{Author's Note}

Can I apologize about how random this story is and how it awkwardly jumps from one point in the plot to another.

Sorry about that.

Anyways…..Where is he taking her?

TRIS

"Your music's good." He says smiling listing to my CD. I snicker and look to the huge building approaching us.

"Oh my God. You're not-"

"I am." He says cutting me off.

I hit my head on the glove box. "It's bad enough Christina makes me come here. Now you too? Are you guys in cahoots to make me girly-er?"

He smiles. "Don't worry. I won't make you go into Victoria's Secret or anything."

I feel my face flush red.

"But then again…." His fingers start running over mine.

"Shut up." I say but don't push his hands away from me.

He parks his car in the front and gets out of the car. He runs around the front and I push open the door with a heavy swing. He gives me an unnerving look. "I was going to get the door for you."

A little part of me goes awwwww! And the other says Get out of the car. Stop looking at him like an idiot.

I hop out of the car and almost fall on my face. He grabs me by the hand to steady me. "Thanks." I say smoothing my hair back with my other hand.

"Are you always this accident prone?" He asks. I laugh sarcastically and squeeze his hand.

He smiles as we enter Woodfield Mall.

"So what exactly are we shopping for?" I ask.

He shrugs. "I need coffee. Do you want coffee?"

I nod. "Sure."

We walk up to the Starbucks kiosk. It's pretty crowded, being five thirty on a Saturday night.

"What do want?" He asks me as we get in line behind a red haired woman.

"Just black." I say looking around at all the shoppers.

"Seriously?"

I nod. "I like it black."

"Starbucks?" He whines like a little boy. "It's so strong though."

"I know." I say back. He chuckles at me.

The line moves up so the red haired lady is ordering.

"Dare you to tell them your name is Primrose Everdeen." I say.

He looks at me. "And if I do?"

"I get a good laugh."

He bites his lips and smiles. It's our turn to order.

"Hi, uh, can I get one Grande skinny vanilla latté and Grande just-a-cup-of-coffee." I laugh at his made up name.

"Just a cup of coffee?" The guy asks.

"Please." Tobias answers.

The man shrugs and tells the people behind the counter what to brew. He turns and faces us. "Names?"

Tobias clears his throat. "Four and Primrose Everdeen."

The man just shakes his head and writes the names on our cups.

I turn around and burst into giggles. "Did you see his face?"

He laughs and nods as we walk around to the other side of the kiosk.

We find an unoccupied bench near the Starbucks and sit down. He runs his thumb along my hand. "How many girlfriends did you have in England?" I ask randomly.

He raises his eyebrow. "Who wants to know?"

"Me."

He gives a dramatic sigh. "Well Bella, and Rosalie and Alice and E-"

"You're just naming people from Twilight." I interject.

"Am I?" He says giving me a grin. "Maybe I was in Transylvania instead."

I burst out laughing. "So you're a vampire now."

He gives me a flirty smile. "Do you like vampires?"

I return his smile. "Love 'em."

"I that case," He says leaning close to me. Our lips are so close to each other that if he moved a millimeter closer, we'd be kissing. "Let me be your Edward."

"Primrose Everdeen an-"

Tobias jerks up letting go of my hand. He runs to the Starbucks, shoes squeaking on the mall floor. "I volunteer as tribute!" He yells. People turn to look at him, but he must not care.

He grabs the cups of coffee and slips the man a bill. When he walks back, his eyes don't leave me.

The coffee cup in his left hand is lifted to his mouth. He makes a disgusted face. "This one's yours." He says handing it to me.

I make a face. "I don't want your cooties on my coffee." I say in my best little kid voice.

He gives me a smirk. "Well do you want them somewhere else?"

I laugh. "No thanks Perv."

He smirks again. "I didn't mean it like that."

"Yeah you did." I reply letting the conversation drop.

I sip my coffee and let the heat drown away my thoughts. The back of my tongue burns for water but I ignore it and keep sipping.

