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Chapter 5:

"Well look at who has an admirer." Valina said with a bright smile at the blushing green girl.

"He was just being nice, he probably doesn't want to upset me and have my powers flare out of control." Elphaba tried to reason, even though it was kind of flattering for her the way Ridal was looking at her.

"Well I have known Ridal since I joined the Psychology Club, which by the way he is the President, and I've never seen him like that with a girl." Valina said.

"Then he was probably just curious about the infamous 'Green Artichoke.'"

"Yeah right, he likes you. And by the way you were blushing I'm guessing you're attracted to him as well." Valina said as Elphaba turned a dark green again. "See like that."

"Shut up! Come on lets go." Elphaba said as she started walking to her dorm room, followed by a laughing Valina.

Elphaba and Valina arrived to the empty dorm room and started doing their homework while talking about Ridal, well more like Valina teasing Elphaba that she now had a boyfriend.

"Admit it Elphaba, it felt good to have someone pay attention to you in a romantic sense." Valina asked after laughing at one of the funny things she said.

"Ok fine! It is a nice thought if Ridal does like me." Elphaba responded why a shy grin. To which Valina let out a squeal and started singing, "Ridal and Elphaba sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g..."

Both were laughing at the little song, unaware that Galinda was now in the room with a look of shock at what she heard.

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Galinda was on her way back to her dorm after classes were done, thinking that Elphaba was more than likely in the library. As she got closer to the door she could hear voices and found it hard to believe that her roommate actually had a friend. Curiosity got to her and instead of walking in, she stayed and listen for a bit.

"Admit it Elphaba, it felt good to have someone pay attention to you in a romantic sense." She heard what sounded like Valina's voice ask.

"Ok fine! It is a nice thought if Ridal does like me." She barely heard Elphaba respond.

Galinda felt something tugged at her heart when she fully understood what she heard and decided to walk in. She saw Valina singing 'Ridal and Elphaba sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g...' and Elphaba laughing. She didn't know what she was feeling when she saw the happiness in Elphaba's eyes but seeing the green girl laugh at the thought of someone liking her made her upset.

Elphaba saw Galinda standing there and immediately stopped laughing. Valina, however, was still chuckling.

"Hello Galinda." Valina said being the better person and forgetting about what happened at the cafe.

"Hello Valina, what are you doing here? Although I don't mind." Galinda said.

"Oh just here working on my homework with Elphaba." Valina said wiping her eyes from the tears of laughter.

After a few moments of silence Valina spoke up again. "Well I should get going, I still have a project to work on. Goodbye Galinda. See you tomorrow Elphaba." She said then left.

Galinda and Elphaba just stared at one another for awhile until Elphaba went back to doing her work. Galinda still felt a small amount of jealousy, which brought her to ask about what she heard earlier.

"So who is Ridal?" She asked only to be met with silence.

"Miss Elphaba, did you hear me?"

Silence...

"Miss Elphaba!" Galinda yelled feeling frustrated that she was being ignored.

"Yes I heard you!" Elphaba responded never looking up from her work.

"Well are you going to tell me about Ridal?" Galinda tried again.

"No." Elphaba answered simply.

"Why not?"

"Why do you care?! It doesn't concern you and I frankly its none of your business!" Elphaba said finally looking up at Galinda.

"I care." Galinda said.

Elphaba laugh without humor. "You care about nothing and no one but yourself." She said seriously and went right back to work.

Galinda knew that Elphaba was still upset from earlier that morning so she decided to at least try to apologize.

"Look, about this morning I know what I did was wrong, but you have to see that..." Galinda started.

"Don't worry about it. I understand that your reputation means everything to you and being seen with a disgusting monster like me would ruin you." Elphaba interrupted calmly.

"Elphaba I just wanted to..." Galinda tried again.

"What? Apologize? Well don't worry all is well Miss Galinda. Go back to your loyal followers now." Elphaba said after she turned to look at Galinda.

