Tobias has always been fast at doing something. Even parks a car, put his things away, and swim to his home under water. Me, ha call me the girl who will swim on her back in circles for hours on end if you let her. That's a long title don't you think? But not today. Today I sped to Tobias home to talk to him. There were so many questions floating around in my head I needed to mind vacuum to contain them all.
Tobias's house came in sight and there I saw him. The back of his head facing me. I smile and slow down my pace. I duck behind a coral and peak my head over. He now lays his head back and closes his eyes, his tail flowing freely in front of him. I move very quietly and swim until I face him. He doesn't seem to notice. I'm about to yell boo when I opens his eyes and yells it before I can making me shriek and move back my back touching the corals behind me.
Tobias laughs. Clutching his stomach and gasping. "It's not funny." I defend weakly. Tobias's laughing dies down until he is only wearing a satisfied and playful smile. I shake my head in embarrassment although it's only me and Tobias.
"Ok, ok maybe it was I little funny." I say moving to stand beside him.
"What do I owe the pleasure of seeing my Bea again after what 20 minutes." He says.
"Well, I just wanted to know a few things. That's all."
"Shoot." He says crossing his arms over his chest making his arms look bigger.
"Um, about that boy, uh Peter." I say and a look of disgust crosses across his face.
"Don't tell me you like him."
"Eww no. It's just this morning he had this look on his face when he looked at me. Like Uriah looks at cake." I say and he smiles at the Uriah part.
"Well, we call it The Devil's Grin. It's this thing he does when he looks at a hot girl. Or any girl for that matter. But I would really stay away from him. He's bad news."
I nod and pinch my bottom lip between my thumb and pointer finger. "Ok, what about the sports thing. I've never heard of any."
"Ahhh, you've come to the right place. Come on in. Let me teach you in the ways of, sport." He plays and I roll my eyes and smile as I follow him in.
For the next hour Tobias tells me all about the different sports there are in Dauntless. Soccer, football, volleyball, baseball, tennis, cheerleading, and dance. They way he told me about them made it feel like a challenge, but it was worth it in the end. The winnings and trophies. I especially got into volleyball, cheerleading and dance. The limit was 4 sports and I planned to do it least two. By the time I leave dinner would start in 10 minutes.
"Hey, Tobias do you think I could catch a ride with you tomorrow?" I asked knowing my mother had to work early for the rest of the week.
"Sure I'll get you at 7:45. That gives us enough time to let you taste your first cup of coffee."
"What if I don't like coffee?"
"Then, you can try iced tea." I raise my eyebrow at the new drink names. Tobias grinned and gave me a hug and followed me out.
That night I lay on my hands staring at my walls with a smile lingering on my lips. Tobias words echo in my head "It's this thing he does when he look at a hot girl." Was Tobias calling me hot? Maybe he didn't even recognize the words coming from his mouth. I wonder what it would like to press my lips against his. NO! I yell at myself in my head. He's my best friend. I shouldn't be thinking about him like this.
Maybe he does like me. The conversation me and Chris had in the locker rooms play over and over in my head. I just end up shaking my head at myself. NO. And I fall into a dreamless sleep.
I wake up to Caleb gently shaking my shoulder. "Beatrice, get up."
I shoot up and we knock heads. "Ouch." I say to myself placing my hand on my head.
"Can you be anymore hardheaded?" he teases. I push him away before getting out of bed. We have to get up when it's cold outside. Nobody would be outside when it's cold by the water this early. I hug and kiss my parents goodbye before leaving with Caleb.
Once standing on shore in yesterday's clothes, I hold my arms close to me in a sad attempt to keep them warm before jogging over to David's house. Caleb takes a key from under the rug and unlocks the door. A blast of warm air hits me and Caleb puts the key on the tiny table nearby. As if we had an unspoken agreement Caleb crashed on the couch while I showered making sure to put on the green ring.
When I finished I brushed my teeth, washed my face did my makeup, and curled my hair to its gold locks. I finished with everything in 30 minutes and stepped out. The sudden coldness of the hallway chilled my legs and arms. "Caleb," I called, "you can shower now!" And with that I made my way into the bedroom and pick out my outfit.
In the end I am wearing a high waited black leather skirt, with a bustier crop top with white daisies, a brown long sleeved sweater along with lace up tan ankle boots and golden bracelets. I grab my backpack along with a pair of converse and exit the bedroom as Caleb comes out the bathroom in blue. He grins at me and passes by me to get his things.
"How are you getting to school?" he asks chewing on a honey bun.
"Tobias he will be here in about," I glance at the clock, "5 minutes." I finish picking off a piece of his honey bun. He smiles before shaking his head and looking down. "What?" I ask licking the frosting off my fingers.
"Did you just start liking him, or did I just notice?" my eyes widen and heat spreads to my cheeks.
"What are you talking about?"
"Oh come on Beatrice. I'm your brother. You really think this could get past me?"
"Whatever." I roll my eyes and try to change the subject. Notice how I said tried. "How are you getting to school and back?" I ask
"No, I think it's been for a while. This is just the first time I've noticed." He says completely ignoring my question. I hear a knock at the door and I grab my things and go answer the door. And there stands the man of the hour. Tobias stands there wearing a tight fitting black shirt and dark blue jeans and a leather jacket.
