Elphaba was lying in bed but couldn't sleep. She kept thinking about Galinda. Her mind kept wandering to her. So Elphie decided to read; to get her mind off of things.
When Elphaba sat up, she looked over to Galinda. She looked so peaceful, there was even a smile on her face. She was mumbling something...did she just say, "Elphie?"
"No. I'm crazy," thought Elphaba. She shook her head and looked away. What was she doing again? Oh yea, reading. So Elphie picked up the nearest book to her and began reading.
I don't know what to do. I am home having the time of my life, but still I can't stop thinking about Shiz. More importantly, I can't stop thinking about...
Elphaba stopped reading. She turned the book over and gasped. She had accidentally grabbed Galinda's diary. "Oh no!" She quickly threw the book to the other side of the room. She held back a scream as it nearly missed Galinda's head. She sat there in horror as the blonde turned looked as if she would wake at any moment.
"I...love...mmm," Galinda said. She was still sleeping.
"Who!" Elphaba heard herself say. She covered her mouth immediately, but the damage had been done. "No...please don't answer that," Elphaba thought. She feared the response would be "Fiyero." She was wrong.
There was no response. Elphaba sighed, she meant it to be out of relief, but it didn't seem that way, not even to her. Then there it was, "...you..."
"Have my ears deceived me? Did you say you... love... me? No, you probably dreamed that Fiyero asked." Elphaba sighed and just stared. There was happiness and grief. She was very confused, mostly with herself. "I need to sleep." Elphaba lied back down and slowly slipped into a deep slumber.
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"Elphaba. There is something I have to tell you," Galinda said. "I...I love you." There was a pause as Elphaba's jaw dropped. "Now, I know this is something crazy. I know I haven't know you that long. Still, I can't seem to get you out of my mind."
Elphaba just stood there. She was cloaked. Just a moment ago they had been walking to the library. There was a light drizzle, so she wore a cloak. Now, it was just the two of them standing in the rain looking at eachother.
"I was home. I was having the time of my life. Everyone was so glad to see me, and I them, but I couldn't truly be happy. I knew you were here at Shiz, alone. I wanted to be here with you. I wanted us to be together. At first, yes, I thought I was just crazy. Then I thought about it, and it made more sense. I mean, I catch myself staring at you in class. I wait up for you to get back to the room, just to know you got back alright before I go to sleep. Then, last night...I had so much fun. When you were on top of me," Galinda blushed "I wanted to lean up and kiss you. I'm sorry if I've scared you." Galinda looked down. She noticed Elphaba's hands shaking.
"Galinda..." Elphaba started. "I...I think, I don't know." Elphaba looked Galinda in the eyes. She was crying. "Galinda, I want to say that I love you too. But how can I love someone if I don't have a soul? I don't know if I really do."
"Elphie, you do. I know you do. The way you looked at me just now, I know you do. Nobody has looked at me that way before. The way you just looked at me was full of emotion, and even now I can see how much you feel. People without souls don't feel Elphie. You feel pain, you feel disappointment, and most of all, I know you feel love." Galinda put her hand to Elphaba's face. She wiped away a tear.
"You're right. I do feel. I guess...I guess I do have a soul. I just didn't know it existed until i found you. I had built up this barrier, I made it so I didn't feel, and then you came along. That barrier came crashing down. I...I love you Galinda." Elphie smiled at the blonde. "Man, now I'm really sorry I didn't give you anything for Lurlinemas."
Galinda jumped into Elphaba's arms. Elphaba squeezed the blonde tightly. "Elphaba, this is the best Lurlinemas present EVER!"
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Both girls jumped bolt upright. Sweat was on Galinda's forehead. Elphaba was breathing hard. It took a moment for them to both realize what was going on. They looked at eachother quizzically. "Um...something wrong?" Elphaba asked Galinda.
"No...uh...bad dream I guess. What about you?" Galinda responded.
"Me too. Bad dream." Elphaba raised an eyebrow to Galinda.
"HEY! Why is my diary over here!" Galinda yelled.
"Oh. Um, sorry. I was just trying to get to sleep. I picked up the first book near me." Galinda shot her a dirty look. "But I closed it as soon as I realized what it was! I PROMISE!"
Galinda looked at her. "You didn't...read anything did you?"
"No, well, yes. I started reading it. But like I said, as soon as I realized what it was, I closed it and threw it over there." Elphaba was beginning to blush.
"What..." Galinda gulped knowing what her last entry read. "What did you read?"
"Um..." Elphaba was silent.
"Tell me. Please?" Galinda showed anxiety. She was nervous and was pleading. Elphaba had never seen her like this.
"Well..." Elphaba started.
"Go on." Galinda said forcefully
"You said you were at home, for Lurlinemas, but wanted to come back here." Elphaba said. There was a look of horror on Galinda's face. Her eyes were big. She was fidgetting too.
"What else? How much did you read?" There was urgency in Galinda's voice.
"That's all. I got to where it said you missed Shiz. That's when I realized it wasn't one of my books. I turned it over and saw it was all pink and sparkly. At the realization, it just kinda flew out of my hand." Elphaba looked down. "I'm sorry."
"Well...I suppose if you didn't read any more." Galinda got up out of bed. She walked over to where Elphaba was. "It's ok." She took her friend's hand and placed it in her own. "I forgive you. It was an accident after all."
"Yea, it was." Elphaba looked up and saw Galinda's large eyes staring back at her. It was the same eyes she saw in her dream. She smiled and let herself relax. A small tear released from her eye.
"Elphie? Is something wrong? Is it your dream?" Galinda asked. When Elphaba had looked up, Galinda saw how her eyes had changed. They had changed into those warm, seductive eyes she saw in her dream. She raised her hand and wiped the tear.
