Chapter 30
Tris' POV:
After talking to Zeke, I go downstairs to try and find Tobias. Zeke said that he was outside playing beer pong with Uriah. I go outside to the backyard and see a crowd of people standing around them. I can't see over them so I grab a chair from the nearby table and stand up on it. Uriah has one cup left and Four still has all of his but one. He throws the ping pong ball and it lands in the last cup.
"Dammit!" Uriah slurs before he chugs the cup of beer.
"I win!" Tobias smiles. "Who's next?"
"I am." Someone says from the middle of the crowd that was watching. Everyone moves out of his way and he goes to where Uriah was once standing. Where did he go? I look around the table and see that he is passed out on the ground. I laugh and then turn my attention back to Tobias and whoever this other guy is.
"Eric. You sure you want to do this?" Tobias says. There's fire in his eyes.
"I'm sure. I go first." Eric says while Zeke sets up the cups and pours the beer into them.
"Fine by me."
They go back and forth, both of them making in a cup every time. Its Eric's turn and Tobias only had one cup left. I can tell that they are both drunk by the way they have to use the table for support. He goes to throw the ball and it hits someone in the head behind Tobias.
"Hey watch it!" they say. Everyone just laughs. Tobias takes his ping pong ball and closes on of his eyes. He throws it and it hits the rim of the cup but then bounces in. Everyone starts screaming including Tobias. Eric just downs the alcohol and gives Tobias a death glare. Then I see a girl descend from the crowd. She's wearing a black mini skirt and a crop top. I don't know how she walks in that small thing she calls a skirt. She runs up to Tobias and throws her arms around him, pulling him into a hug. I put my hands around my mouth and was about to scream something to Tobias when the girl presses her lips to his. What shocks me is that he doesn't pull away. When she does, I see who it is. Cara. I hop off of the chair and run inside with Zeke calling after me. I see Christina and Will on the couch and tell her we need to go. She starts to ask why when a tear falls down my cheek. Christina jumps up and grabs my arm, leading me to my car. She still has the keys which I'm glad she does because I don't want to drive right now. I fling myself into the passenger seat and she starts the car. I look out the window and try to hold back the tears. They burn when they go down my face. We get to Christina's house within three minutes and I run inside. She follows behind me. I take deep breaths and calm myself down enough to tell Christina what happened.
"I went outside looking for Four. He started a game of beer pong with some Eric guy and Four ended up winning. I couldn't get through the crowd so I was just standing up in a chair watching. Cara ran up to him, hugged him, and then kissed him. He didn't pull away." After I finish the tears just start falling and I couldn't control them anymore. She just makes me sit down on her bed and she sits next to me. I face my body towards her and she just wraps her arms around me. I just lay my head on her shoulder and cry. It is in this moment that I realize how important Christina is to me. No one else has ever seen me cry and I'm determined for it to stay that way. For once, she doesn't say anything. She just lets me cry. I just keep thinking about what could be happening at that party, what Cara and Tobias are doing right now. I lift my head up and look at the clock on the table beside Christina's bed. It's 7:00 in the morning. I lay down and she does the same. I wipe my face with my hands.
"Thank you Christina. I love you." My voice was shaky.
"I love you too Tris. Now get some rest."
I roll over and to my surprise, I fall asleep instantly.