Chapter 4 - She Wolf
Tris' Point of View

I look at him, unblinkingly. He's so used to my reactions now that he just stares back. "Are you truck'n me!" I shout. He jerks back at my outburst and his roommate starts stirring in his bed probably due to my loud voice. Tobias shushes me and I groan.

"No!" He hisses.

"C'mon," I say, shifting my sitting position. I cross my legs on the bed and face Tobias. "What's the whore's name?"

"Tris..." He reprimands. But he's not angry. Too used to my crude mouth, I guess. "I was kidding!" I say, throwing my hands up. "What's she like? How long have you been together?"

"About two months?" He says uncertainly.

"So... You've been dating this chick for about sixty days and never had the thought of telling me about her?" My eyes darken and Tobias quickly reaches out to me but I smack his hands away. "I'm your best friend! We tell each other everything!"

"Look, I didn't know if things were serious and I just didn't know how you'd react."

I fold my arms and scoff. "I'd be happy for you, brainless!" He sighs and drops his hands down. "It's not like I'm the girl best friend who's hopelessly and secretly in love with you," I say with bunny ears hand gestures.

"You're in love with my abs," he corrects, with a smirk.

"The whole world should be, Eaton." I shake my head disappointingly at him and he sighs.

"Her name is Emma and she's really friendly," he says, looking down. "You two might hit it off."

I soften up. "Do we have anything in common?" He scoffs.

"No," he replies. My eyebrows knit together and I pout.

"Wha-?"

"She's the complete opposite of you," he chuckles. "She's actually friendly."

I slap him on the back but it doesn't seem to effect him one bit. "And she's not violent!" I roll my eyes and he starts tickling me, his fingers jabbing into my ribs until I can't even breathe.

"Stop!" I splutter. "I swear... I will destroy you!" I manage to choke out. He continues and now I'm lying on the bed, laughing hysterically.

"Four." We stop and turn around to his roommate sitting on the bed, his eyes half closed, half open. "You crazy kids are very loud." He is also very handsome with his dark eyes and bronze skin, giving him a foreign vibe. He has a snake tattoo that curls around his ear lobe. And since the universe is punishing me, he is also shirtless, showing off a decorative tattoo on his waist. I clear my throat and sit up.

"Sorry, man. Go back to sleep," Tobias says.

He shakes his head. "Who's your friend?" He asks, raising his eyebrows and shuffling his copper hair.

"I'm Tris," I say before Tobias can reply. "I'm new here."

"Oh... You're the best friend that Four's been talking about!" Tobias shifts uncomfortably and I smile smugly.

"Yes. Why yes I am." He stands up and offers me his hand. "I'm Uriah Pedrad." I go in for a formal handshake but he turns it into a half shake half high five kind of thing that guys always do.

"It's nice to meet you."

"Hey Tris..." I turn to the door, where Christina is standing. "We need to go back now. It's like past midnight." She notices Uriah and gives a wave. "Hey, I'll see you in chem tomorrow!" He winks at her and she closes the door.

"Well... I guess I'll see you both tomorrow?" Uriah nods and and flashes a grin at me.

"I hope so." My cheeks turn red and I scold myself for being such a girl. Four clears his throat and I turn back.

"You have a girlfriend, Uri!" Tobias says gruffly. My heart sinks a bit and but I maintain my current facial expression.

"Chill. I'm loyal to Marlene. I'm just saying that I hope we'll become plutonic friends." Tobias rolls his eyes and I shrug.

"See you!" I quickly give Tobias a hug, a last goodbye to Uriah and quickly skid off.

Two shirtless guys in one night. Could this be a sign from the universe?

Puh-lese...


"So where is she!" I yell, feeling like my insides are going to explode with excitement. I shake my leg uncontrollably and shift around on my chair.

"Calm down, Tris..." Tobias looks away from me but then whips his head back, locking my eyes into an intense gaze.

