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Here it is Chapter 9 :)
Most of this chapter is just review of the last 2 but from Fours Point of view.
FOURS POV
Biology flies by as we each introduce ourselves; I learn that Zeke is closer to my age then I had thought and he also throws amazing parties according to the entire class. I also learn that Tris is apparently a gymnast because she got some amazing flips over the summer; which I have remind myself to ask her to do for me sometime soon. When I stand up I say, "I'm Four I am about to turn 18 and I went on tour this summer." I sit down fast after the sudden applause from my classmates.
Soon after they stop the bell rings and I walk out cautiously, I glance around before stepping out of the classroom to make sure it's clear. I eventually find Zeke walking down the hall; he smiles when he sees me and asks, "What class to you have next?" I again take out my schedule to read it, I see my class and say, "Math what about you?" he puts his arm around me like last time and squeals like a girl, I laugh at him as he says, "Me too, its like we were meant to be."
We both laugh the entire way to class he sits in a desk next to his brother and I give a quick nod to Uriah before taking the other spot next to Zeke. Our class goes by just like last one where all we did was introduce ourselves. I could feel people staring at me the entire class but I decided not to let it bug me.
Zeke and I again have the same class; music, so we head to the room and walk straight to a group of people, Zeke shouts over their conversations to get them to notice us and when they do it gets quite awkward; they are all watching me and I feel the need to just walk away but instead Zeke speaks up and says, "Guys this is Four, Four this is Will, Christina, Marlene, you met Uriah, and my personal favorite my beautiful girlfriend Shauna." He gives her a light kiss and I stand shocked for a second, then stutter out a silent, "I thought you and Tris.." in Zekes ear, but before I could finish he cuts me off with laughing, not just laughing but choking over it. I look around kind of questioningly but don't say a word, he finally gets back to normal and gives me a mischievous grin before turning back to his confused friends and saying, "Four over here thought Trissy and I were dating." Everyone bursts into hysterics and I'm again left alone wondering what was so funny about it, I mean they were flirting so much in class.
He puts his arm over my shoulders and pats my chest while saying, "Dude she's been my best friend since middle school. Plus she hasn't even thought about dating since what happened with… well I cant say but lets just go with the dumb ass." I nod my head and follow Zeke to sit down.
Tris comes in minutes later looking as stunning as always and takes a seat on the other side of Zeke. Everyone says hi and continues on with their earlier conversations, I don't listen until I hear Zeke shout, "Oh I forgot Tris, this is Four, Four this is Tris." He uses his hand to motion from her to me and back as he says our names.
Tris gives me a small nod which I return, Zeke seems confused as him and Tris have a stare off; realizing he is wondering why we didn't say anything I mention, "We already met."
The girl next to Tris; Christina, shrieks then asks hurriedly to Tris, "What? When? How?" she laughs shortly and says, "I bumped into him before first period." I chuckle at the memory and again everyone is silently asking for explanations, I state, "She literally bumped into me and fell on the floor." Everyone joins into the laughs while Tris scowls and says, "Actually I'm pretty sure you hit me."
Soon Christina shakes her head and says to Tris, "I can't believe you ran into two different people in two days." I smile and tease, "No, she ran into the same person two times." Christinas smiling face turns into a shocked one when she says, "That was Four? Why didn't you tell me? How could I not realize?" Tris shrugs and says sweetly, "I told him I wouldn't because obviously he didn't want to be seen." I give her a smile and nod agreeing with her reasoning. Christina finally understanding says, "Well that makes sense," Tris cutting Christina off mid-sentence says in a sassy voice, "And the reason you didn't notice was because you were too busy laughing your ass off while I was sitting on the floor."
That makes everyone laugh once again. When we finish Zeke turns to me then whispers in my ear, "You like Tris don't you?" I glance toward her as I nod slowly, he gives me a pity smile and says, "Just don't hurt her man, she's been through a lot." I look at him and ask, "What happene.." before I finish a cocky looking guy with light brown hair and a slightly big nose walks past us and slows down as he comes to Tris, he realizes she doesn't see him and says, "Hey Tris." She peaks her head up and I see fear cross her eyes; which quickly turns to anger when she says, "Peter." I look at him and back to her, why is she scared of him?
