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Ch. 3 Four's Pov
I was really shocked when I went inside to grab another beer and saw the girl that has been in my head this entire day. During my boring as fuck meeting, I zoned out probably 10 times just thinking about her. I know I checked my phone more than I have ever done in my life waiting for a text that I would never receive to my utmost disappointment. And now she's here with Uriah's fucking arm draped around her arm desperately wishing it was mine and it isn't helping either how you can see pretty much her whole toned, tanned back. And that ass looks delectable in those shorts. I see them head into the kitchen and hang back so I can just stare at her utter perfection without anyone seeing until the last person I wanted to see here pops up in my line of vision.
"Hey there Four watcha doing?" Stella or Ella or Zella I don't fuckin know says twirling her hair around her finger which is annoying the shit out of me. She is training in one of my self-defense classes and can't seem to take the very large hint that I am not interested.
"Look, um," I say and she reminds me her name is Bella, "right, bye." and make a bee-line to the door Tris just walked out of, totally forgetting about the beer I was supposed to get. I know it was an asshole thing to do, but I can't deal with that shit right now, I'm on a mission to find my dream girl.
My luck is right on the money though because I see Uriah introducing her to everyone at the pit (which is what we call the fire pit) and every single guy has their dirty ass eyes glued to her, but all I care about is that she is looking right at me with a glint of shock and is that happiness in her eyes?
"Hey Tris," I say and give her a huge smile because I can't contain it anymore. I sit down in my chair and pat the seat next to me that's open beckoning her to come over. She hesitates at first, but her friend whispers something in her ear and finally sits next to me.
"Hey Four," she says giving me a small smile. By now everyone has gone back to their own conversations and Uriah is glaring at me probably because he likes Tris too I mean who wouldn't.
"I didn't know you were friends with Uriah." I say interested on how they are friends.
"Well we went to college together and have been best friends ever since we met sophomore year. I've actually been to a lot of his parties here." She replies. Well that makes sense, but I still don't know if she likes him more than a friend.
"I wonder how I haven't seen you because I've gone to pretty much all of the brother's parties. Their family pretty much raised me so I count myself as their extended brother. They force me to go to these things because otherwise they say I would be an old hermit." She giggles and I can't help but stare at her and smile. She has the cutest giggle ever. I don't know why I said the Pedrad's raised me, but I guess it's just easy to open up to her.
"I've been called a hermit a few times too." She says and grins before she takes a sip of her water. She ignored the part of how we haven't seen each other before, but I let it slide.
"So Tris, why a nurse?" I ask wanting to get to know her more.
"Well, when I grew up my parents always taught me and my brother Caleb to be selfless and help to less fortunate. My dad works as a CEO for this huge company that buys and sells different smaller businesses to what they think will make the most profit so we, as a family, would go to a bunch of charities and volunteer at soup kitchens that his company would organize. I guess the selflessness always stuck a little bit, but I also like the adrenaline rush. I was studying to become a surgical nurse which I guess is pretty hardcore. I can't wait to start at rush university medical center in two weeks with my best friend Christina over there." She says pointing to her friend that she arrived with sitting on that guy Will's lap.
"You really sound passionate about it, that's really great Tris." I say smiling. As she was talking it became very clear how strong she feels about nursing and I find her incredibly adorable and inspiring. She also seemed to be embarrassed to talk about herself like that so I guess she doesn't like to be the center of attention, but I could listen to her forever even if she was reading the dictionary. As she was talking I kept on inching closer to her and laid my arm on the back of her chair which she seems to not mind because she hasn't objected to it.
"So Four, why an architect?" She says using my words and putting a smirk on my face.
I say "I've always had an eye for design. My mom used to draw and paint and stuff when I was little so I would do it with her and when she died I would draw to remember her so I guess in a way my job is a memorial to my mom. Anyway, I love being an architect, but I also teach a self defense class at Divergent Crossfit which is another passion of mine." She looks at me straight in the eyes for a moment before saying,
"I'm sorry about your mom. You are very brave." And with that I get choked up.
"Yeah, well it was a long time ago." I clear my throat and stare into the fire. What really surprises me was when she reached up and grabbed my hand that was draped around her chair and put it around her shoulders, but still held onto my hand. The ever so present spark was still there as I felt her bare back against the skin on my arm and the sense of calmness I feel from her touch.
