A/N: Sorry it has taken so long, but here is the next chapter. I've just been caught up in school work and shiz like that. Thanks to Jamie Jazz, GoodWitchesOfOz, and an anonymous reader for reviewing! It really makes me want to write more!

Chapter Five

"Okay, this is a hard one. Who wants to find the verbal in it?" Glickman was referring to the sentences on the board. When nobody raised their hand, Glickman said "Come on, guys! Hmm… Mr. Tiggular, how 'bout doing this one for me?"

Fiyero hesitated, but said, "Uh – okay."

"Alright, find the gerund." Glickman waited for the boy to reply. Fiyero looked at the board and felt under pressure. What was a gerund again? Oh gosh. "Um… It's – "

Glickman cut him off and sang, "What do you do when you're lost and scared, and you don't know the answer?" The class laughed at this. He sang, "You parse the sentence!" He repeated the song again, "What do you do when you're lost and scared and you don't know the answer?" He shot a hand at Fiyero.

"You parse the sentence." Fiyero said. Glickman laughed, "No, no – you've gotta sing it!"

Fiyero felt embarrassed and looked at Elphaba. She looked at the desperate look on his face and laughed. He sighed and sang, "You parse the sentence…" off key and slightly unenthusiastically.

"Good," said Mr. Glickman, seeming satisfied. "So, start."

The sentence was 'The squirrel's favourite past-time is sky diving.'

Fiyero began, "Well… 'is' is the verb..." Glickman cut in, "What kind of verb?"

"Linking." Fiyero was sure. "Very good," Glickman replied, "continue."

"Okay," Fiyero looked at the board for a long time, trying to figure it all out. Is 'squirrel' the subject? No… Agh! He decided to give up. "Um, I'm sorry, I'm bad at this. I just don't know." He was embarrassed.

"Really?" Mr. Glickman asked. He was disappointed. "Well okay, who else would like to try?" Elphaba had figured it out long before Fiyero started, so she shot her hand up.

"Yes, Miss Thropp," he called on her. "Go ahead, please." She was determined to impress him.

"Diving is the gerund," she said promptly.

"Bravo, Elphaba!" Mr. Glickman seemed impressed, since she was the only one in the class who seemed to get gerunds. He had a feeling that he would get along with her well.

The bell rung and the students began to shuffle out of the classroom. Galinda and Fiyero congratulated her; Galinda was proud that Elphaba impressed her idol, and Fiyero teased, "Someone is the teacher's pet."

Elphaba got defensive, "No. Do you even-" She stopped herself and pulled out the book to show him.

"Why are you taking out that book?" He was confused when she shoved a page into his face. He squinted and took a double take at the author's biography page. Their English teacher was the brilliant author of Elphaba's favourite book! His name and picture was right there on the page, goatee and all. "Oh my-"

"You see?" Elphaba said excitedly.

Glickman noticed the small commotion going on in front of him and saw the book. He gaped. "Elphaba! You-" He was utterly shocked. He didn't think people actually liked his book, let alone college freshmen. "You're reading my book?"

"Yes, it's brilliant!" Elphaba was so excited that she was actually conversing with her favourite author – her idol (and now her English teacher).

"Well, thank you so much! I didn't think people actually read my books…" He seemed very self-conscious about that.

"I've read three of your books, and I'm in the middle of this one."

Elphaba and Mr. Glickman then began a conversation about the themes, symbolism, tropes, and humour in the books, as well as the books he has written about. It went on for about 15 minutes while Galinda and Fiyero stood there, as Galinda had told Fiyero to stay back and come to lunch with her and Elphie. Galinda finally stood up and said, "Sorry, but Elphie, we're going to miss lunch! We also need to show Master Tiggular around the campus!"

"Sorry guys! I'm the biggest nerd I've ever met. Thank you for stopping me." Mr. Glickman apologized.

"No need to apologize. That was a great conversation. And I think that I am the biggest nerd I've ever met. I think I was the one who needed to be shut up." Elphaba admitted and they all chuckled.

"Actually, Elphaba, that was a great conversation to listen to, even though I didn't get to take part in it," Fiyero said, smiling at her. "You're quite the brainiac."

She smirked at him. "Brainiac? That's the best you can come up with, Tiggular? Yesterday I was getting the impression that you might be as smart as me… Guess not," she half-teased.

He raised his eyebrows and said, "Wait until Geometry class. You'll see." He was very confident in that answer, since math was his best subject. He was sure he could get marks as high as he assumed Elphaba's were in Geometry.

"Okay. I guess we'll see, then," she said. "Let's go to lunch now, come on Glin. Goodbye Mr. Glickman, it's been a pleasure!"

"Thank you, Miss Elphaba. See you tomorrow." Glickman replied. At that, Galinda linked arms with Elphaba and Fiyero followed closely behind. Mr. Glickman sat at his desk watching the three students walk away. He liked them; their interactions were amusing and interesting.

A/N: Was that good? Disappointing? Anything? That whole song thing actually happens in my class. Pretty awesome. Review if you want me to write more...