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CHAPTER 4: PANSYCAKES
CHRISTINA'S POV
Today started like any other Saturday morning, waking up and watching the morning cartoons on TV. I hate that Pepe le pew character so much I have to change the station. I have a couple bowls of cereal, and when my cartoons are done I go up to the roof of my building to train. This roof has been my secret escape for the past few years, I come up here when I feel the need to blow off steam. Today I train with the throwing knives, I was never good with throwing knives, and even though I know that I will probably never have to use them like I did when I was in Dauntless but I still practice.
I spend the rest of my morning up on the roof and by lunchtime I am so hungry I can barely even walk the few flights downstairs to my apartment. When I finally make it out of the stairwell and round the corner to my door Uriah is sitting on the floor beside it asleep. Deciding it would be much more fun to scare him I slowly tiptoe my way along the edges of the hall until I am standing right in front of him.
"URIAH!" I yell right beside his head.
He jumps from his relaxed state and has kicked me to the floor with my arms behind my back in an instant. Okay I can admit yelling at him was probably not the best idea I've ever had but he has pranked me so many times I just had to at least try to get him back. Major fail.
"Oh Chrissy, you should know better." he shakes his head at me mockingly. "Where have you been anyways? I've been sitting here for almost an hour waiting for you to get home."
" I was out for a run," there is no way that I'm telling Uriah I'm still training, it's a good thing I didn't stay in Candor I am way too good a liar. I stand up and unlock my door inviting him inside, "So what brings you here?"
"Well you're never going to believe this, Zeke got a phone call this morning from Four asking everyone out to dinner tonight at Pansycakes."
"WHAT? Four, seriously?"
"Christina, yes seriously. He invited us all to dinner and Amar, George and Matthew are all coming into the city tonight too."
I have to admit, I am shocked. This is Four, the same guy who hasn't been willing to come out to do anything in years, but it's not him coming out that is making me shocked, its Amar coming back into the city from the compound. "What's going on, why do you think they're coming into town?"
"I have no idea but I guess we'll find out tonight."
"What time?"
"Five o'clock Zeke confirmed with Shauna," Uri looks at the ground and starts making patterns in my carpet with his feet, "I also came here to ask you if you may want to come with me to dinner tonight?"
Did he just ask me out? I watch Uri as he looks completely out-of-place, this is a guy who has been out on dates with multiple girls in one night and yet he is standing here looking nervous. I know I could play with him a bit and make him squirm but instead I just nod and smile at him.
Uriah lets out a breath that I know he has been holding and smiles at me brightly. "Great, I guess I'll let you go and get ready and such. I'll pick you up here at 4:30 okay?"
Still smiling at him I nod again, "Okay Uri, see you then."
I walk him out of my apartment and then head into my kitchen and make a sandwich. After I eat I relax a bit, then shower and get ready. Being a clothing designer I have such a big closet you would think that it would be easy to pick out an outfit but it still took me almost an hour to make a decision. I dress in a skater style pink dress with a black ribbed hem, a simple pair of black flat shoes and a smoky eye. Before I know it, it's already 4:30 and Uriah is at my door. He is wearing a nice pair of black suit pants and a forest green colored dress shirt.
I walk into Pansycake's with Uriah and Zeke who came with us. We were quickly greeted by Lauren while Zeke went into the kitchen to make out with Shauna. I was surprised to hear that dinner tonight was Four's idea, what I wasn't surprised about was that everyone was here already except for him, and a few other empty chairs I was guessing were going to be filled by Amar, Matthew and George. I said my hellos to everyone and then started a conversation with Lynn and Cara about school and this year's graduating class's promise as initiates.
The bell above the door rang as some more guests entered the restaurant, I wasn't paying attention to who came in until I saw Uriah sitting across from me with his mouth open. I glared at him trying to tell him silently to close his mouth but he kept looking at something behind me and soon Zeke was also sitting slack-jawed I couldn't hold back my curiosity any longer. I turned around and my jaw also hit the floor when I noticed Amar, Matthew and George who was introducing someone named Bea to the table.
