Thanks for the great response! Here's chapter two. Let me know what you think.
-Kay
Tobias POV
"You." I inhale sharply. Me? Does Beatrice Prior finally like me? It took her long enough! I've liked her that way since we stopped being friends way back in middle school. Is this really happening. I don't know what to say to her, and she is fiddling with her hands.
"Well it took you long enough," I say, grinning and leaning on the door frame. She returns a smile and we just sit there awkwardly for a while, until she grabs my face and kisses me. I kiss back instantly and shut the door with my food, resting my hands on her waist. We kiss for a good long while until she pulls away.
"Guess what Four?" she says into my ear.
"What?" I reply, while kissing her cheek.
"Psych!" she says while running out the front door, "I don't like you! I just wanted to see if you like me! I knew it! Sucker!"
She laughs all the way into her house, but I quickly follow her, but instead of going to the front door, I go to the back and jump on the shed which is right below her window. I hop into her bedroom and sit on her bed. The door swings open, and a laughing Tris walks in, bright red.
"If you don't like me why are you blushing?" I say, startling her.
"What are you doing in my room?" she screams.
"Tris, I do like you, and you just made it worse for me. All of these years, I've tried hating you, but it just doesn't work, and I'm sorry but I cannot do this anymore. I want you so bad," I pull her toward me, "Tris, do you like me?"
She pushes air out and tightens her stomach. I forgot about her fear of intimacy. I don't really care right now, so I stay where I am.
"Please answer me."
"Yes," she whispers before our lips connect. Her arms wrap around my neck, and I pull her closer, "but Four, we have to keep this a secret. We have to pretend to hate each other. Okay?"
I sigh. "Fine. If I have to, but if no one's around, can I kiss you?" She nods. We kiss once more before I jump back out of her window and back to my house. I fall asleep almost instantly with Beatrice Prior in my dreams.
My Pagey Breaky Heart
When I wake up, I notice a text from Tris.
Make it to school early. We need to talk.
-Tris
Okay. I hope everything is alright.
-4
I get ready for the day by putting on black jeans and a button-up white shirt and roll up the sleeves. I once heard Tris liked it when guys did that. I get on my bike and drive to school even though it doesn't start for half an hour. Tris is already there and sitting on her hood, sipping her Starbucks.
"Hey," I say kissing her on the cheek.
"Hey Four—"
"Call me Tobias. That's my real name."
"Okay. Tobias, do you want to tell people or no?" she asks, holding my hand lightly.
"I kind of want to see who will figure it out first," I say grinning and rubbing my hands together.
"Okay. That sounds good to me. So… what should we do for the next twenty minutes?" she asks. I lean forward to kiss her, put she pushes me away.
"Not at school!" she says before running into the school with me close behind.
Tris POV
Why did I tell him that I liked him? I do… a little bit, but not as much as he thinks I do. I am so dumb. I grab my stuff and head to the football field (soccer field, not American Football) and sit against the concrete wall surrounding the bleachers. I begin to draw. The first half of the day has gone by faster than usual, and my free period has come around, so I just sit here on the field and draw most of the time. This time is different though. I draw a pair of eyes that are strong, but soft and the color of the sky just after the sunset when it is the darkest blue color. These eyes are the eyes of Tobias. Those eyes are the eyes that I first saw back when I was young.
"Can I sit with you?" I hear a voice say. Without thinking, I agree and Uriah comes and sits next to me.
"So what's going on between you and Four. He can't stop looking at you." I blush.
"Nothing. We hate each other still. Life is just the same," I lie.
"Then why are you drawing his eyes?" I pull my sketchbook up to my chest and put my head on my knees to hide my face.
"Do you like him? Because he likes you. A lot," he says patting me on the back.
"Congratulations Uriah! You've won this little contest Four and I are having. We wanted to see who the first person to find out was. Don't tell anyone!" He nods and we walk into the hallway.
I can't help but smile. I imagine Uriah is going to tell everyone, so Tobias and I can go public. I don't really want to, but I kind of do.
When the day ends, I sit on my hood and listen to music.
Called you for the first time yesterday
I finally found the missing part of me
I felt so close but you were far away
Left me without anything to say
Now I'm speechless over the edge, and just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this lovebug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this lovebug again
This song is so true. I have fallen for Tobias again, even if I didn't want to. Maybe I do like him in the way that I thought I did. I can't be sure.
"You okay?" Tobias says, sitting next to me.
"Yeah. Uriah found out today, during fourth period. He's not going to tell anyone." He just grins.
"Since nobody is here, except for Uriah, can I kiss you?"
I reluctantly agree, and he pulls me in and kisses me softly. I pull away instantly, wave goodbye to Uriah, and drive home to my home.
