Galinda woke up with a start, she had an odd feeling on her leg, as if something was crawling on her. It moved up from her leg, to her arm, and that's when she saw it.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" It was a horrid black creature with eight legs, a fuzzy spider the size of both her fists put together.
"GET IT OFF GET IT OFF MY DEAR OZ, GET IT OFF!" she was screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Hey, that rhymed." Noted Elphaba, with a smirk on her face, and her nose in a book.
It just goes to show, if you trick someone into getting up two hours early for class, that someone will put a spider the size of your face in your bed.
"Get it off! Please, Please it get it off me!" Galinda squealed in a shrill voice that was rising with panic.
She was in tears as she begged Elphaba, "Please help me, please get it off…" Elphaba didn't like it, but she felt a little bit, just a little bit of guilt for making the blonde cry. She sighed and removed the giant spider from Galinda's hair. Elphaba watched Galinda as she sobbed silently for a few minutes. Though it was true that anyone would have a panic attack after seeing a spider the size of their fists, not even so, it only looked that big because of its legs, Galinda's reaction was far worse, or better depending on how you would view it, than Elphaba had thought.
Why should I feel bad? She's been more than hostile to me! Thought Elphaba angrily at herself.
But she never made you cry. Said a little voice in her head.
Well it's not my fault the first joke I played on her happened to make her cry! Besides the alarm clock incident, she's also called me plenty names and has been the rudest, most shallow roommate I have ever had the displeasure of having!
You've been plenty rude back, and don't you think that this makes up for both the alarm clock and the name calling? Continued the voice.
Elphaba took a quick glance at her roommate, she was hugging herself and rocking back and forth, tears still flowing.
Logic, you've been my best friend since I could ever remember, don't turn on me now.
I'm just trying to help, look at the poor girl!
I already did! She…
Elphaba stopped in mid thought and took a deep breath, "Miss Galinda, are you ok?"
Galinda looked at Elphaba with a tear stained face, "I hate spiders."
"Yeah, I got that."
Be nice! Scolded that annoying voice that Elphaba was beginning to resent.
"I mean, why?"
But Galinda didn't answer, instead she responded Elphaba's question with another question.
"How did that spider get in my bed Miss Elphaba?" her voice was dripping in venom.
Logic, oh Logic? HELP ME.
…You're on your own kid.
Coward!
"How did that spider get in my bed Miss Elphaba?"
Think of a lie, think of a lie…oh Oz, I might as well come clean.
"Galinda, I'm really sorry. I didn't know that spiders bothered you that much! It was a joke!"
"Bother me? Oh no, spiders don't bother me. They just scare me to the point where I rather wear black for the rest of my life than ever even look at one! Maybe not all black, but, ok no, I rather wear all black!"
"I told you, I'm sorry! And besides, it's not like you've been treating me as if I was even dirt! You've been treating me worse!" shot back Elphaba.
"Well that's because…"
"Because what? Because I'm green? I know I'm green thank you very much!"
"Well I know I'm blonde!"
"What?" What does that have to do with anything? Thought Elphaba.
"Don't think that I don't notice all the blonde jokes you've been making behind my back!" yelled the smaller girl.
"Don't think that I don't notice all the artichoke jokes you've been making behind mine!" yelled back Elphaba.
It appears we have reached a standby. Noted the voice in Elphaba's head.
I'm Confusifyied. The voice in Galinda's head told her.
Both girls stared at each other for a short while with stony expressions. Finally, Galinda's face softened.
"I'm sorry Elphaba."