(FYI I changed the waitress Tiffani from being Ashli's mother to being her aunt.)
Elphaba's eyes widened also when she saw the three girls enter the restaurant.
"Don't make eye contact. Don't let them see you." The blonde said quietly and covered her face. Elphie did the same until the girls were out of sight.
"Great. Just great. Why do they have to come here? Why right now?" Galinda sighed. Elphaba was slightly frustrated as well. She and Galinda were having such a good time together and she didn't want this to ruin it.
"This is an unfortunate coincidence. But maybe they won't even notice us…" Elphie said. Galinda wasn't convinced and was about to say something when Tiffani came over to their table.
"Girls, I don't know if you noticed but my niece and two of her friends from Shiz are here." The woman said.
"We noticed. We saw them come in." Galinda said.
"Are you open about your relationship on campus yet? Do they know?" Tiffani asked.
"We're not. They don't know." Elphie said.
"I hoped this wouldn't create a problem for you. Ashli brings her friends here quite often because I sometimes give them discounts. But don't worry. I had them seated on the opposite end of the restaurant. They will not know you're here at all if that's what you wish. Please don't let this spoil your date." Tiffani said.
"Hear that Lindie? Tiffani will take care of it. Let's not let them spoil our evening, they won't even know we're here." Elphie said to her distressed girlfriend.
"Okay." Galinda said, feeling better.
"Good girls. Now I'm going to go refill your beverages. When I come back I want to see you bubbly and smiling Galinda." Tiffani patted Galinda on the shoulder then hurried off.
"See, nobody likes it when your bubbles go away Lindie. We're all so fond of them." Elphie chuckled and Galinda grinned.
"I love you Elphie."
"Right back at you my sweet." Elphie smiled and they continued eating their meals.
"That's more like it." Tiffani smiled when she brought their refill a few minutes later, then left again.
"To be honest I really don't like Ashli, but Tiffani is the best." Galinda said and Elphie agreed.
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"Hey Ms. Tiffani!" Feana and Nara said in unision.
"Hi Auntie Tiff!" Ashli said giving her a hug.
"Hello my girls. What can I get you to drink?" Tiffani asked. They told her what they wanted and they were also ready to order.
"Alright sounds good." The woman said, scribbling the last order on her notepad. "And I'll have the garlic rolls brought you for you in just a few minutes."
"Those rolls are so good." Ashli said.
"I'm gonna go use the bathroom right quick. Anybody else need to go?" Nara said to her friends.
"No I'm good." Ashli said.
"Same." Feana added as Nara got up.
"You can use the restroom right over there Nara darling." Tiffani said point to the left. There were restrooms in the opposite direction also. But she didn't want her to have to go past Elphaba and Galinda.
"Ok thanks." Nara said and headed off. When she approached the restroom she found that all of the stalls were occupied and she definitely didn't feel like waiting. She decided to go to the other restroom that she knew was on the other side of the restaurant. As Nara was walking there she had to do a double take when she thought she saw a green skinned person. It turns out it was true. She saw Elphaba, the only green person in Oz. She saw Galinda too. What are they doing here? The ginger thought to herself. They were sitting together a few tables away from where she standing but they seemed too distracted to notice her. They appeared to be smiling, laughing, staring into each other's eyes so intensely and possible holding hands under the table. Nara raised an eyebrow. Well is this...weird. They must be really good 'friends'. She wanted to go say something to them but figured it could wait until after she used the restroom.
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"Galinda?" Nara said as she approached their table.
"Oh no." The blonde mumbled when she heard a familiar voice call her name.
"What a surprise. I didn't expect to see you here G." The ginger said.
"I didn't expect to see you here either…" Galinda said.
"Oh and hi Elphaba."
"Hello Nara." The green girl said, turning a little darker.
"So what brings you two here?" Nara asked.
"Just getting something eat." Obviously. "We really like it here so we decided to come." Galinda said casually.
"Just the two of you? Alone like this?" Nara asked suspiciously.
"Yes…" Galinda blushed slightly.
"Oh okay."
"Yeah."
"Alright."
