Author's Note: Hey everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've updated. Anyway, please forgive me if this is written a little weird. I was just reading "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" for school, and it might show a bit in my writing.

Tris bit back a laugh as she saw Adam enter the cottage. The boy's face and walk still looked similar to that of an arrogant donkey, but he sported a new black eye making his entrance, because of the arrogance and self-love he showed in it, quite comical.

Adam, upon seeing the smile she was vainly trying to hide, said, "I see you smile as I enter. I suppose I have finally won a spot in my beautiful one's heart." This made Tris burst into the peals of laughter that had been begging to escape her lips from the start.

"It gladens me to see I have made you so happy that you can no longer contain your joy." Adam responded gallantly before kneeling and kissing her hand.

Tris snatched her fingers from his grasp. Getting herself under control she responded to him, "The day your presence brings me joy is the day you shed your human mask to reveal your true self. For in truth, you are an Ass! In this, your true form, I shall be able to ride you to the highest cliff and push you off."

"Well," Adam replied, "If you wanted to ride me, all you had to do was ask. Shall we use your bed or mine?" At this comment Tris burst into another round of mocking laughter, and continued to laugh in such a manner until she had successfully dragged herself out of the house.

With Tris gone, Adam seized the oppurtunity. After a quick search, he confirmed that the cottage was empty and proceeded quickly to Elizabeth's room. He began carefully searching her belongings, searching for any clue to help him find a way to get close to her. He opened her drawers and looked through her clothes. Near the bottom of one of these drawers, he came across a notebook. Picking it up, Adam looked inside and found a series of songs, poems, and stories. Well. here's something. He thought. With the new-found knowledge that she loved to write, he carefully put everything back so that it didn't look as if it had been touched at all. He knew this wasn't much, but it was all he had. The others would be back soon and he didn't have anymore time to look around. This, at least, was a start. Lucky my uncle was a writer, or I'd be completely lost. With that last thought, Adam returned to his room to decide on a way to share this, now, common interest

Author's Note: Okay, this was a short and boring chapter. Sorry, but I had to find some way for Adam to gain a relationship with Elizabeth without giving up Tris. The coming chapters will probably be short for a while. They'll get longer eventually tho. Bye until then!