Elphie was in her bathroom washing up. After she wiped her oiled body down with a towel, she grabbed her hair washing oil that she used once a week. She decided to do this over the bathtub to avoid making a mess. She poured a good amount of oil on her hands and ran it all throughout her hair multiple times, and massaged her scalp. After the third time she ran another type of oil through her hair to rinse it. When she was done she used a towel to wipe any excess oil out of her hair, then wrapped the towel around her head like Galinda normally did after she washed her hair. After cleaning her teeth, she undid the towel and brushed out her long hair. Then she let the towel wrapped around her body drop and went to retrieve her clothes she brought in to begin getting dressed.

xxx

Galinda had just finished her bath and dressed in the clothes that Janina had set out for her. After giving her hair a brief blow dry, she tied it in two low pigtails then went to Elphie's room to see if she was out yet. The blonde was disappointed to not find her there, so she knocked on the bathroom door across the hall.

"Elphie, it's Lindie. I'm respecting your privacy by knocking but asserting my role as your girlfriend by coming in anyway." She giggled as she opened the door, surprised by the fact that it wasn't locked. Elphie was also surprised that she forgot to lock to door, but was glad it was only Galinda. They were so comfortable around each other, privacy really had no boundaries between them. The green girl was in nothing but her underwear when the blonde walked in.

"Lindie…" Elphaba said as Galinda came all the way into bathroom and close the door behind herself.

"It's alright Elphie. Janina just went down stairs and my parents are downstairs too. I'm not sure where Natiya is, but I promise we won't get caught. You're a guest, nobody is going to just barge into your bathroom."

"Like you just did." Elphie chuckled.

"I'm your girlfriend, I'm allowed to." Galinda giggled. She locked the bathroom door and gave Elphie a kiss. "Now hurry up and put some clothes on before I start getting ideas." she grinned and tapped Elphaba's bottom, which was something that the green girl normally did to her. Then she sat down to watch Elphie get dressed.

"Allow me." Galinda said as Elphie was about to fasten her brassiere.

"If you must." The green girl smiled and moved her hair out of the way.

"Hey you washed your hair." Galinda noticed when Elphie's hair fell back into place and she felt the softness. It also smelt very nice.

"Yep." Elphie said, putting the rest of her clothes on and Galinda pouted.

"What?"

"Last time you did it you promised I could help you next time."

"Oh my sweet, I'm sorry I forgot." Elphie said as she kissed Galinda's pout. "Next time, I promise."

"You said that last time."

"Well you'll have to remind me." Elphie said as she buttoned up her top.

"Can I atleast style it for you this time?" The blonde asked and Elphaba agreed. She handed Galinda her brush and sat down on the stool. Galinda spent a few minutes brushing out Elphie's soft hair then tied it up in a half ponytail. They spent a few minutes making out behind the closed door before heading downstairs for Sunday brunch with the family.

xxx

Galinda sighed happily as she walked hand in hand with her girlfriend. It was later in the afternoon and they were talking stroll around the grounds. She loved going for walks and she loved Elphie, so the those two things combined made her very happy. She grinned when she heard Elphaba humming a familiar tune.

"Life is journey not a destination. There are no mistakes, just chances we've taken. Lay down your regrets because all we have is now." the green girl sang.

"La la la la la, it's a beautiful day." Galinda giggled/sang slightly off key. Elphie smiled and kissed her cheek.

The rest of the day and evening spent spending time with Laura and Darol. They so nice family time and enjoyed each other's company. This wasn't the family dynamic that Elphie was use too but she liked it. After a leisurely dinner they discussed the girls travel plans for tomorrow, which made Galinda pout so hey they changed the subject.

xxx

Elphie had just finished changing in her night clothes and was settled on her bed reading.

"May I come in?" Laura said as she had just finished having a little mother daughter talk with Galinda before telling her goodnight and wanted to say goodnight to Elphaba also.

"Of course Mrs. Laura." Elphie smiled when she looked up from her book.

"Just call me Laura darling, it's alright." Laura said came all the way in and sat on the edge of Elphaba's bed. Ephie nodded and smiled.

