Elphaba'sGirl: It was a flashback! I'm sorry, but Nanny had to be there. She's not that bad. And Megan is going to respond to your comment on her useless information. Here she is!

No. Oh no. Oh no no no no. I admit Chris Hemsworth is an EXCELLENT Thor, but Captain American Evans will always hold a special place in my heart. But if we are talking about Top 2 Sexiest Fictional Characters then I would have to go with 1) The Falcon 2) Mako Mori! 3) RDJ's left shoe

Also, note that I am not renown for my counting skills only my sass (it reaches uncontrollable levels often. I'm not sorry.)

NellytheActress: I don't care if you hate flashbacks. If I like them, I write them! HA!

Doglover645: I'm sorry it was so sad!

Guest: Again, I'm sorry the last chapter was so sad. It will get happier, eventually.

Chanty420: LOL! I showed Megan your review and she was beaming from ear to ear. (And Megan doesn't beam!) Mad props! I can't even do that, and I'm her best friend!

Galinda sat alone, perched on the edge of the fountain, a faraway gaze sparkling in her dark cerulean eyes. A soft breeze tussled past, threading through her long, golden locks and caressing her soft, pale skin. A wince and the wind stilled. Sighing, she shifted her gaze towards Suicide Canal.

For those walking past would have thought the ditzy blonde was merely taking in the beauty of Canal and its surrounding foliage, others would have wagered her mulling over the latest pair of shoes she had spotted in a corner store window and whether or not they would go with the many bazillions of gowns presently hanging in her closet. Course, all of them would have been wrong. Very wrong.

In truth, Galinda was at war with herself; well, more precisely, her heart and her mind were at war, and it was tearing the blonde apart. A part of her was happy for Elphaba, happy that she had found someone who loved and cared about her for whom she was and not her disability. It warmed her heart, watching Fiyero be so tender, so loving, towards Elphaba. She could see the love sparkling within the Prince's eyes whenever he was around her, whenever he touched her, held her, and kissed her, yet at the same time, it made her heart ache, for she wished Fiyero would have fallen in love with her instead. Sighing, she bowed her head.

"Galinda!" a voice shrieked. Startled, Galinda sat upright and, blinking her eyes open, turned and groaned, seeing Millie and the others approaching her.

"Hey, Millie!" Galinda waved. Sliding over, she rearranged her features into a convincing smile, or what she hoped would come across as a convincing smile. "What's up?" She forced as much bubbliness and joy into her voice as she could muster as the others approached with Avaric following close behind.

"We came to see how you were doing. How are you doing, dear?" Millie asked, having noticed the small frown on the blonde's face.

"I couldn't be happier," the blonde smiled.

"Aha. And the gre… I mean Elphaba, how is she?" Pfannee asked.

"She's great. She's in a class right now. I'm just waiting for her to finish."

"Oh… why's that?" ShenShen asked. Taking a seat, she neatly crossed her legs and, taking out a file from her purse, proceeded to fix her nails.

"We were going to go to a café and have lunch with FiFi after," Galinda giggled. It may not be lunch with just her and the prince, but at least she would be spending time with him, even if Elphaba was going to be in attendance as well.

"I see. Look Galinda, about that… I was wondering how in Oz do you communicate with her?" Millie frowned, having not paid attention to what the blonde had said earlier.

"What do you mean?"

"How do you two talk… communicate? I mean, we know she's blind and deaf, so how do you two even talk?"

"Oh. Well, Nessa taught me sign language." Stiffening, the blonde narrowed her eyes at Millie. "Why?"

"Well, here's the thing." Regally, Millie took a seat beside the blonde. "We've been thinking and we've realized it wasn't fair… how we've been treating Miss Elphaba, I mean. We hardly know her and she seems like a really nice girl."

"Go on," the blonde retorted. Glaring at her friends, she quirked an incredulous eyebrow at Millie.

"We were hoping you could teach us a little sign language… you know… open the lines of communication with her and hopefully move on to being friends," Millie smiled.

"You… what?"

"We want to be friends with Elphaba," Millie repeated.

"But you hate her," Galinda frowned.

"We did, but we thought about it and we realized we hated her for the wrong reasons. We never gave her a chance." Slowly, Millie cast Galinda a soft smile. "We judged her too quickly, Galinda and we want to make it up to her."

"Really?" Blinking, Galinda's mouth dropped open in shock. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Millie, Pfannee, and ShenShen wanted to become friends with Elphaba?

"Yes. We've seen how much she's changed you since you became friends with her, and you seem a lot happier too." Smiling, Millie cupped Galinda's hands in her own. "We really want to get to know her... honestly."

"I… guess I could teach you guys," the blonde started slowly. "But you honestly swear to Lurline that this is not a trick?"

"Why, Galinda… how could you possibly think such a thing from us," Millie gasped.

"I mean it, Millie. I'm more than happy to teach you how to sign, but only if what you're telling me is the truth and you wish to become friends with Elphie."

"Elphie?" Pfannee asked in disgust.

"That's the nickname I gave her," Galinda smiled.

"It's cute," ShenShen smiled.

"I think so, too!"

"Very cute. Now, how about those lessons?" Millie asked impatiently.

A few hours later, Elphaba sat alone outside by the fountain. The last Galinda had told her before disappearing to her next class was to wait for her and Fiyero by the fountain. From there, they would walk hand in hand to the café to have lunch.

Thankfully for Elphaba, Nessa had been informed of this planned outing and had made sure to keep Nanny distracted. The last thing Elphaba, or her friends, needed was a withered old woman tagging along and ruining their fun with her snorts, coughs, wheezes and occasional farts.

Giddily, Elphaba sat, bouncing her legs in anticipation for her lunch with Fiyero and Galinda. A soft smile pulled on her lips, thinking of her two best friends… well, best friend and boyfriend, that is. A light blush spread across Elphaba's cheeks, thinking of Fiyero. Bowing her head, she smiled as her fingers traced delicate patterns across her palm, the same patterns once made by Fiyero before he left to join Galinda for class. A soft, gurgle of a giggle slipped past her lips, remembering the feel of Fiyero's lips on hers. Suddenly, she stiffened, feeling footsteps approach. Lowering one hand to the fountain, she raised the other, reaching for the person approaching.

Fingers touched hers and Elphaba immediately relaxed. The smile returned, feeling soft delicate fingers touch the palm of her hand.

'Hello, Elphie.' the person signed.

Grabbing the hand, Elphaba signed back. 'Hi, Galinda. How was class?'

'Good. You ready to eat?'

Frowning, Elphaba quickly signed into the palm of Galinda's hand. 'What about Fiyero?'

'He told me he would go on ahead and reserve a table for us.'

'Oh. Okay.'

The hand gently threaded with Elphaba's and, with a gentle tug, helped lift the green girl onto her feet. Pulling her hand close, she signed quickly into Elphaba's hand. 'Let's go, Elphie!'

Elphaba nodded and obediently followed the blonde. At first, she had not been paying attention to how long it was taking to get to the café, for her mind was filled with joy at the thought of seeing – well, sort of seeing – Fiyero again that she hadn't realized the trip to the café was taking much longer than normal. Worried, she reached for Galinda's hand and, pulling it close, quickly signed into her palm. 'Galinda, where are we? Why is it taking longer to get to the café?'

'Don't worry about it, Elphie.'

Elphaba frowned, feeling the blonde roughly pull her hand away from her grasp. Grabbing it back, she quickly signed, more urgently this time, 'But it's never taken this long to get to the café! Where are we going? What's going on? Are you upset with me?'

Suddenly, they stopped. Elphaba could feel the blonde turn. A pregnant pause and something hard struck her across the cheek. Crying out, she fell to her knees and shivered. Roughly, a hand grabbed onto her wrist, bruising the skin beneath. A hard yank and she was pulled against someone.

'Fiyero?' Elphaba signed weakly. Trembling, her fingers reached for the strange person's face.

A hand grabbed onto hers and, squeezing hard, roughly brought her hand up to his face. A nod and Elphaba relaxed.

'Fiyero, what's going on? Where are we?' she signed quickly into the palm of his hand.