I smile and continue our conversation, "So tell me about yourself Tris." She says
"Well if I tell you my story, you have to tell me yours." I smile realizing that she wants to know more about me as well. And what the fuck is up with all this smiling?
"Deal." I reply back.
"My real name is Beatrice Prior, but everyone knows me by Tris and I like that name better because I think it suits me better. I grew up in Detroit, Michigan and have an older brother, Caleb, and he still lives in Michigan with his girlfriend as a professor at the University of Michigan. My mom is a therapist for a private practice and helps out a ton at the soup kitchen and various other charities she organized herself." Before she can say anything else I stop her,
"Your family sounds really wonderful, but I want to know more about you." I say squeezing her hand gently.
"There isn't much to know about me." She says looking down at the ground.
I move my face closer to hers, "Why do I get the feeling that that is not true." She looks back up at me with her big, gorgeous eyes flickering from the fire.
"Maybe someday I'll tell you, but now it's your turn." And my heart skips a beat because she is actually thinking about me in her future.
I clear my throat, "My real name is not Four, but people call me it because I hate my actual name and Zeke gave me the nickname when I was little because he said I have four faces. My angry face, my sad face, my work face and my "mask" I put on for everyone and I guess it kinda stuck." I say opening up which is really unusual for me. She frowns a little and I immediately want to take it off her face.
"Why not happy?" and understand that she was frowning for me not being happy.
"I had no reason to be happy." I honestly didn't… until now.
We keep talking and asking questions and people keep coming and going in the other chair next to Tris getting to know her more and they all seem to like her a lot. She's super friendly and beautiful and her personality attracts everyone which makes her even more likeable. We chat mindlessly until I remember something.
"Hey, how come you never called or texted?" She blushes.
"I was going to, but talked myself out of it thinking you were a player or something, but now I can tell that I was far from the truth." I can tell she was hurt badly in the past and I want to reassure her that she is safe with me.
"I would never hurt you Tris." She looks at me for a moment, but then picks up my iPhone 6 from the arm of the chair, unlocks my phone because it doesn't have a password on it, and types something in.
"I put my number and texted myself so I know your number, I hope that's okay?" she asks questioningly.
"That's more than okay Tris." I say and we stare deep into each other's eyes and I'm debating whether or not I should kiss her. Before I get the chance to make a decision we get interrupted by Uriah saying that we should go inside to watch a movie in their man cave because it was starting to get cold and the fire is down to embers. I now feel how cold Tris' back is and notice how she has goosebumps so I untangle my arm from her shoulder as I stand up and help her up, then I slip my flannel which is way too big on her in her arms, but she still looks sexy as hell. I pick up her boots that she said were hurting her cute little feet so she took them off and with my other hand I grab hers and entwine our fingers and we smile at each other before I lead her into the house and down in the basement with the others while Zeke and Uriah kick all the people at because it's about 230 AM. I didn't know me and Tris were talking for four hours straight which was really surprising, but I can definitely tell she is more comfortable with me.
I was just about to grab a blanket for me and Tris for the recliner when Zeke calls me up to carry some guy to a cab.
"I'll be right back," I mutter under my breath with an eye roll which gets a smile out of Tris and head upstairs. We carry the guy down the driveway when Zeke speaks up first.
"So you and Tris eh? She's pretty hot." I don't say anything but can't help the stupid grin off my face and glare at him the same time which doesn't work very well.
"She was the one making you do that creepy smile thing at the bar like you're doing right now?" And I just nod. As we throw the guy in the cab and his girlfriend or something follows in after him.
"Wow, I'm speechless. I've never seen you this interested in a girl before." I nod again when we walk back to the house.
"I don't think I've ever really been interested in a girl. I mean yeah I've had my stupid drunken hookups that you initiated in the first place, but I've never wanted to date anyone. Tris...She's just...Perfect."
"I'm happy for you, you deserve someone who makes you grin all stupid like that, but don't get all sappy on me brother." He pats me on the back but I shove him off me.
"We both know you're the sappy one you dick." We chuckle and we don't say anything more because there isn't anything else that needs to be said so we head back into the basement.
