"Elphie! I didn't know you could dance!" exclaimed an ecstatic Galinda when Elphaba came by to chat with them.
"I can't." said Elphaba, no sign that she was joking.
"Please." Galinda snorted sarcastically. Fiyero had an awed expression on his face.
"You look like you've seen Madame Morrible in her underwear." Elphaba remarked at Fiyero expression. He closed his mouth immediately and smiled at her.
"I just, have never seen you dance before." he said. Elphaba sighed.
"Green people can dance too you know." she told the group.
"I didn't mean it like that Elphaba, you know that." said Fiyero. The rest of the night was spent chatting and drinking punch, but they soon stopped when they saw Avaric spike it. Several guys had come up to Elphaba and asked for a dance, but she didn't want to dance anymore that night. More guys were asking Galinda to dance (being the popular beauty she was), and she'd said yes to every single one of them, so she had been dancing pretty much the whole night. Right now she was dancing with a rather popular boy two grades up from her.
"So, Fiyero, how are you and Galinda working out?" asked Elphaba as Galinda was dancing gracefully with the other boy, Fiyero felt his heart drop, he didn't want to talk about his relationship with Galinda. Elphaba didn't notice his expression and she continued, "She's getting pretty excited about your, what is it? Oh, yes, two month anniversary." Elphaba said sarcastically and smirked at the notion of a two month anniversary.
"What? Am I supposed to get her a present or something?!" asked Fiyero, looking genuinely worried and surprised, "I forgot all about that!"
"Don't fret Master Fiyero, I'm sure Galinda won't break up with you if you don't buy her a red rose, or whatever it is you're supposed to get her." Elphaba laughed, "Something like, blue rose for one month, red for two, yellow for three, bouquet for four? I don't know. After she received no rose for the first month, she's pretty anxious about this second month."
"I'll have to stop by the market tomorrow and get a rose." Fiyero muttered to himself, "Or a bouquet, whichever."
"She told me she was expecting a red rose, due to the 'lovely gentleman' you are." Elphaba quoted Galinda sarcastically and laughed. Fiyero joined in, he loved it when she laughed.
"Right, I should get on that." Fiyero murmured.
"Fiyero, don't worry, whatever you do, or don't do I guess I should say, I assure you that Galinda will indeed still love you." said Elphaba, "I mean, who wouldn't? You're a prince."
"Is my title really all that matters?" asked Fiyero.
Elphaba shrugged, "My skin is all that matters."
"Elphaba, that's not true." said Fiyero softly. Elphaba looked at him and their eyes met. Fiyero noticed how sparkling her eyes were and he couldn't look away. Elphaba looked deep into Fiyero's eyes; they were so beautiful an, electrifying blue that sent shivers through her body. They continued to gaze at each other before they were interrupted by Lucas. Fiyero glared at him, he seemed to time his appearances just right.
"Hello." said Lucas awkwardly, then he turned to Elphaba, "Elphaba, I was wondering if you'd heard about this new movement of the Animal Rights, apparently there's a whole organization devoted to saving them." Lucas held an article for Elphaba to see. Elphaba took the article and began reading. She began to smile, and that passionate fire lit her eyes.
"Oh Lucas, this is wonderful!" Elphaba cried, "Fiyero, if you'd excuse us." Elphaba took Lucas's hand and lead him to some chair. Lucas smirked at Fiyero as he followed Elphaba, joining into the Animal Rights discussion; he was almost as passionate about it as Elphaba. That's what Fiyero hated most about Lucas. The one thing Elphaba was most passionate about, Lucas had to beat him in that category.
Elphaba quickly pulled Lucas away, he was really the only person at Shiz that she could discuss Animal Rights with. Well, there was Boq, but he didn't care nearly as much, and Dr. Dillamond was gone.
"Lucas, this is wonderful, I can't believe there are actually others out there who share the unopposed feelings towards the Animals." said Elphaba, "I'd like to join when I'm through with Shiz."
"I think I'd join too," said Lucas, "But at the rate at which the Animals are losing their rights, you'd wonder if this organization would still exist by then. And even if it did, whether it was just fighting a lost cause."
"Oh I know what you mean Lucas," said Elphaba, "I intend on seeing the Wizard about this someday. If something like this is happening to the Animals, the Wizard should know about it, he could help! That's why I'm studying so hard in sorcery, for that chance to meet him."
"The Wizard?" said Lucas, "Yes, he's certainly got Oz wrapped around his finger."
"I'd say." Elphaba agreed. The conversation continued, with passion about the Animal right only they could understand. They talked freely for a long time and Lucas almost forgot he was mostly only in this conversation to make Fiyero jealous. He figured he was ahead in the game, because Fiyero had a girlfriend, and on top of that it was Elphaba's best friend, Galinda and Elphaba detested Avaric and he'd made fun of her since the beginning. Finally, Lucas looked around and noticed that a good deal of people had left.
"Oh Elphie, we should be leaving now." Galinda bounced over with Fiyero.
"I suppose you're right. I had fun tonight. Thanks for showing me that article Lucas." Elphaba smiled, "Goodnight Fiyero." Elphaba walked away with Galinda then.
"Have a nice little chat did you?" asked Fiyero.
"As a matter of fact, I did." said Lucas smugly. Fiyero just glowered at him as he went to have a drink by Avaric. Avaric was already drunk, (go figure) and was clearly out of it.
"Hey, Av, how many did you have?!" asked Fiyero. A few girls were surrounding Avaric, wrapping their arms around him adoringly. Fiyero rolled his eyes.
"Uh, maybe eight or twenty." Avaric grinned drunkenly as his words slurred together. Then he fell back into a chair, sending the girls into burst of giggles as they fought over his lap.
"I think I'll leave." said Fiyero, standing up and leaving. He didn't want to stay anymore, he had no obligation to, now that Galinda wasn't there, and he didn't want to, now that Elphaba wasn't there.