When they woke up the next morning they found Galinda and Boq staring at them with grins upon their face.
"OOOOh what happened here then?" Galinda said playfully.
It was only then when Elphaba and Fiyero realised how they had ended up. They were snuggled close together with their arms wrapped around each other lovingly. They quickly shuffled away from each other but Fiyero noticed how uncomfortable Elphaba looked with Boq seeing her in her night clothes so he zipped up the tent once again and tried to comfort her by wrapping his arms around her again.
"It's ok Fae" He said soothingly then He planted a small kiss on her forehead "We don't have to go anywhere today if you don't want to, besides the ground is still wet from last nights rain, its as if fate wanted this to happen."
"Ok... but as soon as it dry we should go out and prove to them we have nothing to be ashamed of!" She whispered to him.
For a few hours Elphaba and Fiyero stayed in the tent telling each other stories and sharing things with one and other.
"Fae, the ground is dry now you can come out" said Fiyero.
"Ok great, where are Boq and Galinda?" Said Elphaba wearily to Fiyero.
"I think they went out, we'll go and find them in a minute I just need to find my shoe.... Oh got it!"
Elphaba and Fiyero wandered through the forest hand in hand as they searched for Galinda and Boq. When they found them they were swimming in a nearby lake happily splashing each other.
"Hey Guys" Fiyero said whilst waving his one free hand.
"Oh hi, sorry about earlier... we were wrong to burst in on you like that..." Boq explained
"Look, I'm only going to say this once... Nothing happened, theres a BIG difference between harmless Hugging and well... you know what!" Cried Elphaba.
"OK OK! We believe you... we were only joking!" Galinda called from the water "Lets just forgive and forget"
Fiyero and Elphaba stood staring into the water, Fiyero fidgeted next to Elphaba and she said
"Its ok Yero, you don't have to stand around me like a spare part! Go have fun!"
He didn't need any more convincing. Soon he was splashing around in the water with Boq and Galinda but he couldn't help feeling guilty about having fun when Elphaba couldn't.
Then whilst Elphaba had her guard down she heard a snap of a branch behind her. She turned around to see Avaric dangling in the air like a blimp coming towards her at full speed when he hit a branch and stopped. By that time Elphaba had noticed Fiyero running to her aid. He stopped to pick up a towel to dry himself with before pulling her into a protective, tight hug. It was now getting late and the four friends decided to punish Avaric for plotting against them by leaving him in the tree that he was now entangled in.
They made their way back to the campsite, they all chatted about the days events and what they were going to do on the next day of their camping trip. Tonight it was Elphaba and Fiyero who retired to their tent first, Fiyero wasn't going to let Elphaba out of his sight knowing that Avaric was in the same forest as them.
"Fiyero, I need to get changed..." Elphaba began.
"I'll just put my head under the sleeping bag... I won't be able to see anything!" Fiyero added. Elphaba began to get changed and he had to fight the urge to look up at her.
"Its ok Yero, you can look now" She said whilst climbing into her sleeping bag.
"Ok, how about I tell you a scary story?" He replied. What Elphaba didn't know was that Fiyero just wanted Elphaba to be scared so he could comfort her and hold her.
"Eeerm ok, but not too scary... after all we are in the middle of a forest with no one else..." She said.
"Ok ok!" He said with a grin "I'm here for you anyway Fae!"
"Theres a story about these woods actually.... they say that when the moon is full like tonight, the spirit of a lost man wonders around looking for his prey.... and when he finds them he..." He went to finish but was stopped by Elphaba cuddling close to him "Fae are you sure you want me to finish?"
"Um...." She said doubtfully still clinging on to Fiyero. Fiyero smiled down at her and climbed into her sleeping bag so they could be closer to each other in the night. He held her close telling her everything was ok and they soon drifted off to sleep.