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Elphaba purses her lips, feeling a lecture coming on. “Just a month or two.”

Elphaba frowns and sits up, confused before she starts to laugh lightly. “Really?” She asks, thinking that Galinda must be joking.

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Galinda falters at Elphaba’s quick turn around. She looks ready to cry before she recovers and tosses her hair back.

“Truly, I’m sorry for not playing into your little fantasy world. I’m sure there’s plenty of Munchkinlanders with the last name ‘Thropp’,” Galinda says. She was willing to accept Elphaba as a vampire, but she had to draw the line somewhere.

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It takes Galinda a moment to process what Elphaba just said. When she finally does, she giggles.

“The Eminent Thropp? Isn’t that, like, a king?” She says, shaking her head. At least Elphie knew how to make her giggle.

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“It feels like lying,” Galinda says, but she smiles and sits on the edge of Elphaba’s bed. “Okay. Tell me.”

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“You could tell me what you meant! Instead of lying to me,” Galinda says, wiping her tears. The apology makes her stop sobbing, at least.

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Galinda continues to cry and hug herself. “You don’t even want to talk to me and- and you make fun of me and then you won’t even- you won’t even answer my questions! That you wanted me to ask. You wanted to be mean to me and /lie/,” Galinda accuses through her tears.

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Galinda doesn’t respond. She simply stares at Elphaba before she begins to cry. “Why do you still hate me?” She asks, hugging herself tightly.

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Galinda taps Elphaba’s shoulder. “Tell me,” she whines. “Tell me or I won’t let you drink any more of my blood.”

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Galinda stands and crosses her arms. “You’re the one that brought it up. Clearly, you want me to ask about it,” she says, walking over to Elphaba’s bed. “Tell me.”

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Galinda narrows her eyes slightly. She always hated when people did it. Galinda has a love for gossip, so she wasn’t going to let a piece of potentially juicy information go away.

“Tell me,” she demands as intensly as possible. “What do you mean by elite?”

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Galinda sinks in her seat as Elphaba glares at her. She has no idea why it makes her feel so guilty.

“What do you mean, ‘elite’?”

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“For someone who tried to /eat/ them, you certainly are defensive of my friends,” Galinda says, and she watches Elphaba light the candle.

“Anyway, it’s true. I’m from the Upper Uplands. That’s, like, way better than Nest Hardings.”

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“A month at the most. Assuming that everything goes well,” Elphaba says. “And, uh, she isn’t. But she wants to come and she’s difficult to say no to. She’s pregnant, but she still insists.”

Elphaba frowns and sits up, confused before she starts to laugh lightly. “Really?” She asks, thinking that Galinda must be joking.

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Galinda frowns and pulls away slightly. “Do you not agree?”

“I know it is,” Shenshen agrees, sitting so she’s half on Elphaba’s lap. “I need to find someplace to plant her. Fields of sunflowers are so beautiful, don’t you agree?”

Galinda rolls her eyes. She didn’t understand why Elphaba was pretending to be interested in Shenshen’s expertise. In Galinda’s mind, Elphaba wants to wilt the flowers.

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“Well, you know. She’s from Nest Hardings, I think. I hadn’t even heard of it until I met her,” Galinda says with a slight shrug. “Planning Hall isn’t much of anything either, but at least Pfannee doesn’t step out of line.”

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“Uh- it’s okay,” Elphaba says, glancing at his journal but not moving to read it. “I just wanted to let you know that Galinda and I are going to get an old friend and bring him back here. You’ll be with Shenshen and Pfannee for a bit.”

Elphaba frowns and sits up, confused before she starts to laugh lightly. “Really?” She asks, thinking that Galinda must be joking.

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Galinda leans into Elphaba’s hand. “I love all of you too,” she whispers. “We’re a family.”

“I know it is,” Shenshen agrees, sitting so she’s half on Elphaba’s lap. “I need to find someplace to plant her. Fields of sunflowers are so beautiful, don’t you agree?”

Galinda rolls her eyes. She didn’t understand why Elphaba was pretending to be interested in Shenshen’s expertise. In Galinda’s mind, Elphaba wants to wilt the flowers.