A/N: Hey guys here's chapter four! We Learn a lot about Tris and Four this chapter I had fun writing it! Don't forget to R&R please. Let me know how I'm doing!

Chapter 4

I woke up to the sun blaring in my room; it was a little before 8 which gave me plenty of time ti get ready. I walked outside to get a whiff of the ocean filled air.

"Ahhh, refreshing." I walked back in and headed towards the closet. I traded my tank top for a lavender colored bra with black lace. Ever since Christina, I have to match my bra and underwear or I just feel uncomfortable.

I put on a pair of skinny jeans and black combat boots. I put on a black long sleeve shirt and a checkered pink white and black scarf (I had a new obsession over scarves). I walked into the bathroom and put on some mascara and some light pink blush. I was never allowed to wear makeup out, Eric said I was putting myself out there when I was already taken, but the mascara brought out the vibrant blue-grey color of my eyes and the blush, well that was just for fun.

I grabbed some money from my purse and put it in my back pocket and headed down to go get some breakfast.

"Good morning Evelyn! Good morning Mia." I said cheerfully.

"Good morning sweetheart. Someone's awfully happy today."

"Morning Auntie Tris! You look beautiful!"

"Why thank you Mia, you look beautiful as well. As for why I'm happy, why wouldn't I be, it's a beautiful day."

"That it is, so what are you up to today. Harold said you had the day off?

"Yea I do, I actually have plans today to go shopping."

"Does it have anything to do with me?" Mia asked slyly.

"And why would it have anything to do with you, missy?"

"Oh no reason." Mia shrugged and rolled her eyes. I couldn't help but laugh. I grabbed a banana nut muffin and a glass of orange juice. Four joined us ten minutes later, looking amazing in dark jeans and tight grey shirt.

"Good morning Pumpkin." He kissed the top of Mia's head and made his way to Evelyn. "Good morning mother."

"Good morning sweetheart. What are you up to today?"

"Just gonna go shopping with Tris. I need to find some parts for the heaters in the cabin before fall and winter come." He winked at Evelyn and she understood the message.

We ate our breakfast in silence and soon enough we were headed out the door. Four's Honda Pilot was parked right under a tree, not exactly what I expected, he seemed more like a truck kind of guy, but then you have to take into account Mia. We got in the car and took off.

"Thank you again for coming with me. For some odd reason, I can never find the right gifts for Mia. I've been told I'm one of the worst gift givers in the world, but that's coming from Christina."

"I'm sure that's not true. Christina, well she takes pride into shopping so you have to be careful around her." I reasoned.

"I know, I think I'm good at giving gifts for guys. I've never had a problem with Zeke or Uriah but when it come4s to my mom and Christina and especially Mia, I'm kinda clueless." He chuckled and stopped at a red light.

"What have you given Mia at her past birthdays?"

"I've got her cars and Legos, I think at one point. I got her a couple of stuffed animals but they weren't very 'girly', ever since her third birthday, where I gave her a toy tool box set, Christina had my head. So when it comes to Mia's birthday I have to show Christina what I got her and she never approves." He pressed on the gas pedal.

"I'm sure you'll get better at it, give it some time. When I was four, I remember my dad bought me some action figures and I asked him for some Barbie dolls. And yea he wasn't so good at gift giving either; my mom always bought my presents for me." He pulled into the mall and parked the car. "So where do you want to start?"

"Honestly I have no idea. I don't even know what she wants."

"Come on, I'm sure you have some idea, you are her father after all." I smiled, trying to make him feel better.

"Well, I did see a dollhouse a few weeks ago when I came for some sheets for the cabins."

"There you go; see you were lying when you said you had no idea. Come on, let's check out the toy store and go from there." He smiled and we made our way to the toy store.

Once we got there, we looked around, not impressed by what we saw. There were a few dollhouses but they were too small and a few of them looked like they had been used or put on display. We tried a few more children stores and came up empty handed. Two hours later, I saw it!

"Four! Look!" I pointed to an antique store that had a beautiful white dollhouse on the display window. I grabbed his hand and dragged him with me, before someone saw it.

The bell to the store went off and a woman, I'm guessing in her twenties greeted us.

"Hi, I'm Melanie, what can I do for you today?" She smiled brightly, more so Four than me. I rolled my eyes and walked towards the dollhouse.

"Is that dollhouse in your window for sale?" Four asked.

"Oh that old thing, yea."

"How much?"

"Let me asked my mom, things on the window have special pricing." She walked into the back and a woman who looked to be in her forties emerged.

"Hello, I here you're lookin' to buy a dollhouse?"

"Yes ma'am, it's for my daughter's birthday."

