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Alluring blue eyes gazed at her from across the room. The first thing Galinda noticed was the vibrant green skin. It almost seemed to illuminate as Elphie skipped through the diner. So unusual. So interesting! Why, it must have been the most exciting thing that happened in this boring old town in at least 20 years!
‘Elphie! What an ADORABLE name!’ She thought, grinning as her mind wandered through the cute little nickname Galinda had picked out for her. She bit her lower lip as she stifled a giggle. She wrapped a golden curl around her finger as her thoughts drifted to the odd girl from across the room.
They haven’t exactly had much of a conversation yet. In fact, they had barely uttered a full sentence to each other! A simple ‘Hey, can I copy your notes?’ As they were seated in Doctor Dillamond’s class and Galinda had found out Elphie was so ‘incrediblisiously’ smart, as she had later stated to her friends.
The second Elphaba had replied with a mere ‘yes’ and handed over her notes, Galinda had felt it; her heart clenched upon the first contact of her hand colliding with the woman’s soft, vibrantly green skin.
‘It’s soooo... Refreshing! That a gal like her makes such witty comments! Ya know, I’ve never even thought about half the things she said! I mean, why CAN’T we go to the same colleges the boys go to? That’s just... Absurdibliously!’ Galinda had stated to her friends, although the very thought positively hurt her brain from reeling so hard.
Elphie did those things to her. Made her think about life. Made her brain hurt. And her heart, and her stomach. But she also made her feel ever so good. Her heart would flutter each time she would gaze at that perfect green skin. Her friends thought it was weird, the way her foreign complexion looked. Galinda, however, thought it was positively exotic!
Ever since the day they first talked, well... Galinda had been a little obsessed with her.
Not a lot, of course! After all, she was VERY discreet about it all!
She especially liked when she ‘accidentally’ forgot to return Elphaba’s notes and brought them home, sniffing them ever so often as she caught a vague sniff of Elphie.
But it was nothing to worry about! She just really wanted Elphie to like her, and... Talk to her every second of the day, and think only of her.
But, besides that, it was totally normal! Galinda was just another girl who really, REALLY desired Elphie’s every attention. Nothing out of the ordinary! Just a girl REALLLY wanting to be besties with another girl!
A few weeks had passed, but the heart-clenching feeling she experienced each time she thought about Elphie still hadn’t left. She didn’t think about her ALL the time, however. Only when she slept or ate... Or when she was breathing.
She shrugged it off as normal, however, figuring that all girls must feel something like this for those incredibly cool loner-girls like Elphie. After all, she was quite a rebel. Galinda greatly valued how popular she was before she met Elphie, but now that she saw how much the green girl valued her own opinions and didn’t care what anyone else thought about her, Galinda couldn’t help but desire her even more.
Elphie was a loner. A rebel, as she had stated earlier in class when she had flat out told the entirety of her classmates she ‘hates The Wizard.’
Galinda had gasped quietly, as did the rest of the class. Oh, she was SO cute! The way Elphie would go against the system like that, letting everyone know that she doesn’t care about this school! She doesn’t care about anything except fighting for equality! Well-whatever that means.
Later that day Galinda, accompanied by her two best friends, were seated at the local diner.
Galinda sipped her milkshake as her gaze wandered across the room. After all, she hadn’t seemed that interested in Shenshen and Pfannee’s continues boy talk lately.
The diner was a classic design. Filled with adorable red seats and a large bar. Placed in the middle of the room was a stage for karaoke nights every Saturday, and Galinda, Shenshen and Pfannee never skipped karaoke night!
In the very corner of the diner stood a single jukebox who played the local popular songs. Galinda would sometimes wonder what kind of music Elphie would listen to. Does she like all the popular tunes, or does she prefer the rock and roll songs that were strictly forbidden at school?
The three girls were seated in the very corner of the diner. Simply because Galinda desired to gaze out of the large window. Searching for a certain green classmate, perhaps. But, well, she would never state it so boldly to her friends!
“It’s a little odd, the way you suddenly seem cured of your obsession with Avaric. Well, whatever! That means you don’t mind if I flirt with him, right, Galinda?”
Galinda huffed, offended because of Shenshen’s RUDE statement. “Oh, Shenshen!” She started, twirling a golden curl around her finger as she gazed at her suddenly dull friends. “Don’t you know there’s more to life than boys? After all, do you see ME trying so desperately to catch the attention of ALL my male classmates? No! I can’t say the same about you two.”
Galinda’s friends gasped as they took in her detailed yet offending comment.
“I bet that’s why they all want me so bad!” A sly little giggle escaped Galinda’s lips upon her bold statement. She did always like to shock her friends, and they simply stared at her, at a loss if a comeback.