"Nara, who all did you come here with?" Galinda asked.
"Just Ashli and Feana. Why?"
"Can you...not tell them that you saw us here?" She asked, hoping she wasn't still blushing.
"Why does it matter?" The ginger asked.
"I just...haven't been on the best terms with Feana lately. I don't want to start anything." The blonde said. It wasn't a lie.
"Oh okay. I understand. I won't tell. I'll see you around G." Nara said the scurried off.
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"Oh my Oz you guys will not believe who just saw here!" Nara said as soon as she sat back down at their table.
"Who did you see?" Ashli asked.
"G!" Nara said.
"Why would Galinda be here? She said she had plans with Elphie." Feana rolled her eyes.
"She sure does. That's who's she's here with!"
"Ugh. What are they doing here?" Ashli asked.
"I don't know. If I didn't know any better I'd think they were on a date or something." Nara said and Feana raised an eyebrow.
"Yuck! Why would Galidna be one date her! She's green...and a girl!" Ashli exclaimed.
"The thought makes me want to puke. But the concept wouldn't surprise me. I've thought so before. Galinda is so close to her it's absolutely disturbing. Are you sure they're on a date Nara?" Feana asked.
"I'm not sure but that what it seemed like. I saw them holding hands and looking all lovey dovey. And they looked quite embarrassed when I went over to talk to them." Nara explained.
"Okay. I've got to see this!" Feana said, getting up. "Excuse me ladies, I suddenly need to use to the restroom."
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"I don't believe for second that she's not really gonna tell them." Galinda sighed.
"Would it make you feel better if we just left now?" Elphie asked.
"But Elphie this is suppose to be our special date… Although I'm really not in the mood to face Feana. Do you think we should go?"
"Well if they do confront us, I'm pretty sure they already dislike me, so I have nothing to lose anyway. But I care about how they treat you. You're obviously uncomfortable with the fact that they're here and I'm not too comfortable myself either. The date won't be that special if we just spend the rest of our evening uncomfortable." Elphie explained.
"You're right. But what about dessert?" Galinda asked.
"We can ask Tiffani if we can have our dessert to go."
"Okay." Galinda said. She was a little upset and felt like those girls were indirectly kicking them out of their favorite restaurant. Elphie noticed her girlfriends bubbles starting to deflate again
"How about we go to the park nearby? We can sit on one of the benches while we eat and watch the sunset. How does that sound my sweet?" Elphie offered and smiled when Galinda brightened back up.
"That sounds absolutely perfect Elphie!" Galinda grinned.
They told Tiffani their plans. She prepared them dessert to go and gave them their check. She told them to enjoy their evening and gave them both hugs before they parted.
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Feana was nonchalantly walking in the direction of the bathroom, hoping to pass by Galinda and Elphaba's table, which she did. She glanced towards them just as they were preparing to leave. The green girl helped Galidna out of her hair and Galinda gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. The brunette saw Tiffani give them both hugs before they left. She ducked farther out of sight as she watched them head out. The green girl glanced around cautiously before putting her arm around Galinda's waist. Holy shit. They're lesbians?! Feana thought to herself. Galinda is secretly dating the green freak? This is the most disgusting thing ever… but it won't be a secret for long. She thought with a wicked smiled and headed back to her table.
"They're lesbains!" Feana said when she returned to the table.
"I knew it!" Nara said.
"Eww!" Ashli exclaimed.
"And you're Aunt is close with them. I saw her hug them both before they left." Feana said.
"Seriously?" Ashli asked and the brunette nodded. Just then Tiffani came with their food.
"Thanks so much Ms. Tiffani, this looks delicious." Nara said.
"Anything else you girls need?" The woman asked.
"Not really. We just have a question or two." Feana said and Tiffani nodded.
"Aunt Tiff, you know Galinda and Elphaba?" Ashli asked. Tiffani raised an eyebrow.
"That's the blonde one and the green girl who go to your school. Correct?"
"Yes...they were just here." Feana said. "You seem to know them quite well. I saw you hugging them."
"Oh, well yes. I met them when they came here together about a month ago. They're very nice girls." Tiffani said.
