A/N: Happy Friday! I love how invested ya'll are in this story! I hope you will hang with it through all the drama because there is sooooo much to come! And love the commentary! Like I said last week there will be a Happily Ever After, just trust me on the journey!
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Tris focused on her summer classes and tried not to think about Tobias. Zeke was taking a summer class too so they spent most of their weekends hanging out. Tris was withdrawn and didn't want to be out much so Zeke would come over and just be there while they watched movies or studied. He was conflicted, he cared for her so much and he hated she was hurting. She deserved so much better than what Tobias did to her and he wanted to show her how special she was but as usual, the timing was off.
By the start of sophomore year, things are less overwhelming for Tris. When August hits, the campus is alive and so is the dorm room when Lynn, Christina, and Marlene move back in. After her talk with Coach Wu at the end of last season, the two seemed to work more in partnership. Tris was more understanding of her critiques and focused on how to improve her shots and her defense on the court. Lynn was also promoted to a starting position for the season. Tris and her roommates try to be more welcoming of the incoming freshman, not creating an environment that was as competitive as the one they walked into the year before.
"Where's Zeke?" Christina asks as she and Tris take a look at all the books they just picked up for fall classes.
"I don't know, he's been disappearing a lot the last week now that everyone is back on campus"
"Ummmm Hmmmm, you two seemed awfully chummy every time we faced timed over the summer."
"Whatever Chris, we are just friends" Tris defends. She was in no space to think about being with anyone. She had no desire whatsoever to start dating again.
"Keep telling yourself that, I'm just saying Zeke practically worships you" Christina throws in. "And he fine as hell too"
Tris chuckled. She always thought Zeke was handsome. He had bulked up the past year spending more time in the gym lifting weights. She had never said anything to her roommates about Zeke asking her to prom, she knew Christina would never let up about giving him a chance if she told her.
Over the weeks as class starts, Christina, Lynn, and Marlene can all tell Tris is putting on a good front. She wasn't falling apart as she did at the end of the Spring semester but she was for sure avoiding anything that reminded her of Tobias. She was also a little more short-tempered in practice if a play wasn't executed properly.
One Sunday afternoon the roommates are relaxing, waiting for Uriah and Zeke to come over for a movie hang out.
"Do we have to watch another romance movie?" Tris grumbles.
"All of us are not anti-romance Miss thang" Marlene teases.
"Zeke and Uriah aren't going to want to watch a chick-flick either" Tris complains.
"Tris you need to get laid, you've been kind of a grouch" Lynn states matter of factly.
"A grouch, really," Tris asks, sitting up and concern filling her voice. She knew she had been quiet since the semester started wanting to focus on training but had she really been that mean?
"Yeah you have and if Lynn of all people is saying you're a grouch it's probably true" Marlene co-signs. Everyone knew Lynn wasn't soft and cuddly. She could be prickly at times but she was straightforward and no-nonsense.
"I know it's been some time since you and …." Christina starts.
"Voldermort" Marlene interjects as Tris shakes her head. Tris had drawn a hard line that she didn't want to talk about him. Marlene had started referring to him as Voldermort and Tris had gone with it.
"I know it's been some time since you and Voldermot were together and you don't want to start dating but you need to take the edge off" Christina starts again.
"Once you're used to getting some on a regular, it messes with you to go cold turkey" Lynn reasons.
"Yeah, it's true" Christina agrees.
"I'm not ready for a relationship, I just want to focus on playing," Tris says with an eye roll.
"We didn't say go get in a relationship, we said get laid" Lynn corrects.
"Yeah, you just need a consistent cut buddy, let off some steam. Worked wonders for me last year" Marlene adds.
"Add you still won't tell us who it was!" Christina complains.
"Nope, maybe one day" Marlene sing songs with a grin.
That Saturday night, deciding to enjoy one of the last weekends she would have before the season started and they would have curfew Tris decides to take her roommates' advice. Caleb invites her to a party at Erudite and Tris jumps at the chance to spend some time with her twin before the craziness of the seasons starts.
Tris takes out her braids since she needs to wash her hair anyway so she has a nice wavy look with her hair. She goes for a pair of black distressed jeans that hug her hips and thighs just right. She chooses a black crop tank top that shows off her belly button and her red and black Jordan 12s. She had gotten her eyebrows threaded the week before and they still looked good. She still wasn't big on makeup but she added some eyeliner and mascara and a nude lip gloss. It was a simple laid back look for a party.
