Galinda jumped off of Elphaba like the devil had just whispered in her ear.
"Who do you think that is?" Galinda asked her eyes glued to the door. Elphaba sat up slowly, guiltily, she whished Galinda would just glance at her so that she'd know it was ok, but no such luck. Galinda grabbed the bathroom door handle and hoisted herself up without offering a hand to Elphaba and then seemed to glide towards the door.
Elphaba stood up too and followed Galinda towards the door. For some reason Elphaba had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach about the person on the other side of the door. She reached for Galinda's arm, her fingertips just brushing Galinda's skin which was covered in goosebumps. But Galinda didn't turn around; her hand was on the knob now. Elphaba's mind raced for something to say to make her think otherwise. She opened her mouth to say "wait," and then changed her mind to say "but," but what actually came out was,
"Webb," it didn't make sense but it made Galinda look at her, or really glance at her. Wide anxious blue eyes once again found Elphaba's brown one's and Elphaba was overcome by a feeling of home, which in any other situation Elphaba would have found ridiculous. But then the knock sounded again, quieter this time; which Elphaba found odd, didn't people usually knock louder when no one answered the first knock? Their eye contact was broken as Galinda turned back to the door and instantly opened it,
Standing on the other side of the door was the most striking and exotic girl Elphaba had ever seen (which was saying something because after all Elphaba was green). She was leaning against the doorframe with a sly smile on her lips, a delicate hand raised to the door to knock again. Galinda froze when she saw her which made the girl laugh; a silky laugh that at once both captivated Elphaba and made her distrust her.
"Hello, Linda," By the nickname she called Galinda Elphaba's knew that it must be Rosali. She felt suddenly as if someone had hit her on the head with a rock.
"—Hello Rosali," Galinda answered breathless, to Elphaba's intense irritation. Then Rosali's dark eyes (much darker than Elphaba's) travelled up to Elphaba. From the look Elphaba got she suddenly became worried that Rosali could read minds; it was so intense. A look of amusement fell on the girls beautiful full lips when she saw her green skin, but other wise she showed no emotion towards her; as if she wasn't important. Galinda had followed Rosali's vision, however, and so said,
"Oh, Rosali, this is my roommate Elphi—aba,"
"Hello, Miss Elphiaba," the silky voice said slyly. Galinda giggled at this, which made Rosali turn her gaze back onto her,
"Are you glad to see me?" She asked taking Galinda's hand and walking into the room. Galinda blushed a little and looked uncomfortably at her held hand.
"—yes! But…it's so unexpected Rosali—," Elphaba closed the door a little harder than necessary, but only Galinda looked up.
"Unexpected?" the girl asked smiling down at Galinda, so that her long dark thick eyelashes cast shadows down her cheeks, "didn't you get my letter?"
"Well—yes—but it was so—so--,"
"Meager," Elphaba stipulated, crossing her arms across her chest and leaning against the wall. This time Rosali did look up at Elphaba and looked her up and down with mild surprise as if she hadn't expected her able to speak. A long uncomfortable moment passed in which Elphaba refused to look away. Then,
"You're lip is bleeding," Rosali said simply her voice like velvet. Elphaba's hand flew up immediately to her face and the feeling of guilt returned. Galinda, she saw, was twisting her hands together and looking highly uncomfortable. But then Rosali smiled and touched Galinda's hands to qualm them. Her teeth were ultra white and set a contrast against her dark bronze skin. She was still looking at Elphaba,
"Perhaps you'd better go take care of that before it gets worse," she said with authority. Elphaba's face darkened and she was overcome with the desire to hex Rosali into oblivion. But then Galinda said,
"Yes, perhaps you'd better go Miss Elphaba," Elphaba stared, but Galinda wasn't looking in her eyes she was looking just below them. She couldn't believe that Galinda had just excused her, but realizing when she was beat she turned and marched out of the room.
A/N: Thanks for all your reviews! And for helping me realize that it's "Fervid as a flame" not "Ferment as a flame," that was embarrassing, I guess a flame can't really ferment, lol. As always Virtual Pizza if you review!