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Chapter 9: Tris's POV
I'm sitting in the car with Christina waiting for her to finish "touching up" on her make-up.
As much as I don't want to go in here, I know that it will be good for me. She was right when she said that I need to socialize more, but it doesn't me that I want to.
"Alright I'm done," she says. "Will said he is already inside with Uriah."
"Um, who's Uriah?" I question.
"You remember Marlene?"
"The one we went to high school with, or that bitchy Marlene at that Starbucks?"
"High school Marlene," she says laughing.
"Yes I remember her. Why?"
"Well I ran into her not to long ago and we decided to catch up a bit. After that she told me that her boyfriend Uriah was throwing a big surprise birthday party for his brother and she invited me to come. Of course I went. And then when the 'birthday boy' came down, I realized it was Zeke," she says laughing.
"The one that gave me the x-ray?"
"Yeah. It was really funny actually. I was really confused and I went up to Zeke and asked him why he was here and he told me it was his birthday party. Then it finally clicked in my head that Uriah was Zeke's little brother. Small world."
"So, Uriah is Marlene's boyfriend and Zeke's brother?"
"Yep."
"That's crazy."
"I know. Uriah is how I met Will actually. He invited me to come to the gym he works at and Will also works there."
"Okay enough talk about Will. I want to meet him!" I say with fake enthusiasm because I really just want to hurry and get this over with.
"Okay let me help you get out," she says while getting out of her car.
After the hassle of getting me up the five, but very steep, steps to the front door, Christina rings the doorbell and a guy that looks almost exactly like Zeke, opens the door.
"Welcome to my humble home!" I'm assuming that this is Uriah.
"Please," Christina scoffs. "Where's Marlene?" That's Christina, always goes straight to the point.
"Well thanks for wanting to talk to me," he says with fake hurt in his voice, "but you must introduce me to the pretty lady behind you." He's a flirt; just like Zeke.
"I'm Tris," I say shyly. My social anxiety is already kicking in.
"Well Tris, I'm Uriah. I would shake your hand, but it seems your handicapped at the moment," he says laughing. "Now come in already!"
Christina walks in like she knows the place like the back of her hand, while I, on the other hand, trail behind her like a lost puppy.
Uriah leads us to an area of the house that is still full of people, but you can here yourself think.
"Will has been waiting impatiently for you Christina," Uriah says with a smirk. Christina blushes.
"Where is he?" She questions. Right after a guy with wavy blonde hair and celery green eyes covers Christina's eyes.
"Guess who?" This guy says into her ear.
Christina pries the hands off her eyes, turns around, and screeches, "Will!"
So this is the famous Will.
"Yes its me, you don't need to bust my ear drums," he says laughing while also wrapping his arm around her waist.
They proceed to make out while I just stand there awkwardly. I finally decide to try and find a place where there aren't so many people.
After fifteen minutes of me trying to weave my way through people without crushing there toes with my crutches, I find myself in the kitchen.
Finally, some peace and quiet.
That's when I notice I am not alone.
Sitting at the island, with a glass of water in his hand, is Four. The person my mind refuses to stop thinking about.
He's in normal clothes, a t-shirt and jeans. It's unusual to me because I have always seen him in black scrubs, but that's not the only thing that sticks out.
There is a tattoo peaking out from the top of his shirt. It looks like it goes down to his back. I wonder what it is and how I never noticed it before.
"I didn't know you would be here blue eyes," I say while I have a smile on my face that I can't seem to get rid of when he's around.
He turns around and a big smile forms on his face. He sits there for a minute just smiling at me. It's kind of creepy.
"You okay there blue eyes? You're looking like a creepy stalker with that smile," I say laughing.
It seems to bring him out of his trance of whatever he was thinking about.
"Oh, umm yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking," he says. I wonder what he was thinking about.
I take a seat next to him.
"I didn't get to ask you while I was at the appointment, but how am I supposed to bathe with this thing?" I ask, pointing to my cast, because I have no idea how I am going to take a bath.
"Well first of," he says, "you can't take showers"
"Well I knew that smart ass," I say laughing.
