"Can we really just go?" asked Elphaba. For some reason a trip to the Emerald City always seemed like it'd take more to get there than just money and a train ride.
"Of course we can." said Fiyero, "It's easy. They have this thing called a train, amazing invention really, and you see what happens is, they have these things called railroads and they have what they call wheels on the ---" Fiyero was smiling at her when she hit him softly on the arm.
"I know what a train is dummy." said Elphaba, "But is it really that easy? Just get on a train and you're there? I always thought it'd be much harder to get to the Emerald City, like it was something you had to earn."
"You think too much. Fae it's really that easy. A train ride, that's all it takes." said Fiyero, kissing her on the cheek, "There's nothing to it."
"We could go tonight?" asked Elphaba.
"We could go anytime you want, tonight included." Fiyero nodded.
"We really could?" Elphaba asked again, excitement bubbling inside her. Fiyero laughed, she was so adorable when she got excited.
"Yes love, we can." he said.
"I haven't the money." said Elphaba looking down.
"I'll pay." said Fiyero.
"But Fiyero--" Elphaba began.
"No, it's no trouble." said Fiyero, "And I want you to go. So will you?"
"I---don't know." said Elphaba, "I mean, I suppose. I've always wanted to go to the Emerald City..."
"Then why don't you?" Fiyero asked, he could tell he'd won her over and was already smiling triumphantly, "With me." he added.
"Oh I haven't agreed yet, so stop smiling like that." Elphaba snapped. Fiyero kept smiling though.
"I'll pick you up in half an hour. Wear something nice because I'm going to take you this Ball, okay?" said Fiyero, and then he left, giving her a quick kiss on the forehead before bounding away before she could change her mind or argue. Elphaba stared after him. Maybe she'd let herself enjoy this night. The Emerald City....
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Lucas stood outside of Galinda and Elphaba's dorm nervously, brushing off his dress pants before knocking on the door. Elphaba answered it and smiled at him. For a moment Lucas forgot he was here for Galinda as Elphaba's smile lit up his heart.
"Hey Lucas," said Elphaba, an odd cheerfulness to her voice, "Galinda will just be a moment."
"Alright." said Lucas awkwardly, "What's go you so happy?"
"Oh you know...." said Elphaba, blushing slightly. Lucas smiled; she was so adorable when she blushed.
"It's Fiyero isn't it?" Lucas guessed, his smile fading.
"What?" said Elphaba, "How do you know about that?" she snapped.
"I saw you two kissing in the forest." Lucas sighed wearily. Elphaba blushed again.
"Oh." she said, "Well, don't tell anybody. Ok?"
"Alright." said Lucas. They stood together awkwardly until Elphaba was pushed aside as Galinda bustled out of the door, a frilly pink and red dress. Hearts decorated the dress and she had matching earrings and a necklace in the shape of hearts.
"Wow." said Elphaba, trying to hide the amusement in her voice, "That's a lot of pink and hearts."
"I know," Galinda gushed, "It's in honor of Valentine's day."
"That's....lovely." said Elphaba.
"You look nice Galinda." Lucas commented politely. Galinda turned to Elphaba.
"And what are you all dressed up for?" asked Galinda, noticing Elphaba's pretty black dress that brought out all of Elphaba's amazing features. Galinda noticed how thin Elphaba looked and couldn't help but feel the slightest bit jealous. Although if you really looked at Elphaba, some would say she was too thin. Galinda noticed how well proportioned Elphaba was too. She didn't have short legs, or long arms, or too wide shoulders or a short neck or anything. She had the perfect body and Galinda was envious yet again, as she always thought her legs were a bit short. Elphaba's hair was loose and she had on black velvet ballet flats.
"Oh, I'm just going on a date with Fiyero." said Elphaba casually, but Galinda could tell there was more to the story.
"And where to?" asked Galinda.
"The Emerald City." said Elphaba, grinning, though she tried to sound casual.