"So they come here together often?" Feana asked.
"Well not often but they have come before. Can I get you a refill?" Tiffani asked trying to change the subject. Feana rolled her eyes.
"Are they gay?" She asked bluntly.
"That is not my information to share." Tiffani said simply and Feana looked at her suspiciously.
"So they are in relationship?" Feana asked.
"Again, that is not my information to share. It is none of my business nor my concern."
"Auntie!" Ashli said.
"I'm sorry girls. I'm just a waitress. I'm here to work, not to gossip." Tiffani said then left.
"She's obviously hiding something." Feana said.
"So what are we gonna do with this new information?" Nara asked.
"I'll figure out something. Galinda's reputation is obviously over." Feana said.
"If she was going to choose to be gay why couldn't she have chosen someone...who isn't Elphaba. That's just embarrassing." Ashli said.
"Keep this to yourselves for now ladies. I want to talk to Chloey about this first to see what more information I can gather. She's either clueless or she knows and is just not telling me. I think she knows." Feana said.
xxx
Elphaba and Galinda were able to have a wonderful evening together, away from everyone else but each other. The desert was delicious, the sunset was beautiful and the rest of the night was just fun and relaxing. The spent their Sunday alone together as well, as they normally tended to do.
Feana on the other hand was hounding Chloey with with questions about Galinda and Elphaba but the blonde girl refused to share anything or confirm anything. She kept telling Feana to mind her own business and leave them alone and that she better not start any rumors with anything that she assumes she knows. The green eyed blonde told Galinda everything at breakfast on Monday.
"So wait. Feana actually saw us at the Olive Patch?" Galinda asked. She knew Nara saw and told the other girls, but she thought they left before anyone else had the chance to.
"Yes she said she saw you guys together and saw you kiss Elphaba. They also asked Tiffani somethings and claim it was obvious that she knew. Feana is definitely on to you guys." Chloey explained. Galinda put her hands over her face and sighed.
"I didn't tell her anything, but she knows. I told her to mind her own business and not start anything...but you know how Feana is. Nara and Ashli know too, but they're just going to follow Feana's lead with this."
"I don't care if they don't like me anymore because I don't really like them either. I just don't want them twisting all of this around and telling everybody." Galinda said worriedly.
"G, you're my unbiological sister. You know I have your back and I support you and Elphaba. Both of our reputations are at stake here, but mainly yours. When it comes to choosing between you and rest of them, I'll alway be on your side. I'm not going to let this get out of hand. You guys just stay away from Feana right now. Gossip is her hobby, she doesn't have much of a life. She'll find anything to use as ammunition. Just stay away from her. I'll let you if she's up to something funky." Chloey said.
"Thanks Chlo." Galinda said, although she was still distressed. It shouldn't be that big of a deal, but it was. She didn't want to care so much about what other people thought of her, but she did. That's just how she was. She talked to Chloey for a little while longer before heading to class.
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"Hi Elphaba." Chloey said when she saw her twinnie's girlfriend sitting alone at a table in the cafeteria. Her, Galinda and Elphaba were usually able to have lunch all together one or two days a week and today was one of those days.
"Hello Chloey." Elphie said. She wasn't use to being around Chloey without Galinda around but she was nice and she liked her company.
"Where's our blue eyed blonde?" Chloey asked as she sat down with her lunch tray.
"She texted me saying she had to stay after class to retake a test. She should be here soon, but if she doesn't make it, she'll have dinner with you. I unfortunately cannot because I have class this evening." Elphaba explained.
"Hey Chloey! What are you doing? We're over here!" They heard Feana called from a table across the cafeteria. She was sitting with Nara, Ashli and several of their other friends.
"Please feel free to go sit with them Chloey. I'm fine by myself." Elphaba said.
"I'd rather not. Feana has really been getting on my nerves lately. She's also been interrogating me with questions about you and G ever since she saw you two at the Olive Patch." Chloey said.
"Oh no." Elphie sighed.
"I haven't told her anything but she knows about you guys, or assumes she does. Nara and Ashli do too. Galinda and I talked about it this morning. Just stay away from them." The blonde said.
