Four POV
I can't believe Marcus is making me transfer schools this summer I used to live in sunny bright California but Marcus's fucking job got transferred. So I get to spend my last year of high school in fucking Chicago. I walk around the city and find a park with a humongous oak tree that would be a nice place to read under. The next day I walk to the park with my book and read under that massive oak tree.
"What the fuck Zeke!". I hear from above. I look up and see a young girl dangling from the tree holding on it for dear life. I see a tan boy running away from the girl and jump into a black car. I realize how far up she is, around 35 feet so she could likely break her legs if she lands incorrectly. "Would you like some help", I yell upwards. She looks down and pulls herself up so that she is bracing her ribs against the branch.
"Now why would I need your help, sugar", she asks in a heavy accent but I can't tell exactly from but it's distinctly southern.
"Well your about 35 feet up there so if you fall the wrong way you an break both your legs", I tell her. She screws her face up as if she's thinking which looks incredibly cute by the way and analyzes the area around her.
"Okay honey imma need you to catch me when I come down, can ya do that", she asks again. I nod and watch in amazement as she backflips off the branch and lands bridal style in my arms. She looks at me with her eyes that are really beautiful like the ocean before a storm.
"Thanks sugar", she says as she kisses my cheek. Once she gets out of my arms she hands me her phone. I am confused why would the beautiful mystery girl give me her phone. I hear her giggling and I look up to see her blushing.
"What", I ask.
"You said that out loud honey", she tells me her face an adorably cute shade of red.
"And put your number in it", she says still giggling. I put my number in it and my name. She looks at the contact and her eyes get wide.
"What", I ask.
"You have a number for a name too", she is full out laughing, it sounds like angels singing.
"What's yours", I question.
"My name's Six", she tells me as she chuckles. The black car pulls up next to us.
"I gotta go but I'll text ya later", she says as she takes a picture of me. Before she gets in the car I take a picture of her too. It looks amazing her head is halfway turned towards me her long blonde hair covering every part of her face except her eyes.
Not even five minutes later I get a text from Six.(Bold is Four regular is Six)
Hey number boy btw it's Six
Hey Six just wondering how old are you
I'm seventeen I'll turn eighteen in June hbu
I'm seventeen but I'll be eighteen in two weeks
Cool but I have one question to ask you why'd you change your name to 4
Beat up four guys at my old school
Oh I like it you got that rugged Tarzan save the damsel in distress type look goin for you
Really? Ok? Why'd you change your name
It's when I got my first tattoo
Holy crap how'd you get it that early
My family owns a tattoo parlor
Nice you have to take me there sometime
Sure we can meet up how about two weeks from now at our tree
Our tree?
Yeah the tree that you caught me from the really big oak one in the park
Sure sounds good
Cool
Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake Pansycake
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Sorry my idiot cousin took my phone johfvodjfnvdfojvfnrgojgdngbdg he keeps tryin to take it can I text you later I gotta go all Kung Fu on their asses
Sure text ya later
*****time skip to two weeks later*****
I pace nervously around the tree waiting for Six to show up. We have texted, face timed, and called each other a lot more since I caught her two weeks ago. We mainly just get to know each other better and she is freaking amazing.
"Four", I hear someone yell I look and see Six running towards me. She jumps in my arms trying to catch me off guard.
"I really can't catch you off guard can I", she asks. I shake my head and she smiles. She grabs my hand and pulls me to a black pickup truck. I chuckle as I watch her get into her car, she has to jump up and pull her self across the seat. It's so funny seeing such a little girl in such a big car.
"You wanna tat I can even give it to you on the house and I can do the actual tattoo too", she asks. I shrug I already have my apartment so I live alone and no one will really care. When we park she leans in really close to my ear and yells happy birthday and kisses me on the cheek again. Is she flirting or just being nice, I mean southern people are very touchy-feely right?
We walk into the tattoo parlor and a woman with black hair that has a white and a couple dark green streaks in it and multiple piercings and tattoos covering most of her exposed body hugs Six.
"Hi Sweetie", she says while kissing her cheek.