"Just making sure." He puts his hands in mock defense while also making his eyes wide. His eyes are gorgeous. "You have to fill the bathtub with water first because the other way will most likely get your cast wet. Then you have to get in the tub with your leg hanging on the outside of the tub."
"And how am I supposed to get out?" I question.
"That's your problem hippie. I can't help you with that; unless you want me to of course," he says smirking.
Beatrice Prior do not blush!
"Do you want me to start calling you perv blue eyes?!" I exclaim and hit his chest.
Why do I keep feeling a spark every time I touch him?
"Well," he starts, "I have actually had to do that, but it was this woman who was 78 years old. It wasn't pretty." He starts laughing. I can't help but laugh too.
"You're lying!?" I say. I can't stop laughing. Just imagining Four helping an old woman bathe is to much.
"Nope and then she started trying to flirt with me. Zeke was there because he had to bring her to get an x-ray after her bath. He still hasn't gotten over it and that was when we were still in med school."
"I can't believe that actually happened! How old are you anyways?" I say my laughter now a slight giggle.
"You ask a lot of questions huh hippie? But to answer, I just turned 27 a few weeks ago. How old are you?"
"About to be 26," I say.
"Prime hippie age," he says like he is answering a math problem.
""You're never going to forget about that are you blue eyes?" Not that I want you to.
"Wouldn't dream of it," he says with his signature grin. "Now, I would like to get to know my favorite patient so tell me about yourself hippie."
"Only if you answer the same questions about yourself blue eyes," I say smirking.
"You really do play hard bargains, but I guess I will have to accept once again. So, first question-where were you born?"
"Born and raised in Chicago. You?"
"Born in Seattle and moved here to go to college. Parents?"
I involuntarily cringe at the thought of them. It's so hard to even think about them.
"Well my uh dad was an environmental lawyer and my mom ran a bunch of charities and volunteered and stuff, but them umm died a few months back. What about yours?" I hate talking about them, but this is the first time talking about them that I didn't cry. I guess I'm making progress.
"Well," he shifts uncomfortably in his chair, "my dad was in the government-he died a few years back, but my mom died during childbirth when I was nine so I don't really remember her." I guess we both have mommy and daddy issues.
"Next question," he says. I know he knows that we don't want to talk about our parents anymore. "Siblings?"
"Well Caleb is my only sibling. He lives in San Francisco with his fiancé Susan. Do you have any?" Definitely feels better to talk about Caleb.
"No the baby, umm, also died when my mom was giving birth, so I'm an only child." I would die if I lost Caleb.
"Oh, uh, well…" I don't know what to say, but I'm not going to say the usual "I'm sorry for your lose", or give him pity. I know how both of them feel and I hate both of them.
"It's fine." He smiles sadly. "You want a drink?"
"Oh no I can't because of my-my uh pain meds." Did I seriously almost tell him my biggest secret?
"Well that sucks." I can see curiosity spark in his eyes, but thankfully he doesn't question me.
"Well look at you mister 'I'm drinking water with a lemon in it.'" That did not come out how I was expecting. He busts out laughing.
"That was horrible!" He says in between laughs.
"Well I don't see you doing it any better!" I try to put my hands on my hips dramatically, but I fail miserably because of my crutches.
"Want me to try?" He says mischievously.
"Yes please," I say like a child wanting to see a magic trick.
"I am drinking water with lemon in it." Oh. My. God.
"That was really good." More like really sexy.
"I'm full of surprises hippie," he says with a big smile.
I smile back. I just sit there smiling at him, like he did to me a little while ago, while he looks like he is having an internal battle.
"Hey, umm," he scratches the back of his neck, "you know the green festival starts tomorrow at the pier?" I nod with a smile on my face. Oh my god is he about to- "I won't be on-call tomorrow so would you maybe want to go? I mean you don't have to yo-" I cut him off.
"I would love to," I say with a smile becoming so wide it almost hurts, but I don't care. Four just asked me out! "I'll be at the office until five, and my car is still in the shop so would you mind picking me up there?"
"Not at all." Right after he says that I here a beep. He has to leave…
"Okay I'll be at your office at five tomorrow to pick you up. See you tomorrow hippie!" He yells while running out of Uriah's house.
