Chapter 28
Tris' POV:
Does Zeke like me? Is Christina right? I can't stop thinking about that for the rest of the day and Tobias seems to notice that something is on my mind. He asks me about it, but I lie and tell him that I just miss my dad and Caleb back in California. He doesn't ask me any more questions, but I can see that he's still worried about me. I doubt he believed my lie. When the final bell rings, we walk hand in hand to my car. He kisses me goodbye and I drive home still not being able to stop thinking about what Christina said.
Friday:
I pick Christina up and we're both wearing our Dauntless shirts since there's a football game tonight. I zone out while she spends the whole drive to school talking about the party tonight. All I want to do is see Tobias and prove to Christina that Zeke doesn't like me. I just have to figure out how to do that without blatantly asking him.
I pull into the parking lot and walk into the school with Christina, our arms linked together. Will comes over to us and she throws her arms around his neck and kiss. I just walk away and see Zeke and Tobias standing at their lockers as usual. They both see me and smile. I smile back and Tobias already has my locker open for me.
"Tris I still can't believe you designed these shirts." Zeke says looking down at his.
"I can't believe I did either." I say smiling and getting my books out of my locker.
The first bell rings and I hug Zeke goodbye and turn around and kiss Tobias.
First and second period go by really fast and I actually pay attention for once. Then I go to third period. I sit down next to Zeke and I feel a little awkward. He opens his mouth to say something, but was interrupted.
"Okay we are going to be doing a project in here. You will have a partner and I have already chosen them." Mrs. Piper says. This is the first time she's actually talked to the class all year. "Come up here and look at this paper before the end of class to see who your partner is and also pick up the piece of the paper on the edge of my desk telling you about the project."
I walk up to the front of the room to see who my partner for the project is. It's Zeke. I sign and go sit down.
"So who's your partner?" Zeke says turning to me.
"You." I say not looking at me.
"Well this project should be fun then!" I glance at him and he just smiles. "So um, are you coming to the party tonight?"
"Not sure yet." I say still not looking at him.
"Tris I thought you forgave me. What did I do now?"
"Nothing."
Then the bell rings and I walk to fourth period as fast as I could. I know I'm really early so I just sit down and put my head in my hands. After what seems like forever, I look up and realize that Tobias is staring at me with concern in his eyes. Before he could say anything I just smile and say "I'm fine." He just nods and then the bell rings and class starts. I just sit there and think about Zeke. I hope he doesn't like me. Tobias and I walk to lunch without saying a word to each other. We go get our food and sit down at our usual table with everyone else. They all talk about the game and the party tonight and I just sit there in silence eating my food.
"Tris are you okay? You haven't said a word since you sat down?" Christina asks me quietly to where no one else can hear.
"I'm fine. I just have a lot on my mind."
"Tris-"
"I said I'm fine." I get up from the table and walk out of the cafeteria. I stop at my locker and remember that I can't open the damn thing. I slam my fist into it and it opens. I put all of my books back considering I only have Aide period, P.E, and French. I slam it shut and walk into the bathroom.
"Okay Tris, why are you letting this freak you out? You don't know if Zeke likes you or not yet. Just calm down. Talk to him at the party tonight, it'll be fine." I say looking at myself in the mirror. "Am I seriously talking to myself right now?" I splash my face with water which causes my make-up to run. I wash it all off and start applying eyeliner. Within ten minutes, I look the same as I did when I first entered the bathroom. I take a deep breath and walk out of the bathroom right when the bell rings. I walk to my Aide period and Christina is already there waiting for me. She raises her eyebrows at me and I just shrug. She puts her hands up in mock defense and I just sit down next to her and pull out my phone. We don't have to do anything today so I just play a game. The bell rings and we walk to P.E. Since there is a football game tonight and the football team all have sixth period P.E, Coach Mathews has them practice the whole period. The rest of us just sit in the bleachers and watch. Then comes seventh period. I get in trouble for not having my French book so Mrs. Leroy makes me go in front of the class and tell everyone, in French, why I don't have my book.
"J'ai mettre tous mes livres dans mon casier parce que je suis vraiment stresse. Je pense que mon meilleur ami m'aime quand je suis pres de dater son meilleur ami. Puis-je m'asseoir maintenant?"
"Oui. Je suis desole."
I sit back down and she continues on with class.
"What did you say?" Tobias asks me.
"I don't know, you tell me. Aren't you supposed to be learning French?" I smile and he just laughs. The final bell rings and I go over to Christina's house after school to wait until the game starts like usual. She tells me to sit down and starts curling my hair. Then she starts rambling on asking me what I'm going to do about Zeke. All I'm think is one thing.
This is going to be a long night.