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Chapter 13:

After the laughing ceased both girls leaned in to share another kiss, oblivious that someone was watching them.

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Ridal was standing behind a tree feeling more angry and jealous then he had in his entire life. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, the girl he was supposed to have was kissing the girl he couldn't stand. He wanted nothing more then to pull Glinda away and get rid of her for good and have Elphaba for himself. But he knew that the green girl would never forgive him if something happened to the small blonde. So with a evil grin he knew one way that could get Glinda out of the picture and still get Elphaba to love him.

For the next 2 months Elphaba and Glinda spent every waking moment together, however neither saying 'I love you' in the fear that the other wouldn't reciprocate the affection.

They would eat their meals either in their room or in the cafe, hardly in the latter though. This was due to Pfannee and Shenshen still making it a point to question Glinda on her friendship with Elphaba, but the blonde would always ignore them. They spent their evenings studying or doing homework, which afterwards Elphaba would sing, caress or gently kiss Glinda to sleep.

The only thing they didn't do was announce their relationship in public, for fear that they would be cruelly ridiculed. However, they found comfort in socializing with Valina and Fiyero, when he wasn't in detention, because of their acceptance of them as a couple.

Both Elphaba and Glinda continued on with their normal classes as well as their Sorcery classes with Morrible, although they hated the Sorcery classes. More like hated the Headmistress because of her unfair ruling for Ridal, but continued on with everything. As for Ridal, they had not seen or heard from him since the day Elphaba confronted him, which both girls were grateful for.

On the last day of Fiyero's detention, Elphaba and Glinda decided to take Fiyero and Valina out to thank them for everything they did for them and also because it wasn't a school night.

They arrived at the local bar and found a table, which was hard considering the place was packed with other locals and Shiz students celebrating the end of another week.

"Alright Yero, anything you want is on us." Elphaba said with a smile. "What'll it be?"

"Um... a Munchkinland Lager please." Fiyero said with a happy look on his face.

"Coming right up. What about you Valina?" Elphaba said as she looked at the other brunette.

"Oh I can get my own drink, its ok." Valina said as she stood.

"Nonsense. You two have been there for Elphie and I during everything." Glinda said trying to convince Valina. "Its the least we could do."

"Fine when you put it that way... red wine please." Valina said as she sat back down touched by Glinda's words. "Thanks blondie and green bean."

"You're welcome." Glinda giggled as she and Elphaba went to get the drinks at the bar.

"Boy am I glad to be over and done with the whole detention thing." Fiyero said to no one in particular.

"Yeah I can imagine." Valina said while she put her hand on top of Fiyero's. "But honestly, you did a real good thing defending Elphaba the way you did." She continued softly giving Fiyero a small smile.

"Thanks." Fiyero said as he look at Valina but then looked down at their hands.

"Oh... umm..." Valina stuttered as she quickly withdrew her hand when she noticed what she did. "I mean... you know for someone being so stupid, you did something smart for a change." She said trying to rescue herself.

"Yeah thanks for the compliment snob." Fiyero said as he blushed and let out a nervous chuckle.

"Hey why are you so red?" Elphaba asked as she and Glinda made it back to the table with everyone's drinks in hand.

"Nothing, its just a little warm in here." Fiyero said as Elphaba gave him his beer and he chugged it halfway. "Much better."

"Ok." Elphaba said slowly when she saw this but shrugged it off and shook her head.

"So Elphaba, what did you and Glinda get to drink?" Valina asked a few minutes later.

"I got red wine, the same as you, and Glinda had to go with something as girly and pink as she is." Elphaba said with a smirk when Glinda playfully swatted at her, that cause Fiyero to laugh.

"What's that?" Valina asked as she looked at Glinda.

"An Ozmopolitan." Glinda said with a smile that caused Valina to smile as well.

The group spent the next hour just laughing and talking about all the things that happened to them during the week, basically just enjoying their time together amongst friends. They kept drinking and after awhile Elphaba could feel herself laughing more, Glinda being extra touchy with Elphaba, Fiyero slurring his words, and Valina dancing in her seat.

"Come on Elphie lets dance." Glinda announced when she saw Valina dancing along to the music in her seat.

"Um... can I sit this one out? I'm not that great of a dancer." Elphaba said as Glinda pouted.

"Fine, come on Val lets go." Glinda said as she grabbed Valina's hand and dragged her to the dance floor.

"Wow, she sure does what she wants. Huh Elphaba buddy old pal?" Fiyero said as he slung his arm around green shoulders.

"Yeah she sure does." Elphaba said distractedly, because she was watching her blonde girlfriend gracefully move and sway to the upbeat music with Valina. She was mesmerized by the way she was moving and even though she didn't want to admit it, slightly aroused.

