A Wicked Childhood Chapter 4
Ttile: A Wicked Childhood
Author: Grumbello
Rating: T Eventually NC17
Disclaimer: I do not own Wicked, its characters or anything Gelphie :(
AN: I am a bad person. Forgive my terrible ability at posting on time. I should be shot!!
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Chapter 4
For both Upland girls, it seemed an eternity before the recess bell rang and their class was dismissed. On it’s second ring, both girls had fled out of the room and met one another in a massive hug.
‘Oh Elphie, am I glad to see you. I was so scared, but everyone seems to like me and my teacher is really nice, you should meet her and, Oh Elphie we learnt how to make Y into a number. It was fun, a little hard, but fun.’ Elphaba chuckled listening to Galinda spit random facts at her a mile a minute. Elphaba knew that Galinda was prone to rambling at high speeds when excited and happy so just nodded and murmured quick responses in reply. After taking a quick breath Galinda looked at Elphaba blushing slightly.
“Sorry Elphie, how was your morning?” Elphaba laughed and merely shrugged her reply pushing Galinda towards her backpack to retrieve their recess and move out of the quickly clearing hallway.
The girls moved out into the playground which was situated out the back of the school. At first sight a large bright red metal frame caught Elphaba’s eye, a yellow plastic slide descending from the wooden platform attached to the metal. Three children were playing hopscotch to her right and the boys were on the large patch of grass kicking a ball of sorts. Elphaba watched with interest, how in the world could kicking a ball and then running after it be entertaining? Elphaba led Galinda over to bench and they sat down to talk.
Galinda had continued to talk at fast speeds whilst looking at her apple for a second in concentration deciding whether or not to just eat it or polish it first. Deciding to just eat the thing, Galinda took a bite and went to talk some more when Jesmain walked up to Elphaba.
‘Hello Elphaba.’
‘Jesmain.’ Elphaba acknowledged.
‘Who’s this?’ Jesmain asked, indicating to the slightly befuddled Galinda who had forgotten to chew and sat there with a mouth full of apple.
‘This is my sister and best friend, Galinda Upland.’ Galinda swallowed her mouth full and went to say a proper hello, but Jesmain cut her off.
‘So Elphaba, Just thought I’d let you know that if you need any help or time away from…her, I’m always free.’ Jesmain pointed towards a slowly fuming Galinda and then walked off before Galinda or Elphaba could interject. Galinda was furious.
‘Who was that? The nerve!’ Galinda stood up in rage, her tiny fists clutched together in anger. ‘Who does she think she is? Time away from her…Hah!’ Elphaba gently tugged on Galinda’s arm to pull her down on the seat. Leaning in so no one else could hear, Elphaba rationalized.
‘Calm my sweet, she is nothing to me, unlike you. You will always be my best friend Galinda. But it is good to have someone else I can talk to, just in case I have a problem that I don’t wish to upset you with.’ That was a very sweet thing, but it did little to calm Galinda.
‘That’s sweet Elphie, but I want you to talk to me about absolutely anything, don’t mind if it may upset me. SHE will not take you from me.’ The possessiveness in Galinda’s voice thrilled both of them. Elphaba, a candid lover of disagreements in others, looked forward to the future battles Jesmain and Galinda would have, but for now a fight was not needed, it was their first day after all.
Elphaba was about to try and calm Galinda once more when the bell rang to re-enter class. Galinda and Elphaba hugged and said their goodbyes, Galinda gently reminding Elphaba to stay away from the “horrid girl”. Elphaba thought it best not to mention that Jesmain was seated next to her.
The classes passed quickly for the rest of the morning before lunch bell went and the girls were reunited for an hour. They sat and talked about their classes which, so far, were almost identical apart from the teaching methods which ranged in various forms, from Mr. Arstrige’s funny jokes, to Mrs. Berkle’s pathetic attempt at being strict. The girls laughed and shared classroom stories and remained uninterrupted the entire time.
Their final classes passed without much issue, except for a boy in Mrs. Berkle’s class, that lost his pants and the teacher spent half of the lesson looking for a belt.
‘It really was funny Momsie.’ Galinda told her parents over dinner. Elphaba had heard this story in the carriage on the way home, but still laughed in delight. ‘He went to write something on the blackboard when his pants just fell down.’
‘Oh dear. Wasn’t he wearing a belt?’ Mrs. Upland was in slight shock. Boys underpants was not something a young lady should see.