"I just can't believe they-" Elphie started but was cut off.
"Chlo, what are you doing over here? Didn't you hear me calling you?" Feana said as she approached their table.
"Yes I heard you but I'm not going." Chloey said.
"Why?"
"Clearly I'm talking to Elphaba right now."
"Are you seriously choosing her over me?" Feana asked, shocked.
"What do you think?"
"What are you having a lesbian threesome with her and Galinda?" Feana asked.
"Feana!" Chloey exclaimed.
"What?" Elphie said embarrassed and confused at what she just heard.
"What were you and that little disgusting traitor doing at the Olive Patch on Saturday Elphie?"
"Feana I told you to leave them alone. What they do together is some of your concern!" Chloey said.
"Wait. Are you calling Galinda disgusting?" Elphie asked Feana, highly offended and trying to control her anger.
"I'm calling whatever relationship you two have disgusting! You freak! You've already turned Galinda into an abomination, I'm not letting you do the same to Chloey. Come on Chlo!" Feana grabbed the blonde's arm. Chloey yanked herself away.
"Get the hell off of me! Who do you think you are?"
"Chloey can make her own decisions. And don't you dare say another word about Galinda!" Elphaba said standing up. "Because the real disgusting abomination here is you. You're a vain, vile, loathsome, shallow, heinous, abhorrent, ignoramus!" Elphaba said harshly. They had gathered the attention of most of the students in the cafeteria. They heard a couple of 'ooooooohhh's' and 'she told you's' from people in the background.
Elphaba was seriously trying to control her anger. Whenever she got too mad, something came over her. A strange power of sorts. She didn't exactly know why or how but it happened. Why am I suppressing this? She doesn't want to like me so I'll give her a reason not to like me. She concentrated on all of the anger she was feeling at the moment and clenched her fists together. She focussed on an unoccupied lunch tray sitting on a table behind Feana. With her eyes she was able to levitate it and caused it to dump directly on Feana's head. The food spilled all over her. It happened so fast, nobody else was sure exactly how it happened. Feana screamed. Chloey gasped and Elphaba smirked. People around the gasped and some laughed.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Feana spat angrily.
"Um FeFe, you got a little something on your…" Chloey chuckled gesturing to her face and hair.
"I know!" Feana yelled. "Who the hell just threw this at me?! Who ever it was you will fucking pay for this!" She exclaimed. She was angry and completely humiliated.
"Yeah and do you know how expensive those hair extension are are?" Chloey laughed. The people around them started laughing also. Elphaba chuckled too, wishing Galinda was here to see this.
"Shut the fuck up Chloey! And you too!" She point to Elphaba.
"Hey don't talk to me like that! Or her." Chloey said defensively as she stood up. Elphaba wondered how she managed to get another popular blonde girl to defend her.
"I'll talk to you ever I want." Feana said. She picked up a random nearby lunch tray and smashed it right in Chloey's face. Chloey yelped and the students in the background gasped.
"Feana, that was completely uncalled for." Elphaba said. She handed Chloey a couple of napkins then nervously took a few steps back. She didn't want to risk getting hit with anything liquid.
"She's right. That was uncalled for." Chloey said angrily. "But this sure isn't." She pick up own lunch and threw it a Feana.
"Ugh!" The brunette screamed. She reached to throw a handful of spaghetti at Chloey but the blonde ducked and it ended up hitting somebody else.
"Hey what the heck?!" He said. He tried to throw something back but missed and hit another guy. This same process repeated until somebody stood up in their chair and yelled "FOOD FIGHT!"
People started aimlessly throwing food at each other. Food was flying everywhere. It was a mess.
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Galinda finished up her test early. She was grateful there was still about twenty minutes left to have lunch with Elphie. She would see Chloey later, but didn't get to see Elphie at breakfast and wouldn't get to see her at dinner. She was humming happily and half walked half skipped her way to the cafeteria. As she got closer she heard a lot of commotion coming from inside. Her friend Unah came running out, covered in food.
"Unah? What happened to you? What's going on in there?" Galinda asked.