"Aww how sweet. Well since it's for your daughter, I'll sell it to you for $150. How does that sound?"

"That sounds perfect. Do you guys do any packaging?"

"As a matter of fact we do. Is there any specific day you need it by?" The woman asked.

"Can I pick it up on Friday, say about 3?"

"We will have it ready by then. Let me ring you up." Four paid for the dollhouse and the woman put a 'SOLD' sign on it.

"Thank you so much, my daughter's going to love." He smile and both Melanie and her mother seemed to melt. Figures.

I walked out of the store and waited for Four by the entrance. About five minutes later he joined me.

"I'm so glad we were able to find it, Mia's going to absolutely love it, but I think that you should get her a couple of dolls, don'tcha think?"

"You lead the way and I'll pay." We both laughed and we walked over to a store that seemed like it was made for little girls. We picked out a few dolls, mostly Disney princess dolls. "So what did you get Mia for her present?"

I raised my eyebrows, "What makes you think I bought her something?"

"Please I've seen how you are with her and she absolutely adores you. I've seen the way you play with her; I know you got her something."

"Fine, she told me a couple of weeks ago that she loved the movie Frozen and that she was the only one in her class that didn't own that movie, so I thought what the heck? I went to the store and bought her the movie and when Christina, Mia and I came to the mall, I saw in the Disney store this huge Olaf stuffed animal, I came back on my own and bought her it." I smiled thinking about the stuffed animal that was taking up most of my closet.

"She's going to love you forever. When it first came out, I think I took her to see that movie twice and Christina took her and my mom took her. Wait, did you say you came back on your own? How?"

"I asked your mom if I could borrow a bike, and let me tell you, putting a stuffed animal bigger than you in a basket and trying to ride it home proved to be quite the challenge." He smiled and it grabbed at my heart, the look in his eyes was one I'd never seen before, a look of adoration.

"Well she'll be extra grateful for that. I want this birthday to be extra special for her, but she gets so spoiled everyday anyway it's hard to pull it off."

"It's a surprise party, and her birthday isn't until Monday so she won't be expecting the party on Saturday." We started walking back to the car. It was almost three o'clock.

"Seeing as you gave up your day off to spend it with me, how about I take you to lunch? I know this great diner not too far from here."

Part of me wanted to say no because I just realized how attracted to this man was and it scared me, I wanted to get as far away from him as possible but at the same time I loved his company, he made me feel safe, so reluctantly I agreed. He nodded his head and we were off.

We sat in a booth in the corner of the diner, it had a fifties look and a jukebox blasting Elvis Presley. The seat were made out of old car seats but newly upholstered. The shiny checkered floor was spotless and old records hung from the ceiling.

"Welcome to Danny's Diner. I'm Lily. What can I get you to drink?" Lily asked. Four looked up and smiled.

"Can I get your raspberry iced tea?"

"Can I just get some ice water with lemon?"

"Coming right up!"

"Water? Really?"

"What can I say, I'm famished." I replied with a grin. Lily came back with our drinks and pulled out her order pad.

"Are you guys ready to order?"

"I think we'll just have two burgers, well done." I stared at him wondering how he knew I liked my burgers.

"Can I have a chocolate milkshake too?" I asked timidly. Since being with Eric, I wasn't allowed to enjoy life's temptations of sweets. It had been years since I had a milkshake. He always wanted me to stay 'in shape' that way I always seemed remotely attractive. Lily nodded and left to put in our orders.

"Dessert with lunch? You're a wild one." He joked.

"Well my ex never let me have anything sweet and it just looked so good on the menu." He frowned for a split second at my revelation but then looked right at me.

"So what's your story?"

"Um… I thought I already told you it."

"No I'm talking about your story. Like what you like to do? Hobbies? Interests? Dislikes? Anything that tells me about Tris." I smiled that he cared enough to ask me that and get to know me. It was new territory but I had to think about that because no one had ever asked me those questions.

"My real name is Beatrice Prior but decided to be called something else after well you know. Back in Chicago I worked for a photography firm, mainly focusing on family portraits but doing individual shots on the side. Aside from the fact photography was my job, it's also one of my passions, and so much can be said just from a picture. I like drawing for fun and definitely reading. Put a book in my hand and it can be read in a matter of minutes. I'm also a big fan of jazz music, my mom said when she was pregnant with me she used to play jazz music for me when I wouldn't let her sleep, I guess it calmed me down. Oh, I love watching football, that's my weakness especially around Thanksgiving. My dad and I used to watch Friday night football, always placing bets."

"A football fanatic? You are a woman after my own heart." We both smiled at each other, the butterflies were back. The more time we spent together, the more I saw myself falling for the guy.