"Whew look at you. Hot date?" Christina asks as she emerges from her room.
"No going to hang out with Caleb at Erudite. What are you doing, want to come?"
"Nah, I'm good, just going to keep it low-key tonight. You on the other hand look like you are on a mission, you look amazing"
"Ehhh, I'm just going for noticeable" Tris shrugs as she checks her Louis Vitton clutch she was carrying. It had been a graduation gift from Evelyn. She tried to give it to Lauren when she and Tobias broke up but Lauren told her she was insane to give it away so she kept it.
"Don't forget these Chica" Christina sing songs as she hands her three condoms out of the box they kept in the bathroom.
"I have no idea what's going to happen tonight Chris" Tris whines. She didn't want all the pressure of trying to get laid.
"Which is exactly why you need these, be prepared." Christina wiggles her eyebrows at Tris while holding her hand out.
"You're right" Tris concedes. She takes the condoms and puts them in her clutch before she grabs her keys to head out the door.
"Stop thinking so much, Have fun tonight" Christina hollers after her.
Tris takes a sip of beer that she was nursing as she leans against the wall of the house just off campus where the party was being held. Since she drove, she had limited herself to only two beers. She had never been one to drink heavily anyway, just enough to give her a light buzz. The party wasn't bad so far, the house was pretty crowded and the music was blaring from the subwoofer set up in the living room. They weren't too far from the main Erudite campus. Susan was in line for the bathroom and Caleb was talking to someone he knew nearby. She was surprised when Caleb told her Susan was coming to the party but she didn't want to press too much their relationship status after she asked and he said they were back together. She wondered if they had worked out their issues or if this was going to be a temporary thing. Tris decides to go get some fresh air while she waits for Susan and She accidentally knocks into someone on her way to the back yard causing her beer to slosh onto his sleeve when she turns around.
"I'm so sorry about that" Tris apologizes quickly to the tall guy that she just bumped into.
"It's no problem, It's a party, it happens," the tall guy says. "I'm Al"
"Nice to meet you, Al, I'm Tris" Tris takes him in. He was cute, definitely not ugly but cute enough. Warm russet skin, tightly coiled black hair twisted at the top. He was thin and had large black-framed glasses. His polo shirt was tucked into his jeans. He looked straight-laced and definitely didn't appear to be into being in the spotlight. He definitely wasn't her type, she could tell he wasn't muscular at all. Tris looks at his smile and determines that he probably wore braces at one point. His voice was more high-pitched and didn't have that deep rumble she was used to with the Men's basketball players at Dauntless.
"I don't think I've seen you around before. What's your major?" Al asks curiously as he looks down, eyeing the curve of her ass in her jeans. He couldn't believe this gorgeous woman was still talking to him.
"Oh I don't go to Erudite, my brother does, I'm just crashing" Tris clarifies not missing that Al was checking her out too.
"Oh that's cool, so where do you go?"
Tris almost laughs, he clearly wasn't into sports. Her face was literally plastered over so many billboards in Atlanta for Dauntless Basketball promotions for the season.
"Dauntless" She starts to say that she plays basketball but decides to keep it to herself. Why complicate things if he didn't know who she was?
Al is about to say something when Caleb comes in and pulls Tris to another corner in the room.
"Rude much?" She says with an eye roll as she takes a sip from her cup.
"What the hell are you doing?" Caleb asks as he looks back at Al who was filling up his beer cup at the keg.
"What's the big deal?" Tris shrugs innocently.
"Al is so not your speed" Caleb gives her a knowing look.
Sure he was only older by 3 minutes but he still had to look out for his sister. He was happy that she had accepted his invitation to let loose and come hang out that evening. He was hoping she was finally coming out of her funk from the disastrous breakup with Tobias but even he wasn't going to let her mess around with Al Whitlock, the guy still collected Pokemon cards and prided himself on speaking Dothraki.
"Why because he's not a jock" Tris challenges.
Tobias had ruined her from even thinking about dating another athlete. She knew how her friends would react but she had no desire to take the guy around her friends anyway. The more she thought about her conversation with her roommates the week before, she figured that they had a point. She literally just wanted to get laid.
