Tris POV
I walk to his house and see the door wide open.
"Uriah?" I call out.
The house is empty, like no one had ever lived there. I walk through the halls and check every room. They're all empty. I decide that he'll show up somewhere and start to walk to school alone. It isn't the same without him. Uriah, my boyfriend, my best friend, my other half, was nowhere to be found.
I go through the rest of the day without a moments peace. All i can do is think about where Uriah could be. His whole family was gone, not that he had much of one. He lived alone with his brother. But he was happy.
I raced home that day and told my parents what had happened. They called the police. We searched everywhere for months. "14-year-old Uriah Wilson and 15-year-old Zeke Wilson have both gone missing, please be on the look-out for these two teenage males." That was plastered on the front of every newspaper.
One year later
I still haven't totally gotten over Uriah and I was always looking for him, even though I knew I would probably never see him again.
I missed his laugh, his smile. I missed the way he'd kiss me after an argument. I missed his always happy additude, he hated being sad. I miss his hair, his eyes. I miss him.
I wander around the school aimlessly. I step into the gym and hear the sound of someone punching the punching bags. Hard. I walk over to the punching bags and see a guy. He looks about Zeke's age.
My heart quenches at the thought of Zeke. He and Uriah were so alike. You could tell they were brothers.
"Hello." I say evenly, trying not to startle him.
He stops punching and turns towards me. He runs his hand through his hair and looks up to meet my eyes.
"Hey." He says, sounding breathless.
"You're venting about something." I observe.
"Was it that obvious?" He asks.
I shrug. "I don't know about other people, but I could tell. So whats up?" I ask, leaning against the wall.
He sighs. "A year ago today my best friend disappeared."
My eyes widen. Zeke. I slide down the wall and my eyes fill with tears. I forgot about that. It's been a while year without them.
The guy notices and walks over to me.
"Whats wrong?" He asks, stooping next to me.
"Zeke." I squeak.
His face drops. "You knew him?" He asks, his voice catching at the end.
I nod. It would be too painful to mention that his brother was my boyfriend.
He sits next to me and puts an arm around my shoulders, trying to comfort me. I let the silent tears slip.
"Whats your name?" He asks.
"Beatrice, but you can call me Tris." I sniffle. I look at him asking the silent question.
"I'm Four but you can call me Tobias... Just not in public."
I nod, and somehow, deep inside, I find a smile.
He returns it and we start to talk. We talk about anything and everything except Zeke and Uriah. That would hurt too much.
He drives me home and walks me to my door.
"Well, it was nice to meet you Tris. You've definently lifted my spirits."
I smile again. I haven't smiled this much since I was with Uriah.
He turns to leave but I grab his hand.
"Wait." I say.
He turns back to face me again and I hug him. He's stiff for a moment before hugging me back.
"Thank you." I say. "For making me smile. It's been a while... Since I've done that."
We pull apart and he smiles at me. "Me too."
Present
He finally asked me out a month later and we've been going out ever since. Since meeting Tobias things for me have really tuned up. I think it's the same thing for him too. We've both made new friends.
I now have Christina, Marlene, and Lynn. He has Lauren, Will, and Shauna. It doesn't bother me that his best friends are girls. I'm not the jealous type.
I walk over to the table that seats mine and Tobias's friends, and sit next to Christina. She's talking a mile a minute until she sees me.
"Oh hey Tris did you hear we're going to have a new kid? He's coming tomorrow."
"Really? Whats his name?"
"We don't know yet. I hope he's hot though."
I giggle and nudge her. "Christina! What about Will?"
"Oh yeah. Sorry, hun."
Will rolls his eyes. Christina always talks about hot guys that aren't him. He doesn't like it but he's used to it.
Tobias sits next to us and gives me a quick peck on the lips.
"What are we talking about?" He asks.
"The new kid. There's suppose to be one in your grade too." Christina says.
"How do you find these thing out?" I ask.
She gives me an impish smile. "I have connections."
"You bribed the secretary didn't you?" I say one eyebrow raised.
Her smile drops. "Yeah..." She says shamefully.
"Why do you care about the teacher gossip anyways?" Tobias asks.
"I just do! Wouldn't you wanna know if Mrs. Hanks was having an affair with Coach Brian?"
I gasp. "Is that true?"
"Would I lie?" She asks.