‘Oh yes Momsie, that’s what’s so funny. It snapped in half. The teacher spent most of the class trying to find something to hold his pants up with. I couldn’t stop laughing. And neither could Elphaba when I told her.’ The two girls giggled, trying to act as ladylike at the table as possible, but somewhat failing. Luckily Mr. Upland snickered as well.
‘At least his undergarments stayed on.’ Now everyone was giggling in fits. Even Mrs. Upland.
‘So Elphaba darling, how was your day?’ Mr. Upland asked once the giggling had subsided and everyone had caught their breath. Elphaba remained silent for a while, everyone knew it was just her way of thinking of an answer. Galinda could see Elphaba’s different emotions in her eyes and smiled. Elphie had had fun today.
‘It was alright. My teacher, Mr. Arstrige is a really nice man. He didn’t make me stand up and do a self introductory. All the boys in my class think I’m really smart and tough, and I made a new friend. Not to bad.’ Galinda snorted at the mention of the new friend much to Elphaba‘s amusement. Her parents just ignored her.
‘Well my dear, you did well. I am glad you both had such a wonderful day.’ The rest of the meal was eaten in relative silence from the two girls, every now and then remembering something exciting to inform their parents of.
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Once dinner had finished the girls ran upstairs to play for a while before being sent off to bed. As per routine, the girls brushed their teeth, yelled out a goodnight down the stairs and jumped into bed. Galinda turned off the light and then snuggled into Elphaba’s arms. This time though something was different. Elphaba picked up on the blondes distress right away.
‘My sweet, what’s wrong?’ She sighed.
‘Oh Elphie, this just feels really right.’ Elphaba knew what she meant, though remained silent. ‘That Jesmain girl just annoyed me I guess. I didn’t like the idea of you leaving me.’ Elphaba laughed.
‘Oh My sweet, we are sisters, I can’t leave you.’ Galinda chuckled along
‘I know Elphie, but for some reason I felt scared this would change.’ This being their special intimacy. Elphaba took a deep breath suppressing the feeling that seemed to be constantly trying to flow from her.
‘I know, but I promise this will never change ever! I meant what I said today Galinda, you mean the world to me, I won’t let anyone get between us.’ Elphaba moved forwards and kissed Galinda on the forehead. ‘Now sleep my sweet, I will be here in the morning.’ And with a mumbled goodnight from Galinda the two slept safely in each others arms.
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The next morning had the girls up early for school once again, Galinda mumbling angry words under her breath as she changed whilst Elphaba watched with suppressed giggles. At one point Elphaba let a small snicker slip and Galinda shot her the most terrifying of glares making Elphaba run from the room telling Galinda she would meet her downstairs, the entire time hiding her smile.
Classes started to become a bore for Galinda. The initial excitement of a first day had gone, now a routine began and Galinda found her attention slipping. Mrs. Berkle was talking about some form of animal in the jungle but Galinda’s mind was with Elphaba in the other room and what they were going to do over the weekend with their parents.
‘So Galinda, what is the animal I am talking about?’ Mrs. Berkle’s voice cut through her thoughts startling her. All heads turned to Galinda as she blushed furiously and attempted to guess.
‘A…A monkey?’
‘Correct. The monkey is in a species call primates…’ Galinda was glad to have passed the question but found that her mind had wandered almost immediately. She really needed a break so when the recess bell rang she packed up and quickly rushed outside to meet Elphaba.
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Elphaba was enjoying school immensely. It was such a great experience and there was so much to learn. She was eager to do projects and homework and all teachers found her quite efficient in all she did practical wise, except for sports. For some reason those blasted balls had a habit of hitting her in the head, even when she was running and not using a ball at all. But she still gave sport a fair go.
Elphaba decided she needed to stretch a little bit, her eyes were going unfocused because of all her attention on the chalkboard in front. Her stretch consisted of a two second look around the room then back to the black board. Elphaba generously allows herself to stretch once every four hours or so.
On her stretch she noticed almost everyone was generally bored, looking anywhere but the board or doodling in their work book. She was the only one doing her work. She realized she had made a big mistake though, when her stretch caused her to look at Jesmain, who had managed to notice Elphaba’s quick glance and take it as a friendly invitation to talk.
‘So do you understand all this?’ Jesmain asked a little annoyed.
‘Reasonably.’ Elphaba turned back to the board but that didn’t deter Jesmain as she had hoped.
‘ So how about at recess you come hang out with me, I’ll introduce you to some people.’ Elphaba just nodded.
‘Galinda would like to meet some new friends.’ Jesmain’s face fell.
‘I was thinking just you and I.’ Elphaba scowled at this.
‘No Galinda, No me.’ Jesmain thought this through.