"Yeah and he's a nerd, and I know this because I'm a nerd but he's like reallllly a nerd" Caleb emphasizes.
"I didn't think you were this shallow Twin'' Tris grabs her chest dramatically feigning offense. She knew what her brother was getting at though and she didn't care tonight.
"You know I'm not shallow. It's just you two have nothing in common" Caleb points out.
"Well I need a change of pace, no more athletes" Tris pushes back finding it funny now that Caleb was this invested in who she hooked up with.
"He collects funko pops Tris...Do you even know what those are?"
Tris throws her head back as she laughs and shakes her head. She had no idea but Al seemed like a decent guy.
"No idea but I'm a big girl Caleb. I promise you I can take care of myself"
"I know you can take care of yourself. You could probably kick his ass without breaking a sweat but don't say I didn't warn you when he wants to talk about chemistry formulas and shit and then invites you to his Dothraki Game of Thrones group or whatever it is" Caleb shrugs.
"We ain't gonna be talking" Tris grins as she takes another sip from her beer.
"And with that, I'm out, please be careful. Text me when you get back to your dorm" Caleb laughs out and goes to find Susan.
Tris shakes her head and smiles then scans the room and goes back up to Al.
"Sorry about that, my brother can be overprotective" She flashes him a smile before she takes another sip of her drink.
An hour later Tris and Al stumble into his dorm room as Tris aggressively kisses him and pulls at his shirt untucking it from his pants. Tris quickly rids herself of her shoes, jeans, and top leaving her in her simple black bra and panties. While Al stands there almost in shock.
"You know this works better if you get undressed too" She teases as she stands there with her hand on her hip.
"Ummm yeah, sorry it's just, you're really fucking hot" Al admits as takes off his shirt while taking in her athletically toned body. Tris knew she had a nice ass, hips, and thighs now even though her breasts were still on the small side but her six-pack was definitely there.
She looks around his room. There were Star Wars action figures, a poster of the periodic table...Caleb was totally right but she just needed him to fuck her.
Tris notices his slender physique. There was definitely no muscle definition to indicate he worked out. When he rids himself of his pants she tries not to look shocked at his boxers that were star wars themed. She pushes him back onto the small twin bed and climbing up to straddle him. They make out some more, with Tris grinding against him. She grins as he moans and grabs her ass.
"Do you have a condom?" she asks suggestively as she pulls back rubs her hands up and down his chest as she straddles him.
"Ummmm...No..." Al stammers not really believing that the sexy and beautiful woman on top of him actually wanted to have sex with him. Stuff like this never happened to him.
"Don't worry, I have one"
Tris is now glad that Christina had given her some before she left for the evening wishing her happy hunting at the party. Tris had laughed and put them in her purse but now she was grateful that her friend was that thoughtful.
Tris rids herself of her bra and panties and stands up to pull Al's boxers down. She swears she sees him gulp. She wondered if he was nervous but Tris is surprised that she's not nervous herself. As soon as she fully takes in his package, Tris has to control her facial expressions again. She did not want to think about Tobias right now, but seeing as he was the only person she had ever been with it was hard not to compare. Tobias was definitely well endowed compared to Al.
Tris shakes her head to clear her thoughts. She crawls on top and starts to kiss him again. Al was uncoordinated and not the expert kisser Tobias was. Tris tries to guide his hands where she wants them so he could use his fingers on her but he was all over the place so she decides to take a different approach.
Tris scoots back and kneels down on the side of the bed. She takes him in her mouth while rubbing herself to get going. Once again she tries to move her thoughts from the fact that he was much smaller than Tobias. Tris would have to use her hand and her mouth since Tobias was so big but she couldn't do that with Al.
"Oh wow," Al gasps out as he clutches the sheets. He can't stop squirming at the sensations that Tris was giving him, his legs start to fail and he knees her in the head.
"Ouch" Tris grunts out rubbing her head as she pulls back.
"Sorry" Al replies sheepishly.
"Don't worry about it" Yeah he was definitely nervous, she decided.
Tris shakes her head again and grabs the condom. She hands it to Al deciding to hurry this up a bit. She lays on the bed while he kneels in front of her. After he fumbles with it, she grabs it back and takes it out of the wrapper, and puts it on him trying to move things along again.
