CHAPTER 4: A Ruined Party

Four POV

"Who are you?"

She asked, looking confused, scared even.

"What?" I asked blankly. Did she just ask who I was? "Really funny Tris," I forced out a laugh. I didn't know she had this kind of humour. I reached out a hand to touch her cheek and saw her flinch. S-she.. f-flinched. "Tris?" I choked out. "I'm sorry, do I know you?" she asked politely.

And just that sentence alone made my heart drop. I bit my lip to stop it from trembling. I'm a devil, I don't cry. "Beatrice," I said softly, reaching for her hand. "H-how…" she started and pulled her hand back, moving as far away from me as she could. She sought the comfort of that human we guarded 3 years ago; Tom.

I wanted to glare at him. I wanted to punch the wall. I just… I wanted Tris. How can this happen? Zeke came from behind and put a hand on my shoulder. The others had the sense to stay as far away from me as possible. Good, because I need space.

"Dude," Zeke rubbed my right shoulder. "No, don't," I removed his hand and headed for the door. Without a glance back, I exited Tris' house.

Tris POV

"What a way to start a birthday party, yeah?" Uriah said. No one replied. They were all staring at me, then to the floor.

Well, that was weird. Who was that guy? Pretending he knew me. It's as if we've been the closest of friends since forever. "Who was he?" I asked Tom. If I had to pick anyone in the room to ask for the truth, I'd go for Tom. First, because his rules included not lying. And he tells me everything. I don't know, I find comfort in him.

"Wait, you're telling me you don't remember him? Not at all?" he asked in disbelief. "Yeah, how could you?" Zeke said, but more to himself. He looked miserable. "Well, around 3 years ago, he was somewhat of your boyfriend I think. Maybe you guys broke up because of something horrible. So I understand if you pretend not to know him, but this…." he said. Tom likes to give too much details, not that I'm complaining.

But how can I forget my own boyfriend? Ex- boyfriend, I corrected myself. I mean he must've meant a lot to me at one time, I couldn't just magically forget him. What happened? Well, the only one with answers would be the guy himself.

I started walking towards the door when Zeke blocked it. "What do you think you're doing?" he asked, crossing his arms over his chest. I always view him as this bad boy type, him and his gang of black leather suited people. "Duh, it's my house. I can enter and exit freely if I want to," I said, annoyed. Him and his gang has this effect on me. Like I am automatically annoyed at them though they didn't do anything to annoy me.

"No," he said stubbornly. "No?!" I shouted in shock. Who does he think he is?

"Four needs to cool off. Besides, he needs air. And I bet he doesn't want to see you after that just happened, more so if you don't even remember his name," he said slowly, like trying to talk to a wild dog or something. I let out a sigh. Yeah, he knows the guy better than I do anyways.

"What's his name again?" I asked. They all stared at me in shock. "You mean you really don't remember anything?" Christina asked. Al looked smug next to the crowd of people staring at me. It's like they're looking at a foreign creature, though it's just me here. Uriah was the first to break his stare and said "Four".

"Four? What four?" I asked. "His name," Lauren chimed in. I never liked her. We don't really get along. I wonder why she hates me so much. Why does she even bother coming to my small party? I snorted. "Like the number?" I stifled a laugh.

They stared at me with wider eyes. "She really doesn't remember," I heard someone whisper. I groaned. I'm bored listening to them talk about something I have no idea about. "Exactly like the number," Christina looks at me suspiciously.

"Tris, do me a favour and list all the people you know who's in this room," Christina cleared her throat. And so I began pointing to everyone with their names.

"Huh, so you remember everyone else but not him?" Lauren snickered. "Good for you then, all the much easier for me," she smirked and walked out, slamming the door behind her. I bet she's going to seduce him or something. There's no denying that Four's hot. I felt anger surge in my veins. But why?

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After everything happened, no one was in the mood for a party. So it's safe to say right now that the party is completely ruined, just like my past which I have no idea of. This is so upsetting. I can't… this was supposed to be perfect for me, and someone I barely know just had to ruin that.

Everyone started to leave, one by one. Only Tom stayed. Don't ask me why, coz I sure as hell don't know. I still can't get the thought of him out of my head, even after he kind of ruined my party. I mean, one; I hope he's alright. Two; I think the way I treated him was somewhat appropriate because he was a stranger after all. Three; Was I being too harsh? And four; I wonder how he's doing. I mean, is he upset? Or was that all just an act? For all I know he could be a new recruit of Peter's shitty gang.