"A food fight." Unah said, wiping the chocolate pudding off her face.
"A food fight? What is this, middle school?" Galinda said.
"You should've came earlier. Things were getting pretty heated between Feana, Chloey and your roommate." Unah said.
"Elphaba?"
"Yeah. She told Feana off!" Unah chuckled.
"Wait. What? I need to hear this whole story from the beginning please." Galinda said.
"I wish I had all the details. I'm sure they'll tell you. I gotta go. I have class in 45 minutes and really need to shower." Unah said then hurried off. Galinda stood there confused for a second then looked through the cafeteria window. It was a food war going on. Elphie. Her Elphie was in there somewhere. She braced herself then ran inside. I'm coming Elphie!
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"Galinda!" Elphie shouted when she saw her confused girlfriend enter the hectic cafeteria, then ducked under a table when something came flying at her.
"Elphie?" Galinda called. She saw her girlfriend for split second and wanted to get to her so they could get out of there. She didn't know what was going on. She was trying to dodge all of the food flying around then got hit directly in the face with a blob of mashed potatoes.
"Ahh!" She exclaimed and tried to wipe her eyes to see again.
"Lindie!" Elphaba called, crawling underneath tables to get to her.
"Galinda?" Chloey said when she said her twinnie get hit in the face. The green eyed blonde was in the middle of a one on one battle with Feana.
"Chloey!" Galinda exclaimed when she saw Feana throwing food at her friend.
"Galinda?" Feana said angrily when she saw the blue eyed blonde. She grabbed a full tray of spaghetti and threw it directly at her. Luckily she missed.
Galinda dodged her way to Elphie, barely succeeding. Elphie finally stood up and was able to run towards her. She got hit with a couple of food items, but luckily they were all solids.
"Galinda!" Elphie embraced her tightly.
"Elphie! Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine! Let's get out of here!" Elphie said pulling her towards the door. They almost made it out safely, but some idiot threw an open water bottle in their direction. Galinda gasped and tried to cover Elphie but she was too late. The water splattered on Elphie's arm, sides, and abdomen. The green girl flinched and cried out in pain.
"Oz dammit!" She hissed when they were finally outside. The pain was sizzling.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no!" Galinda cried when they were finally out. "You're hurt! What do we do? Should we go to the nurse?" Galinda panicked. She had seen Elphie burned by water before but it was never this much.
"The nurse won't know what to do! I need my oils. We need to go to the room, now!" Elphie snapped.
"Okay." Galinda said, taking Elphie's uninjured arm as they ran across campus to their dorm room.
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"Help me out of this! Please!" Elphie said once they closed the door. Galinda helped Elphie slowly peel her wet shirt off her burned skinned. Elphie was hissing and biting her lip, trying to keep from crying out in pain. Galinda had never seen Elphie in so much pain and it hurt her just as much. She tried to hold back her tears, but failed.
"Please don't cry Lindie." Elphie said once her shirt was off and they were headed into the bathroom. "I can't handle anymore water right now." She tried to smile.
"I'm sorry Elphie." The blonde dried her eyes on a towel. "But these burns don't look good."
"I know my sweet. It hurts pretty badly. But trust me, it looks worse than it feels." Elphie said as she sat down on the stool
"Which oil do you use for this?" The blonde asked.
"The one in the blue bottle is specifically for soothing burns." Elphie reached for her softest cloth, while Galinda grabbed the bottle of oil.
"I'll do it Elphie. Please let me help." Galinda said, taking the cloth from her.
"Okay just hurry." Elphie sighed. "Put as much oil on there as you can and apply it gently please."
Galinda did as she was told. Elphie gasped and flinched at the first touch and Galinda pulled back, with her eyes tearing up.
"Don't stop! It's going to hurt, but I'll survive. This is the only way to make it feel better." Elphie said. "I've been through worse." She said quietly. Hearing that last part made Galinda want to break down and cry, but knew her tears wouldn't solve anything right now. She gently rubbed oil on her girlfriend's abdomen. She was burned from below her breasts, to her belly button and slightly on her arm.
