Ignorance is NOT Bliss
Sorry it took so long to update again, I hope you enjoy chapter 3 though! (I love writing Wicked stories!) Please Read and Review!
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Last Time:
Glinda sat up in her bed, she was herself again. Somehow, her cheek still hurt, and where Elphaba had been slapped, her face was bruised. Her heart was bruised as well. Poor Elphie. She thought. Little did she know that behind all of the sarcasm and laughs, and snickers she pulled off during their friendship, was a longing to be loved. They weren't just for the people who made of her. They were for her father. All of her life, her worst enemy had been the person she wanted to love her the most.
Somehow, it all made sense now. Glinda wished they hadn't turned their backs on each other. If only she were here, now, we could patch things up, and be old school chums again. Another tear rolled down her cheek at that moment. But, it came from a different place than the others. It came from her guilty conscious. She had been one of those who had made fun of her. She didn't know how much they really affected her. Elphie had always seemed immune to it.
A wind came through the window and wrapped itself around Glinda. It seemed almost like a hug. But, it left as quickly as it came. A smile crept upon Glinda's face; a sense of comfort was left by the wind, and with it, the gift of sleep.
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Chapter 3- The Dream
While Glinda the Good slept, a dream appeared in her head. It was about Elphaba. It was another memory, but it wasn't from the elixir. It was from her own mind. It was of during the middle of their first year at Shiz:
"Well, if we have to share a room, we must talk to each other once in awhile," said Galinda.
It was the first time Galinda had talked to Elphaba that year, Elphaba she was shocked.
"Must we now?"
"Yes, I think we should. There must be a real person inside that hideous green."
"Is that supposed to be a compliment?"
"I don't know."
"Alrighty then, what would you like to talk about?"
"Hmmm, I don't know. I saw you at the dance tonight."
"Really?" said Elphaba sarcastically. I think everyone saw me, you know, cause of my skin color. I'm hard to miss."
"Well, I didn't think you would be there, considering…"
"Considering what?"
"Oh, nothing, this is useless."
"Why is it useless? Is it because my hideous green is distracting you?"
Just then, Elphaba had stood up out of frustration and walked over to the window. The moonlight glistened on her raven black hair that fell down to her hips.
"Stay there a minute, I want to see something," said Galinda getting excited.
Galinda remembered herself walking to her bureau and pulling out a pink scarf. She gave it to Elphaba.
"Put it on," she urged.
"You think I'm going to try on a PINK scarf?"
"Yes."
"I don't even know how to put it on!"
"Ugh, Miss Elphie you're hopeless!" Galinda had reveled in her new discovery. "Elphie…ooh, could I call you Elphie?"
"NO!"
"Please?"
"NO!"
"Why not?"
"Because it's stupid, and…it's a bit perky."
"Oh, Elphie-"
"Stop that!"
"Miss Elphie is getting a bit cranky tonight."
It was the first time since they'd met that Elphaba smiled.
"Oh, Elphaba, you have such a beautiful smile!"
Elphaba had stifled her smile immediately.
"Well anyway, let me put the scarf on for you."
Galinda tied it around her neck and stepped back to admire her new idea.
"Have you ever worn pink before?"
"Who do you think I am a blonde Barbie doll? Of course not!"
"Well, pink goes gooood with green."
"If you say so."
"I do." A smile crept across Galinda's resting face. Elphaba had gone to the mirror to see if she looked presentable.
"I look like a circus freak."
"No, you look pretty. You do!" Galinda giggled.
"Whatever. I'm going to sleep now, I need to get to Life Sciences early tomorrow to have a…a chat, with Dr. Dillamond."
"Ok, Elphie." Elphaba chuckled at the pet name. She took off the scarf, and gave it back to Galinda. "And, don't tell anyone about this ok? I think we can be friends but…but if anyone else knew-"
"-Your reputation would suffer." Elphaba rolled her eyes.
"Well, yeah. I'm sorry but that's how things will have to be."
"Whatever, it doesn't matter. I'm used to not having any friends anyway. I do appreciate your trying though." And then she had muttered, "I thought you were actually trying to be my friend, but you're just like the rest of them, trying to make fun of me." Elphaba sighed and turned out the light to go to sleep.
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Galinda had heard her, and felt awful. She really had been trying. But, Milla, Shen Shen, and Phanee, and most of the other girls wouldn't have thought too highly of her anymore. Galinda hadn't been too well assured of her popularity then and had wanted to be more confident before trying anything risky. But, as Galinda knew she would later discover, Elphaba was to be the best friend she ever had.
The real Glinda now turned in the direction where Elphie's been had been and said softly, "I'm sorry I called your skin hideous. It really is beautiful." And Glinda the Good knew that Elphie would get the message, alive or not.
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I hope you liked it. I thought I should bring back a Shiz scene between them to show how innocent they were. I love those scenes. Well now you must review! Hehe.
-Forever Elphaba