"What?!" Galinda shrieked. Now she felt even more jealous, Fiyero had never taken her to the Emerald City, and she'd always wanted to go too.
"Shhh!" Elphaba said, "I'll be back pretty late, so don't wait up."
"I can't believe you get to go to the Emerald City." Galinda whined.
"Hey Galinda, we should probably get going." said Lucas, checking his watch.
"Oh right." said Galinda, "You see if I'm too late my entrance won't be fashionably late, it will just be late. But if I'm just the right amount of late, then I'll be so fashionable it won't even be funny!" Elphaba laughed.
"You don't need to explain your popularity tactics to me." said Elphaba, "I really don't get them."
"I swear, one day I shall take it upon myself to tutor you in the art of popularity." Galinda trilled, "But for now, I've got a Valentine's dance to attend with dear Lucas here." Galinda wrapped her arm around Lucas's. Lucas smiled sheepishly.
"See you later." he waved at Elphaba and they proceeded to exit the dorms. Elphaba watched them go. Surely Lucas would be the one to break Galinda from the rather depression state of depression Galinda seemed to have gone into.
Fiyero arrived just as Galinda and Lucas had disappeared, wearing a suit and grinning.
"Ready to go?" he asked her, taking her in is arms. Elphaba just nodded, the excitement building back up again.
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On the way to the Emerald City, Fiyero tried to explain to Elphaba what it was like. She asked him questions and he answered them as best he could. The train ride was shorter than Fiyero thought; it was just short of an hour. They got off of the train and were instantly hit by the green lights; the hustle and bustle of the city, green was everywhere. Tall emerald building loomed over them, some circular, others rectangular, all at least 30 stories high. Most people wore green clothing, or perhaps it only looked green from the green lights everywhere. Green neon signs blinked on buildings and shops, everything was green, and if it wasn't, it certainly looked green. Everyone's skin looked green. Elphaba looked green, but no greener than anybody else.
"Fiyero!" Elphaba cried with excitement, "It's all so green!"
Fiyero laughed, "That's kind of why it's called the Emerald City." Elphaba whacked him playfully.
"Oh shut up." she said, laughing anyway, "Fiyero, look at everyone, they all look green, like...me. Even you, your skin looks no different than mine in this city." she said softly now.
"Yes, see Elphaba?" said Fiyero, "This is why I wanted to bring you here."
"Thank you Fiyero." said Elphaba quietly. Fiyero kissed her on the lips and smiled.
"Do you think people will still stare at me?" asked Elphaba with a small laugh.
"Oh I think so." said Fiyero, noticing that quite a lot of men were already staring at Elphaba. He put an arm around her possessively, "I know this great restaurant I thought we could go to."
"Sounds great." Elphaba kissed him on the cheek, making Fiyero's heart rate jump.
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"Lucas, stop fidgeting." said Galinda for the thousandth time as she sat next to Lucas at one of the tables.
"Sorry." said Lucas.
"Ugh, let's just dance, ok?" said Galinda, standing up. Lucas stood up and offered her his arm. She ignored it however and stomped off towards the dance floor. Lucas followed behind her and she stood, tapping her foot waiting for him to catch up. He reached her and let his hands rest on her waist as she rested her hands on his shoulders. After a minute or so of silent, awkward dancing, Galinda broke the silence.
"Look, I may not be Elphaba, but you could at least pretend you want to be here with me." said Galinda, sounding hurt.
"I do want to be here with you." said Lucas carefully after hesitation.
"No, you'd rather be here with Elphaba." Galinda stressed Elphaba's name with jealousy. It wasn't that she was in any way in love with Lucas, but Elphaba had all these guys pawning after her and Elphaba was so pretty and amazing and had such a beautiful voice and Fiyero loved her. Elphaba this, Elphaba that. It was like the only thing that Galinda couldn't be jealous of Elphaba was her skin color! She knew she really shouldn't be jealous; after all, Galinda was the most popular girl in school, right? Right.
