"So this was the last class for this semester, girls, hope to see you fresh and motivated after the winter holidays."
That you almost ruined, Glinda thought teeth-gnashingly as she exited Madame Morrible's classroom alongside Elphaba.
"Sweet Oz, I am so glad we don't have anymore classes for a while!", she exclaimed once they were out of the headmistress' earshot.
"Really? I thought you could do well with some more classes, so you don't kill yourselve on magicked ice skates or make the roof of the school collapse on us", Elphaba teased her friend as they were walking down the corridor to the common room.
A pained expression appeared on Glinda's face, which made Elphaba laugh.
"Don't worry, you'll practise."
Elphaba stopped and took something out of her bag.
"To ensure the practise, I snagged something for you."
Glinda recognised the spell book they were learning from in Madame Morrible's tutorial.
"You did what?"
"I took it. Thought this might come in handy at some point."
Glinda gave her friend an appreciating glance.
"Look at you, being not as well behaved as I thought."
"Why does everyone keep being so surprised when I'm breaking the rules?"
"Er, because you are every teacher's darling? Because you study every hour of the day and because you're the best student at Shiz?"
Elphaba huffed indignantly.
"That doesn't mean I can't do something daring now and then, does it? Besides, the more you are loved by the teachers, the more easily you can get away with disregarding the rules."
"Maybe I should make myself more popular with the teachers so I can get away with my little mishaps, too."
"Oh, I'd really like to see that."
A little while later, Glinda was brooding over the spellbook, trying to find something that would finally help her get an idea for Elphaba's Lurlinemas present.
She had been trying to come up with something for days now and she was still determined to find something better than a simple book for her best friend.
Although Glinda was always fascinated with how excited Elphaba could get about books.
Just taking her discovery of the Otherworld books for example, she had been on fire as soon as she had figured out where they had come from.
An idea formed in Glinda's mind and she flipped through the pages of the spell book faster now, concentrating on finding a specific word.
Seconds later she turned a page over and stopped.
This was it.
The perfect present for Elphaba.