A/N: HEYO! (ok I really need a nickname for you guys) I am terribly sorry for the delay, but school is starting up in two weeks and I have been getting ready for school and enjoying the rest of my summer with my friends. But since school is going to start soon, I will not be able to update a lot. So I am sorry in advance if I don't update. :(

Anyway! Here is Chapter 4 for you guys! Remember I made a Pinterest board for this story so don't forget to check it out! Also thank you so much for the follows and views and such kind reviews!

DISCLAIMER: All rights are reserved to Veronica Roth and I own nothing but the plot line to this fanfiction. If I did own Divergent, everyone would be happy and living their lives with no war. Also I don't own the song Rather Be by Clean Bandit.

~Chapter 4~

June 11th, Morning

We're a thousand miles from comfort,

We have traveled land and sea

But as long as you are with me,

There's no place I rather be

I would wait forever,

Exulted in the scene

As long as I am with you,

My heart continues to beat

With every step we take,

Kyoto to The Bay

Strolling so causally

We're different and the same,

Gave you another name

Switch up the batteries-

I wake to my alarm clock playing Rather Be by Clean Bandit. It is a great and upbeat song to wake up to. I would have put a song by Fall Out Boy but I don't want to end up hating them for waking me up. I turn up the volume for Rather Be to drown out everything else and just rest on my bed a little bit longer, not quite wanting to get up yet. I know I have to get up soon before the gang comes over but I really don't want to get up yet. I'm not sure if I am ready for the interrogation from them about my accident. I really don't want to think about it now. I have accepted what happened but I don't want to be reminded or relive that horrible accident that took away my family. That is when reality hits me. None of my family will able to see me go to high school, my homecoming, my prom, my graduation, my college, and most of all seeing me getting married and having kids. My family won't be able to see me grow and go through all these amazing and important milestones. It pains me to know that they won't be able to watch and experience those milestones with me. My parent won't see their grandchildren and Caleb won't be able to see his nieces and nephews. More importantly my future children won't be able to meet their grandparents or their uncle. At this point, I'm sobbing loudly and I'm glad I turned up my music so no one can hear me. The only thing I have left of them is my memories and pictures that are safely in my phone, where I can always look at them. I will always keep them close to my heart and never let them go. This is now the only way I can keep them close to me. I tightly grasp the last happy memory I have left of them and just let it replay in my head. I begin to think about this new family I have now too. Aunt Hana, my mom, has always been there to give me that motherly support I need and always comforted me when I was crying my eyes out. The twins, my brothers, are always trying to cheer me up and lift my mood, trying to make me forget all the sadness that is now overcoming me. Those three have been so supportive and caring, they are my crutches that have carried me up until now and for the rest of my life. Now, I fully mourn the loss of my mom, my dad, and my brother. My family by blood. The ones who raised me. The ones who have been by my side for my life. The ones who protected me till their end. And now the ones who will forever watch over me in Heaven. I know they are watching over me right now. I know they wouldn't want me to be crying now, they would want me to be happy and living my life. I can't do anything but cry right now. I cry for what seems like forever but was probably only a few minutes. My loud sobs turn into quiet sniffles. My family is dead. I can't do anything now but fulfill those last words Caleb said, "Live your life, enjoy it, and we are always with you." Now I will follow those words for the rest of my life. I will live my life and enjoy for my family, since they are watching over me right now and I will forever hold them in my heart. I sit up in my bed and look up to the skylight. My tears have ceased and now I smile dances across my face.

"Mom, Dad, Caleb. I will embrace this second chance of life for you guys. You will be in my heart and memories forever. I will come back to you guys when it is my time, but not now. I love you all," I whisper as I continue to gaze up at the beautiful morning sky. A new morning, a new day, and a new look on life for which I am grateful for.

Then my phone suddenly vibrates, bringing me out of my thoughts. I pull my gaze away from the sky, turn off my music, and look towards my phone. Someone one clearly wants me up since my phone is vibrating nonstop. Who is this awake and already full of energy? I unplug my phone from its charging station and unlock the screen. One word. Christina. Now why is she texting me so early. I know 10:46 is not that early for other people but it is for me. I have never been a morning person and I know I will never be one. I am more of a night person. I prefer the night, it holds so many secrets and is so mysterious. The day is bright and open, showing all the secrets. But the night is dark and closed off, hiding the secrets that the day can never reach. I want to discover those secrets. I want to solve the mystery. Ugh, I get too lost in my thought now. I really need to stop thinking so deeply right now.

Back the Christina. She better has a good reason to be spamming me this early. I open up the chat with Christina. I find that she left ten messages.

June 11

Trissy-Poo! ~ Christina (Chrissy)

Trisssss ~ Christina (Chrissy)

WAKE UP! ~ Christina (Chrissy)

HEYYYYY! ~ Christina (Chrissy)

u cnt ignore me forever ;) ~ Christina (Chrissy)

u gtta wake up now! ~ Christina (Chrissy)

if u luv me, u will wake up and respond in 10 secs ~ Christina (Chrissy)

10...9...8...7...6... ~ Christina (Chrissy)

5...4...2...1...0... ~ Christina (Chrissy)

u dnt luv me anymore :'( tht hurts lol jk ik u luv me...NOW ANSWER UR PHONE! ~ Christina (Chrissy)

WATTTTTTT?! ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

oh good ur wake :) Good morning, sleeping beauty ;) ~ Christina (Chrissy)

wat do u want? i was trying to hav a peaceful morning -_- ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

jst wanted to wake u up so u cn gt ready and pik out a NICE outfit b4 we come over XD ik how much u luv to sleep in but u cn sleep in 2morrow wen u hav no plans ~ Christina (Chrissy)

fine fine but...HEY! how do u kno i hav no plans 2morrow?! i could b doing something! ~ Tris (Trissy)

mmhm *raises eyebrow*, u jst proved u hav no plans *smirks* ~ Christina (Chrissy)

smartass :P welllllll bye! im gna go gt ready! c u later! ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

lol bai lazy ass and c u later! ~ Christina (Chrissy)

