Sorry it took sooo long for the next chapter, but here it is :) I will try my best to complete this story, I promise.
When Elphaba was returning to her room that night she ran into Rosali in the hallway. The girl stopped and flashed her violet eyes on Elphaba in a deadly manner.
"I've just got one thing to say to you green girl, Linda is mine. She always has been mine and always will be. So diamond boy and veggies like you can remember that." Elphaba hardened against the girl's words, a million different hexes entering her mind in a split second.
"If that's what Galinda wants then of course I will remember that. But if it's just what you want...which I dare say it is…then you're the one that will need to remember this," Elphaba raised her hands and a stoke of lighting came down between the two girls close enough to singe Rosali's hair. Elphaba stepped closer when the lighting bolt was gone and whispered, "you don't know whom you're dealing with."
Elphaba turned and walked away, feeling a little better. Galinda was sitting on her bed when she opened the door staring pensively out of the window. When Galinda didn't look up to acknowledge Elphaba's arrival Elphaba said, "Don't think too hard Miss. Galinda. There's no need to hurt yourself." Elphaba couldn't help it, she was still bitter about being excused earlier. But when Galinda turned around Elphaba saw that Galinda looked ghostly pale. The green witch instantly changed her tune,
"Galinda! What is it?"
"Elphaba," Galinda began her voice odd and distant, "I'm going away tomorrow, I won't have time to write to my parents while I'm away, will you please let them know that I'm going to be ok?" This bit of information hit Elphaba like a wall.
"No I won't because you aren't going anywhere tomorrow. What did Rosali say to you? Did she threaten you? You can tell me, I'll take care of her." Galinda furrowed her brow angrily while her complexion grew steadily more white.
"Of course she didn't threaten me, what would make you think that? I'm going with her tomorrow because I want to, not because anyone is making me. And as my friend I would have thought you would do that one small request for me. Apparently not, Rosali was right about you after-all. " These words stung Elphaba like water, she was vividly reminded of the old Galinda and how cruel she used to be to her. Still she thought she would try and reason with her.
"Galinda, think about what you're saying! You want to leave your school, your career, your family," 'and me,' thought Elphaba but she didn't add that, "and..Fiyero all for some girl you haven't seen since you were a child? When just earlier you told me that you would just tell her you were going to marry Fiyero!" Galinda closed her eyes briefly as if what Elphaba was saying was too much for her.
"Please stop yelling at me Elphaba, if I had known that you were going to act so immaturely I wouldn't have even told you." Elphaba's jaw dropped.
"I'm not the one whose planning on running away from school!" Galinda glared at her, but the glare was tired, wounded, with red rims under the eyes. Elphaba sighed in frustration, what in Oz had happened while she had been away?
"Galinda, I'm sorry, but please listen to me, a day ago you would never have consented to this, all I'm asking is: what changed since then? If you can answer me that and promise that you haven't been hexed or threatened into going then of course I'll do what you ask of me and give you my full support. Only, I find it hard to believe that the Galinda I know would let anyone…male or female…come between her and her dreams." There was a long pause when the two girls just stared at each other, both searching, both trying to say more than they could. Finally Galinda said,
"Rosali is my dream, it just took her coming here for me to realize that." This was like a key turning a lock to Elphaba, it was over. Elphaba let her shoulder's sink in resignation and then she sat down heavily onto her own bed, beaten.
"All right Galinda, so long as you're happy. But you know," Elphaba added for one more stab, "you know, that your reputation will be forever ruined." Galinda actually smiled at Elphaba and said sweetly,
"To Hell with it."