~Tris~
BEEP. I wake up to the sound of my text tone. I grab my phone and look who it is. It's Christina.
CHRISTINA: Hey Tris
ME: Chris, you woke me up…. It's 7 in the morning!
CHRISTINA: My party?
ME: Oh yeah….
CHRISTINA: You have 30 minutes.
ME: Ttyl
I turn off my phone and jump out of bed. Christina's birthday was yesterday so she is having a party today, it's Saturday. I run downstairs and eat a bowl of cereal really quick, then I run upstairs and jump in the shower. It is so warm and nice but I have to get out. I brush my teeth and get dressed, then, seeing as I have 10 minutes left until I need to be at her house, I do a 5 minute brush-n-braid type thing. Then I slip on some shoes and walk to her house which is 3 houses down the road from me.
"Hey girlfriend," Christina says as I walk into her house and slip off my shoes.
"Hey Chris. What do you need to do?"
"Well, I made a list while I was waiting for you. It's over here." She shows me a list of all the things that need to be done. I look it over.
"Ok, sounds good. I'll clean everything and you can do the decorations."
"Ok, I can help clean if you want, it's my house."
"It's fine," I say as her baby, Jimmy, starts crying.
"Christina," I say, "I was just wondering- you're 23 and you have a kid. Do you need a birthday party?"
"Of course! I can't just hang out with Will all the time now, can I?"
"WHAT?" calls Will, Christina's husband from upstairs. Christina continues as if she didn't notice anything.
"And Tris, you need to meet some boys! You've only been here 2 weeks. Get a boyfriend, y'know. You're 23!"
She has a point. I'm 23 and I haven't even dated someone yet.
"Ok, forget I asked," I say.
After the house was clean and the decorations were up, we got ready. Christina picked out some clothes for us and we did each other's makeup. I have to say, Christina did look pretty good, but then she told me-
"Wow, Tris! You look…. Stunning!"
"Thanks! You do too!" I reply as the doorbell rings.
"Oh, that must be the first guests! Can you get them while I finish up my hair?" Christina asks as I run downstairs.
I open the door and almost faint. Standing there is the most handsome man I've ever met. He has dark blue eyes, and a strong, well-built body. His smile- it melted my heart. I smiled at him.
"Hi," I start. "I'm-"
I get interrupted by Christina as she runs down the stairs.
"Hi! Welcome to my party! This is Tris, she's new in town." The handsome guy smiles at me, then I move out of the way so he can enter.
"Wow, Christina," he laughs, "This is quite the party!"
"I know!" Christina says. "And Tris did all of the cleaning and most of the decorations! Care for a drink?"
The handsome guy takes one, but I refuse. I don't drink.
As other guests arrive, the handsome man is lost from my view, but I find him by the drinks again.
"Hi," I say shakily. "I never got a proper introduction. I'm Tris Prior, and you are?"
"Four," he replies. Okkk…. That's a weird name and apparently he reads my face because he laughs.
"It's a nickname, Tris! No-one knows my real name." He smiles, and then I hear Christina on the microphone.
"Listen up everybody! We're gonna start dancing now!"
The DJ turns on some loud dancy music.
"No, no, no!" yells Christina. "DJ, slooow music!"
The music turns to old timey slowness.
Four winks at me.
"Care for a spin?" He holds out his hand. I smile and take it, and he whisks me away across the dance floor.