"You ready?" he asks with his signature smile that would make any girls heart melt. Not to mention the shine in his eyes.
I nod. "Yea." I follow him outside.
Before I can close the door I hear Caleb yell, "Good luck, Beatrice!" I clench my jaw in embarrassment before Tobias opens the door and helps me in. He gets in and starts driving.
"What was all that about?" He asks glancing at me with a smirk.
"Nothing. Just Caleb being the idiotic brother he is." He chuckles and we finish our drive in silence. He parks the car in front of a cozy looking shop. I get out and almost fall forgetting how high the truck was. Tobias catches me. His arms almost holding me by my ribs his fingers touching my skin. My hands grip his shirt and an arm around his neck. Our faces centimeters apart. For a second which seemed like hours we just gazed into each other's eyes. His eyes glistening with something I didn't recognize.
"You okay?" he asks letting me go. I nod words not an option right now. I follow him into the tiny shop. When I walk in, different smells enter my nose. Something strong and sweet. The feelings here give you a warm feeling and the sound of machines at work make you feel like someone's always around. It's quiet and tiny. I like it here.
We get in line behind a couple looking about early twenties. She laughs at something and he kisses her cheek. My head tells me public affection is wrong but my gut twists at the sight.
"What can I get you?" a kind lady asks from behind the counter.
"Two iced coffees and croissants please." Tobias says handing her a $13.00. She inserts the order.
"Names?"
"Tris and Tobias." He says and I look at him for using his real name. She writes it on two clear cups and hands us our croissants, as Tobias called it. We move for the next person behind us and take a seat beside a window.
"So, how do you like Divergent High so far?" he asks breaking a piece of his croissant.
"It's nice. I was really thinking about joining the cheerleading team. Christina said that I would fit in easily. Since I move so very graceful." I break off a piece of my croissant. "I don't move that gracefully. Plus I think I may like it better on the dance team. Or maybe the volleyball team. Even though I've never played before, I think it will be fun." I say and she doesn't interrupt me. Not once. Just listens. I smile at him. "What about you. Yesterday you mentioned a spot, football I believe."
"Yea, I've been playing for about 2 years now. I start-." He stops mid- sentence when a voice call our names. "Be right back." He stands up and walks to where our drinks are. I watch his back. The way his muscles move. I'm not the only one who seems to be staring at him. A girl with wavy blond hair and sparkling green eyes just likes her plump pink lips at the sight of him. My gut twists as he starts to walk back, but being stopped by the girl. She says something to him with a flirtatious twist of the hair and smile, and he shakes his head and tips his chin towards me. She follows his gaze towards me and gives me an envious glare. I give her a hard stare before looking at Tobias who just smiles and walks to me.
"What was that all about?" I ask as he sits down pushing the light brown liquid to me.
"Oh, she told me her name was Katy and was wondering if I was single. I told her I was dating you. You played along really well when you gave her that ice cold stare that gave me shivers. Never knew you had it in you." He grins.
"That's what best friends are for right." I say twisting the green straw around in the cup making the ice clunk together.
"Right." He says quietly and looks down at his drink. Suddenly it's awkward.
"You were saying about football." I ask trying to ease the awkwardness. And that's how we are for the next 30 minutes.
TIME SKIP
We made it to school 7 minutes before the bell rang singling us late. I head to my locker dodging over active bodies for it to be still this early and grab my History textbook. Together we rush to History. We plop in our seats and sit for the next 3 minutes in silence waiting for the teacher.
Another time skip to Music (Well, I really mean Arts, so that would include drawings too.)
"Ok, class today I will be pairing you up with another classmate and you will both work together and draw a landscape. I don't care if it's in color or not but I do need a rough draft and final. You can copy it from something or make it up in your head, I don't care. And before you ask why I am doing this assignment is because in two months is an art competition and the 1st place winner will be given $300, second place an entire new art kit. Pencils, erasers, paint, paint brushes, etc. Third place will have 5 different coupons with $20 on each."
"So we are starting today with our drawing skills. Cause I know some of you will draw stick figures. This competition is optional. You will not be graded on this, but you will be graded on your progress. I do hope you all try your hardest on this and good luck." Tori finishes. She picks up her name list and starts to call out names for the homework.
"Randy and John, Autumn and Zack, Uriah and Four, Molly and Drew, Summer and Austin, Tris and Peter, Montana and Christina, Scott and Dylan, Jacob and Bella, Perry and Aria, and Caleb (another Caleb) and Samara." She looks up from her list. "You have the rest of the period to dicuss your ideas. Get to it." Everyone moves to meet their partners but I can only sit there jaw tight. Peter!
Well here we go everyone. Sorry for not updating in a while but summer is coming and I am 87.9% sure I will be home most of the time. Or at least not planning to go very far. Anyways I put Tris with Peter because I got so bored with people always making Peter the bad guy. It gets old after a while! Anyways leave lots of comments! Catch you next time, fishes.