Tris's POV
We're at the pool when I feel a shove. I fall into the pool and immediately resurface. I look up to see everyone laughing and Christina smirking. Ah, now I know who did it. I get out of the pool and hugh her. She squeals as I lift her up and throw her into the pool. She comes up looking really pissed off. I guess she wore waterproof makeup too cause I don't see any mascara running down her face. Eventually, we all jump into the pool. I decide to go to the diving board. I jump off and do 1...2...3...4...5...6 summersaults before splashing in the pool. Not my best but I'm a little rusty. I see everyone looking at me in awe.
"Damn Tris, is there anything you can't do?" Lauren asks. I just laugh and go underwater. We spend about an hour in the pool and then go to the hot tub. It's really relaxing. Everyone wants to play Never Have I so I get vodka and shot glasses. Harry looks at what I'm holding and just laughs and shakes his head then goes back to his room. I run up stairs and fill up everyone's glasses. Uriah starts.
"Never have I...been to a different country." Christina, Four, Marlene, and I take a shot.
"Never have I...had a tattoo." Marlene says. Four, Uriah, Lauren and I take shots.
"Just curious, what tattoos do you have and how many?" Will asks.
"1 and it's a snake behind my ear," Uriah turns his head so we can see.
"2. I have a rainbow butterfly above my butt and some vines around my ankle," Lauren says. Four just turns around so we can see. There's flames covering his entire back and some words on his shoulder I can't see.
"Uh well. I have a purple infinity inside a red heart on my right hip, 3 ravens in flight on my collar bone, shaking hands in a circle on my left arm, flames in a circle on my right arm, and the words "I am selfish, I am brave" on my right shoulder. So 5 tattoos so far." I say.
"Never have I...had sushi." Lauren says. We all take shots.
"Never have I...gotten so drunk I woke up and couldn't remember what happened the day before." Shauna says. Uriah and Zeke take shots. Of course. Wild Pedrads...
"Never have I thrown a lame party." Zeke says. No one takes a shot.
"Never have I had a brother." Christina says. I take a shot along with Uriah, Shauna, and Zeke.
"Never have I failed a test." Will says. Everyone takes a shot except me.
"Never Have I been in love." Four admits. Doesn't he have a girlfriend? She must be so awesome then. We all take shots except Lauren.
"Never have I sang a Justin Bieber song...that dude is crazy." I say. Shauna takes a shot and we look at her weirdly.
All she has to say is, "dare" and we all understand. We decide to stop playing because we have school tomorrow. I ask them if they want to sleepover and they all go home to get their stuff. It's 5:30 p.m. and they should be back by 6:00 p.m. so I order a pizza. I change into my Victoria Secrets pjs. The top is a grey cotton cami with the Victoria secret signature in gold and the bottoms are grey cotton short shorts. I pull my hair up into a messy bun, letting a few strands stray. I get my fuzzy black slippers and slip them on. I make some popcorn and get out some drinks. Sprite, Root Beer, Orange Soda, and lemonade. I hear the doorbell ring so I go out to the gate with $100.
"Hi, are you Tris Prior?" the pizza guy asks.
"Yup."
"You ordered a cheese, pepperoni, and combo, right?"
"Uh huh."
He hands me the pizzas and I give him the $100. He says he doesn't have change and I tell him to just keep it. I go back inside and set up the pizzas. Next is the junk food. Chips, gummy worms, skittles, m&ms, starbursts, chocolate frosting, and buttercream frosting. I hear the doorbell ring again. Right on time.
Four's POV
We arrive at Tris's house at the same time. Lauren couldn't come because she's visiting her sick uncle tonight. We go to the gate and ring the doorbell. She comes out in a small grey top with some gold writing, some grey short shorts, and fuzzy black slippers. She looks good.
"Hi guys! I just finished up setting up the food." She says as she opens the gate. We go inside and see bowls of food and some pizzas. We all start to eat when Tris takes a slice of cheese pizza and puts some frosting on it. What? That's disgusting! I see everyone else with the same reaction as me.
