Christina and I sit in the boys' room waiting for them to get all their stuff together. I thought it was girls that took a long time to get ready. When Uriah finds his other shoe, we all head out to the party, well everyone else heads out while Tobias and Christina pull me along.
Eventually, Tobias gets tired of dragging me, so he just picks me up and puts me over his shoulder.
"Tobias! Put me DOWN!"I yell, but he doesn't turn his attention away from the conversation he's having with Zeke. This makes me want to punch him, so I do. This gets his attention.
"Tris, you're making it really hard to carry you, do you want me to drop you?" He asks in an exasperated tone. I roll my eyes.
"Kind of. If you dropped me, I could run."
"Not going to happen." He says, then he throws me up in the air and catches me, when I scream everyone bursts out laughing, except Christina who smacks Tobias.
"You're going to ruin my masterpiece!" Christina shouts, scowling. I laugh at Christina, and then get an idea.
"You know, Christina, he's ruining my dress." When I say that she glares at him and tries to help me down, but then Will just picks her up and carries her too.
"Will. Put. Me. Down." She says calmly, he shakes his head and runs off while Christina screams about her hair. After they are gone, we all burst out laughing again.
"Four, pleasssseeeee put me down," I beg, "I promise, I won't try to run back to my room." He thinks about it,
"I'd rather not take my chances." He decides. I groan, I'm clearly not going to win this alone.
"Shauna, can you help me?" I ask, she grins and shakes her head, but I have a plan.
"Remember that sleep over we had a few years ago, the one where you kissed a po-" Shauna cuts me off.
"Shut up!" She runs over to help me, but then Zeke stops her. I groan,
"Oh my god! What is wrong with you people?" I give up struggling. Tobias laughs at me,
"Maybe I'll say yes if you beg again." He taunts, I roll my eyes but I know he can't see me. After a while, Zeke stops and we all run into each other.
"We're here!" He shouts cheerfully, but we don't seem to be anywhere. The only thing around us other than stores is a ladder. I'm the first one to understand.
"Ready to face your fear again?" I whisper to Tobias, he looks confused, but then I gesture to the ladder that leads to a rooftop.
"I guess I have to be." He mutters, he lets me down so I can climb and I go first. I know how quickly I can make it up the ladder, but I slow down for Tobias. I can hear his unsteady breathing below me, and I strain to hear the frantic beat of his heart.
Once I get to the top, I push myself onto the roof, when I look down to help Tobias, I realize how high up we are, it looks like the ladder won't be the worst part for Tobias. I grab his hand and pull him onto the roof.
"Don't look down." I whisper, he nods his head and tries to steady his breathing as the rest of our friends figure out where we are and make their way up the ladder. Nobody else seems to have a fear of heights, because they all make it up the ladder fine. I can tell Tobias is still scared, but he calmed down a bit after he got off the ladder.
We make our way to the other side of the roof. I look over the edge and see a enormous party going on in a large courtyard. There are doors around the courtyard, but I assume they're locked since we couldn't get in that way.
"Guys, over here." I say, I point to a ladder to our right. I grab Tobias' hand and let him go down first, I know he is dying to get off this roof. When we're all down, Tobias pulls me aside.
"Sorry I freaked out." He says, "And thanks."
"It's not your fault." I tell him, "Anyways, I would be cruel not to help you." He smiles gratefully at me, and I smile back. We hold hands and make our way through the crowd, looking for the rest of our friends.
"Wow, two fears in one day." He mutters, referring to his claustrophobia. I squeeze his hand and we keep walking through the crowd until we find a place that is much more open. Tobias takes a deep breath, and we decide to stop there. We're in a large alley that is as big as our kitchen. We grab some punch, and sit down for a while, just talking.
After a few minutes, Christina and Will wandered up to us.
"I dare you to play Truth or Dare!" Shouts Christina, Will grabs her hand.
"She's a bit drunk." Mutters Will, we laugh and get up,
"Want to play?" I ask Tobias, he shrugs.
"Sure, what could go wrong?" I raise my eyebrow and he laughs. "I guess a lot could go wrong." He admits, I laugh too and we follow Christina and Will through the crowd. They lead us into a store, where all of our friends sit in a circle. As usual, Uriah and Zeke fight about who gets to start. Finally, Zeke wins and he turns to Uriah.
"Truth or Dare?" He asks with an evil grin.
"Dare." He shouts without a moments hesitation, and the game begins.