"Hey mom", she tells the woman while wiping her cheek. "This is Four and he's new here can I give him a tat on the house and can I do it for him", she asks looking hopefully at her mother. I notice that her mother doesn't have an accent like Six does. She nods and Six takes me over to a wall covered in art and only one thing catches my eye. It is five circles with different symbols in each, the first one is flames inside of a circle, the second one is a hand grabbing another as if helping it up, the third is half black and the other half is the outline of the other side of the scale, the fourth is an eye, and the last one is a blooming tree. I like this a lot the flames to remind me to be brave, the helping hands to remind me to be selfless, the scale to remind me to stay truthful, the eye to remind me to be smart, and the tree to remind me to be kind. Yeah I'm going to do this but then I have to tell Six my secret. I like her a lot anyway be brave Tobias be brave.
I point to the picture on the wall and Six looks surprised.
"You're sure you want that one", she asks looking a little flustered. I nod and ask why.
"Because I drew that", she says while looking at the ground.
"It's amazing you have a real talent",I tell her. She smiles and says thanks while pushing her foot into the ground.
"I have to tell you something but you can't can't tell anyone else", I tell her. She looks confused but nods and takes me to a room in the back.
I close the door behind her and I take a deep breath.
"Are you sure you're okay with this", she asks while biting her lip which looks incredibly sexy. Wait what I've never thought of any girl as sexy. I nod and take off my shirt. Her eyes widen as she sees the long thin scars on my back.
"Was it a belt", she asks in a tiny voice.
"How'd you know", I ask in disbelief. She pulls up the sides of her shirt and the sides are laced with the same scars but they're covered in tattoos.
"Brother but I left a couple years ago, you", she asks.
"Marcus, my father but I just got my own place so he can't get to me anymore ", I growl. I look at the ground until I feel a small finger lift my face up. I see Six smiling. "What", I ask. She doesn't say anything she just hugs me and I swear that I heard her whisper 'you're perfect' but I got to be imagining it.
"You still want that tattoo", she questions. I nod and Six goes out of the room for a second but comes back with a load of stuff that I assume is for my tattoo.
I must look curious because she says,"I figured that you wouldn't want everyone to see your scars". I smile a real smile and I think that I'm really falling hard and fast for this girl.
She pats a cushioned table implying me to lay down."Okay Four I'm sorry if this is weird but I'm too short to do your tattoo unless I straddle you, is that okay", she asks shyly. I nod and she crawls up on to my torso. I feel her draw on my back. "Is it okay if I call my mom in here I just want to make sure its good", she tells me as she takes a picture of my back a shows it to me and I nod in approval, it is even better than the drawing on the wall, I especially love the flames she put on the exposed parts of my back to help cover the scars.
"Yeah, she can come in", I tell her. A few seconds later her mom enters the room.
"Oh Six it's beautiful", she says. Six blushes but ushers her mom out of the room.
"This might hurt a bit so I you can talk if it helps you take your mind off the pain", she tells me into my ear. I hear the buzz of a needle and a sharp pain but it's definitely bearable. At one point she, I think accidentally, grinds into me and I groan hoping that I won't get into an uncomfortable situation if you catch my drift.
"You okay sugar", she asks although I can practically feel the sarcasm in her voice and I know she did it on purpose.
"Peachy", I say back. After two more hours she's finally done. Six takes a picture on her phone and hands it to me. It looks cool as fuck and completely bad ass.
She laughs and blushes. "You said that out loud again honey", she chuckles. She leaves the room and comes back a little later with a tube and a bandage.
"Okay so put this cream on once a day for two weeks and keep it wrapped for three. Don't sleep on your back for two days and if you need extra bandages I can give you some", she tells me. Get up she says and I hop off the table, Six gets the tube and puts the cream on my back then hands me one end of the bandage. She shows me where to hold it on my stomach and starts to wrap it around my torso. I love the feeling of her hands gliding around my skin, it feels all tingly where her hands touch my skin.
"I can take you home where do you live", she asks.
"I live on divergent lane apartment four", I tell her and she smirks.
"What", I ask defensively.
"Well, one your apartment number is your name and two I live in apartment 6 on level six and I'm guessing you live in apartment four on level four", she says. I shake my head and say, "level five". I smile I kind of like the thought of being so close to her. "If you don't mind staying a little longer I can take you home after I close the shop up", she asks while wringing her hands.
"I would love to but only if you can teach me to draw", I inquire. She nods furiously and grabs a sketch book from a nearby cabinet.
"Okay first just draw a picture and I can help you from there", Six tells me while she grabs her own sketch book and starts to draw too. I think of what to draw and I finally decide on our tree. I draw for about half an hour before I finally think I'm done. I hand her the drawing and watch as she scrunches up her face in that really cute and adorable way.