Galinda cowered away a little at the intensity of Elphaba's eyes. She knew that all was not well and couldn't help but feel a little hurt that Elphaba started using honorifics again. She also felt guilty about how she treated Elphaba and jealous that the brunette may have a possible admirer. Elphaba stared at the blonde and even though her heart was telling her to forgive Galinda, her head was reminding her of all the things the smaller girl did to her. So after awhile she turned back around to her homework with a sigh.

"Elphaba I mean it when I say that I never meant to hurt you're feelings." Galinda tried to convince Elphaba that she was truly sorry.

"Well you didn't. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to the library." With that Elphaba left the room and a remorseful Galinda behind.

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The next day Elphaba spent her class time ignoring Galinda and after class went with Valina to walk around the Shiz grounds again. As they were sitting and talking under a tree, Ridal spotted them and went to speak to the green beauty that wouldn't leave his thoughts.

"Hello again Valina, Elphaba." He gave both girls a bow and smile, but Elphaba received a wink as well.

"Hello Ridal, what brings you here?" Valina asked curiously.

"Well I had to make sure to see more of this young lady." He answered Valina with a smile but his eyes were on Elphaba.

"Oh no! I forgot that I had a project to finish so I have to go." Valina said standing up, trying to give the two more privacy.

"Val, do you need help?" Elphaba said being courteous.

"No its ok, I'm fine. Thank you though." Valina said with a secretive smile.

"Do you need me to escort you?" Ridal asked getting up as well.

"No, you stay and keep Elphaba company. I will see you two around. Goodbye." Valina said as Ridal sat back down and she left.

"So... Miss Elphaba. Umm... how are you today?" Ridal asked suddenly feeling nervous.

"I'm doing well, and you could drop the honorific Ridal." Elphaba answered with a smile hoping that it would calm his nerves.

"Alright Elphaba, so what are you studying here at Shiz?" He asked trying to get to know her better.

"I'm a Life Sciences major with a minor in Sorcery, mostly due to Morrible insisting that I study it. What about you?" She asked.

"Well I'm a Psychology major only. So you have magical abilities?" Ridal asked curiously.

"Yes, unfortunately I'm not trained, so its hard for me to control them sometimes." Elphaba responded thinking Ridal would surely leave now.

"Well I'm sure that with practice and Morrible training you, you will be both talented and powerful." Ridal responded with smile.

Elphaba smiled back and realized that Ridal was not like all the other people who were afraid of her, except Valina of course. Soon the two were talking about their childhoods, future plans, and any other thing that came to their minds. Ridal was fascinated by the brunette and he thought that her green skin only added to her beauty instead of disguised it. Elphaba was also enjoying her time and for the first time since arriving to Shiz forgot all about Galinda.

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Galinda had been trying to find the right time to speak to Elphaba all day, but every time she would almost succeed Elphaba would leave. So after classes were through she made up her mind to track down the green girl and make her listen. Of course that was difficult though when Shenshen, Pfannee, and Fiyero were by her side in an instant.

"So Galinda where you off to?" Pfannee asked.

"Yes, dearest, where would you like to go?" Fiyero asked as he gave Galinda kiss on the cheek, to which she wanted to cringe away from.

"Umm... I have a Sorcery project due and I'm going to the library to finish it." Galinda quickly lied.

"Ewww. The library is full of stinky old books. Well we will see you after perhaps." Shenshen said.

"Oh yes. Goodbye girls. Bye dearest." Galinda said as she quickly gave Fiyero a hug and took off.

She had been searching everywhere she could think of for Elphaba, but she was nowhere to be seen. After deciding to just quit and go back to her room, she started to walk across the courtyard. She looked around and noticed that many students were out and about, just enjoying themselves. That's when she spotted a familiar green face, that made a smile appear on her own.

When Galinda got closer to the green girl, her smile slowly disappeared. She could see that Elphaba was smiling, laughing and talking to a older boy who was obviously flirting with Elphaba. She immediately knew that the boy must have been Ridal. What she didn't expect was to feel a pain in her heart and tears appear in her eyes. Before anyone, especially Elphaba, could see her she turned and left to her room. Once she closed the door she cuddled on her bed and cried for the hurt she caused Elphaba, which led to the hurting of herself.