"T-R-I-S," Tom whined. "Stop getting lost in who knows where!" he complained. What kind of 16-year old is he? Guys his age don't whine. And they most certainly don't act the way he did around everyone. He's like a slobbering baby who walks and talks and whines and goes to school. Other than that, he truly acts like a baby. An annoying one.

"You know you just said that out loud," Tom commented. "What?" I asked dumbly. "The part where I sound like a baby," he scrunched his nose. He never liked me calling him a baby, I mean who does?

I gave a silent chuckle. "Whatever you say, Tom."

Four POV

After I left, I quickly headed to our park. I hope she has the sense to follow me and ask what's wrong. But she doesn't. And that's when I know, I lost her. I lost my Tris.

I took deep breaths as I leaned against the huge tree that was Tris and I's favourite spot. Was. The word stings. I was starting to get lost in my thoughts when I heard loud footsteps and the smell of super strong perfume which is very sickening. I wanted to vomit on whoever it was but nothing came up as I didn't really eat anything since yesterday.

And of course, it was Lauren who came. Not my darling Tris who I've been expecting. Sometimes I think I hope too much.

"Hey Four," Lauren said, giving me what I supposed was a sweet smile. But all I see is fakeness. I see the way she acts on everyone, and with each one she wears a different façade. She won't even look at you if you're not hot, or important or popular. She's so fake. She's also trying to take Tris' place and has been an ass towards her, which makes me hate her even more.

"Fuck off," I muttered, not even bothering to look at her. I bet she was doing her usual slutty hair flips or batting her eyelashes or all the shits girls do to flirt. "Four," she starts slowly.

"Don't you understand English? Vete! Allez-vous en! Tachisaru! Ga weg! Get…." I started in all the languages I know. Yeah, I've been doing my research on how to tell people to go away. It's not hard, there's google. Plus it comes in handy when I don't want anyone around. They'll just get bored listening to me shooing them until they actually leave me alone in peace.

I didn't finish all the words I know and she interrupted me. Typical bitch. "Alright alright I get it. You want to be alone. But I want to too. How about we do it together?" she suggests. Do all girls do this because it sounds gay as hell. Is this girl a special kind of stupid? And she's no blonde, I didn't know it was possible to be this idiotic.

"Are you stupid or are you stupid?" I asked, pretending to be confused. She took in a sharp breath. I bet no one told her that before to her face. Well, she deserves to know what kind of stupid she is.

"Four!" she whines. "Why are you doing this to me?" she starts to hint at tears.

"Why are you doing this?" I shot back.

"What do you see in that Prior girl?!" she fumed. Girl, I was never yours so quit the bitching I'm getting tired of it.

"What do you not see in her?" I asked back.

"What is wrong with you?!" she yelled louder.

"What is wrong with you?!" I snapped back, not bothering to up my volume a bit. I don't want to shout in public and ruin my halfway ruined reputation. People around scurried away from the scene. It was like a horror movie, because you know how girls get when they're mad.

"Stop asking back everything I say!" she shouted.

"Then stop asking me things," I said venomously.

Her nose flared. "I will ask you this again, what do you see in her?" she started trying to talk in her calmest tone, which doesn't work very well. If she thinks she can make me tell her what's special about Tris, she's mistaken. She doesn't control me. And I don't want to let her think she is in control of me. But I wanted everyone to know how much Tris means to me. Plus, I wanted to annoy Lauren further.

"She's everything you're not," I said proudly. And she's mine, I silently thought. But now she's not even that.

"No she's not!" she screamed and lunged at me.

I moved just in time and she fell on the grassy ground. She stared up at me, her lips trembling.

Her eyes started to get glassy and I left her there before she starts sobbing even louder. If I can't handle crying ladies, I can't handle crying bitches. The people there just glared at me. Bu the look on their faces, I'm sure they're thinking I'm the biggest asshole for leaving a crying girl alone. But hey, I can't help it. Well congratulations Lauren, you got your scene and attention.

I sighed as I walked around, not knowing where to go. How exactly can she forget me so soon? Why is she even in the neighbourhood?

Questions were swimming in my head before I realized the obvious. Of course! Tris does the unexpected all the time. And this time I bet it's no different. Although no one will tell me what's wrong, I'm 100% sure I just figured it out. Tris seems like the kind of person who would do just that.

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