A/N: Hey people! It's been a little while! I meant to update a little sooner than this, sorry guys! Enjoy Chapter 36!
Tris POV:
"Tris Prior! Get your ass out of bed right now!" I hear Christina yell.
"What do you want?" I mumble, not wanting to get up.
"It's Christmas Eve and we haven't done any Christmas shopping!"
Tobias bolts straight up in bed, cursing under his breath. Christina's eyes widen at his shirtless body. "What were you two up to last night?" she smirks.
I roll my eyes and get dressed quickly. Christina, Marlene, Shauna and I are going shopping together for the guys and then we're all going shopping with our boyfriends to get presents for each other. When we get to Christina's car, she smiles evilly.
"Okay so I already have Four's present because I'm giving him the dress Tris wore to the party-" Christina starts and I glare at her.
"Don't look at me like that, Tris! I'm sure he'll appreciate it," she smirks.
I roll my eyes. "I don't really know what to get for any of the guys. I know what I'm getting you too, but I don't even know what I'm getting To-uh-Four," I say, catching myself before I use Tobias's real name.
"Well I know what I'm getting Uriah, but I don't know what to get Zeke or Will or Four," Marlene says.
"You guys suck at getting Christmas presents. I know what I'm getting everyone!" Christina squeals, and we all look at her expectantly. "I'm getting
Four the dress, Zeke some pink hair dye because he always jokes about dying his hair a neon color, Uriah's getting a gift card to Walmart, and I'm getting Will a huge box of condoms," she says. We all laugh.
"Just one question, why are you giving Uriah a gift card to Walmart? I mean seriously, of all places, Walmart?!" Marlene asks.
"Well, you see, Uriah always talks about hating Walmart, so the only gift I could possibly give him would be a gift card to his least favorite store!" Christina says.
We all laugh at her weird logic but don't question her any further. "What about you, Shauna? What are you getting everyone?" I ask.
"Well I'm getting all of the guys matching muscle shirts, which'll be more of a present for us than it would be for them, but whatever! They can suck it!" Shauna says, yelling the last part.
"I'm getting Uriah a new pair of sneakers because his are completely destroyed, and I think I'll just get the rest of the guys shirts or gift cards or something to a sports store because I know they all want new guns and targets I just don't know which ones they want," Marlene says.
Everybody looks at me, probably wanting me to say what I'm getting everybody. "I think I'm gonna get Uriah a gift card to McDonalds because he wouldn't shut up about wanting McDonalds the whole ride here. And then I'll probably get Will a sudoku book thing because he's obsessed with it or something. And I guess I'll get Zeke some type of thing he can use to play pranks because he seems to like doing stuff like that. But I don't know what to get Four! I want it to be something really special," I say.
"You could give him some type of glass thing that symbolizes your relationship," Christina says dreamily.
I scoff. "Four would never go for something like that. It's to cheesy and mushy."
"Fine," Christina mutters.
"Girls are so much easier to buy for! You can just get them jewelry and they'll be happy! Except for Tris of course, she doesn't wear-" Marlene starts, but stops automatically when she sees the raven on my collarbone glint in the sunlight. "Tris! You're wearing a necklace!" she squeals.
"Oh, umm, yeah. Four gave it to me yesterday," I say, blushing slightly.
"That's so cute! What are they? Like, I know they're birds but what type of birds?" Christina asks.
"Ravens," I smile.
The girls all squeal in delight and I feel my face reddening. "Off of the necklace, what should I get Four?" I ask, trying to change the subject.
"You could get him something that shows him that you're ready to have sex," Christina smirks.
"No!" I practically yell.
"Jeez, Tris, no need to get so defensive! Why not?" Christina persists.
"Because that would be teasing," I mumble.
"Oh?"
"I'm not ready to take that next step and Four knows that," I state.
"Fine, whatever, but he's a guy. He's gonna want some action at some point, even if he doesn't show it," Christina says.
"I know, but he respects me and he knows I'm not ready for that yet. Now can we please change the subject off of that? What should I get him?" I ask exasperatedly.
