Author's Note: Sorry I haven't been updating as often, I've been super busy with work and my personal life. But here't the next chapter and as usual, thanks to evilregal07, Doglover645, and Wicked Fan for being dedicated reviewers :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Wicked or any of its characters.
Chapter 10:
Fiyero and Valina laughed at this. "Its quite obvious and it was only a matter of time before you two confessed your feelings to one another." Fiyero said with a big smile.
"So you two are not upset or freaked out about us being together?" Elphaba asked looking between Fiyero and Valina.
"Are you kidding? You're still the same moody green bean and small blonde princess." Valina said while Elphaba and Glinda smiled and Fiyero nodded.
From then on all four talked about how Elphaba and Glinda finally confessed their feelings to one another, how Fiyero and Valina figured out that the two like each other as more than friends, and just generally having a good time as friends. All knew what had to be done about Ridal, but none wanted to ruin the moment, just for the few hours they had until the confrontation later in the day.
When Elphaba, Glinda, Fiyero, and Valina finished up their meals at the cafe they decided to go out and look for Ridal, knowing that he would more then likely be out in the courtyard somewhere. Nothing was said between anyone, but Glinda kept a death grip on Elphaba's hand, while Fiyero and Valina stayed behind them keeping an eye out for Ridal. It was somewhat difficult to find Ridal, because of the students out and about now that its was the afternoon.
Finally Glinda spotted him sitting under the tree that he and Elphaba usually sat under, reading a book.
"There he is." Glinda said quietly as she stood still staring at Ridal.
Elphaba looked in the direction that Glinda was looking and felt herself get angry. "Its ok, my sweet. This will be over before you know it." Elphaba said when she turned to look at the scared blonde.
"Elphie promise me you'll be careful. If anything happens to you I swear..." Glinda started thinking of the worst scenario.
"I promise nothing will happen." Elphaba interrupted. "Besides big strong Fiyero will be there to rescue me if need be." She finished with a teasing tone.
"Yes I will...hey you're teasing me!" Fiyero said when he figured out what was said, which caused everyone to chuckle, further relaxing Glinda.
"Well here goes nothing. Wish me luck." Elphaba said.
"Good luck Elphie, be careful." Glinda said before she gave Elphaba a chaste kiss.
"Thank you and I will." Elphaba responded with her crooked grin, before walking towards Ridal.
"Don't worry Glinda, she knows what she's doing." Valina said as she put her arms around the blonde's shoulders. "Guard dog over here has his eye out for her."
"Yeah Glinda don't...hey!" Fiyero said as both girls giggled.
"I just hope he doesn't do anything that will hurt her." Glinda said as she, Fiyero, and Valina silently watched as Elphaba made it to Ridal.
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The whole time Elphaba made the walk to Ridal, images of Glinda's battered and bloody face kept flashing in her mind. She was on the verge of breaking out in a run and taking her anger out on Ridal's face, but she managed to make it to Ridal with her calmness still intact. She saw that Ridal still didn't know she was in front of him, so she took a deep breathe and cleared her throat.
"Oh Elphaba, I didn't see you." Ridal said with a smile when he realized who was in front of him.
"Ridal I need to talk to you." Elphaba said trying to remain calm.
"Sure thing, have a seat and stay awhile." Ridal said with a happy chuckle thinking his message for Glinda to stay away got through to the blonde.
"No I will not sit down. I think you know what I want to discuss with you." Elphaba said.
"I'm not sure what you're talking about." Ridal said trying to appear to be innocent.
"Don't pretend to be oblivious!" Elphaba said finally losing her cool facade. "I know what you did to Glinda, and trust me you will pay for what you did."
"Elphaba, I did that for us." Ridal said standing up. "So we can finally be alone without her interrupting us. You'll thank me for this later on."
"Like hell I will! You are a jealous coward that beats unsuspecting girls just to get what you want!" Elphaba was on the verge of screaming.
"Elphaba, please understand that I did what I had to do to that dumb blonde to finally get you to realize how much you want to be with me." Ridal said trying not to get angry.
"Don't you dare say anything bad about Glinda!" Elphaba exclaimed, while Glinda, Valina, and Fiyero were inching themselves closer to the two.
"Elphaba..." Ridal started.
"Don't. You will go to Madame Morrible and you will tell her the entire truth about what you did to Glinda." Elphaba said as calmly as she could. "If you don't, I will go to Morrible and tell her everything."
"No you won't. You couldn't do that to me." Ridal said walking closer to Elphaba as Glinda watched, starting to feel uneasy.
"Watch me." Elphaba said.
"You may not realize this yet, but I know you care for me." Ridal said standing in front of the hostile looking green girl.
"You truly are delusional. Either you accompany Glinda and I to Morrible's office to turn yourself in or we do it for you." Elphaba said holding her head high.
"I'm not turning myself in for something that was beneficial to our relationship." Ridal said grabbing Elphaba.
"Let go of me!" Elphaba said trying to escape Ridal's strong hold on her.
"Just accept us and all will be well." Ridal said then kissed Elphaba square on the lips.
When Fiyero saw this his eyes widen and he took off running towards the two, while Glinda and Valina followed him.
"Get off her!" Fiyero yelled as he pushed Ridal off Elphaba.
"Elphie are you ok?" Glinda asked as she made her way to the green girl.
"Yes I'm fine." Elphaba said as she wiped her mouth on her sleeve and spat on the floor.
