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"champion"

"Listen up, Miss Elphaba." Galinda scowled into her roommate's exasperatingly make-up free face. "You've won this time, but I will definishly get a higher grade than you in our History exam next week. And if I do, swear you'll let me give you a make-over."

Elphaba peered over her book. "What if I get a higher grade?"

"Then you can turn my clothes black for a day," Galinda said with difficulty.

Elphaba grinned wolfishly.

She shouldn't have been too confident. Curse Doctor Nikadik and his cage, and their effect on my work ethic, she thought later when Galinda was champion.