Time flew as the two danced, hardly leaving each other's sides all night. They occasionally stopped to talk with Boq and some of their other friends, but almost every moment of the dance was spent in each other's arms.
"I don't think I'm going to be able to stand by the end of the night," murmured Elphaba as they slow danced the last dance on the floor.
"I don't that's going to be a problem," Fiyero smiled as he pulled her in close, rocking back and forth slowly to the beat of the last song.
"Mmm, and why do you say that," murmured Elphaba, brushing her lips against his neck.
"Because I envision us no longer standing in about ten minutes," he grinned at the thought. "However, you'd better not be too tired, because that on the other hand would be a problem..."
"Tired? No," replied Elphaba softly, pulling her head back. "And as much as I like the tux, I think it would look better off on the floor."
"...how is this song not over yet?" he smiled, leaning down to kiss her neck lightly. Just as he finished his comment, the song did in fact end, and the two were left standing in the dance floor. "I think it's time to go..." he whispered in her ear.
"I have to thank Doctor Dillamond and Boq first," she murmured, "And then we can see how the floor looks wearing your outfit..."
"I think the floor would look outstanding wearing both of our outfits," he smiled in response. "Well Dillamond's right over there," Fiyero pointed to the other side of the room, "I'll go say hi to Boq and meet you there."
"Alright," Elphaba said with a smile, unwillingly separating herself from him and drifting over to where Doctor Dillamond stood. "Hello, Doctor."
"Why hello Miss Elphaba! You looked quite lovely on the dance floor this evening," he smiled at her.
"Thank you," Elphaba said with a small smile. "Though I should be thanking you for that.
"Oh it was my pleasure Miss Elphaba. After all the times you've let me share your lunch, it's the least I could do. But what are you doing talking to me? Enjoy the night with your friends!"
"Just wanted to thank you, Doctor," Elphaba smiled before turning around.
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"Hey Boq," Fiyero smiled as he approached, "looks like you and Shen-Shen have been having a great time."
"We have been. She just ran over to make sure Glinda wasn't dying or passed out drunk yet." Boq smiled at him. "It's nice to finally talk to you tonight."
"I know, it's been an insane week..." Fiyero sighed, "but everything's the way it should be now," he smiled as he looked over in Elphaba's direction.
"I suppose I shouldn't wait up for you tonight," Boq said with a grin.
"Haha, I hope not...I wouldn't want to disturb you and Shen-Shen either," he winked.
"Surprisingly, Shen Shen's not like that. She likes all the romantic-take-it-slow-wait-until-after-marriage crap."
"Well that's still great, you two make a great couple," Fiyero smiled, yet was still thinking about Elphaba.
Boq saw the distracted look in his eye. "There's no talking to you tonight, is there?" Rolling his eyes, he turned Fiyero around. "Go talk to your girlfriend."
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Smiling, Elphaba turned around to find Fiyero- and nearly crashed into Glinda.
Galinda felt herself stumbling around in a drunken state, but she didn't care. She looked Elphaba up and down, murmuring, "So...did you and my date have a nice time?"
"Galinda, I think you need to get back to your room before you do something stupid... where's Pfanee?" Even though she had been torturing the blonde for the past week, Elphaba couldn't help but let the part that still cared about her former friend worry.
"Oh NOW you're concerned for my happiness and well-being? Well thanks so much for that," Galinda sighed, staring at the glass of red wine still clutched in her hand. With an evil grin, Galinda brought the glass up over Elphaba's beautiful dress and poured, murmuring a sarcastic, "Oops!" as she did so.
"Wow. That was childish." Elphaba stared at the stain, trying to remember how Madame Morrible had taught them to spell off stains...
Fiyero turned away from Boq just in time to see Galinda pouring the wine over Elphaba's dress, and he rushed over to her side. "Come on Elphaba, we have better things to do than deal with this..."
"No, no, I got it." Elphaba frowned, staring at the dress. The stain spread out and thinned until it invisible. "There." Elphaba looked up at Galinda with a smile. "Helps to pay attention in class sometimes."
Galinda suddenly felt sick. Sick from seeing her boyfriend and Elphaba together. Sick from being out-shown in magical skills. Sick from all the wine. Turning quickly with a hand over her mouth, Galinda ran from the room.
"Hey, are you alright?" Fiyero turned to Elphaba, his eyes showing his concern.
"I'm fine... somebody needs to go after her, though..." Elphaba watched her former friend dart out of the room with concern.
Fiyero watched as Pfanee went running behind Galinda, arms flailing. "Well it looks like she's got someone to help her out, but I can go check on her too if you want..."
"You're not going anywhere near her. She's full of wine and she is not going to be the reason that suit comes off." With a smile, Elphaba leaned over, linking her hand with his.
"Well, personally I think my suit would only look good on one person's floor, and it's certainly not Galinda's..." he gripped her hand, leaning in towards her.
"Yeah... we'd better, get out of here," murmured Elphaba with a small sigh.
"You're reading my mind," he grinned, leading the way towards the door. "...and can you guess what I'm thinking about now?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Probably something about whipped cream." Elphaba felt her cheeks darken slightly.
"I'm not very subtle, am I?" he asked while pulling her in for a kiss as they continued walking back to her room. "Unfortunately, no room in my pockets for whipped cream," he sighed with disappointment.
"I'm sure you'll think of something," murmured Elphaba, what had happened tonight finally coming back to hit her. It had worked.
"Oh I can think of lots of things," he grinned, then began whispering a few ideas into her ear as they approached her dorm room, waiting to see her reaction.
Elphaba had a feeling that if she blushed any more furiously, her cheeks would explode. "That's enough, 'Yero," she muttered.
"Oh I think we're just getting started!" Fiyero grinned as he pulled Elphaba into the dorm room and began kissing her passionately, closing the door behind them. -fades to black-