He walks away and Zeke answers my question with out me having to ask, "Lets just say he is the dumb ass." I nod my head in realization and turn my attention to the teacher who had just walked to the center of the stage, she smiles brightly and speaks into the mic, "Hey guys welcome to music class, I'm your teacher Tori; and please never call me Mrs. Tori it makes me feel old." Everyone laughs at her joke; I already know she is going to be my favorite teacher.
She goes on to tell us that we will start the class with introductions and then there will be something she calls an 'Open Stage' where anyone can go up and sing or play whatever they feel like, seems easy enough. She goes through the entire class; which I don't pay attention to, eventually it's my turn I stand and say, "I'm Four I'm a senior and I play anything with stings piano and drums." I don't want to sound prideful so I make sure to keep a smile on my face before sitting back down, Tris gets up for her turn and declares, "I'm Tris I'm also a senior and I play guitar, piano, and sing a little." I shake my head, I thought this girl couldn't get anymore perfect but she of course plays music. God, I have never been so attracted to someone in my entire life.
I zone out after Tori announces that Open stage has begun. I don't think anyone; including me, wants to go first. It's just too awkward. Tori steps back on stage and jokes, "Please guys there isn't enough room for all the volunteers, only one at a time." I laugh in a daze and see everyone doing the same, she continues realizing that still no one has offered to get up there saying, "Well if no one wants to start then I guess I'll have to pick someone." I glance around hoping someone will stand but again no one does, crap I am the famous one she will most likely pick me. I just want to be normal again, not the singer.
I look up and see Tori is staring at Tris. Tris picks her head up and immediately shoots her gaze back to the ground after realizing that Tori had her eyes on her. Tori then says, "Tris, you've been in my class for a while why don't you be the first to take the spot light." I turn my head back to Tris and see her stand up confidently, she struts to the piano and catches my eyes, I give her a small smile and she returns it then whispers into the microphone, "This is a little something I wrote a while ago; I hope you like it. It's called 'When I look at you'" she takes a seat on the bench and glances one more look over here before she begins, I may have just been dreaming but I think she was looking into my eyes and my eyes only.
She begins the song and I am mesmerized, it is so beautiful and I can't help but wish that I could hear her sing along. She comes close by humming but never does a word come from her mouth. She continues and with every note I get more and more infatuated with this girl, I can't believe she wrote this. It deserves to be a single and I didn't even hear any lyrics yet.
She finishes too soon in my opinion and makes her way back down the stairs but before she sits we all erupt in applause; I guess I'm not the only one that enjoyed it. She sits as soon as we finish praising her and turn our attention back on Tori who walked to the stage, she smiles and states, "Well that was just beautiful! Great job Tris." I see Tris give her a nod in my peripherals and Tori continues after, "So who wants to go next?" being stupid I didn't try to hide my face but instead just looked forward, she smiles at me and I cringe when she asks, "Four?" I guess I should just get it over with. Everyone starts pushing me up on stage, I sigh and stand up as Tris once did and walk the steps to the spot light while everyones eyes are on me.
I take the mic from Tori and give a smile as appreciation, she steps back and takes a seat. I place the microphone in its stand and say truthfully, "I really don't think I can compete with what Tris just performed but here is a song that I wrote a few years ago before I." I stutter, as I was about to say before I got famous but instead opt for, "Well I guess before I got noticed." I give Tris my signature smile and turn before I see her reaction, I pick up the acoustic guitar that is sitting near by, I strum a bit making sure its tuned to the way I like it, "Here goes nothing." I say into the mic.
I play the beginning bobbing my head with the beat then start the lyrics I had once wrote for my Mother when she left my father and I 10 years ago. Basically the song is what got me into writing and singing which got me through the past 7 years of my life. Once she started trying to come back and be in my life I couldn't handle it and started to put all my thoughts and feelings into the songs and it seemed to be the only way to heal the wounds that had scarred me emotionally and physically.
I tear up a little on the last verse and have to cover it up when I put the guitar away and make my way back down the stairs. I sit not paying attention to anyones applause, I give a small smile to Tori when she compliments me then put my head down silently allowing the tears to escape. The bell rings and the entire class exits fast, I stay hoping no one will see me cry but hear a little shuffle and a sweet voice say, "That was absolutely beautiful." I look up water still streaking my face and without a word Tris has her arms wrapped around me in a hug, I return it without question and we stay in that position for a few seconds, or so it felt; but when I hear the bell ring again I realize it had to of been a lot longer. Either way it wasn't long enough for me.
We pull apart simultaneously and look into each others eyes; she smiles and asks, "What class do you have next?" I search my pocket and eventually find my schedule, I grin at what I read and say, "Free period how about you?" she doesn't answer at first and grabs my large hand with her little one and pulls me to my feet as she states, "Same, come on." I chuckle a bit and let her lead me to the door, I sniffle and remember I was just crying my eyes out I get a little insecure and ask, "Does it look like I've been crying?" she turns and looks over my face for quite some time before giving a look I did not want to ever see on her face as she says, "Well, yeah. Kind of."
Embarrassed, I face the other way and try to wipe my face of all memory from these past few minutes. I feel tiny fingers guide my chin to be met with Tris' eyes once again as she says, "I'm kidding, you look as touch as a cookie." Oh thank God. I laugh and she turns back on her heel and continues on to her previous journey, I follow without hesitation and we quickly exit the school, she stops and starts looking around; I finally ask, "Where are we going?" but again she doesn't answer and heads to the right towards the football stadium, I of course trail right behind her but slow down as I see her sprint up the bleachers all the way to the end, I make my way up there at my own pace and sit as close as I possibly can with out being too obvious.
We sit for minutes in a comfortable silence before I quietly apologize, "I'm really sorry for, you know; crying and all." She gives a small smile as she states, "There is nothing to be sorry for, obviously that song meant a lot to you and the person you wrote it for is missing out on an amazing guy." I notice heat is entering my cheeks at her compliment and look away feeling uncomfortable with this new feeling.
I finally think the red has vanished and turn back meeting a beautiful blue color; she quickly realizes I caught her staring at me and blushes before turning away. I guess we have the same affect on each other. I look away from her and to the field, now is as good a time as any. I grab her hand surprisingly fast and rush down the steps with her right behind with obviously no other choice. She does this adorable giggle all the way to the 50-yard line, I come to a sudden stop and already know what I'm about to see; Tris with a look of complete and utter confusion, and I'm right of course.
I see she still has her leather jacket on which she wont be able to perform in and step behind her sliding it off slowly. She turns her head to me and I say, "I want to see this amazing triple back flip you got over the summer." Her whole face lights up at the recognition but she makes sure to make it clear by saying, "I never said it was amazing." I look down before stating, 'I already know it will be.' But instead I see light blue ink marks on her already flawless skin, I gently wrap my hand around her arm and put it in a position easier for me to see; there are about a dozen blue birds in flight going up her arm with the words at the top 'Be Brave' in cursive. I immediately think about the huge words across the entire top of my back and say, "You have a tattoo? She takes this opportunity to take her arm away and I look up into her eyes as she whispers, "Yeah." She just keeps getting better and better, I swear.
I give her a grin and state, "Me too, but its on my back." She sighs I guess seeing that I don't mind and turns around before starting some normal arm stretches, she gives me a slight smile when she faces me again and asks, "You ready?" I nod excitingly and say, "Ready." She takes a big breath before pivoting back around; she starts to sprint forward and does what I recognize as a round off then her three backflips into a flip I've never seen before. Damn, she's so good.
She finishes with a bright smile on her face and I rush over to her and state, "You definitely need to start saying amazing when you talk about that."
Kind of filler chapter but I wanted you guys to see Fours POV so yeah hope you enjoyed, let me know what you thought and sorry I'm updating so late; I started drivers ED Monday and its from 6-9:15 ever week day for 2 weeks -_- it sucks so bad. But oh well.
Yeah so now that I'm done ranting I hope you have a great night/day/ whatever time it is for you right now :)
Xoxo,
~Faith