I end the conversation, lock my screen, and put my phone back on the nightstand. I get out of my bed and walk into my ensuite. I know I took a shower last night but I really just want the warmth and calming sensation from the warm water down my back. Maybe I will just take a bath, it is the closest thing to taking a shower. Yeah, I will do that instead. I turn the water on the tub and let it run there is enough water with the right temperature. I also add in vanilla scented soap/bubbles. Once the tub is filled up, I strip down and step into the tub. I tie my hair up in a quick bun to it won't get wet. When I step in, I instantly feel my muscles relax and all the tension is released. I don't know why my muscles are so tense though. I guess it was the weight of my parents' and Caleb's death weighing so heavily on my shoulders. Now after I have fully mourned over them and cried as much tears I can muster, it feels like the weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I feel lighter now, after all my sadness has been released. Maybe this is what I needed to accept and acknowledge their death. I wonder if Mom is planning their funeral now. She was probably planning this entire time, since she found out about the accident.

I can't think about this right now. The gang is coming over in less than two hours. Less than two hours. I can still relax for a little bit more, though. That is exactly what I do. I close my eyes and relax once I am comfortable in the tub. I lay my head on the head rest that comes with the tub.

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I'm startled awake by very loud banging on the bathroom door and muffled shouts. I didn't realize that I even fell asleep. I'm surprised that I'm not all shriveled up like a raisin. Ugh, I'm still tired though. I am totally sleeping in tomorrow no matter what, and no one can stop me from having a quiet lazy day. The banging and still muffled shouts still continue on. But this time I can make out what those shouts are saying and who they are coming from. Mom. Why is she banging on the door?

"Tris! Tris! Answer me!" I hear Mom shout and she sounds frantic. Oh no. What happened now?!

"What's wrong, Mom?!" I worriedly yell back to her.

"Oh thank god," she sighs in relief. "I have been calling you for the past ten minutes and I didn't hear anything from you," she tells me. Oh, so that is why she sounded so frantic earlier. Did she think I committed suicide? I have thought about that before back at the hospital and I was close to committing suicide, but I didn't. I would never do that now. I was given a second chance, and I'm going to enjoy it to the fullest. I promise this to my family. I am going to live this life.

"I'm fine, Mom. I just accidentally fell asleep while taking a bath," I inform her, trying to reassure her.

"OK. Well, your friends are going to be here in 45 minutes so start to get ready," she calls to me as I hear her footsteps get quieter, signaling she left my room.

Wait! What?! 45 minutes before they come?! But I came in here at 10:55! I was in here for so long! I can't believe I dozed off! I jump out of the tub and wrap myself in a towel. I dry myself completely and put on the clean dark blue bra and panties I was wearing earlier. I drain the tub and quickly go through my morning routine. I come out not long after. I check my clock and it says 11:33! I have less than half an hour before everyone comes over! I rush through my fully stocked closet, trying the find a comfortable but "nice" outfit, like how Christina told me. But I really do want to look like nice for when everyone comes over. Oh god, I sound like Christina now. She has officially rubbed off on me. Yay (total sarcasm), this is great.

I decide on wearing a royal blue crop top with a tie in the front, white high waisted shorts with gold buttons, and a pair of brown ankle strap sandals with one-inch heels. I throw my hair up into an inward tuck ponytail, some of hair comes out of the tie and ends up framing my face along with my natural bangs. I think Christina would be proud of my outfit. I step in front of my standing mirror and admire the outfit I picked out. Yep, Christina would really approve of this outfit. I smile proudly at myself because this will fit Christina's standards and it is also comfortable. Quite comfortable actually.

I go to grab my phone and I put it in my back pocket. I look at my clock once last time and it says 11:45. OK, so I have time for a quick breakfast before everyone comes over. So I run down all the stairs and straight into the kitchen.

"Morning, Mom!" I cheer as I go to give her a kiss on the cheek. "What's for breakfast?" I question as I go pour myself a glass of pomegranate juice.

"Good morning, sweetie. Well, I made omelettes but they are probably cold now. So I guess vegetable omelette sandwiches," she tells me. "Also there are some fruit flowers in the fridge you can have. I should wake the boys again since I don't hear them getting ready," she tells me as she gets up from the island as towards the stairs.

I go through the cabinets and grab myself a plate; also grabbing two slice of bread from the pantry and an omelette from the stove. I just make a sloppy sandwich and leave it on my plate. Now time for the fruit. I look through the fridge and I find a kiwi flower on top of a cantaloupe flower. Wow that looks so pretty and fancy. Mom really outdid herself this time. I grab the fruit flowers and put it on the side of my plate. I put the pomegranate juice and my breakfast at my seat on the dining table. As am I about to take a bite in my omelette sandwich I hear Mom shouting.

"EZEKIEL AND URIAH PEDRAD GET UP RIGHT NOW BEFORE YOUR FRIENDS COME OVER! GET UP! GET READY! AND EAT YOUR BREAKFAST!" Mom yells and it feels like the entire house shakes. Now that was scary. She even used Zeke's full name, and she only uses that when there is a formal party or she is really mad like right now.

I hear her footsteps coming down the stairs and towards the kitchen. I quickly take a bite of my sandwich and I try to look like I am concentrating on the plate in front of me. She sighs heavily and sits in the seat across from me.

"These fruit are very beautiful. How did you carve them?" I compliment, trying to lighten her mood. She must be very stressed right now, I can feel the stress and anger just radiating off her. I wonder why she is so stressed right now that she would yell at the twins.

