AN: I'm sorry for the long delay. I got busy with school. This semester is going to be a lot busier than I thought it would be. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I wanted to make this chapter longer but I couldn't seem to think of much to put in here. Once again, I'm sorry for the delay in updating. Please enjoy.

Disclaimer: Wicked does not belong to me. I don't even own the characters.

A few weeks later Fiyero and Galinda had found themselves in a strange friendship, the kind you can only have with somebody you used to date. Things weren't awkward anymore between the two of them. This made Fiyero happy. He knew that since things hadn't gotten too serious between them there were no hard feelings.

He was now a month into the semester at Shiz. This was, perhaps, the longest he had made it without a letter being sent home to his parents about his behavior.

It was a warm autumn day and he was sitting outside by the suicide canal going over some of his notes from his economics class. He was actually taking a break from studying for a test he had the next day in said economics class. That morning a letter from his mother had arrived and he was purposely putting off reading it out of habit. Normally when he received a letter from his mother while he was at school it wasn't a good letter. They normally contained some threat of bringing him home. Fiyero was contemplating reading the letter when somebody sat down beside him. He looked to see who it was only to find Elphaba.

"Hi," he told her out of politeness.

"Why did you and Galinda break up?" she asked him.

"Serious relationships aren't my thing. I always break things off before a month has passed," he replied. She apparently didn't buy that excuse.

"Yeah right. What's the real reason," she said.

"My dad arranged some kind of marriage between me and her. I don't want to marry her. She's a nice girl but I can't see myself stuck with her for the rest of my life. I want somebody I can have an intelligent conversation with. I can't do that with Galinda. I'm going to be king when I graduate from Shiz and I need somebody who would be a good queen. According to my mother being queen is about more than just wearing fancy dresses and going to parties. Going with that description I don't think Galinda would make a good queen." The explanation was a bit long but seemed to do the trick and get Elphaba to stop questioning him about this.

"No offense but you don't strike me as the kind of person who enjoys intellectual conversations. Maybe I'm just judging based on your reputation that brought you to Shiz in the first place. You're a lot smarter than people give you credit for. After all, it's almost midterm and you seem to be catching up pretty easily. If you want any help studying for any tests I can help you. I know it's a lot of work to catch up on and your grades might be a little low."

"Thanks for the offer but I think I'm fine."

After he said this she bid him farewell and got up and walked off.

Fiyero then decided it might be best to read his mother's letter.

Dear Yero,

I know you're a month into the semester and we have not yet received a letter about your behavior. I keep trying to reassure your father that this time you will not be expelled. I am holding out faith in your promise to us about finishing your education at Shiz.

While we have not received a letter about your behavior we have received a letter about your grades. I realize it is not easy to get caught up in classes when you start a month late. You should think about finding a tutor. I wrote to the head shizstress to see if she could recommend anybody to tutor you. She suggested a girl by the name of Elphaba Thropp.

Please write home soon.

Love your mother

Queen Leauda Tigularr

Great, now he needed a tutor. He had been too quick to turn down Elphaba's offer of help studying. He had everything gathered up in just a few seconds and was running in the direction he saw Elphaba going before reading that letter. Midterm was next week, he needed all the help he could get. He was still a little behind in life science and literature. If anybody could help him it was Elphaba.