All I can say is, it should be a crime for me to have halls. Does this story make any sense at all? Feel free to tell me if i'm crazy and should or should not continue this. o_o
Galinda Upland slammed the bathroom door and sank to her knees, sobbing uncontrollably. Four minutes ago, her boyfriend, Prince Fiyero of the Vikkus, had broken up with her in quite possibly the worse way possible; by proclaiming his love for her best friend. The image still burned clearly in her head, as pitiful of an attempt as it was, it was still there, haunting her, mocking her; Fiyero standing in the rain, holding wilting flowers, slightly intoxicated, yelling about how he'd loved Elphaba ever since that day with the lion cub. Galinda had just finished shopping, and exited the store at the precise moment Fiyero started his rant. She had initially thought it was a joke, and started to laugh until a certain green girl walked up to the prince and kissed him. With that, she ran to her dorm and ended up locking herself in the bathroom.
Elphie, I thought you were my friend… thought Galinda scornfully.
She heard a knock at the door.
"Galinda? Are you in there? It's me."
Galinda's heart rate increased to two hundred beats per minute, her jaw clenched, hands made fists, and her eye twitched.
"Leave me alone. I don't want to talk to you." Said as calmly as she could, this was her nearly screaming in a shrill pitch of about an F above high C.
"Galinda, please. I need to talk to you." Continued Elphaba.
In response, the blonde turned the shower on full blast in an attempt to drown out her roommate's words.
Good, now I don't have to hear her talk.
At that moment, she noticed a sheet of paper slid under the door, Galinda picked it up and read.
Galinda, even if you can't hear me, I'll still be trying to communicate with you.
The blonde scoffed and ripped the note up.
Another sheet of paper slid through.
Please, Galinda, just read these, remember all the good times we had? Well, I'm going to recount every memory of our friendship.
Suddenly waves of notes started sliding through.
No wonder she can copy notes in class so fast…she writes faster than a cheetah on crack!
Thought Galinda.
Galinda didn't bother reading the all the notes, she simply flushed them down the toilet.
Well, would you look at that? My friendship with Elphaba is going down the toilet.
Still the notes came.
"That's it!" Grumbled Galinda.
She had to find a way out. She couldn't possibly leave via the door, her roommate was right there. No, Galinda needed a plan B. Azure eyes quickly scanned the room, and soon found what she was looking for; a window.
Galinda opened the window and peered out, it was a small drop, about five feet, and it led into the courtyard. The blonde started reapplying her smudged makeup using the mirror, and after a few minutes, she hopped out the window and walked toward the courtyard. Galinda wasn't too sure about where she was going she wanted to be alone, but at the same time wanted to be out somewhere familiar, preferably with alcohol.
The blonde sighed, everyone probably knew by now that Fiyero had broken up with her for Elphaba, and she didn't want anyone to bug her so going to the pub she usually went to was out of the question, it was far too populated. There was another pub on Shiz grounds remembered Galinda, called the Drunken Pineapple, it was less crowded, and not as well known. With another dejected sigh, the blonde headed off in the direction of said pub.
Why didn't I bring an umbrella? Thought Galinda has she trudged through the rain.
Oh right, I don't keep umbrellas in the washroom.
Galinda scowled as she tried pushing the large oak doors of the pub.
"It's stuck!" She grunted with frustration, "It's stuck and I'm getting wet in the rain!"
She kicked at the door.
"Need some help?" Asked a voice behind her.
Galinda noticed that there was a shadow over her head, and she could no longer feel the rain drops attacking her perfect skin. She turned around.
Behind her was a man her age, early twenties, holding an umbrella over her, with an amused smile on his face.
"Here, let me get that for you." He said, as he pulled open the doors.
"Thanks." Mumbled Galinda, trying to hide the embarrassment on her face. This wasn't the first time she pushed a door that said pull.
"No problem." Said the man, as they walked in the pub.
"Would you like to sit with me?" Asked Galinda.
"Sure." He replied.
The man pulled a chair out and gestured to it. Galinda sat in it, and the man tucked the chair in for her.
Fiyero never did that for me before…Thought Galinda as she felt her cheeks reddening.
"Thank you. I don't believe we've met before. Are you new to Shiz?" She asked.
"Yep, I've only been here for about two days, and not a second goes by where I'm not lost in some way."
"Well, my name's Galinda Upland, of the Upper Uplands. Nice to meet you Master…err…"
"Faolen. Faolen Srithentic. A pleasure to meet you, Miss Upland."
Galinda examined him, he was tall and blond with steel rectangular framed glasses, roughly 6'2, with hair of medium length, long side bangs parted in the middle, resembling the curtain cut, but not quite. His hair was a bit shaggy, but seemed to have been combed before hand. He had an athletic build, not overly muscular, but still strong and to top it all off he was sporting a bit of blond stubble.
"So what brings you here Faolen?"
"Well, I was studying you see, when suddenly, I was hit with an intense thirst which would only be quenched with an appletini, so I decided to come here." He said with a smile.
"Ooo! I love appletinis! I've always tried getting Fiyero to-"
Fiyero…
Galinda's face fell as she tried not to start crying.
"What's wrong Miss Galinda?" Said Faolen in a concerned tone.
"It's just that my boyfriend recently broke up with me."
"Well don't worry; I'm sure there are plenty of nice young men who would appreciate a nice beautiful girl like you."
Was he hinting at something? Wondered Galinda.
"He broke up with me for my best friend. Well ex- best friend now." Galinda was on the verge of tears again.
Faolen frowned and took Galinda's hand, holding it tightly, he spoke.
"I'm sure they had they had their reasons, you should talk to them about it."
Galinda examined Faolen again; he was dressed smartly in a black cardigan over a white dress shirt, with khakis and brown loafers.
"I guess I should, but not now, I'm still upset about it. And mad. Upset and mad!"
Fawkes waved the waitress over.
"One appletini, and one…"
"Bottle of Jack." Finished Galinda.
"And one cup of mint tea." Said Faolen ignoring her order.
"But…" Started Galinda.
"Trust me Miss Galinda, you'll thank me later." Said Faolen with a smile.
"Fine. One cup of tea." Said Galinda with a pout.
"So Miss Galinda, tell me about yourself."
"No need for the honourific Master Faolen." Said Galinda, oblivious to the irony of her statement.
Faolen laughed.
"What?"
"Nothing." Said Faolen, suppressing a smile, "Now tell me about yourself."
With that Galinda started on about all her activities and hobbies, about how she loved shopping, the colour pink, giving makeovers, how she tries to do well in school but fails, how she became friends with an outcast, how they were great friends…
Faolen, sensing the blonde was becoming distraught, starting talking about himself.
"Well as for me, I came to Shiz to study music." Started Faolen, "Yup, music, I'm terrible with math and sciences and the only thing I can read are music notes so here I am."
"You can't read?"
"No, of course I can but I was just saying that…I'm better at music than languages." Faolen was amused at the blonde; she was certainly ditzy, but genuine.
Galinda stared at the table uncomfortably, "Faolen?"
"Yes?"
"Is there…is there someone in your life?"
"Well no. What are you getting at Galinda?"
Galinda tossed her hair, and smiled as she leaned forward.
"I could help you with science you know, I'm not that bad. Pretty bad, but still."
"What?"
"Right now we're just two RNA, but maybe we could transcribe together and become DNA."
Faolen's eyes widened as he understood, his throat suddenly became dry and he swallowed.
"Galinda…" He started.
She batted her eyelashes.
"Galinda, I'm gay."
Why did I start this...I still have another halls induced story i'm working on XD...I am crazy. I must be.