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-Elphaba Meets Her Sister's Roommate-
Galinda and Elphaba were staring at each other, still in shock with the fact that they were to be roommates. "I thought that it would be better that Nessarose would room with a very nice young girl. For her to socialize a little bit. Well I'll take her to her room and let her get settled." Madame Morrible said, pushing Nessarose's wheelchair. "But Madame….LET HER GO!!!" she yelled with anger. All of a sudden, the wheelchair was torn from Madame Morrible's hands and made its way towards Elphaba.
Everyone stood still in shock, except for Nessa. "Elphaba, you promised that this would be different." She said, tears threatening to come down. "You mean this has happened before?" Madame Morrible asked. "I'm sorry. Sometimes I lose control." Elphaba said. "My dear, never apologize for talent. I shall accept you in my sorcery seminar and no more. If you do your work right, you could meet the Wizard. I know, I'll write to him at once about you." Madame Morrible said before rushing off to her office, no doubt. When everyone left, Galinda being sadder because she didn't get what she wanted, Elphaba stood there with an excited look on her face. She might have a chance to meet the Wizard and finally have people accept her.
Galinda and Elphaba are in their room, unpacking their bags (bag for Elphaba's case), when a knock on the door came. Elphaba, who just finished unpacking, decided to get the door and go lie on her bed and read one of her books. At the door was the girl that is Nessa's roommate. The same girl that was reading a book at the bench and wasn't staring at her. "Excuse me Miss Elphaba, I was wondering if I could come in and help Galinda to unpack her bags. I know she has too many to do all of them herself." She said a little shyly. Elphaba nodded at her and went to her bookshelf.
The girl walked into the room and went towards Galinda. "Hey Galinda. Do you need help?" she asked. "Oh hey Gwen. A little help would actually be appreciated, thanks." She responded pointing at the pile of unopened bags that was at the end of her bed.
As they both unpacked, Gwen was humming a song a tune that she wrote a few weeks ago. She was thinking of calling the song 'Everything'. The hum slowly became her singing the words under her breath. "If you're ready to be my everything, if you're ready to see it through…" before she could finish, Galinda said she was finished with packing and dragged Gwen to the bed.
"So how's the roommate thing going for you? I know you wanted to have a private suite." Gwen said a little quietly. "Oh Gwen, I hate it. I absolutely loathe everything about her. The only thing good about her is she reminds me of you only when she reads a book that you would never catch me with. Which reminds me, now that we're here, you'll have to put the books down more often and live a little." Galinda said with a grin. "Galinda, I know what you're thinking, and the answer is no, I am not wearing anything pink. You know the only reason I put up with that color is because you love it so much." Gwen told her with a stern look on her face. "Will you at least try a pink dress on?" Galinda tried. "Maybe." Was the only response she will get at this point.
"Anyway, back to your roommate. Did you even try to talk to her?" Gwen asked. "No, you know that she will ruin my reputation at this school." Galinda said horrified about the idea of her talking to Elphaba. "Galinda. You have to give people a chance. Otherwise you could be missing out on a very important friendship which I think will do you some good. All your other friends only talk about fashion." Gwen pointed out. "No, I'm not listening to this advice. I'm going shopping." Galinda said grabbing one of her purses and slammed the door. Gwen flinched at the sound of the slam and turned her head towards Elphaba to find that the emerald girl was staring at her.
"So, what book are you reading?" Gwen asked, again with shyness. "Just the encyclopedia on the history of Oz. I've already read it twice, but I just love reading it over and over again." Elphaba told her like it was no big deal, turning her head back to the pages. "Really?" Gwen asked with interest. Noticing the tone of her voice, Elphaba turned her head back to look at the light brunette and nodded her head. "Thank Oz, I thought I would be the only one who would enjoy reading complicated books." Gwen said, walking closer towards Elphaba's bed.
Elphaba raised her eyebrows at this comment. "I thought, you being Galinda's friend that you would be more interested in fashion and boys and all that is a waste of time." She said. "Oh no. I admit I look at the fashion once in a while, but I focus my attention more on books and school rather than boys. You can do more with an education than with all the experience you have with boys." She made a face, and giggled a little. "Besides, when you live with Galinda all your life, you try to be different and understand how others think about her." Gwen added. "You live with her?" Elphaba asked. "Yeah, I'm her younger sister actually. One year difference." Gwen told her. "So how come you're in college?" Elphaba asked. "I skipped into Galinda's grade when I was young. I was intelligent enough to read a Charles Dickens book called Oliver Twist and understand absolutely everything, both story and analysis, when I was 6." Gwen said with a blush on her cheeks.
Elphaba smiled at her. "Can I just ask you one thing?" Elphaba asked setting the book down on her bedside table. "What is it?" Gwen asked. "Why aren't you scared of me? Or laughing at me? Or something that everyone else, except for my sister, would do? And why did you ask Galinda to give me a chance?" She asked with a little confusion. Gwen smiled at her. "Because, I think you have enough people cringing at you, and you are a nice person who doesn't deserve that kind of treatment. Besides, I judge a person by how they act, not what they look like." She said with a smile that suggested friendship. Maybe, Elphaba thought, just maybe there is someone who will accept me, but I'll still keep my guard up. Just in case.