"I do hope you enjoyed your time over here Elphaba. It has been wonderful having you." Laura said sincerely.

"I really have. You, Darol, Janina and Natiya have all been very accommodating. I really appreciate it." Elphie said.

"Oh it's been no problem at all dear. It has been our pleasure meeting you and getting to know you better. Like I said, you appear to be a very special friend to our Galinda." Laura said.

"Well Galinda is a very special friend to me." Elphie said with a slight blush.

"You two have special connection that I don't think Galinda has ever had with one of her friends before. It's hard to explain but she usually acts a certain way whenever her popular little friends are around. But I noticed with you, she's entirely herself. I was just discussing this with her to some extent. I'm glad that she can be who she is, she doesn't have to wear a mask. Her real friends will accept her for that." Laura said. Elphie accepted every aspect of Galinda. She was very bubbly, enthusiastic, sensitive, always wore her heart on sleeve and occasionally acted much younger than her age, but that's what made her so lovable.

"Yeah Galinda and I are quite open with one another and try to be true selves around each other." Elphie said. She kind of wished she could tell Laura that they were in love. She wanted to tell her that she would always be there for Galinda and always accept her because she loved her with all her heart. She assumed that time would come eventually. If they were going to have any type of future together then both of their families would know at some point. The thought of her own family finding out that she was a lesbian put a knot in her stomach so she decided not to think about that at this time.

"I am glad that you allowed me to come for the weekend. It may have only been three days, but I have felt very...at home, while I'm here." Elphie said.

"I'm very to hear that darling. You're welcome in our house whenever you like. We look forward to having you over for a longer period over the summer if you would like." Laura said.

"I'll look forward to it too." Elphie smiled. She was about to say something else, when Galinda came into her room.

"Oh hi Mommy, I wasn't expecting you to be here." she said as she hopped onto the bed. " I was just coming to say goodnight to Elphie."

"I was getting around to doing the same. It's getting late." Laura said. "We'll leave to go to the train station around 8am tomorrow. I suggest you girls get up at least an hour prior to then. Galinda is usually difficult in the mornings, so maybe two hours in her case." Laura said. Elphie chuckled and Galinda pretend to be offended.

"Do we have to leave so early Mommy." the blonde pouted.

"Galinda honey, we discussed this already."

"I know, I know."

"You'll be back in a little over a month for summer vacation."

"Elphie can come back too, right?"

"Of course she can."

"Yay." Galidna bubbled and Laura smiled.

"Alright good night my girls, don't stay up too late." she said, giving them both a motherly hug and Galinda a kiss before heading out.

"I like your mom." Elphie said once Laura was out of the room.

"Me too." Galinda giggled.

"You're very lucky Lindie." Elphie said softly. Galinda looked into Elphie's eye for a moment, then gave her a long tight embrace followed by a gentle, loving kiss. She knew she was lucky. It made her sad when she thought about how Elphie didn't grow up with a mother figure in her life. Her own father didn't even like her. Her Nanny cared about her, but was mostly there to just cater to her younger siblings. From what the blonde had been told, it seemed as though Elphaba was very neglected as a child. Galinda on the other hand was spoiled rotten. She had everything she wanted and more.

Elphie returned the kiss and it soon turned into one of their more passionate goodnight kisses. Galinda accidentally ended up falling asleep in Elphie's room that night.

xxx

The next morning Laura sent Natiya to go see if the girls were up since Janina was occupied. The red-headed woman went down the hall to Galinda's room first. She was surprised not to find her in there or in the bathroom. She didn't believe that she had gotten up on her own already because Galinda never did that early in the morning. She went down the hallway to Elphaba's room and peaked in the door. She raised an eyebrow at the sight before her. Galinda and Elphaba were both asleep in the same bed, cuddled together. It was a cute scene, but at the same time it was very odd and a lot of questions were going through her mind. When she was a teenager she didn't remember ever being that close with her best friend. She remembered when Galinda was high school, Janina had brought to her attention on multiple occasions that Galinda was probably attracted to girls to some capacity. Natiya had never believed her. Natiya was not exactly as close to Galinda as Janina was and never observed anything about her that would lead her to a conclusion like that, therefore she didn't not want to entertain such thoughts.

