A/N: Sorry it took so long! I hope you all like this chapter, I will try to be more frequent in updating! All Veronica Roth btw not me! - thank you for the reviews! They're amazing and reading them has given me inspiration to continue, so don't stop!
The next day was fairly awkward, Zeke and I had agreed not to tell everybody about our relationship for a few days so we had a little bit of time to adapt to it ourselves. After he left me the previous night I had a lot of time to think about things and I realised everything between us was perfect as it was, but we both just wanted more. That, however, didn't mean that we wanted to risk our friendship for it. We would still be the same old Tris and Zeke that everybody thought were the two best friends… just with a little more contributions to the 'best' part.
School went normal, all up until the last double period when Lauren had to mention something about my new tattoo when we were getting changed. The second I peeled my shirt off, her eyes were focused on my collarbone like a hawk. "Nice tattoo Tris!" She complimented, her eyes glowing with something behind them. I smiled as I thanked her for her comment and turned to put some more of my belongings in my locker. A few seconds later she spoke up again. "It looks familiar!" Hurriedly, I looked over at Christina who was watching the conversation between Lauren and I grow. Neither of them knew what the tattoo meant which made it considerably hard for me to explain. "Zeke has one just like it!"
Her bright eyes sparkled at the brand new revelation and when I slowly looked over at her, she looked pleased with herself. But the only thing on my mind is how he knew about Zeke's tattoo, rather than whether she had put two and two together and discovered a little more about our friendship. "No way!" I gasped, feigning shock in hope she would believe that I had no idea we had the same tattoo. "It's such a coincidence!" I laughed, shaking my head in fake disbelief. Lauren nodded her head, her eyes wide and then she laughed a loud laugh.
"You have the same tattoo in the same part of your body!" After catching her breath she wiped away the tears from under her eyes and continued her comment. "I bet you got it done in the same place too!" I nodded my head and chewed my lip, she was right after all. Yet she wasn't aware that those were Zeke's intentions. Sparing a glance at my best friend Christina, I knew to expect some sort of drama. Nothing got past Christina and while Lauren had basically put the pieces together, Chris most likely saw the finishing piece and had realised what Lauren didn't.
As soon as my dark-eyed friend noticed my attention on her, she jumped up and dragged me out of the changing room, claiming she needed to talk to me about something super important that couldn't wait. Which basically meant I should have told her sooner rather than later because now she's super mad but she wants all the information she can get. "When did it start?" She questioned, raising a perfectly plucked eyebrow in my direction. The grilling had already begun. I rolled my eyes before she got another question in and stepped back out of her hold. Our PE teacher was walking past with a few others from our class so I decided to tag along to the end of the crowd. We were heading towards the track field, something Christina and I both loved.
"We only made it official last night." I confessed, whispering the answer beneath my breath so people around didn't start getting suspicious and ask questions about who I made what official with. Christina's eyes widened and I knew she had forgiven me for not revealing the truth to her earlier. Instead she uncomfortably latched herself to my side of the body until her attention was attracted elsewhere. When I looked over to what she was staring at, I noticed her hobbling boyfriend making his way towards us with his clutches beneath his armpits. Zeke had tagged along and was smiling widely in our direction, although I hoped it was aimed mostly at me.
Before I had to say anything to Christina, she headed off to greet her boyfriend subsequently kicking Zeke out of her way.
"Hey baby girl!" Zeke whistled, laughing as he did so. If it weren't for the closeness of our friendship before we got together, his actions now would have raised a lot of eyebrows. Instead, people expected this behaviour off him and I couldn't blame them either, most of me expected it to. Although there was a significant part that wanted it more than anything.
As we got to the track part of our amazing campus, the teacher stopped and I leant against Zeke. "Lauren knows about our tattoos. Christina actually realised what those meant… anything happened on your end of the friend spectrum?" I asked, hoping Zeke wouldn't get angry at Christina's knowledge of our relationship. He inhaled sharply but when I looked up, he was grinning sheepishly at me. "Uriah?" I questioned, automatically reading the guilty look spread across my boyfriend's face. With a slight nod of his head I shrugged my shoulders and the subject was dropped. I couldn't exactly blame Zeke for anything, especially when I didn't mind if people found out. At the end of the day, Uriah was Zeke's twin brother. It was stupid for us to think he wouldn't have realised something was different. As for Christina, she basically acted like my twin sister, it wasn't a surprise she found out as quickly as she did.
A few more students crowded around us, chattering loudly while our PE teacher organised his lesson and spoke to Will about what he could do and whether he would mind taking part in the lesson as his assistant. Will wasn't that interested in sports anyway, so a broken leg was probably a God send to him. Much like being next to Zeke was a God send for me in this moment in time. "Hey babe," Zeke whispered in my ear as Lauren walked by. I paused, waiting for him to continue. "How about you and me go on a date tonight?" He suggested.
I turned around and looked at him in his deep brown eyes. They were so pretty and full of a lot of emotions. Sometimes I could see the pain he had went through when he lost his dad and it always made me feel bad for him, but Zeke didn't like that. Instead, he felt better when people admired him for how strong he was to go through that and still be here today fighting. I mean, I was grateful for that! Without Zeke, I don't know who I would be. So that made my answer easier than ever, because he was my boyfriend for a reason and if he wanted to take me out. He could.
"Sure."
