08. Lunchtime

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Boq always liked lunchtime. It was the time when all of them could just talk about whatever they wanted and not worry too much about their lives. It was at lunchtime that sometimes they shared some of their deeper secrets.

Glinda and Elphaba would always come first. They'd be talking about the class that they had just come from, or maybe just be quiet, holding hands discreetly as they could manage.

Then it would be him, and then a few minutes later it would be Nessarose. Duko and Fiyero would join them, and maybe Avaric or Crope or Tibbet would join them too.

When Boq wanted to remember better times, he would think about lunchtime at Shiz, sitting under the giant oak tree and just…

Being.

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3/19/2006 7:05 PM