She didn't realise how long she had been watching them, until she saw the green girl begin to stir and check the time on her phone. Natiya silently closed the door, relieved that she wouldn't have to go in there and possibly create an awkward situation. She decided to just put all of the information away for now. After all, Galinda was going back to school today and wouldn't be back for a while. The scene probably wasn't what she thought it was anyway.

xxx

"I'm glad Mama suggested we take the earlier train back to Shiz." Galinda said once they set their bags down back in their dorm room.

"You weren't glad at all Lindie. You almost cried when it was time to leave." Elphie pointed out.

"Okay I was sad about leaving, but my mom was right when she said we need time to 'get settled' before classes start again tomorrow." Galinda said and Elphie noticed the mischievous twinkle in her eye.

"I can only assume that you are not referring to the conventional definition of settling in."

"No I'm not." the blonde said. "Can we Elphie?" she asked. The green girl wrapped her arms around her and kissed her.

"Of course we can my sweet. I really want to." she said. Galinda wiggled with excitement and returned the kiss.

"Do you mind if I go to the bathroom before we get started? It was a long ride back." she said sheepishly.

"Of course not. You may as well leave your skirt off while you're at it. It makes things easier." Elphie said with a smile. Galinda giggled as she headed into the bathroom. Elphie took off her shoes, then cleared off one of the beds. About five minutes later Galinda came out of the bathroom, completely naked. Elphie's eyes widened at the sight.

"I'm just making things easier like you said." The blonde grinned as she walked towards Elphie and placed green hands on her bare hips.

"I appreciate you accommodation, although now I feel rather overdressed for the occasion." Elphie said after a very intense kiss.

"I can help with that." The blonde said as she started to move Elphie's shirt over her head. Once they were both completely undressed, they tumbled onto the bed. Pressing their bare bodies together and kissing stayed in their room for the whole day. At some point they ordered pizza again so they wouldn't starve.

xxx

"Did you and Elphaba have a nice weekend?" Chloey asked at lunch with Galinda the next day.

"We did, it was fun. We visited my Nana on Friday, and my Dad got tickets for us to see Wizomania on Saturday. We just relaxed on Sunday and got back before noon yesterday." Galinda explained. "How about you?"

"My weekend was good. I went home Friday evening for Christa's birthday party on Saturday. I came back Sunday and went to the movies with Feana, Nara and Ashli. I happened to meet someone while we were out…" The green eyed blonde said.

"Who did you meet?" Galinda asked, intrigued.

"This guy, named Dylan. He's a sophomore here and he's super cute. He gave me his number and we've been talking ever since." Chloey smiled. Galinda had already assured her friend that it was okay for her to still talk to her about the boys she liked. Just because Galinda didn't like boys didn't mean that she didn't want to know what was going on in her twinnie's social life.

"I'm so happy for you Chlo. So are you two like a thing or what?" the blue eyed blonde asked.

"Not quite. We're just talking and getting to know each other better. We had lunch together yesterday and it went well. I think this could turn into something more. I hope it does." Chloey said. Galinda was glad to hear this. Chloey apparently hadn't had a steady boyfriend since her senior year of high school. She thought that if Chloey was dating now, then she wouldn't feel as left out about her spending more time with her girlfriend. She could tell that Chloey liked Elphie as friend and accepted their relationship, but sometimes it was obvious that she felt just a little bit jealous.

"You're free later this afternoon after you English class, right?" Galinda asked once the other subject died down.

"Yeah I am, that's my last class today. Why?"

"Well, I have to run an errand later and I was wondering if you wanted to come. I could use the company." Galinda explained.

"Of course twinnie. What kind of errand is it?"

"Well… tomorrow is me and Elphie's one month anniversary. I wanted to get her something." Galinda said a little shyly. She wasn't exactly sure which day qualified as their anniversary. As of tomorrow it would be exactly one month since they confessed their feelings for each other, but the next day was when they actually established themselves as girlfriends. She decided to just go with tomorrow, since they did get pretty intimate after confessing their feelings.

