I'll apologize in advance for the shortness of this chapter. And I know I haven't been very good at updating recently but I have already started the chapter 8 plus its half-term this this week so I will have more chance to write
Tris
"Don't apologize." I look up and my eyes immediately lock with his, brown on blue, and I am all too aware of his hands on my waist, as I reach up on my tiptoes, my lips merely centimetres away from his.
"Tris." My eyes open, I didn't even know they had closed, and see Four looking down at me. "Stop." Oh, well that puts the embarrassment of tripping to bed. I can't believe I actually just did that, what was wrong with me? Of course he wouldn't want to kiss me. I pull back, my eyes dropping to the rocks under my feet.
"I need to tell you something," he says, placing a finger under my chin and tilting my head back to look at him. "And it's important of we are going to go anywhere."
Oh no. Oh no. Only this would happen to me. He's gay isn't he? He's gay and I almost kissed him and now he's going to be disgusted with me. Trust me to fall in love with a gay guy - wait, what? I am not 'in love' with Four. I'm sure that was a just a heat-of-the-moment thing...I hope. Oh, God, what is happening to me?!
"What is it, Fou-"
"Tobias." He cuts me off.
"What?" Who the hell is Tobias?
"Tobias. My names Tobias Eaton. My real name that is." His voice is quiet as he speaks, sounding unsure.
I narrow my eyebrows in confusion. I mean, I knew his real name wasn't 'Four', who names their child after a number, but I still don't know why he would me his real name. Unless it's common knowledge that his real name is Tobias Eaton and everyone has just left me out to laugh at me behind my back, but I don't think that's the case. I open my mouth to speak but nothing comes. I know I should say something, I don't want to sound rude, but I can't think of anything.
Being at loss for words my brain automatically does what it usually does and comes up with the first thing. "Oh," I find myself saying. "I mean, I like it." I smile up at him, the whole idea of him being gay forgotten.
"You're the first person I've told, Tris, in a long while." He looks into my eyes as he says this, and I see the sincerity of it in his gaze rather than hear it in his voice. The longer I look into his blue eyes, the more I feel my body being drawn closer to him, and before I know it I feel his hands on my waist pulling my body to his and once again I tilt my head up to meet his lips with mine, but they never touch.
I watch as Tobias takes his hands from my waist, shakes his head, and walks back up the path leading out of the Chasm, muttering to himself all the while, leaving me standing alone with the water spraying my legs staring after him, my mouth still slightly parted waiting for his kiss that never came.
Stow your torches and pitchforks, their kiss will come eventually, you'll just have to be patient. Again, I'm sorry for the shortness of this chapter; I will try and make the next one longer x
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