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Tris POV
Tobias exhales in relief when I say it. Do I really make him this nervous? I look up at him, and smile. His blue eyes look deeper, yet more vibrant and awake now.
"What does this mean?" I ask in almost a whisper.
He ponders the question for a moment, but then asks, "Tris Prior, would you make me the happiest man alive and be my girlfriend?"
I answer without hesitation. "Yes," I say.
His smile grows bigger than I've ever seen before, and he pulls me into his arms. We were sitting next to each other on the same side of the picnic table, but now I am nearly sitting in his lap. I relax into the embrace, and rest my head on his shoulder.
"I've wanted to do this since I met you," Tobias whispers into my ear. I don't know what I did to deserve him.
"I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart," I say, sitting up a bit.
He smiles, and says, "But you came around and you knocked me off the ground from the start." He must've known I was quoting a song.
I decide to continue on, "You put your arms around me, and I believe that it's easier for you to let me go."
"You put your arms around me, and I'm home," he finishes.
"When did you become such a hopeless romantic?" I ask him, teasing and laughing.
Tobias laughs too, and says, "The day I met you."
I laugh, so hard that I begin to cough. Tobias looks at me in concern, and I say, "I don't think I'm getting enough oxygen, there's so much sap in the air."
He laughs hard at this, and soon we are just talking, laughing, and having a good time together. A part of me was concerned that things might get awkward if we got together, or that it would ruin our friendship, but both worries were proved wrong tonight.
We pack up and leave the park after a while, and Tobias drops me off back at my house. "Thank you, for tonight," I say unbuckling my seatbelt.
"It was my pleasure," he says.
I smile warmly at him, and kiss his cheek before I get out of the car and walk into my house. My mother is still up, I didn't expect her to still be awake this late.
"Hi honey," she says as I walk into the living room.
"Hi mom," I say.
"How was dinner with your friend?" she asks me.
I laugh, and say, "You were right."
She smiles, and says, "I knew it, and I'm okay with you having a boyfriend. Caleb, I'm not too sure about." Man, I forgot about Caleb. I don't see him that often because of clubs and activities and such, but he's been very overprotective of me since dad left.
"I'll deal with him," I say.
"Okay, good night," she says.
"Good night," I say, and then walk up to my room.
I lay down on my bed, still dressed with no intention of going to sleep. My mind is awake, replaying the events of tonight over and over. I can't believe that all actually happened, I can't believe he didn't hate me.
I decide to call Christina. It's 11 o'clock, but I have a feeling that she's still up.
"Tris!" she says, answering on the first ring.
"Hey," I say.
"What's up? Where are you!" she shouts. There is a lot of background noise, loud music and shouting.
"What's going on?" I ask her.
"I texted you, like, 50 times! There's a big party at Zeke and Uriah's house!" she says.
"There was a party just last night!" I exclaim.
"So? You should come over here!" she says.
"Is Four there?" I ask her. I wonder if he knew about the party.
"No," she says, confused.
"Wait, why? Where are you?" she asks, then gasps, "I knew it! I knew it, I knew it!"
"It's not like that Christina!" I say, "Do I seem like the type of person to just hook up?"
"He's not here, and you are definitely with him right now!" she says.
"No I'm not, honest!" I nearly shout into the phone.
"He likes you a lot, Tris," Christina says.
I smile to myself, and say, "Yeah, I know. I just called, wanting to talk but if you're busy…"
"You should come down here! Join the party!" she says, and at that I hear even more shouts.
"Sorry, I can't. It's past my curfew and my mom's still up, she'd know if I left," I say. I really have no intention of going to the party, and that was just a convenient excuse.
"Alright, but come over to my house tomorrow! We're going to have a girl day!" she says with a squeal.
I groan, but say, "Fine, I'll see you tomorrow."
"Be there at one!" she says, and then hangs up.
I sigh, what have I gotten myself into? She's going to know, just by looking at me, she's going to know everything. I'm not one to kiss and tell, and they're going to beat it out of me if they have to. I consider not showing up briefly, but I know that Christina will drag me there. I'm stuck.
I decide finally that it is too late, and I put it all aside and fall into sleep with a silly smile still plastered on my face.
Tobias POV (A/N: He's finally Tobias!)
"What does this mean?" Tris asks me.
Honestly, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what this means, but I know what I want. I decide to be bold, and ask, "Tris Prior, would you make me the happiest man alive and be my girlfriend?"
