Hey everyone! So I wanted to post the next chapter before time consumes me up and then you probably wouldn't get the next chapter!
So...enough of me...
HERE'S CHAPTER 7!
Tris POV
It's now a Monday. I wonder if Four will be at school today. I hope he is because I've been meaning to talk to him about me kissing his cheek. I don't know what came over me. He just seems so compelling and mysterious and that is what pulls me under his spell. I've known him for a month now and my feelings for him have slightly increased. I sit down on my bed and look at the pictures on my nightstand. There's a picture of my friend, Christina, and I. It was taken a year ago. She took me to a local concert and I was in passenger seat. Christina driving. A person swerved into our lane. It was a full head on collision. The police announced her dead on the scene. I was told that information when I woke up in the hospital the next day. The driver was texting and driving while speeding. I get up and make my way to school. My throat tightens. I know I'm about to cry. I swallow down a sob as the bus gets to the school grounds. I get into the cafeteria. I see Four right there. Clear as day. He motions me to come sit by him. I sit beside him as I feel my body tremble.
No. I can't.
I look into Four's eyes as the first tear begins to fall. I will never let anyone see me cry. Except Four. I feel safe around him. I hear Four ask me. "Tris?" The image of Christina's mangled body comes inside my head and tears leak onto my cheeks. "Tris!" Four says in a low whisper. Why is he not yelling at me? I focus on his deep blue eyes as he comes back into focus. All the tears and everything I've held within me for a year. Escapes me. I feel two strong, warm arms hold me against his chest. Through the tears...I see it's Four.
I cry until I can't breathe. My stomach beginning to hurt from crying. "Tris, what's wrong?" I hear Four say in a whisper that makes me look down to the floor. I take a deep breath and wipe me eyes. "My friend died in a car crash a year ago. Full head on collision. She wasn't wearing a seat belt. I was..." My voice trails off into oblivion. "You know...you're a miracle if you survived." Four says slowly. Looking into my eyes. He does something that surprises me. With a very gentle hand he wipes the rest of my tears away. He then kisses my cheek. Leaving where he kissed me burning. He stands up and brings me up with him. He gives me a hug then walks away. Leaving me standing there. I turn around and open my book to the very last page of my book. He left me a note with his phone number attached.
The note went something like this...
Tris,
I'm not very good with public emotion and I wanted to say that...everything will be okay. Stand up and be the strong girl that we both know that you can be.
Just try.
Be brave, Tris.
- Four
I take a deep breath then let it out. Be brave.
So this is chapter 7! I feel as if I did a good job in portraying Tris's character in this chapter than I have with previous chapters and then I don't. I do feel very torn because I feel as if I didn't do a good job...
Tell me how I did in the reviews. Tell me if I should continue or not because I write for you all. Not for me. I write my chapters and/or stories to give a zeal that makes you want to come back for more and that's the most amazing feeling in the world.
Love Always and Until Next Time,
- foureatoncake