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Tobias' POV
It's Monday. That's all I have to say. Also, homecoming is coming up and I have no idea if I should ask Tris or not. Currently, only Uriah has asked Marlene, since Zeke is a wuss and Will has no idea how to ask Christina.
"Hey, pass me my book, please?" I hear Beatrice ask. I look where she's pointing and no more than 2 inches from her finger, Fahrenheit 451 sits. I smirk and push her book farther from her. She shoves me and pull the covers over her head. I laugh and get off her bed to get her Frankenstein, which we have to read for English 3 before Thanksgiving. I drop the book next to her head and she groans, knowing that it's not the book that she wanted.
"Tobias, please! I really don't wanna read it right now!" She moans and rolls off the bed until she hits her knees on her nightstand.
"That's what you get for procrastinating. You should have read the book over the summer like I did." I say while kicking her butt lightly. She grabs my calf and begs me not to make her read it. I sigh and give in.
"Fine fine fine! Let's go to the mall then, we can get Build-A-Bears." I suggest even though she hates shopping.
"Ugh. But then I have to shave and I really don't wanna do anything right now." She moans again and sighs, finally getting off of her cute butt. I lay on her bed, skimming through her books while she showers. I put out some denim shorts and an Angry Beavers crop top for her. She hates crop tops, but Caleb gave it to her and cut it really short by accident. I hear her get out of the shower and I leave the mint colored room to let her get changed.
"What shoes?" I hear her yell. I smile and go in the room again. I point at her grey Era Vans and grab my keys. We says bye to Caleb and her parents while she slams the door.
"Where do you wanna go first?" I ask her once we're in the car. She shrugs and plays The Black Keys after taking way too many selfies and then deleting all of them.
"Let's go to Hot Topic, I really need some new clothes." Tris replies and goes back to playing 2048. I chortle and park the car a bit too far from the mall.
"Is this parking okay?" I ask her. She looks at me naively.
"Sure, if you want us to die." She says too casually and gets out of the car, not even letting me turn it off. I roll my eyes at her negligence and lock the car. We walk into the mall and automatically see Christina working at Victoria Secret. I smile and wave, not wanting to say hi, but Tris goes to hug her and talk about her day and her feelings and how cruel I'm being. I walk over and say hi to Christina.
"... And I'm just gonna quit since working in retail sucks. Sure- Oh hey Tobias!- it's kinda nice when I need bras but people are so rude and cheap!" She says, getting out her rant of the day. Tris nods along and responds her thought and finally says goodbye. We walk away and cross to BAM, well it was mainly Tris dragging me by my wrist and me groaning. She goes to the classic books section and sits in the middle of the aisle. I smile at her eagerness and how enthusiastic she is about the smell of the mixture of vanilla and home-y warmth the books carry in the small pages of a paperback. I sit down next to her and take out Fahrenheit 451, which has a horrible ending like all books.
"I hate that book." Beatrice mumbles to me and smiles, remembering how Montag admired the beauty of fire. Books aren't just an escape from this world, it's more like security over us and letting us forget out ball and chains that we drag daily. It's a blissfulness that comes when getting lost in between the words of such jerky authors who kill everybody.
"Hey, should I buy 1984? I haven't read it yet and Caleb's been on my case about it. He's such a nerd." She says, smelling the edge of the manila colored pages. I nod with a smile and compliment the book.
"I don't know if I wanna get East of Eden or Animal Farm. I love both, but then again I wanna get a book that I haven't read yet." I say quietly, looking at her grace and delicacy. She looks at me and half smiles and pulls her shirt over her shoulder since it keeps falling. I kinda wish she kept it a little down.
"Well, if it was me, I would get a new book, one that I don't even know about. But, then again, you don't have either of those and you absolutely love those books so much you'd probably marry them." She says, ending with both of us laughing lightly. I look down, knowing that she'll never know how marvelous and alluring she really is. Beatrice. Tris. Beatrice Eaton. Tris Eaton. Kinda has a nice ring to it. I hear a slam of a book close and look over my bent knees to see Tris having a weary smile on her face, looking with watery eyes at Of Mice and Men. She always does this and it will always be one of the reason why I love her. I grab her shoulders and hug her while she opens the book to a random page and smashes her face into it, but not marking the pages with her salty tears.
