"Ugh. This won't light!" Paul complained, tossing yet another lit match onto the teepee of driftwood logs. As always the wood was slightly wet.

"Hurry up," Fiyero complained. They were on a cliff overlooking the sea. Earlier the wind's chilly bite had been overruled by a beautiful view, but now that the sun had set it was much too cold for humans.

"Be patient princie-poo," Paul snapped. "I'm working on it."

"Would you like some help?" Elphaba asked from her spot on Fiyero's lap.

"Not from you," the irritable werewolf growled.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes!" Galinda exchanged a slightly amused, slightly annoyed glance with her best friend. They both knew the green girl's magic would be a much more effective fire starter than matches. After about ten more minutes of cursing and argument with inanimate firewood Paul relented.

"Um…Elphaba?"

"Yes Paul?"

"Could you…um…come over here?"

"Why Paul?" the witch snickered. "Do you need my help?"

"Yes," he sighed dejectedly. Elphaba snapped her fingers and the logs burst into brilliant, emerald flames. Paul leapt backwards with a startled yelp.

"What do you say?" the green girl chuckled.

"Thank you," he muttered. Elphaba just cackled in a very witch-like manner. The entire pack was gathered for tonight's bonfire, plus Emily and the Ozians. It was really just one big party, complete with enough food to feed an army.

Emily handed out hot dogs to the hungry males while Elphaba and Galinda laughed at their bickering over food. After two near fistfights everyone settled to roasting their meal over the fire on straightened wire hangers. Fiyero chivalrously offered his first hot dog to the green girl, who in turn refused upon the grounds that it could be made from Dog instead of dog.

"It's not made of dog," Jared chuckled. "It's made of pig."

"Pig or pig?" Elphaba challenged, much to the werewolf's confusion.

"Elphie there aren't any Animals on Earth," Galinda pointed out. "Calm down."

"Fine," the green girl muttered, accepting her boyfriend's offering. The Winkie rolled his eyes in fond exasperation. While Fiyero and Elphaba cuddled Boq dutifully made casual conversation with Galinda, though his heart really wasn't in it. All the munchkin could think about was her heartbroken voice yesterday; I'm still in love with Fiyero.

However the blonde wasn't blind and after awhile she realized something was up. "Boq?"

"Yeah?"

"Did I do something to offend you," Galinda fretted, biting her lip. "You seem upset."

"No, I'm fine," he insisted. "It's not your fault that you're still in love with Fiyero." Boq clamped a hand over his mouth; he hadn't meant to say that out loud.

"Oh," the blonde sighed. "You heard that?" Her munchkin companion shrugged, still blushing with profound embarrassment. "Boq you're really nice, but I don't want to lead you on while I still have feelings for my ex."

"I think you're going to lead me on whether you try to or not," he chuckled sadly. Galinda raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Ever since we met you've done nothing but push me away, yet I've followed after you doggedly. Do you really think that not leading me on is gonna fix the problem?" The blonde shrugged and looked away. What could she say?

/

After an hour or so at the bonfire Elphaba and Fiyero snuck away to peruse the shore. Waves lapped soothingly at the clattering pebbles beneath their feet. "This is so cliché," the green girl snickered after awhile.

"What is?" Fiyero queried, jolted from his reverie.

"A couple walking down the moonlit beach hand in hand," Elphaba chuckled again, glancing down at their fingers twined together.

"It wouldn't be so cliché if I tackled you," the Winkie pointed out before grabbing his girlfriend around the waist and flinging them both onto a sandy portion of beach.

"Yero my hero," Elphaba laughed. "Saving me from clichés." Before the green girl could say anymore Fiyero pressed his lips against hers. They rolled over and over, coating their clothes with damp sand, before finally coming up for air. The prince gently brushed a strand of hair from his girlfriend's face, giving him an unobstructed view of her passionate eyes. On a whim Elphaba quietly murmured the mind reading spell she'd used a few days earlier.

She is so beautiful, Fiyero thought tenderly. Oz, I love her. The green girl's heart melted and she cuddled closer to him.

"I love you too Yero," Elphaba whispered, nuzzling into his side.

Huh? Did I say that out loud?

"No, I used that mind reading spell from the other day," she admitted, smirking.

Crap. I hope she didn't hear that bikini fantasy earlier.

"What bikini fantasy?" Elphaba demanded.

"Oh nothing," Fiyero insisted as he struggled to keep his thoughts under control. "Will you please stop that spell? Please?" The Winkie pouted.

"I don't know," his girlfriend responded thoughtfully. "I may need some convincing."

I thought you'd never ask.

/

There were quite a few comments when Elphaba and Fiyero returned to the bonfire covered in sand. Boq blushed and Galinda tried very hard to keep her jealousy from taking control. With the munchkin by her side it was easier to do than she would've thought.

Sorry if anyone's disappointed that I didn't go into excruciating detail with the make-out scene(s) but I figured you guys can use your imaginations.