Elphaba entered her room as little as possible. She mostly slept in the common area of the dorms. She would go to her room in the afternoons, when Galinda was sure to be out, to shower and grab her clothes. The two hadn't talked in the past month. Fiyero had not so politely told Boq that if he didn't find someone to switch rooms with, he wouldn't have a room at all. What was once their joyful friend group disintegrated. Boq and Milla now sat with anti-magic activists from Munchkinland. Galinda and Avaric sat with Pfanee and Shenshen, and Nessa started sitting with the girls she worked with in the student council.
Fiyero and Elphaba sat with two men from the Emerald city. The first one was Tibbett. He was the one who switched rooms with Boq, he was thrilled of course. The rooms in Daxe hall were much better than the one he currently has resided in, additionally it was closer to Crope's room. Crope was the other man to sit at the table. Him and Tibbett were just "friends" as it were. Still, Tibbett never seemed to be in the shared room, even at night, so Fiyero could only assume.
"So, Elph, you going to the Ozdust this weekend." Tibbett said. His voice was a dead ringer for all those old audio commercials Ozgur's father had given him. He called the accent transatlantic if she hadn't been mistaken.
"And what? sit alone while I watch my ex-best friend and Ex-boyfriend dance the night away." To be honest Elphaba didn't care much about what had happened, at least not as much as she should have. Galinda's actions upset her but it was nothing that broke her heart and she wasn't crying over Avaric, that was for sure.
"Well I figured Fiyero here would take you. I am aren't you guys... together?" Crope responded in lieu of Tibbett.
Fiyero currently had his arm around Elphaba's shoulders, making matters worse. He felt her tense as she heard the sentence. He had given her space since the whole incident. He even let her use his shower when Galinda and Laiv- Nessa's roommate- got sick, making it impossible for her to shower in either room. It was slightly awkward when she came out of the shower though. He could see the beautiful lines of green above her chest, he stared longer than he should have before realizing he had been sitting on her clothes.
Fiyero loved all of Elphaba, most of all her mind. That didn't mean that he didn't imagine throwing her on the bed and taking her so hard the only word she'd remember was his name. So after she left he did the only logical thing a 20 year old boy could do. Masturbate. Which ended up being worse cause as he finished off, whispering 'Fae' over and over again, Tibbett, in one of his rare occasions, entered the room. It was not a fun day.
"No, we... were just..." Elphaba started but couldn't finished. They were far past just friends. She didn't know how she felt about him. She did know it terrified her. How he held her that day in the woods, how he stared at her like she was a work of art, how he looked at her when he thought she couldn't see. More over, she had started wearing the necklace he gave her. Sending him messages he didn't know how to interpret.
"Shame" Crope said. "The two of you would make beautiful babies." Fiyero spit out the water he'd been drinking.
"I need to go." Elphaba said. Before any of the men surrounding her could say anything, she was down the hall. She ran into her room, only to find Galinda, and Avaric, in the middle of having sex. Galinda fell off the bed, grabbed the blanket and jumped up.
"Elphie, I-" she started.
"Need to put some clothes on. Him too." Elphaba finished. And the two did just that. Elphaba had never seen Avaric naked before. He was muscular but buff, not like Fiyero who was lean. It was odd seeing him naked at all, considering the status of their relationship.
"Look we-" Galinda started once again.
"Are doing a normal thing that couples do. It's fine really." Elphaba said. There was a silence. Whatever conversation the girls were putting off was happening.
"So you're not mad?" Avaric questioned. The two girls looked at him with an ice cold gaze. "What?"
"Leave." They both said in unison. Avaric left.
"Elphie, I don't know how to say I'm sorry, I mean I'm still screwing him so obviously it doesn't sound true but..." Galinda cried.
"Galinda, I could care less that you're fucking my ex. This isn't about Avaric." Elphaba said.
"Then what's it about?" Galinda was confused.
"It's about the fact that I thought I could trust you. That you had just become privy to one my biggest secrets, and I couldn't even trust you not to kiss my boyfriend, let alone not tell everyone we knew about me being a witch."
"Elphie, I didn't tell anyone. I definitely wouldn't have even suggested it if I'd known about Boq."
"Yeah, well, that was a while other can of worms I didn't want to get into."
"Oh that I forced you to be friends with your would be murderer."
"There are worse things." Elphaba said.
"Like what!" Galinda was half way between a scream and a sob.
"A church mass with Unionists." There were two main religions in Oz, Lurinists and Unionists. The main difference was that Lurinists believed magic brought one closer to the Unnamed god, as he had bestowed it upon Oz. Unionist, on the other had, though the devil had created magic to make people stray. The two most religious countries were Munchkinland and The Vinkus, the Gilkin and the Quadlings were spiritual but very rarely took part in religious gatherings.
At this pointed there was only silence in the room, both girls were sat on their beds.
"Elphie, I hate this. I want my best friend back." Galinda voice was soft and sad.
"I don't know if you can have that." It wasn't a matter of not missing Galinda, but of trust.
"Will you at least come back to the room? I can't stand seeing you in the common room all night." Galinda had put on the puppy eyes.
"I... yeah. Okay. Yes I will." Elphaba agreed. Galinda smiled and ran to hug her friend with a death grip.
"Oh I've been wanting to tell you. You know Fiyero's new roommate, Tibbett?"
"Yeah..." Elphaba said in a worried tone.
"Well we have Animal (not animal) Biology together. We were doing a project and he told me that he walked in on Fiyero... uh... ya know... beating the pole." She blushed.
"As 20 year olds do." Elphaba responded.
"No. That's not the point. He was whispering some girls name." Elphaba felt her heart drop a little. She didn't know why, they weren't together are anything.
"So I was wondering, Do you know any Faes?"
"I'm sorry, what?" Elphaba's head shot up.
"Well that's the name Tibbett said Fiyero was repeating." Galinda said. "So do you?"
"Yeah, actually. I do. I'm... I'm sorry I need to go, uh, I'll be back in a minute." Elphaba ran out of the room.
