After gym, I hosed off by the side of the school with Lynn and Shauna.
They smile at me weirdly for a few minutes then steal glances at each other.
"Oh my god! What?!" I finally yell, exasperated.
"Oh nothing." Shauna smiles. "So, Four?" She giggles.
I look down and hide a smile. "What about him?" I ask after I compose myself.
"Don't play dumb, Tris." Lynn scowls jokingly. "Four doesn't just throw anyone into the mud."
"Yeah... Are you two..." Shauna smirks.
"NO! He hates me, he almost ran over me with his car! I don't like him." I say a little too quickly.
"Yep, okay..." Lynn snorts.
I decide to just walk home in my wet clothes.
I grab my backpack from my locker quickly. As I am about to leave, Christina comes bounding at me out of no where.
"Tris! I heard what happened in gym today!" She giggles. "So... Mr. Four..." She jokes.
"Everyone seriously needs to shut up about that." I groan and laugh half heartedly.
"Sorry Tris, but his actions don't lie. Can I have your cell number?" She asked.
"Oh yeah sure!" I beam as I scrawl it down on paper.
"Thanks! Later Tris!" She runs off and I smile.
"Since you're giving out numbers..." A low voice from behind me whispered.
I turn around and see the same dark blue eyes from before.
"Hello." I smile softly. "Would you like my number, Four?"
"Yes, I actually would enjoy that." He smirks.
I scrawl down random numbers quickly.
"So, (567) 873 6532?" He reads it back.
"That's not what I wrote down..." I say slowly.
"Fake number. Oldest trick in the book." He smiles.
"If you really want my number..." I pause. "Catch me!" I sprint out the double doors with Four hot on my heels. I tear down the stairs shrieking with laughter. I turn the corner after the steps and run behind a tree. I stop for a few seconds, catching my breath.
"Hello Beatrice." He says from behind me.
"Wait... How did you-" I ask bewildered.
He just smiles as he taps my arm.
"I believe I caught you." He laughs.
I sigh and write down my number for real on his arm.
"Thank you Beatrice."
"Don't call me that!" I hiss.
"Or what? Are you going to try to hit me?"
I lunge at him but he doesn't flinch.
"You aren't intimidating Beatrice." He says smugly.
I sigh and cross my arms. I open my mouth to say more, but a car horn blares.
"FOUR, STOP ASSOCIATING WITH THE ENEMY AND GET IN THE CAR!" Zeke yells.
"You heard the man." Four chuckles. "See you, Bea-"
"Don't call me that!" I screech.
Four shakes his head and trots off. As he gets into the car, Zeke and Uriah nudge him and laugh at him. He blushes and swats them away and they drive off.
I smile to myself and slowly start to walk to my house.
"Who was that?"
Caleb.
"Oh, no one."
"Didn't sound like no one, little sis."
"Shut up Caleb." I push his chest.
"What's his name?" He presses for more information.
"Four." I answer dully.
He snorts "What, like the number?"
"Exactly." I smile triumphantly.
A girl with blonde hair runs up to us quickly. I jump a little at her sudden presence.
"Oh, hey Susan." Caleb greets brightly.
"Hi, um I wanted to ask, um would you want to study over at my house later?" She stutters nervously.
Caleb smiles. "Sure."
"Okay, great. Uh, see you later." She runs off again.
"So," I say after a while. "Who was that?"
"Oh, no one."
"Didn't sound like no one, Big bro."
"Shut up, Tris." He laughs as we walk up into our driveway.
A car drives past us and slows down to turn into the driveway next door.
I've seen that car before.
That is Four's car.