"Thank you. And it just takes a lot of practice to carve these flowers," she tells me with a small smile.

"Oh. That makes sense. Also this omelette tastes amazing," I praise her. I really love her cooking; it is so full of flavor that is feels like my tongue went on an amazing vacation around the world. It really is spectacular and absolutely delicious.

"Thank you, sweetie," she thanks me. She then looks down at the phone in her hand when it vibrates, concentrating very hard at the screen. She may be a private doctor for famous people, but she is also a full time doctor at the best hospital in the state. Always on call for emergencies, really important procedures/surgeries, or if some famous person needs her immediately.

I finish the rest of my breakfast quietly and wash all the dirty dishes in the sink. Mom hasn't moved for awhile and she has been reading her screen the entire time, so it must be something important. Just as I am about to leave the kitchen, the twins run through. I clamp my hands over their hands before they yell out.

"Mom is concentrating on something right now so be quiet," I whisper to them with a deathly tone and warning look. They gulp and nod their heads. I slowly release their mouths and put my hands by my side.

"Morning, Trissy," they whisper together and then hug me quickly. They mumble a quick "morning" to Mom and give her kisses on the cheek.

Uriah eats a chocolate Pop tart with some chocolate milk. Zeke ends up eating the last of the omelettes and some apple juice. They eat at what seems like the speed of light and rinse their dishes even faster. Zeke heads down to the basement and Uriah motions me to follow them down to the basement so we can actually talk. So that's what I do. I trail right behind them, not making a sound. Once we reach the bottom of the stairs, we simultaneously release a sigh of relief. I didn't even know I was holding my breath.

"So, what's up with Mom?" Zeke asks me as we get situated in the first row.

"She just came back down after yelling at you guys to wake up, we talked for a bit, then her phone suddenly vibrates. She opens it up and starts reading, she never looked up or said a word. So I just ate my breakfast as quietly and quickly as I could so I wouldn't disturb her," I explain to them with a worried face.

"Hmmm...must be something up with work. But thanks, Trissy. If we actually ended up yelling, we would have been grounded again," Uriah sighs in relief, thanking me.

"Yeah, you saved us from being yelled at and grounded again," Zeke says gratefully.

"You guys keep on saying 'again'. What are you guys talking about 'again'?" I question them, giving them a look of confusion and air quoting "again".

"Well, there was this one time where me and Uri were coming home and Mom was really concentrated on reading something from work, but we didn't know so we yelled out that we were home. Then when we found her in the kitchen, she started yelling us for interrupting her work and that we were grounded for a week after that," Zeke explains to me with a sullen look. Uriah has the same look as he looks down at the seat.

"Wow. That's just wow. But you guys didn't know she was working," I say defensively. They both shrug their shoulders.

"Eh, we have been grounded longer. And that time, we weren't really grounded. We still had our phones and everything, but we just couldn't go out. So it wasn't that bad," Uriah says in a lighter tone.

"Oh. That's not bad. Never mind," I say, ending this topic. "What time is it anyway?" I ask curiously.

"12:00 right on the dot," Zeke says after he looks at his phone.

"Shouldn't someone be here by now?" Uriah questions.

"Let's go check," I say as I hop out of my seat and up the stairs.

I run to the front door and look through the tall window next to the door. I hear Zeke and Uriah running after me and they stop on both sides of me. They should be here soon since we all live in the same street, so our houses are within walking distances. It shouldn't take them long to come over. I used to be the only one who lived on a different street. I used to live a few streets down, but I still walked over here even though Caleb kept on telling me it wasn't safe. It was safe, he was just worrying too much and he always insisted on driving me down here but I was always fine by myself. But now that I am living with the Pedrads, I now live on the same street as my friends. So no more walking in the streets by myself anymore.

I see our group of friends walking up the driveway all together. I look back at the twins, and the three of us have big smirks on our faces, nodding with our silent agreement. Our friends reach the door and Will is about to knock on the door ...

Then the twins and I open the door just as his hand was about to knock and scream like bloody murder them, but not loud enough that Mom can hear us but loud enough to scare them all. Marlene and Shauna both fall back and onto their butts. Christina is holding her hand over her heart and hyperventilating. Will just stands there with a look of shock on his entire face and his hand still in the air as if he is going to knock the door. The twins and I both starting laughing really hard that we fall onto to the ground, clutching our stomachs and gasping for air. Our laughing brings our friends out of their stupor and make start glaring at us. Their glares cause us to stop laughing and get up off the floor.

"That wasn't funny!" Christina yells at us. Will nods in agreement and holds Christina back from coming at us and probably punching us.

"You gave me a heart attack!" Shauna also yells. Zeke looks guilty and his gaze drops to the ground.

"I almost died from that stupid prank!" Marlene screams. Uriah's eyes widen and he looks shameful, dropping his gaze down to his shoes.

OK, those guys really looked like they have been whipped by their "girlfriends"...OH MY GOD! Shauna and Marlene could be perfect girlfriends for them. Wait, now that explains why they act so differently around them. I'm totally setting them up together, but I will need Christina's help. I'm going to tell her later when all the girls in my room. I'm not usually a matchmaker but I am making this exception. It's clear that Uriah and Marlene go together, plus Zeke and Shauna go together as well. They would be cute couples together. I just need to make sure the "couples" like each other then the plan can b set into motion. I bet an evil looking smirk has made it onto my face now. All I need to do is that weird hand rubbing thing villains do. But I'm not going to do that, or else I would just look plain mental and I really don't want to go back to that hospital. Especially if I have to go to the psychiatric ward because I have gone "mental".

