Elphaba and Galinda's first day of high school! Let the teen drama begin!:)

Elphaba Thropp and Galinda Upland walked down the halls of Quadling country high school. Galinda, as usual wore her trademark bubbly pink dress, sparkly pink headband, and high heels. Elphaba, on the other hand, couldn't be more Galinda's opposite. She wore a black frock, navy blue knit hat, and an ebony cloak.

Galinda turned to her best friend. "Can you believe it, Elphie? We're finally here! High school!"

Elphaba smiled at her perky best friend. "I'm happy too Glin, but could you tune it down a couple notches? You're splitting my eardrums."

"Sorry Elphie! I'm just SO excited!" Galinda let out another high pitched squeal, and Elphaba clapped her hands over her ears.

"Galinda…"

"SORRY!" Galinda said, turning to her best friend. She winced. "Elphie, couldn't you have worn something a little more…nice?" She said, holding up the side of Elphaba's dark, drab cloak. "I mean, honestly Elphie! Black? Again? It's all you ever wear these days!"

"Well, excuse me for wanting to be a little less conspicuous than I already am!" She said, gesturing to her emerald skin. "I didn't exactly ask to be born this way." Elphaba walked over to her and Galinda's lockers, which were right next to each other's.

Just then, Shenshen and her crew walked over to the two girls. She snickered at Elphaba.

"He-ey Green girl. Are you going Goth now?"

Elphaba glared at the popular girl.

"Go die in a hole, Shenshen."

Shenshen scoffed. "What-ever. Anyway, Galinda…" She said, turning to the blond. "Do you want to, like…hang out with us today?"

Galinda looked over at Elphaba, then back at her Ex-friends. "I don't know…" She replied warily.

"Elphie and I…"

Phfanee rolled her eyes. "When are you going to stop hanging out with that loser?" she said, gesturing to the green girl. "She is, like…totally weird."

Galinda caught a glimpse of Elphaba muttering something under her breath. The green girl's hand began to glow as she aimed it at the threesome standing by their lockers.

"What do you say?" Shenshen asked. "Is it gonna be us or her?"

Galinda glanced over at Elphaba, who was staring at the ground.

"Elphie?" Galinda asked, reaching out to her best friend.

Elphaba shrugged her hand away, obviously hurt. "Just go if you want to, Glin. I don't mind."

"You sure?"

Elphaba nodded, then stuck her head in her locker, possibly to conceal how upset she felt.

Galinda grimaced. "Alright…."

Galinda walked away with Shenshen and her clique, leaving Elphaba alone.

Elphaba walked through the forest. She had faked a temperature and the school nurse had agreed to let her go home. Instead, she had run into the woods. She found her tree, which she had carved her name into when she was nine. She sat down under it, pulling her knees up to her chest. She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to hold back the tears.

How could Galinda do that to me? She thought, frantically wiping away tears that kept running down her face. I mean, we've been friends since fifth grade. And she just ditched me like…like I didn't matter!

Elphaba sat up, her hands beginning to glow. Galinda was just like everyone else. She never was her friend. And she wasn't going to be ever again. It was all FAKE. She didn't deserve friends. How could she be so stupid as to think that someone actually cared about her?

Elphaba held her hands up in front of her, now glowing brighter than ever. She felt the magic course through her as she blasted the ground, leaving it singed and smoking. She did it again and again, feeling more angry and hurt towards her once-best friend. When she couldn't muster up any more magic, she ran over to her tree. Collapsing under it, she curled up into a ball and cried.

Galinda glanced around her math class. Where was Elphaba? Math was the only class that she and Elphaba had together, because math was never Elphaba's strong suit.

Where was she? Elphaba was NEVER tardy. Ever. Unless something happened…

Galinda walked to the front of the room, approaching the teacher.

"Uh…excuse me, Mister…um…"

"Mr. Nikidik." The man replied, pushing his glasses up onto the bridge of his nose.

"And who are you?"