"What about yourself? I've been here for over a month and I feel like I don't know anything about you."

"Not much to say."

"I highly doubt that. Where did the nickname "Four" come from? If you don't mind me asking?"

"No not at all. When I entered high school, I tried out for the football team, which was when I met Zeke. I was originally supposed to be the running back but the coach saw potential. The school's football team fell apart years prior; the coach offered me the starting quarterback position. My best friend Lauren was the one who convinced me to take the position, best decision of my life. My jersey number was number four and after taking the team to state twice, everyone started calling me Four and it stuck." At the mention of his friend Lauren he got a sad look in his eyes.

"I don't think you've mentioned Lauren before, did you guys have a falling out?"

"No, she uh, died."

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have aske-"

"No you didn't know. She's actually Mia's mom." At that statement the waitress brought over our food but we didn't touch it. Four looked as if he wanted to finish his story. "We met in seventh grade and instantly became friends. I confided in her, at that time I was going through a rough patch in my life but she was there. She was definitely my rock but as we entered high school, I made more friends and started to break out of my shell because at this point my "father" had been put away, but we tried to spend as much time as possible together." He paused.

"Unfortunately for her I had nothing but platonic feelings for her but I think she felt something more. Once we graduated we had a huge party at my house for everyone and then afterwards an after party at someone else's house. We got drunk, so drunk that we ended up having sex. About a month later she came to me in tears telling me she was pregnant, she kept apologizing but I assured her it was no one's fault we both took part in in. We weren't in love or anything but we took care of each other. You know Mia was supposed to be given up for adoption. Both of us were headed to college to start our lives, but after eight months of waiting and seeing a healthy baby girl in my arms, I couldn't do it and now after seven years I can't even begin to imagine a life without Mia in it. But everything went downhill for Lauren, after she gave birth she started seizing and hemorrhaging and she didn't make it."

I grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze silently thanking him for trusting me so much to tell me about such a horrible time in his life. This man sitting in front of me had been through so much, my life paled in comparison to his.

"I'm sorry you had to go through that, but I think in the end it made you who you are today. You a wonderful dad, that little girl adores you. You've made it through college and are doing extremely well for yourself. None of what happened to you is your fault."

"Thank you for listening to me, I haven't confided in anyone in a while. Let's eat before the food gets cold."

We ate in silence for a few minutes before I started talking again. "So you still didn't tell me about yourself, like you hobbies and interests."

He smiled a smile that melted my heart. "Well you already know the best part of me is Mia, but as you may know the group is a part of my family as well. Met them all in high school and grew extremely close. I love to go surfing as well as rock climbing. The inn is my pride and joy and every one in a while Zeke and Uriah help me out, there surprisingly good handy men."

"So what does everyone do? I feel close to them but I don't know the." I was almost done with my burger, and by God it was the best burger I had had in a long time. The milkshake was to die for and I nearly inhaled that in the first ten minutes of getting it. We were both getting close to finishing and I was saddened at the thought of ending this… lunch date? I didn't know all I knew was I was having a great time getting to know him.

"Well Will just graduated med school and is now working at the hospital and Christina is a graphic designer. They've been dating for like ever now." He bent his index finger towards me, telling me to get closer. "Don't tell Christina, but he's planning on proposing. He wanted to wait until after med school to do it." He winked and made me promise not to tell anyone. "As for Zeke and Uriah, Lord knows what they do, I'm pretty sure it has to do something with computer programming."

"You've known them for how long and you don't know what they do?"

"They're and eccentric pair, they never bring up work, it's always party time for them. Mia keeps them young." Lily comes over and takes our plates and places the bill on the table. I get out my wallet from my purse.

"What do you think you're doing, I know you're not getting out your wallet because I told you I was taking you to lunch."

"But-"

"No buts, it's my pleasure." He paid and we headed back out to the car. The car ride was filled with comfortable silence.

"So what about Al and Peter?" I broke the silence.

"They aren't really a part of the group; I'm kinda of unsure about them."

"Me too. I get uncomfortable when I'm around them. They don't come off as welcoming. Like one time, Al came into the restaurant and was hitting on me relentlessly and the first time I met Peter he was eyeing me up and down and I just couldn't shake him." His hands gripped the steering wheel and we pulled into the driveway of the house. It was nearly five and Mia and Evelyn would have already eaten.

"Well we'll just have to be extra careful around them." He winked and we got out of the car only to be greeted by and high pitch little girl screaming. "That's my queue. Before I forget, the group and I are planning to take a camping trip a week after Mia's party, and we wanted to ask if you would like to join us? Please?" His eyes were pleading, it wasn't necessary; any time I could get with him I would take.

