CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1

It was a dreary day in early November. Elphaba sat behind her large wooden desk at Shiz practicing for her sorcery exam the next day. She had planned on going down to the lake to practice, but the rain that fell outside kept her in. She was not too happy about the change in her plans but decided to make the most of it.

She had been a little stressed lately and was looking forward to getting away for a little bit. Things with her roommate were getting out of hand. The night before last, Galinda had said some hateful things towards the green girl. She had called her a waste of space.

Usually that sort of comment did not bother her. She was used to being called that by her her father and sister Nessa. They had never much appreciated her and so she learned not to expect much from people. But for some reason the insult that came from the blonde princess seemed to disturb her more than usual.

She was just about to finish chanting a spell when she heard the doorknob twist. The tell tale sign that her peace and quite was over.

"I see you are working on your spells. Not like you have anything better to do." Galinda huffed as she went into the bathroom and shut the door.

Elphaba hadn't had time to reply to her comment before Galinda had shut herself in the bathroom. Galinda was always doing that. Making rude comments then leaving the scene of the crime before Elphaba could form a rebuttal.

She decided not to let it stand this time. Getting out of her chair, she walked over to the bathroom to knock on the door.

"You know I actually do have things to do. Not that it is any of your concern. I just couldn't do them because of the rain." Elphaba said after a couple of knocks on the door.

There was a pause after Elphaba had finished talking. She didn't know whether or not she should sit back down or try and provoke the blonde to finally say something. Galinda's voice interrupted her thoughts so she didn't have to decide.

"You don't see me complaining about the rain." Galinda said as she opened the door to the bathroom. "Get a freaking umbrella. You're pathetic."

And with that she strode towards the door and out again before Elphaba could defend herself.

She hated how she never seemed to get a word in with the blonde. It was also times like this where she also hated herself for her allergy to water. If not for her allergy, she would be outside away from her room. Away from the one place she was forced to confront the blonde ever now and then.

Elphaba began to pace around the room chastising herself for thinking such thoughts.

One she had calmed down some she went back to her desk to finish up the spell she had been working on before she had been rudely interrupted.

An hour passed and Elphaba still couldn't get the thought of the blonde out of her mind. The thoughts were so distracting that she messed up one of her easy transfiguration spells. What once was a desk lamp, was now a pineapple.

Putting her spell book down she decided to go take a walk. She knew that it was still raining and she was taking a huge risk going outside, but she could not just sit still in her room anymore. She grabbed her umbrella and headed towards the entrance of the dormitory.

Once outside, she assessed the situation, and found it to be wetter than she thought. Not only had the rain dampened everything, it also left puddles everywhere.

Elphaba let out a disappointed sign and turned to go back inside. It was that moment that Galinda's words rang in her ear, "You're pathetic."

"Okay Elphaba…you can do this." She said aloud as she lifted her umbrella and took the first step outside. "Just keep walking, don't let her bother you."

Fifteen minutes passed and Elphaba was starting to calm down.

"I can do this." She said aloud as she walked even further down the path towards the lake. "This is easy."

As those last words escaped her mouth she turned around to look towards Shiz. She was unaware of how far she had really gone in those fifteen minutes.

"Shit," she verbally announced as she realized she was almost half a mile away. "Guess I better go back." And with that she turned to head back towards the school.