By request, this is being posted. Actually, I was going to post it anyway... but that's beside the point. As I said before, it's a filler... which is fun, I suppose... if you're a jelly donut.

I don't own Wicked, Wicked owns me and keeps my soul in a high-security prison. (It is a nice prison, though...)

013. Yellow

Back at Shiz, Glinda and Boq were in the courtyard of the school. The sun was shining brightly, reflecting a golden-yellow off of Glinda's curls.

"I'm bored." Glinda stated. She leaned back against Boq's shoulder. "Why does Elphie get to go to the Emerald City?" she pouted.

"If I had the money, I'd take you," Boq assured her, "but as it is, I'm a poor college student from Munchkinland."

"Then what if I take you?" Glinda suggested, turning to face him.

"Wh—are you serious?"

She smiled brightly. "My mom has been sending me some money each month to go shopping. What she doesn't know is that there aren't very many high-fashion shops here." She grimaced. "On the bright side, I have a lot of money saved from the beginning of the year! What do you say?"

Boq was speechless.

"Great! Get packed and I'll get some train tickets and meet you at the station in an hour. We can surprise Fiyero and Elphie!" She squeaked. "This is going to be so fun!"

Boq stared after her as she bounced back to her dorm. The girl's absolutely insane! He laughed to himself. Maybe that's why I love her so much.

An hour later, Boq met up with Glinda at the station with a small travel bag. It was hard to spot her behind her large rolling bag.

"Glinda? Is that going to fit on the train?" He teased. That earned him a slap on the arm.

"A girl always travels prepared. It's better to have something and not need it than need something and not have it," she said matter-of-factly. Boq shrugged.

"Oh! Here are your tickets, dear." She handed him a green ticket to the Emerald City and a bright yellow one for the trip back to Shiz.

"One day I'm going to find a way to pay you back for these." He told her. He kissed her lightly on the lips, making her smile.

"Come on, we're boarding now."

When the sat down in their seats, Boq smiled mischievously.

"Guess what Fiyero forgot in our dorm."

"What?"

Boq dangled a set of keys in front of her face. "The keys to the apartment where they're staying. My guess is that when we arrive they'll be out scouting the City. We can scare the daylights out of them." Normally Boq would never even think of barging into someone's apartment unannouced, but he was still bitter from the time a certain Winkie prince had filled his pillowcases with pudding on his birthday. He swore that his bed (and possibly even his head) still smelled like chocolate.

"So? What do you think?"

Glinda's face brightened. She still needed to get Elphaba back for making her squeal loudly by sneaking up behind her in the library. She had been so embarrassed when people turned around to look at her. "You, Master Boq, are a wicked, wicked man. I love you."

Uhhh ohh... I'm actually tempted to post the next chapter, but if I do, I won't have enough chapters in reserve (I'm down to one and a half...). I've only recently experienced the joy that comes with unposted chapters, and boy, do I love it. Anyway, still, thanks to my reviewers.

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