‘Fine, she can come.’ And with that Jesmain proceeded to become increasingly interested in her work. Elphaba let herself smirk. She had won the first battle, knowing many more would ensue and continued to study until the recess bell rang, startling her from her work. She knew Galinda would be waiting outside for her, so packed quickly and rushed out to meet her. Jesmain followed a little sourly.
‘Elphaba!’ Galinda called out enthusiastically her small pout an indication of a long morning. Elphaba chuckled.
‘Not a pleasant morning?’
‘It was awful Elphaba, just so boring. I almost got caught not listening at one point when Mrs. Berkle asked me what animal she was talking about, and I couldn’t answer 6 times 5. Ugh!’ Galinda’s little hands flew up in the air, marking her frustration with the morning activities. This just made Elphaba even more nervous about the recess plans. ‘What do you want to do today?’ Galinda asked jumping off one topic to another at random speeds only she could master. Elphaba braced herself for she knew Galinda wasn’t going to like the plans. She leaned in really close.
‘Remember you love me and would never hurt or dismember me in any way or form.’ She whispered to a confused Galinda. ’We are going to meet some new people today. I thought you would like to make some new friends.’ Galinda’s eyes lit up in delight. ‘Yeah…um…and Jesmain kindly offered to help.’ At the mention of her name, Galinda’s eyes darkened considerably.
‘What!’
‘Galinda calm. She’s not that bad. Maybe you two could be friends.’ Galinda scoffed darkly. ‘Please Galinda, be nice, for me.’ As much as Galinda hated Jesmain, she was willing to put up with her for Elphaba.
‘Anything for you Elphie.’
They walked outside and saw Jesmain waiting for them.
‘I thought you’d gotten lost.’ She laughed towards Elphaba. Galinda was completely ignored. Elphaba who noticed this, pulled Galinda into a hug, her arm around Galinda’s shoulder. Jesmain’s eyes flashed with anger but Elphaba didn’t notice. Galinda did.
‘Let’s get this show on the road.’ Elphaba enthusiastically stated, surprising Galinda as Elphaba wasn’t really one for enthusiasm. But Elphaba had just wanted to break the awful tension. She decided that she would have to make it clear for Jesmain. Galinda was always going to be with her. If there was a problem, then Jesmain should not hang around with her anymore.
Jesmain walked in front, leading the two Upland girls towards a large group of children.
‘Everyone this is Elphaba…’ a substantial pause went before Elphaba cleared her throat and Jesmain sighed. ‘and her friend.’
‘Galinda.’ Elphaba put in gently squeezing the blondes shoulder. She was proud of Galinda, true to her word, Galinda had not been rude or angry towards Jesmain, although Elphaba was seriously considering hitting Jesmain herself. ‘Hi’ Elphaba said for both her and Galinda, who was grinding her teeth too much to talk.
‘Elphaba, this is Falkner, Alser and Mitro.’ The three nodded their heads as they were introduced. Mitro stood and walked over to shake Elphaba’s free hand.
‘Pleased to meet you.’
‘And I you Mitro. This is Galinda.’ Mitro stared at Galinda slightly, in a bit of a daze.
‘Yeah I know Miss Galinda, she is in my class.’ Galinda looked at him carefully before blushing.
‘You’re the boy who lost his pants.’ Now Mitro blushed.
‘Good way to be remembered.’ Everyone chuckled. ‘Anyway Miss. Galinda, I was actually wondering if you would like to go see a movie some time.’ Jesmain watched the interaction angrily. Now that blasted girl will be around all the time. No she didn’t want this.
‘I do apologize Mitro. You are a very well mannered and caring boy, but I am not looking to date at the moment. I would, though, love to be friends.’ Mitro looked a little defeated at first but perked up.
‘As would I Miss Galinda.’
‘That’s the first to go. We are friends now, Miss disappears, it’s just Galinda.’
‘Thank you Galinda. And you Miss Elphaba? I am sorry to have ignored you like that so suddenly.’
‘No need to apologize, you do what you must to woo a girl.’ Elphaba glanced over to Galinda who was still under her arm. Galinda smiled at the small, unnoticeable meaning behind Elphaba’s words.
‘Quite right Miss Elphaba.’
‘Oh please, no Miss. No need.’ The bell to return to class rang and the new friends split up. Both girls extremely pleased with themselves for making new friends.
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Lunch was Galinda’s highlight of the day. There they were, talking to Mitro and Alser who had decided to join in on the conversation, when Jesmain asked to talk to Elphaba personally for just a second. Galinda was happy to continue to talk to Mitro and Alser alone, so Elphaba agreed. She now wished she hadn’t.