He lifts my up by his hand and we walk hand in hand toward the escalator. "I dare you to run up the down escalator." He says to me.

"Gladly." I smile and hand him my coffee. He sips it again making a horrible face as he swallows. I roll my eyes then start to run.

My ponytail whips behind my head as I run slowly and watch my steps. Once I reach the top I give him an excited smile.

He shakes his head and rides the up escalator, like a wuss, and hands me back my coffee. "Hashtag like a boss!" He says.

I laugh. "Hashtag you did not just say that."

He slips his hand in mind and I give him a reassuring squeeze. "Hashtag, yeah I did!"

I roll eyes. "Hashtag you're annoying me." I say with a smile.

"Hashtag that was the point." He says. I turn my head to look out at the glass ceiling. I feel a pair of lips brush my cheek, then they disappear. I turn to Tobias who's whistling casually.

I look at him and he gives my hand a squeeze. For a while we just walk around the mall, not doing anything specific.

"Let's play a game." He suggests.

"Like you go in to Bath and Body Works and see how many free samples you can get from the middle aged woman that works there?" I ask with a sarcastic face.

He laughs and runs his fingers through his dark wavy hair. "Well we could do that," He pauses and lets his hand drop to his side. "But I was thinking we sit at the food court and people watch."

"That's the game?" I ask.

He shakes his head. "No, we'll make up their life stories."

"What?"

"It's fun, just trust me." And with that he drags me to the food court. He buys me Panda Express and we sit down. Don't ask me how he knows I like fried rice and Cantonese Lo Mein.

Plopping into a small table I sit and dig into my Chinese, enjoying every second of it.

He sits across from me and stretches, exhaling deeply. "Okay. I'll start." He folds his hands over the table. I watch his eyes as he intensely searches for the perfect person. "The lady sitting alone by the fountain."

I crane my head to look at her. She's fairly pretty with long dark hair and thick-rimmed glasses. I hear Tobias inhale.

"When she was five years old she had a traumatic dream about marshmallows."

I almost spit out my food. Slowly I swallow. "What does that have to do with her life story?"

"You didn't let me finish." His fingers sweep over my left hand as he starts playing with my fingers. "So when she went to high school in Kanas,"

I laugh. "Kansas?"

He gives me a playful glare. "She was at a sleepover party. Her friends wanted her to do the chubby bunny challenge, but she ran out of the room crying. Then her friends got it on video to show her boyfriend who dumped her and went out with the head cheerleader instead."

I look at him, then the woman, then him. "You got all that at one glance?"

He makes small circles on my hand. "What can I say? I'm psychic"

I laugh and roll my eyes. "Obviously." For a moment I think he gives my hand a squeeze, but it might just be my imagination.

"You try someone." He recommends.

I scan the area and find the backs of two people holding hands. "Okay. See those people over there." I say nodding my head in their general direction.

He looks over his shoulder. "Yes. I have eyes."

"Oh shut up." I say plopping some chicken in my mouth. I chew slowly just so he has to wait for me. I swallow and involuntarily wipe the corners of my mouth. "So the girl was on a cruise to Mexico-"

"Fancy." Tobias says picking up a small piece of chicken. He bought it so I guess he can have some.

"Very. So she meets this waiter guy and then they start talking and she leaves her number on the bill for him. Then wh-"

"Oh my God." Tobias says looking at them. They've just stood up and are walking towards the food court.

Towards us.

It takes me a minute to recognize the faces.

I drop my chopsticks. "It's Mr. and Dr. Mathews."

{A/N}

So I love writing this story, but I don't think it's going to be updated for a while. I'm trying to tie up all the loose ends in DFF to end it [*MEGA SAD FACE*] but this story will become my focus after that. I might not update anything for a while because on Thursday I'm flying to Washington DC for spring break. (I get to be a total tourist. Yay…) So just a heads up (:

Xoxo

~AJ