But I start laughing at this newfound information and my plan, falling back down to the ground. I am laughing way too hard to the point where tears are forming in my eyes. I continue to laughing even though I am gasping for air, I probably sound like a dying whale under a roasting sun and on a burning beach right now. Once I finally calm down, I wipe away my tears and get up off the ground. I wipe off the imaginary dust on my clothes and I look to my friends. They look at me with a questioning look. I just give them an innocent smile that probably doesn't look to convincing right now. At least they aren't mad at the twins and I anymore. I look at Christina and give her a look that says "later", and she nods her head slightly.

"So now that you are all here, let's go down to the basement," I say as start to walk back to the basement. Christina quickly catches up with me and stares me down. I just mouth to her "Later, when it's just us girls in my room." She stops give me the look and just nods her head. She must be curious about what I was laughing about.

Everyone gives Mom some sort of "hello" and she just nods her head in acknowledgement. She must be working/reading still. I wonder if something bad happened. I hope not. She has too much to handle right now, she doesn't need another thing to pile onto the load. I think she deserves a break. She is way too stressed right now.

Once the gang and I reach the basement, we sit in a circle on the floor. The order of goes me, Christina, Marlene, Shauna, Will, Uriah, and Zeke. All of this going clockwise. I like how Uriah and Zeke sat right across from Marlene and Shauna. I giggle to myself uncontrollably, which earned me some weird and questioning glances from everyone. I stop giggling and look down in embarrassment, I never liked being the center of attention unless it was necessary. Also, they might think something is up with my but I'm not going to tell them at all.

"OK. First of all, before we bombard Tris with questions about the accident. I believe we have something else we want to discuss," Will breaks the silence and taking all the attentions away from me. He looks around the circle and everyone nods their head except me. "Who would li-" Will starts off.

"Why are so happy and giggly?" Marlene blurts out, cutting Will off. Everyone then stares at me expectantly, waiting for me to answer.

"Yeah. Compared to yesterday, you were not this happy," Uriah comments.

"Now, you are all giggly and just plain peppy. What happened last night?" Zeke questions, while raising his eyebrow.

"What are you talking about?" I say, while slightly tilting my head and acting dumb.

"Oh, stop acting dumb and tell us the truth, Tris. Don't even think of lying because you know I will and can detect any lie," Christina says, observing me and using the "Eye" that can practically strip anyone of their secrets. Also, she is right on that. Her parents are the best lawyers in Illinois, so she learned how to pick up on lies and little tricks of seeing if people lie from them. She says it is called a "tell" and it is something we do that tips off we are lying, like lip biting, neck scratching, wiping our hands on our pants, etc.

"Well, this morning I finally accepted my parents' and Caleb's death. I full mourned their deaths and it was like a weight of sadness lifting off of my shoulders," I say, not going into great detail. So this isn't a lie technically. Christina seems to buy the answer and when she nods her head, everyone else approves of my answer. "Anything else you guys have to ask?" I question as I raise one eyebrow. Christina raises her hand. "Christina?"

"Yay! OK, so this has been on my mind since we got here," Christina starts and she clears her throat. "SINCE WHEN DID YOU GET SUCH GREAT FASHION SENSE!" she practically screams and blows out my eardrums because she is right next to me. "THAT OUTFIT IS LIKE PERFECT AND FITS YOU PERFECTLY! DID YOU JUST DEVELOP A SENSE OF FASHION WHEN YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING TOO!?" she squeals. Oh god, now I know my eardrums are definitely broken now. This girl has lungs and vocal chords of steel.

"Christina calm down. Our ears are ringing here so just give us a minute," Will comments and he shakes his head, probably trying to get rid of the ringing. Everyone else are just holding their hands over their ears.

I just plug my ears until they pop or they stop ringing. "Now, to answer your question. I just threw on what was comfortable but also looked a little bit nice for summer," I explain to her. Christina looks at me as if I grew another head or I am a ghost.

She shakes her head in disbelief and keeps on mumbling how I just randomly got fashion sense. "Maybe it was because your old clothes were so big and baggy that they didn't look good," I hear her mumble. But she seems to accept my answer to her question. She is right on that. I used to only wear clothes that were grey and baggy. Nothing that hugs my body. No colors. No accessories. Nothing that would make me stand out.

"But you do look pretty, Tris," Shauna comments with a smile.

"That outfit really suits you," Marlene compliments, smiling brightly.

"I agree. Your choice of clothes is really good. And they greatly compliment your body," Christina says, almost going all "Fashionista" on us. Almost. If she went further, then we wouldn't hear the end of it.

"Thanks, girls," I say gratefully with a small blush on my face. I'm still not used these compliments. "So, any other questions?" I ask. I thought that they originally came over so they can ask about the accident, but not once was the topic brought up by them. They have not said a word about. The only mention of it was from me and that was it.

"I don't think so. You seem well and happy. So that answers our question about how you are feeling. You already explained how you felt after the accident," Will says matter-of-factly. He is starting to sound like a mediator or something like that. I look around the circle and they all have small content smiles on their faces, so I guess everything it alright. Yeah, everything is fine.

"Hey kids?" Mom says as she walks halfway down the stairs. We all look at her expectantly. "What would you like for lunch? You guys want something simple or something quick to eat?" she offers with a smile.

We all look at each other in our own silent conversation. When we come to a conclusion, we all nod out heads. "Small and quick!" we all shout at the same time while laughing.

"OK. I will call you up when it is ready," she tells us with a small chuckle. Then she walks back up the stairs. I guess she solved whatever work thing she had earlier. She seems lighter. I hope everything went alright with work and other things that have been bringing her all this stress.

"So what are we going to do after we eat?" Zeke asks, leaving the floor open to suggestions.

"OH! After lunch we are going back up to my room since I still need help with some stuff," I say with a bright smile. I am bouncing in my seat since this is a good excuse for them to come up to my room.

