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Tris POV
I reluctantly pull up to Christina's house. I definitely don't want to be here. She said that she would pick me up at five, but she also said that she wanted to talk. I decided to come to her, it would be less painful.
"Hi Christina," I say as she opens the door.
"Tris!" Christina says, pulling me into the hug. I awkwardly hug back.
"Come in, come in!" Christina invites me. I walk into her house, and it is nice. It looked big from the outside, but inside, it looks huge.
"My mom is a famous author," Christina says, and I nod.
She drags me up to her room, which is also huge. "We meet Marlene and Shauna at the mall in an hour, now spill," Christina says.
I sigh, and ask, "What do you want to know?"
"I want to know why you say no one can like you," she says.
"Well then I might as well tell you the whole story," I say, "At DAA, my best friend's name was Katie. She was my friend until she thought I was dating her crush, Robert, which was just a rumor. She and her friends started picking on me all of the time."
"When high school started, her boyfriend, Al, took a liking to me. I always pushed him away, but it all made Katie hate me more. On the last day of freshman year, I told Al that I didn't have feelings for him, hoping it would solve the whole problem."
"Sophomore year started, and things were fine until Robert and Al shoved me into a closet and started trying to touch me. I fought back and barely got away." I exhale, that was as far as I got with Four. But there's more, there's so much more.
"They hated me, absolutely hated me after that. They started beating me up every day after school. I would always do my best to get away, some days I could, but it's hard two against one, you know?"
"Katie and her friends continued their insults, they were getting worse and worse. They spread nasty rumors about me, called me names. None of it really got to me until my dad left."
"They started saying that the bruises I had from Robert and Al beating on me were from my parents, and that they abused me. It wasn't true, but that's the only reason I can think of for my dad to leave. He always loved my mom, but I wasn't good enough for him."
"After that, the insults started to get to me. Ugly, bitch, fat, slut… I started to break down. I couldn't handle it. I started to get depressed, I felt hopeless and unmotivated to do anything. It was hard." I was crying at this point.
"I never told anyone, my mom, Caleb, anyone. My mom only noticed when I stopped eating." The sobs began to come harder, the flow of tears just wouldn't stop no matter how much I wanted them to. I hate feeling weak.
"They were calling me fat, I stopped eating. It was so stupid. I nearly starved myself by the end of sophomore year. My mom helped me through it, I'm still not all the way through. She thought it would be best for me to just transfer, that's why I came to Chicago High," I finish.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so so sorry," Christina says, "I shouldn't have said anything at lunch yesterday, it was stupid, I don't know what I was thinking."
"You didn't know, it's fine Christina," I say, I stopped crying.
"That's why no one can like me, I am too broken. No one can like a coward, or an anorexic, or someone who was depressed," I explain.
"I don't think that's true," Christina says, "Any of it. You aren't ugly, you aren't fat, you aren't a bitch or a slut… and someone can like you."
"Thanks for trying to make me feel better, Christina," I say. I don't believe her, I don't believe her for a second, but it is nice that she is trying.
"Please don't tell anyone else, even our friends," I say, "I'll tell them all when I'm ready, maybe I won't at all. I'm not exactly comfortable talking about it."
"I won't, just promise me that you won't shut people out anymore," Christina says, "I think it will help to be more open and friendly with everyone."
I smile, and say, "I'll try."
We go to the mall soon after, and meet up with Marlene and Shauna. Shopping is torture, as I expected it, but it was kind of fun in a way. You get to try on lots of different stuff, things you wouldn't normally wear. It's like dress up, but in an actual store.
I leave the mall with a lot more clothes than I planned to buy. Christina helped me a lot, and I am grateful. She got me clothes that are certainly much cuter than what I currently own, I now have an assortment of tops and blouses. I even got a few skirts and dresses.
The girls also forced me to buy some makeup, even though I had never worn it much before. I was called ugly, but I wasn't about to go cake myself up with the stuff. There are so many things in front of me that I don't even know the names of, but Christina said that she'd teach me how to use it all over the weekend.
Christina comes back to my house with me to get my outfit ready for tomorrow. "Okay, I think you should wear this dress with these shoes," she says as she holds up a black and white zigzag skater dress and black flats.
"You can pair it with this necklace, and those earrings," she says, pointing to a dainty silver "T" necklace and small silver hoops.
I smile, and say, "Thank you, Christina. For everything." I feel so much more confident now, I am so glad I told her.
"No problem," she says, "Come to my house at 6:30, and I'll do your hair and makeup."
I groan. That's when I normally wake up for school, but I guess that is the price I have to pay. "Okay," I say.
"See you tomorrow!" Christina shouts as she leaves. I go to bed smiling, my worst fear was proved wrong today. I wasn't treated differently when Christina found out, I felt so much better. I hope it is the same way when I tell Four the rest on Saturday.
A/N: Boom! You guys now know Tris's story. Fourtris will happen soon, don't worry! I'm thinking within the next few chapters, but don't hold me to that. Remember to leave a review! The more reviews, the faster I post the next chapter!
Four POV
When I walk into Zeke's house, everyone else is already there. I came later than I intended to, I stopped to get something to eat before I came here. Will, Uriah, and Zeke are all sitting in a circle on the floor when I walk into their living room.
"What the hell is going on?" I ask.
"Four, welcome to the Secret Society of Brothers," Zeke says.
"That's probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard," I say.
"Well Uriah came up with it…" Will mutters, and Uriah shoves him.
"THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!" Uriah shouts at the top of his lungs.
