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Chapter Two
TRIS'S POV:
After Four ran out yesterday, I've been somewhat worried about him. Seeing, as I barely know him I know I shouldn't be in his business but the problem is I want to know him. I snuggle into my crisp white blankets. I'm feeling more tired than I expected I would be. Christina being the daughter of the owner of the best-known camp in Illinois gets benefits. We don't have to spend time in the cabins. The boys have a suite room right next to us for "easy access" as Christina puts it. The camp really isn't a camp. It's more like a club, carnival, and camp all bunched up in one amazing place.
"Heyo! Wake up sleeping beauties!" Uriah calls out crashing into our room.
"Whoa, whoa Uri who said you could come in here?" Marlene asks.
"Yeah Uriah we could've been half naked for all you know," Lynn says.
"Even better the reason to crash in on such short notice," Uriah says grinning a mischievous smile. I make a vulgar face.
"Hello ladies," Zeke announces cheerily skipping into the room.
Will- could see the blonde hair and green eyes, a person I don't know, and Four follow after him. Will sits on the edge of Christina's bed and Four makes his way in between my bed and Marlene's.
"Hey guys this is Al," Uriah introduces. We all mumble our hellos and he smiles in response. Al is a large guy that looks older than he actually is, which is 16, Uriah informs everybody.
"Hey," I say looking over at Four. I feel my stomach jolt at the look of him. His dark hair is wet from probably taking a shower and like yesterday, he wears black shirt and blue jeans. I didn't notice much but if he's Zeke's age, he's eighteen. Two-year difference.
"Hey... I'm sorry about yesterday I just- I had to... You know what? I'm just sorry," he says stumbling along his words.
I smile. It's cute when he doesn't know what to say. I immediately push the thought away. He doesn't like you Tris. He couldn't.
"So I was wondering if I could make it up to you somehow." He says shuffling his feet.
My heart stutters but I ignore it.
"Hm maybe Four..." I say acting like I'm thinking about it. My answer is already yes but he needs to think that I'm still confused.
"Please Tris, I really am sorry," he says in a pleading tone.
"Ok," I say simply. With that said, I hop out of bed and grab my bag walking into the restroom to change.
"Oh Tris?" Christina says peeking into the restroom.
"Yeah?"
"Put this underneath," she says handing me a cherry red two-piece swimsuit. "We might go swimming."
"But I can wear what I-"
"No objections! I invited you here anyway, so go get dressed!" She says slamming the door on my face.
"What I a warm wake up call," I grumble underneath my breath.
I notice that Christina has laid out some other clothes on the counter. Complete with the God forsaken pink sticky note with a smiley face. I mutter profanity.
I change into the two-piece and slip on over the flow-y blue sailor striped shirt that Christina put out. I then slip on the white short shorts and walk out of the bathroom.
"Ooh someone's looking hot Tris," Uriah whistles.
"Am not," I mumble my cheeks flaring. Zeke is staring at Shauna, Will and Christina are still "talking", Al is trying to shrink back, Uriah is trying to talk up Marlene, and Four is staring at me. He shakes his head as if he's in a daze and looks at me as if he's embarrassed.
"Come on let's get out of here," I say.
"Did everything fit Tris? I heard a lot of "God's" and "hell's" coming from in there," Christina asks.
I nod and silently wish that I could go back to sleep and hide under my blankets. Today is going to be a long day.
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"So what do you guys want to do first?" Zeke asks.
The boys had gone back to their room to change into trunks and tee shirts so I assumed we were going to swim.
"Weren't we going to swim?" Lynn asks her voice straight to the point. Ah good old Lynn always being cold.
"Yeah. We can swim and then eat. Then we can do whatever we want," Christina says.
Christina manages our schedule, which I'm grateful and ungrateful for sometimes.
We all head to the lake that is just a little further out on the outskirts of the camp. The Dauntless usually go to this lake because of the name "Ghost Lake."