"What else is there to do for your room? It's fine!" Uriah whines and Zeke dramatically falls to the ground and acts like he is dead.

"You guys don't have to do anything, lazy ass," I say, mumbling the last part. "I just need Will to hook up the TV because he is smart and knows these kind of things. Then I need the girls help in reorganizing my closet and dresser. You two are just going to help Will," I explain pointing to everyone I mention that has to help me.

"OH MY GOD! I GET TO SEE ALL YOU NEW CLOTHES AND REARRANGE THEM!" Christina squeals. Marlene and Shauna also squeal with happiness. I guess this is a big thing for them. It is just clothes but with them, clothes are the world to them.

"What kind of TV did you get?" Will asks curiously.

"I got a LG 70-inch Cinema 3D Smart TV LA8600," I tell him and his jaw drops as his eyebrows hit the ceiling. He gapes at me like a fish out of water. "Will, close your mouth unless you want to eat flies for lunch instead," I tell him with a smirk. He immediately closes his mouth and looks away embarrassed.

Will clears his throat and looks back at me. "How did you get a SMART TV?!" he yells at me in surprise, emphasizing "Smart TV".

"I asked Mom," I say innocently while shrugging my shoulders.

"MOM?!" everyone screams in surprise, except the twins.

"Yes, Mom. Mom as in the woman upstairs who is making us lunch. That is my mom," I say, putting an emphasis on "Mom".

"You are already calling her 'Mom'?" Will asks.

"Yeah, she said I could call her 'Mom' if I felt comfortable with it. I do feel comfortable with it because she was like a second mother to me even before the accident," I explain, thinking why it surprised everyone. She is like a second mother to all of us. This is a second home to all of us. We practically live, based off on how much time we all spend here. Well, I do live here now with the twins but for everyone else this is a second home.

"Oh, that makes sense. I guess," Christina responds. The rest just shrug their shoulders.

"Lunch time!" we hear Mom yell. I bolt upstairs with the rest of the gang trailing me and the twins right beside me.

I sit at my usual end. Zeke is on my right and Uriah on my left again. Yep, definitely our permanent seats now. Marlene sits next to Uriah and Shauna is next to Zeke. Christina sits next to Marlene and Will is next to Shauna. I smirk at our seating arrangements; the soon-to-be couples are sitting together. I chuckle softly and the plan to get them together is coming to me. They will be together if it is the last thing I do. Christina and Will actually look cute together also. Oh my god, this is perfect. Now they need ship names. But what can names be...?

Then the ideas strike me like lightning. "I GOT IT!" I shout as I stand up abruptly. Then all eyes land on me. I look anywhere but at everyone, trying to hide my blush.

"Got what, sweetie?" Mom asks me, concealing a laugh.

"Milk," Zeke mutters, causing everyone at the table to laugh and for me to smack his head.

Mom clears her throat and everyone stops laughing immediately. "What did you get, sweetie?" she asks me again.

"An... idea," I say vaguely with a smirk, looking directly at Mom.

Everyone looks at my curiously, while Mom just shrugs her shoulders. I sit back down and look down at the table. But before that weird...confrontation? Well whatever happened earlier. Now that I got the perfect ship names for my friends, the plan can begin. Uriah and Marlene are going to be Urlene. Zeke and Shauna are Sheke. Finally, Christina and Will are Willstina. Yep, perfect. Operation: Urlene, Sheke, and Willstina. Oh my god, I am way into this and I usually don't show any interest in these kinds of things.

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Mom brings over two plates: one filled with turkey sandwiches cut in halves, and another one filled with potato slices and a side of sour cream and onion dipping sauce. She also brought over a pitcher of Kool-Aid Fruit Punch. "Well dig in, kids," she says as she walks away to clean up the kitchen.

I immediately grab a sandwich and a handful of the potato slices, which I think are basically fries now that I look at it. I pour myself a glass of the Kool-Aid. I was able to grab the only full sandwich that Mom forgot to cut in half.

"Hey! That's not fair, Trissy! The plate is closer to you!" Uriah whines loudly and right in my ear.

"You were too slow," I say smugly with a smirk, while waving the sandwich in front of Uriah's face. He starts to pout and give me those puppy eyes. "Nope, not working. I'm starving and I got this fair and square," I say matter-of-factly. Then I take a huge bite of the sandwich right in front of him, slowly chewing on it to tease him.

"That is just cruel, Tris," Christina says with a blank face. But her face cracks a huge smile. "And I love it," she laughs, causing everyone even Uriah to laugh.

Everyone completely forgets about lunch and just continues to laugh. That is until someone's stomach grumbles real loudly, louder than all of our laughing. Now silence surrounds the dining table.

"OK, who's stomach was that?" I question with a smirk as I look at everyone, trying to find the "suspect". Then the grumble comes again and it comes from...me? "Wait, I think that was me," I say with a huge grin.

"Looks like you are really hungry," Zeke says with a laugh.

"You definitely deserve that whole sandwich now," Will tries to say with a straight face, but ends up laughing too.

Then all of us start to laugh again. Once we all calm down again, we actually start to eat our lunch. Lunch goes well with the occasional conversation about what we are going to do this summer before we sixth grade starts and a few laughs, but no full out laughing which can make us choke on our food. We end up finishing all of the food and go through two pitchers of Kool-Aid. That was a big lunch if you ask me, a lot more food than what I usually eat. Then again, I really don't each much.

When we all finish, the boys end up cleaning the dining table up while the girls and I help Mom wash the dishes. We decided this will be better than actually saying "Thank You" and then walking away to let Mom clean everything up.

"Thank you so much for helping me with the dishes and cleaning the table," Mom says gratefully with a kind smile when we finish cleaning up.