When I get down there I see Will and Christina on one of the couches and Shauna waiting on the other one for Zeke and Tris in one of the recliners and Uriah in the other but he's leaning over a little too close and is whispering something in her ear and she giggles and slaps his chest so he lands back in his recliner and fakes hurt which earns another giggle from Tris. Don't get me wrong I love her giggle, but is sounds better when I'm the one making her do it. When she sees me walking over she smiles and pats the space she made for me mimicking my actions from earlier tonight. Tris is so tiny that we both fit in pretty snug and she drapes the blanket over me when I get situated. I like being this close to Tris, plus our bodies fit perfectly together which is very comfy.
One of her legs is thrown across mine and she has her head in the crook of my arm with my arm around her back when she puts her mouth near my ear and whispers, "You're amazing." I must look confused or something because a small giggle escapes out of her, "This house is stunning and the fact that you designed it when you were 20 makes you even more amazing." I blush which I have never done in my entire life.
"Thank you. It felt really nice to have someone believe in you so much that they ask you to build their home." I whisper back in her ear and kiss her temple because I couldn't resist pressing my lips to her flawless skin. That's what she and Uriah were probably talking about when I came down here so I look over to him and the fucker winks at me. She smiles a shy smile and turns back to the movie I don't even know the name of let alone pay attention to because my eyes can't pry away from her small, perfect frame wrapped around my very large body compared to hers.
She's still wearing the shirt from earlier her back is still exposed and my hand is under my flannel that is also on her body so I make small circles in her back when I feel her shiver. "Do you want a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt or something?" I whisper in her ear. She shivers again and looks up with me with tired eyes.
"I don't want to be a bother."
"Come on." We get up and I start to walk to the stairs, but Tris goes to Christina and Will and whispers something to them and they nod then she goes to Uriah and whispers something in his ear and I catch him say "Ya that's fine" then she comes to me she tells me that they are going to sleepover because everyone is too tired for the 30 minute drive home and I mentally fist pump. More time with my Tris. What the fuck is up with the "my" shit? I shake my head to clear it and smile at her. I grab her hand and head up the stairs. Since my duffel bag is still in my truck we head outside. I see she's not wearing any shoes so I pick her up bridal style and head to the truck. She squeals and giggles and looks at me with those blue eyes that make my knees go week and I can't take it anymore so I set her down and kiss her against my truck with so much passion that I have to put one hand above Tris' head to keep myself standing. My other hand snakes around her waist and her arms are around my waist as I keep kissing her as if my life depends on it. I have to bend down pretty far to kiss her but I would strain my neck just to kiss her soft, luscious lips every day. Her lips move with mine in a sensual motion as I press my body against hers to relieve some pressure from my pants which admittedly are painfully tight right now. Tris gasps as she feels my hard length against her stomach and I take that moment to slip my tongue in. Our tongues battle for dominance and I realize that if we continue like this I won't be able to stop so I start to slow the kiss down until I get to small pecks all over her face and pull her into a strong embrace. Both trying to catch our breath we say a breathless "wow" at the same time and smile at each other. I put my forehead on hers and kiss her nose.
"Tris you are amazing," I say trying to calm myself down.
"No, Four, you are the most amazing person I know."
"We can be both be amazing," I say and smile, "Come on we should probably head back so we don't raise any suspicions." I wink at her and she giggles smacking my chest playfully. I give her a quick kiss on the lips and unlock my truck to get the duffel bag. When I shut the door I see Tris staring at me and when I catch her she blushes and looks down. I put my finger on her chin and tilt her head up, "You are beautiful and I don't mind you staring at me." I give her a kiss on the forehead and pick her up again to inside.
When we are inside, I hand her a pair of sweatpants and my sweatshirt and show her the bathroom so she can change. No one is in the living room right now so I strip to my boxers and quickly pull on my long sleeve and basketball shorts. Tris comes out 2 minutes later looking like my clothes are eating her, but still looking so goddamn fucking beautiful in my clothes. She let her super long blond hair down and I pull her in by the waist to kiss her and this time she stands on her tippy toes so it's easier, but I still have to bend down. When we pull away she smiles that shy smile with her cheeks flushed and I grab her hand to lead her downstairs to our recliner where we go back to our original position and fall asleep pretty quickly, but not before kissing her forehead. Tonight I fall asleep the happiest man alive with the girl of my dreams in my arms. What a night.