Galinda was bored. It was raining heavily outside making it impossible to leave the building without getting soaked. Stuck inside Galinda was unable to find anything that captured her attention long enough to starve off boredom. She glanced over at Elphaba, studying again. Doesn't she ever quit studying? Galinda thought, flopping backwards onto her bed sighing loudly.
"Hey, Galinda?" Elphaba spoke, face still turned to the pages of her book.
Galinda sat up, maybe Elphaba wanted to do something. "Yes, Elphie?" asked Galinda hopefully.
"Do you ever sit still?" questioned Elphaba.
The hopeful smile slid off Galinda's face, and she flopped backwards once more. With a loud huff Galinda complained, "But Elphie, I'm just so bored."
Elphaba looked up from her book briefly to look at her roommate sprawled across her bed before she looked back at the book and replied, "Well you could always read, or do your homework."
"But Elphie," Galinda didn't even try to keep the whiny sound out of her voice, "that's just as boring!"
"Fine," Elphaba said snapping her book shut. "What is it that you want to do?"
"I don't know," Galinda moaned mournfully causing Elphaba to roll her eyes at the dramatics.
"There has to be something that would entertain you," Elphaba reasoned.
"Well, um, um, well," Galinda stuttered trying to think of something, anything, that they could do. A sudden thought crossed her mind and she yelled, "I know! Let's play truth or dare!"
"Galinda that really is a terrible game," groaned Elphaba. "It is just an excuse for girls to get together and embarrass each other."
Galinda pouted. "Not just girls play it."
"Then it is an excuse for 'people' to get together and embarrass one another. Why would anyone want to play a game like that?"
"Please, Elphie?" pleaded Galinda who was now leaning towards Elphaba eyes shining hopefully. "I'll stop being bored and sit still if you do."
Elphaba looked over at Galinda. Between the small pout on her lips and eyes that reminded Elphaba of a puppy dog, Elphaba felt her resolve crumble. "Fine, alright. Just quit making that face at me. I half expect you to start wagging your tail next."
"Yay!" giggled Galinda clapping her hands together, choosing to ignore the dog comment. The green witch just shook her head and cursed herself for giving in to her perky roommate so easily. Galinda bounded off her bed and plopped herself down at the foot of Elphaba's.
"So Elphie, what'll it be truth or dare?"
"Truth," replied Elphaba not giving it much thought.
"Well that's not fun," muttered Galinda but asked her question none the less. "Do you really hate the colour pink?"
Elphaba groaned, of course Galinda would ask the one question that she didn't want to answer. She didn't want Galinda to have the satisfaction of knowing that Elphaba didn't hate pink as much as she told everyone. There were times when she thought it was a very pretty colour. Elphaba briefly thought about just lying, but she knew she would feel bad for lying to Galinda. So, she spoke the truth, "I guess I don't completely hate it. That is to say, I don't think it is awful." Galinda opened her mouth to speak but Elphaba cut her off before she even started. "That doesn't mean I'm going to wear it. Ever."
"Fine then," grumbled Galinda dejectedly, but quickly brightened up again just knowing that Elphaba didn't hate pink.
"So, then it's your turn Galinda. Truth or dare?"
Galinda thought for a moment. She didn't know what to pick. Galinda had always thought that truth was a cop out, and dares were where the real fun was. However, Galinda also knew that her roommate was smart, any kind of dare she came up with was bound to be much more daring than anything the friends she played this game with before could come up with. In the end, Galinda chose truth.
"Now look who's not fun," Elphaba chided in a gentle tone with a smile on her face and Galinda swatted at her lightly. Elphaba shook her head at the motion then asked her question, "Who is the person you love most in the world?"
"You," stated Galinda before realizing what she was saying. She clamped her hand over her mouth for fear of what else might slip out, her face turning a bright shade of red. Elphaba was just as shocked as Galinda at her words. Elphaba sat very still, her mouth hanging slightly open, and she appeared to be, for once, speechless.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that," Galinda muttered apologetically before turning away from Elphaba with her head hung. She could feel the heat from her face and that just added to the discomfort of the moment.