"It was no problem at all, Mrs. Pedrad," Shauna says respectfully.

"We wanted to help you," Marlene adds. Then we all nod our head in agreement.

"It was the least we can do," Will continues.

"You made us lunch so we helped with the clean," Christina finishes.

"Well, thank you again. You are such sweet children," Mom says with a small smile. "Go enjoy the rest of your day and call if you need anything else," she says as she shoos us out of the kitchen.

We all smile brightly, then we race upstairs to my room. But I stop everyone right at my door so I can make a big presentation of my room. I am really proud of my room, so I am going to make this a fancy reveal.

"Now, are you guys ready to see my room?" I say, smiling widely. They all shake their heads vigorously, except Uriah and Zeke since they did help me with my room. "Then close your eyes," I tell them and they follow my orders.

I unlock my door, swing it open, then I push everyone into my room. They all stumble in while the twins and I walk in normally. Everyone's eyes pop open and Christina was about to yell at me but then she closes her mouth when she sees my room. Her eyes almost bulge out their sockets just like everyone else as they circle around the room, taking in everything in. All their mouths are wide open too, gaping like fishes out of water. I walk to my bed and lay down on my stomach in the middle of the bed. The twins sit on the leather bench in front of my bed, leaning against the footboard.

"You guys might want to close your mouths unless you want to eat flies as a dessert," I comment and the twins snicker. They all close their mouths, but continue to stare at my room.

"Wow," Will is the first to speak.

"Oh," Christina mumbles.

"My," Marlene follows.

"God," Shauna finishes.

"THIS IS YOUR ROOM!" the four of them scream.

"Yep," I say popping the 'p', propping myself on my elbows so I'm not lying down on my bed. I know if I lay down completely, I will fall asleep.

"We helped with the furniture," the twins add in. But no one says anything, which causes the twins to pout.

"How did you do these walls? Did anyone help paint?" Shauna asks.

"Paint by hand. No help," I say simply.

"Where did you get all of these decorations and furniture?" Marlene questions.

"IKEA," I answer.

"Where did you get all these clothes, shoes, bags, and accessories?" Christina asks, going through my dresser then goes to stand in front of my walk-in closet.

"Hollister, Forever 21, H&M, Hot Topic, Tilly's, Charming Charlie, Delia's, and obviously Victoria's Secret," I list off.

"So, you need help setting up your Smart TV?" Will asks, still examining my TV.

"Yes," I answer simply. "So how you guys like my room?" I ask them, when I think they have no more questions.

"Amazing," Shauna whispers.

"Mind-blowing," Marlene comments.

"Fantastic," Christina mumbles.

"Wow," Will says, starting to set up my TV.

"Work," Zeke says plainly.

"Pain," Uriah says with a cringe.

I sit up and slap the twins for their comments. "Thanks guys. And thank you for setting up my TV, Will," I tell all of them with a bright smile. I didn't slap the twins that hard to they are just glaring at me, so I smile innocently at them.

"So how do you want to arrange your clothes, Tris?" Christina asks as she walks to my dresser and pull everything out.

"Umm, by season, I guess," I say unsurely. Christina just nods, while Shauna and Marlene walk into my closet. I just stay on my bed, not quite sure what to do. I am just watching the girls go through my clothes and Will setting up my TV, using the manual. How he understands the manual, I'm not sure. The twins are still sitting on the leather bench but they are on their phones, killing time most likely. I could do the same but I don't feel like playing any games that are on my phone.

"Done!" Will shouts, stopping everyone in their tracks. "Tris, try the TV out," he says as he throws me the remote/mouse for the TV. "I also programmed the remote so you can control the speakers with that same remote too."

I catch the remote and immediately turn on the TV, and the main menu with all the apps pop up. I click on Hulu Plus and start the last episode of Marvel: Agents of Shield that I watched. I try out the volume to see if it works.

"OK, looks like everything works properly," Will says proudly.

"Thanks, Will. I could not have done that as fast you. I would take like hours," I say laughing. I log out of Hulu and go to Spotify. I start the radio from Fall Out Boy and Fourth of July comes on. I turn up the music as loud as I can, but not too loud that we can't hear each other. "Now, we have some music to listen to, instead of silence and CLOTHES BEING THROWN AROUND," I declare happily, but directing the last part to the girls.

"Hehe, yeah. Sorry about that," Christina laughs.

"Sorry Tris," I hear Marlene and Shauna shout from my closet.

"It's fine, but is it necessary?" I question. Christina just shrugs as her response and continues to sort my dresser. "Well, thanks anyway," I say with a yawn.

Oh wow, I'm still tired. Maybe I will take a small nap. I turn so I can lay on my back and rest my head on the pillows. I snuggle my pillows and curl up on my side. My friends are so nice, helping me put the finishing touches on my room. Also coming over here to cheer me up. They are like my family. My surrogate family. I slowly start to drift off to sleep, while everyone does their own thing.

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I wake to someone shaking me. I swat the hand away and turn to rest on my other side. Maybe if I don't acknowledge it, it will go away and let me go back to sleep. Then the shaking starts again but this time it is accompanied by a voice.

"Trissssss," I hear a voice drag out my name. "Trisssss, wake up. It's time for dinner," the voice says again. Zeke. That was definitely Zeke. Dinner? What? I just took a nap.

I sit up quickly and look at my clock. 6:53 PM. What? I slept for five hours?! "Where is everyone?" I ask Zeke, getting out of my bed.

"Everyone went home after they finished up. They saw how tired you were so they just left saying to text them later," he says with a shrug. "Oh yeah. Christina left you a note on your desk," he tells me as he leaves me room.

I notice that my TV is also off. They must have wanted me to sleep in quiet. How nice of them. But they really didn't need to do that. I can sleep anywhere in any conditions.

