Chapter 4 Zeke POV
Tris got up from her chair and went to the trash can. I hate how me, Uriah, Four, and so many other guys like her at the same time. It's annoying and we are going to hate each other if one of us gets her. I'm going to make my move at the party on Friday. It's Tuesday now so I have a couple of days to get nicer clothes for this party. I am thinking waiting for Tris to return but after 5 minutes she still hasn't returned.
"Guys, where's Tris?" I ask. I can hear the nervousness in my voice. My eyes are wide and my heart is beating really fast. They all look at me and then to Tris' spot. I can see Uriah's expression go from goofy to sad. This makes my heart pound faster.
"Yeah where is she?" Uriah says exactly how I asked my question. I just get up and bolt out of the room hoping to find Tris coming back from the bathrooms but nothing. I can hear footsteps behind me. Probably the rest of our lunch table. We have all grown pretty close to Tris when she moved here because Tris is an outgoing person but badass at the same time. God I really like her.
We go past the janitors office and I hear a fait scream. I stop in dead tracks and turn towards the room. The others stop and we hear talking and laughing. I run to the door and swing it open. Tris is belted to a table by her hands and legs, so there was no way to escape. She was extremely pale and she had belt marks, punch marks, and cuts everywhere. I turn and see Lauren and her group of sluts. God can't they just get over the fact that me, Uriah, or Four are never going to sleep with them.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR SLUTS!?" I exclaim mad as ever. My fists are clenched and I'm about ready to blow.
"Oh we just wanted to make Tris look even better. She is a slut after all." Lauren taunts. Before I know what I'm doing I punched Lauren in the nose. There was a crack and it immediately starts to bleed. Uriah, Four, and Will punched to others while the girls ran to get the nurse.
I find clean rags in the corner and tie them tightly around the deep cuts. Once I'm done that Uriah comes in with some water so I can dip a rag in the water and clean the dried blood that is on her.
The nurse and girls come in with wheelchairs and they start putting the sluts in them. Then the nurse comes over to see Tris and her face completely drops. I feel like I'm going to vomit. Tris needs to be ok! I need her she makes me feel happier, tougher, and more like myself! I feel a warm sticky tear fall from my eyes. I try to blink the others that are coming but I just completely lose it. When I'm around her I just feel the need to protect and love her. I never felt this way with someone before nor do I want to feel this way with a different person. She thinks of herself last and always puts others before her. She can tell people off. She can joke, cry, and laugh without caring what other people think of her. She can do anything she wants to and just makes you feel this type of way that is unexplainable.
I carefully unbuckle her from the table and lift her up. The nurse was short a wheelchair so I just run her down to the nurses. I sit down in a chair and leave her in my lap. I can see all the girls smiling at me. The boys are way too worried to be jealous. Tris starts to twitch a little.
Tris POV
I open my eyes, close them quickly because of the light, and feel extremely lightheaded and sick. I feel like I'm going to puke and faint. Then everything floods back into my mind. I shudder just thinking that I got hit, cut, and beat with a belt from Lauren and a few other girls. I open my eyes again and look up to see Zeke crying. Wow he must really care about me because he's holding me in his lap and crying that I got hurt. I smile at him and he brings his goofy grin on.
I reach my hand up and wipe the tears off his face and hear a chorus of 'Awws.' I turn slowly to see Christina, Marlene, Shauna, and Lynn looking at me with red puffy eyes. They all crowd around me and give me a giant group hug. Then three more people enter our group Uriah, Will, and Four. I give them hugs and thank all of them.
"Why are you crying, nothing that a few of stitches and cream can't fix." I say and everyone laughs and Zeke smiles a little.
"This is why I love you Tris, when you just got beat up you just choose not to think of it and talk to us like nothing happened." Zeke says with a true smile.
"Aww, Zeke you love me?" I tease and his face turns bright red. I giggle and then a white van shows up. The nurse comes in and I go to swing my legs over to stand up but Zeke refuses. He just carries me into the car and sets me down onto the seat next to him. I'm still extremely light headed so I put my head on Zeke's shoulder and lay there with my eyes closed. I fall asleep right there.
Zeke POV
When Tris woke back up I felt so happy. She wiped my tears which was really weird considering she got beat up and she was wiping my tears. Whatever. I just carried her into the white van and she rested her head on my shoulder and fell asleep. She looks so peaceful yet hurt. She acted like everything was fine which is extremely brave. It's a long car ride to the hospital and I start to day dream and then I'm out too.