Elphaba swallowed hard and felt herself press into the hand that touched her cheek. When She opened her eyes again, Galinda was staring back at her. There eyes met and Elphaba's breath caught. Galinda really was quite beautiful. "Yes, actually. It was my dream."
"I thought you said it was a bad dream?" Galinda caught her.
"Well...it was good and bad." Elphaba left it at that. Before she could be asked anything more, Elphaba looked at the clock quickly. It was 7am. The library would be open now. "I have some studying to do. I'm going to the library." Elphaba got up quickly and walked to get dressed.
"But Elphie! It's beginning to rain outside!" Galinda exclaimed.
"Yea, I know. I just..I can't put it off any more. I have to go." Elphaba grabbed her coat and ran out.
Galinda quickly dressed and ran after Elphaba. Why? She didn't know.
"Elphaba! Wait!" Galinda called to Elphaba. "Wait!"
Elphaba stopped. She saw a bench nearby and sat. "Yes?" She finally said when Galinda got close.
"You still on that needing to study kick? I thought we figured out last time that was just an excuse." Galinda looked at her. "You're running away."
Elphaba looked at her blonde friend. She was right. She was running away. She looked at Galinda. It was those beautifully deep green eyes. Her memory flashed to her dream. "I am."
"There's no need to run Elphie. What are you running from? Maybe I can help." Galinda said. She was really nervous. She couldn't tell if she was shaking from the cold, or if it was her own nervousness.
"Galinda. It's not important. I just want to get to the library." Elphaba was feeling pressed. She was feeling vulnerable, and she didn't like it.
"Elphie, it is important. We're friends...and I want to be able to help you. It can't be that bad. I'll be there with you every step of the way. I can't help you though if you don't tell me." Galinda said this, and meant every word.
"How can you know if it's important or not? You don't even know what's bothering me. It can't be fixed. I'm just freaking out, and I need time alone." Elphaba turned and started walking off.
"Elphie? Elphie!" Elphaba was ignoring Galinda. She just kept walking. Galinda ran to catch up. "MISS ELPHABA THROPP! STOP WHERE YOU ARE!"
Elphaba stopped. "What!" Elphaba looked at Galinda. She was crying. "I'm sorry. What?"
"Elphaba..." The words came back to her. Her dream. This was it. It had to happen this way, it was meant to be. Why else would she dream it. "I have something I have to tell you."
Elphaba felt her throat catch. "What did you just say?"
"I said, I have to tell you something." Galinda said.
Elphaba was crazy. It was her dream come true. It was the one thing she wanted most in the world, and the one thing she couldn't have...or could she? "Galinda...I think I know what it is."
"You do?" Galinda asked. She was sure she didn't, unless she had read her diary.
"Well...Ever since I was a little girl, I kinda knew things. And well, when I woke from my dream...it was strange." Elphaba was unsure where she was going with this.
"Why was it strange?" Galinda was eager to know what she was going to say.
"It was strange because, well, when I shot up in bed, you did too. It was as if we had connected or something." What the hell was she talking about? Not even Elphaba knew.
"I think I read something about that in sorcery. It's kinda like astral projection. The two souls meet in another world, and it's as if they were together in life." Galinda felt that it made so much more sense now. How had she missed it.
"Well...and now we are here. We're standing in the rain, and im looking at you, and well...all this happened in my dream." Elphaba didn't know if she wanted to go on.
"You know Elphie...the same thing happened in my dream." Galinda looked at Elphaba, waiting to see something.
"I thought you said it was a bad dream? Why lie?" Elphaba asked Galinda. She was twiddling her fingers.
"Well...you see it was a bad dream. I mean, it was bad because it was something that I thought would never happen. It was great otherwise." Galinda looked down.
"Galinda...why did you come back?" Elphaba got bold. She wanted to know if it really was the same dream.
"Well...I think... I told you already." Galinda smiled.
"You came back...because you..." Elphaba stopped. She shook her head, and she began to cry.
Galinda raised her hand to Elphaba's cheek and wiped away the tear. "Because I missed you."
Elphaba had pressed her cheek into Galinda's hand when she realized what was said. "You...missed me? So, forgive me for being ignorant, but I am still in awe of the fact that maybe my dream is coming to fruition."
"It's ok Elphie. I was planning on saying this anyway." Galinda took a deep breath.
"Galinda..." Elphaba jumped in.
"Please, Elphie. Let me say this before I chicken out." Galinda pleaded.
"No. Galinda, I'm sorry for not giving you anything for Lurlinemas. I really should have, and I've been thinking about this for a while." Elphaba inhaled.
"Elphie, it's ok. I already told you. You weren't expected to give me anything. It's alright. Now let me say this." Galinda was getting slightly irritated.
"No. I won't let you say it first again. Galinda...I love you." Elphaba closed her eyes. She was scared. She heard a sniffle. When she opened her eyes again she was met with big green weepy ones. "Oh Galinda! I'm sorry. Did I say something wrong?"
"No." Galinda sniffled a bit. "I am just so happy."
Elphaba pulled Galinda into a warm hug. They were both crying now. "Galinda?" Elphaba pulled back. She was looking into her eyes. Nothing more need be said. Galinda nodded and smiled.
Elphaba pressed her lips to Galinda's. They relaxed into eachothers arms. It was soft, and sincere, and sweet. The broke after a few moments. "I love you Elphaba."
"I love you Galinda." They smiled at eachother and kissed one another again.
"You know Elphie...this is the best Lurlinemas present ever." Galinda smiled. "But you already knew that didn't you?" They both chuckled.
"Yea, I did. That's why I wanted to say it first." The laughed some more. "Let's go back to the room...you're soaked." Elphaba pushed a strand of Galinda's hair behind her ear. They clasped hands and walked back to the dorm
FINE.