Chapter 7 - Alone in the Dark
Fiyero complained of headaches but in actuality it was his heart that ached. He questioned himself how one person could affect him as much as Elphaba has. He has never cried over a woman before until she came into his life. Women cried over him. This was indeed a punishment for his treatment on how he had treated the other women he told himself.
Looking out of his bedroom window at the darkened sky, his hands pressed against the cold glass, a gloomy night matched his mood. The prince wondered if Elphaba was as miserable as he was. Or maybe after two weeks, she had completely erased him from her thoughts. Fourteen days away from her seemed like an eternity.
Fiyero hated himself for having walked away. He should have fought harder for her. Never free of her in his waking moments, even in his sleep she occupied his thoughts.
Fiyero Tiggular has made love to Elphaba Thropp only in his dreams.
Working at the library kept Elphaba busy. At day's end, she walked in a different direction as she headed home for fear of bumping into Fiyero at the Tiggular Flower Garden. One afternoon though, she had worked up the courage and walked her usual route. Slowing down her pace, she looked between the gates. The prince's rose garden had not been taken care of. There were no more blooming roses of different colors, instead wilted flowers took its place.
Elphaba hated herself for having let her guard down, for allowing herself to trust him, and especially for falling in love with him. How could anyone have been so heartless as to have played with her heart...to throw it aside as if it was a piece of junk or an old toy he no longer had any use for.
Unable to comprehend the contents of the hard covered book which laid in front of her in bed, Elphaba slammed it shut, throwing it against the wall. Wrapping herself with a blanket, she cried. Each night when she retired to bed, tears would automatically rush out as if on command. No matter how hard she tried, there was no way she could have ridden Fiyero out of her mind for he monopolized her every thought.
Elphaba Thropp has made love to Fiyero Tiggular only in her dreams.
TBC - Chapter 8