"Well, we continued to – Christina? Are you paying attention?" She seems to just notice my voice.
"Wha-? Oh, uh yeah."
"You're not paying attention."
"Yes I am!"
"What do you keep staring at?"
"Nothing!"
"Why is Cole so interesting?"
"I wasn't staring at him! You're asking too many questions!" She states as she covers her ears and runs off, letting go of my hand. What tipped her off? I follow her until she reaches her room, and I see her face muffled in a pillow. "I just need some peace and quiet." I sit on her bed and gently take hold of her hand.
"Come with me." I whisper gently. Sure enough, she gets up and follows me to the storage room, the same place where Uriah and Cole jacked a golf cart, and the place I always go when I need to think. She follows me deep into the room and eventually we find a small couch. I sit on the couch horizontally as Christina sets her head on my chest right before she immediately lifts her head off. "What's wrong?" I ask. She gulps and breaks the awkward silence.
"I just have to be alone. Thank you for showing me the room, though."
"Erm, no problem." I get up and leave, pondering over what she could be upset about. I try to put the puzzle pieces together. She wasn't blabbing today, as she normally does and I enjoy to listen to… She was staring at Cole… I'm stumped. Did something happen between them that I didn't know of? I know it wasn't a long death glare, since her face was relaxed and had an emotion of hopelessness. Why would she have an emotion of hopelessness? I know I'm Dauntless now, but sometimes I just have to get into real legit Erudite-Analyzation- Mode. Ok, she wants to be alone. To think. I believe that. Think about what? Something that has to do with Cole. She's not angry at him… As I enter my room I take out my laptop and start to play Minecraft. Cole is on the same server as me. Now is my chance.
"Hey Cole."
"Hey Will. Come help me find some diamonds! :D"
"Uh, sure. But did something happen between you and Christina that I don't know of?"
"Dude, I hope you don't think she's cheating on you."
"No, I don't. But did she just talk to you about something?"
"Well, ye- DIAMONDS!" He starts mining them with his iron pickaxe and then finally answers. "Woo! Well, yes. She woke me up and brought me to her room while Tris was sleeping in Four's room."
"And…"
"Well, she talked to me about a problem she had. Well, she said it was Tris' problem, but it was obviously hers."
"Well, why didn't she come to ME?"
"Dunno. There's a possibility that it was Tris' problem. Very unlikely, though."
"Will you tell me the problem?" There was a long pause before he responded.
"Um, I think you should think about the consequences before you ask me to tell you."
"Dude, I really don't care right now. I want to know what's bugging my girl."
"Well… Ok, fine. She substituted people. She said that Tris loved Four because she had been with him for a while and loved him in general, but she got googly-eyed for some other guy." Oh. My. God. One part of my is hoping that it IS Tris' problem and not Christina's, but the other, sensible, part of me is knowing that it's not Tris' problem.
"So… what did you say? "
"I said that I don't think Tris doesn't love Four, but she just loves Four and the other person. She denied to tell me who the other person is. I also told her to stay with Four, but hang out with the other person more and get to know him. If she still loves him after a while, come back to me."
"Wow…" Then I started to get angry. Who does this guy think he is!? Who could it be, anyways! "Thanks, Cole." I log off of Minecraft and open up Microsoft Excel. I start to make a list of all the boys she knows. So far I have Four, Uriah, Me, Cole, Eric, and Peter. I can cross out me and Four. I can also cross out Peter and Eric. Either Uriah or Cole. But Christina is mad at both of them! There has to be a boy I'm missing. There's also Zeke. And Caleb. But I have to keep in mind that Christina barely knows this guy. So I can uncross all of them. OK, now to start crossing out again. Four and me. That's it. Four, because she does know him well. Time to do some investigating, I guess. (Author's Note: Sorry for the cliff hangers, it's just my style! I'll have another chapter updated today, Promzees.)