I walk over to my desk and pick up the note. In neat cursive, it read:

Trissy!

So we saw that you fell asleep, you must be very tired even though we did basically nothing XD maybe because you were working last night lol that must be hard. Anyway the girls and I arranged your clothes (great fashion sense now ;)) in the closet by seasons and I just arranged your dresser so each item has its own drawer. You made a complete mess with it. The girls say they also love all the new clothes you have in your closet :D If I may say, you finally picked up on our amazing fashion sense. Text us tomorrow when you are fully awake. :) XD and u text me later about what you were laughing about earlier. You said you were going to tell me so I am going to hold to that. ;)

~Christina xoxo

All about clothes. Classic Christina. I will just send them all a quick text now to thank them again for helping me out with my room. I know I said it like a million time but still. I go into the group chat with all of the gang.

June 11

TYSM FOR HELPING WITH MY ROOM! xoxoxoxoxo ill txt u guys 2morrow ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

np at all girlie xoxo ~ Christina (Chrissy)

no wrry girl ;) ~ Marlene (MarMar)

it was nothing xoxo ;) ~ Shauna (Shay)

ur welcome :) ~ Will (Willy)

should hav made u pay me. still tired from yesterday XP ~ Uriah (Uri-Pie)

im still sore from working. also come down for dinner ik u want to eat ~ Zeke (Zekey-Bear)

lol still tnx for ur help ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

also u guys r my bros now so u hav the help ur lil sis here *pouts* ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

ye watever, jst come down for dinner :P ~ Uriah (Uri-Pie)

After I read all the messages, I run out of my room and down to the kitchen to find Mom made lasagna for dinner. And yes, it smells delicious. I hop onto my normal seat at the end of the table. Uriah and Zeke are also in their normal seats right beside me. I see a piece of lasagna on my plate so I just dig in, since everyone else is eating. But I also notice that Mom isn't here. Maybe she had to go do some work in office, which is joined with her room.

"Nice of you to join us," Zeke snickers.

"Did you fall back asleep after Zeke woke you up?" Uriah laughs. "How come you fell asleep anyway?"

"I don't know. I am just really tired," I say with a yawn. "I even fell asleep in the tub this morning after Christina decided to give me a spam alarm and saying I have to get ready," I say irritated, taking another bite of my lasagna.

"Ha! That's Christina for you!" Zeke laughs.

"So glad I'm not a girl," Uriah says with a fake sigh of relief, then joining his twins in laughter.

Their teasing earns them a punch on the arm from me, a real hard punch.

"Damn!" they both yell out at the same time.

"For a girl, you punch hurt like hell," Uriah exclaims while rubbing his arm.

"Remind me to never get on your bad side," Zeke says, also rubbing his arm.

"I'm probably getting a bruise later now," Uriah whines.

"Same. A big, fat bruise," Zeke sighs.

"Don't underestimate me, ever," I say in a deadly tone, staring right at them. The twins both gulp in terror and nod their heads. I smirk with satisfaction at how scared they are of me right now. I'm not that mean most of the time, but when I am it can scary.

"Scary ass demon sister," Uriah whispers. I throw a glare at him.

"Damn right," Zeke mumbles. I also give him a glare.

Then I give them both a swift kick under the table. They yell out and turn to glare at me, which I reciprocate. Now the glare showdown starts. None of us are speaking. We finish the rest of our dinner and clean the dishes in silence. We give each other a quick glance while we clean the dishes. Now this is starting to get old. I'm going to end this showdown.

"Want to watch a movie in my room?" I offer like a peace treaty as I hand off the last dish.

"What kind of movie?" Zeke questions, while he dries the dish and hands it to Uriah.

"Can we pick?" Uriah asks as he puts the dish back in the cabinet.

"Any movie is fine and yes you can pick," I say with a small smile.

"Looks like you aren't a demon," Uriah laughs.

"We have a normal sister who is just sometimes badass," Zeke chuckles.

"I am a normally perfect human being," I sigh, but then I giggle at their silliness.

"Good," Zeke sighs happily. Uriah lets out a dramatic sigh of relief.

"Come on, let's go watch a movie. Race ya!" I yell out as I start to run up to my room. As I'm running I can hear a loud boom then Uriah shouting "No fair". I also hear Zeke's pounding footsteps coming towards me.

I reach my room before them since I had an early start. I burst into my room and jump onto my bed. The first one to burst into my room is...Zeke? Uriah comes in trailing after him and he glares at Zeke. Zeke collapses on one of the bean bags and Uriah flops down face first onto the foot of the bed.

"What was with the loud boom?" I ask as I push Uriah with my foot. He swats my foot anyway and turns to lay on his back.

"Zeke pushed me into a wall so he can pass me," he explains as he points at Zeke. Oh that makes more sense. Uriah is usually faster than Zeke. So when Zeke came in first, I was a bit confused. Now Zeke is scrolling through Netflix, trying to find a horror movie, as if he didn't do anything wrong.

"How about Insidious?" Zeke offers, completely changing the subject. But oh my god. If I'm going to watch that movie, then I need to get comfortable in my bed.

"Sure, but how about we change into our pajamas then watch the movie?" I suggest. I really just want to sit here in my pajamas and not watch the movie.

"Yeah, that would be more comfortable," Uriah agrees.

Zeke just shrugs his shoulders. "Sure. Be back in a few," he says as he walks out of my room with Uriah right behind him. Once they are out of shot, I hear a loud boom again.

"Goddamn! What was that for Uri?!" I hear Zeke yell, then he slams his door shut. Then I hear Uriah laughing then he closes his door.

I end up laughing really hard. Oh Zeke, you should know that karma is a bitch. Also that she can hurt you a lot. I feel sorry for him but he so deserved that after he pushed Uriah into a wall earlier.

