Meanwhile Avaric had managed to get down from the tree he was stuck and plotted revenge against his new found enemies. He found there campsite and quickly planned a prank in his head, he shook the tent that Elphaba and Fiyero were sleeping in and made frightening sounds hoping to scare them.
"Yero, wake up... did you hear that!" Elphaba said with fear.
"It was probably just the wind" Fiyero decided but huddled closer to the frightened Elphaba anyway "Go back to sleep Fae, I'm here"
The pair were soon asleep again and Avaric chuckled to himself quietly as he went to get a bucket of water. He knew of Elphaba's intolerance towards it so he plotted to throw it on her when she left the tent. Avaric got back to the campsite and shook the tent once again making the noises he had made only a few minutes ago.
This time Fiyero did hear and feel what was going on and when Elphaba tried to leave the tent in fear he quickly pulled her back towards him.
Avaric had just missed Elphaba with the water....
"DAM IT!" He shouted.
"Avaric is that you? You just wait until I get my hands on you..." Elphaba cried with anger but she saw the water that had drenched the tent and realised what he was going to do to her. "Yero, you saved me from that water without even realising it!" Then she gave him a loving kiss to show her thanks.
"Ewwww... do you mind saving that for when I'm NOT around" Avaric jeered.
With that Fiyero dived out of the tent and sprung on Avaric punching him and kicking him. Boq saw what was going on and went to help Fiyero.
"Come on you guys this isn't going to solve anything..." Galinda yawned as she went to get her wand "This is how you do it..."
Galinda pointed her wand at Avaric and quickly shouted "SHOES!"
The group laughed uncontrollably as Galinda had infact turned Avaric into a pair of sparkly, blue high heeled shoes.
"OOOOOH such a pretty pair of shoes too" Galinda squealed excitedly. Then she fetched a shoe box from her tent and placed Avaric the pair of shoes into it. She labelled the box with the address of Shiz University and went to post them in the letter box with Boq accompanying her. Elphaba thanked her friends for helping her and she and Fiyero climbed back into their tent once again.
"Yero, I don't know how to thank you... that water... it could have killed me... and you..." Elphaba rambled her thank you.
"Fae, you being here with me is thanks enough" He said
"Yero my hero..." She whispered quietly before falling back to sleep
The next morning the group woke up and decided to go for a picnic near the river they had been to the day before. Galinda liked Boq a lot more than she was letting on but Elphaba could see right through them. Time passed by and after a full day of laughing and joking they returned to camp just as the sun began to set.
"Oh what a wonderful day we've had" Boq said with a contented sigh.
"Yes I agree, after last night it was just what we needed!" Galinda said "I think I'm going to change..."
Galinda got up from the log she was sitting on and went to open the tent.
"Um Boq... I think we have a problem here... The zipper... Its stuck!" Galinda cried
"WHAT... "Shouted Boq as he went to see if he could budge the zip "Its no use... It's stuck fast"
After a lot of debating the group decided they would all squeeze into Elphaba and Fiyero's tent. They all bundled in and because there was only 2 sleeping bags, Elphaba shared with Fiyero and Galinda Shared with Boq.
"Well isn't this cosy" Boq said happily as he got as close to Galinda as he dared.
"Yeah, I agree with you mate" Laughed Fiyero as he too got closer to Elphaba too.
"Well I'm glad you two find this so amusing!" Galinda said angrily.
There was little room in the tent and after a lot of fidgeting they all fell to sleep next to each other with barely enough room to move. Elphaba woke and looked at the clock near her.
"Uh great... 2am! Why must I wake so early?" She said quietly to herself. Then she realised what position she was in... She had ended up in a rather compromising position - on top of Fiyero! She looked across at Galinda and Boq to see that they had nearly all the room in the tent so she couldn't move off him.
"Yero... Yero!" She whispered urgently not wanting to wake Galinda and Boq "Yero wake up..."
"What... Fae..." He said tiredly as he looked up to see her on top of him. He chuckled and moved the piece of hair that had slipped out of her braid and onto her face "What's wrong with the floor, am I just more comfortable?"
She laughed as she thought about how they had ended up this way.
"Yero, you know I can't move otherwise I would!" She said as she stared into his blue eyes lovingly. "We are screwed!"
"Hey it's nice for you to look on the bright side! Besides I don't want you to move, I kinda like it down here" He said in a flirtatious manner before hugging her close and kissing her sweetly.
"Yero, we can't do this with them next to us!" She added urgently before things got out of hand.
"I know, I know..." Fiyero added.
"Oh Luraline, this doesn't look good Yero... Just imagine what they will think!" She emphasised but was soon glad to see that Galinda and Boq weren't waking up anytime soon.
They tried to move Galinda and Boq up so Elphaba could squeeze in next to Fiyero but failed miserably as they only spread out more. Feeling defeated but silently pleased they finally gave in and fell to sleep in the position that they were in.