"Well you'd rather be here with Fiyero!" Lucas snapped back. He was getting rather annoyed of Galinda's constant comments about Elphaba. It was as though the girl was just trying to throw in his face the fact that Elphaba was never going to love him and that he still continued to love her anyway. Lucas regretted his words as Galinda looked down and stopped dancing.
"I'm sorry." said Lucas, "That was very inconsiderate of me."
"Yes, it was." Galinda shot back, "And I don't very much appreciate your attitude Mister."
"You don't appreciate my attitude?" Lucas asked incredulously, "What about you? Maybe if you could say something to me that doesn't involve the fact that Elphaba's in love with someone else, I might be a bit more pleasant to be around!"
"Yeah? Well maybe if you'd act like you enjoyed MY presence, I would be a bit more pleasant to be around!" Galinda snapped back.
"Perhaps if you just shut up!" Lucas said, waving his arms in exasperation.
"Excuse me?" said Galinda, "You're telling me to shut up?!" By now, everyone at the Ozdust had turned to observe the argument. Their first reaction when Galinda and Lucas had walked in was 'oh, they look so cute together. They deserve each other.' Lucas was second best to Fiyero and since Galinda and Fiyero were no more, she and Lucas were perfect together.
"No, I'm--" Lucas began, but Galinda cut him off.
"You know what? I'm leaving!" she yelled, "Maybe then you wouldn't have to listen to my voice anymore!"
"Yes, perhaps when you're gone, I'd have some peace and quiet! You know what? Why don't you stay, because I'M leaving!" Lucas yelled back and they both went their separate way; Galinda taking the exit door on the left and Lucas taking the door on the right.
When the odd couple had left, people exchanged confused glances, shrugged and the music struck up again.
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Elphaba and Fiyero came out of the restaurant laughing.
"Oh Fae, you are wicked!" Fiyero laughed.
"I just wanted to see what would happen." Elphaba defended herself, laughing.
"Poor boy." Fiyero grinned and pulled her close. Fiyero had taken Elphaba to a small restaurant in a magical little part of the city resembling Paris. Their waiter had been a young boy, two or three years younger than Fiyero. He'd been severely clumsy around Elphaba and blushed the whole time. Elphaba thought it'd be funny to flirt with him. She'd watched Galinda do it before and thought it was funny the way the boys acting when Galinda did that to them.
They waited at the front to be seated. They were seated in a corner, and then boy came out with a paper and pen, ready to take their orders. He stumbled and blushed when he saw Elphaba. Fiyero had to bite his lip to keep from laughing.
"Hi, are you ready to order?" he had asked.
"Yeah. I'll have the spaghetti." said Fiyero, "What'll you have darling?" he asked Elphaba.
"The same." Elphaba answered. She smiled at the waiter flirtatiously.
"Uh...r-right." stuttered the boy and he quickly hurried away.
Later, the boy came back with their orders. He set the plates down in front of them, hands shaking. Elphaba tasted her spaghetti.
"Mm." she said and licked her lips, looking at the boy, "This is good. You wanna try some?" she asked the waiter. The boy looked like he'd been hit in the face with a brick. He opened and shut his mouth several times. Fiyero actually laughed out loud at this, but quickly ate a meatball to make himself stop laughing. The boy sent a glare at Fiyero, then looked back at Elphaba, who was holding her fork out to him.
"Uh..." said the boy, who didn't have a clue as to what to do, "No thanks..."
"You sure?" asked Elphaba, smiling sweetly at him, "It's really good." Elphaba stressed the word 'really', and leaned closer to him suggestively. Fiyero choked on the water he was drinking as the meatball he ate didn't quite stop his laughter.
"Oh come on." said Elphaba, "You've got to try it." The boy looked around, panicked and then quickly took a bite from her fork, before dashing back to the kitchens quickly, red faced, but still looking pretty pleased with himself. Elphaba and Fiyero started laughing after that and couldn't seem to stop.