"Okay well you need to add more detail in the leaves and trunk and shade more but over all it's pretty good, I'm impressed", Six tells me and I can't help but feel proud that I impressed her.
"Sixy-pie", someone calls from the main room. Her head whips up and she runs into the other room dragging me along. There is a middle aged man about the same age as her mom but he is really tall probably taller or as tall as me and I'm around six foot two inches.
"Daddy",she yells and she throws her arms around his neck. "I thought that you were training the new soldiers in Florida", she asks from his shoulder her voice muffled by his t-shirt.
"They sent me home early, I'm training them here instead", he tells her as he throws her up in the air like a little kid but then again Six is like five foot and is really light. He sets her down and looks at me, Six seems to get the memo and says, "Oh right Daddy this is Four, I met him at the park the other day". I smile and wave sheepishly. Six's mom starts to talk to her and her dad leads me into the back room.
"Look", he says, "I can obviously tell that you got a thing for her and she's got a thing for you and I'm fine with you two dating but just know three things, one she can and will kick your ass if she feels the need, two I can and will kick your ass if I feel the need and three almost anyone who cares about her is well trained in the use of their weapon and is accurate at three hundred meters". I gulp and nod, he smiles and slaps me on the back thankfully missing my freshly tattooed skin. When Six sees me walking out of the back room with her dad she whines, "Dad you said you wouldn't do that anymore". He just shrugs and smiles. "C'mon Four I'll take you home", she says as she waves me over.
We walk to her truck and Six does that whole hop-up-climb-over-the-seat-thing to get in her truck which is pretty adorable. Before we leave the lot she turns the radio on and blasts a country-alternative music channel that I actually really like. We sing along to the radio the whole way home, her voice is amazing it's perfect just like her. Once we finally get to the apartment complex I get out first so that I can help Six get out, she seems thankful for my help.
Me being the gentleman that I am I walk her to her apartment.
"So Four remember don't sleep on your back and if you need anything I'm usually up till one in the morning and I usually wake up around ten to twelve", she says while leaning up against the door.
"Thank you for everything", I say gesturing to my back, "I had a really fun time today".
"You busy tomorrow", she asks. I pretend to think, making Six nervous and then say,"nah I'm free".
"How about we meet at the lobby round one tomorrow", she says looking beautiful leant against her door.
"Sounds good is there a dress code", I smirk as I say this.
"Casual, fun, like a teenager", she retorts.
"Well bye see you tomorrow", I say waving.
"See ya", she yells while going into her apartment. I practically skip down the hall, I get to see Six the next day and probably the next. Oh my god Four you are falling for her and hard too. I get into bed after watching a season of Psych, god I love that show. My dreams a full of a certain short blonde girl that his captured my attention and probably my heart.
I wake up around eleven and realize that I'm meeting Six at one today so I go take a shower then put on the tattoo cream and wrap my back up. I look at my closet and think of what to wear, god I sound like a freaking girl. Well, Six said to wear something casual so I pick out a pair of blue jeans and a regular black t-shirt. I look at the clock, it's almost twelve, so I go make breakfast which consists of two pancakes, a plate of bacon, and to be healthy an apple. I go brush my teeth and see that it's now twelve-thirty so I just get my phone and go on IFunny, that thing is my life. I go on Instagram too until that I see that it's twelve-fifty-nine, I do one last check over in the mirror and deem myself worthy. I make my way to the lobby and see Six waiting while throwing her keys up in the air. When she sees me she says,"Finally I thought you'd never come", with an exasperated sigh.
"Where are we going", I ask as I help her I to the front seat.
"I don't know you tell me", she says with a smirk.
"I don't know I've only been here for like two months", I tell her in a playful tone.
She smiles and suggests that we go to The Pit, a mall like thing.
We park in the parking lot and her smile gets even wider once we cross the doors.
"Let's play how long", she replies.
"What's that", I question.
"Okay so you be like really weird or picky or something like that and you see how long the employee lasts without yelling or freaking out", Six answers all in one breath. I chuckle but nod it actually sounds like a lot of fun.
"Imma go first", she whispers in my ear and she walks to the cafe. I stand behind her and try not to laugh at what she orders.