"What?" She asks. We all stare at her in disbelief as she takes a bite.
"That is so gross!" Shauna says.
"Wait, how do you say so skinny if you eat stuff like that?" Marlene asks.
"I do some sports." Tris says.
"Do you cheerlead?" Christina asks.
"I was head cheerleader at my old school. I was also on the swimming team and I did cross-country running. I liked gymnastics and playing basketball and softball but I never tried out. I also go to the gym every other day." Tris says.
"So you were a jock?" Uriah asks.
"I guess." She says sheepishly.
"You trying out for anything this year?" Zeke asks.
"Cheerleading and track." Tris says.
"I have to warn you, the head cheerleader last year was a bitch." Christina says. Ha ha, Nita was head cheerleader last year. Yeah, my girlfriend is an annoying bitch. I only agreed to go out with her because she wouldn't stop asking me. I caved and figured since she was a cheerleader and I was a football player...
"So there's a new head cheerleader every year?" Tris asks.
"Yeah. The staff thinks it's only fair." Marlene says.
"At my old school there was one head cheerleader until she graduated or something happened." Tris says.
"Yeah well, not here." Shauna says. "Head cheerleader also picks a co-captin."
"Cool." Tris says. "Do you guys wanna take the food upstairs to Percy's floor and watch some movies?"
We decided to watch Hunger Games:Catching Fire, Percy Jackson & The Sea of Monsters, We're The Millers, Blended, and Ted. The guys chose We're The Millers and Ted while the girls chose Catching Fire and Percy Jackson. We all agreed on Blended. There's 3 love seats, 2 couches, and 3 massage chairs for seating. Uriah and Zeke run to the massage chairs while Will and Christina take a love seat. Marlene and Shauna lay down on the couches and Tris sits down a love seat. Her legs are sprawled out and covered with a black blanket. She looks so cute. Wait...what? I just met this girl and I have a girlfriend! I lay down on a love seat and we watch the movies.
The girls fell asleep after we watched Catching Fire, Percy Jackson, We're The Millers, and Blended. The guys and I are watching Ted now. I see Christina's head on Will's shoulder, cuddling up next to him. I can't help thinking, I wish that was me and Tris. I'll break up with Nita tomorrow. I look over at Tris and see her with her feet hanging of the arm of the love seat and one hand drooped over the side of the seat. Her lips are slightly parted and see her chest moving up and down. She's adorable!
All the guys have fallen asleep except Zeke and me. Zeke went out to get some fresh air so I went over to Tris. I lift her arm up and put it back up. She turns over and snuggles against the leather. Her blanket fell to the floor so I pick it up and cover her because she has goosebumps. I gently press my lips to her forehead and stroke her hair. She's looks beautiful in this light. I hear somone cler their throat behind me.
Shit. I turn around to find Zeke wiggling his eyebrows.
"You're whipped dude," he says while smirking. "And you have a girlfriend."
"I'm breaking up with her and I don't like Tris."
"I see the difference."
"What do you mean?"
"The way you look at Nita is the way you look at Peter. With annoyance minus the hatred part. You look at Tris the way I look at Shauna. The way Uriah looks at Marlene. How Will looks at Christina. You look at her the way my mom looked at my dad before he died."
"I just met her today. I don't love her, I can't."
"Ever heard of love at first sight?" Silence. "Think about it."
The next day we are ushered out of the house at 6:30 a.m. after breakfast because Christina chose Tris as her new Barbie doll. Haha. Last year it was Marlene, the year before that was Shauna. The first year she did it on Lauren because Lynn said, and I quote, "touch me and I will freaking break your god damn plastic nails and burn all your clothes to ashes." Yeah.