"Elphaba, you are so mean!" Fiyero laughed.
"Oh, Galinda was right, that was fun." said Elphaba.
"You mean Galinda leads infatuated boys on by flirting with them for fun?" Fiyero asked incredulously.
"Yep, and now I can see why." Elphaba laughed.
"I never knew girls were so cruel." said Fiyero, shaking his head good humouredly.
"Yes, but you love them anyway." Elphaba smiled.
"I love one." said Fiyero.
"Technically, you can't blame me; I've never flirted with anyone before. And everyone needs a first experience for everything don't they?" said Elphaba.
"Yeah, well, do me a favor make that your last time." said Fiyero, smiling at her as he pulled her into a sweet kiss.
"Deal." Elphaba murmured against his lips.
"Good." said Fiyero, "Now, it's time for the ball."
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It didn't take long for them to reach their destination. They rounded the corner and Elphaba noticed a huge grand emerald building across the street swarming with pres and people, flashing lights and an emerald carpet with couples walking down it. Green spotlights swirled around the area, making the place look like the event of the century. The place contrasted extremely with the small magical part of the city they'd just come from.
"Oz, I wonder what's going on there." said Elphaba.
"It's the Emerald Ball. They have it every year." said Fiyero.
"Oh, that's today?" asked Elphaba curiously.
"You know about it?" asked Fiyero, raising an eyebrow. Elphaba didn't know about social events, it was highly unusual when she was up to date on that type of thing.
"Well, Galinda's only been talking about it for months. She says that one day she'll get to go, but she's not 'important' or 'famous' enough to get invited. Yeah, she calls it the 'event of the year'. It's like a ritual for her, that after the ball, she reads all of the articles about it, looks at all the pictures and such. Her favorite celebrity is supposed to be there, Pier Van Johl." said Elphaba matter of factly.
"Who's Pier Van Johl?" asked Fiyero.
"He designs all of the clothes Galinda wears." said Elphaba, rolling her eyes.
"Of course." Fiyero chuckled, "Ready to go?"
"What? Fiyero, that's the Emerald Ball, you can't just waltz in there." said Elphaba.
"I got invited a couple weeks ago." said Fiyero. Elphaba rolled her eyes.
"It's true!" said Fiyero, "I'm a prince, of course I was invited."
"You mean this was the ball you were talking about that you were taking me to?!" asked Elphaba.
"Yep." said Fiyero.
"Oh, I don't know, there are all those cameras and everything. What'll it look like when Prince Fiyero shows up with some nobody date? At least everyone knows who Galinda is because her parents are Gillikin rulers." Elphaba muttered.
"But Elphaba, my parents are going to be there, and I told them I'd bring you." said Fiyero.
"You're parents are going to be here?!" said Elphaba.
"Yes." said Fiyero, "They insisted I bring you here tonight because they want to meet you."
"Well thanks for telling me." said Elphaba sarcastically.
"Come on, you'll have fun." said Fiyero. He took Elphaba's hand and began to lead her to the grand emerald carpet. There was a loud roar of cheers when Fiyero stepped onto the carpet and many people turned to point at him. Elphaba saw a girl or two that was standing behind the press faint. Fiyero smiled and waved at a few of the hysterical girls. Elphaba somehow managed not to roll her eyes at them. Fiyero pulled her into view and wrapped an arm around her in a way that clearly stated their relationship. The press looked confused at first, then started taking pictures at top speed.
"I didn't realize how big a celebrity you were." Elphaba laughed.
"The press isn't allowed on the college campus." Fiyero explained.
"Oh." said Elphaba. She was getting a little nervous, all of the cameras and attention. Sure she was used to people staring at her, but only when they stared at her because of her skin. This was different. Suddenly, there was a loud voice heard through speakers.
