Chapter 2 – Four's POV
I walk with Zeke to the cafeteria and he guides me over to a table with lots of people on it already.
"Guys, this is Four. Four this is Chris, Will, Marlene, Shauna, Lynn, Eric, Peter, Cara, Lauren, Robert, my bro Uriah and Tris" My eyes lay on the last girl. She has golden brown hair, sky blue eyes, and looks very athletic. I realize I'm staring so I glance away, feeling my cheeks grow hot. I get a glimpse of her smiling and a guy, Uriah, wraps his arm around her shoulders. Of course she has a boyfriend. Why wouldn't she? And for a second I thought I liked her. Wait, I still do. Ugh, my life is messed up!
"Four, like the number?" she asks
"Oh um yeah. It's a nickname, I don't like telling people my actual name." I mutter
"Oh okay. Cool, hope you enjoy it here at Divergent High" Tris smiles. "I'll show you around if you want. Can I see your schedule?" she asks
"Uh, sure" I hand it over to her and notice that she has a tattoo on her back, I only see a bit of it peering out of her shoulder
"Well, we have Art, Science, Math and Gym together. I'll show you down to Art and Gym if you want" she offers
"Um, sure. I'd like that" I say
"Okay, we better get going then. Bye Uri!" she says giving him a peck on the cheek. He glares daggers at me as she pulls me down the hallway.
"What's up with your boyfriend?" I ask
"Hmm? Oh Uri? Yeah, we've been growing apart lately, well he's still my boyfriend of course." She sighs playing with the pendent around her neck. It's a heart with a pink diamond in the point where the two curves join.
"What do you mean? Well, if I were your boyfriend, I would treat you as a queen; I mean your nice, pretty and- " I cut myself off embarrassed.
"Thanks Four. Nobody's ever said that to me. Not even Uriah." She says as I see her cheeks grow red. She's cute when she blushes. Finally we walk into Art. She sits in the back and pats the seat next to her, beckoning me to sit there. We start class and the teacher says, "Okay class! We will be starting a project in art and I have already assigned your groups." The class groans
"The groups are Will and Christina, Peter and Cara, Zeke and Shauna, Four and Tris-" and I zone out after she reads my name. Can this day get any better?
"Sooo, Four. What do you want to do? I was thinking we could draw something representative." she says
"Yeah how about honesty, peaceful, selfless, brave and intelligent?" I offered.
"Wow Four, that sounds really good" she says as she pulls out her sketch book. She flips through all of the pages and I see page after page of amazing drawings. I set my eyes one with three ravens flying in the sky. "Hold up, go back a couple of pages" I say and she flips back to the page. "Now, THAT is art." I say. She blushes and turns to a new page, murmuring thanks.
"I was thinking that brave could be flames? I don't know why but I think that's good because bravery is like a fire, I guess" I suggested.
"Okay. Wait class is gonna end soon. Here's my number and my address. Do you think you can come over tonight and we could continue? I think the drawings are due at the end of class Friday." she handed me a paper with her number on it. I handed her my address and walked out. I can't wait till tonight!