Tris's POV
Ugh! WHY ME?! I do NOT want to be someone's personal doll. But Christina is so persistent that I finally caved. I have all the right things for being "girly" but I never used them. Christina shoves a small yellow sundress in my hands and demands I put it on. I recognize it as my Vintage 1950's PAT PREMO California Sunny Yellow Sun Dress/Day Dress. I slip it on and Christina does my makeup. After an hour of torture, she finally let me look in the mirror. I actually look...pretty. I could never be beautiful myself but Christina made me look...pretty. I have lavender eyeshadow and black eyeliner. My lips are bright red with glitter gloss. My cheeks are rosy so if I bush you wouldn't be able to tell. My yellow beach wedges mach the dress perfectly. My hair is curled and up in a ponytail with a red bow.
"Thank you so much Christina!" I squeal and hug Christina.
"Okay now let's go show off my master piece!" She drags me out the door and we head to school.
I'm at my locker with Christina when I hear some cat calls. I roll my eyes and shove my books in my locker. I grab the books I need for my next class and turn around to see everyone standing there looking at me. I silently look at Christina for help but she just smiles and says, "hey guys. Do you like Tris's new look?"
The guys wolf whistle while the girls squeal. I roll my eyes and head to my next class.
The rest of the day goes by uneventfully until a go into the cafeteria. It's silent except for 2 people in the middle. Four and Nita. What's going on? Four is covered in...milk? What the hell?
"I cannot believe you!" Nita screams. "How dare you break up with me?!"
"Nita, you're making a scene." Four says calmly.
"I've never been dumped!"
"Yeah, well, now you have. Look, you're a pretty girl but we just don't have chemistry."
"Yes we do! This is just a phase and you will be my boyfriend!"
"No Nita, I won't."
Nita lets out a frustrated scream and storms out of the cafeteria, bumping shoulders with me. She looks at me and scowls. She glares at me and throws a sloppy punch at me. I catch her wrist and she tries punching me again but I catch her other wrist. I let go when I think she's calmed down and she bitch slaps me. I hold me cheek and look at her. There's fire in her eyes and not determination...anger. I flip her over and pin her arm to her back.
"What's your problem with me?" I ask.
"You. This is your fault. He broke up with me because of you!"
"I don't know what world you're in but this is reality. He's him and I'm me."
"While I can agree with you on that, think about it. We've been dating for 7 months and then you come along and we break up!"
"Look, it isn't my fault you may or may not be a bitch. Don't try to fight me, it'd be useless."
I get up and watch her storm out of the cafeteria and sit down with my friends. We continue like none of it happened and talk until the bell rings. I don't know why Nita would think their break up was because of me. I remember that tryouts for cheerleading are today. Now I have something to look forward to. Yay.
Tori is the coach for cheerleading so if I make it on the team, this is going to be fun. We change into sports bras and short shorts then come back out. She asks for someone to go first and my hand shoots up immediately. She tells me to step forward and I do as what she said. I can see football tryouts going on across the fields and see number 4 looking at me. The music starts and I start off with a cartwheel then a round off and a back handspring. Then I do a standing back tuck and a punch front. I do a layout and an ariel. Then a back flip twist, a front handspring, a full, another ariel, a double full, and finish off with a roundoff back flip twist. When I finish I see the girls and Tori clapping, except for Nita and Molly, and the football team looking at me in amazement.
"Okay girls! Listen up! I'm posting who got on the team up on the bulletin board! Congratulations for those who made it." Tori says. She puts a piece of paper up and we all swarm around it. Fingers crossed!
Varsity:
Christina Kravitz
Shauna Smith
Marlene Andrews
Lauren Anderson
Varsity Captain:Tris Prior
JV:
Juanita Gomez
Molly Hayes
Cara Williams
JV Captain:Kate Winslet
Yay! I made varsity captain and I'm with all my friends. Too bad JV is full of bitches. Cara is Will's sister but I have to say she's horrible. She disses Abnegation way too often. My parents were Abnegation! She's no better either, she and Kate are Erudite. Christina and the girls come over to my house for a celebration sleepover. It's going to be a long night.