Jesmain led Elphaba around the back of some trees.
‘Elphaba, I was thinking you and I could ditch this group and go.’ Elphaba was confused.
‘I thought these were your friends.’
‘Not any more, anyone who talks to that dumb blonde is no friend of mine.’ Anger flashed through Elphaba.
‘What did you say?’ Jesmain just laughed.
‘Oh not you Elphaba, she’s your sister, I understand you have to be around her. The others are just idiots like her.’ Elphaba was having trouble holding back her anger.
‘Don’t talk about Galinda like that.’ She starting advancing towards Jesmain making the small girl move backwards. Her voice had risen so the others were now watching as the two came out from behind the trees. Jesmain was now beginning to feel angry herself.
‘You fool, I’m trying to save you from ruining your life by hanging around with such a dumb blonde bimbo.’ That was it. Anger coursed through Elphaba’s veins. She needed to calm down, but she saw Galinda almost in tears and her anger flowed full roar. Roughly grabbing Jesmain’s collar, Elphaba shoved her around and made her look at Galinda.
‘Look at her. She is almost in tears. Galinda is the best thing I have ever had in my life. To make her cry is punishable in my books.’ The tone of her voice was scary and Jesmain tried to wriggle free, but Elphaba held her tighter. ‘I have let all your pathetic, pitiful judgments of others slide, but you made my best friend and sister cry. My turn.’
What happened next was amazing. Elphaba released Jesmain, but before she could run anywhere, Elphaba had said a chant and she was flying through the air. When only a foot from the ground, Elphaba stopped chanting and Jesmain thumped to the ground becoming slightly winded. Elphaba then picked her up and punched her right in the nose making it bleed.
‘That’s probably broken. You should get it checked.’ She replied before walking off with Galinda in tow. Mitro and Alser followed.
Naturally Elphaba got in trouble. Jesmain had gone crying to the principal Mrs. Portsmire, who in turn had told Mr. and Mrs. Upland.
‘As you can understand, what Elphaba did was wrong. We have no choice but to suspend her for two days.’ The meeting was uncomfortable and Elphaba hated that her learning was being taken away but did not comment. Galinda was in silent tears for her whilst her parents continued to look between Elphaba and the principal in a mixture of shock and disappointment. What was worse though, was the yelling her father did and the crying her mother did the moment the front door of the Upland manor had closed on them.
‘Why! Why would you do that?!’ Mr. Upland screamed. Elphaba remained calm, no tears or any fear. In a calm casual voice she answered her screaming father.
‘Dad, please understand. I know what I did was wrong, but this girl was being an outright monster to Galinda. She called her a blonde bimbo. I wasn’t going to let my sister be treated like that. So I protected her. Now that little pathetic scrap of flesh won’t bother us again.’ As angry as they were, Mr. and Mrs. Upland were proud of their adopted daughter.
‘ Go to bed Elphaba without any supper.’
‘Yes Father. Goodnight mother.’ And with that Elphaba ascended the stairs and went to bed.
‘Momsie, Popsicle, please be kind on her. She really did it for me. She looked out for me.’ Galinda spoke as she watched Elphaba climb the stairs and disappear into their room. ‘She only wanted to make me safe and she did.’ And with that Galinda excused herself and went to bed with no supper. It was as much her fault as Elphaba’s. Mrs. Upland watched her daughter ascend the stairs and sighed.
‘I think we have a problem Ukre.’ Mrs. Upland spoke after a moment of silence.
‘Dear she did it to protect her sister, I don’t think it will be something she would do in the near future.’
‘No not that. Have we even considered where Elphaba found the power to levitate someone?’ Mr. Upland paused.
‘I kind of forgot about that, I was just so mad before’
‘We might need to talk to Elphaba about this, she might need to go into training.’
‘With whom?.’
‘Well dear, it is entirely up to Elphaba. She needs to accept the fact that she has power first. I am sure that she is more than a little confused at the moment.’
And Elphaba was confused. As she lay in the dark all alone the only thought she had running through her head was how she had made Jesmain fly. She knew that her parents were mad at her and to be honest she was mad at herself. She could have killed Jesmain, she had treated another person like she had once been treated and swore to herself that she would never do that again. Elphaba was certain that after this her parents would never support her like they have been but she was wrong. Mr. and Mrs. Upland were uncertain of a lot of things at the moment but one thing they were certain of, was being proud of their two daughters. They were willing to support them throughout this, throughout anything.
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Ok, so I didn't manage to get this posted straight away...I'm a bad person. Forgive me. Enjoy guys.
