He Could Be That Boy (A Fiyeraba Fanfic) -Wicked-

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Things had been going pretty normal at Shiz. Galinda had still been trying to make me popular and I tried my best to fallow what she was saying. I didn't want to make her upset. I mean shes the only friend i've ever had. Today she wanted me to have my hair down so i did as she said. But for some reason in Doctor Diamonds class today she wasn't there. 

I was somewhat practicing the hair tossing nonsense Galinda wanted me to practice with when Fiyero had come up behind me. Scaring the daylights out of me.

"What?!" I yelled when I saw him there and he just looked at me confused.

"It's just you've been.. galinda.. fied?" he said as if he didn't know what exactly what he was even saying. I sat down at my seat. He noticed that Galinda wasn't in class today and he had decided to sit next to me. Which was a little weird and i found myself sliding to the edge of my seat to be further away from him.

"Class take a seat I only have a short time to explain" Doctor Dillamond came in seeming to be flustered like she didn't know what he was saying or that he wouldn't get into trouble for saying it "Animals are no longer permitted to teach."

"What?!" I found myself standing as a couple men started coming into the room

"Don't worry miss Elphaba, they can take away my job but i will not stop speaking out" Doctor Dillamond was taken away and a man in a grey coat started to talk about caging animals. CAGING ANIMALS?! they have just as many rights as us we should not be stripping them of such!

While trying to get everyone to understand why this was terrible to do to animals. I mean they have the same rights as us. I was getting frustrated because ONCE AGAIN no one was listening to the weird green girl and they were all too interested in the needle that the strange man was about to stab into the poor lion cub's flesh.

"Somebody has to do something!"I yelled reaching my hands up hoping someone would actually listen to me. But then suddenly I heard some of the students yelling as I looked up at the chaos that I had caused. Again. just like with nessa and her chair.

"What's happening!?" Fiyero asked crossing the room over to me gesturing to what was happening with my fellow students.. I was surprised. why wasn't this happening to him too?

"I don't know I got mad and I.." I started 

"Uh... Alright? Um... Alright just don't move!" Fiyero said holding his hands up to me before running through the crowd of frantic students and grabbing the cage of the lion cub. "And don't get mad at me" He added before starting to head out of the room. I watched him out of confusion. "Well?" he paused "are you coming?!" he said after I ran off after him. Why was he helping me? Did he actually agree with my... with my stand point on this subject? No it couldn't be that he's too shallow to care... right?

We ran off school grounds and to the farthest point of a field that we could to hopefully release the cub so it could live a normal life. Fiyero was frantic and by the looks of it he was tossing around the cage a bit. he could have been hurting the cub.

"Careful! Don't shake him!" I said hoping he'd listen but he swung around and kept running saying

"I'm not!" In a sort of whiny tone. I felt my anger building up again.

"We can't just let him loose anywhere you know." I said panting as I found a clear spot in the grass to kneel down and gently set down the cage. "We have to take him somewhere safe." I added.

"I realize that!" he said as if offended that i didn't trust him. But then again who would actually in their right mind trust a spoiled rich boy like himself. "You think I'm really stupid don't you" Wow really just noticed their? I thought to myself after he said that before replying.

"No not really stupid." I said repeating not thinking on what I was saying while trying to catch my breath.

"Why is it every time I see you your causing some sort of commotion." he asked I replied without thinking

"I don't cause commotions I am one" I replied kneeling next to the cage again and lifting up the fabric to check on the poor cub. I was still confused on why he decided to help me..

"That's for sure." he added. I stood up and stepped closer to him.

"Oh? so you think I should just keep my mouth shut is that what your saying?"

"No I'm saying.." I cut him off

"Do you think I want to be this way?" He was getting a little frustrated but I hadn't noticed at the time. "Do you think i want to care this much"

"Hold it" he tried to get me to stop, I didn't

" Do you think I don't know how much easier my life would be if I didn't"

"DO YOU EVER let ANYONE ELSE talk?!" he raised his voice and it clicked in my head what I was doing as I looked away from him.

"Oh... sorry..." I said before another thought came to mind. "But wait. One more thing." I looked back at him. He gave me a somewhat annoyed expression.  "You could of walked away back there?!" I said stating the obvious. I was so confused on why'd he want to help someone like me.

"So?" he asked

"So" I started and looking back at this now I can't believe I actually said this. "No matter how shallow and self absorbed you pretend to be..." he took the chance to cut me off

"Excuse me! There is no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self absorbed and deeply shallow" I rolled my eyes to this statement. He honestly wasn't. Maybe if he didn't act the way he did I would have actually... Eh.. never mind on that thought.

"No your not. Or you wouldn't be so unhappy." Did I just say that? I mean yes I noticed from the first time I saw him there was somewhat of a sad glow too his eyes that no one else would really notice unless they understood that glow. because... they had it themselves. Like me. Fiyero laughed

"All right fine." he said turning away. "You don't want my help.." He started to walk away but I grabbed his hand out of instinct. 

"No i do!" i said. We stood in awkward silence for a moment before I realized what I did and let go of his hand and went over to the cage kneeling down once again. Lifting up the cloth and reached in to gently touch the creature who flinched and went to the corner of the cage. "Oh... It's heart is pounding." i felt myself frown. Fiyero knelt down beside me. "I didn't mean to frighten him.."

"Then what did you mean to do?" I looked up at him and into his eyes. on accident! He seemed to be worried "and why was I the only one you didn't do it to?" he sounded about as confused as I did. My heart was pounding.  Then I noticed something. A scratch down his cheek.

"Oh... Your cheek. It must have scratched you." I said kind of scootching my way twoards him to get a better look at it.

"Yeah... Or maybe it scratched me or something.." Our eyes locked but I looked away to reach my hand up to wipe the blood away but he seemed to be in shock as he stood up and said.

"Well I um... better get to safety." He said.

"yeah.." I replied.

"I mean the cub. Get the cub to safety!"

"Uh.. yeah. Course!" i said with an awkward laugh as he picked up the cage. I accidentally getting in his way a couple times before he took off with the cage.

"Fiyero!" I called to him as he left. But he didn't seem to hear me... my heart was pounding and my stomach felt... light. What was this feeling...?