"Sure, I'd love to." Mia jumped into his arms and he picked her up and swung her around. She was laughing hysterically and I let them have their moment. I walked into the house and was greeted by Evelyn.

"So how was shopping?"

"Great, we found Mia's gift after hours of searching and then grabbed a bite to eat."

"So are you and my son getting along?" She was probing for information.

"You know, curiosity killed the cat."

"Well it's a good thing I'm not a cat, so is there something going on between you two?" She sounded… hopeful.

"No there isn't, just a friendship and I don't want a relationship anyway, I just got out of a six year "relationship" and I'm not in a rush to get back in the game." She looked disappointed but understood nonetheless. I headed up to my room.

After telling Four my passion for photography, I suddenly had the urge to take pictures. I bought a camera a while back but I lost the will to do it, until now. The sunset right now would be perfect timing. I grabbed my camera from inside my desk and a light sweater and headed outside. I walked the beach noticing a couple holding hands strolling on the sand. I knew they were here on their honeymoon. I took a picture of them facing the sunset; the lighting was perfect making them look like silhouettes while the sunset created most of the color.

This place was the very definition of perfect getaway; it was quiet, intimate and super romantic. Four and Evelyn put forth so much work to keep this place as nice as it is. I went on a little adventure, venturing out into the patch of forestry a little ways north. I came across a cliff that over looked the ocean. I walked towards edge and looked down, sharp, jagged rocks formed at the bottom and the current gently washed over the rocks. I closed my eyes, imprinting this perfect image in my head.

I looked at my watch and it was about eight thirty, but I didn't want to leave just yet. I sat down on a tree stump near the edge and basked in the moment. I set my camera next to me and looked out into the horizon.

I heard some shuffling behind me and was met with alluring blue eyes.

"There you are, we were about to send a search team after you."

"Sorry, after talking about my photography I felt like taking some pictures. I haven't felt that urge in a while, my ex kind of ruined it for me." I looked back out in front of me and felt him sit down next to me.

"You know I had a really nice time with you today." He said quietly.

"Me too."

"So did you get any good shots?" I handed him my camera to look through. "Oh wow Tris, these are amazing. We have a lot of people that come on vacation here and I think we should have a photographer on hand. I know newlyweds would love to have pictures taken of their time here. What do ya say? Be the inn's professional photographer."

"I don't know, those pictures may be good, but I'm nowhere near a professional."

"I don't think you give yourself enough credit, I'm telling you these are amazing."

"I guess if you think my pictures are worthy enough, I'll do it." I refused to look at him, for the fear of my face turning red as a tomato.

"Great, you have your first clients tomorrow morning."

"Wait, what?"

"Well since your disappearance on us a few hours ago, I was talking to mother and I told her about your photography and she was totally on board and a couple walked in and said you took some pictures of them and wanted to see how they turned out. I knew with a bit of convincing you'd do it and I was right." He paused.

"Is there something else you want to ask me?"

"Christina was supposed to take Mia out on Saturday while we set up for her party, but she found out she had to go into work for a little while and I was wondering if you could take her out?"

"Wow you are just taking advantage of my kindness aren't you? Of course I'll take her out, what time does she need to be back?"

"About eleven."

"Alright." It was a simple response but at that moment I decided to look back at him. Our faces weren't as far apart as I originally thought. His eyes weren't looking at me but lower…my mouth? We both started to lean into each other. Our lips were centimeters apart. I closed my eyes and waited, but the touch never came. Instead his cell phone went off.

"Hello." He sounded mad. "Yes I found her… She's fine…Can it wait?... Fine I'm on my way." He hung up the phone, my face was on fire. "That was my mom, she needs my help in one of the cabins. You comin'?" My mind was reeling.

"I'll be there in a minute, can't get enough of the view. You go on, I know how to find my way back." He looked disappointed and he hesitated at first but left relentlessly. What the hell was that? We were just about to kiss, and you know what? I wanted it. Jesus I'm all over the map. Every freakin' day my insides turn into mush by this man and instead of being scared and running for the hills, I stay. I'm so confused, maybe the phone call was a sign that it just wasn't made to be. Either way I can't get involved, especially with Four, I think we were just meant to be friends. It's a good thing too, I couldn't just intrude on their family like that, I would ruin everything, I'm too broken to even start something. Yea, it was that simple, no more petty mistakes, and I can't go on that camping trip, I just can't.

My internal monologue had me going for over twenty minutes, by the time I grabbed my stuff and found my way back to my room it was a quarter to ten. I hopped in the shower and got ready for bed.