Not to ruin their fun but I've never seen a ghost and the lake is quite peaceful. We walk down the beach, me quietly and the rest hooting and shouting at each other. I belong in Dauntless yet I've always had my ties to Abnegation. The wind blows and my arms shiver in pleasure. It's a warm breeze not a cool one.
We all set our stuff down and Uriah and Zeke immediately pounce into the water with Lynn and Marlene behind them. Shauna and Christina start applying sunscreen and I just dig my bare feet into the white sand.
"You coming?" A smooth voice asks behind me.
"Uh I don't know. I'm-"
"I'll race you in," Four says probably knowing from yesterday that I'll fall for the competition. I groan but run ahead of him.
"You're gonna lose Four!" I shout.
FOUR'S POV
"You're gonna lose Four!" She shouts. I knew she would fall for competition.
My legs are longer than hers are so I easily catch up and at the last second, I untangle my shirt from my body and throw it out toward the beach. I dive in and feel the cool water sink my body and warm mud squish into my toes. Tris falls in next to me and she sinks. I panic when she doesn't come up after a couple seconds but then her blonde head pops up.
She smiles at me and splashes water into my face. Suddenly, like she just sees me she stops and stares. I feel her eyes on me and flush creeps up my neck. Playing football means you have to be fit.
I look down at her and notice the two-piece she is wearing. She has a small figure but it's nice. Her slight curves make me stare. She really is pretty.
"So what do you want to do so I can make up yesterday to you?" I ask her after we both stop staring.
I ran out yesterday not even thinking. Marcus said he would be watching me and I saw a camera look my way in the diner. I made eye contact and the small camera I distinguished had a blue eye. Just like mine. My father. I panicked and ran out. I suddenly feel ashamed again as I did yesterday.
"Surprise me," she says grinning. She then dives into the water and I don't know where she is.
The reason she surprises me is that she's not trying to throw herself out there, as most girls do. She isn't flirting with me on every attempt she can make. That intrigues me the most.
"Yo Four getting a girl aren't we?" Zeke asks swimming over to me. His dark skin is slick with water, plants, and whatever materials Uriah threw on him already.
"No getting a friend Zeke," I say stubbornly trying to make my face unreadable.
Zeke winks at me. "Sure buddy keep telling yourself that."
My body jolts. That's what Marcus would say right before he locked me in the closet upstairs. I would scream insults at him and tell him "mommy would come for me." She never came but the abuse kept coming. I shiver and try to block the memories from my mind. Marcus needed to be stopped. I found more friends here than I ever did next to Marcus. It's only been two days.
TRIS'S POV:
I dived underwater after I told Four to "surprise me" with my cheeks flaring. If he didn't think, it before he probably thinks I'm so small he has a little sister to take care of here. I come up for air and Zeke was talking to Four so I swim over to Marlene.
"Hey Mar," I say.
"Oh hey Tris want to play hide and seek?" she asks me.
"In the water?" I ask.
"No durh," she responds.
"Uh sure I guess," I say. I never felt comfortable with people touching me. Especially affection wise. I think my feelings grew when I stayed with Abnegation this year. I hope that nobody grabs me.
We group up in teams and we get Uriah to start counting first. Christina tells me she's going to hide in the brush of grasses on the outskirts of the lake. I pick a fairly non-noticeable spot and wait there hiding. I hear Uriah shouting his numbers tremendously loud and I fight the urge to burst out laughing. Uriah acted so stupid sometimes.
I hear someone paddling closer to me and I abruptly freeze. Please don't be Uriah, please don't be Uriah, and please don't be Uriah. Zeke grabs my arm and shouts, "I found her!'
I wriggle out of his grasp and scowl.
"Yes! Two down and a million more to go!" he shouts triumphantly. Uriah comes up from the water-soaking wet and pokes me. I squirm. He laughs and I do too and until we hear a high pitched scream.
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