I grin. "Nope. Oh my God that's awful! Does her husband know?"
"No!"
We talk about Mrs. Hanks for the rest of lunch. Math is the last class of the day and she teaches it. I stare at her the whole hour, wondering how she managed to get Coach Brian whose at least 20 years younger than her.
The bell rings and I walk home with Tobias. He walks me to my door. Like he does every day. Like I used to do with Uriah.
No! Stop it! He's gone and you'll never see him again! Just get over yourself. You have Tobias now. And you love him.
I turn to Tobias and kiss him. I do love him. He's my new other half. No, he's my life. I don't think I could live without him.
We stand at my door for a few minutes, kissing. We finally pull apart when Caleb opens the door and clears his throat.
"So do you want to go out tonight?" Tobias asks ignoring Caleb's presence.
I beam. "Of course. Where did you want to go?"
"Somewhere fancy so we have to dress nice. I'll pick you up at seven?" He asks.
"Sure. See you then." I say and walk past Caleb into the living room. For once Caleb doesn't lecture me on PDA. He hates it.
I sit on the couch and do my homework until six. I go upstairs and get dressed in a fancy pink dress that I wore to my aunts cousin a year ago. I put some makeup on. I started wearing makeup a few months ago. Tobias says I don't need it, but I like it.
The doorbell rings and I go to answer it but Caleb beats me to it. He lets Tobias in and stares at us the whole time. He doesn't let us leave his sight.
Tobias sees me and grins. He holds out a bouquet of flowers and bows dramatically.
"For you."
I laugh and take the flowers to the kitchen I put them in water and walk back into the living room.
Tobias stands when he sees me.
"Shall we go?" He says linking his arm in mine.
"We shall." I say in an snobbish accent.
We strut dramatically out the door.
When we close the door we both stop and laugh hysterically.
"You should have seen Caleb's face!" Tobiad says. Then he imitates Cakebs face and I laugh even harder.
We both stop laughing eventually and walk to his car.
At the restaurant we eat and tell jokes.
"So whats the big occasion? Why the fancy restaurant?" I ask finally letting curiosity get the best of me.
"I thought this would be a nice way to ask if you wanted to be my date." He says.
"Date to what?"
"My dads having some stupid business party and I have to go. His business friends kids are coming too so some people we now might be there."
"Ah, I get it. You wanted to butter me up?"
"Yep."
"Well. It worked. When's the party?"
"Thursday."
"What?! That's in two days! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
He smiles. "You scare me!" He blurts playfully.
"Shut up! I do not scare you."
We had a huge debate in whether I'm intimidating or not until it was late. He drove me home and walked me to my door.
"So I'll see you tomorrow?" He asks.
"Yes."
We share a kiss.
"I love you." He says.
"I love you, too. See you tomorrow Tobias."
He smiles and walks back to his car.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"Omigawd here he comes!" Christina says, looking towards the back of the classroom.
"Who? The new kid?"
"Yes!"
I slowly turn around, uninterested, and see the new guy sitting behind me.
"Why, hello there, Tris. I haven't seen you in a while."
My eyes widen. "Uriah?" I ask unsure. But I know it's him. The only things that's changed about him is his voice and his height, but that's normal.
"Miss me?" He asks grinning. Miss him? What?! He leaves for TWO years and that's what he opens with?!
I'm so infuriated that I grab my bag and walk out of the door. He follows me as expected.
When I reach the door I turn around.
"Don't follow me, I swear to god Uriah I'm not kidding." I say with venom and then shut the door in his face.
Uriah's POV
Wow. I thought Tris would be excited to see me but once again, I was dead wrong. Of course she's mad at me. I'm such an idiot, that was a stupid thing to say. Miss me? I can still hear the obnoxious tone in my voice.
I decide to leave her alone and walk back to the desk I was sitting at before. The girl who was sitting next to Tris turns around.
"What just happened?" she asks.
I sigh. "Tris will probably tell you later."
"She better. Who are you anyways?"
"I'm sure Tris has talked about me. Uriah ring a bell?"
Her eyebrows furrow. "Nope. Never heard of you."
I sigh again. "That's that doesn't really surprise me I guess."
"Wh-"
"Good morning everybody. I'd like to introduce a new student. Please make- whats your name again dear?" She asks me.
I stand up. "I'm Uriah Wilson."