"Prince Fiyero has just arrived with a mystery date." said announcing voice. Elphaba rolled her eyes at this, 'Mystery date, how cliché. She heard Fiyero chuckle beside her. He whispered a joke in her ear and she laughed, the press was quick to catch this on their cameras.
"Oz, how long is this carpet?" asked Elphaba, as they were still on the emerald carpet.
"The entrance is just ahead." said Fiyero, pointing to the grand glass doors that were tinted emerald.
"Oh, good." said Elphaba.
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Once inside, Elphaba found it a little easier to breathe. The ballroom was as grand as Elphaba thought it would be, about 10 times bigger than the ballroom back home at Frex's mansion. The walls were emerald, the light coming from the grand chandelier was green, the floor looked emerald (it was hard to tell if it was the light or the actual floor). The ballroom was crowded with high class personnel's. Ballroom music was playing in the background and elegant couples waltzed around the room gracefully.
"Oz." said Elphaba, "I feel so out of place." she murmured to Fiyero.
"You certainly don't look out of place." said Fiyero, "You forget who you're standing next to." he joked.
"Oh shut up before your ego breaks through the roof." Elphaba said, though she smiled anyway.
"What can I say? I'm a prince, I was born with a big ego." said Fiyero. Then he saw someone across the room, "Oh look, it's my parents. Ready to meet them?"
"Um..."
"Great." Fiyero grinned at her and pulled her to the other end of the ballroom, not cutting through the dancers and walking around the border of the room.
"Mother, Father." Fiyero called. The two royals looked up and saw their son. Elphaba looked at Fiyero's parents. They looked good, like their son. His mother had dark brown hair, spun into a bun. She was about as tall as Elphaba, so not very tall. She wore a long emerald dress that flowed to the floor. His father was taller than Fiyero, and had graying blonde hair with a goatee.
"Fiyero!" his father greeted. His mother gave Fiyero a long motherly hug.
"Hello." said Fiyero, grinning, "I'd like you to meet my girlfriend, Elphaba Thropp." Fiyero wrapped his arm around Elphaba's waist. Elphaba smiled shyly.
"Hi." she said softly.
"Oh, she's adorable!" his mother burst out.
"Elphaba, this is my mother Meredith, and this is my father, Rolfe." Fiyero introduced Elphaba to his parents.
"It's nice to meet you." she said, offering them a smile and her hand. Meredith took Elphaba's hand and shook it, then pulled Elphaba into a bone-crushing hug. Elphaba, utterly shocked, didn't know what to do, so settled for patting Meredith on the back awkwardly.
"Mom, you're going to crush her." said Fiyero, chuckling. Meredith pulled back and smiled.
"It's so nice to finally meet you." said Meredith. Elphaba chose not to comment on the 'finally'. Rolfe extended his hand to Elphaba and she shook it carefully.
"Pleasure." said Rolfe, smiling at her.
"Yes, it's lovely to meet you sir." said Elphaba quietly.
"Oh you shy thing." said Meredith. Elphaba blushed.
"Fiyero used to be shy too. Oh he was adorable. You see when he was little, every time a girl came over to the palace, he'd hide and blush like crazy. And when they left, he'd give himself a cootie shot." Meredith laughed, and demonstrated Fiyero giving himself a 'cootie' shot. Elphaba laughed at this. Fiyero blushed.
"Elphaba, do you want to dance?" asked Fiyero quickly, sending a glare at his mother.
"Oh, but your mother was just telling me about the time you--" Elphaba began. Fiyero quickly took her hand and lead her away anyway.
"Do you like them?" asked Fiyero as they started dancing, his cheeks finally cooling down.
"Yes, they are very kind. And they have great stories." said Elphaba, "They seem to be really happy people." she added with a laugh.
"They are." said Fiyero, "Unless you do something to piss them off."
"What'd you do?" asked Elphaba, laughing.