She lays back down spreading her legs for him, rubbing her clit with one hand and massaging one breast with the other. He lines himself up and Tris reaches around him clutching his sides as she pulls her knees up to her waist and he leans over her.
"Not there!" Tris exclaims as Al tries to push into the wrong hole.
"Oh, Sorry," Al says looking embarrassed.
"Umm have you ever done this before?" Tris asks pushing herself up to lean back on her hands.
She wasn't one to judge considering she had only been with Tobias. She was probably just as awkward when they first started having sex but she'd gotten very comfortable even though she usually let Tobias take the lead.
"Ummm Yeah of course, only once though" he admits. Tris gives another fake smile.
Just great, no wonder this was awkward.
Tris lays back down and reaches to guide him into her hoping she can help him out a bit. She wanted to get some enjoyment out of this.
"Holy shit" Al grunts as he pushes into Tris feeling her warmth. He still couldn't believe he was literally having sex hottest girl he'd ever seen.
Tris groans out of frustration and she then kicks herself realizing Al took it as a compliment. He was so small, she didn't have that satisfying feeling she had when Tobias filled her.
"Oh hold up a second," Tris asks.
She adjusted her hips and pulled her legs up closer to her chest to give him more room hoping that he needed to be able to maneuver more but that wasn't the case. It didn't help any. On top of his small size, his thrusts were awkward, he couldn't find a rhythm and he wasn't moving to hit the angels that brought Tris any pleasure. There was definitely no kind of sensual connection either. Al had his eyes closed tight and his face was twisted in concentration. It definitely wasn't helping Tris stay turned on so she focused on looking at the ceiling. She tried to move her hand so she could rub her clit but Al wasn't propping himself up so she could reach her hand down. She thought about asking him to go down on her but decided against it based on how things were going.
"Umm this isn't working, do you mind if I get on top?" Tris asks after a few minutes.
"Uhh sure," Al concedes.
They awkwardly switch places bumping into each other in Al's small dorm room bed.
"Sorry" Al apologizes as he gets his hand stuck under her.
"Wait, just let me…" Tris instructs and she tries to untangle her leg and maneuver.
Finally, Tris positions herself on top and places her hands on his chest. Things felt a little better for her in this position but not much. Tris rolls her eyes as Al grips her hips and once again closes his eyes and scrunches his face up.
Tris found herself a good rhythm, where she could move up and down, bounce just right and touch her clit. She squeezes one of her nipples trying to give herself sensations from any pleasure point. She thinks maybe she would feel more if he was behind her but part of her just wanted to get this over.
She was finally working herself to a release when Al stiffened and gripped her hips harder as he climaxed, moaning as he did. Tris stills and looks at him with raised eyebrows.
"Wow, that was...it was amazing" Al grins after a few moments as Tris gives the fakest smile she had ever given in her entire life.
Is he fucking serious right now? Did he not know he didn't make me cum once this entire time?
Tris slides off him and he sits up and removes the condom with a tissue from his nightstand.
"We should do that again" Al sighs as he pulls Tris down to lay with him. She reluctantly does, not sure if she wants to even try again. This was not what she anticipated at all.
After only a few minutes Al is snoring loudly in Tris's ear.
"Oh hell no" Tris whispers out loud.
There was no way that was ever happening again. She slips out from his arms and quickly gets dressed trying not to make any noise. She grabs her shoes and slips out the door making sure he was still asleep. She puts her shoes on in the hallway sitting down to lace them up. On the drive back to Dauntless she actually starts to laugh. She rests her head on the steering wheel when she pulls into the parking lot nearest the dorm. Just her luck that of course, her very first time with someone after Tobias would be disastrous. So much for working out all her frustrations before the season started.
She heads back to the dorm, letting Caleb know she made it. She was more wound up from not being satisfied than she was before the party. The elevator stops on the second floor and Tris is surprised at who is waiting when the door opens.
"Ummm where are you coming from? I thought you were going to stay in and chill" Tris says grinning when the elevator stops and Christina gets on with her heels in her hand.
"Looks like you accomplished your mission tonight! Christina shakes her head as she grins and looks her roommate up and down.
"Oh no, you first!"
"You are going to totally judge me if I tell where I was" Christina bites her lip, she was dying to tell someone though but she wasn't sure how Tris would react.
