Elphaba had been beside herself since Galinda had been sent back to their world. It was really a good thing she still had Elena, otherwise she might have just given up on caring. This place truly knew how to break someone's spirit piece by piece. Loss was not something Elphaba was a stranger to, not by a long shot. But having Elena was really the difference between her losing it and just brooding. But today she'd made an effort to get outside for a while. True it had been to go to the library and spend a few hours there immersed in books, but she was out of the house at least. Elena should be proud of that fact. The only other times she'd left the house since Galinda had left was for Elena's graduation and the book club meeting.
Once she'd felt she'd spent enough time at the library to be considered having been out among people long enough and before she ended up taking the entire library home with her, Elphaba checked out five books to take home with her. She then made her way back to her house, the books cradled against her chest. One thing that would never truly leave her was her love for reading and her thirst for knowledge. She could at least just lose herself within books for a while when she needed to ignore the pain of reality.
The normally green-skinned witch was currently using a spell to change her skin color to a normal color. After all, she'd learned quickly that the average person in this world didn't take kindly to someone that had green skin. She was forever grateful to Bonnie who had originally written the spell for her and taught her how to cast it. She should be able to make it back to her house before the spell wore off. Or at least that was the plan.
Her eyes glued to the ground, she did not notice the man in front of her. She ran into him and stumbled, dropping the books in her arms, but she didn't fall herself.
"Oh sweet Oz, I am so sorry! I wasn't paying attention to where I was going," she apologized quickly, kneeling down to collect her books. She then looked up at the man, her long black hair was partially pulled back, keeping it out of her face. "Are you all right?" Really, she should know to watch where she was going by now.