Tris was spread out in the middle of her bed, watching the clouds through her window, looking for weather patterns, but she was thinking of something else. Rosethorn had Crane, Daja had Kirel, Lark had Frostpine, and Sandry...Sandry had Briar, and to her, it wasn't fair.

She had never felt the way she did about Briar, until just a couple weeks before he arrived, when Sandry was talking about him to her. She(Tris) was great friends with both of them, in fact, they were like her foster-siblings. She knew Briar had called them (Sandry, Daja, and her) his foster-sisters. So she knew she would probably never be with him romantically anyways. But when she saw the way he looked at Sandry, and when Sandry explained the way she felt about him, she couldn't help but wish it was her in Sandry's place. Sure, she never really did like girly things, and certainly wasn't the romantic type, but this was different. And she couldn't explain it.

"Tris! Are you in there? Open up the door! I have something to tell you!" Daja called from the other side of the wall. Slowly, Tris stood up, and trudged over to the door, flinging it open, to reveal a smiling Daja. "Daja...I really don't have time for this now, can't it wait until later?"

"I should hit you over the head with my staff too! Of course it can't wait, it's important. Come on, come to the dining room, I want to tell everyone together!"

"Daja, I don't want to! Let go of me, I just...not now okay?"

Daja looked hurt, and Tris sighed. Daja usually didn't come rushing in, with a mile long smile on her face trying to herd everyone into the dining room. "Ugh..okay, fine" Tris finally muttered, following Daja out into the hall.

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Lark, Rosethorn, Crane, Briar, Daja, and Tris sat at the table, with Kirel standing at the head of it, nervously wringing his hands.

"I came here to ask all of you, especially you two, " he said motioning to Tris and Briar, "If I, Kirel could have Daja Kisubo's hand in marriage. Now before you all gasp, and take Daja's staff away from her to beat me with, let me explain. I'm asking both of you for her hand, because you are like her family, and I think it would be the most proper to...and well...so now..."

"Kirel stop! We're not going to beat you! I think it's fantastic you and Daja are finally getting married!" Briar said, beaming. "And I bet it's all right with you, isn't it Tris?" he said, turning to face her. It was the first time he'd talked to her since they were on the roof, so she just nodded, and turned around. She was extremely happy for Daja, but at the same time, all the jelousy she was feeling, and trying to avoid came rushing back to her, in an awful, suffocating way.

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TO BE CONTINUED...