"Oh you know." said Fiyero, "Got kicked out of a couple schools and stuff."
"Well you better not get kicked out of Shiz." said Elphaba.
"Yes ma'am." said Fiyero. Elphaba laughed.
"You know what?" asked Fiyero, glancing at someone over her shoulder.
"What?" asked Elphaba.
"Pier Van Johl is staring at you." he said. Pier Van Johl was making side-long glances at Elphaba. He was talking to some other people and gestured to her, as though he was talking about her.
"Who?" asked Elphaba.
"You know, the guy that designs all of Galinda's clothes." said Fiyero.
"Oh yeah." said Elphaba, "Why?"
"I don't know." said Fiyero. The song ended and the orchestra took a break. The couples left the dance floor to go and catch up with old friends and such, "He's coming this way." Fiyero said, noticing Pier Van Johl coming their way with a Champaign glass in his hand.
"Fiyero," said Pier Van Johl, "Great to see you."
"It's nice to see you too sir." said Fiyero.
"Would you mind introducing me to this gorgeous girl you have with you?" asked Pier. Elphaba blushed and Pier smiled bigger.
"Of course." said Fiyero, "Pier, this is my girlfriend, Elphaba Thropp."
"Lovely to meet you dear." said Pier, kissing Elphaba's hand. Elphaba nodded.
"I couldn't help but notice how beautiful you are." said Pier, "Have you ever thought of modeling? Or going into fashion?"
"Oh, no, definitely not." said Elphaba, blushing, "I don't know much about that type of stuff."
"Oh that doesn't matter. I design the clothes, you wear them." said Pier, "Are you at all interested? We're looking for a new face for my new line of clothing. I think you'd be perfect."
"Um, I'm not really interested." Elphaba managed to say through her shocked state.
"Oh, shame." said Pier, "Why don't you sleep on it and write to me if you change your mine." He kissed her once again on the hand before and bid them a good evening before walking away.
"It's a good thing that guy's gay or I would've punched him." said Fiyero. Elphaba laughed.
"Could you imagine me modeling?" asked Elphaba.
"No, not really." said Fiyero.
"Me either." said Elphaba, pulling a face that made Fiyero laugh. Fiyero stopped laughing however when he saw Fredrick Von Lisle coming their way. Fredrick was a famous celebrity, and Galinda's idol.
"Would you do me the honor of a dance?" Fredrick asked Elphaba, ignoring Fiyero as the orchestra had started the next song. Fiyero had to remember to be a gentleman. The people here weren't like the students back at Shiz. They were extremely well-mannered and high-society. Elphaba glanced at Fiyero. He nodded and she took Fredrick's hand and followed him to the dance floor. Not 5 seconds after she had gone, his mother appeared next to him.
"She's a charming girl Fiyero." said Meredith who was watching Fiyero watch Elphaba.
"I know." said Fiyero who continued to watch Elphaba. Elphaba kept glancing at Fiyero even as Fredrick tried to make small talk with her.
"You're pretty serious about her, aren't you." said Meredith, "I can tell you really love her."
"I do." said Fiyero, feeling a bit awkward. He wasn't sure where his mother was going with this.
"You be good to her, you got that?" said Meredith, her tone stern all of a sudden.
"Of course!" Fiyero defended himself, "Do you think I'm not capable of being a gentleman?"
"Of course you're capable." said Meredith. Fiyero rolled his eyes at this.
"You know what? I'm getting really fed up with Fredrick Von Lisle," said Fiyero. He strode away from his mother and went to where Fredrick and Elphaba were. He tapped Fredrick on the shoulder. Fredrick moved away and walked off the dance floor and Elphaba smiled at him gratefully.
Meredith and Rolfe watched the couple from afar, smiles on their faces. For the first time it seemed, Fiyero had made a good choice. Although Galinda wasn't all that bad they supposed.
"She's good for him." said Rolfe.