Grumbello
Author: Grumbello
Rating: T Eventually NC17
Disclaimer: I do not own Wicked, its characters or anything Gelphie :(
AN: I am a bad person. Forgive my terrible ability at posting on time. I should be shot!!
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Chapter 4
For both Upland girls, it seemed an eternity before the recess bell rang and their class was dismissed. On it’s second ring, both girls had fled out of the room and met one another in a massive hug.
‘Oh Elphie, am I glad to see you. I was so scared, but everyone seems to like me and my teacher is really nice, you should meet her and, Oh Elphie we learnt how to make Y into a number. It was fun, a little hard, but fun.’ Elphaba chuckled listening to Galinda spit random facts at her a mile a minute. Elphaba knew that Galinda was prone to rambling at high speeds when excited and happy so just nodded and murmured quick responses in reply. After taking a quick breath Galinda looked at Elphaba blushing slightly.
“Sorry Elphie, how was your morning?” Elphaba laughed and merely shrugged her reply pushing Galinda towards her backpack to retrieve their recess and move out of the quickly clearing hallway.
The girls moved out into the playground which was situated out the back of the school. At first sight a large bright red metal frame caught Elphaba’s eye, a yellow plastic slide descending from the wooden platform attached to the metal. Three children were playing hopscotch to her right and the boys were on the large patch of grass kicking a ball of sorts. Elphaba watched with interest, how in the world could kicking a ball and then running after it be entertaining? Elphaba led Galinda over to bench and they sat down to talk.
Galinda had continued to talk at fast speeds whilst looking at her apple for a second in concentration deciding whether or not to just eat it or polish it first. Deciding to just eat the thing, Galinda took a bite and went to talk some more when Jesmain walked up to Elphaba.
‘Hello Elphaba.’
‘Jesmain.’ Elphaba acknowledged.
‘Who’s this?’ Jesmain asked, indicating to the slightly befuddled Galinda who had forgotten to chew and sat there with a mouth full of apple.
‘This is my sister and best friend, Galinda Upland.’ Galinda swallowed her mouth full and went to say a proper hello, but Jesmain cut her off.
‘So Elphaba, Just thought I’d let you know that if you need any help or time away from…her, I’m always free.’ Jesmain pointed towards a slowly fuming Galinda and then walked off before Galinda or Elphaba could interject. Galinda was furious.
‘Who was that? The nerve!’ Galinda stood up in rage, her tiny fists clutched together in anger. ‘Who does she think she is? Time away from her…Hah!’ Elphaba gently tugged on Galinda’s arm to pull her down on the seat. Leaning in so no one else could hear, Elphaba rationalized.
‘Calm my sweet, she is nothing to me, unlike you. You will always be my best friend Galinda. But it is good to have someone else I can talk to, just in case I have a problem that I don’t wish to upset you with.’ That was a very sweet thing, but it did little to calm Galinda.
‘That’s sweet Elphie, but I want you to talk to me about absolutely anything, don’t mind if it may upset me. SHE will not take you from me.’ The possessiveness in Galinda’s voice thrilled both of them. Elphaba, a candid lover of disagreements in others, looked forward to the future battles Jesmain and Galinda would have, but for now a fight was not needed, it was their first day after all.
Elphaba was about to try and calm Galinda once more when the bell rang to re-enter class. Galinda and Elphaba hugged and said their goodbyes, Galinda gently reminding Elphaba to stay away from the “horrid girl”. Elphaba thought it best not to mention that Jesmain was seated next to her.
The classes passed quickly for the rest of the morning before lunch bell went and the girls were reunited for an hour. They sat and talked about their classes which, so far, were almost identical apart from the teaching methods which ranged in various forms, from Mr. Arstrige’s funny jokes, to Mrs. Berkle’s pathetic attempt at being strict. The girls laughed and shared classroom stories and remained uninterrupted the entire time.
Their final classes passed without much issue, except for a boy in Mrs. Berkle’s class, that lost his pants and the teacher spent half of the lesson looking for a belt.
‘It really was funny Momsie.’ Galinda told her parents over dinner. Elphaba had heard this story in the carriage on the way home, but still laughed in delight. ‘He went to write something on the blackboard when his pants just fell down.’
‘Oh dear. Wasn’t he wearing a belt?’ Mrs. Upland was in slight shock. Boys underpants was not something a young lady should see.
‘Oh yes Momsie, that’s what’s so funny. It snapped in half. The teacher spent most of the class trying to find something to hold his pants up with. I couldn’t stop laughing. And neither could Elphaba when I told her.’ The two girls giggled, trying to act as ladylike at the table as possible, but somewhat failing. Luckily Mr. Upland snickered as well.