Elphaba struggled for a moment trying to get her brain to make a connection with her mouth. There were so many thoughts flying through her head that when she finally found her voice, the only thing she managed to say was, "No. No, it's ... Really? Me? Do you actually mean that?"
Galinda had known for a while that it was true, and she didn't want to lie, not about this, so she just nodded looking slightly ashamed. She hadn't meant for Elphaba to find out her feelings for the green girl this way. She hadn't meant for Elphaba to find out at all, but it was too late now. The damage was already done, and all that was left was to wait for the rejection to come.
Elphaba could see Galinda's distress and tried to force her brain to cooperate, to come up with something to say to Galinda.
"You probably won't even want to be my friend now," sighed Galinda as she got up off Elphaba's bed. "I'm just going to go for a walk, a long walk." Galinda didn't even want to think about what life would be like in their shared room after the accidental confession, she would deal with that later. At that moment, she just wanted to get out of the room and away from Elphaba who still looked slightly dazed.
Elphaba finally snapped out of her daze at Galinda's move towards the door and reached out to grab Galinda's arm. She gently pulled the shorter girl back down onto the bed and placed a hand under her chin, applying a small pressure to encourage Galinda to look her in the eyes. "Galinda, it's still pouring outside. You'll get drenched, and sick." Galinda glanced at the window and saw that Elphaba was right, the rain was still coming down hard. While Galinda was looking outside, Elphaba studied the girl, trying to decide if she should share the secret she had been keeping from Galinda. She had been planning on never letting the other girl know, but at Galinda's confession, Elphaba thought that maybe it was time to let the secrets go. Galinda turned back to Elphaba, and Elphaba nodded slightly psyching herself up before opening her mouth to speak. "Do you want to know why I don't hate pink?"
Galinda just shrugged not seeing where the conversation was going.
"I don't hate pink because I can't. Whenever I see pink, I don't see the obnoxiously bright and nauseating colour I once did. Now when I see pink, it reminds me of you and how good you look in pink, how it's your favourite colour." Elphaba was now blushing trying not to look at Galinda as she shared all the feelings about the other girl she had been keeping tucked safely inside. "How can I possibly hate something that the person I love loves so much?"
Now it was Galinda's turn to be surprised. Her head shot up, eyes searching for Elphaba's. Did Elphaba just say that she loved her? "Elphie," Galinda spoke slowly, trying to process what was happening, "you just said you love me." Galinda could never have imagined that this was how their little game of truth or dare would end up, but she was overjoyed none the less.
"I did, didn't I?" said Elphaba smiling sheepishly, meeting Galinda's eyes, happy to find they were full of joy and affection.
Galinda moved closer on the bed to Elphaba and fell forward, bringing her arms up to hold Elphaba tight. She reveled in the warmth and comfort of the green girl's arms. Both felt lighter, like a weight had been lifted off them, and were content to just sit together for a moment.
Galinda was the one to break the silence, not moving from her position. "Elphie it's your turn, truth or dare?"
Elphaba glanced down at the head of blonde hair confused. She figured the game was over now that they had shared such big secrets. At the lack of response, Galinda nudged Elphaba in the side, so Elphaba replied that she chose dare this time.
Galinda pulled back slightly and stared up at Elphaba. "I dare you to kiss me," whispered Galinda swallowing her nerves down. "If you want to that is," Galinda added quickly, not wanting to make Elphaba feel like she had to. Elphaba couldn't keep the grin off her face at Galinda's words and nodded her consent. She leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on Galinda's pink lips. The kiss was short and simple, and when it was over both girls were blushing lightly, but grinning at each other with soft laughter spilling past both of their lips.
"I love you too Elphie," Galinda said making sure there was no room for Elphaba to second guess what Galinda had meant when she had answered Elphaba's first truth.
Elphaba's heart soared and she pulled Galinda back in for another kiss. Elphaba never did get back to her book, but Galinda was no longer bored.