"Okay listen I want a small black coffee but it needs to be in a medium cup with ice but the ice needs to be at the bottom, you gettin this. So there needs to be whipped cream on top with rainbow sprinkles and chocolate sauce but there can't be any red or yellow or orange sprinkles and the chocolate sauce can't touch any of the sprinkles", Six says but I know she isn't done yet. I look at the poor worker trying really hard not to cry out in frustration. "Oh and the whipped cream needs to be sugar free, fat free, gluten free, and dairy free", she tells the barista.
"But miss, whipped cream is dairy", she tells Six.
"Well I don't think I fucking stuttered so find me some fucking dairy free whipped cream", Six tells the poor girl.
"Agh Jerry, I can't take this anymore. I quit", she yells as she rips off her apron and slams the door behind her. I look at Six who is bent over and red faced from laughing.
"Okay Four your turn, where you you want to go", she asks me. I look around The Pit and my eyes land on Jamba Juice. I point to it and she smiles.
"Hi can I have a large berry blast but it needs to be in two smalls and there can't be any berries or ice", I say. The guys at the counter nods but looks confused. When I finally get my order it's just mango juice.
"What is this", I say to the guy at the counter.
"It's what you ordered, sir", he says.
"No I ordered a berry blast in two small cups this is two mediums and it's just mango juice I asked for a berry blast without berries not mango juice and another thing there's no ice in here", I tell the guy at the counter while bringing my drink up to his face.
"B-but that's what you asked for", he whispers.
"Um hello these are medium cups", I say and his face contorts.
"Ugh", he yells as he bangs his head on the counter and Six comes up and fist bumps me.
"Hey I heard that there is a fair in town today wanna go", she asks.
"That sounds like fun, let's go", I say as I'm dragging her out the door. I hop into the drivers seat and see Six look at me skeptically.
"Please", I beg as I clasp my hands together. She rolls her eyes but tosses me her keys. When we finally get to the fair Six's eyes light up like a kid on Christmas. She runs all around the fair going on pretty much every roller coaster. The sun is setting when she looks towards the Ferris wheel. "Can we go", she asks giving me puppy dog eyes. I nod and she drags me towards the ride. I try to forget my fear, to ignore it but it won't be ignored. Six must notice because when we are almost at the top she asks,"Four are you okay, oh you're afraid of heights, why'd you agree to go on this in the first place then".
"I like seeing you happy and you seemed so excited", I tell her in between gasps. She comes over to my side of the cart and hugs me. "You didn't have to do that for me", she replies while running her fingers through my hair, I'm not going to lie it felt really good when she did that. I smile and look down at her where I'm met with her beautiful eyes. I start leaning as she sits up further, I pull her in to my lap and kiss her. It was so much different from any other kiss I've ever had before, it felt like there was electricity coursing through me. I pull away smiling and see Six smiling too.
"Can I take the smile as a good sign", I ask. She nods and laughs as she pulls my face down for another kiss. After we get off the Ferris wheel we walk to Six's car.
"You wanna go to our tree", I ask as I help her into the passenger seat. She nods and smiles. It doesn't take that long to get to the park so in five minutes we are sitting under the ginormous oak tree Six's head on my lap.
"What does this make us", she asks. "What do you want us to be", I retort. "Well if you want to take me out on a date I'm free tomorrow, cough hint cough hint hint cough", she says. "Okay Six I don't know your last name will you go on a date with me tomorrow", I ask while playing with her hair. "Hmmm let me think, yeah that sounds good", she tells me as she sits up. "You know what Six", I ask. "What my little number boy", she smirks. "I can now tell you when you look beautiful which is like every day", I say. She chuckles and grabs my face as she kisses me.
We get into the truck and drive to the complex (apartments). "So Four is there a dress code for tomorrow", she smirks as she repeats my words from yesterday. "Casual maybe stuff that can get dirty and you wouldn't care", I say. She leans against the door and does that sexy lip bite. I lean down to kiss her again which makes her smile and stand on her tippy-toes to reach me. We kiss for a long time probably a couple minutes because we both have swollen lips and messy hair. "Goodnight Four", she whispers in my ear which makes me shiver. "Goodnight Six", I say. "Wait what is your favorite show", she yells from the hall. "Psych, why", I ask. "Oh my god, same here. There's a marathon on now do you wanna watch it with me", she asks once I start to walk back. "Won't your parents care", I question. "Nah, they're on date nigh and usually don't get home till midnight or one", she tells me as she shrugs.
