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Ch. 2 Tris Pov
I wake up around 5 which is pretty normal for me. Ever since Peter I haven't been able to sleep very well.
Flashback to a year and a half ago:
Peter comes stumbling through the door at 4 in the morning smelling of bourbon. We've been dating for around 4 months but lately I've noticed his aggressive behavior has been showing more especially when he drinks which he also does more, but I let it go because he's probably stressed for midterms. I know he has anger issues so I've tried not to do anything that will make him upset. Even though he does have pills for it I don't think he's been taking them.
"Princss yuh look smokn." He whispers in my ear as I put my arm around his hips to help him to the bedroom. We aren't living together, but I thought I would wait for him at his apartment because I know he said he would be out tonight. He tries giving me a sloppy kiss, but I turn my face so he can't kiss my lips.
"Leme kwiss you Prncss." He says and pins me against the wall and even though I try to shrug him off me it's pretty hard when he's a foot taller than me and a good 70 pounds heavier not to even mention how muscular he is.
"Sweetie why don't we get you to bed, I promise you can kiss me tomorrow." This must've hit a nerve because his voice raises scaring me to death, "Ar yu dnyng me wht's mne?!" He bellows pointing at his chest with a glazed look in his eye that I have never seen before.
I shrink back a little, "No sweetheart of course not I'm just saying you'll feel better in the morning if you.." And I don't get to finish my sentence before he elbows me in the face sending me down to the floor holding my cheek with tears in my eyes. Apparently he couldn't handle the force of his elbow smacking my face because he falls back passed out and I don't waste another second getting the hell out of there. He's never hit me before.. End of flashback
When I walk up the apartment stairs it's about 9 and I see Christina and Will on the bar stools talking.
"We'll look who decided to show up." Christina says.
"You know I go on my runs every morning.." I point out, but she interrupts,
"Ya whatever, hey, you, me and Will are going to Uriah's place for a party tonight." Uriah is one of our best friends from college that's graduating with us and he is known for his huge parties.
"Christina, you know I told my parents I would go to visit this weekend." I whine and she pouts.
"Tris you visit your parents every other weekend, you can miss one or you can go tomorrow you are not backing down on this one. I will call them for you explaining how you are a hermit and never do anything with me anymore." I know there's no way out so I give in.
"Fine I'll tell them I'm coming tomorrow." Which erupts a squeal from her and Will blocking his ears.
"Damn woman could you be any louder?" Which was the wrong thing to say because she only squeals louder, but Will shuts her up by kissing her so I take that as my cue to leave.
After taking my shower I find myself staring at my phone with the scrap of paper that has Four's number on it. Should I or shouldn't I? He is by far the most attractive person I have ever seen in my entire life and on top of all of that he was really funny and sweet and had that charm to him that made me instantly like him. I really want to have the balls to text him, but my head is telling me that if I do I'll just get hurt again. He probably has tons of girls that are 20 times more prettier than me that would do anything to be with him so why me? Maybe he does this to a lot of girls and is just a natural player and I definitely do not want to be with one of those. He seemed really genuine so I doubt he's a player so let's scratch that idea. To be honest I wasn't even interested in dating a guy until I met Four and his dreamy eyes. I wasn't even looking to date anyone anytime soon until last night. What am I talking about, a guy like Four would never date me he was probably just looking to hook up or something and I definitely don't want to do that. But then again he wouldn't seem like the type of guy to do that, but what do I know about boys? My mind goes back and forth debating whether or not to text him, but in the end the protective side for myself wins and I don't end up texting him.
I have some time to kill before I have to get ready for the party at Uriah's and I'm starting to hear moans coming from Christina's room so I head out to my own personal balcony with my book my phone and my Beats headphones to listen to music. My room is the only room in our apartment that has a balcony off it and that makes me incredibly happy because it's like my own little sanctuary. Plus it has an amazing view of the Navy Pier which is a great bonus. Christina's room is right next to mine and she has her windows that give her a great view and also have automatic blinds, but it's not the same as being outside where you feel like you are a part of it. I snuggle up in my chair with a fluffy blanket because it's a little breezy I must say and dive head first into my book with the Colemen Hell's Radio filling my ears.
By 9 PM, I have managed to do all of me and Christina's dirty laundry, clean the whole house, bake some cookies, contact my boss, Tori, that owns the rooftop bar I work at to see what days and times she needs me this week and I also contacted my new boss, Eric, at the hospital to see if I can go to the hospital a couple days earlier so I can get another tour of the hospital because the place isn't that big but I want to get a feel of where I will be working for hopefully a long time which he said was fine and that he would contact me a date and time on Monday. I am super excited for this job and can't wait to start in a little more than 2 weeks. This is and always has been my dream job. Not only is it selfless (which my parents have taught my brother,Caleb, and I to be my whole life), but it is full of adrenaline as well. I will be training to be a surgical nurse so really anything could happen that could stand between life and death and that's nerve wracking, but very exhilarating as well. The whole entire time I was doing my errands I couldn't get my mind off of Four which was telling me that I wouldn't be able to forget him just like that.
"Tris Prior we need to start getting ready right now or we will be super late so get your cute little butt in here!" Christina calls from her room so I saunter in and mouth a "help me" to Will when I see him in the living room watching TV which gets a snicker out of him and he mouths "I'm sorry" back to me.