"Oh aren't they just the cutest together?" asked Meredith, sounding like a school girl. Rolfe rolled his eyes.
"Yes dear." said Rolfe.
"She'll make a great princess." said Meredith.
"You really think they're that serious?" asked Rolfe, his eyes widening.
"Of course." said Meredith without hesitation.
"How do you know?" asked Rolfe, observing his son now.
"I can see it in his eyes." said Meredith.
"Really? All I can see is the color blue. Don't know what yer looking at." muttered Rolfe
"Ugh, men, they can't see a single thing." Meredith muttered back.
"What? His eyes are still blue aren't they?" asked Rolfe, rubbing his eyes now.
"No darling, they're pink." Meredith said sarcastically, "Honestly, men..." Meredith walked away, muttering under her breath. Rolfe followed after her, deeply confused.
"What? What did I miss?" he was asking. Meredith just rolled her eyes.
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On the train ride back to Shiz, Elphaba and Fiyero talked animatedly with each other about the night. It seemed that everyone in at the ball had been interested in meeting Elphaba and Fiyero had had to introduce her about a million times. She had danced with a good portion of the guys there; though she never completed a full dance as Fiyero could never stand to watch her dance with someone else that long. He'd always step in half way. Currently they were having an argument about whether Nicholas (one of the few male models who wasn't gay) had been hitting on her or not.
"Oh come one Elphaba, he asked if you were single and he called you gorgeous." said Fiyero. He remembered going up to Elphaba and Nicholas when they were dancing. He had heard Nicholas ask if she was single and had went over to them and grabbed Elphaba out of his arms, kissing her deeply to state their relationship.
"It's called curiosity." said Elphaba, "And Pier what's-his-face called me gorgeous too."
"Yeah, but he's gay." said Fiyero. Elphaba just rolled her eyes. She yawned then, covering her mouth with a dainty hand.
"Tired?" asked Fiyero.
"Yeah, I don't think I've danced that much in my entire life." Elphaba yawned again.
"You can go to sleep if you like." said Fiyero, patting his lap. Elphaba sat in his lap and laid her head on his shoulder, falling asleep soon after.
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When Fiyero dropped Elphaba off at her dorm extremely late that night (or was it extremely early in the morning?) Galinda was still up, pacing around the room.
"Galinda?" said Elphaba, "What are you doing up?"
"It's Lucas!" Galinda burst out, running straight at Elphaba.
"What happened?" asked Elphaba, "Did you have fun at the dance?"
"No, I most certainly did NOT have fun." said Galinda, "Lucas was being a jerk and told me to shut up!"
"What did you say?" asked Elphaba.
"I didn't say anything!" Galinda exclaimed.
"Well, Lucas is a very polite person, and I doubt he'd tell you to shut up unless you said something that really upset him." said Elphaba. She tried to picture it now, but couldn't picture Lucas mean or being a jerk.
"Ugh, he just gets on my last nerve! I swear, getting along with him is like trying to get along with Marissa." said Galinda, "And then! Oh this is the worst part, he walked out on me!"
"He did?!" asked Elphaba, now really shocked, "Why?"
"Because I said that I was leaving!" said Galinda. Elphaba rolled her eyes.
"Well if you said you were leaving, then he'd have no reason to stay and probably was leaving too."
"But I hadn't even left yet and he was all 'you stay, I'll go'. And he was yelling and stuff." said Galinda hysterically, "Oz, I hate that....that....that Oz blasted piece of a donkey butt!"
"He was yelling?" asked Elphaba, choosing not to comment on Galinda's unusual insults.
"Yes, really loud!" Galinda shrieked, "And everyone was staring and he was all 'would you shut up!' and I was all 'maybe if I left you wouldn't have to listen to my voice anymore' and then he was all 'yeah, some peace and quiet!' and then I was all..."
Elphaba went over to her bed as Galinda continued to rant, pacing in front of her, waving her arms and shrieking. This was going to be a long night.