Elphaba quickened her pace. She was now walking ahead of Fiyero.
"Uh, Elphaba? Can you slow down a little bit?" Fiyero asked, struggling to keep up with the green girl.
"Oh, sorry," Elphaba said, slightly embarrassed. "I just need to drop this book off in my room before we go. And I think that I should tell Galinda where I am because she might get worried."
"It might be best not to tell her where we are going, ya know? I mean, we do not want her jumping to any, erm, conclusions about anything," Fiyero said. He tried to hide the hint of nervousness in his voice.
"Conclusions about what?" Elphaba was curious about what this outing actually was going to be.
"Conclusions like…I don't know. I just think it would be best not to mention this to Galinda." He left out the part about how he wanted this to be a date and how he would much rather be with her than Galinda.
"Oh." Elphaba looked at the ground the rest of the way to her dorm room. When she reached the room, she opened the door a tiny bit to see if Galinda was still in there. The room was empty. Not too much of a shock. Galinda was often at frivolous social engagements with her many friends at Shiz.
"You can come in if you want," Elphaba said to Fiyero.
Hesitantly, Fiyero stepped into the room. One side, which must have been Galinda's, was pink. The bed had ruffles and numerous decorative pillows strewn all across the bed. There were elaborate decorations and expensive things all over the place. He noticed that Elphaba's side of the room was much, much simpler. Her bed was neatly made with a plain black comforter and pillows that appeared to be quite old. There were a few books on a nightstand next to her bed. Despite its appearance, Elphaba's bed looked very comfortable. Maybe one day I could be in her bed, Fiyero thought. Bad Fiyero! He scolded himself. He did not even know if Elphaba was remotely interested in him yet. Why was he already thinking about getting into her bed?
Fiyero continued to stare at Elphaba. He studied every feature of her. He studied her high cheek bones, her thick black hair, her entrancing eyes – he could not stop.
Elphaba was putting some books into a trunk on the floor at the end of her bed when she noticed Fiyero staring at her. Elphaba turned a deeper shade of green and the corners of her mouth turned upward into an almost-smile.
"You know, you are really pretty when you smile," Fiyero said. He put a hand on Elphaba's shoulder. This time, she did not jump.
Elphaba turned around to face him. She looked him straight in the eye. Fiyero gazed right back at her. He pushed a piece of her hair, which was not in her secure braid, out of her face. There was a tense moment between the two. The silence was louder than ever. Time seemed as id it had stopped. The only noise, besides the tick tocking clock, was their own breath as they were completely still. Elphaba looked as touchable as she had ever looked.
It's not or never, Fiyero thought.
Fiyero closed his eyes and leaned in close to Elphaba.
I can not believe this is about to happen, thought Elphaba.
Elphaba closed her eyes also. Their lips met in a gentle kiss. In her wildest dreams, she never thought that this could happen. As the kiss began to deepen, Elphaba parted her mouth. Fiyero slipped his tongue inside.
The two of them sank onto the floor. Elphaba placed her hands on the back of Fiyero's neck. Fiyero rubbed his hands up Elphaba's back.
He has a girlfriend. He is kissing me and he has a girlfriend, Elphaba thought. She found the prospect of kissing a boy quite intriguing, especially when it was the first boy she had ever kissed. She was imprinting all of his attributes to her mind so she can replay this moment forever, just in case it would never happen again. She took in his smell, the way his hands were so unusually warm, the taste of his mouth, and how he was making her feel special. She was trilled that he was making her feel like some beautiful girl that she had been told she was not from so many different people her whole entire life. It was different. It was a good different.
Fiyero thought that it was a good different too. Galinda had never even entered his mind at first. It was like as if he forgot that he even had a girlfriend who could walk in the room at any moment. She was nothing compared to Elphaba. Fiyero knew that moments like this were few and far apart. He wanted to make this last for as long as he could because he knew that tomorrow, he would not be kissing the lovely Elphaba. It would be the usual, following Galinda around, pretending to be her 'prince charming'.
Fiyero and Elphaba continued kissing. Everything seemed as if it were perfect. Well, as perfect as things could get for a green girl and a boy who already had a girlfriend?
"Elphaba," Fiyero moaned. He kissed her neck, causing Elphaba to let out a noise that was similar to a giggle. Fiyero moved back up and kissed Elphaba on the mouth again. His hands skimmed over the front of her breasts.
"Fiyero, maybe we should…"
Elphaba could not finish her sentence. She heard chatter outside the door of her dorm room.
"Yes, I will see you all later, buh bye! Oh! That dress does look lovely on you by the way." It was Galinda.
"Oh shit!" Fiyero yelled, quietly. He and Elphaba broke apart. Both of their faces were flushed from their little rendezvous. It gave Elphaba a sort of adrenalin rush. She was fooling around with her best friend's boyfriend! She mentally scolded herself.
The door to the room slowly opened. Elphaba threw a Life Sciences book at Fiyero.
"Pretend we were studying!" Elphaba commanded. Fiyero opened the book to some random page. He had a genuinely confused look on his face when looking at the page he opened to.
"Oh Elphaba, I'm here!" Galinda walked in and spotted Fiyero. Fiyero leapt up and hugged Galinda.
"Hey sweetie," Fiyero said, giving his girlfriend a kiss on the check. He kept his eyes on Elhpaba.
"What are you doing here?" the perky blonde girl asked.
"I was trying to tutor him," Elphaba chimed in.
"Well, if that was what was going on here, that is wonderful! I was worried Fiyero was doing poor in school." Galinda smiled at Fiyero and then at her best friend.
If only she knew what was going on in that room a few minutes prior.