Chapter 23

Tobias/Four's POV:

"Things would be different, but they might be better too. Just tell Tris that you like her."

I can't tell Tris that I like her, not yet anyways. I'm too scared. What if she doesn't like me back? I was about to say something else to Alex when Tris walked back down the stairs. I hope she didn't hear any of that.

"Hey is Sam okay?" I ask as she walks back over and sits on the couch.

"Yeah she's fine. She said she just wanted to say goodbye to me before I left."

I have a feeling that was a lie. Tris isn't very good at lying. What did Sam tell her?

Alex asks her what all happened after we left California and I zone out thinking about how Tris and I used to be in first grade.

*FLASHBACK*

"Okay everyone, we're going to have a three legged race so grab a partner."

Beatrice grabs me by the arm and leads me to where our teacher was standing. She ties the cloth around our legs and we walk over to the starting line.

"Hey no fair! Beatrice and Tobias are the two fastest people in our class! None of us have a chance!"

"Now Eric, if you knew that they were the fastest, then why didn't you pick one of them? Just try your best." Mrs. Brown said.

"Okay. Ready, set, go!"

We sprint towards the finish line and look back at everyone else. Of course, we won.

"Good job Beatrice, I knew you'd win." Eric says walking up to us after the race.

He grabs her hand and then kisses her, on the lips. Beatrice immediately reacts and slaps him across the face. I grab him by the shoulders and punch him in the jaw.

"Tobias! Why did you do that?" Mrs. Brown says walking up to me.

"He was sticking up for me. Eric just kissed me." She says wiping her mouth.

She drags Eric away and I turn back to Beatrice.

"Thanks for helping me Tobias."

"No problem Beatrice!" I say smiling.

She leans in and kisses me on the cheek. I look at her confused and she just looks down and blushes. For the rest of the day, I couldn't stop smiling.

*END FLASHBACK*

I come back to my senses when Tris snaps in my face.

"What?" I say looking around.

"What were you deep in thought about?" Alex asks me.

"Oh nothing really, I'm just tired and zoned out... Well we should probably get going." I say standing up. I hug Alex and tell her goodbye. Tris does the same. We walk out to my car and both get inside.

"Did you have fun today?" I ask looking over at Tris.

"Yeah I did. Sam was adorable." She says smiling.

"Well that's good. You'll have to hang out with us again sometime." I say smiling back at her.

"I'd like that."

I pull up to Tris' house.

"Thanks for inviting me to hang out with you and Sam today Tobias. It was fun." She smiles. She tries to open the door but doesn't succeed. "Um, the doors stuck."

I reach over her, pull hard on the handle, and push the door open.

"Sorry that's never happened before."

I look up and notice that our faces are just inches apart. I'm still leaning over her. I really want to press my lips onto hers, but I can't. I was about to pull away when she does something I didn't expect. She lightly puts her hand on my face and closes the gap in between us. After a while, she pulls away.

"Did you just kiss me?" I say smiling.

"It wasn't the first time." She says blushing and smiling back. "Goodbye Tobias." She gets out of the car and walks inside.

I drive home and get out of the car with a smile still on my face.