'You're really are stupid, aren't you?' Fiyero signed.

Immediately, Elphaba stiffened.

'You really thought I could care for someone like you? A disgusting green bean? Ha! As if. No one could care about you, let alone love you. You're worthless. A waste of space.'

'Fiyero?'

'You're nothing but a useless, blind, deaf woman. Who in Oz could love that?'

'Fiyero!'

'Do everyone a favor, Elphaba Thropp, and just leave and never come back.'

Elphaba could feel her heart breaking. Turning, she blindly reached for Galinda. Only feeling air, she started to wildly gesture with her fingers her hidden signal for the blonde; one the two had made up a few nights prior, should Elphaba need the blonde and she was too far away to touch.

Delicate fingers reached out and grasped onto Elphaba's, stilling her.

'Galinda!' Elphaba signed hysterically into the blonde's palm.

'I hate you, Elphaba Thropp. I never liked you to begin with. I only tolerated you so Fiyero and I could get closer. Now that were together, we don't need you around ruining our reputations and our lives.' the blonde signed back into Elphaba's palm.

'No. No, Galinda, please!'

'Goodbye, Elphaba Thropp, and good riddance.'

Elphaba felt the blonde roughly tear her hand away. A shift in movement and the hard vibrations of feet walking off into the distance pulse against the ground before dissolving. She sunk to her knees, tears welling in her eyes. A hard breeze swept past her, threading through her hair and making it billow wildly around her. A strangled cry ripped through her throat and Elphaba lowered her forehead to the forest ground.

Galinda and Fiyero walked out of the musty, old History building, chattering and laughing about the Professor's antics.

"Can you believe that guy?" the blonde giggled loudly.

"Only Professor Mierriet can get away with such!" Fiyero chuckled. Grabbing Galinda's books, he placed them over his own before taking her hand. "You ready for some lunch?"

"Oh, Shiz yeah! I purposely skipped breakfast for this!"

"Glin, why in Oz would you skip breakfast?" Fiyero frowned.

"Why not? The food at this café is so deliciouseouses!" the blonde exclaimed.

"True, but that still doesn't explain why you would skip breakfast. After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day."

"So I would have room for all that yummy food and tea. Duh!" the blonde retorted dryly.

"You've been hanging around Elphaba for far too long," Fiyero chuckled.

"You're saying it like it's a bad thing?" Galinda frowned.

"No way!" Movement caught Fiyero eye and he stopped, seeing Millie, ShenShen, Pfannee and Avaric stroll by, mischievous smirks painted on each of their faces.

"Fifi, what is it?" Galinda asked, noticing Fiyero's glare.

"Those four… they look like they're up to something… or were," Fiyero growled suspiciously.

"Why would you say that?"

"Just the look on their faces." A feeling of foreboding washed over Fiyero. Turning, he grabbed onto Galinda's hand. "Come on. The sooner we find Elphaba, the sooner we can relax."

Nodding, Galinda followed Fiyero to the fountain. "Where's Elphie? I told her to wait for us at the fountain," she exclaimed when they reached the fountain, the green girl nowhere in sight.

Fiyero was worried now. Elphaba normally didn't go off wandering on her own, especially when she knew that either he or the blonde would be coming to meet up with her. Plus, the looks on the others' faces just cemented his suspicions. Something had happened. Something bad.

"Fiyero?" Galinda asked worriedly.

A crack of thunder and the blonde screamed. Jumping in fear, she grabbed onto Fiyero's arm and buried her face in his shirt.

"Are you alright?" Fiyero asked gently.

"I… I don't like thunder."

Lifting his eyes to the sky, Fiyero watched as dark gray clouds quickly covered the sky. Lightning flashed overhead and thunder boomed, shaking the ground beneath him. Soon, drop by drop, the icy rain fell from the sky.

"Fiyero, we need to get inside!" Galinda cried.

"No… Elphaba is still out here somewhere." Turning, he cast his eyes around the courtyard and they still on Avaric, leaning casually against a brick wall, a smug smile painted on his lips. Pfannee, ShenShen, and Millie stood around him, laughing.

