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Chapter Four
"You're hung over." Elphaba said, as there second tutoring session began.
"No I'm not." He said, rubbing his forehead. He tried to remember what he did last night, and very blurry and dark memories came to his mind. The girl Avaric brought back to their dorm woke him up that afternoon, and he remembered that he had a tutoring session and made his way to the library.
"Did you even read?" she said, crossing her arms.
"Yes."
"I don't believe you." She said, giving him a glare.
"I honestly did." He said, looking up at her stare.
"Prove it." She said, handing him a quiz of the chapter. Fiyero took it and started to work on it. It took him about ten minutes to finish it. He returned it to Elphaba and she graded it.
"Well," she sighed, "You got ten out of fifteen right. Did you honestly read, or are you just lucky?"
He looked at her with a blank stare.
"You've proven me wrong Fiyero. You have real potential." She said, uncrossing her arms, "But it's going to take more than reading one chapter."
"What do you mean? I thought this was my way to a passing grade?"
"If you put in a little extra work, you'll be passing in no time."
He sighed, "You can probably tell, but I've never had to put in work. I'm not the kind of guy that comes off as 'studious'."
She looked at him, "You don't have to be studious to pass." She said, raising her eyebrows.
He looked back at her in silence until she spoke again, "However, if you want a piece of advice on how to pass a little quicker, I would advise against all of this drinking and partying."
He laughed, "You call that advice?"
"It's eventually going to affect your memory, and it has already taken its toll on your grades so far."
"I need you to tutor me, not lecture me on my life choices." He said sharply.
She shrugged her shoulders, "Suit yourself. Read chapter two by tomorrow, and we'll keep moving. Try and get some decent sleep, you look tired." She said before she left him at the table, alone.
Fiyero sat there for a long time contemplating what Elphaba said. He'd been at the party scene for a long time- maybe it was time to put it behind him? However, his reputation would go way down with his friends.
What was he going to do?
Not wanting to think about it anymore, he opened his book and started to read chapter two, which took him longer than the first did. When he was finished, he took a walk down to the Suicide Canal, a canal famous for its dangerous rapids in Shiz's campus, and found a tree to sit under.
He looked at the raging waters, unsure of what to. At this point, he didn't want to drink or party anymore if it meant getting kicked out. He sat there for a long time until the sun set and it got dark. Once he contemplated life enough, he rose and started the trek back to his dorm.
"Hey man," Avaric said, "Ready to head out?"
Fiyero sighed, "Not tonight man, I'm not feeling it."
Avaric furrowed his brow, "What? Come one man, we just want to have some fun."
He sighed, "…Let's go." He said unenthusiastically. Avaric put an arm around him saying,
"Don't worry, we'll cheer you right up." And with that, the two left the dorm room into the dark of night.