"Do you have a picture of you and him?" Shauna asks.
"Yeah, I have quite a few."
"Frame it and give it to him! That doesn't have to be all you get him, but it's a start," she says.
"That's actually a really good idea, I'll just get one printed then frame it then..."
I start, my voice trailing off. "Oh! I got it!" I say excitedly.
"What?" everyone asks more or less at the same time.
"He's always talked about wanting to get a drawing of the two of us together! I can't do that without him, of course, but I could tell him that's what I'm getting him!"
"Or you could have someone draw you and him together based off of a picture of the two of you!" Marlene says.
"You're a genius! I have a ton of pictures on my phone, help me pick one!" I say.
We decide on a picture that Tobias and I took yesterday of the two of us after he gave me the necklace. In the picture, we're standing by the edge of the cliff hugging with my face nuzzled in his shoulder and the sun setting behind us.
"It's perfect," Marlene says softly.
"Aww you two make the cutest couple!" Christina squeals.
I feel myself blushing again. "Okay, enough of me and Four, let's go get the rest of the guy's presents so we can go get this picture done! My Aunt Tori is an amazing artist and she does this kind of stuff for a living so I'm sure she'd be happy to do this for me. She lives pretty close to here, too." I say.
After we finish getting all of our gifts for everyone, we drive to my Aunt Tori's house. She says she'd love to draw the picture for me and to come back in a couple hours so she can get it perfect.
"Shit! I'm supposed to meet Will so I can buy stuff for you guys!" Christina yells.
"Yeah I have to meet up with Uriah to get you guys your gifts too!" Marlene says.
Shauna and I both have to meet up with our boyfriends, too, so I thank Tori and tell her I'll be back later to pick up the drawing. We speed off to get to the cabin in time to buy gifts for each other. When we get there, I smile and take Tobias's hand. "Ready to go buy everyone else their stuff?" I ask, smiling.
He smiles back at me and we walk to the car. "I see you're wearing the necklace," Tobias points out.
"Of course I am! I love it."
"I'm glad," he says.
"So what are you getting the guys?" I ask.
"Well I'm gonna get Will a gift card for the iTunes Store so he can buy this new programming thing he wanted, I'm getting Zeke a huge bag of jellybeans, and Uriah's getting a fake mustache and beard so he can do his stupid imitation thing," Tobias laughs.
"Okay," I giggle.
"What about you? What are you getting the girls?"
"I'm getting Christina a gift card to her favorite makeup store and a spa treatment, I'm getting Marlene a pair of shoes she's been obsessing over, and I'm getting Shauna a few shirts she's been wanting," I tell him.
"Nice. What did you get the guys? Besides me of course, I want that to be a surprise," he smirks.
I tell him what I got all of the guys, and he gives me a thumbs up.
"What did you get the girls?" I ask.
"Marlene got a new pair of shooting gloves, I got Shauna a dart board to throw knives and darts at, and I got Christina some earrings." he says.
"I know they'll all like that."
We go to the mall and get the stuff we're buying for everybody. "Can you believe that Christmas is tomorrow?" Tobias asks.
"Not really, it doesn't feel anything like it usually does. I'm sure it'll feel more like Christmas tomorrow, though," I say.
"Oh, we should probably tell you the Christmas tradition..." Tobias says.
"Tradition?"
"Yeah. Every Christmas we have a paintball fight!" Tobias says excitedly. "We change into all black clothes and, in the middle of the night, we all go out into the woods and have a paintball fight!"
"Seriously?! That sounds amazing! So like, we go through Christmas Day and open our presents and everything then at night we have a paintball fight?"
"Yup!"
I squeal in delight we drive home. Tomorrow is going to be amazing!
A/N: Next chapter is Christmas day! I might make Christmas and the paintball fight into two different chapters, but it all depends on how long Christmas Day ends up being and how long I decide to make the paintball chapter. Review and let me know what you thought of the chapter! Remember, any criticism and suggestions are helpful! Thanks!
~DauntlessFlames46