I walk into their apartment and I'm surprised it's huge almost as big as a house. She leads me over to the T.V. and it's amazing it's probably a one hundred and twenty inch plasma HD. "Close my little number boy it's one hundred and thirty inch", she says and smirks. I cringe and ask if I said that out loud she just nods and keeps her smirk firmly in place. She gets the remote and turns the volume up. Once she sits down she hands me a bowl of pop corn that is basically movie theater pop corn.
After about three episodes I notice Six on my shoulder dozing off and she looks too cute to move so I just let her lean against me. I don't know when but somehow I fall asleep and I'm hugging Six to me. I hear a door close which wakes me up a little but I'm not fully awake yet.
"Aww Bud they look so cute", a female voice says.
"No they don't, his hands are all over my daughter", a deep male voice says.
"Bud she's hugging him back and doesn't this remind you of something we used to do. Let them sleep and don't give the kid a heart attack when he wakes up. C'mon Buddy let's go to bed", the female voice says. I fall back asleep before the door closes again.
I wake up to sunlight streaming through the windows and it takes me a minute to realize where I am. Six starts to stir slowly waking up. She shoots up when she sees that I'm here but she seems to relax when she sees the blanket covering us.
"Well Four looks like you got my moms approval and possibly my dad's", she says the last part as a question and quirks her eyebrows. I smile and rub her back, she gives me a sleepy smile and snuggles into my chest. After a little bit her breathing becomes slow and even and I realize she fell back asleep. Six's mom comes out of her room and sees my predicament. She just chuckles and says, "You're screwed dude", and runs to the kitchen. I hear Six's mom start to cook and soon the overwhelming scent of bacon is floating throughout the room. I don't know how but Six suddenly wakes up and jumps over the edge of the couch. I follow her to the kitchen and see her staring at the bacon hungrily while twirling a butter knife in her eyes are a different color, more like a dark grey instead of their usual calm blue-grey. When Six sees me standing there she immediately stops twirling the knife and her eyes go back to their usual blue-gray state.
"I didn't hurt you did I", she asks looking scared. I shake my head and she seems relieved. I watch in amazement as her mom gives her a full plate of bacon, more than what I usually have. She sees me looking hungrily at it which makes her guard it with her hand and shake her head while giving me a death glare. Her mom laughs at Six and her mom hands me a plate of bacon the size of Six's.
"So", Six starts her voice and speech muffled by the mouthful of bacon, "how was date night last night".
"Good if you don't count the fact that your father almost murdered Four last night", her mom tells us while shaking the spatula at us. Six just grins sheepishly and shrugs. "Darling will you go get your father up he needs to go to the base later today", her mother, (just pretend for the sake of this story that Bud's last name is Wu)says and Six leaves the room. She comes over and sits next to me.
"Listen Four I do not know what your intentions are but you're the first guy Six has really opened up to. Hell, not even her cousins, her own blood will get to fall asleep next to her like you did. So I swear to God, Heaven, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph if you hurt her I will hurt you, got it cupcake", she says suddenly cheery. I nod the surprise I'm sure evident on my face. Six comes back into the room smiling but her smile fades when she sees my face.
"Mom why'd you threaten him. He looks more scared than Uriah after he and Marlene had that pregnancy scare", she tells Mrs. Wu with an exasperated sigh. Mrs. Wu just smiles and shrugs.
Soon we are both done with our plates of bacon and I tell Six that I'm going to get ready for our date and that I'll pick her up at one thirty since it's twelve thirty now, at this she smiles. She walks me out the door but before I can leave she tells me that she'll come down to my apartment to check on my tattoo. "Sure, that sounds good", I say back and walk to my apartment.
I take a shower and choose a pair of jeans and a black under armor shirt. I'm in the middle of an episode of Phsyc when I hear a knock on the door. I open the door to find Six and boy oh boy does she look hot, she's got a black leather jacket on with a tight black shirt and some ripped skinny jeans along with some combat boots. When I look at her face she's smirking. "Enjoying the view number boy", she asks. I can't say anything but I end up blushing. She pushes me inside and closes the door with her hip, which is incredibly hot. She pecks me on the cheek and closes my mouth as she says, "You're gonna catch flies darlin". I blush and just stand there dumbfounded at how nervous I am, I've only dated one other girl and the feelings I had for her aren't even a sixteenth of what I feel for Six.
"Okay number boy your shirt off", she snaps and points to my shirt.
"Are you asking me to undress,Six", I say putting my hand to my heart.
