After Fiyero helped me rescue a lion cub during class, I accepted that I was in love with Fiyero, but that I could not be with him as long he was with my best friend, and I was with Raoul.
"HANDS TOUCH, EYES MEET. SUDDEN SILENCE, SUDDEN HEAT. HEARTS LEAP IN A GIDDY WHIRL. HE COULD BE THAT BOY, BUT I'M NOT THAT GIRL. DON'T DREAM TOO FAR. DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF WHO YOU ARE. DON'T REMEMBER THAT RUSH OF JOY. HE COULD BE THAT BOY. I'M NOT THAT GIRL. EV'RY SO OFTEN WE LONG TO STEAL TO THE LAND OF WHAT-MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN, BUT THAT DOESN'T SOFTEN THE ACHE WE FEEL WHEN REALITY SETS BACK IN. BLITHE SMILE, LITHE LIMB. SHE WHO'S WINSOME, SHE WINS HIM. GOLD HAIR WITH A GENTLE CURL—THAT'S THE GIRL HE CHOSE AND HEAVEN KNOWS: I'M NOT THAT GIRL. DON'T WISH. DON'T START. WISHING ONLY WOUNDS THE HEART. I WASN'T BORN FOR THE ROSE AND THE PEARL. THERE'S A GIRL I KNOW. HE LOVES HER SO. I'M NOT THAT GIRL..."
A few minutes after he left, Raoul came and asked me to marry him. I said no. "Why?" he asked. "Because, I'm not ready for that kind of commitment, Raoul. I wasn't ready then. I'm not ready now. I don't know when I'll be ready." He nodded and then I added, "I can't do this anymore." "Do what?" he demanded. "Long-distance relationships," I informed. "You're changing, I'm changing, we have to break it off—it's for the best." "You're right, Elphaba." he replied. "So this is goodbye?" I asked, softly. "Goodbye to our relationship, but we're always gonna be friends," he told me. I nodded and I whispered, "Goodbye, Raoul." "Goodbye, Fabie." he whispered back.
After her left, Madame Morrible arrived, carrying a letter from the Wizard. "Congratulations, Miss Elphaba," she said. "The Wizard has sent for you." I stared at the letter, and then slowly a smile stretched across my face.
I returned to my room and Galinda jumped on me. I groaned and said, "What do you want, Lin?" "Elphie, what happened to you? You ran out of class and then you never came back." She told me. I shrugged and said, "Well, I'm going to meet the Wizard." "Oh, Elphie, that's great. I'm so proud of you," she squealed in my ear. I hugged her and then said, "So, let's do something special tonight—have a girls' night out." "Who would be coming with us?" she asked I shrugged and said, "Actually, we're going to sneak out—not go to the Emerald City, but go somewhere much more exciting—Corus, and it'll just be the two of us," I informed my blonde-haired friend, with a smile on my face—eager to introduce her to George and Lightfingers and Marek and Rispah and Ercole and the rest of the gang.