Chapter 4

A/N: sorry I haven't updated. Excuse = life.

Tris POV

Tobias, or should I say My Boss stared at me from across his spacious desk with a glare. I levelled his gaze back at him and didn't relent. After what seemed like a lifetime, he finally lowered his eyes with a soft sigh.

"Well," he started with a harsh tone, "you're going to have to transfer schools immediately."

My eyes widened and a gasp fell from my lips as anger swelled from deep within.

"No. I am not changing schools. I need to stay here for the year so I can fulfil my requirements and get a secure spot at my old school." I practically yelled at him.

"But.." he started.

"And another thing," I interrupted, not caring for what he had to say, "you're the one that should have known before it even happened. You're the principal of this school. You're the one who finalizes all the transfers. If you had known, I could have found somewhere else to live and we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place." I was breathing heavily and somehow found myself standing over his desk by the time I finished my speech.

"Are you done yet?" he asked me with a small smirk on his face.

I nodded at him, not trusting my voice.

"Good. Now, as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, is that we will talk about this when we get home. You're already late for your first class and I think that you should get going." He said with a professional tone.

I glanced at the small clock on the wall and silently cursed at myself. Quietly I turned around and made my way to the office door.

"And Tris," he calls out to me, "I like it when you call me Tobias."

I smiled back at him. "Okay… Tobias."

"It will be our secret, just... call me Four when we're around other people, okay?"

"Sure thing… Tobias." I agreed as I left his office.

I hastily made my way down the halls of the unfamiliar school, trying to remember where my first class was supposed to be. Just as I was about to turn around and go find Tori, I spotted a group of kids standing outside a classroom. As I neared them, I slowed my pace and relief poured through me as I saw the room number.

I approached the door and smiled when the door opened without fault.

"Okay," I turned and addressed the class "I'm Miss Prior, I hope you're the class I'm supposed to have, if not, too bad."

This earned a few laughs from the students.

"Alright, I'm going to trust you all enough to choose your own seats when we get inside, and if it doesn't work out within the first couple of weeks of this semester, I'll have to put my foot down and make some changes."

Teaching here wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, and before I knew it, the bell to signify the end of the day was ringing.

After the last student filed out of the classroom, I sat back in my chair and took a deep breath and closed my eyes.

I was startled out of my half-slumber by a deep laugh that came from the door. As I blinked to gather my surroundings, I noticed Tobias casually leaning against the door, one hip leaning on the frame and his arms crossed over his chest.

"Hey," I started, "what are you doing here?"

Tobias smiled back at me as he closed the door and walked over to my desk.

"I was thinking that you might need a ride home. We are going to the same place after all." He explained while taking a seat in front of me.

Home. Such a simple word, but when Tobias said it my heart skipped a beat. I looked back up at Tobias and he had an expectant look upon his face.

"Mmmh, that would be lovely, but I have to stop by the airport to get my stuff." I replied sleepily.

"That's okay," he said as he got up from the chair and walked towards me, "we can stop by on the way home, and get some dinner after that.. if you want, of course."

He must have noticed the uncertain look on my face.

I sighed in defeat. "That sounds great, just let me get my stuff together first."

I slowly gathered up the odd bits of paper lying across the desk and quietly gasped when Tobias started helping me. Why was he acting so differently from this morning? I'd have to ask him when we get home.

As I put the papers in my carry bag, Tobias silently took the bag from my hands and slung it over his shoulder leaving it hanging at his hip, and effectively leaving me with nothing to carry.

"You do know I'm not an invalid Tobias, I can carry my bag." I laughed.

Tobias looked back at me as we walked out the door "I know, I'm just trying to be chivalrous."

"Wow," I smiled, "my hero."

"And don't you forget it." He gruffly replied.

We walked to the almost empty car park with a comfortable silence. The familiar sound of rattling keys filled my ears as Tobias reached into his pocket to retrieve his car keys. He pressed a button and a slick silver car just in front of us beeped.

"Wow," I was impressed "what kind of car is this?"

"It's a Mercedes CLA." He told me.

I looked over at it in awe. As we approached the car, I felt Tobias' hot breath on my ear as his hand glided past my hip and reached around me to open the door.

"Ever the gentleman" I smirked.

"Ha ha, just get in" he told me with a hand on my lower back.

After I got in and Tobias gently closed the door after me, I looked around the interior. It was so fancy I was afraid to touch anything.

Tobias slid into the driver's seat and looked over at me with amusement in his eyes.

"If you break anything, I'll cut you." He said with a deadpan voice.

I visibly gulped and my eyes widened.

Booming laughter sounded throughout the car as he laughed at his attempt at a joke as I put my seat-belt on.

"You… should… have… seen… your face." He said in between laughs.

I glared at him from the passenger seat as he started the car. He looked over at me and poked my nose affectionately.

"You're so cute when you're angry." He told me and my face lit up with a blush.

Tobias put his car into drive and pulled out of the car park, the gentle humming of the engine lulling me to sleep.

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