Truth or dare
Elphaba and Galinda had chatted for most of the previous night; Galinda was relentless when she was in her 'gossipy' mood! Elphaba was surprised when she found that she was glad for classes to end so she could get some coffee to keep her awake. Galinda and some of her followers, Nessa, Boq and Avaric had invited themselves to Elphaba and Fiyero's coffee get together much to their disappointment. When they finally sat down it was getting late already.
"Hey everyone seeing as theres no one else here why don't we ditch the coffee and head down to the embankment to play some truth and dare" Avaric called out across the table "Unless anyone is too chicken to play" It was clear that this jibe was meant for Elphaba so she took it upon herself to say they would.
The small group walked along the streets until they came across the embankment. They all sat in a circle and Fiyero managed to grab a seat next to Elphaba in case anything got out of hand he could be there for her (of course she didn't know this). Then they began to play.
First up it was Galinda and she chose truth much to Avaric's disappointment.
"Ok, Galinda... Have you ever worn a black dress?" Shen-shen asked
Galinda giggled and answered with an outraged "NOOOOO way not ever!"
The rest of the group humoured their girliness and went to the next person which just happened to be Elphaba.
"Ha this will be fun... not... I bet the stupid artichoke will pick truth because she's not brave enough!!" Avaric mocked
"Av, do you want me to punch you? Leave her alone!" Fiyero warned
"OOOOh looks like Fiyero has a crush!" Avric teased. Fiyero tried to get up to challenge Avric to a fight but Elphaba stopped him and said
"It's ok Yero, don't let him get to you... he's not worth it!" Elphaba said disapprovingly "I'll take the dare"
"Fine then artichoke, you have to...." Avaric looked around the circle for ideas "Kiss Fiyero since he has such a HUGE crush on you!"
The group gasped as Elphaba looked at Avaric with the wickedest look she could manage.
"Go on then... or are you too scared to!" Avaric challenged. Elphaba looked down at her feet not wanting to see Fiyero's reaction to this dare. However when she finally did look up at him she saw that he wasn't angry at her or anything of the sort. She looked at him for approval before she continued.
"Its ok Fae" He whispered in her ear and with that Elphaba kissed Fiyero very gently and looked deep into his eyes. Fiyero could see that Elphaba was a little shaken up by the dare so he slipped his arm protectively around her. Normally she would have shrugged him off but today she didn't and Fiyero was quite pleased about that.
"Ok then... Fiyero, truth or dare?" Avaric asked looking defeated
"Truth" He replied not wanting to cause Elphaba any more embarrassment.
Avaric smiled menacingly and questioned "Do you like Elphaba more than a friend?"
Elphaba slipped out of his arms and looked down at her feet once again; truthfully she didn't know what answer she wanted to hear. Galinda glared at Avric showing how much she hated him.
"Well, I... YES ok I do" Fiyero gasped looking at Elphaba for a reaction.
"I...I don't know what to say... I mean..." Elphaba stuttered trying to fit together the words in her head but she couldn't. "You're lying... you must be...I..." She looked up at Fiyero and saw in his eyes that he meant what he said.
The rest of the group looked on at them in awe not knowing what to say or do. Fiyero pulled Elphaba up from the ground and led her away from the group because he wanted to talk to her alone. They walked in silence until the reached the main gates of Shiz; Fiyero was the one to break the silence.
"Fae, you know I meant everything I said... don't you?" He quietly said
"I'm sorry... it's just a little hard for me to accept..." Elphaba replied earnestly
Back at the embankment
"Well... that was awkward" Said Boq to break the silence
"AVARIC... how could you... Poor Elphie!" shouted Galinda
"I didn't think he ACTUALLY liked her that way I was just joking!" Avaric retorted
"What are you saying my sister isn't good enough for him?!?!" Nessa cried out
"Yes that's exactly what I'm saying; she looks like a toad for goodness sake!" Avaric cackled.
"Well I don't think she does and neither does Fiyero, it was only yesterday when he was saying how pretty she was!" Galinda challenged.
"If I had arms you would most definitely have a red face right now!" she cursed
"What the heck does that mean?" He questioned
"It means I would have slapped you by now you big ape!" She raised her voice
"HAHA too bad you can't!" He teased menacingly
"That's it! BOQ SLAP HIM... NOW!" She carried on
"But... I... I..." Boq started
"NOW!" she raised her voice even louder
Boq knew that he would never get out of this so he took a step forward towards Avaric – who towered above the little munchkin Boq. He quickly lifted his hand and slapped Avaric as hard as he could manage; Avaric however fell to the ground in laugher at the lightness of the slap. The rest of the group giggled too, well, all except Boq!