"Umm, I am also on the walk of shame so no judgment" Tris shrugs with a smile as Christina leans on her to slip her heels back on.
"Well, Uriah came over and convinced me we should go out for dinner because everyone else was out and he was bored and I somehow ended up back in his room" Christina laughs as she covers her face as the elevator dings and she and Tris get out on their floor.
"Ha I knew it was only a matter of time," Tris says excitedly as she skips and covers her mouth realizing how loud she was.
"So I assume your party went well? Did you get some? Who was he?"
"Eh some random from Erudite, I tried to step outside my comfort zone" Tris waves her hand.
"Was it good?" Christina raises an eyebrow as they open the door to their room.
"Horrible!" Tris whines. She looks at Marlene and Lynn's doors not wanting to wake them up as she rolls her eyes and goes to the fridge to grab a bottle of water.
"Oh No, was it really that bad?" Christina asks as she grabs a bag of chips
"Chris, it was awful… I didn't even get off. I'm going to have to take care of myself later"
"That sucks, but I'm glad you put yourself out there, you deserve to get your back blown out though" Christina comments as she offers the bag of chips to Tris.
"What about you?" Tris didn't want too many details. Uriah was like a brother to her but she could see the chemistry and sexual tension between him and Christina since the first day they met the year before.
"Fucking amazing, I had no idea it was going to be that good" Christina groans. She and Uriah spent an entire year flirting. Christina thought he was a good guy, handsome and charismatic. He'd hooked up with a few girls last year, that didn't bother her. She had a dalliance with a football player herself spring semester. They were young and in college, everyone was having fun.
Tris smiles hoping Christina and Uriah would actually think about being more than just fuck buddies. She thought they would be good for each other.
"Well, I'm glad one of us had great sex tonight. I think I'm just going to invest in a really good vibrator." Tris laments.
"Marlene was telling me about that rose vibrator with the suction, you should try it, it's supposed to feel just like..." Christina says as she leans on the counter.
"I swear to God both of you better go to sleep" Lynn yells from her room.
Tris and Christina fall out laughing as they head to their rooms to gather their things to shower.
Once Tris is settled in bed she lets her fingers move to give her some sort of release. She arches her back gasping as she starts to work up tension. She knows she shouldn't but her mind drifts to Tobias. How he would coax her to touch herself over the phone on the nights before games when she wasn't allowed to have overnight guests. Then she remembers how expertly he would lick and suck her until she came. It's not long before she is panting hard and quietly coming on her own fingers. She falls back on her pillows and kicks herself. She had to get over him.
Tobias rolls his eyes at the blonde in his bed that was screaming as he delivered sharp thrusts to her from behind. She wasn't anyone he would bother to take on a date, just some random girl at the club he and a few of his teammates went to. He hadn't been with anyone since Tris and just wanted to take the edge off. They were only three weeks into the NBA season and he was already feeling the stress from the high level of competition. He had been so focused on playing and working out he needed a release that wasn't from his own hand.
This girl was annoying though, her performative noises weren't doing anything for Tobias. He pulls out and flips her over so he can rub her clit to hurry and finish. He would call her an Uber and send her home so he could relax in peace.
When he feels her clench around him, he closes his eyes and all he can see is Tris, her hazel eyes filled with desire, how she would bite her lip as she clutched his shoulders. He remembers how she moaned his name so quietly and sexy. And with that image of Tris and his thoughts of her whispering his name, Tobias comes hard emptying himself into the condom.
"That was so amazing T Money" the blonde gushes as she catches her breath as Tobias gets up to remove the condom and get a washcloth.
"I'm going to go take a shower" He announces.
"Do you want me to join you?" she asks seductively.
"Naw I'm good, I can go ahead and call you a ride," Tobias announces not waiting for her to respond as he picks up his phone.
"Ugh, I really didn't think you would be this much of an asshole" she grunts as she gets up to get dressed.
He didn't care. He had no interest in letting her think that he wanted her to stay or that he would even call her again. Honestly, he didn't even remember her name. As soon as she slams the door to his rented condo behind her Tobias hops in the shower. He lets the hot water beat on his shoulders. Why did he think of Tris when he climaxed? He just wanted to get over her, why was this so hard?