Glinda and Elphaba sat at a table in the cafeteria eating their lunches. Elphaba had a big bowl of soup and some biscuits, while Glinda had a small salad.
The green woman was eating her food ravenously because she had not eaten a decent meal since the day before. Her and Glinda were supposed to have breakfast together but got distracted.
Glinda was picking through her food with her fork. The green woman noticed this and immediately spoke up.
"Are you not feeling good?" Elphaba asked as she dipped her biscuit into her soup.
Glinda looked up from her salad. "What do you mean?" She had no clue why Elphaba would assume she was sick.
"I mean that you aren't eating much. You've taken two bites of your salad. Are you feeling ill?" Elphaba asked concerned and reached out to grab Glinda's hand.
"No." Glinda replied and looked back towards her salad. "I'm just not that hungry."
"Not that hungry? You are always hungry my sweet." Elphaba chuckled.
Glinda shifted uncomfortably in her seat and removed her hands from Elphie's. Apparently what the green girl said had upset her.
"I said I'm not hungry." Glinda replied harshly, which caught Elphaba off guard. Had she said something wrong?
"I'm sorry Glin. I didn't mean to offend you." Elphaba apologized.
The two remained silent for a couple more seconds before Elphaba finally spoke up. The curiosity had gotten the better of her.
"How can you not be hungry? I'm usually the one not hungry and I'm starved after our morning activities." Elphaba asked why Glinda refused to eat.
Glinda was silent for a couple of seconds and then out of nowhere blurted, "Do you think I'm fat?"
Elphaba was taken back at this question. Of course she didn't think Glinda was fat. How in Oz could Glinda think such a thing? The blonde only weighed about ten more pounds than her.
"Of course not." Elphaba reassured her girlfriend that she wasn't overweight.
Glinda looked unsure. "Are you sure you're not lying to make me feel better?"
"I swear to you that I am not lying. You are not fat Glinda." Elphaba didn't know what had brought on such a conversation. Had she accidentally said something to set her love off?
"Why do you think you are fat?" Elphaba reached out her hand to cup Glinda's chin. She lifted it so that their eyes met.
Glinda hesitated once she saw the confusion in her girlfriend's eyes.
"I don't know." Glinda shrugged. "It's just that there are so many more attractive women out there than I am and they are all skinnier. You are even skinnier than I am." Glinda huffed.
"Glinda you are the most attractive woman I have ever seen. All those overly skinny twigs mean nothing to me. They are so skinny that they look sickly. Their bones protrude from their skin. I don't want that. I want you the way you are." Elphaba tried to convince her girlfriend that those other woman actually turned her off.
"So you don't think I need to go on a diet?" Glinda asked weakly.
"No, and If you did then I'd force feed you." Elphaba smiled at the thought of having to feed Glinda.
"Oh." Was all Glinda could manage to say. She still didn't look entirely satisfied.
"Glinda what brought this about?" Elphaba asked where Glinda had ever got the crazy notion to go on a diet.
"I overheard some of the girls talking. They said that men only liked women who were smaller than they were. I'm bigger than you." Glinda sighed. She couldn't let this feeling of dread disappear. What if Elphaba decided to leave her for a smaller model?
"Well A.) I am not a man, B.) You shouldn't believe everything you hear, and C.) I love you the way you are." Elphaba tried to convince Glinda that she wouldn't leave her for someone smaller.
"So you're not going to trade me in for someone more your size?" Glinda asked timidly.
"Never in a million years. You are beautiful the way you are." Elphaba smiled and leaned in the kiss her girlfriend. She didn't care that they were in public.
When the two pulled back from their kiss Glinda was smiling once again.
"So shall we order you some real food?" Elphaba chuckled as she pointed to the few pieces of lettuce that Glinda had butchered with her fork.
"Yes please." Glinda was suddenly bubbly once again. "And thank you my love."
Elphaba stared lovingly into Glinda's eyes. "Your welcome."