"I already picked out your outfit and you are not changing it this time, I promise it's not that bad." she says when I walk into her very pink room where she has my outfit laid out on her queen size bed and a whole bunch of makeup and hair products on her massive vanity in her walk in closet. Christina already has her outfit makeup and hair done and is waiting for me patiently. She's the only child and both of her parents are lawyers so if I didn't know better I would think she was a spoiled brat, but she works her butt off just as hard as me. Her parents do give her an allowance and they did pay for the apartment, but we split the rent each month with our own money we earned at the bar that we work at together and she buys her clothes and whatever else with her parents money. I sit down in her chair and let her do what she wants.
"What days are you working this week?" I ask as she gets started on my hair.
"Uhmm I think Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7-12. We better be working together or I am going to kick Tori's ass." She says and I let out a laugh,
"No you won't, don't lie, and i'm working Tuesday Wednesday Thursday but from 8-1 so we have some time together and you won't have to break a nail "kicking Tori's ass"." She lets out a gasp over the broken nail part and we both chuckle, but when she settles down I see her smirk at me in the mirror.
"Whaat Chrissy?" I over-exaggerate which gets a glare at me for using her obnoxious nickname.
"I KNEW YOU WOULD LIKE HIM!" she screams and I fall out of my chair from the shock of her screaming. She sits down in front of me on the carpeted floor grinning from ear to ear with her legs that go on for miles criss-crossed in front of her.
"I don't know who you're talking about." I say playing innocent knowing that she's talking about Four. She gives me a look that says "don't even play dumb with me, I know you too well". "Okay, okay. I mean he was really nice and funny and very attractive," and charming and smelled good and had a really nice body, "But he would never like plain old me and I know what you're going to say, but please drop it and if anything else happens, which will most likely not, I will make sure to update you even though I will probably never see him again." I say and get in the chair so she can do my makeup.
"Did you at least get his numb.."
"Christina," I interrupt warningly with a glare.
"Alright, alright I won't say anything until you bring it up."
When she finished my makeup I have to say I was impressed because she didn't put too much on me but it made my blue eyes pop even more so I had to give her credit. Her outfit consisted of patterned flowy shorts, a black tank top which is very revealing of her cleavage and she had a black leather jacket for later if it got too cold and she had black 4 inch pumps. Her hair is in messy waves down her back and she did a smokey eye for her makeup. Paired with her clutch, sunglasses, a chunky necklace, and one of her Michael Kors watches and she was ready to go. I'm wearing jean frayed short-shorts, a white light long sleeve shirt that dips down exposing all of my back and my 2 inch gray ankle boots. My hair is in a messy ponytail and I have a long necklace hanging off my neck and my diamond stud earrings in my ears paired with my clutch and sunglasses. We decided to take Christina's red Mustang Convertible because it is a pretty nice night out so far and head off to the party.
When we get to Uriah's it's about 1015 and there are 80 cars lined on the private road leading to the house. We've been here plenty of times before because Uriah has many parties and we all are good friends with him. His parents are away on business or whatever most of the time so they don't care what happens at their house as long as it's clean when they get back. We park in the driveway because only his main friends are allowed to park there. The house is breathtaking with its modern wood feel to it, not to mention how large it is. It's surrounded by woods and the only house on the private way is theirs so no one calls in complaints making it the perfect party house. The pool out back is amazing and already has plenty of people stuffed in it hitting a beach ball around. The smell of alcohol is definitely present, but you get used to it after a while and the loud music blaring through the surround sound makes you forget about it anyway.
"Is that my Trissy!?" A familiar voice says from behind me. I turn around and get engulfed in a bear hug which turns into him picking me up and spinning me around.
"Uri put me down!" I let out a screech, but can't stop the laughter. When he puts me down I finally get to look at his normal party outfit of his board shorts, tank top and bare feet.
"Wow, you look great. I'm so glad you came, you just made this party ten times better." He says making me blush.
"Wow. Okay Uri, way to acknowledge us." Christina butts in.
"You know I love you guys." Uri says pulling both Will and Christina in for a group hug. "Let me get you guys some stuff to drink, follow me." He says putting his arm around my shoulder and walking us in the house.
On the way to the kitchen I see a lot of people I don't know which is normal for a Uriah party. I get this tingly feeling burning through my skin, but shrug it off and keep walking with Uri's arm draped around me. First thing he does is opens the fridge and grabs a water bottle and hands it to me with a wink remembering I don't drink beer and I give him a shy smile. He's always been very flirty with everyone especially me, but I don't know why. I don't think I could like him like that or maybe I could and I just don't allow myself and he is attractive, but right now I can't seem to keep one guy off my mind at the moment and it's driving me insane.
"Have you ever met my brother Zeke?" He says handing Christina and Will red solo cups filled with beer from one of the many kegs. Me and Christina say we haven't which is very surprising, but apparently Will has so Uri takes us outside and down a hidden path near the pool to go greet his brother. "Half of these people here are his friends and you guys are my best friends so I want you to meet him." I've heard Uri talk about his brother before and he seems pretty fond of him. We go outside to a huge fire lighting up the night sky and illuminating people's faces as they talk among themselves with the music in the background. We walk over to a group of people sitting in lawn chairs. "Uriah my brother where have you been?" Says who I'm guessing is Zeke with a curly blonde haired girl on his lap. Zeke and Uriah look a lot alike.
"I want you all to meet my friends. Tris, Christina and Will this is Zeke, Shauna, Lauren, Edward, Molly, Max, and there he is, Four, my brotha from anotha motha." I look up and there are the eyes that consumed my dreams last night.