"Yes," she says, and I am over the moon. I don't try to hide the smile.
I want to kiss her again, but I decide instead to pull her closer, wrapping my arms around her. Every time I touch her, energy sparks within me; this is right. She rests her head on my shoulder, and I say, "I've wanted to do this since I met you."
"I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart," she says. I automatically recognize that she is quoting Arms by Christina Perri, and I decide to take it further.
"But you came around and you knocked me off the ground from the start," I say.
"You put your arms around me, and I believe that it's easier for you to let me go," she says. Impossible, I never want to let her go.
"You put your arms around me, and I'm home," I say.
"When did you become such a hopeless romantic?" she asks me teasingly, and I laugh.
"The day I met you," I say. It's true, I had never been this way before. I used to be so cold, harsh, and isolated. She has broken down every single wall of mine without even trying.
Tris laughs at this, so hard that she starts to cough. I look at her, concerned, but then she says, "I don't think I'm getting enough oxygen, there's so much sap in the air."
I laugh again, and we get lost in conversation. She is so easy to talk to, so easy to spend time with. I cherish every moment of it, I love being around her.
It then comes time for us to leave, we had been here for hours. I drive her back to her house.
"Thank you, for tonight," she says.
"It was my pleasure," I say, secretly hoping that she won't get out of the car and leave.
Tris smiles, and then kisses me on the cheek before getting out of the car. She left me there speechless, with my heart beating faster than I thought possible.
After a few minutes, I finally gain sense again and I drive off. I can't help but wonder how she can have such an effect on me.
I pass by Zeke's house on the way home, and am a bit surprised when I see cars lined up outside, and hear loud music. He would've told me about a party. I decide to park my car and walk in.
I make my way through the crowd, and find Zeke by the karaoke. "Hey dude!" he yells when he sees me.
"Hey," I say.
"Isn't this party great?" he asks.
"I guess, I just got here. Why didn't you tell me you were having a party?" I ask.
"Hmmm," he says, thinking about it for a minute. He is definitely drunk.
"I don't know!" he finally decides on.
"Um… okay," I say, not knowing how else to respond.
"Have a drink, enjoy the party!" he yells, and everyone in the room shouts to agree.
I agree, and walk around for a while. I'm not the biggest party person, and I start to wonder why I came here in the first place. Before I know it, it is nearly midnight.
Zeke orders everyone out, and only our friend group is left. Tris isn't here, and my heart deflates.
"Oh shit, you are here!" Christina shouts when she sees me.
"What are you talking about?" I ask her, confused.
"Tris called me," she says.
"What's wrong?" I ask, getting nervous. I saw her walk in, right? I wonder what could've happened, my brain thinks of the worst-case scenario.
"Nothing's wrong," Christina says, and I relax. She continues, "She just called to talk to me, and when she found out that there was a party, she asked if you were here. I said no."
"She didn't want to come?" I ask, disappointed now.
Christina shrugs, and says, "Tris said it was already past her curfew, and she couldn't sneak out."
I narrow my eyes suspiciously, I didn't know of any curfew. But then again, I didn't ask. I decide to drop the subject, just as Uriah says, "We should play Never Have I Ever!"
Everyone else agrees, and I decide to go along with it. We don't review the rules, we've all played before.
A/N: I thought I would quickly mention that Zeke and Shauna are the only current couple besides Four and Tris. There is no Will/Christina or Uriah/Marlene (yet) ;)
"Never have I ever stayed up for 24 hours straight," Uriah starts. Zeke and Christina take a sip.
"Never have I ever had siblings," Marlene says. Everyone takes a sip, including me. Technically, I was an older brother for a few minutes.
"Never have I ever been out of the country," Will says, and Christina takes a sip.
"Never have I ever kissed a girl," Lynn says, and all of the guys take a sip. Including me.
"Four?" Zeke asks me. I forgot for a second that none of them know yet, about Tris and I. She was the first girl I've kissed, I've turned away everyone else before.
"I um…" I start, but don't know how to continue.
"Wait!" Christina screams, "Are you serious?"
I sit there uncomfortably as everyone asks a hundred questions, to which I stay silent.
"I uh, should probably go," I finally say, and get up to leave.
"Wait, at least tell us when this happened!" Christina shouts.
I turn around and say, "Tonight," before walking out the door.