Hey, everybody! I'm back! I had an awesome week at an acting camp performing in a modern take on Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and it went super well! But you didn't come here to hear about that, so here's the chapter!


Elphaba swung open the door to her dorm after a trip to the library. "Hey, Glin." She called out, the blonde nowhere in sight. "I'm..." she paused when she noticed a pink table in the middle of the dorm. "Galinda, what is going on?"

"Hi, Elphie!" The blonde said, walking up from behind the green girl. "I didn't expect you to get back from the library this early."

"What is going on in here, Glin?" Elphaba asked, stepping into the dorm and gesturing towards the large, pink, dinner table.

"Well, I decide that the only way to make you popular would be by hanging out with popular people. So I decided to have a dinner party!" The blonde announced.

"A dinner party?" Elphaba whined. "With popular people? Why?"

"Because I am going to make you popular and this is a great way to start."

"Fine. But you might want to get set up. It's getting kind of late. It's almost dinner time already."

"Oh, Elphie! I'm not putting this party together alone! You're going to help me!"

"Galinda! I know absolutely nothing about hosting a dinner party!"

"Exactly! That's why I'm teaching you. Why would I teach you something that you already know?"

"Alright, fine. Let's start."

"Good! So, this is going to be a formal pink dinner party. And I know that you don't have any pink dresses, but you do have accessories. So I expect you to wear at least some pink makeup."

"Okay."

"So now we'll work on setting the table." Galinda said, walking over to her bed, where she had already set out everything that she would need. She picked up a stack of elegant dinner plates that were white with dainty pink trim on the edges and handed them to Elphaba. "You'll set them out." She explained.

"How many?" Elphaba asked. She had set up for formal dinners before, but never for pink dinner parties. Normally, she just set out one plate for every chair, but Galinda had not yet set out the chairs.

"Well, let me look." Galinda said, pulling out a list. "We need a place for me, you, Phanee, Shenshen, Addy, Audrey, Corin, Pheobe,Celia, and Rosalind. So, that's ten."

"That's alot, Glin. Why can't we just have a few people?"

"Oh, Elphie, that is just a few people. Besides, most dinner parties have way more people than that."

"Ugh. I'm going to mess this up!"

"You'll be fine, Elphie. Now set up those plates while I get the chairs out!"


An hour later, the pink table with pink chairs was set with pink plates, pink glasses, pink napkins, pink forks, pink spoons, pink knives, and a pink centerpiece, a transparent pink glass jar filled winth pink beads, ribbons, and streamers. Galinda had also set out a pink pitcher of pink lemonade, a pink bowl full of salad, a pink bowl of spaghetti noodles, a pink bowl of steaming spaghetti sauce, a pink bowl of shredded cheese, and yet another pink bowl of meatballs.

"It's so pink." Elphaba said when the two girls stepped back to examine their work.

"Oh, Elphie! It's beautiful! The create-your-own pasta was a genius idea!" Galinda said.

"Thanks, Glin. So, what do we do now?"

"Now we get ourselves ready!"

"How do we do that?"

"We get dressed, put on makeup, and accessorize."

"Ugh!"

"What dresses do you have?"

"Well, I have..."

"Let me guess... nothing."

"If you're only counting ball gowns, nothing."

"Okay, well then, you can borrow something of mine."

"Glin..."

"No protests, Elphie!"

"Fine." Elphaba said. Galinda walked over to her closet and began to search through.

"I'll find something that isn't pink."

"Do you have anything that isn't pink?" Elphaba asked sarcastically.

"For your information,Elphie, I do have clothes that aren't pink. Just not many of them."

"Okay, whatever."

"Ooh! This is absolutely perfect!" The blond squealed, pulling a simple yet elegant purple knee-length, short-sleeved dress from the closet.

"Ugh. Fine, I guess that'll work."

"Stop being so ungrateful, Elphie!"

"Okay, I'm sorry. I'm just nervous. That's all."

"Oh, Elphie, you don't have to be worried or nervous or anything. I'll be right here the entire time."

"Thanks, Glin." Elphaba smiled shyly and looked up to her friend.

"Of course! That's what bestest friends are for!" The two spent the next half hour getting dressed and putting on makeup, followed by accessorizing. Finally came the time for the guests to arrive. First came Audrey, followed by Phanee and Shenshen, then Addy, then Corin, then Rosalind and Celia, then Pheobe. Once everyone was seated, Galinda began the conversation.

"So, everyone, thank you for coming tonight." She said as everyone passed around the bowls to add the food to their plates.

"The make-your-own-pasta bar was a genius idea." Corin said.

"Why, thank you! The idea was actually Elphaba's."

"Oh." Corin said.

"I agree. It was definitely a nice touch." Rosalind said.

"Yeah, I really like the idea." Addy added.

"Oh, um, thank you." Elphaba said shyly.

"I would like to propose a toast." Galinda said, raising her glass of pink lemonade. "To populari...no. To Elphie!" She looked at her friend, who blushed. She didn't like being the center of attention.

"To... Elphie." The group echoed, taking a second or two to realize who Galinda meant when she said 'Elphie'. The rest of the night was spent full of chatting and laughing, the green girl herself even joining in the conversations. She was shocked to find that she was disappointed when Galinda announced that it was getting late and that she and Elphaba should start cleaning up. She even thanked each of them for coming sincerely and told them that she was glad that they had been able to come.

"So, Elphie, did you have fun?" Galinda asked as they snuggled into their beds that night.

"You know what, Galinda? I did."

"Good! Because I already told them that you would sit with us at lunch tomorrow!"

"Oh, Glin." Elphaba laughed. She suddenly took a more serious tone. "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course. Anything."

"When you told them that I'd be joining you guys at lunch, did they seem...happy about that?"

"You know what, Elphie? They did. They like you. You're smart and nice and...everybody likes you."

"Thanks, Glin."

"Good night, Elphie."

"Good night, Glin." A couple of minutes later, when Galinda thought that Elphaba was asleep, she heard the blonde humming. At first, it was hard to make out the tune, but then it hit her and the green girl could practically hear her friend singing. "Popular, you're gonna be popular!" Elphaba smiled to herself. A couple of days ago, she would never believe those lyrics. But now they didn't seem so far from the truth anymore.


Yay! Another chapter! Virtual spaghetti, sauce, meatballs, salad, and pink lemonade to anyone who can get my reference! (CaptainSwanLuv, I know that you can and if you don't I will have to shake it back into your brain) Anyway, in the next chapter will be the lunch! And who knows, maybe we'll meet everybody's favorite Vinkun Prince who's reputation is SOOO scandalicious. Okay, see you next update!