"Only partially", she blushes. I take off my shirt and have her inspect the tattoo. Her hands on my back make me shiver as she traces the tattoos with her finger. "You're healing up really quickly and my favorite one is the flames", she tells me while tracing it again. "What do they mean to you", she asks from behind me.
"What", I ask as I turn my head to look at her.
"You obviously didn't put this on your whole back just because you thought it was cool and you stared at the drawing for like five minutes so it definitely isn't just cool", she tells me putting air quotes around the word cool.
"The flames remind me to be brave, the helping hands to be selfless, the scale to be truthful, the eye to be smart and the tree to be kind, which I struggle with, well with everyone but you", I answer still in shock that I so willingly said that. She comes around to face me her eyes glossy with unshed tears. She lightly holds my face with her hands. "That is beautiful, you made something so ordinary, extraordinary". She sniffles. "Aww baby don't cry", I say while putting my hands on her waist. She gives me one of those laughs but it's one of those where you're slightly crying. I lean down and kiss her, it's a slow but passionate kiss. I lick her lips and she opens her mouth we fight for dominance for a while but eventually I win. I trace her mouth, exploring every inch of it. We pull away breathless and she smiles at me studying my eyes, I swear that she's looking into my soul.
"So how about that date, number boy", she whispers. I laugh and put my shirt back on as she goes to the mirror to fix her hair which is quite messy due to our 'little' kiss. I lead her to the garage and we go to my car which is a Ford F150 a model year newer than Six's and about ten inches taller. When she sees my truck she practically laughs out loud.
"How do you expect me to get into that", she asks while raising one eyebrow. I don't say anything but I open the door, I pick her up bridal style and put her in the passenger seat. Once I get in the truck I see Six staring at me with wide eyes.
"What", I ask.
"The truck but how wha-but but truck so tall", she says in disbelief, "how tall are you".
"Around six two", I tell her nonchalantly. She crosses her arm and grumbles about being so short. "You're perfect just the way you are, in fact I like girls who are shorter than me", I tell her in all truthfulness which reminds me of the scale on my back.
"You really mean it", she timidly asks.
I nod and say, "You're the one who tattooed the scale on my back, I will never lie to you". She smiles and grabs my free hand. I drive to the park and I see Six's confused face as we pass our tree. I get out of the car and go help Six get out of the truck. I lead her to a large bush and pull it aside which opens up to a path. We start to walk on the path and I take her to the waterfall I found when I was exploring. I go into the cave hidden by vines and pull out the picnic basket that I set up earlier this day. "Oh Four it's beautiful and I swear to god if you say 'just like you' I will slap you", she tells me her eyes fixed on the waterfall. I laugh for some reason this makes me fall even harder for her. I sit down in the grass and motion for her to come sit next to me. She lays down on the ground next to me her hair fanning out in a golden halo. She closes her eyes and gives a slight but noticeable smile after a little bit she says, "Hey Four wanna hear some egg puns I've heard I'm eggcellent (excellent) with them". I chuckle but say okay. "Okay okay what did one egg say to the other egg when he got pranked", she asks. "Umm I don't know what did he say", I tell her. "Looks like the yolks (joke's) on you", she answers cracking up.
"Ohh ohh wait I got another one okay what happened to the egg when the other egg told a funny yolk (joke) ", she asks me. I just shrug and put a confused look on my face. "He cracked up", she says barely being able to finish the sentence because she's laughing so hard, I join in with her. I look at the sky and see that the sun will start to set any minute now so I pull Six up and lead her to the big rock next to the waterfall. She leans her head on my shoulder and I lean my head on her, we fit like puzzle pieces, we fit perfectly. We sit in silence for a while just enjoying the view. The silence is suddenly broken by Six.
"Tris", she says. "What", I ask. "That's my name, well really it's Beatrice but I go by Tris", she says and I know it takes a lot of courage to tell people your real name when you're trying to run away from the past. "Only Tori and Bud know my real name and now you", she tells me as she looks into my eyes studying my soul. "I like it, it suits you", I state. "But please only call me that when we're alone", she asks. I pull her onto my lap, kiss her head, and say okay. The sun has set but I don't want the night to end. I want to ask her if she wants to come over and watch some Psych or a movie or something like that but I don't know how her parents will react. "Sure sugar, I don't think they'll care", she says and I'm confused. "I said that out loud didn't I", I ask happily due to the fact that thinking out loud has finally helped me. "Sure did sugar", she chuckles.