"That's so sweet G. I'll gladly go with you." Chloey smiled. Galinda was very supportive about her romantic interests so she was going to be the same.

xxx

"Good morning my sweet." Elphie smiled as she watched her girlfriend's eyes flutter open.

"Good morning Elphie." Galinda said as she stretched out then accepted a kiss from Elphie. She was glad that neither of them had an early morning classes that day. After about fifteen minutes of good morning kisses and cuddles, Elphie volunteered to go down to the cafeteria to bring up breakfast for them. Galinda didn't want her to go, but reluctantly agreed because she was hungry. She went into the bathroom to freshen up little then gathered the little gifts she bought yesterday.

Elphie came back with two bowls of strawberry oatmeal and cinnamon raisin toast with apple juice for them to drink. They settled on the bed and ate while Galinda showed Elphie some funny pictures from Ozstagram.

"Elphie do you know what today is?" Galinda asked once they finished eating and moved the dishes and trays aside.

"Wednesday?" Elphie said.

"Well yes. But it's more than that." Galinda said, feeling a little hurt that Elphie might not remember. She wasn't expecting a present from her or anything, but was still hoping she would remember. It wasn't that big of a deal if she didn't, but she hoped she would.

"Do you remember what happened a month ago?" the blonde asked.

"I do." Elphie said with a little smile.

"What?" Galinda grinned.

"You broke your laptop and I kindly allowed you to use mine, then you decided to invade my privacy by browsing my Ozgasm account thereby discovering that I am attracted to females. You embarrassed me a immensely by bringing it up at a very random time. Then you told me you were gay and I was surprised, but felt better, Then you kissed me, which happened to be my first kiss. Then we kissed again. And again. And again. Then confessed our love for one another. We also removed a few articles of clothing...and did some other things that I'm sure most people don't do at the very beginning of a relationship." Elphie chuckled and so did Galinda.

"That's exactly what happened. Today is our one month anniversary." She smiled.

"I suppose it is my sweet. Happy one month." Elphie grinned and kissed her girlfriend. "I love you."

"I love you too Elphie. Happy one month." Galinda said. "I have something for you." She got up to get the gift bag.

"Wait, you got me a present?" Elphie asked.

"Of course I did sweetheart." Galinda said, then saw Elphie frown.

"What's wrong?"

"I didn't get you anything. I didn't know we were suppose to get each other presents. I feel terrible now. I'm sorry." Elphie said.

"Elphie don't feel bad. It's okay. We're not suppose to get each other presents, I just wanted to. I didn't expect you to get me anything, but please accept my gift. It's not much, just a little token of my love." Galinda said.

"Alright my sweet, let's see it." Elphie smiled, but still felt bad. She opened the gift bag and pulled out a beautiful red rose.

"Lindie, this is beautiful." she said.

"I was going to get you a real flower, but Chloey suggested fake ones because hey don't die." The blonde explained.

"Clever." Elphie said, then pulled out an elegant turquoise blouse.

"This is very nice Lindie. I hope it didn't cost too much." she said.

"Not at all, we were browsing the clearance rack since I don't get my allowance until next week. But this blouse looked like you, I had to get it." The blonde said. "There's one more thing."

Elphie reach in the bag and pulled out a big pack of Rainbow Chewy Bears.

"Oh Oz, I love these things." She smiled. "I find it hard to believe that you went to the candy story and just bought one thing, considering last time we bought the whole store." she chuckled.

"I never said I only bought one thing...I actually bought five things." she giggled. "But those chewy bears a just for you my love."

"Thank you Lindie. I appreciate all of this, I really do." the green girl opened her arms and Galinda grinned and gave her big hug.

"You're welcome Elphie." she said, giving her a kiss.

"You're the best girlfriend ever Lindie. You may not expect anything from me my sweet, but you certainly deserve something." Elphie said. "So I'm taking you on date. This Saturday at the Olive Patch."

"Oh Elphie! Really?" Galinda bounced happily and Elphie nodded. "You're actually the best girlfriend ever."

xxx

It was late Thursday evening and Galinda was in Chloey and Feana's dorm room, doing homework with them while Elphie was getting some research from the library. The green eyed blonde's phone vibrated on her desk, after reading the text she received, she squealed rather loudly.

