It's been such a long day. Thought Elphaba after packing up to leave the library for the night. She had spent the last three hours studying and was now exhausted from her own thoughts.

Although it was Thursday night, she expected to have the room to herself for a while because Galinda was suppose to be out with that boyfriend of hers, Fiyero. She and Galinda had started to become rather close these past few weeks but she still enjoyed taking advantage of the time she had alone.

After entering the room and plopping down her books and stachel, the green girl was surprised to see the Galinda was home. The blonde laid across her bed on her stomach. Elphaba tilted her head to see if the blonde was awake before she spoke.

"I thought you were going out tonight, what happened?" she untied her boot and gently kicked them off. Galinda groaned and gripped her stomach tightly as she tried to sit up.

"Are you okay?" Elphaba asked becoming more concerned. The blonde shook her head.

"My stomach really hurts." Stupid cramps! she thought, but refrained from saying that part out loud.

"Will you be okay? Should I get the nurse?" Elphaba asked.

"No, I'll be fine Elphaba. I just needa lay down for a while." Galinda responded, repositioning back to laying on her stomach.

"If you say so..." Elphaba went to pick up the small trash can and sat it beside Galinda's bed. "Here. Keep this close by, incase you have to… you know." she then proceeded to make herself comfortable on her own bed and skimmed through the book she found in the library on Animal rights.

A little over an hour later, Galinda managed to get up to get ready for bed. She pulled out a yellow night gown from her drawer and headed to the bathroom to begin her nightly routine. She took a nice warm shower. Although she normally preferred to take baths, showering was much easier during this time of the month.

After quickly drying off, she looked in the back of the cabinet under the sink for a pad. She had run out a while ago, so luckily she found where Elphaba kept hers, and had been using them all day. She won't even notice She thought, as she pulled one out and put it on, not realizing it was the last one.

When she emerged from the bathroom, Elphaba figured it was time for bed as well and went to get ready.

Galinda's cramps were so awful she couldn't even make it to her bed. She collapsed to her knees halfway, and her eyes filled with tears. My fucking uterus is trying to kill me! She rolled on to her side and curled into a small ball as the tears began to escape her eyes. Just then, Elphaba came out from the bathroom.

"Uh Galinda? Why are you on the floor?" she asked, before noticing the tears on the blonde's cheeks.

"What happened?" The green girl rushed towards her, helped her up and gently guided her to her bed, which was closer than the frilly pink one. She wiped the falling tears away with her thumb. Galinda gripped her lower belly with both hands, and Elphaba understood.

"It hurts that bad?" she asked. Galinda gave a small nod. "If it is not better by tomorrow morning, I'm taking you to the nurse. Okay?"

Galinda just nodded again. She wanted to tell Elphaba the reason she was hurting, but for some reason couldn't bring herself to. She was too busy focussing on how comforting Elphaba was. The way the green girl softly stroked her back and allowed her to rest her head on her shoulder. She closed her eyes and smiled to herself because she realized just how close they were.

"Lets get you to your bed." Elphaba said when she noticed Galinda closing her eyes. The blonde pouted, not wanting to break their contact. She snuggled a little closer to her roommate.

"Elphie, can I sleep with you?" she asked.

Elphaba made a weird face and hesitated. But it wasn't because of the suggestion, it was because of the new nickname. What did she just call me? Elphie? Its a little perky…

Galinda looked up and noticed the expression on her roommates face and blushed. "Sorry, I'll go to my bed." she said, ashamed of herself and began to get up. Suddenly feeling guilty, Elphaba held on to her.

"No wait! I mean-you can if you want" she stammered. "I don't take up much space...and if it'll help you feel better…"

The blonde smiled. "Really?"

"Just for tonight." Elphaba warned.

Galinda smiled and got comfortable under the dull colored sheets as Elphaba turned off the light and slid beside her. They laid facing opposite each other until Galinda let out a small cry as the pain started to kick back in. Elphaba turned around wrapped her arm around the girl, pulling her closer and gently rubbed her stomach.

"It'll be okay my sweet. I'm here." My sweet? Did I just call her my sweet? Where'd that come from? Elphaba was grateful the lights were out and Galinda wasn't facing her so she couldn't see her cheeks darkening.

On the other hand, Galinda was smiling to herself at Elphaba's term of endearment. Moments later, Galinda was fast asleep. Elphaba discovered this by the rate of her breathing. She leaned over and placed a kiss on the blonde's forehead.

There was a sudden and new feeling she was starting to have towards her roommate lately. It was something she had never felt with anyone before. It was some kind of fond attachment. Galinda was her first and only friend, therefor she had no experience or knowledge of what friendship was suppose to feel like. But something inside of her was saying that this is more than friendship…

What is this feeling?