"This society was formed ten minutes ago, it is a secret group of guys to discuss and protect our brohood," Zeke says in the most official voice he can manage, "Do you, Four, accept your duties as a brother to join our assembly?"
I sigh, this is so stupid. You wouldn't believe that we are juniors and seniors in high school. "Do I have a choice?" I ask.
"No, you're in," Zeke says smiling. He motions me to join the circle, and I sit on the ground with them.
"First order of business," Uriah says, "This meeting was called by Zeke to discuss the new short blonde addition to our friend group, Tris." I stiffen up at her name, now I know exactly what this dumb group is about.
"Seriously?" I ask.
"Shhh, you are disturbing the presentation," Zeke says.
"It is has been brought to our attention that our new brother, Four, has developed feelings for said blonde, and so, as a society, we are going to work together to bring them together," Will says.
"The room is now open for discussion," Uriah says.
"Seriously?" I say.
"Yes seriously, we are going to help you out," Zeke says.
"I am perfectly capable of getting Tris by myself," I say defensively.
"Dude, you've never asked out a girl in your life," Zeke says.
"That's because there's never been a girl worth asking out. Tris is different," I snap.
"Exactly, trust me dude, you don't want to mess this up. I have a girlfriend, I can help you," Zeke argues. That's true, he and Shauna are together.
"I don't know why you had to form a Secret Society of Brothers to help me," I say.
"Because we knew you wouldn't agree otherwise," Uriah chips in.
I sigh, defeated. "Okay, I am open to suggestions," I say. I really am, I have no clue how to approach Tris. I can't even sit next to her without getting nervous.
Zeke and Uriah exchange a glance, and then Zeke says, "I am thinking a party, tomorrow night. Truth or dare."
"No, that is the absolute worst way to get together with someone!" I nearly yell, "What if I'm dared to kiss her, or seven minutes and then it screws the whole thing up. What if I admit to liking her, and she doesn't feel the same way."
Will pipes up, "The Secret Society of Brothers has enlisted the aid of Christina as an insider to discover how Tris feels about you. The girls are at the mall tonight, Tris should have already gone to Christina's house early to talk."
I don't care, I'm still not doing it. "I am not comfortable with the Truth or Dare idea," I say, "Tris would want something more personal and romantic, alone."
"Okay, but we are still having a party!" Uriah says. I roll my eyes.
"Have you attempted to ask her out?" Zeke says.
"Yes," I say, thinking back to the park.
"Well this is news! When?" Will says.
"Yesterday evening, we were at the park," I start.
Zeke interrupts me by saying, "I knew you were with her!" Oh my gosh, for guys they can act like such girls sometimes.
"She was telling me a story, but then she had to go after her phone rang. I asked her to dinner on Saturday, and she said yes, she would finish the story then. I don't think she knows it's a date, I don't know," I say. I've been thinking about it, I'm really not sure.
"This news will be passed along to Christina as soon as possible," Zeke says.
We are interrupted by a doorbell ring. Uriah jumps up to answer it, and comes back into the room. "The Secret Society of Brothers will take a brief intermission for dinner," he says.
By the time we finish eating, it is already eight. Thank god I have no homework, there is no way it would get done. We have just reformed the circle when Zeke's phone rings.
"Silence! The Secret Society of Brothers meeting has resumed, and I am getting a phone call from Christina," Zeke says. I am nervous for what she will say about Tris, I am more nervous than I thought I would be.
He answers the phone and puts it on speaker. "Hello?" Zeke says.
"Hey Zeke, it's Christina," she says.
"Hi Christina, you are currently on speaker phone in the middle of an assembly of the Secret Society of Brothers," Zeke says.
"Dude, it's not a secret if you just told her!" Uriah exclaims.
She laughs and says, "That might be the stupidest thing I have ever heard."
"Hey!" Uriah exclaims.
"That's what I said," I say.
"What's the news?" Will asks, getting to the point.
"I am currently in my car, driving back to my house. Things didn't go quite as I expected," Christina says, "Tris came over, as planned, and well, she told me some things."
"What does that even mean?" Zeke asks. I know what it means, Tris told Christina her story. Her full story.
"Look, she said she didn't want anyone else to know. I can probably say that she told me about her past, and it threw off the plan," Christina says. What could've Tris said?
"I didn't want to push her of the whole Four issue after that, she was in a sensitive state, I would put it," Christina said. Sensitive? Something really bad must've happened that I still don't know about, something bad and terrible for Tris to break down. She is so strong.
"Did you find out anything useful?" Uriah asks, irritated.
"I found out why she said no one can like her," Christina says. That catches my attention.
"Well why?" I ask.
"Ah- this is hard, I don't know how much I can tell you, I don't want Tris to get mad. She basically said that she is too broken for anyone to possibly like her," she says.
"That's the most ridiculous thing I've even heard," Will says.
"You don't know her story, Will," Christina says, quieter now, "I wouldn't judge her, there's a reason she is shy and blocks people out." What happened? I wonder… it can't just be what happened with her and Katie. There has to be more.
"So we still don't know how she feels about Four," Zeke says.
"No, I'm sorry. I spent the entire night trying to get her to open up a bit, to try a bit harder make friends. She's going to be a different person tomorrow, it will be easier from here on out," Christina says.
"Okay, thanks Christina," Will says.
"See you guys at school tomorrow," Christina says, and then Zeke ends the call. Silence fills the room, no one really knows what to say.
"Well, that's not what I expected," Uriah says finally, breaking the quiet.
"No, but I think that is enough for tonight. The Secret Society of Brothers has been adjourned for tonight," Zeke says.
I leave soon after, and go to sleep thinking about what Tris could've said.