"What the hell?" a startled Feana said.

"It's Dylan." Chloey said, grinning broadly.

"Ah that explains it. I've to put up with this all week, G. She's crazy about the guy." Feana said and Galinda chuckled.

'What did Dylan say?" she asked.

"He just asked me out. We're going a date this Saturday!" the green eyed blonde squealed again.

"That's good news." Galinda smiled. Deep down she wished she could be as open about her relationship as her friends could. She wanted to squeal about her date with Elphie this weekend, but couldn't because Feana was in the room.

"I'm so excited!"

"Where is he taking you?" Feana asked.

"That new Diner right off campus." Chloey said.

"I hear food there is really good." Galinda said.

"Hey G, I'm gonna be hanging out with Nara and Ashli on Saturday. Feel free to join us...only if Elphaba is busy." Feana said, stressing that last part because she really didn't want Elphaba to come.

"I appreciate the offer Feana, but Elphie and I have plans Saturday." Galinda said with small grin.

"Oh, whatever then. I just assumed that since your twin has prior obligations then you'd want to have fun with your other friends instead of whatever it is you do with...her." The brunette said.

"No thanks. Elphie and I have fun together. She's my best friend and I enjoy her company." The blue eyed blonde replied politely. She wasn't sure how much more she could take of Feana being so rude towards Elphie for no reason at all.

"How could you even say that with Chloey around? " Feana asked.

"What are you talking about?" Galinda asked confused.

"You keep calling that freak your 'best friend.' I feel bad for Chloey. She's your 'twinnie' and you're just ditching her for a nobody. A green one at that" she said rudely.

"I am not ditching Chloey. We are just as close as we've always been." Galinda said defensively. She actually thought that she and Chloey were closer now that there were no secrets between them.

"But you're also disturbingly close with that green freak. It's bad enough that you have to room with her. I think you spending so much time with her is disgusting." Feana said.

"Call her a freak one more time." Galinda said in a low angry voice.

"She's a frea-"

"Feana stop it." Chloey said, deciding to jump in before things got ugly. "You and I have already discussed this. I am fine with Elphaba being Galinda's 'best friend.' Her friendship with Elphaba is very different from her friendship with me. I don't mind because I consider Elphaba my friend also. I really don't understand this strong hatred you have towards Elphaba. She has literally never done anything to you. Nobody is forcing you to like her, but please stop being so mean." Chloey said calmly. Feana rolled her eyes and without a word she went into the bathroom and slammed the door.

"She's mad. I think I should leave." Galinda said and gathered her things.

"I'll walk to you to your room." Chloey said and helped her.

xxx

"Thanks for intervening when you did Chlo, I was about to smack her back there." Galinda said as they walked downstairs to the second floor.

"As much I think she deserved that from you, it probably wouldn't have been a good idea." Chloey said with a small chuckle.

"I don't think I can consider Feana a 'friend' much longer." Galinda sighed.

"I don't blame you. Do what you think is best for you, and for Elphaba. FeFe's my roommate so I'm stuck with her, at least for the rest of the year. I mean, we get along, but lately she's just been a little too… temperamental."

"That's an understatement." Galinda said and Chloey chuckled again.

"You're right. It's like she's constantly on her period." Chloey said and Galinda laughed.

"What do you and Elphaba have planned on Saturday?" She said, changing the subject as they walked down the hallway.

"She's taking me on a date to the Olive Patch." Galinda said.

"That should be nice." Chloey said. She turned her head and saw Elphaba coming behind them. She was about to say something to Galinda, but the green girl shook her head and put her finger to her lips. The green eyed blonde smiled and nodded. The they approached room 22, Galinda let out a little squeak when she felt two hands cover her eyes from behind. The green girl chuckled and removed her hands.

"Elphie!" Galinda said happily we she turned around. Nobody else was around so she gave her a quick peck on the lips. "Hi." She smiled.

"Hi." Elphie smiled back as she took out her key.

"I'll leave you two alone. Goodnight." Chloey said giving them both a friendly hug.

"Goodnight Chloey." They said in unison, then went into their room and closed the door to engage in a much more substantial kiss.