"Earth to Elphaba." Fiyero said as he snapped his fingers in front of Elphaba when he noticed the dazed look on her face. When he didn't get a response, he said louder, "Elphaba!"

"What?!" Elphaba said as she jumped from being startled, but quickly turned a darker green when she was caught staring.

"Come on lets go dance too." Fiyero said with a grin when he noticed Elphaba was watching Glinda and dragged her to the dance floor.

"Elphie!" Glinda squealed as she saw her girlfriend. "Dance with me."

"I don't know if I'll be good." Elphaba said feeling nervous.

"Don't worry, pretend it just us in our room." Glinda said as she and Elphaba moved together to the music.

Fiyero and Valina, seeing that they had no choice in partners but with each other, shrugged and danced together.

Glinda noticed that Elphaba was a really good dancer despite the brunette's opinions. So feeling extra flirtatious, she moved closer to Elphaba and subtly rubbed her body against the green girl's. Elphaba felt her breath hitch and wanted nothing more then to kiss the blonde, but controlled herself.

After the song was over everyone felt a whole lot sober and headed back to the table to sit down to talk some more.

"I'm going for drinks again, anyone want a refill." Elphaba said as she stood up.

"I do!" Fiyero said right away.

"I'd like one too. Thanks." Valina said with a laugh from Fiyero's reaction.

"Alright, Glinda?" Elphaba asked with a smile.

"I'm good, but I do have to use the restroom." Glinda said as she stood. "I'll be back."

Glinda went the restroom and was exiting when she felt herself being pulled into a dark hallway and a hand clamp over her mouth.

"Stop moving or I'll gut you right now." Ridal whispered in Glinda's ear as she struggled to get free.

"Much better." He said when she stopped fighting him.

"Now I'm going to make this short and sweet. I want you to break up with Elphaba, that's right I know about you two." Ridal continued as Glinda gasped.

"I want you to break it off and tell her you never loved her or else I'll kill her. If you tell her about this conversation, I'll kill her. If she doesn't believe a word you say and still continues to see you, I'll kill her." Ridal said as tears started to form in Glinda's eyes. "And don't think that I won't do it either, if I can't have her then no one will either. And I always get what I want. Now be a good girl and go back to your little party, but don't draw attention to yourself because I'll be watching you." And with that Ridal let Glinda go.

"And one more thing." Ridal said as Glinda stopped in her tracks when she heard him speak again, but kept her back to him. "It better be done by tomorrow or else it'll be your fault for the death of your precious Elphie."

Glinda left thinking of what she had to do and how it was going to kill her, but for the sake of her girlfriend she would end their relationship. She wanted nothing more then to run into strong emerald arms and cry, but knew she couldn't or else Elphaba would be the one to pay.

'What am I going to do?' Glinda desperately asked herself in her head.

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After the incident with Ridal Glinda joined the rest of the group but was in a daze, that Elphaba contributed to the alcohol. So after Fiyero started to fall from his seat, they all decided to leave back to their respected rooms.

First Valina and Elphaba helped a drunk and stumbling Fiyero to his room, where his roommate took over once he saw what was happening. Then Elphaba and Glinda escorted Valina back to her room before they headed up to their own room.

"Did you enjoy yourself, my sweet?" Elphaba asked as they walked through the door.

"Yes, it was fun." Glinda said monotone.

"Are you ok?" Elphaba asked after she closed and locked the door and gathered the blonde in her arms and looked down at her.

"I'm fine. Just tired is all." Glinda said, not being able to look into Elphaba's eyes.

"Alright, why don't you get ready for bed?" Elphaba said as she let go and watched the blonde enter the bathroom.

When Glinda came out and Elphaba entered the bathroom, she immediately started crying on her bed. She didn't know how she was going to break up with Elphaba, but she knew that if she didn't then Ridal would kill Elphaba and she couldn't let that happen. She cried until there were no more tears left and fell asleep thinking about how she was going to break the green beauty's heart first thing tomorrow.

Elphaba exited the bathroom and saw that Glinda was asleep on top of the covers. She smiled as she carefully moved Glinda under the covers and stared at her for a few moments.

'By Oz she's beautiful.' She thought.

Elphaba traced every shape on Glinda's face with her eyes and locked it away for memory. Everything from the curly tousled gold curls and creamy pale skin to the small button nose and slightly parted pouty lips. Elphaba realized in that exact moment that every feeling she had for the blonde all led to one conclusion, she was completely and unconditionally in love with her. Which meant that she knew in her heart that she was ready to tell Glinda everything she felt for her.

'Tomorrow.' She thought to herself with a bright smile. 'Tomorrow first thing in the morning, I'll tell Glinda that I love her.'

With that thought, Elphaba laid down and was instantly asleep dreaming of how Glinda would tell her that she loved her back.

A/N #2: Once again guys, sorry for the delay and hopefully it doesn't happen again. Please review to make me happy! :D