CHAPTER 7

TRIS POV

The feeling that something brushes my cheek wakes me up the next morning, I open my eyes slowly. My mother stand next to my bed, her blond hair is pulls back into a flawless high ponytail, and her eyes are perfectly lined with the dark Mary Kay eyeliner I know she loves so much. She strokes my cheek lovingly and her soft hands feel nice and sweet.

"Good Morning sweetheart, I'm sorry I woke you up during your day off. But your dad has to leave town for some days, work stuff. He wants to say goodbye before he goes." she says with a small smile.

"Okay..." I say dryly. I haven't talked to my dad since he grounded me.

She leaves my room and I sit up in my bed. A couple of minutes later, my father knocks my door lightly and walks in. "Hey Bee-Bee" he says as he walks towards my bed. I roll my eyes at the nickname I'm stuck with since I was a baby, good thing only my family calls me that. "I just wanted to say goodbye. I'll be gone until Saturday, but I didn't want to leave without saying goodbye to my baby girl." he says with a smile as he seats next to me on my bed.

I don't answer and he seems to notice my disappointment. "Honey, I know that you are angry at me because of the whole punishment thing. But you have to understand. They school informs me that my little girl was caught kissing a boy, who is two years older and you barely know. How am I supposed to react? You are my baby, it makes me furious that you would be kissing boys and breaking rules." he gently strokes my hair. "You know I love you very much."

I let out a sigh "I love you too dad. And yes, I'm angry because I got grounded, but... I kind of understand you. So lets just leave it like that, okay? Have a nice trip" I'm angry, but I would rather avoid an argument.

"Thank you darling, behave and be a good girl." he says before he stands up, kisses the top of my head and leaves the room.

After my father is gone, I go downstairs to eat breakfast. My mother and Caleb sit at the table, I sit next to Caleb and Donovan places a plate of pancakes, a small bowl of strawberries, a glass of orange juice and a toast with cream cheese. He knows this is my favorite breakfast, he is a fast learner.

"Thanks Don" I say as I dig into my food. Matilda, our housekeeper, nanny and cook since I was a little girl knows exactly how to make my pancakes, and I enjoy every bite.

"So, what are you guys doing today?" my mother asks as she takes a sip of her coffee.

"Nick and Jay are coming over in a couple of hours." Caleb says referring to his nerd buddies.

"I'm grounded, so I guess I'm just staying here" I say as I pop a strawberry into my mouth.

"You can go out today dear, an exception." my mother says as she grabs the newspaper.

I smile at her sweetly. I then remember Caleb at the party last night. "So Caleb, you went out last night, right?"

"I did. I went to a stupid party the Pedrad brothers organized, not my kind of hang out, but I need to interact with the students if I want to be student council president... By the way Bee, I saw you kissing partner at the party." he says with raised eyebrows, a gesture that reminds me of my father.

I roll my eyes at him "We are not kissing partners we just... kissed" I realize I'm making no sense, so I just stand up to leave. "I'll just change and go to Christina's."

After half an hour, Christina and I are sitting in her bed, painting our toe nails. Her room reminds me of a cupcake, everything in it is pastel pink and chocolate brown, a very girly combination of colors.

"Soo.. last night after I dropped you at your house, I went back to the party, but only for like half an hour. But since we didn't really get to enjoy the party, We can go clubbing tomorrow. I already talked to Uriah and Zeke. We are going to that fancy new club near the beach, it's going to be amazing! And the boys will be there" says Christina as she carefully moves around her bed trying nit to ruin her toenails.

"Can't go. I'm still grounded and I don't feel like sneaking out again." I murmur as I rest my head on a brown fluffy pillow.

"Come on Tris! You are not exactly the best behaved good girl, you know how to break rules when you need to. And you really need to come with us" she whines.

I let out a heavy sigh before speaking "Chrissy, I want to have fun. But... I just want to avoid trouble. Plus, I feel like a terrible daughter."

"Whatever, do what you want. Just keep in mind that Four will be there" she says with a sneaky smile.

I try to pretend I don't care. But I fail "I'll try to be there." I say with a small smile.

When I get home later that afternoon I go directly to my parents' room. I find my mom laying in her bed with her laptop in one of her online shopping sprees. "Hey mom. I Was wondering if you could... you know, make an exception to my punishment for a night? All my friends are going out tomorrow night" I wince as I speak.

She closes her laptop and lowers her glasses."Beatrice. I was on the phone with your dad a couple of minutes ago and we talked about your punishment. We want you to understand that what you did was wrong, and we didn't expect that behavior from you. But we thought about removing your punishment with one condition, you will have extra chores in the house for two weeks. We are doing this because we both know you are not that kind of girl and that what happened was a mistake. But, if you do something like that again, there will be serious consequences."

An enormous smile spreads across my face "Mom you are the best. I can't believe it! And it will never happen again, I promise." I say I turn to leave, I feel like jumping around and dancing.

FOUR POV

I hear my father calling me from downstairs and rapidly rush out of my room, The idea of making him wait for me and making him mad gives me chills, I don't want to get in his bad side. But for some reason, I usually do.

Marcus is sitting in the gigantic minimalistic living room, I walk in trying to act casual with my hands inside the pockets of my jeans. "Yes?" I ask as I sit in the couch farthest from where he is sitting.

"I want to talk to you about something. As you know, I have appointed the opening of the new city club I have designed and invested in. It will be a huge event and as the owner of the club I have to make sure everything is perfect. So I have no time to make sure you know what to do, so I'm telling you right now. You have to be well dressed, no jeans or t-shirts or sneakers or whatever. You have to look formal to make a good impression. You can invite some of your friends, but make sure they don't make a mess and that they are well dressed and behaved. The Prior girl, Brittany-"

"Her name is Beatrice, not Brittany" I correct him.

"Right, Beatrice is probably going to be there since Andrew and Natalie are part of my VIP list of guest. And don't you dare make a kissing scene with her during my event. And that other girl, Crystal-"

"Oh my God, her name is Christina, Not Crystal." I say while I roll my eyes.

"Whatever, she is probably going to be there too, her family is invited as well. As you might know, her step-father is the owner of this subdivision, so they are obviously invited. So those two will be there, but I assume you would probably want to invite other friends, so you can. Just remember this is a very fancy occasion."

"Got it" I say as I leave the living room and go back to my bedroom. I always hated my father's events, but for some reason I'm kind of excited about this opening. I try not to think the reason of my excitement is the fact that Tris will be there. I find myself thinking a lot about her lately.

A.N: THIS CHAPTER IS SHORT AND BORING AND I'M SORRY, BUT LATELY I CAN'T FIND TIME TO UPDATE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AFTER HOURS OF RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THE PLACE THEY LOVE IN THAT I CALL A "CONDOMINIUM" IS ACTUALLY CALLED "SUBDIVISION". YAAY!

BTW, THE CHAPTER FOR MY OTHER STORY WILL BE UP IN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS. BY THE WAY MARCUS' EVENT IS A HUGE OPENING GALA FOR HIS NEW FANCY CLUB. (I DON'T MEAN LIKE A PARTYING NIGHTCLUB, IT'S THE KIND OF CLUB WITH POOLS AND RESTAURANTS AND ALL, A NORMAL BUT FANCY CLUB)

LOVE YOU ALL! (NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE LONGER)