After my little laughing fit, I get up to change into a clean set of underwear and my pajamas then to brush my teeth. I took a bath this morning so I don't think I need to take a shower. Plus, I'm just too lazy and the twins can come back at any moment. When I finish changing and brushing my teeth, I walk out of the bathroom to find that the twins are still not here. And people say that girls take forever. I hop back onto my bed and take out my phone, since I still promised to tell Christina what I was laughing about earlier. I decide to open up a group chat with the girls since they should also know what is happening or going to happen.

June 11

heyyyooo! ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

now tell me wat u were laughing bout now ~ Christina (Chrissy)

oh ye tht has been on my mind for a while ~ Shauna (Shay)

ye u kept on laughing wen u looked at us so wats up? ~ Marlene (MarMar)

now u guys gtta promise me to answer me honestly if u wna kno wat im laughing bout ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

kk promise ~ Christina (Chrissy)

pinky promise ~ Marlene (MarMar)

promise ~ Shauna (Shay)

who do u lik? ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

This time the girls don't respond immediately. Oh, now they are thinking about the next thing they are going to say. This is good. Then the twins decide to walk right in. They took forever. I'm starting to think that they are worse than girls getting ready.

"What took you guys so long?" I question them as they take a seat in the bean bags.

"Bathroom," Uriah answers. I don't even want to think about that. Now, I'm really glad that I have my own bathroom.

"Couldn't find my pants," Zeke answers.

"That's why we clean out room and not just throw everything around, not leaving it on the ground like trash," I sigh. "Just start the movie." I lean against my pillows, getting comfortable.

Then Zeke starts the movie and Uriah turns off all the lights. The only light in my room is coming from my string lights on my desk and the moonlight coming through the skylight. Just as the movie starts, my phone vibrates a couple times. I unlock and the three answers and questions I get are:

Will ~ Christina (Chrissy)

Uriah ~ Marlene (MarMar)

Zeke ~ Shauna (Shay)

so wats with this question? ~ Christina (Chrissy)

tell us! ~ Marlene (MarMar)

come onnnnnn ~ Shauna (Shay)

OMG I WAS RITE! XD ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

rite bout wat? ~ Christina (Chrissy)

THE SHIPPINGS! O.O ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

shippings? ~ Marlene (MarMar)

yes shippings = pairs = couples ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

u gtta explain this to us girlie ~ Shauna (Shay)

Christina + Will = Willstina; Marlene + Uriah = Urlene; Shauna + Zeke = Sheke! the perf pairings! u guys looked so cute together :3 ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

ur a matchmaker now? lol ~ Christina (Chrissy)

how did u figure tht out? ~ Marlene (MarMar)

how u gt those names? ~ Shauna (Shay)

yes, jst watched u girls interact w/the guys, and i jst combined ur names ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

omg XD u crazy girl ~ Christina (Chrissy)

does he really lik me? ~ Marlene (MarMar)

pls dnt let this b some sik joke ~ Shauna (Shay)

im nt crazy, jst observant. idk but i think he does by the way he looks at u and he really cares bout ur opinion. and no this is no joke. im serious bout this. i will gt u guys together if it is the last thing i do cuz u guys r lik perf together! ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

definitely crazy XD ~ Christina (Chrissy)

pls let it b real ~ Marlene (MarMar)

ok? better nt b a joke ~ Shauna (Shay)

trust me its nt joke. anyway i gtg cuz im supposed to b watching Insidious with the twins *cough*UrleneandSheke*cough* so nite guys bai and ttyl ;) ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

nite u crazy lil girl ttyl XD ~ Christina (Chrissy)

nite gurl ~ Marlene (MarMar)

(omg u and ur craziness XD) nite girlie ~ Shauna (Shay)

I lock my phone and plug it into the charging station. I actually start to watch Insidious even though it is already halfway through to being done. I like to watch horror movies because of the thrill and scares, but I always get jumpy after the movie so I can't sleep. It is a like a love hate relationship with horror movies. I love the movies because they get my blood pumping and scares other people. Then I hate it because I also get scared and then I can't be calm for the rest of the day, or if I watch it before I fall asleep then I will have nightmares, which I will wake up from by screaming so loud that the entire house will wake up. Caleb used to sleep with me whenever we watched horror movies late at night. Maybe I can get Uriah and Zeke to sleep with me so I don't wake up screaming.

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After the movie finished, I am shaking on my bed and the twins are still sitting on the bean bags, watching the end credits. But it's official, I will not be sleeping tonight.

"Umm. Guys? Can you sleep with me tonight because I don't think I can sleep by myself after watching that?" I ask shyly.

"Yeah. Sure, Trissy," Uriah responds with a small smile as he gets up and walks to the right side of my bed.

"No problem, Trissy," Zeke answers smiling as he goes on the left side of my bed.

They curl up so they are facing me, while I am laying down on my back and clutching the blanket close to me.

"Night, Trissy. Sweet dreams," Uriah whispers and he kisses my temple.

"G'night, Trissy. And don't worry, we will fight off those nightmares," Zeke whispers and he kisses my other temple.

They both wrap one around me, holding me close to them. "Thanks. I love you guys so much. Goodnight," I whisper as I close my eyes.

"We love you too, Trissy," they both say.

I slowly drift off into a sleep in the arms and protection of my brothers. A peaceful sleep. I slowly fall into the darkness, letting it consume me completely. This is how I get a good night's sleep tonight.

And there is Chapter 4! Once again, I'm sorry for the delay in updating.

I hoped you guys like this chapter; it is just little bit longer than the last chapter. But now that the "gang" has been introduced I think it is time for a special someone to appear next time ;) I bet you guys already know who is coming next XD

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