CHAPTER 5 (Tris POV)
Tobias and I walk back along the beach and towards my house trying to avoid the Pedrad house as much as possible so we don't get interrogated by Christina. But of course the world just has to hate us so we run into a frazzled looking Christina and Uriah.
"OMG girl! What happened back there? You guys just like ran out and you have been gone for like two hours!" Christina shouts at me.
"What did you get up to huh? Sneaking around. Did you use protection?" Uriah smirks.
"URIAH PEDRAD WTF!" Tobias yells. I just go really red in the face.
"Okay, okay sorry man." Uriah puts his hands up in mock defeat.
"OMG! ARE YOU GUYS A COUPLE! OH I KNEW IT! YOU TWO ARE SO CUTE TOGETHER OMG!" Christina squeals. Geez she is gonna make me deaf by the time I'm 20.
"Yeah." I reply with a sheepish smile. Tobias just snakes his arm around my waist and kisses my forehead.
"Girl I need details now! Your sleeping over at mine whether you like it or not!" I chuckle at Christina. I have known her for a couple of weeks and I already see her as my best friend.
"What about me?" Uri whines like a three year old. We all just ignore him.
"Alright Christina. Let's go to my house to grab my stuff. I'll talk to you later Four." He picks me up and kisses me and I can hear Christina and Uriah fangirling in the background saying something about 'Fourtris being their favourite ship ever'. I pull back and smile at Tobias and I get lost in his deep blue eyes that resemble the ocean and his beautiful sexy tail until Christina drags me away and towards my house.
"Tonight will be so much fun OMG! Should I invite the other girls and have a girls night?" Christina asks.
"Sure that sounds fun!"
"Great I'll order the pizza and you can call the girls." We get to my house and I grab my stuff for the sleepover and tell my parents my plans. They happily say yes because they want me to make friends.
On the way to Christina's house which is a few blocks away, I text the girls and they all agree to come over!
We get to her house and I put down my stuff when the doorbell rings and we open the door to find Marlene, Shauna and Lynn.
"Hey guys!" I say.
"Yay sleepover party!" Christina squeals. We all then race to her room.
"So whilst we are waiting for pizza what should we talk about?" Asks Marlene.
"Ooooo I know! I just found out that Trissy here got herself together with the big bad Four!" Christina squeals.
"What? God Tris your tough. Four's pretty scary!" Shauna laughs and I join in laughing, so does the others. After the laughter has died down a bit Christina speaks up.
"No but seriously we all thought he was going to be forever alone! Like he is so cold and emotionless but when I saw you guys today he acted like a soft teddy bear! How did you do it?"
"Really? A teddy bear. Anyway, I'm not really sure why he likes me." That's a lie I do know but I don't want to expose us.
"Okay whatever! We want details! How did this happen? And what happened at the party! Why did you run out?" Lynn asks very curiously. All if the girls nod their heard saying they would like to know the answer too. I sigh trying to think of a good excuse before I reply.
"Well Peter and his little minions Molly and Drew kept calling me a stiff for not getting in the water. It then made me think about the incident I had back in Australia so I ran out crying. Four followed me and we went back to his house to talk about it and..."
"Wait WHAT! You know where he lives!" Shauna screams obviously shocked. Shit forgot that they hardly know anything about him, oh well.
"Um... Yeah. Well we talked about our pasts and I felt like I could really relate to him you know? So after that we just kinda kissed." I say the last past in a whisper.
"Oooooooo details! Is he a good kisser?" Marlene asks.
"Well yes I think so."
"Awwwww so cute!" Lynn exclaims.
"Woah hold up I just realised something. Do you know his real name?" Christina asks and I freeze.
"Well... Um... Yeah, kinda..." I really don't want to be interrogated further but just to my luck the doorbell rings meaning the pizza is here. Yes! Saved by the bell, literally.
Christina grabs the pizza and brings it back up to her room and we eat in silence. Marlene is the first to break the silence.
"Guys I'm gonna go pee and DON'T STEAL MY PIZZA!" Marlene leaves and we continue eating until we hear her shout from the bathroom.
"FUCK!"
"What's wrong Marlene?" Christina asks her.
"Just got my period for fucks sake! Can I borrow a tampon or a pad or something?" She shouts.
"Sure thing they are in the bottom draw to the right!" Christina shouts back.
Marlene then comes back out of the bathroom a minute later and we finish our pizza.
"I swear periods suck! Why do we have to get them? Can the boys experience it for once!" Marlene says in frustration.
"I know right! Cramps are the worst and boys think we are wimps." Christina says.
"Yeah like I got mine when I was 11! Like ugh life just sucks." Lynn exclaims.
"Yeah same! 11 is like too young. I got mine then too" Shauna agrees.
"Woah 11 really? That sucks! I got mine at 13." Christina adds.
"Yep I got mine at 12! What about you Tris?" Marlene asks. All of the girls are looking at me expecting to answer like it's no big deal. But it IS a big deal! Because I'm a mermaid, it messed me up so I don't get my period because I reproduce in a different way. Luckily I have been asked this before so I have an excuse.
Wait, you don't have it do you?" Christina asks. Whoops guess I was thinking for too long. Damn it now I can't lie and say I do have it otherwise Christina will be able to tell that I'm lying.
"Ugh... No I don't. The doctor said it was because of my petite size so don't worry it's normal." Hopefully they by that. They do and a weight is lifted off my shoulders.
For the rest of the night we watch a couple of movies. One was the Fault In Our Stars and the other was The Hunger Games Trilogy. We are all a mess from crying our eyes out so we decide to head to bed. My dreams are filled with Tobias and how we could be together forever and support each other being different. We can protect the secret together.