I feel an immense amount of joy fill my body. My smile continues to grow even bigger.
In less than 24 hours I will go to the Green Festival with Four. I guess it's not technically a date, but close enough.
I love to be around him. He just makes me feel… happy. I don't feel depressed or sad or angry, just happy. I don't know why I feel that way when he's around, but I'm not going to question it.
"Tris!" I hear someone scream. That kind of scream belongs to the one and only Christina. "I have been looking all over for you! What are you doing in here all alone?" I can feel myself start to blush because I wasn't alone.
"I wasn't alone Chris."
"Well I don't see anyone around."
"He just left."
"He?!" She squeals. I will never be able to get used to screams, screeches, and squeals. And I have known her since I was three.
"Yes he Christina," I say with a sigh.
"Well who was this 'he'?" She questions.
"Four," I say so quietly I can barely hear it.
"I knew you to would eventually find each other in here." Apparently she heard me.
"Whatever," I try to sound aggravated, but the fact that I am going to be with him at the Green Festival tomorrow ruins it.
"So, what did you talk about?" She says wiggling her eyebrows.
"Nothing really." I can't hide my smile. She's going to question me. Great…
"Well that smile on your face tells me that something happened; so, you are going to tell me what it was," she says sternly.
"Well we are, uh, kind of, um, going to the Green Festival tomorrow."
"Yes!" She screams. "I knew it!"
"Knew what?"
"Tris, it is so obvious that you to have a thing for each other. It was only a matter of time before you two were going to go on a date and now you are!"
"It's not a date Christina."
"Really Tris? He might not have said the words 'it's a date', but it's a date."
Right as I am about to counter back to Christina, a very familiar face enters the kitchen.
"Tris! I haven't seen you in ages!" She runs up and gives me a big hug.
"I know it's been awhile," I say with a laugh. "How have you been Marlene?"
"Great! Did you meet Uriah?"
"Yeah I did. Chris explained all the connections to me. Zeke gave me my x-ray for my foot," I say pointing down to it.
"Damn, what happened?" I start to blush at the thought of what I did.
"Miss Tris decided that she was going to run barefoot through Chicago and stabbed her foot on a piece of glass," Christina says laughing.
"That is not how it happened Chris."
"There you are!" And in comes Will. "What's everyone laughing about?"
"How Tris stabbed her foot." Christina says.
"Who stabbed their foot?" And here comes Uriah and Zeke. Is it embarrass Tris day or something?
"I think they are talking about Tris," Zeke says.
"So that's what happened to her foot! I was wondering," Uriah says.
"You should have seen it when I had to take the x-ray of it."
"Well thanks," I say sarcastically.
"Hey where is Four?" Zeke asks to no one in particular.
"Yeah Tris where is Four?" Christina says. I feel myself blush even more. I must look like a tomato.
"Shut up Christina," I say.
"Guess what everyone! Tris and Four are going on a date!" Christina yells.
It is definitely embarrass Tris day.
"You owe me twenty bucks Christina," Zeke says.
"Why couldn't he have waited two days?" Christina sighs and reluctantly hands Zeke a twenty-dollar bill.
"Wait Tris is going out with Four?" Marlene questions.
"We are not going out," I say.
"They would make the cutest babies!" Marlene says completely ignoring my statement.
I put my hands on my face trying to disappear.
"They so would!" Zeke says. Right after that his phone rings.
"Well I have to go. My baby is in need of my awesomeness." With a few goodbyes shouted, it is now only Christina, Will, and I. Uriah and Marlene are walking Zeke out.
"So Tris, this is Will. I don't think you to got a formal introduction," she says laughing.
"You know Will, my brother works for the government. You better not hurt her, or I may just have to give him a call," I say with a serious tone.
He gulps.
I bust out laughing.
"Oh you were just kidding," Will says.
"I actually wasn't, but no worries you seem to really love her."
They both look at each other and smile.
"Well it was nice to finally meet you Tris. I have heard so much about you it was starting to get annoying." He starts laughing.
"Tell me about it," I say sarcastically.
Question of the Chapter: Are you watching the Emmy awards? Billy Crystal is doing a dedication to Robin Williams on it. I still can't believe he killed himself…
- Olivia