‘At least his undergarments stayed on.’ Now everyone was giggling in fits. Even Mrs. Upland.
‘So Elphaba darling, how was your day?’ Mr. Upland asked once the giggling had subsided and everyone had caught their breath. Elphaba remained silent for a while, everyone knew it was just her way of thinking of an answer. Galinda could see Elphaba’s different emotions in her eyes and smiled. Elphie had had fun today.
‘It was alright. My teacher, Mr. Arstrige is a really nice man. He didn’t make me stand up and do a self introductory. All the boys in my class think I’m really smart and tough, and I made a new friend. Not to bad.’ Galinda snorted at the mention of the new friend much to Elphaba‘s amusement. Her parents just ignored her.
‘Well my dear, you did well. I am glad you both had such a wonderful day.’ The rest of the meal was eaten in relative silence from the two girls, every now and then remembering something exciting to inform their parents of.
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Once dinner had finished the girls ran upstairs to play for a while before being sent off to bed. As per routine, the girls brushed their teeth, yelled out a goodnight down the stairs and jumped into bed. Galinda turned off the light and then snuggled into Elphaba’s arms. This time though something was different. Elphaba picked up on the blondes distress right away.
‘My sweet, what’s wrong?’ She sighed.
‘Oh Elphie, this just feels really right.’ Elphaba knew what she meant, though remained silent. ‘That Jesmain girl just annoyed me I guess. I didn’t like the idea of you leaving me.’ Elphaba laughed.
‘Oh My sweet, we are sisters, I can’t leave you.’ Galinda chuckled along
‘I know Elphie, but for some reason I felt scared this would change.’ This being their special intimacy. Elphaba took a deep breath suppressing the feeling that seemed to be constantly trying to flow from her.
‘I know, but I promise this will never change ever! I meant what I said today Galinda, you mean the world to me, I won’t let anyone get between us.’ Elphaba moved forwards and kissed Galinda on the forehead. ‘Now sleep my sweet, I will be here in the morning.’ And with a mumbled goodnight from Galinda the two slept safely in each others arms.
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The next morning had the girls up early for school once again, Galinda mumbling angry words under her breath as she changed whilst Elphaba watched with suppressed giggles. At one point Elphaba let a small snicker slip and Galinda shot her the most terrifying of glares making Elphaba run from the room telling Galinda she would meet her downstairs, the entire time hiding her smile.
Classes started to become a bore for Galinda. The initial excitement of a first day had gone, now a routine began and Galinda found her attention slipping. Mrs. Berkle was talking about some form of animal in the jungle but Galinda’s mind was with Elphaba in the other room and what they were going to do over the weekend with their parents.
‘So Galinda, what is the animal I am talking about?’ Mrs. Berkle’s voice cut through her thoughts startling her. All heads turned to Galinda as she blushed furiously and attempted to guess.
‘A…A monkey?’
‘Correct. The monkey is in a species call primates…’ Galinda was glad to have passed the question but found that her mind had wandered almost immediately. She really needed a break so when the recess bell rang she packed up and quickly rushed outside to meet Elphaba.
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Elphaba was enjoying school immensely. It was such a great experience and there was so much to learn. She was eager to do projects and homework and all teachers found her quite efficient in all she did practical wise, except for sports. For some reason those blasted balls had a habit of hitting her in the head, even when she was running and not using a ball at all. But she still gave sport a fair go.
Elphaba decided she needed to stretch a little bit, her eyes were going unfocused because of all her attention on the chalkboard in front. Her stretch consisted of a two second look around the room then back to the black board. Elphaba generously allows herself to stretch once every four hours or so.
On her stretch she noticed almost everyone was generally bored, looking anywhere but the board or doodling in their work book. She was the only one doing her work. She realized she had made a big mistake though, when her stretch caused her to look at Jesmain, who had managed to notice Elphaba’s quick glance and take it as a friendly invitation to talk.
‘So do you understand all this?’ Jesmain asked a little annoyed.
‘Reasonably.’ Elphaba turned back to the board but that didn’t deter Jesmain as she had hoped.
‘ So how about at recess you come hang out with me, I’ll introduce you to some people.’ Elphaba just nodded.
‘Galinda would like to meet some new friends.’ Jesmain’s face fell.
‘I was thinking just you and I.’ Elphaba scowled at this.
‘No Galinda, No me.’ Jesmain thought this through.
