(Time Skip, One month)
At home, I worked on my homework. I pretended to eat dinner thinking that in block four two people would be paired to work on a school project. I went to bed thinking about Four. I slept thinking about school.
woke up at 6:20 am according to my alarm clock, who's alarm was apparently broken. I was going to wake up at 6:00.
I went to homeroom and stubbed my toe on my desk. I pierced myself with a newly sharpened pencil, and tripped on my black skirt on the way to the pencil sharpener. Thank goodness I had bloomers on under it.
In block one, nothing bad happened except for an exchange with Christiana, in which I pushed her and got a lecture from Ms. Wu. Christiana also got a lecture, but not as intense as mine, or at least so I thought.
In block two, the nerd sat next to me. He took two pages worth of notes. Two pages.
Then he stepped on my foot on the way out.
During lunch, I sat next to Four as usual, but I accepted a bit of the cake. It was like eating heaven.
In block three, Shauna tortured me and Four. I had to admit, it was kind of cute… but there was no way he liked me. I was unlikable.
The only good thing that day was that I got paired with Four in block four for the project.
Upon request – and lots of urging – I gave him my phone number and address. On the way home, my phone buzzed in the glove compartment. I flicked it open at a stoplight.
"Hey Tris, when should I come over to work on our assignment?" It was Four's voice on the phone.
"Um… how about tomorrow after school?"
"Okay! See you then!"
Was it just me, or did he sound excited?