Chapter 11. What Now?
Disclaimer: Mine? No. Sadly.
Glinda sat in Life Sciences. She had never felt so….alone.
Fiyero sat next to the window, Elphie's vacant seat beside him. Boq sat behind Glinda, and Nessa was on the other side of the room. The rest of the class sat in various seats around the room. Glances were cast towards the blonde, and whispers swarmed around the girl.
Once the news broke that Elphaba had disappeared- and that Glinda was somehow the cause- the whole of Shiz treated the girl like a leper. Rumors flew through the school like a witch on her broom:
That Elphaba's father had pulled her out of school.
That an unplanned pregnancy was discovered.
That Glinda and Elphaba had been lesbian lovers and that Elphaba had broken it off.
That Fiyero had slept with Glinda, and that Elphaba had found out and left.
That Glinda had murdered Elphaba and then destroyed the body.
Out of all of them, the school was betting on the last one.
None of them knew the truth. Only Glinda, Nessa, Boq, and Fiyero.
And Elphie.
And Madame Morrible, of course.
"Alright class, please read chapter eighteen, and write a three page essay on what you think was the creation of Oz. And Miss Glinda," Glinda stopped from gathering her books.
"Yes?"
"if, and when Miss Elphaba returns, please catch her up on her homework." Glinda nodded.
Once she left the classroom, Glinda joined the group at the small cafe outside of Shiz; the cafe that Elphie liked to frequent. As they took a table in the back, Glinda sulked down in her seat.
"Can you believe the rumors flying around campus?" Boq asked, after they ordered their tea.
"It's sick." Nessa said.
"Elphie's father pulling her out of school, an unplanned pregnancy, that you and Elphie were lovers, that I slept with you and Elphie found out, and that you killed Elphie and buried the body somewhere." Fiyero listed off the five major rumors that had made their way to the group's ears.
"But none of those things happened!" Glinda cried. "And now the whole school is blaming me!"
It was true. For someone who made more enemies than friends in her time at Shiz, Elphaba was sure gaining a support system since her disappearance.
"Well, we can't do anything about it now. Elphie's gone, and there's nothing we can do to get her back. We've looked through every book, every spell, every essay, and found nothing."
Boq said.
Nessa shook her head. "No. Elphie has to come home. She has too. We have to figure out something."
Glinda looked up at them.
"But what if we can't? What if we can't bring Elphie home? What if Elphie is stuck in wherever she's at? What then?"
Chapter 12 will be up soon....
