."

Elphaba stiffened. Why would Alecta want to talk about Fiyero? She had accepted the fact that the two were dating and had stayed out of their business.

"I know he still has feelings for you," the other girl said, looking up at the green girl. "When I was with him, even though we have a good time together, I could tell that he's distracted. When we kissed, it was almost like he was forcing himself to. I… I feel like he was using me to help him forget you."

Elphaba was speechless. Where was all of this coming from? Why was Fiyero's girlfriend telling her this?

"I did enjoy being with Fiyero, and we did have fun together, but everything felt so forced. I would ask him about it, but he would always deny it. Finally, last night was the last straw. We were about to... you know... and I could tell that he was really distracted. So I called him out and told him that enough was enough. If he still wanted to be with me, then I would be okay. But if his heart and mind were still with you, I was going to leave."

"What did he say?" Elphaba asked neutrally, trying not to get her hopes up.

"He didn't say anything, but I already knew the answer. I've seen the way you two look at each other. I've tried to ignore it, thinking that it would stop soon, but it didn't. You two are clearly not over your breakup."

"It wasn't exactly a mutual break up," Elphaba admitted softly.

"I figured that much. What I'm saying is that he still has deep feelings for you. He tried to deny it, but I knew better. I didn't want to be used as a distraction, so I broke up with him. And I'm fine with it, too. I've seen it coming for a while. Even when we started seeing each other, deep down, I could tell that he wasn't attracted to me the way I wanted him to be."

"I'm sorry," Elphaba whispered. "I didn't mean to –"

"It's okay, I know you didn't. And it's not your fault. Maybe he just isn't the one."

"You know, many other girls would have jumped at the chance to be Fiyero's girlfriend."

Alecta laughed softly. "I know. I did, too. But his heart belongs to you. And I would much rather have someone love me for me rather than just being together because of status. Although… status really does make stuff much more fun," she said and both girls shared a quick laugh.

"Thanks, Alecta," Elphaba said once they stopped laughing.

"You're welcome, Elphaba. Just… talk to him, before he does the same thing with another girl."

Elphaba nodded and watched as the other girl walked away. She had to talk to Fiyero, now that she knew how he really felt. She just hoped that he would want to talk to her, too.

So, I took a teeny-tiny break from #NiaHasNoChill, but I promise that it will be back in the next chapter.