"Did anyone give you sugar today?" I laugh nervously, trying to avoid eye contact.

"Energy drink," I mutter. Tobias slams his hand on his table and scowls at me.

"You know what they do to you!" Two years ago, I was sort of battling an addiction to those flashy cans. I drank about 10 cans at night just to finish a paper due the next morning and I completely broke down.

"Look, I only had like two cans. I didn't have much sleep last night so I asked Uriah if I could have some." He looks to the back of the classroom at Uriah who is sitting with his girlfriend Marlene. At first, I was a bit disappointed that he wasn't single, but seeing them makes me feel glad that the universe brought those two love birds together. Earlier on, I met Marlene and she seems like the sweetest person on earth. She has an oval face, framed by her blonde ringlets and grass green eyes.

"Uri!" Uriah turns his attention to Tobias.

"Yeah?"

"Never ever give Tris energy drinks," he warns. I groan. I absolutely hate it when he's like this. So protective. Don't get get me wrong, I can be extremely stupid at times... Well most of the time. But it just makes me feel like a child, even though I'm definitely built like one.

"Why?" Tobias' face lights up slightly again, his lips curving up.

"She goes nuts," he mouths. I whack him in the head and he turns back to me whilst Uriah and Marlene laughs. "Now Tris, I have missed you but all this... Violence is not what I hoped to endure." I huff in annoyance and he rubs my head, ruffling my hair. I blow all the strands away from my face as he finishes and proceed with a glare.

"You know, I'm starting to think this 'Emma' isn't real." I turn back and start opening my textbook. Chemistry. Why do I have start off in my new school with Chemistry?

"Oh, she's real. She has music with us last period," he says, placing his arms on the table.

"Right," I wink at him, with a pencil twirling in my hand.

"Tris. She is real," he insists.

"Yeah and I'm Beyonce," I reply sarcastically, winking at him again. Then I drop my pen and find my mind wandering away. "Gosh... Why can't I be Queen B?" I say dreamily. He rolls his eyes and turns back, in front of the board as our teacher enters. She has platinum blonde hair and navy pencil skirt, with a nefarious vibe to her. I look at my time table and read her name: Jeanine Mathews.

Tobias nudges me. "Hey, where's Christina?" He whispers.

"I don't know, I left early this morning to get my time table."

"Eaton!" We both look to the front, and the teacher glares at us with ferocity. "And... Prior. You must be the new girl." I can feel the whole class' eyes on me, making my face grow hot.

"Yeah..." I say.

"Well..." She travels to me and I squirm under her patronizing gaze. "Since you've come in the middle of the year, you must have a lot to catch up on. I suggest you pay attention. You could actually learn something useful. Something that your old school couldn't teach you."

I tense up. "And what's that?" I look straight into her ice cold eyes.

"Respect." I can feel Tobias' grip on my arm, trying to restrain me from doing anything like punching this wolf in the face. I clench my jaw and look down.

"Respect goes both ways," I reply evenly.

She purse her lips. "Learn your place, Miss Prior." She walks back to her desk and looks at me. "Detention after school-" Then she is interrupted by Christina skidding into the class, her hair sticking in all different direction, looking flustered. Her uniform is poorly put on and her tie is loosely done. "With Miss Kravitz," she finishes. Christina seems to catch what's going on and she groans, slipping into the seat next to me.

It's only the second day of this term and you're already late. Not good enough." As Jeanine sorts out her lesson, Christin sneaks a whisper.

"Why'd you get in trouble?"

"Long story. She basically picked on me because I'm the new girl."

"Yeah, she's a real bitch. Well, we have plenty of time to rant on in detention," she says sarcastically.

"Don't even."

I can feel Tobias rubbing soothing circles on my arm and it calms me. Well, not fully. This bitch has got to go down.


CREDITS:

This chapter belongs to BlankSpaceBabe. Check her out, she has a new story up if you haven't looked all ready! Divergent belongs to Veronica Roth.