"It's starting to feel a little better already." Elphie sighed when Galinda was finished. "Thank you so much for helping me my sweet." She kissed Galinda softly.
"Of course Elphie. I hope you'll feel better soon."
"I will. But I'm afraid I'll have to remain topless for a few hours to avoid irritating my skin."
"Oh it's fine. I don't mind you sitting around in your bra for the rest of the day. You don't even have to wear the bra if you don't want." Galinda giggled. Elphie chuckled and shook her head.
"I guess I'll have to miss class this evening also." Elphie said.
"I'm not complaining about that either. But I know you're upset about it. I'll go pick up you assignments for you later." Galinda offered.
"Thanks Lindie." Elphie smiled.
"Now can you please explain to me what in Oz name was going on in there? Unah told me bits and pieces but not enough. She said you told off Feana?"
"I did a little, but it's not like I said anything she didn't deserve."
"What did you say?" Galinda asked.
"It's a long story and I promise I'll tell you every detail, but may we wash up first? I have pudding in my hair." Elphie said.
"I've got mashed potatoes in mine. Washing up sounds like a good idea." Galidna chuckled.
They got cleaned up and put on fresh clothes. Elphie was still unable to wear a shirt, but kept her brassiere on much to Galinda's displeasure. Elphie told Galinda everything that happened during lunch. She debated with herself on whether or not she should tell her about the magic part. She decided to just go ahead because it would all coming out eventually.
Galinda listened intently. Some parts of this story were frustrating, others were quite amusing and very surprising.
"I can't believe her! I hate Feana!" Galinda said at the end. "But I'm so proud of you Elphie. I can't believe you stood up to her like that. You stood up for me. I feel all special."
"You are special my sweet. And yes I stood up for you best I could. I don't get very offended when people talk badly about me, but when they start going off on my girlfriend that's where I draw the line." Elphie said.
"Awww, I love you." Galidna kissed her. "The one part I don't quite understand is how you dumped a lunch tray on Feana without actually doing it."
"I don't quite understand it either. I told you it's complicated." Elphie sighed.
"I think it's cool. Are you psychokinetic?" Galinda asked, very intrigued.
"I don't know. It's just...when I get very angry to a certain degree, I feel...I don't know. Something just comes over me. It's impossible describe. It's happened before. Sometimes I can control but sometimes I can't. I was about to lose control this time but somehow I was able to control it. I wanted that to happen to her...so I made it happen. Do you think that was wrong of me?" Elphie asked worriedly.
"Wrong? Hell no. She deserved it!" Galinda said.
"But what are we gonna do Lindie? She knows we're…lesbians. She knows about us."
"I know." Galinda sighed. "Chloey and I talked about it this morning. Neither of us have confirmed anything to Feana. We don't need to, she's not our friend. She only knows what she saw. But she does know we have something going on and so do Nara and Ashli. I don't know what they're going to do with that information and it's stressing me out a lot. Chloey said we should just keep our distance from them and she'll keep us posted on things."
"She told me something similar. I'm sorry this is stressing you out my Lindie." Elphie said and kissed her. They talked about this for little while longer until Galidna got a text from Chloey.
"Apparently Chloey and Feana got in trouble for starting the food fight. They have to clean the entire cafeteria." Galinda said.
"I feel terrible." Elphie said.
"Why my love?"
"Because...I didn't I technically start the food fight?" Elphie asked.
"No Elphie. You didn't start it. Feana started it when she threw spaghetti at that random guy." Galinda said. "And you didn't actually throw anything anyway."
"I know, but I… nevermind. I hope Chloey isn't too upset."
"Not with you, but with Feana of course. I feel bad that they have to live together." The blonde said. Galinda found it ironic that in the beginning of the year it was Chloey pitying her because of her rooming situation, but now it was the other way around.
"She said they should be done in about two hours. She's gonna go wash up then wants me to meet her in the parlor down the hall so we can talk." Galinda said. Until then she and Elphie relaxed, kissed, cuddled and took a quick nap. When it was time for her to go she told Elphie that she stop by her class to get her assignment and grab dinner before she came back.
"I'll see you soon." She said, giving Elphie a kiss.
