TRIS POV
I get back to my apartment and see my best friend Lyssa lying on our couch. Lyssa has been my roomate for a year now. 1 year ago my parents and my older brother Caleb died. The four of us got in a car accident. I was the only one who survived. (Yeah, just like If I Stay. If you haven't read that book, read it. It's amazing.) I have a lot of faint scars, and two very visible ones on my collarbone and neck. After they died I had two choices. Become factionless of find someone to live with. I couldn't find anyone until Lyssa came along. She used to be an Amity. Her mother died at childbirth and her dad is a drunk. When she saw on the news that I was the only one who survived the crash, she saw an oppurtunity and ran way from Amity. Next thing I knew my old apartment I used to live in with my family was foreclosed on, and I found a loft aprtment and Lyssa moved in.
Our apartment was a typical brick and wood type of apartment. One bathroom, two small bedrooms, a kitchen, and a living room. Over the past year we've furnished it nicely. All the walls are red brick, but the wall on the far left of our living room is florr to ceiling windows. We have and amazing view of the whole city, and at night it's amazing. Pretty nice despite the size of the overall apartment. Perfect size for two girls.
The window in the kitchen above the sink is small and square, and there is a building right next door. There are about 5 feet separating our building from the other, and there is another small square window right across from ours. In that apartment is Eli, the guy in the building next door. We've become good friends with him seeing as we can both see into each others apartments.
"Why weren't you at breakfast earlier?" I ask Lyssa, who is still face down on the couch. She sits up and walks into the kitchen.
"You know how I missed Zeke's party? I was out with Leven." she tells me.
"From yoga? I love her! The three of us should get together for dinner. Go on." I say.
"Anyways we got Indian food for dinner. Remind me to never eat curry again. I can only eat rice cakes cuz they don't make me puke."
"That sucks. Want me to get something for you from Tesco's?" I offer. Tesco's is a small grocery store.
"Yeah could you get some tea? Chamomile would be great."
"Sure." I grab my wallet off the coffee table and head doen to Tesco's. While I was walking down the aisles I saw Uriah. He was buying iced coffee.
"Hey." I say as I walk up to him. "Hey." he replies giving me a kiss on the cheek. "Chamomile? What for?" he asks.
"Lyssa ate Indian food and is feeling sick. That's why she wasn't at breakfast. Where'd you find the iced coffee? I think I'll get one." I ask him.
"Aisle 3."
"Thanks." He grabs my hand and we walk to the checkout together. Once we've paid I tell Uriah that he should come back to the apartment. When we get there I can see Eli in the window across from ours.
"Hey Eli." I tell him. "Hey Tris. Up for some window pong later?" "Sure." I tell him. Window pong is a game we made up together. We put a big piece of wood across the space in between our buildings with a line in the middle and play ping pong. A lot of balls fall into the street but it's really fun.
Lyssa makes herself tea while me and Uri plop ourselves on the couch. He puts his am around me and we turn on the tv.
"That's weird, I haven paid for cable in a year how are we still getting TV?" I ask. Ever since the accident I've had no money to pay for anything. Lyssa went back to Amity once to steal some money from her dad who she hasn't contacted since she left. I do odd jobs for various people who give me cash, but it's not a lot. As for groceries, the girl down the hall Robin is kind of obsessed with me. Not in a braggy way, it's just that she's always wanted to be my roomate and she has a key to our apartment. We found out she's been doing our grocery shopping when Lyssa asked me why I bought so much yogurt. I told her that I stopped paying for food ever since the accident, but we never said anything to Robin about it.
Lyssa sits on the other side of Uriah and we watch Pretty Little Liars. Lyssa notices Uri's arm around me and asks "When did you guys become a thing.?"
"The party."