"Tris, wake up."

I shot my eyes open to see Christina stand over me.

"Christina? What the hell are you doing here?" I asked, confused as to where Marlene was.

"What does it look like?" She shrugged. "I'm waking you up."

I sat up, rubbing my eyes. "But where's Marlene?"

"She likes to go jogging of a morning and the door was left open so I came in." She explained.

"So the door was just…wide open?"

"Okay fine, maybe I let myself in. Will you quit being cranky and be grateful it was me and not some creep."

I laughed softly. "I'm not a morning person."

"Yeah, no kidding." She teased. "Anyway, guess what."

"What?" I said between a yawn.

"You know Will? He asked me out."

I smiled. "That's great."

She nodded. "We'll probably go to the date party together. We should find you a date too."

I groaned. "I'm not really into all that."

"Oh don't be stupid." She waved a dismissive hand. "I think Four is into you."

I looked at her with raised eyebrows. "Four? The guy you told me to stay away from?"

She sighed. "Oh I don't know. I just want you to have a date and come with me."

I patted her shoulder. "Don't worry about me."


I slammed the door to my locker and pulled my phone from my pocket.

'6 missed calls from Marcus.'

I scowled at the screen and shoved it back in my pocket just as I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"What happened to you last night?"

I spun around to see Zeke. "Nothing. I felt sick."

He looked at me with a concerned expression. "You okay man?"

I nodded quickly. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

Jut then, the bell rang and I headed towards my classroom. I took a seat near the back.

"Everybody get your books out and turn to page 78."

I stared out of the window, not interested.

"Mr. Eaton?"

I heard footsteps towards my desk, yet continued to ignore the teacher.

"Tobi-"

"What?" I snapped.

The teacher stared, wide eyed. "I would appreciate less attitude."

I smiled in a fake mannerism.

"Where is your book? Or any of your books for that matter?"

I shrugged.

"You don't know." He spoke slowly, then pinched the bridge of his nose. "I'm getting tired of this Mr. Eaton. How do you expect to learn without any books?"

"A better teacher would be a start."

He stared at me, a blank expression then outstretched his arm, pointing at the door. "Out."

With great and dramatic effort, I pushed my chair out and stood up, storming from the classroom. On my way down the hallway I bumped shoulder with somebody, causing them to almost fall.

"Hey, watch it!"

I looked back momentarily to see Tris, wide eyed. Before I could walk away she grabbed my arm.

"Four, are you okay?"

I tried to shrug her off. "I'm fine."

She shook her head. "Nobody is ever fine. What happened?"

I spoke sternly. "Look, it doesn't matter. I've gotta go to the principals office and they're going to ring my dad." I tried to disguise the fear in my voice with anger.

Tris looked back and forth between the empty hallways. "Wanna get out of here?"


Four showed a hint of a smile before grabbing my arm and pulling me towards the gym.

"Why are we here?" I whispered.

"There's a back door."

He didn't look back, just kept running and pulling me with him. Once we were outside he walked around to the side of a car.

"Get in." He said, tugging on the door of the drivers side.

"Woah wait. Who's car is this?"

He chuckled. "Don't worry its mine."

I breathed out, relieved, then hopped inside.

He pulled out his keys and started to engine. "Do you really think I'd steal a car?"

I shook my head. "I don't know. Why do we even need a car?"

"If anybody sees us they're more likely to suspect it's a teacher."

He reversed the car and drove out of the gates.

"Not your first time, huh?" I laughed shakily.

Four glanced at me. "What about you?"

I bit my lip before shaking my head. Four looked at me again.

"Seriously? Then why did you ask me?"

I shrugged. "Because if we get caught its easier to believe that you pressured me into doing this."

Four laughed.

"Because I've never done it before and you seem to know what you're doing."

Four nodded. "Well I guess since its your fist time I should show you how to do it properly."

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