To: Elphie Thropp
Nest Hardings,
Munchkinland 5783
From: Miss Galinda Upland
Upper Uplands,
Gilkin, 2486
Oh Elphie...
Well, that didn't go exactly the way I thought it might but I guess it was better than the complete rejection I was sorta expecting. I think I wasn't exactly as crystal clear as I thought I was. Well actually it's pretty clear how unclear I was. I was as clear as mud as the saying goes. Ha ha ha…
I'm stalling can you tell?
That's not to say I don't appreciate you and admire you. I really, really do. As I made very clear the last letter and it's clear that I need to stop using the word clear. Ok deep breath Galinda.
Elphaba Thropp, you beautiful, smart yet incredibly dense girl. I didn't merely mean that I admire you. I meant that I…well I love you. And that isn't just as a friend Elphie, that's as more. I love everything you are, your moods your scowls, the way you hate my nail polish but still put up with me. The way you make me smile even when I've had a bad day. I'm completely in love with you and according to my father I "have it bad".
You know what social life means to me right? How I have always valued a strong, healthy social life over education and anything else? You know how I look at proper fashion choices as a bigger commitment than politics? Well I look at you as more important than fashion AND a social life. It's taken me a long, long time to figure it out but I finally got there.
Does that make sense to you now Elphie? Have I made myself…whats another word for clear? Obvious? Have I made it obvious to you how much I actually admire you?
Now, onto less intense topics…school starts soon *insert groan here* and if you still want to room with me after THIS massive discovery we need to get onto that. I know I sound a little 'devil-may-care' after declaring love but this is my 'I'm-secretly-panicking-and-trying-to-sound-devil-may-care' way and I'm good at it. Um…it's this topic or I ask about the weather and no one likes weather conversations…it's just awkward. (Just in case you do want to know…it's nice and sunny today. Tomorrow it's going to rain so I'm going to read the book you suggested in our glass atrium, yay weather conversations.)
I'm rambling. Elphie help me…I'm making an idiot out of myself and I probably will until you respond. Popsicle has refused to sit at the dinner table with me and Momsie because he's 'tired of my anxious fidgeting'. That's not fair, I'd stop if I could. Momsie's about two more meals away from leaving me at the table alone too so if you could respond back asap that would be much appreciated by all.
Ok…I'm going to go now before I say anything else stupid.
I hope this letter finds you safely.
Always yours
Toodle-oo
Lyndie
Xx
P.s: Uh…I realise I didn't acknowledge ANYTHING you said in your last letter. You admire me too? That's so nice to hear Elphie! I'm glad I could get you out of your shell and into life a bit more. You're too beautiful to be stuck behind a desk all your life and even if it means I have to share you with the rest of the world, I'm glad you can begin to really enjoy yourself. Even if nothing comes of this, our friendship will be something I treasure forever.
Ok that's really sappy. I'm not crying…
Bye Elphie.