That night Elphaba lay awake in bed waiting for her distraught roommate to return so that she might talk to her. But for all her shock at Galinda's accidental revelation she couldn't help but be amused. "With all her pink frills and blond ringlet's…she could have any boy she could ever want…and the joke's on them I suppose because she doesn't want them," Elphaba thought with a smirk but then her mind wandered back to the mysterious letter that Galinda had been passionately reading and she wondered what girl had so enticed her fair roommates heart. The thought made Elphaba turn over in her bed a little more roughly than she had intended. It didn't bother Elphaba that Galinda had feelings for a girl; at least the principal of the matter didn't bother her. She told herself that she was only irritated because if Galinda was happy she should just admit it and be herself. But the truth was Elphaba was jealous, jealous, she supposed, because her and Galinda were just starting to get close and now if Galinda got into a serious relationship, she would get pushed aside. Just as Elphaba was admitting to herself that she was jealous she heard a key slowly being pushed into the lock on the door and Elphaba closed her eyes pretending to be asleep.
The door creaked open quietly, and in tiptoed Galinda as silent as a mouse. Elphaba smirked at Galinda's prudence,
"Back so soon? It's only three in the morning as the tick tocks." Galinda froze beside her bed,
"I'm sorry, Miss Elphaba I didn't mean to wake you," She whispered,
"Yeah, I got that," Elphaba said sitting up in bed to look at the blonde girl. The moonlight from the window gave off just enough light so that she could see Galinda whose normally tight curls had loosened into long soft curly waves. Elphaba thought she looked like a moon goddess. Galinda put out her hand motioning Elphaba not to get up,
"No, please, go back to sleep,"
"I was already awake, I wanted to talk to you," Elphaba said.
"You did," surprise sounded in Galinda's voice,
"Yes, I—I'm sorry I pried about your letter, it's none of my business." Elphaba said reluctantly because this wasn't how she had planned to start. She wasn't very good at apologizing. Galinda sat down on her bed and crossed her arms across her chest.
"It's alright," She mumbled.
"I just want you to know that it's ok, I mean you shouldn't be ashamed or…" Elphaba trailed off this was becoming increasingly difficult and Elphaba was starting to wish she hadn't tried to say anything and had just let it go. Especially when she noticed that two sparkling tears were sliding down Galinda's rosy cheeks. Despite every bone in her body that told her not to Elphaba got up off her bed and went to sit next to Galinda. Then awkwardly she put her arm around her and patted her shoulder in what she hoped was a comforting way.
Apparently it was for the next thing Elphaba knew Galinda was sobbing on her shoulder, mumbling incoherently, her pretty white arms wrapped around Elphaba's green neck and she stayed like that for about ten minutes.
"Oh Elphie, do you hate me?" Galinda asked in a weak voice as she still clung onto the green girl. Elphaba actually laughed at this,
"Hate you! Galinda who in Oz has less right to judge someone based on who they are or what they can't control than I?" Elphaba could feel Galinda's mouth give a tiny grin against her skin,
"Yes, but you don't—you don't think I'm—disgusting?" Galinda said arounds sniff's. Elphaba sighed,
"Galinda, I'm green," Galinda did laugh a little this time, Elphaba pulled back a little so that she could look at her friend, "I mean, I'm green Galinda! Do you realize that most people don't even want to be in the same room as me, much less touch me."
"I don't mind," Galinda said softly looking deep into Elphaba's brown eyes which looked black in the darkness of the room. Elphaba's stomach tightened slightly and had a sharp intake of breath, the tears sparkled on Galinda's cheeks like diamond studs and her big blue eyes glistened with them. She really was beautiful and Elphaba had never really thought about it before. She had just believed it was so because everyone said Galinda was beautiful, but now she saw what they meant. Careless of the burn, Elphaba raised her hand and with her thumb wiped a tear off of Galinda's cheek. Galinda closed her eyes to Elphaba's touch. The water tingled a little but that was all Elphaba felt.
"And neither do I," said Elphaba, "and if you want to talk about it I'll listen."
"You will?" said Galinda gratefully, but skeptically.
"Of course, that's what friends do, isn't it?" Elphaba asked.
"I don't know; you're the first real one I've ever had."
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