Chapter 9

Four's POV:

We're in the locker room getting ready for the game and my left leg starts shaking.

"Hey calm down Four. You've been playing football since you were eight years old. You've got this." Zeke says trying to comfort me. We change and walk out to the field. We don't start warming up until thirty minutes before the game so we have fifteen minutes to kill right now. I see Will talking to Christina in the stands and know that Tris is nearby.

"Tris!" Zeke yells and runs over to meet her. I was right. Great, more pressure on me. She doesn't notice me looking at her since she's talking to Zeke.

"Hey Four. You going to win for me tonight?"

"Cara, it's over, remember? I broke up with you three weeks ago. If we win this game, it's not going to be for you." After I say that I look back over to Tris. I don't know why though. Her eyes flicker to me and we make eye contact for a second but she breaks it.

"Hey Four!" Zeke screams, "come here."

I was about to argue but there was no reason to so I just run up the stands.

"What's up?" I say.

"Oh I just wanted to say good luck tonight…" Tris says. Zeke leaves and it's just us standing there.

"Oh um, thanks." I say looking at the ground.

"Hey, what's wrong Four?" Tris says looking concerned.

"Nothing. I'm just…."

"Nervous?" She finishes for me. "I get it. You just need to calm down."

"Why are you being nice to me? You hate me."

"I don't hate you. You just…..remind me of someone I hate. My ex boyfriend Ryan actually." She looks at the ground like she always does.

"Why do I remind you of him?" I ask confused.

"He was playing me. Just wanted me to sleep with him and broke up with me when I didn't. He did it to a lot of girls, I just wasn't aware of that. At the party, I heard you when you were breaking up Cara. You were being kind of a jerk but when you came and saved me from Peter, you started being sweet. You're mood changed when the girl did. That reminded me of how Ryan was."

"Well the only reason I was being rude to Cara was because she MADE me go out with her. I am nothing like Ryan is. I would never try to take advantage of a girl like that and I don't know why he would either."

She was speechless and I don't know if that was a good thing or not.

"Tris, I didn't save you from Peter just to see if you would sleep with me. I did it because for some reason I feel like I need to protect you every chance I get and I know that Peter can be an asshole.

She still doesn't say anything.

"Tris, please say something." I say barely over a whisper. She just pulls me into her and hugs me. I hug her back of course.

"I was wrong about you. I'm sorry Four. Now go win the game."

After every play, I look at Tris in the stands. I can't help it. We end up winning 48 to 19 and I don't understand how since the game was the last thing I was thinking about. All the Dauntless that were in the stands come running onto the field. Christina runs and kisses Will and Tris finds me before Zeke, which is odd.

"You listened." She said smiling. I smile too and pick her up and spin her around. Zeke comes up when I put her back on the ground and she hugs him and tells him congratulations.

"Hey everyone back to my house. It's party time!" Zeke yells and we all yell back because well, we're dauntless.

I hope ya'll liked this chapter. It wasn't my best I know, but it wasn't my worst. Review please. I will update again really soon. (:

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