‘Fine, she can come.’ And with that Jesmain proceeded to become increasingly interested in her work. Elphaba let herself smirk. She had won the first battle, knowing many more would ensue and continued to study until the recess bell rang, startling her from her work. She knew Galinda would be waiting outside for her, so packed quickly and rushed out to meet her. Jesmain followed a little sourly.
‘Elphaba!’ Galinda called out enthusiastically her small pout an indication of a long morning. Elphaba chuckled.
‘Not a pleasant morning?’
‘It was awful Elphaba, just so boring. I almost got caught not listening at one point when Mrs. Berkle asked me what animal she was talking about, and I couldn’t answer 6 times 5. Ugh!’ Galinda’s little hands flew up in the air, marking her frustration with the morning activities. This just made Elphaba even more nervous about the recess plans. ‘What do you want to do today?’ Galinda asked jumping off one topic to another at random speeds only she could master. Elphaba braced herself for she knew Galinda wasn’t going to like the plans. She leaned in really close.
‘Remember you love me and would never hurt or dismember me in any way or form.’ She whispered to a confused Galinda. ’We are going to meet some new people today. I thought you would like to make some new friends.’ Galinda’s eyes lit up in delight. ‘Yeah…um…and Jesmain kindly offered to help.’ At the mention of her name, Galinda’s eyes darkened considerably.
‘What!’
‘Galinda calm. She’s not that bad. Maybe you two could be friends.’ Galinda scoffed darkly. ‘Please Galinda, be nice, for me.’ As much as Galinda hated Jesmain, she was willing to put up with her for Elphaba.
‘Anything for you Elphie.’
They walked outside and saw Jesmain waiting for them.
‘I thought you’d gotten lost.’ She laughed towards Elphaba. Galinda was completely ignored. Elphaba who noticed this, pulled Galinda into a hug, her arm around Galinda’s shoulder. Jesmain’s eyes flashed with anger but Elphaba didn’t notice. Galinda did.
‘Let’s get this show on the road.’ Elphaba enthusiastically stated, surprising Galinda as Elphaba wasn’t really one for enthusiasm. But Elphaba had just wanted to break the awful tension. She decided that she would have to make it clear for Jesmain. Galinda was always going to be with her. If there was a problem, then Jesmain should not hang around with her anymore.
Jesmain walked in front, leading the two Upland girls towards a large group of children.
‘Everyone this is Elphaba…’ a substantial pause went before Elphaba cleared her throat and Jesmain sighed. ‘and her friend.’
‘Galinda.’ Elphaba put in gently squeezing the blondes shoulder. She was proud of Galinda, true to her word, Galinda had not been rude or angry towards Jesmain, although Elphaba was seriously considering hitting Jesmain herself. ‘Hi’ Elphaba said for both her and Galinda, who was grinding her teeth too much to talk.
‘Elphaba, this is Falkner, Alser and Mitro.’ The three nodded their heads as they were introduced. Mitro stood and walked over to shake Elphaba’s free hand.
‘Pleased to meet you.’
‘And I you Mitro. This is Galinda.’ Mitro stared at Galinda slightly, in a bit of a daze.
‘Yeah I know Miss Galinda, she is in my class.’ Galinda looked at him carefully before blushing.
‘You’re the boy who lost his pants.’ Now Mitro blushed.
‘Good way to be remembered.’ Everyone chuckled. ‘Anyway Miss. Galinda, I was actually wondering if you would like to go see a movie some time.’ Jesmain watched the interaction angrily. Now that blasted girl will be around all the time. No she didn’t want this.
‘I do apologize Mitro. You are a very well mannered and caring boy, but I am not looking to date at the moment. I would, though, love to be friends.’ Mitro looked a little defeated at first but perked up.
‘As would I Miss Galinda.’
‘That’s the first to go. We are friends now, Miss disappears, it’s just Galinda.’
‘Thank you Galinda. And you Miss Elphaba? I am sorry to have ignored you like that so suddenly.’
‘No need to apologize, you do what you must to woo a girl.’ Elphaba glanced over to Galinda who was still under her arm. Galinda smiled at the small, unnoticeable meaning behind Elphaba’s words.
‘Quite right Miss Elphaba.’
‘Oh please, no Miss. No need.’ The bell to return to class rang and the new friends split up. Both girls extremely pleased with themselves for making new friends.
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Lunch was Galinda’s highlight of the day. There they were, talking to Mitro and Alser who had decided to join in on the conversation, when Jesmain asked to talk to Elphaba personally for just a second. Galinda was happy to continue to talk to Mitro and Alser alone, so Elphaba agreed. She now wished she hadn’t.