"I've been meaning to ask you where did you get that incredibly sexy southern accent, if you don't want to answer it you don't have to", I add quickly.
"Nah sugar it's all good. Okay so I was born in Texas but we moved to Georgia when I was four then we moved back to Texas when I was six and that's when my brother happened. My brother is three years older than me so he was always stronger. At first he would just threaten me but then he would punch me and the it escalated to slaps, kicks, and punches. When I was ten and he was thirteen he stated using the belt and the knife. It didn't stop until he was eighteen and came home a drunken, high mess. My parents were both forced to go into combat a couple months before and since my brother was a legal adult I was left with him. My mom was a nurse and my dad was a general, while they were both in the hospital it was bombed and they both died. My brother almost raped and killed me one night so I called the cops he got sentenced for abuse, and three D.U.I.s. They were about to put me in the foster system when they found Tori and Bud, my new parents and now I'm here with you loving life.", she completes her story with a shaky breath. I turn her around and see tears running down her face, I wipe them away with my thumb. I can see that she wants to cry so much more but doesn't want to at the same time. "You didn't have to tell me that if you didn't want to, you know that right",I tell her. "I know but I haven't told anyone the whole story and I needed to get it off my chest", she says, I just nod and pull her into a hug.
I pick her up bridal style off of the rock and carry her to the truck. "Can we watch a zomedy", she sniffles. "What's that", I ask. "It's a zombie comedy", she answers. "That sounds like a lot of fun", I tell her. By the time we get to the parking garage she isn't crying anymore but her eyes are still red and she's sniffling, I would've thought this wouldn't be as attractive as it is on Tris, god I love that name it's so her.
When I park the car and I open her door she sticks her hands out implying me to pick her up. I quirk my eyebrows and ask,"The whole way"? She nod and shakes her hands. I pick her up again and she holds onto my neck while snuggling into the crook of my shoulder. Once we get to the apartment I go onto Netflix looking for zomedies and she gets a call.
"Hey mom... I'm at Four's house...we are literally right below you...oh my god mom no I've only been on like one date with him...Ugh but mom...fine but I'm staying as long as I want...mom he won't do that and you and dad both threatened him so I doubt he would even think like that...he and dad need to like bond or something, really mom, yeah like dad would jump through hoops to do that...okay mom bye love ya too."
"Stay as long as you want, eh", I question while raising one eyebrow. "I figure that you like me enough to keep me around for a while", she smirks. I find one called Zombieland, it was pretty funny and kind of scary at the same time. After we finish Zombieland I find another one I forget what it's called but it's about six kids who are stuck in detention and the zombie apocalypse is happening so they have to survive. It's almost four a.m. by the time we finish the movie and I don't think her parents want me knocking on their door at four a.m. so I carry her to my bed and tuck her in. I kiss her on the forehead and I'm getting ready to go to the couch because it's one thing to sleep on a couch together but to sleep in the same bed that might freak her out. I already took my pants off because who likes to sleep with jeans on, am I right or am I right. Before I walk out the door I hear a weak 'Four' being called from the bed. "What's up Tris", I ask. "Will stay with me", Tris asks. I nod and go sit in the recliner next to the bed. "No silly with me in the bed, I trust you", she sleepily says. I gingerly climb into the bed not really touching Tris, I'm really hesitant because of what happened with her brother. She huffs and pulls me close. She grabs my arm and puts it around her waist and she snuggles into my chest.
I'm woken up by the sunlight streaming through the blinds, I look at the clock and see that it's almost one. I feel a weight on my chest and look down to see Tris's arm laying across my torso. I smile as I feel her snuggle deeper into my chest. I really should tell her my name but it makes me nervous only two well one I should say actually do.
"It's all good babe, tell me when you're ready", a sleepy voice that belongs to Tris says. I chuckle at this, she is so amazing, she doesn't pressure me to do anything. Having her as a girlfriend has really been a wake up call. "Do you wanna sleep for a little longer", I ask. She nods and pulls me tighter, implying that she wants me to stay with her. I think back to when I first came here and how I wanted to go back to California but since I've met Tris I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. There is a tune in my head from somewhere but I don't know what song it's called but I hum it anyway. "You vibrate when you hum", Tris tells me. I raise one eyebrow and say "I guess I do, don't I".
Hey guys so yeah I know I'm being a bitch not updating on so long but I've been working on this story. Oh well hope you guys liked it.
Toodles- Defying Nature xoxo