Recover

The next day, it was a free day, well... At least only for Galinda. She kept looking over at Elphaba's side, which was obviously empty.

She was in the library, and that made her feel... strange.

And she didn't know why she wanted to talk to her. so, she let her mind wander for a while.

What if she tells everyone what I did the other day... what's going to happen if she tells everyone, and my life is ruined forever...

She got worried, she loathed Elphaba and hated her for finding her.

Right?

She needed to get out. she put on a coat and rushed out, falling over about two seconds after she had gotten into Crage Hall.

But someone caught her...

it was Elphaba, and she looked concerned. Which worried Galinda.

She didn't know why she cared about this. she needed to distract herself before she messed up fully.

"Get off of me, you ugly wicked thing." Galinda snarled, the words coming out harsher than she had actually wanted.

Beforehand, Elphaba looked at her with empathy and kindness, which faded fast after that.

She looked hurt, and fully destroyed from the inside out, her eyes brimming with the all the pain and trauma buried in those nicknames, those insults. Her eyes full of understanding something that she had gotten completely wrong.

She let Galinda go and started to get up. Hurt baked in her eyes and body language.

"I-I...." Elphaba stuttered, starting to turn away. "I need to go find Nessa." She muttered and started walking off

"Wait! -..." Galinda shouted after her, realizing the mistake. This hurt her so much more then she had thought.

Until...

"Oh... my... Gosh!" Pfanne yelled, the excitement that filled him slowly turned entirely into confusion.

"Galinda... did a dog just die or something? You literally look like a dog just died because you were possessed. What's wrong?" Shenshen asked.

Galinda stared at them, if she had actually told them what she had just done, what she did the other day, how she was so confused she wanted to cry and hide in a room forever. And she also knew if she told them, they would just tell everyone, because they didn't feel like her actual friends. They didn't even really lie to her, but their criticism was almost entirely one sided.

"Nothing is wrong. Why are you guys over here?" She asked, trying to put on the fakest smile absolutely possible. they couldn't know she had just hurt someone so important to her that she didn't even realize who was that important.

"Okay, yeah... sure..." Pfanne said, scoffing and changing the subject immediately afterword.

He talked while they walked over to the shops around campus and complained about almost everything wrong in his life.

Elphaba wasn't actually going to find Nessa, she was running out over to a field of poppies that was completely empty. She ran so fast she almost felt as if she was floating.

She lied. She really IS just a brat. Elphaba thought, running further into the field until she almost couldn't see Shiz, and sat down.

She couldn't cry, because that would mean Galinda won, and that she absolutely won at pranking her. IT was all just a sick prank. All of it. She wanted to cry and throw up, shaking her head and burying her face in her knees.

She needed to calm down. it was all okay, even though Galinda was now completely in control of her, Elphaba was practically wrapped around her finger now. and she could do nothing about it.

Nothing.

She walked back after calming down, everyone already was whispering more, staring, 

Plotting, even.

She wanted to deal with it, but it really felt different this time.

Galinda told everyone a lie, didn't she.

And that she did.

"Look! it's the Creep." Someone said loudly, pointing at her and snickering.

Elphaba was back in Highschool. this was absolutely horrible, all of this worried her, but she hid it well. She had a stone-cold face on, not even Nessa could tell how much this hurt her.

She didn't even care they were spread around by Galinda.

She just hated... that she was getting called names all over again.

Galinda needed to protect herself. Elphaba saw too easily through her. so, when she got in, she looked at Galinda with pain, and anger.

Galinda needed to fake that she didn't care, she needed to lie about herself. She shouldn't care. So, she decided to damage their relationship further.

"Wow, it seems the artichoke is steamed." She said, smirking. and making Elphaba's book stack fall over, messing up notes and smirking.

"Galinda. cut that stupid Bullshit. if you're doing this to hurt me just because i comforted you Once. never again, i guess. because your too scared to actually admit you did care." Elphaba said, receiving a smack from Galinda.

Galinda's breath was hot and ragged, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Don't say you know any shit about me." Galinda said, shaking.

"Wait-" Elphaba said but was cut off by another slap. before Galinda went to her side of the bedroom and slept.