Tris POV

It looked as if he was going to say something then I hear Chris calling my name...really Chris? Just perfect timing! I give Four an apologetic look and trudge over to Chris. She pulls me in close, "OHMYGOD, your talking to the 'new hottie' guy!" "Well I was until you interrupted me!" I whisper-yell back. "Ooohh, has little Miss Trissy got a crush on the newbie?" I quickly hush her, "Chris! I do not, I just want to get to know him!" "Suuure you do...I saw you two staring at each other when we first walked in! You can't lie to me Tris, remember I was once a candor, plus he totally likes you too!" I quickly consider her point but brush the ridiculous hope away. "I don't even know him at all! I was about to get to know him until you interrupted, so if you don't mind," with that I spin on my heel and make my way back to Four. Just as I sit back down, the bell goes and homeroom's over. Just to make matter's better (note the sarcasm) I have Mrs. Matthews first and she's super strict so I have to be really early. I quickly explain that I have to leave and rush off towards the science rooms.

Once I make it to the room, I notice I'm nearly the last one there, so there are only two spots left. When I sit down, a guy who I vaguely recognise sits down next to me, a little too close for comfort. He looks over at me, "Hey Tris!" "Uhh hi…?" I couldn't remember his name and I kind of felt guilty because he clearly knew who I was. "I'm Al, if you don't remember," "Oh, yeah I remember you haha," even though I have no idea who he is still. He just awkwardly laughs along though. He tries to make small talk then, "so, how was your summer?" "Alright I guess, what about you?" I'm trying to be polite but I don't really want to talk to him or get a detention on the first day back. After my brief answers, he eventually gives up and just looks down at his book. I feel a little bad but I need to actually pay attention. The next hour flies by and I head off to maths.

On my way there I see Four spinning around looking confused so I use this as a perfect opportunity. "Need help?" He jumps a little but hands over his schedule after lightly blushing. I see he also has maths and tell him to follow me, attempting to hide my excitement. I know I have Johanna for maths so I decide to take my time and get to know him a little since Christina interrupted before. "So what school did you transfer from?" (I know, pathetic conversation starter but I'm an awkward person) "A boarding school, Blackthorne, you know it?" "Nah never heard of it…" He's just staring at me, making me feel a little uncomfortable and I'm glad we reach the classroom then.

Four POV

After she doesn't say anything else, I realise I've been staring at her for way too long, quickly looking away and very relieved when I see he turn into the classroom. She takes a seat near the back of the class, unsure if I should sit next to her I just walk slowly, looking around. The teacher then tells me to take a seat quickly. I don't want anyone staring at me so I just decide to sit next to her. She smiles at me so I don't think I creeped her out too much. She's watching me, but I will myself not to look at her again, so I just stare at my books. Once the teacher starts talking I just zone out, not even trying to pay attention because I already did this maths last year. I have no idea why Marcus is forcing me to do it again but I don't mind because Tris is in this class. I feel someone kick my leg, I look up to see Tris pointing to something. I look down and see a scrunched up note on my desk. Guessing it's from her I unwrap it, finding a perfectly written note "Are you sitting with us at lunch?" I look up and shrug, not knowing I was invited, or was this an invite…?" She just giggles and nods. Shit, I must've said that out-loud. The period flies by, the warning bell goes and she just nods her head signalling for me to follow her.

We dump our books in our lockers, making our way to the lunch room I'm guessing. It's packed so we squeeze through the crowd making a bee-line for the back table. It's full of all the people in our homeroom, plus a couple of others. Zeke yells for me to sit next to him. I have a feeling I'm going to be close friends with this guy. The entire table is full of food, Zeke just laughs at my face and says "whatever you see you can eat." I reach for a sandwich and try to avoid attracting the attention to me. I look around to find Tris, realising she is sitting directly across from me. We make eye contact but she pulls away pretending to listen to Christina. I then look away, listening to the number of conversations around the table. Lunch passes uneventfully and everyone makes their way to their next class.

Tris POV

I get excited now, knowing the next two periods for me is P&E, protection and enforcement. This also includes all the senior dauntless students, meaning my entire group. We all get changed into the uniform, which I hate because it consists of little booty shorts. When I walk out of the girls change rooms, I catch a glimpse of four changing as the door opens briefly, furiously blushing I rush off to the gym. When I get there, I see the wrestling mats set up and smile to myself making my way to the targets. There's a couple of guys warming up but while I wait for everyone to get here, I decide to practice my knife throwing. After about 5 minutes has passed I feel like there is someone behind me. I spin on my heel and see the majority of the class there, not even hearing them come in. Everyone looks casual except four, who is again staring at me. I'm starting to realise a pattern with this guy.

Tori walks in, so I quickly pack up everything and make my way over to my friends. Christina leans over to me, "he was staring you know." I blush and just shake my head to avoid her making any more comments. Tori starts explaining what we are doing today. "Most of you probably already guessed, today we are sparing! And to make it a little interesting it's going to be girls vs. boys." The boys start high-fiving, the girls simply smirking at each other knowing the boys underestimate us. We don't usually fight each other but since we're seniors now, we can learn 'new things' according to Tori.

She gets us to go into height order, and of course I'm the shortest. She then says we'll be fighting the person on the opposite end, I follow the boys line seeing it's that guy again, Al. I sigh to myself as he grins widely at me. The fights begin, which are pretty even so far. Christina is fighting a guy named Will, winking at me as she makes her way to the ring. He has no muscle and Chris is surprisingly strong, so obviously she wins. The girls standing next to me, Lauren, has shorts as tight as bike shorts and her top is pretty much cropped above her belly button. Guys love her. She makes her way to the ring, I look to see who she's against seeing it's four. Of course. She just grins at him, blinking her long lashes stupidly. He just looks very uncomfortable. After a while of circling each other, she pins him down, a knee on either side of him. She just leans down to whisper something to him, but before she can finish he swiftly flips her. She takes so long to recover that he wins the fight and walks out of the ring without looking at her twice.

I smirk to myself and make my way to the ring. I just shuffle awkwardly under Al's intense stare. Tori calls for us to start and I swiftly flip Al onto the mat, pinning him down in an instant. He looks shocked but still sends a crooked smile my way. After Tori calls time, I climb off him and walk back to the line. Everyone claps because it was apparently the quickest win and four just smiles while shaking his head.