Grabbing Galinda's hand, Fiyero pulled the blonde towards the group.

"Oh hey, Fiyero, Galinda. How are you two?" Avaric smiled.

Stepping up next to him, Fiyero angrily punched Avaric hard across the face. Stumbling, Avaric slammed against the wall.

"Hey man, not cool!" Avaric protested.

Growling, Fiyero stepped up to Avaric and, grabbing the front of his shirt, pulled him close.

"What. Have. You. Done?" he growled.

"I don't know what you mean," Avaric smiled innocently.

"Don't lie to me! What did you do?" Fiyero roared.

"Fiyero!" Galinda cried.

"They did something to Fae. I can feel it and I want to know what!" Fiyero shouted.

"Fae? You mean it actually was given a pet name? How… cute," Millie snorted in disgust.

"What did you do to her!?"

"We did nothing more than what she deserved," Avaric sniffed.

"Tell me or I'll..."

"Why do you even care? She's a freak!" Millie challenged.

"She's more human than any of you combined," Fiyero growled. "Now tell me what you did!"

"Nothing, man. We only led her into the woods and left her there," Avaric admitted after Fiyero punched him again.

"You what!?" Galinda screamed.

"It's pouring ice out here and you leave her alone in the woods? Are you insane!?" Fiyero roared.

"She'll find her way back," Millie sighed, waving it off.

"She's blind, you nit! How in Oz is she supposed to find her way back?" Galinda snarled.

Pushing Avaric away, Fiyero grabbed Galinda's hand. "Come on!" Throwing one last glare at the group, Fiyero turned and pulled Galinda towards the woods.

"Good luck finding her!" Millie shouted after them. "Even if you do, I doubt she'll want to have either of you two touching her," she added as an afterthought.

Megan's Corner of Useless Information Fact #7:

So I just realized that this is a bit like an odd conversation with someone in a non-linear way, except it's not really a conversation since you can't get a word in, and the other person keeps rambling on without stopping for breath until you realize that the other person is actually a bunch of text on the internet and realize you can skip over it.

Theoretical solutions for the Apocalypse: AKA: HOW TO DEAL WITH THE COLLAPSE OF SOCIETY AND LIFE AS WE KNOW IT

1. Freak Out

2. Join the other side as quickly as possible, because who said you had to be with humanity?

3, Inject you and your child with unknown blood and wait for results

4. Create a small army of ruthless children by teaching them how to read and then use that knowledge to take down the crumbling and corrupt secret government agency

5. Run up North and live in the woods surviving off of berries and ANIMALS THAT YOU SLAYED WITH YOUR BARE HANDS LIKE A MIGHTY WARRIOR AS YOU WEAR THEIR PELTS IN TRIUMPH

6. Lead the last revolution of humanity against the Oncoming Storm

7. Hide yourself down in an impenetrable bunker and live the rest of your life crying and trying to understand the mysteries of the Universe (or rewatch Disney movies while living off jerky sticks and Jolly Ranchers)

8. Create an army of the undead and lead onward to your quest of glory to takeover the world

9. Build a pirate ship, gather a crew of ghosts and sail awesomely into the sunset while pillaging the remaining coasts

10. Die

11. Build a dystopian futuristic society where you have a bunch of children fight to the death every year and to remind people how cultured you are because it keeps the population in check! Also, it is a very involved form of entertainment thank you very much.

12. Gather your fellow bunch of mutants and lead an expedition to the stars to search for a new home

13. Don't die

14. Move beneath the waves and adapt to have fins and become a mermaid

15. Join up with fellow remaining beings of intelligence and rebuild society into the perfect world

16. Build GiGANTic robots to PUNCH ALIENS IN THE FACE BECAUSE WE ARE CANCELLING THE APOCALYPSE!

(Just so you'd know, I'd totally choose 1, 6, 9, 14 and 16)

(AS you can also figure out, world domination is my solution to everything)

(Also this started out as a joke and then spiraled quickly out of hand)

Tune in Next Week for my Review on Why Pacific Rim is one of the Coolest Movies of the Year.

Have a nice life!

Sincerely,

That person who doesn't know what to do with herself, so she does this instead