"Everything has to end at some point. The world was full of burning of all types and sizes." I say, quoting Fahrenheit 451 while trying to put the books we're not gonna buy back on the mahogany shelves. She sighs and gets up, dusting her jeans and picking up her books. I pop my back and sigh, listening to the satisfying crack of my spine while Tris cringes. We buy the books and make our way Build-A-Bear. Oh goodness gracious, this is gonna be a long evening.
(In Build-A-Bear)
"Tobias, what about this one? His hair is as dark as yours!" Tris exclaims while showing me a brown bear with black eyes. I shake my head and grab the Moons-A-Glow Werewolf while Tris grabs the Batman one. Since I'm paying, we pick sounds that we can get.
"I'm totally getting the Star Wars one." Tris says as I stare at her.
"You just sounded exactly like Christina." I say, reaching for the Star Wars theme soundtrack. She looks at me worriedly and puts her hand over her heart.
"Oh, gosh. I need to spend more time with Uriah or anybody else! I'm starting to like dressing up now!" She says as we're in line to get them stuffed. I look where the have the scents and get the chocolate peppermint one.
"Hey Tris do you want one?" I ask, holding up a cotton candy scent. She grins and walks over, grabbing the strawberry one. I scrunch my nose up and give the worker my teddy bear. I blush, realizing that I'm a junior, getting a teddy bear stuffed for myself. She smiles at me and tells me what to do with the heart. "Um, do you mind if I get two hearts?" I ask the brunette telling me to hold the heart to my nose.
"Anything for you handsome." The mid-20 year old says winking. I just stare at her back and grab another heart slowly. I look back at Tris and see her trying not to laugh. I roll my eyes and continue to do what she tells me to do with the two hearts and go to brush his fur. I wait for Beatrice so we can dress them up.
"I think I'm gonna go for the Buzz Lighyear costume? What about you?" I tell Tris while holding a Woody costume in front of her face. She laughs and take it.
"Fine, lets go with Woody. Don't tell me you picked it just because we're best friends?" She asks, grinning at me sitting on the weird chairs by the computers. I put my hand over my chest.
"Why Beatrice, why on earth would you ever think that?" I ask her with a n innocent tone. She rolls her eyes and names her bear The Doctor. I laugh and name mines Canoodle cause it's cute. I show her mine and she just rolls her eyes and smiles. We go up to the cashier and I pay for our teddy bears, mainly Tris dragging my hand away from the cashier's to stop me from paying for her. I just chuckle and wiggle my fingers around her waist which makes her let go of my hand and laugh.
The lady gives us our boxes with a smile and says, "You guys are such a cute couple!" I blush and stutter that we're not together, which also makes Tris' pale cheeks fill with color. The lady shrugs and helps the next customer.
When we leave the store, all Tris does is grab my hand and drags me to The Great American Cookie Company, saying that it's the least she can do for me since I bought her a $40 teddy bear. I refuse, but her stubborn self just frowns and pays for an extra one because of my protesting. I sigh and eat my cookie.
"So, what'cha wanna do?" I ask around a chocolate chunk. She shrugs and takes a big bite out of the double fudge brownie. She eats like a child no matter what, always getting stains around her mouth and her shirt.
"I don't know, maybe go home. I'm really tired." She says after she swallows, not even breathing through the brownie. I nod and throw away our trash. She holds my hand and I grasp her fingers, thinking that she actually wants to hold it, but all she does is hands me a wad of what used to be her receipt. I blush thinking how stupid I am, wanting her to hold my hand. I sigh and rub a hand over my face, making my cheeks cool down. I'm such an idiot.
Yes, it's Mrs. Waters-Eaton, but I just changed my pen name. It was too long. Hope you guys liked it! :)
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