Jesmain led Elphaba around the back of some trees.
‘Elphaba, I was thinking you and I could ditch this group and go.’ Elphaba was confused.
‘I thought these were your friends.’
‘Not any more, anyone who talks to that dumb blonde is no friend of mine.’ Anger flashed through Elphaba.
‘What did you say?’ Jesmain just laughed.
‘Oh not you Elphaba, she’s your sister, I understand you have to be around her. The others are just idiots like her.’ Elphaba was having trouble holding back her anger.
‘Don’t talk about Galinda like that.’ She starting advancing towards Jesmain making the small girl move backwards. Her voice had risen so the others were now watching as the two came out from behind the trees. Jesmain was now beginning to feel angry herself.
‘You fool, I’m trying to save you from ruining your life by hanging around with such a dumb blonde bimbo.’ That was it. Anger coursed through Elphaba’s veins. She needed to calm down, but she saw Galinda almost in tears and her anger flowed full roar. Roughly grabbing Jesmain’s collar, Elphaba shoved her around and made her look at Galinda.
‘Look at her. She is almost in tears. Galinda is the best thing I have ever had in my life. To make her cry is punishable in my books.’ The tone of her voice was scary and Jesmain tried to wriggle free, but Elphaba held her tighter. ‘I have let all your pathetic, pitiful judgments of others slide, but you made my best friend and sister cry. My turn.’
What happened next was amazing. Elphaba released Jesmain, but before she could run anywhere, Elphaba had said a chant and she was flying through the air. When only a foot from the ground, Elphaba stopped chanting and Jesmain thumped to the ground becoming slightly winded. Elphaba then picked her up and punched her right in the nose making it bleed.
‘That’s probably broken. You should get it checked.’ She replied before walking off with Galinda in tow. Mitro and Alser followed.
Naturally Elphaba got in trouble. Jesmain had gone crying to the principal Mrs. Portsmire, who in turn had told Mr. and Mrs. Upland.
‘As you can understand, what Elphaba did was wrong. We have no choice but to suspend her for two days.’ The meeting was uncomfortable and Elphaba hated that her learning was being taken away but did not comment. Galinda was in silent tears for her whilst her parents continued to look between Elphaba and the principal in a mixture of shock and disappointment. What was worse though, was the yelling her father did and the crying her mother did the moment the front door of the Upland manor had closed on them.
‘Why! Why would you do that?!’ Mr. Upland screamed. Elphaba remained calm, no tears or any fear. In a calm casual voice she answered her screaming father.
‘Dad, please understand. I know what I did was wrong, but this girl was being an outright monster to Galinda. She called her a blonde bimbo. I wasn’t going to let my sister be treated like that. So I protected her. Now that little pathetic scrap of flesh won’t bother us again.’ As angry as they were, Mr. and Mrs. Upland were proud of their adopted daughter.
‘ Go to bed Elphaba without any supper.’
‘Yes Father. Goodnight mother.’ And with that Elphaba ascended the stairs and went to bed.
‘Momsie, Popsicle, please be kind on her. She really did it for me. She looked out for me.’ Galinda spoke as she watched Elphaba climb the stairs and disappear into their room. ‘She only wanted to make me safe and she did.’ And with that Galinda excused herself and went to bed with no supper. It was as much her fault as Elphaba’s. Mrs. Upland watched her daughter ascend the stairs and sighed.
‘I think we have a problem Ukre.’ Mrs. Upland spoke after a moment of silence.
‘Dear she did it to protect her sister, I don’t think it will be something she would do in the near future.’
‘No not that. Have we even considered where Elphaba found the power to levitate someone?’ Mr. Upland paused.
‘I kind of forgot about that, I was just so mad before’
‘We might need to talk to Elphaba about this, she might need to go into training.’
‘With whom?.’
‘Well dear, it is entirely up to Elphaba. She needs to accept the fact that she has power first. I am sure that she is more than a little confused at the moment.’
And Elphaba was confused. As she lay in the dark all alone the only thought she had running through her head was how she had made Jesmain fly. She knew that her parents were mad at her and to be honest she was mad at herself. She could have killed Jesmain, she had treated another person like she had once been treated and swore to herself that she would never do that again. Elphaba was certain that after this her parents would never support her like they have been but she was wrong. Mr. and Mrs. Upland were uncertain of a lot of things at the moment but one thing they were certain of, was being proud of their two daughters. They were willing to support them throughout this, throughout anything.
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Ok, so I didn't manage to get this posted straight away...I'm a bad person. Forgive me. Enjoy guys.
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