Galinda sat on her bed, knees pulled to her chest as she shivered from the cold. While all the other students were getting to know their new roommate, Galinda was a little more than apprehensive about hers. So far the only knowledge she had of her mysterious roommate was her name: Elphaba.

Earlier that day Galinda had unwittingly volunteered to share a room with her. Her excitement for sorcery clouded her judgment as she raised her hand just as Madame Morrible asked who would like to room with the less than enthralled Elphaba.

"Would you stop staring at me?" an irritated voice just a few feet away said, making Galinda jump. "Oh…I…sorry…I just…" Galinda fumbled over her words due to both embarrassment and fear.

Galinda hadn't realized she'd been staring: but it was hard not to. Her new roommate's skin was an emerald shade of green. On top of that, she was covered in tattoos. The tattoos covered both of her arms, legs and even her neck. Galinda had never seen anyone with so many tattoos.

"What? Are you scared of me?" said Elphaba sounding slightly angry.

"Ha! Well…it's…you know…" Galinda was shaking still. She stood up to flatten out her dress and then go to the washroom.

"Why are you so afraid? I haven't done anything!" the girl was getting angrier and it was really starting to scare Galinda.

As she made a move to continue to the washroom a strong hand clamped around her arm and spun her around.

"Ow! You're hurting me!" Galinda said as she tried to pull away. The green woman's dark brown eyes bore angrily into her soft blue ones.

"Just stop and look at me! Look at me!" She was yelling now at the tiny blonde girl cowering in her grip.

Galinda began to cry.

It seemed that Galinda's tears and shaking finally awoke something inside the other woman. She released her grip and then tried to offer comfort. The little blonde recoiled from her and the tattooed woman winced at the fear she saw.

"I'm…sorry. I just wanted someone to," was all Galinda heard as she ran into the washroom and locked the door.