“Galinda, you’re mental!”
Galinda sipped on her milkshake, allowing her gaze to wander across the crowd. She hadn’t even heard Shenshen’s offending comment.
The diner seemed to fill diligently as the time passed. Mostly fellow classmates who had skipped last period and had escaped off to the diner for a desperate and well-needed break from school. Galinda couldn’t blame them. School seemed dreadfully boring to her. Why did they need to learn history so bad, anyway?
Her breath stocked in her throat as she caught sight of green skin. Her eyes widened, and she coughed loudly when she had practically inhaled her milkshake.
Pfannee padded her back in concern, but the blonde quickly shrugged it off, not wanting Elphie to see her so- well, uncool!
Elphaba seemed to be rather busy talking, and she skipped over to the jukebox to play a current popular hit.
Galinda could feel her heart starting to beat at a rapid speed as she listened to the happy tunes of the song. Her palms seemed positively sweaty as she watched the green girl from underneath her dark lashes.
“GALINDA?” Pfannee yelled, disrupting Galinda’s dreamy vision of Elphie as she stared back in anger at her friend’s startled face. “What?” She huffed out.
“I’ve been talking for, like, fifteen minutes. And you haven’t said a WORD to me! I was telling you about that new Winkie Prince who’s getting transferred to our school, but since you don’t see to care, like, at ALL, you won’t mind if I steal him from you and make a move.”
Galinda couldn’t take her dull friends anymore. She huffed angrily, grabbing the milkshake and heading over to the green girl who happened to be lounging against the jukebox as she appeared to be swaying to the music. Some people gave the girl some weird looks. ‘Surprised by her green-ness, no doubt.’ Galinda thought. ‘She doesn’t give a twig what everyone thinks. God, that’s SO hot.’
“Great song.” Galinda’s voice was a bit shaky once Ephie gazed at her. Her eyes were a dark brown, and her voice was so sultry, Galinda imagined she could listen to it for hours on and not get bored.
“What?”
“I said, uh, great song.”
“Oh, you like it? It’s cool, right?” The girl smiled, and Galinda could swear her heart stopped beating for a split moment.
“Yeah, I do.” She grasped the cherry that was neatly placed upon her milkshake, slumping against the jukebox as she gazed at Elphie. She sucked the cherry past her lips in a sad attempt to come off as seductive. Why? Well, can’t a girl just act seductive for the hell of it?
“So, uh, Elphaba, right?” Galinda asked, acting as if she hadn’t said the name past a thousand times last night as she lay in bed doodling pictures of a certain green-skinned someone.
“Depends who’s asking.” Elphaba joked, and Galinda certainly laughed harder than was deemed ‘necessary ‘.
Her arm rested against Elphie’s shoulder as she wiped away an imaginary tear. After all, who doesn’t like it when people laugh about their jokes?
“So, uh, Elphie!”
“-Elphie?”
“I was thinking! We could, uh... Hang out. Today. Just the two of us. As, um... Friends!”
Elphie seemed truly stunned. Oh, how adorable!
Elphaba’s brows furrowed as she struggled, attempting to remember even the slightest detail about Galinda. “Glinda, right?” Elphie asked.
And just like that, Galinda’s world seemed to shatter as Elphaba had so brutally butchered her name. “It’s actually Galinda. With a GAH.” Galinda fluttered her lashes innocently as she twirled a golden lock of hair around her finger.
“Right, GAAHlinda. Well, you see, I would hang out. But-“ Elphaba seemed to look for an excuse, but came up with nothing. “I, um... Don’t want to. Later.”
Galinda’s eyes widened as Elphaba turned around, slumping her hands in her leather jacket as she motioned for one of her friends to follow her out of the diner.
“Elphie! Wait!” Galinda ran after her. Her pink poodle skirt fluttered in the wind as she followed Elphaba out onto the streets.
“I don’t get it! You’re a nobody! And I’M the most popular girl in school. Anyone would KILL to hang out with me!”
Elphie merely shrugged. “I guess I’m not like the rest of them”
The blonde clutched her pearl necklace as her lips parted, gasping ever so dramatically as she stopped in her tracks.
A car honked loudly. Just like that, the blonde came back to reality as the loud noise startled Galinda. Perhaps the middle of the road wasn’t the best place to have her breakdown.
And just like that Elphaba disappeared, leaving Galinda utterly startled in the middle of the street.
“I can’t believe it! She just rejected me like that!”
If anything, the fact that the girl didn’t seem to desire her attention in the slightest caused Galinda to crave Elphie’s attention even more.
“I didn’t get my way!” She muttered softly, feeling positively light headed by it all. “I think I need to lie down.”