The first person to knock on my door is Uriah.
"Who's ready to party?" he screams.
"Calm down, Uri- " I start.
"Come on, Tris; it's Christmas," he whines. He starts to pout and his lip wobbles.
"Uriah, just get inside."
"Ok!" he exclaims, suddenly very happy for who knows what reason.
I stand over the kitchen table, mixing ingredients for a cake. More people are pouring in just as I'm putting it in the oven. I really don't want this to get out of control.
I wipe my hands on the apron I am wearing and scan the room, looking for Tobias. He's standing with Zeke in the corner of the room. I take off my apron and start towards him when Christina appears at my side.
"Hey, Tris."
"Hi, Christina. Everyone is here, right?" I ask.
"Yea, why?"
"I know this is going to sound ridiculous, but I don't like too many people here. I wouldn't feel comfortable right now."
"Didn't we talk about this, Tris? You can't keep showing your Abnegation it- "
"I don't care."
Just then, Tobias gets thrown to the ground and Uriah starts to throw a punch, but fails because Tobias catches it. He then pushes Uriah off, and Zeke holds Tobias back. I run to Tobias.
"What happened?" I scream.
"Said he was jealous and he was going to find a way to take you away from me," he says through gritted teeth. "He was probably drunk, but the comment still aggravated me."
"You hit him?"
"Yeah…"
"Tobias, please don't do it again…"
"Tris, he said he would take you from me!"
"I love you, Tobias. Got it?"
"I love you, too." He seems to be calming a bit.
I go over to Uriah who is sporting a new black eye. I wince when I see him.
"Sorry, Uriah," I mutter "Are you okay?"
"No, you're boyfriend just beat the crap out of me."
"You know you shouldn't have said that-"
"Oh so now it's my fault!"
"Yes! You don't get in between relationships like that, Uriah!"
Just then, Tobias comes back with an ice pack. "Sorry," he murmurs. Uriah is stunned and it takes a few moments to accept the pack.
"I'm sorry, too."
"Wow, that was fast," Zeke whispers to me. Good job, he mouths. I nod.
Tobias puts an arm around me and the oven dings signaling the cake is finished baking.
I walk Tobias and I to the kitchen.
"Thanks," I say.
"You're welcome, Tris. I just hope he doesn't do that again - one more time and he's dead."
"Yeah, I know. I would kill him, too if he weren't my friend."
I take the cake out of the oven after poking a tooth pick through it. At that I hear a loud crash and run out of the kitchen.
Uriah is in a pile of glass in the middle of the room. Zeke is holding Will back in the corner. I take in the scene in front of me.
"Uriah, get out of here until you learn to stop pissing people off!" I scream and lead him out the door.
"What did you do now," I ask when we're out.
He laughs, "Same thing I did to Tobias," he slurs.
"Uriah, you're drunk. Go to your room and compose yourself."
"Walk with me," he puts an arm around my waist.
Tobias comes out and sees Uriah flirting with me. He takes it in and then tackles Uriah to the ground. He deserved it, I think.