"BOYS"

"And just where the hell were you last night?"
"Jesus, Chris!" I say, holding my hand over my now thumping heart. I didn't expect her to be up, and I haven't even closed the door yet. "Nowhere."
"Mmm-hmm," she says with a knowing look on her face. I try to fight the blush I feel coming on, but I've learned that it's a losing battle. From now on, I'm just rolling with whatever happens.

"I was with Four. That's all."
"That's all my ass. You were getting some!"
"Oh my god, Chris," I say, turning and walking entirely too fast to the bathroom. I basically just confirmed her suspicions.

I shut the door and cover my face from even myself in the mirror. I hate that she can read me like a book. Then again, it's not exactly hard when I'm this red. I shake my hands out and turn on the water. After being on the hard roof all night, a bath sounds like heaven.

I smile. I don't know what came over me last night. I mean, I've fooled around a bit in public before, but never anything like that. I had sex on the roof. I feel myself blush again, but I can't stop smiling. Tobias just does that to me. I think I like it.

I sink into the hot water and let out a long, contented sigh. I have an amazing boyfriend, a nosy —but amazing— best friend, and an amazing group of new friends. So far, this year is turning out to be better than anything I could have dreamed of.

"You know that whole flower thing was cheesy as hell, right?" she says as soon as I walk out of the bathroom.
"Chris!" I say, lopping my pillow at her.
"Oh come on. You know it was. Just admit it."
"Okay. It was, but that doesn't make it any less sweet. He put a lot of time and thought and effort into it, and I liked it. Besides, he managed to get us all together again, didn't he?"
"Yeah, he did," she says, a smile creeping across her face. "Okay, I'll forgive him just this once. Next time though I'm calling him out on his cheesiness."
"Deal," I say, laughing.

"So, what's going on with you and Will?" I ask, diverting the attention off of me. "Is it getting, you know, serious?" I make a face and wiggle my fingers at her, like being serious with a boy is akin to catching cooties.
"Well, maybe," she says, smiling again. "I mean, I like him. A lot."
"Are you sure you aren't going to get 'bored'?" She gives me a dirty look.

Christina has has more boyfriends than I can count, but none of them ever held her attention longer than a few months. I never looked down on her for it, though. She just always went after the hot jock, or the dude at the club that looked like he belonged in a GQ magazine. Will's a good looking guy, but he's more than just his looks, and that is definitely new territory for Christina. I think no matter what, he'll be good for her.

"I'm not going to get 'bored'," she says, chucking my pillow back at me. "He's not the type of boy you get bored of." Now it's my turn to smile.

"Do you want me to leave?"
"No. What do you think we're going to do? Have Skype sex?" I ask, looking over my shoulder at Christina.
"I don't know. Maybe," she says, wiggling her eyebrows. I just roll my eyes and stare back at the computer. Tobias is supposed to be calling any minute now, and I'm more excited than I think I have ever been.

We've texted and even called each other, but he had to change up his class schedule after the first week. With an extra class, his job, and the way my schedule falls, we don't have a lot of free time that synchs up. So Friday night has become our unofficial date night, even if it's only over the computer.

I run my hands through my hair once more just as the screen begins to ring, and shoot Christina a look when she giggles.

"If you're going to act like this, maybe I will kick you out."
"Fine. I'm sorry," she says, lowering her head back into her textbook.
"Hey," I say when his face finally pops up.
"Hi," he says, a wide grin breaking out across his face. "You look beautiful."
"Thanks," I say, grinning. "You're not so bad yourself."

"Gag," Christina says from behind me.
"Hello, Chris," Tobias says.
"Hey, loverboy. I've just decided that I'm going to leave the two of you alone. Have a good chat and text me when you're done," she says, grabbing her things and giving a wave goodbye just before she shuts the door.

"What was that all about?" Tobias says, making an odd face. Probably because he just got called loverboy.
"I have no idea," I say. "So, what's new?"
"Eh, nothing really. School's the same. Work's the same. Zeke's uncle did get in a new car for a rebuild though. I might try and head over there for an hour or so tomorrow. You want to come?"

"Do you have time? I mean, to get me and do your thing and bring me back."
"Uhh, not really. But I can make time."
"It's okay then. I don't want to take away from your time with Zeke."

I've learned through our various conversations, that Zeke and Uriah are basically Tobias's adopted family, so he's always been included in things like this. His mom is gone, and his dad is too into his work and himself to really care about Tobias in one way or another, so I'm glad he at least has them.

Zeke's uncle runs a garage that specializes in restoring old cars; Tobias worked there during the summers before starting college. He hasn't said it outright, but I think that he would rather be getting his hands dirty on cars than studying to be a lawyer. But with his dads political career, Tobias makes it sound like he doesn't really have much of a choice.

"Are you sure? I can figure it out."
"No, I know. It's good for you to have that time too. Have fun. And send me a couple of pictures of the new car."
"Okay."

We spend the next couple of hours talking about nothing in particular. Movies. TV shows. Music. I play the new Coldplay song for him to listen to, and he plays me something from Bastille. As bad as I want to be in Tobias' arms right now, this is nice too. Just us being…us. It's easy and it feels right; it feels like it's something that's worth fighting for. It's not until I get a text from Christina that I realize how late it is.

"Crap. It's late and she won't come back unless we're done," I say.
"Okay. I should probably get to bed anyways. I gotta be up early to head over the the garage. You sure you don't want to go?"
"I'm sure Tobias. Besides, I need to study anyways. I think I might need to look into getting a tutor."
"For what subject?"
"Math, if you can believe it. For whatever reason, this year I'm just struggling."
"What, are you getting a B?" he asks with a grin.

"Ha ha. Goodnight, Tobias."
"Night Tris." I blow him a kiss before I exit out.

"How do I know which one is the best?" I ask Will when he comes up to stand next to Christina and me. The three of us are staring at the cork board in the student lounge. There are flyers upon flyers for tutors, and I can't make heads or tails of any of them.

"Well," he says. "I think they're all the same, really. Just try to look for one that specializes in what you need. See, like this one is just offering to be a tutor, but this one specifies that they're good in english. We just need to find you a math one." I look at Christina who just shrugs before lifting up the various ads and looking through them. I sigh and join her.

After ten minutes, we all agree that the one I hold in my hand is the most promising, so I send a text to the number before sticking it back on the board. A few minutes later my phone dings. I was expecting a reply from the tutor, but instead I am met with a picture of Zeke making a face. Another ding, another goofy picture. Then a third with what looks like Tobias yelling at Zeke in the background, and finally a nice picture of Tobias, smiling in front of a heap of junk car.

- Nice I reply, followed by a - Hello Zeke.

- I miss you Tris! I'm not sure which one texted me, but my reply is true for both of them.

- I miss you too.

"Boys," Christina says from over my shoulder. I look back to see her smiling and shaking her head. She moves to take Will's hand, and I smile, thinking about our conversation yesterday. I don't think she's giving up on this one so easily.

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SONG: I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz