Tobias POV:
Tris announces that Caleb is in the compound. Really Caleb? Here, of all places? Everyone is stunned and we all secretly decide to wait until Caleb comes to continue the game.
There is a knock on the door, after about seven minutes. This time Shauna gets it. She makes her ponytail neater and goes to answer the door. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Zeke button his shirt and whistle. I roll my eyes.
"Is Beatrice in here? If not, could you please directly me to where she is?" I hear Caleb say.
Shauna laughs and lets him in. "You must be Caleb," she says.
He nods. "Beatrice?" he says shakily. She gets off my lap and kisses his cheek. He stiffens and hugs her. "I've missed you," he continues, and then steps back and eyes us all. "Are these your friends?"
"Yup. This is To-Four, my boyfriend," she says. Caleb glares at me suspiciously and looks disapprovingly at my lack of pants. Tris rolls her eyes and continues, "This is Marlene, Shauna, Lynn, Zeke, Christina, and Will." She points to each of them, respectively.
Christina gets up and shakes Caleb's hand, "Cute brother, Tris." Will laughs; she is obviously teasing him. "So can we continue or what?"
Everyone nods.
"Continue what?"
"Well, dear brother, ever heard of the game "Truth or Dare"?"
Nine glares from Caleb and 21 dares later, the game is done (after about 2.5 hours). Most of us stripped down to our undies, still claiming that we were Dauntless. Tris and I played seven minutes in heaven and had a memorable time. I fought Caleb, hand to hand. His glasses are now broken and he's limping, claiming that if I help him to the infirmary, more damage will be done and that the Erudite doctors will fix it later. I put my hands up in mock defense and he switches topics.
"So, can I see your apartment Beatrice?"
"I've told you so many times today. It's Tris!"
He nods his head and she crosses her arms. I put my arm around her shoulder and she wraps her arms around my waist. Caleb glares at me and I smirk. Then we walk to apartment 236.
"This is it?" Caleb asks.
"Uh Caleb, initiation just ended two days ago."
"Yeah, but where is all of your stuff?"
"I live with To-uh, Four."
"Mom and Dad wouldn't approve."
"Caleb, who gives a shit anymore? I bet you have a girlfriend."
He blushes and looks away. "See?" Tris tells me. I chuckle and she laughs with me. I kiss her head and Caleb glares at us.
"Beatrice, I do not approve of your relationship."
"What do you care? In fact, what do I care that you care?"
"Beatrice, calm down."
"No. You calm down. You have the face that's fuming."
Caleb turns to me, "Is Four even your real name?"
Tris shakes her head for me and my hands are clenching into fists.
"Then what is it?"
Neither Tris nor I respond.
"Wait a second, you look familiar."
"Must be someone you've seen on the way to school." Tris tells him.
Caleb's face lights up. My fists tighten and Tris rubs my back. "Yes. That must be it," Caleb says, to no one in particular.
"Thank you," I mutter to Tris under my breath.
"Anytime," she responds.
Caleb looks back at me, not as nasty, but still mean, "Just don't push her into something she isn't ready for," Caleb tells me.
"Caleb!" Tris yells at him.
"Fine, Beatrice. Can I see your, or rather "Four's" apartment now?"
She nods and we go to my apartment.
"Now this is more like it. Wait, Beatrice, why is there only one bed?" Caleb questions.
"What, do you think that I sleep on the floor? Four and I sleep together," Tris tells him.
"And by "sleep together" you mean only in the same bed right? Because I am not ready to be an uncle."
Tris rolls her eyes, "Caleb, that won't happen for a long time," I look at her saddened, but thankfully no one notices, "And besides, you of all people should know not to start a sentence with "because"." She tells him jokingly. He smiles and laughs uneasily but glares at me. I pull Tris closer to me and kiss her head, just to get Caleb extra ticked-off. He clenches his fists and storms out, mumbling something about trying to find a drinking fountain.
"Tobias, please don't do that."
"Don't do what, Tris?"
"You know, get on his bad side by kissing me and gloating that you can be close to me."
I look at her funny.
"Stop that, Tobias! I hate it when you gloat. You rarely do it, but Caleb just wants to protect me, he never was close to me. You know he cannot see my parents. Abnegation and Erudite don't like each other; I wouldn't be surprised if a war started between them. And even if Caleb is an annoying bastard, he's my family. So get used to it." She takes a deep breath and hugs me, pressing her face into my chest. I stroke her hair.
Caleb takes this time to walk in on us. "Beatrice? Can I talk to you? In private?" He asks. She nods. I kiss her head and she looks at me disapprovingly. I look at her like I am sorry and she smiles.
Caleb shoos me out and I pace around the hallway. I hear varied muffled sounds:
"Tris I really don't like him!"
"Caleb...how dare you!"
"He looks an awful lot like Marcus Eato-"
I hear that and press my ear to the door. I hear a crack and Caleb saying ow. Tris opens the door and lets me in. Caleb hugs her but Tris pushes him away before he gets a chance to.
"Leave!" she tells him.
"Just don't! Don't let him get to you like his father did to hi-" Caleb says. Before he ends, I shut the door in his face.
Tris sits down on the bed and starts sobbing.