I'm sorry this took so long to update. I have had so much to do with school, but, here you go. Hope you like it.
"Elphie, have you seen my shoes?" Galinda asked franticly searching all over the dorm.
"Which ones," Elphaba asked.
"The pink ones,"
"Which pink one?" Galinda glared at her friend while Elphaba just gave her a small grin. Galinda continued to search the room while Elphaba sat on her bed thinking about the day. It had differently not been boring. And in the end what had happened? Elphaba, the girl with the green skin, was going to a party, with a prince. What was happening to the world Elphaba wondered? She then thought of Nessa. She wondered if she had gotten Boq to go with her. If so, that would make this night all the more interesting.
"Oh there they are." Galinda exclaimed a couple minutes later. "They were hiding under my bed."
"Not very surprising," Elphaba muttered to herself. If she were one of those high heeled pink shoes she would be doing her best to hide too.
"Elphie," Galinda said letting out a gasp. "What are you doing just sitting there? You aren't even dressed yet, and then we have to do your hair, your makeup."
"Sweaty, in case you haven't noticed, makeup, doesn't really work all that well on me."
"Oh, but still," Galinda said. She was seriously starting to scare Elphaba. She couldn't remember seeing Galinda this excited since the first time Galinda gave Elphie a makeover. Well, let's just say, that didn't end so well. "We have to do your hair and stuff like that. It will be so much fun." Elphaba just put her head in her hands and closed her eyes. This was all too much for her. "What's wrong?" Galinda asked.
"Headache," Elphaba said quickly still not looking up.
"Come on," Galinda pulled Elphaba up and into the bathroom. "Now, braids, out." Galinda pulled out the hair ties that held her braid together. She started to brush her hair so that it was wavy. Elphaba had never actually realized that her hair was so shiny.
"Just leave it Galinda. It's fine." Elphaba walked out of the bathroom while Galinda started adding makeup to her own face. When Elphaba reached her bed she looked down at the black dress that she had had for ten years. She wasn't exactly sure if really wanted to put it on but Fiyero was right. Her mother would want her to. She picked up the garment with a gentle hand and unfolded it. She quickly slid off her school clothes and pulled the soft fabric onto her bare skin. She tied the emerald green ribbon in the back in a messy bow and then straitened the neckline. The small stones shimmered in the light of the dorm room. Elphie walked over to the body length mirror that Galinda had in the corner and looked into it. What she saw actually surprised. The young woman in the mirror was nothing like what she had always pictured. To her she was a scrawny, ugly, green girl, but in the mirror she saw a somewhat elegant woman. Yes, she did have green skin but maybe that wasn't as bad as she thought. It was what made her unique.
When Galinda came out of the bathroom she stopped in her steps when she saw Elphaba. "Wow, Elphie, you look, amazing." Galinda couldn't believe it. She had never thought of Elphaba as pretty but right now, she really did look gorgeous.
"Really," Elphaba asked. She was starting to have second thoughts about going to this party. Let alone with Fiyero.
"Yes," Galinda smiled at her friend. She really couldn't wait for this night. Soon there was a knock on the door. Galinda quickly moved to the door and pulled in open, outside stood a young boy who looked to be about seventeen. "Hey," Galinda said smiling.
"Hey," The boy said. He kissed Galinda on the cheek. She grinned at him. When the boy saw Elphaba he stopped. "Hello, green face." Elphaba turned away. She didn't want this boy to see how much he saying that hurt her.
"Tarin," Galinda said sharply. "That is not a nice thing to say about my best friend."
"I'm sorry," Tarin said, but Elphie could tell that he was saying it more to Galinda then to her. "Come on Galinda," The boy said grabbing Galinda's hand. "We should get going so that we're not late."
"But," Galinda said looking over at Elphaba. "We should wait so that Elphie doesn't have to wait by herself.
Elphaba saw the look that spread across Tarin's face when Galinda said that. "Go on," Elphie said. "Tarin is right, you two should go on."
Galinda smiled brightly at her friend. She quickly grabbed Tarin's hand and the two left, leaving Elphaba by herself in the room.
She fingered the soft fabric of the dress that she was wearing and smiled. Maybe Fiyero was right, maybe her mother was proud of her from where ever she was. As Elphaba waited she started to wonder if maybe she had been set up. When she looked over at the clock that she had on her night stand, it read, 7:03. "Great," she said to herself. "Just perfect, I get all dressed up, I even let Galinda put makeup on me, and what happens? The boy has the nerve not to show up." She laid back on her bed and sighed. She should have trusted herself. She should have known that this party would be just like the last one.
After another five minutes or so there was a light knock on the door. She got up to answer it, she figured it would probably be one of the ladies who came to clean the rooms, the tended to come around this time. What she did not expect to see was a well dressed Fiyero standing outside her door.