The Oz Papers: a fan fiction of Wicked the Musical

Boq's journal September 16th (Morning)

Last night did not go as I expected. At the beginning of the night it was rather awkward. I couldn't think of anything to say to Nessarose, and neither, apparently, could she. She started talking about the punch I had made. That was not the worst part of the night however! Fiyero had asked Miss Galinda to the dance after I asked Nessa. I was standing at the other end of the room watching them dance, when the unforgettable happened! Fiyero leaned in and kissed Miss Galinda! Nobody seemed to have noticed, for they continued to dance! I knew I needed to tell Miss Galinda of my feelings for her immediately, but I started to feel guilty about not telling Nessarose the real reason I had asked her to the dance. I went to her and said, "Listen Nessa? Uh Nessa? I've got something to confess, a reason why, well, why I asked you here tonight. Now, I know it isn't fair," here she interrupted me with a sad smile "Oh Boq," She said, "I know why." I was surprised, "You do?" I asked. "It's because I'm in this chair," she answered, "And you felt sorry for me." I was thunder struck! That was not true! "Well?" she asked, "Isn't that right?" I finally found my voice, "what?!" I exclaimed, "No, no, it's because, uh, because," I just couldn't bring myself to hurt her feelings! I'm a coward, I know. I told her instead, "Because you are so beautiful!" It wasn't all a lie! She was beautiful! This however backfired on me very awkwardly. "Oh Boq!" She exclaimed, "I think you're wonderful! And we deserve each other! Don't you see this is our chance! We deserve each other! Don't we Boq?" I could not answer this question, for I had no idea what she was talking about! Then I had a wonderful idea! "You know what?" I said, "Let's dance!" "What?!" she said incredulously. "Let's dance!" I said. I bowed. Then I grabbed her wheelchair and started moving it in time to the music. It was kind of hard at first, but I got the hang of it and soon we were whirling round the dance floor. It was actually very fun! And Nessa loved it! Then something heartrending happened! Me and Nessarose were taking a break from dancing, when suddenly the music stopped, and everybody cleared the dance floor and started to laugh. Miss Elfaba had arrived and was wearing an ugly pointed black hat! She looked around her and then started to dance awkwardly, all alone in the middle of the vast dance hall. It was terrible! I was debating whether to go out and dance with her, when the unexpected happened. Miss Galinda walked up to Miss Elfaba and said, "May I cut in?" Then she started to dance with her! The music started up again, and other people started to join in the dancing. I quickly ran to Nessarose and we danced for the rest of the night. I'm exhausted! For once I'm glad there's no school today! I think I'll take a nap.