Chapter 10
"Is it weird that I am kind of excited for Zeke's party tonight?" I ask Tobias.
"Not really. I mean you had a tough week," he kisses the top of my head, "you deserve some fun."
We cuddle together for a while just enjoying each other's company until it's time to go to lunch. We walk down the corridor that leads to the dining hall hand in hand when Christina and Will come running past us Christina on Will's back.
"Hey!" I shout and they turn around and come back to us.
"Hi guys didn't see ya there," Will says adjusting Christina on his back.
"Wait I have an idea! Tris get on Four's back and we can race." A most excited Christina says.
I look at Tobias. We both shrug and I jump on his back. Will counts down, "3...2...1...Go!"
"We take off running and are at the entrance to the dining hall a good five minutes before Will and Christina.
Tobias and I walk into the cafeteria and sit at our table with our other friends.
"Hey guys," Shauna says sliding closer to Zeke so we can sit down.
"Hey do you guys know where Will and Christina are?" Uriah asks nobody in particular.
Four and I just look at each other. "They should be here soon," Four says, "oh look they're coming over here now."
Will and Christina, make it over to our table and Will is out of breath. "You... cheated," Will manages to get out before he falls down on the seat next to him.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Tobias says.
"You must have been, either that or Tris is only like 90 pounds."
"No," I put my hand on Tobias' shoulder, "Four is just strong."
"What are you guys talking about?" Zeke asks.
"We were racing each other here and Will and I lost." Christina says making a pouty face.
"Hey, at least we didn't bet on it," Four reassures them, "but now that I think about, I kind of wish we had."
We continue to eat and talk about things that randomly come to everybody's mind. Zeke only wants to talk about his party and how awesome it is going to be. The rest of us beg to differ.
"No Zeke, this is what's going to happen," Uriah says, "It's going to start out good, but about twenty minutes in there are going to be like a thousand people in that apartment."
"Yeah, but that is when we kick everyone out and play dauntless or candor. Besides, the more people there are the better it's gonna be." Zeke says trying to defend his party.
"I'm not saying that it isn't going to be awesome with a lot of people, I'm saying that you need to cap it at some point, or there isn't going to be enough room to move."
"Uriah makes a good point Zeke."
"Thank you Tris" I smile.
"Okay fine once there are thirty people there deal? But you asses better get there early 'cause once my place is full; I'm not even going to let you guys in." Zeke says finishing the subject.
We all finish eating and gradually leave to go our separate ways for the time being. Tobias and I go back to our apartment and just relax until we have to get ready for the party.
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At 5:00 I decide to take a shower and get ready. I am in the shower for what feels like ten minutes, but it could be longer. I put on dark gray skinny jeans, a black tank top, a red crop top, and a black sweater. I do my make up and make it a little heavy this time.
Black eye shadow and liner. I line my top and bottom eye lid. I finish off my makeup with a nude lip gloss and some mascara. I French braid the sides of my head and pull all of my hair into a bun.
I go and sit on the couch until Tobias is ready to leave, which doesn't take very long only because he only has to shower and change. He is done within ten minutes and we are on our way.
"Can we stop at the liquor store first?" He asks me. I nod.
I wait outside while he purchases the alcohol. He comes back out with a brown paper bag. I take his hand and we begin walking to Zeke's apartment. "So what did you get?" I ask.
Tobias pulls the bottle out enough for me to see that it is a bottle of vodka and puts it back in the bag. We come up to Zeke's door and I can hear music thumping from inside. I don't bother to knock and just walk in.
The first thing I see is a crowd of bodies in the center of the living room dancing to the blood curling music. I look at Tobias and he just has a giant grin on his face I take his hand and lead him around the crowd of people to the couches where the rest of our friends were sitting. "Hey!" Christina yells over the music, "you guys made it! What took you so long?"
I take the bag from Tobias and he gives me a nasty look, like I just took a toy from a child. I take the bottle out of the bag to show Christina, then unscrew the top and take a big gulp. Four sits in an arm chair next to the couch and sit take a seat on his lap seeing as how there is nowhere else to sit.
"So who isn't here yet?" I ask Zeke over the music.
He answers, "just Uri and Marlene, but they should be here any minute." While we wait for them to get here I look at the big group of people dancing to see if there is anyone I recognize. I no familiar faces until in the middle dancing his ass off, I can see Eric.
I try not to make a scene of it but a casually pull everyone into a huddle, "look who is in the middle of the dance floor," I say trying to contain my laugh. Everyone looks then we all bust up laughing our asses off.
Uri and Mar show up a few minutes later and Zeke turns the music off. "Any of you who want to play dauntless or candor stay, the rest of get out!" He yells.
Most of the people leave except for three of them. And I am not very thrilled with two of them. Eric, Peter, and a girl I don't know stay. I take the vodka bottle from Tobias' hand and drink half of it. "Whoa, slow down stiff," Eric says.
I try not punch him in the face, "one, you're not my father and you don't tell me what to do, and two, don't call me stiff," I gesture to everybody around me, "I am just as much dauntless as these losers. No offense guys."
"None taken," Uri says.
"Okay, now that we have established that Eric is not Tris' dad, and she is not a stiff, and we are apparently all losers, can we get on with the game please?" Zeke says.
The three new bees take a seat and we begin playing.
"Who wants to go first?" Zeke asks.
"Who do you think bro? Me of course, but new rule, you can either strip or take five shots. Deal?" We all nod, "okay, Mar, truth or dare?"
"I'm gonna start with dare."
"I dare you to kiss the hottest guy in the room." Marlene leans over and kisses Uriah. "Good choice," he says and smiles.
"Shauna, Truth or dare."
"Dare"
I dare you to go into Zeke's room, open one of his drawers and put on the first thing you see, you can only where that article for clothing until somebody says," Marlene leans over to Shauna and whispers something in her ear.
"Deal," Shauna says. She disappears into Zeke's room and comes back wearing only one of his shirts, and she has no shame from what I can see.
"My turn. Tris truth or dare."
"Dare." I say cautiously.
"I dare you to tell us what one of Four's fears."
"Really? That the best you got?"
"For right now yeah, it is." I shake my head and remove my sweater.
"Come on Tris! You can't tell us just one?"
I smile and decide to have a little fun with it, "you guys really want to know?"
"YES!" They all yell at me.
"Fine, but first all of you, and I mean everybody, you need to take ten shots each and you guys can never ask me or Four about his or my fears again. Deal?" Zeke gets up and runs into the kitchen and brings out about fifteen shot glasses. They all do the shots and Christina is about to fall over after.
"Okay we did the shots now tell us. What is one of Fours fears?"
"Well seeing as how you all agrees to never ask that question again I can't tell you."
"Oh hell no!" Christina shouts, "I did not just take ten shots of some of the worst alcohol ever just to be told no!"
"I played all of you. I was never going to tell you, so I decided to take this once I'm a lifetime opportunity to make you all my bitches! And if I must say, it went perfectly." A grin stretches across my face. I can tell that nobody else thinks that it is funny.
"Okay, I can't believe that I'm saying this, but it was a good prank," Uriah defends me.
"I guess you're right Uri, but Tris, I will get you back if it is the last thing I do," Christina threatens.
Everyone has a laugh after that and we continue playing.