"What the hell?!" Ridal said picking himself off the floor. "What do you think you're doing?!"
"Keeping you away from them." Fiyero said standing in front of all three girls.
"Move out of my way, this is between me and Elphaba." Ridal said as he pushed the prince into the girls.
"No. You will never touch either one of them again." Fiyero said as he regained his balance.
"You stupid bastard!" Ridal said as his fist connected to Fiyero's jaw.
"Fiyero!" Elphaba said as she saw blood leaking from the prince's bottom lip.
"I'm alright, but he won't be." Fiyero said before he tackled Ridal to the ground, punching him when he landed on top.
The two men continued to wrestle and hit one another, while Elphaba tried to break it up.
"Stop it!" Elphaba said trying to sound stern while pulling on Fiyero's arm.
"ENOUGH!" Someone bellowed causing Fiyero and Ridal to stop fighting.
"Madame Morrible." Glinda said in a surprised tone.
"What is the meaning of this?" Morrible ignored Glinda and directed her question to the men still on the ground.
"Madame Morrible, I was just sitting here when this lunatic attacked me." Ridal said while standing.
"That's a lie!" Fiyero exclaimed standing as well.
"That will be enough!" Morrible said again.
"Madame, I was talking to Ridal in hopes that he would turn himself into you for beating Glinda last night. He refused and kissed me, Fiyero was only protecting me." Elphaba said as Morrible looked at Glinda.
"But nothing seems to be wrong with Miss Upland." Morrible said noticing that the blonde had no marks or evidence that proved she was beaten.
"Madame I assure you she has several bruises that are covered by makeup." Elphaba said fearing that Morrible wouldn't believe her.
"The only thing I see is Master Malunus and Master Tiggular bloodied and bruised, Miss Thropp. And after the story Master Ridal said, I'm afraid I have to side with him on this one based on what I see at the moment." Morrible said.
"What?! Madame, Fiyero was just protecting Elphaba." Glinda said not believing what she was hearing.
"Its hard to believe that with the sort of reputation Master Fiyero has. But seeing as this was a just a fight and no one was seriously hurt. Both Master Malunus and Master Tiggular will serve in-house detention." Morrible said with her noise pointed up at the group.
"Madame, I was attacked!" Ridal said trying to look like the innocent victim.
"Be that as it may, you were still fighting back." Morrible responded. "That is my final word."
"But Madame..." Elphaba tried to explain.
"I said final. Master Fiyero and Master Ridal will have in-house detention starting Monday for two weeks. If I hear or see any more disturbances from anyone of you, you will be expelled. Good day." Morrible said before she turned and left back to her office.
"I can't believe this!" Elphaba shouted once Morrible was out of sight.
"Elphie its ok, it not the end of the world." Glinda said as she held onto Elphaba's arm, hoping to calm the livid girl.
"Glinda, I'm so sorry. I hope you know that." Elphaba said with sad eyes when she looked to Glinda.
"I do know that. Don't beat yourself up over this." Glinda said reassuringly.
"Elphaba, can't you see this was meant to be? I didn't get in trouble because we are supposed to be together." Ridal said after listening to Glinda talk to Elphaba and getting jealous all over again. "Now step away from that twit you call your roommate and come with me."
"You stay away from us! If you so much as look at us in a way I don't like, its going to take more then Fiyero to stop me from hurting you." Elphaba said while shooting daggers at Ridal with her eyes, before turning around to walk away clutching Glinda's hand in her own.
On the walk back to the room Elphaba couldn't help but feel upset at herself for how everything turned out to be. She kept thinking about the what ifs and maybes, but always ended up thinking that she couldn't make up for what happened to Glinda. She didn't realize that they made it to the dorm until she felt Glinda tug on her hand to get her to stop walking. She turned around to see Glinda, Valina, and Fiyero looking at her.
"I'm sorry Fiyero." Elphaba said after awhile.
"Its ok, at least he couldn't do anymore damage then what he already did." Fiyero said.
"Thank you, for being there for me." Elphaba said as she gave Fiyero a hug.
"No problem, green bean." Fiyero said as Elphaba playfully swatted his arm. "Nobody messes with my girls and gets away with it."
"Are you sure you're ok?" Glinda asked him.
"Positive. Besides I gave him a few good ones as well." Fiyero said with a smile.
"You sure did brainiac." Valina said patting him on the back.
"Do you need help with your cuts?" Elphaba said nodding to his face.
"No I'm going to go to the infirmary, there's a cute little nurse there that caught my eye, so I'm good." Fiyero said with a grin causing everyone to roll their eyes and chuckle.
"Ok thank you for everything you've done for us." Glinda said as she hugged him as well.
"Like I said earlier, no problem. I'll see you later." Fiyero said before he turned to leave to the infirmary. "Good day!"
"I better go make sure he doesn't harass that poor nurse. I'll see you both later, and don't worry, things happen for a reason. Ridal will get what he deserves." Valina said before waving and running after Fiyero. "Hey your highness, hold up!"
"Elphie, lets go upstairs and just relax ok?" Glinda suggested when she turned to look at a tired Elphaba.
Once Elphaba looked into Glinda's clear blue eyes, all her stress about not making right by the blonde and her self blame slowly started to go away. She could feel herself getting lost in the smaller girl's eyes and found her self saying with a smile, "Ok my sweet, lead the way."