"I'm sorry that Feana upset you my sweet. She's seems to have that effect on people." Elphie said after Galinda told her what happened.

"Yeah she's such a bitch."

"Galinda!" Elphie was caught off guard because Gainda didn't curse very often.

"I'm not lying. She is." Galinda said.

"Well it is true, I couldn't agree more ." Elphie said.

"I can't believe I considered her my friend for this long. She was so mean to you from the start. I love you I and just let her treat you terribly." Galinda said miserably.

"Lindie my sweet, you're not responsible for Feana being a bitc...bad person and you didn't just let her be mean to me. You stood up to her when you could. Yes she's rude and a lot of other things but you have to understand that I am very use to people not liking me, bullying me, mistreating me and just being irritated with my existence." Elphie explained and Galinda started to cry.

"Lindie?" the green girl said, drying her eyes with her sleeve.

"Nobody should have to be use to those things." Galinda sniffled. "I know I'm not the one who needs to apologize but I'm sorry. Feana is just so…"

Elphie cut her off with a kiss.

"Let's not talk about her anymore for tonight. I know what will make you feel better."

"What?"

"Knowing that I set our reservations at the Olive Patch on Saturday evening and requested Tiffani as our waitress again."

"Oh Elphie that's great!" Galinda said, her face brightening back up. "Tiffani was so nice."

"She was." Elphie smiled. They spent the rest of the evening cuddling and kissing with a little hanky panky.

xxx

Elphaba and Galinda walked hand in hand to the entrance of the Olive Patch. It was Saturday evening and their cab had just dropped them off. They spent the day out and about doing things together then went back to their room to change and freshen up for dinner. Elphie was wearing her new blouse with a skirt and Galinda wore an elegant, semi-casual dress.

"We're one handsome couple." Galinda giggled.

"Indeed." Elphie chuckled and held the door open for Galinda.

"Hello we had a 6 o'clock reservation. Last name Thropp." Elphie said to the man at the entrance

"Ah yes, Thropp party of two. Right this way ladies." The man said as he lead them to a table. Elphie held a chair opened Galinda and the blonde smiled as she sat down.

"Here are your menus. Your waiter will be with you momentarily. I believe you requested Ms. Tiffani, correct?" he asked.

"Yes. We like her." Galinda smiled.

"She is a favorite around here." The man chuckled and left them alone. Elphie and Galinda looked over their menus and a minutes later Tiffani came to their table.

"Hello girls, long time no see." She smiled.

"Hi !" Galinda bubbled and Elphie greeted her as well.

"This is our one month anniversary date." Galinda said a little quieter, smiling broadly. Elphie blushed slightly and Tiffani just smiled.

"How wonderful, congratulations." She said sincerely. "Now what would you like to drink for such a special occasion?"

"I'd like the guava lemonade please." Galinda smiled.

"And I'll have the same." Elphie said.

"Extra fruit syrup and no ice for her." Galinda added.

"I remember." Tiffani chuckled. "Are you ready to order while I'm here or do you need more time?"

"I think I'm ready. Galinda?" Elphie asked and the blonde nodded.

"I'll have the chicken parmesan. It looks delicious."

"It's very delicious. One chicken parmesan." Tiffani said, and scribbled it down on her pad. "And for you Miss Elphaba?"

"I would like to try the vegetable pasta." She said after a few moments.

"Alrighty. Any appetizers?"

"Just the yummy garlic bread rolls please." Galinda said.

"Coming up." Tiffani smiled and headed off. Elphaba and Galinda light heartedly talked about anything and everything while they waited. They sipped their drink and nibbled on the garlic bread rolls when they arrived. It was a little over twenty minutes later when their food arrived. They sampled each other's dishes then continued talking, laughing and joking with each other.

"This date is going very well so far. And the food is absolutely delicious." Galinda said after taking another bite of her chicken parmesan.

"I agree to both those statements my sweet." Elphie smiled

"Oh no." Galinda said with wide eyes when she looked over to the entrance area.

"What? What's wrong Lindie?" Elphie asked confused.

"What are they doing here?" Galinda said gesturing in that direction. Elphie looked over there and saw Feana, Nara and Ashli.