Hi, so this is a sequel to "Two Best Friends" so if you haven't read that yet then you should before you read this one. It was so hard coming up with a title for this story, I decided to go with "In A Perfect World" because thats the first line in Idina Menzel's song "Gorgeous." That song has always reminded me of Gelphie because in a perfect world Gelphie will always be together and be whoever they both want to be without any trouble. That might not always be the case, but we'll see.
Anyway, an entire school year has gone by and a new one is approaching. Elphaba and Galinda are starting their third year at Shiz. Elphaba's sister Nessarose is starting at Shiz as well, along with Galinda's cousin Ayla.
Two more days. Only two more days until she would get to see her girlfriend again. The green girl had been mentally counting down and now she was down to the wire. She had all of her bags packed to head off to school tomorrow for the start of a new year.
Elphaba had spent the first half of summer vacation with Galinda and her family in Frottica, and the second half back home in Munchkinland. Ever since she visited over spring break the year before last, Elphaba had always been welcome in the Upland's household. In fact, she had spent this past winter and spring break with them. But she was needed back home for a while for the last two weeks of summer. Galinda was welcome to come with her, but their family had already made arrangements to visit relatives in various parts of Gillikin. It was a tough decision but Elphaba encouraged her girlfriend to go see her relatives, although she would deeply miss her, she wasn't quite ready for Galinda to meet her not so welcoming family and see where she came from. So as hard as it was the two parted ways for two whole weeks. They wrote to each other as often as they could.
Within that time Elphaba did a lot of helping out back home. She didn't mind spending time with her sister, but really didn't miss her father at all. She assisted with Nessa, to give Nanny a break. In her little bit of spare time she got a lot of reading done and played around with her musical instrument. She had a lot of business to attend to and there were several nights where she had to stay with her grandfather to discuss becoming the next Eminent Thropp.
It felt weird sleeping alone at night without her little blondie by her side to cuddle with. She missed Galinda a lot. She started using her own hands at night to pleasure herself. It wasn't exactly the same, but it eased the need for it.
Tomorrow Elphaba would be off on a train to Shiz. Nessarose will be starting school at Shiz this year as well. The returning students go back several days before the new students, to create less commotion. Nanny suggested that she and Nessarose could go a few days ahead so Elphaba wouldn't have to travel alone, but Elphaba insisted she would be fine. She wanted to have a few days with just her and Galinda before Nessa would be there nagging her. Besides, she was now 20 years old, going on 21 in a few months, she felt perfectly fine traveling alone.
Elphaba was so relieved to finally arrive at the train station in Gillikin. It had been a long uncomfortable ride which included one sleepless night at an inn and she just couldn't wait to see Galinda again. She got her bags and sat on a bench to wait for the Uplands. Galinda's parents were dropping her off and said they'd be more than happy to pick up Elphaba at the train station.
The green girl had been waiting for a while and her face lit up when she saw a car pull up. Seconds after the car stopped, the back door flung open and the blonde sprang out. She ran towards the green girl and hugged her as tight as she possibly could.
"Oh Elphie! I've missed you sooooo much!" she said as tears flowed down her cheeks. Elphaba kissed her on the forehead.
"I've missed you even more my sweet." they tightly embraced and showered each other with light kisses until Larena and Darryl got out of the car and greeted Elphaba as well.
"Alright girls, lets get these bags in car, we still have a 30 minute ride to Shiz, you two can hug all the way there." Larena said, prying them apart. They had to squeeze Elphaba's bags in the backseat because the trunk was full of Galinda's luggage.
When they to got Shiz, they received their key from Madame Morrible office and headed to their dorm. Once they got all their bags up to room 22 of Crage Hall, they spent the next few hours unpacking. Pretty soon it was like they had never left.
Once they were all settled in, Galinda's parents said their goodbyes and the girls were on their own. They got comfortable on Galinda's bed and talked about their past two weeks.
"When is your sister coming?" Galinda asked. "I thought she'd be with you."
"No, she and Nanny will be coming in a few days when the other new students arrive."Elphaba explained.
"Your Nanny is coming too?"
"Yeah, Nessa can't walk, she's wheelchair bound if you recall, and she'll need assistance."
"Oh yeah. Will I get to meet your father too?" the blonde asked.
"I'm sure you will. I mean, I barely got a goodbye from him before I left, but I'm certain he'll come all this way to see his precious Nessarose off on her first day."
"Do any of them know about us?" Galinda asked.
"They're aware that we're very close friends, anything more I have yet to tell them." Elphaba said.
"It's alright, take your time. I know how religious they are." the blonde said.
"Did I tell you Ayla is coming?" she brought up minutes later.
"Oh really?"
"Yep, she got accepted into Shiz as well as the college Walker goes too, but she chose to go here so she can be with us!"
"Thats cool," Elphaba said. "I haven't seen her in a while."
That stayed in that position for a while. Cuddling close together on the frilly pink bed. Just talking. Two weeks is a long time to go without hearing each others voices.
It was later in the evening when the blonde's tummy started rumbling.
"Hungry?" Elphaba chuckled.
"Very. I want to go get something to eat from the cafeteria, but at the same time I just want to stay here like this." she said.
"I have some leftover snacks from the trip here, you're welcome have them if you like." Elphaba suggested. Galinda perked up.
"What do you have?"
"There are crackers I think, and in that blue bag there should be some juice boxes."
"Ooh juice boxes!" The blonde squealed, sounding like a 5 year old. She got up the get one.
"What kind of juice is this?" she asked.
"Some kind of fruit and veggie mix" the green girl explained. The blonde shrugged, she was thirsty so she stuck her straw in. As soon as she took a sip she spit it straight back out, greatful it got on the floor and not her bed. Yuck! She actually drinks this stuff?
"I take it you don't like it?" the green girl asked, slightly amused.
"I mean-well- its...ok." the blonde said, suddenly feeling bad. Elphaba laughed.
"Its fine Lin, they aren't exactly my favorite either. Nanny packed them for me. We have quite a bit back at home because Nessa is quite fond of them." she explained. "How about you clean this up, then we'll go see what's good in the cafeteria." she suggested.
"Yeah lets do that." Galinda agreed.
She threw the juice box out and got a towel from the bathroom to clean up and then they got their shoes and stuff on.
"Ready?" Elphaba asked.
"Yeah but...can I have a kiss first? Like a real kiss. Its been a while and I'm surprised we haven't like...done that yet." The blonde said sheepishly. Elphaba chuckled.
"You know you don't have to ask for that." she put an arm around Galinda's waist pulling her close, then leaned down and pressed her lips to hers. They stayed lovingly connected as long as they could, until they needed to breathe.
"I'm ready now." Galinda sighed with contentment, Elphaba smiled. They looped arms and headed down to the cafeteria for dinner.