"Galinda Upland of the Upper Uplands." She replied, curtsying. "And I was wondering, Mr.…"

"-Mr. Nikidik."

"Yeah. I was wondering if you've seen a green girl. She's tall; long, black hair. She's…ah, green."

Mr. Nikidik looked uninterested. "I assume you are referring to Miss Elphaba Thropp, Correct?"

"Yes! Have you seen her? You see, she's never late-"

The teacher rolled his eyes. "She went home sick with a fever of a hundred and three. Does that answer your question?"

Galinda's eyes widened. Elphaba was feeling fine this morning. Then, she remembered Elphaba telling her how to fake a temperature in case she ever needed to sneak out somewhere. OH, NO… Galinda knew that Elphaba was more upset than she let on about Galinda hanging out with Shenshen again. How could she be so dumb? She should've known her best friend better than that!

"Mr. Nikidik, I need to be excused from class."

Elphaba sat under her tree, still curled up with her head on her knees. She sniffed, wiping her eyes and nose on the back of her sleeve. She was all out of tears, so she just sat there, under her tree.

Suddenly, she heard footsteps coming in her direction. She frantically stood up, her hands held out in front of her, glowing faintly. The footsteps grew closer, and Elphaba waited to see who they belonged to.

Galinda emerged from the trail, covered in leaves and dirt. As soon as Elphaba saw her, she turned away, hugging her arms around her.

"Elphie?" Galinda asked, taking a step closer to her friend.

"I knew I'd find you here."

Elphaba lowered her head, her back still turned to the blonde.

"Go away Galinda. I d-don't have anything to say to you." She stuttered, her throat tight from crying.

"Elphie, I'm sorry…"

"F-For what?!" Elphaba asked, her voice shaky. As she spun around to face her friend, Galinda was shocked at what she saw. Elphaba's face was tear-stained, her eyes red from crying. Her hair was messy and tousled and, based on the burn marks on the forest floor, it looked as if she had had another magical outburst.

"For what?!" Elphaba asked again "M-Making me think that I had a friend? Well, I guess I DON'T!" She glared at Galinda, who looked shocked.

"Oh don't look at me like that!" Elphaba yelled. "REALLY! Y-You have the nerve to come out here asking for me to forgive you? Well, F-FORGET IT!"

"Elphie, I don't understand…"

"Oh, that's the problem! NO ONE EVER UNDERSTANDS!" She took a step towards Galinda.

"My whole life, no one EVER understood me! N-Never considered how I felt! Never thought how painful it was to be rejected and ignored my whole life! Never wanted anything to do with me! And when you wanted to be my friend that was the-the…the greatest thing anyone could've ever done for me."

Elphaba looked at the ground.

"But now, I'm back to having no one. Nobody who tries to understand me, or tries to be my friend. Nobody!" Elphaba's hands began to glow, as Galinda approached her.

"Elphie, listen to me. All that you just said, some of it might be true. But the part about you having no one to understand you, THAT isnot true at all."

"T-Then why did you go off with those jerks and leave me all by myself?"

"Elphie, I thought you were okay with it."

"Well, I wasn't!"

Galinda walked over to her friend. "Elphie, I'm sorry. I knew you weren't okay but I still left you there by yourself. That's my fault."

Elphaba nodded.

"I thought you were going to stop hanging out with me. Pretty stupid thing to be afraid of, huh?"

Galinda hugged her. "No, not at all. Your father hardly cares for you, and Nessa has her other friends to hang out with." She looked Elphaba in the eyes. "Because of that, it's natural for you to be afraid of rejection. But you and me, we're best friends. And best friends stick together, always."

"Always?" Elphaba asked, looking up at her.

"Always." Galinda took Elphaba's hands, and helped her to her feet.

"We should probably get going, before someone finds us."

Elphaba nodded, and the two girls started to walk back to their houses. After a while, Elphaba turned to Galinda.

"Hey Galinda?"

"Yes?"

"What exactly did you do to get out of class to come and find me?"