I felt myself pale upon seeing her, this is Tris, but not a 21-year-old Tris, the age she should be if she had lived, but Tris looking identical to how she did the day I first met her, well not exactly, she certainly has a better sense of fashion now then she used to.
I walked up to her on wobbly legs and slowly walk around her, she is real and she is standing in front of me, my best friend. My best friend is alive, wait, my best friend is alive? "How?" I look at her and Matthew in shock.
"What?" Bea asks confused. She sounds exactly like Tris.
"How is this possible?" I ask looking at Matthew?
Matthew looks at Bea uncomfortably, "I used her DNA, from what she gave me to test her divergence years ago. It took a lot of testing and changing her DNA to get her to have an accelerated growth process as a youth, but as time goes her aging as started to slow, and eventually she will be back to the normal yearly growth rate. Today is her 16th birthday, but really she is only 5. She has already graduated from high school as an honor student from an accelerated program. She is incredibly smart, and I can promise you the same Tris you used to know, except we" Pointing to George and Amar, "have been calling her Bea since she was born."
When Matthew is done explaining I jump into her arms and give her a bone crushing hug. My best friend is alive. Then I realize something else and jump out of her arms, only one word comes out of my mouth. "Four."
FOURS POV
After I hung up with Lauren and made the reservation for tonight for fourteen people I went for a 10 mile run as I have every day for the past 5 years. I run under the train, around the Hancock building through the old erudite sector and then head back to my apartment.
I make my way up to my 6th floor apartment it is simple like it was in Dauntless, white walls, a few green throw pillows on my brown sofa to bring in some color, I have a small kitchen that I rarely use it normally the fridge just holds the chocolate cake I buy from the bakery down the road; the old Dauntless recipe.
The only room in the apartment that's painted is the bedroom. Christina insisted I bring some color into the apartment somewhere. I chose a mix of Benjamin Moore's 'Blue Bay Marina' and an accent wall of 'Smoke' with a full dark black bedroom set.
I have a fast shower leaving the door to the bathroom slightly open. I dress in some black jeans and a simple black t-shirt with my black leather jacket on top. I grab my helmet as I leave my apartment deciding to ride around a bit before heading to the restaurant. Somehow I end up back at the park with the bean in it. I dismount from my motor bike and climb up the bean just to sit there for a while. I lay back and stare up at the moving clouds above letting my mind wander where ever it feels. After a while of laying here I jump off the bean and head over to the restaurant. By now everyone should be there so hopefully we can just order our food and I can get out of there quickly.
I wonder why Amar has decided now is a good time to come into the city after all this time. I guess I will have to ask him that tonight.
When I get to the restaurant just as I expected there are several cars parked in front. The one I don't recognize is a black SUV that I suppose is Amar's car. What catches my eye about it is a large purple bow sitting on the front grill, which is weird. I walk into the restaurant and before I am even through the door I hear Christina saying my name, "Ugh Christina I'm here." She whips around and looks at me shock all over her face, eyes wide. "If you keep your eyes like that they may fall out of your head." I joke with her.
"Four, you're here." She whips back around looking at Matt I think and then whips back to look at me again, "Good we can eat now," she says as she walks up to me grabs my arm and drags me to a chair in the middle of the long table and sits down on my left.
I give Christina a look as I sit and she starts talking to me about her training regimen. I know she is trying to distract me from something, this is just how she is when she is nervous. She talks about anything and everything. "Chrissy, what's going on?"
She doesn't give me any indication that she is going to answer so I look over at Zeke who is avoiding my gaze, I start looking at all these people and each one of them is looking away from me, all except for one, the only one out of this whole group who can't be real.
My beautiful Tris is standing at the end of the table between Amar and George, she looks just as beautiful as the day I first saw her. Her gray/blue eyes and long blond hair make her look angelic with the sunset shining through the window behind her as she stares back at me a smile upon her gorgeous face. I know I'm imagining she is here with me, I imagine her a lot these days. She walks over to me and sits down beside me and I know I'm dreaming, but there is no way I want to wake up now. She is here with me, she is smiling and she is beautiful; then she sticks out her hand to me to shake my hand, I play along as I have so many times in my dreams, I long for the touch of her warm skin on mine and this time I can feel it. I CAN FEEL HER.
