A/N: So, today there is the last part :) I really hope you enjoyed my story and it wasn't too cliché or predictable :D
~Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 3
The remaining part of the evening went rather quiet and most of the students had left the hall around midnight, when Madame Morrible came back to inspect the cleaning progress.
She watched the remaining group of students, consisting of Elphaba, Glinda, Fiyero, Nessa and Boq like a hawk until every last bit of decoration had been put back in its box.
Resigned, the five walked back to their rooms.
"You know what?", Glinda said when they were all standing in front of her and Elphaba's dorm room.
"It's well after midnight, why don't we celebrate Lurlinemas now?"
The other four blinked at her for a moment, then they eagerly agreed.
"Yes, it will surely lift our spirits!"
Shortly after they were gathered in the Thropp-Upland dorm room, each with their neatly wrapped presents.
Fiyero went first and took the most oddly looking gift from his pile.
"What is this?"
"Open it", Elphaba spluttered a little too fast.
"I take it, this is from you then?", he smirked and untied the ribbon.
When he took the paper away, he revealed a little flowering pot.
"A cactus?"
He stared at the little plant for a moment and then he burst into laughter.
"That is great! How in Oz did you get the idea of giving me a cactus?"
"I don't know, it reminded me of you a little. And of our relationship. Just...a cactus seemed fitting."
"It is a brilliant gift, thank you, Elphaba."
Next, Nessa opened her gift from Boq.
It was the necklace she had caught him buying.
"Are you just giving this to me so I'm not mad at you anymore?"
"No, I'd like to think it was meant to be your present all along. After all, I bought it for someone special."
Boq smiled apologetically and prayed for Nessa to accept his peace offering.
He had had the lovely evening with Glinda and that should be enough for him for now.
"Apology accepted", Nessa smiled and put the necklace around her neck.
Elphaba took the present that looked most as if it had been wrapped by Fiyero.
It turned out to be a book.
But not just any book.
"It's a copy of 'A Christmas Carol'! Wherever did you get that, I thought they only had Otherworld books in libraries!"
"There was an antique bookseller at the lake, and when I took a look at the books he offered, I found the one you've been reading, you know..."
"It is perfect, thank you!"
Then Glinda unwrapped her present from Elphaba and almost squealed when she discovered the filigrane flacon.
"Oh, Elphie, thank you, it's beautiful! Now I..."
She suddenly grew quiet.
"Now I feel bad I couldn't get you a present anymore."
"But Glinda, you already gave me the perfect present!"
"I...I did?"
Glinda was most confused.
"You stepped in for me and let yourself be kicked out of the sorcery tutorial even though you didn't have to! It was the best Lurlinemas present I could have asked for!"
Glinda's eyes lit up.
"The perfect present?"
"The perfect present."
"Oh thank Oz, I was really worried for a second."
"Just so you know, though, even if you hadn't done this, having you people as my friends is an amazing present by itself."
"I start to think this celebration isn't so horrible after all", Fiyero said.
"Happy Lurlinemas everybody."
"Happy Lurlinemas!"