Four's POV

We head to English and I take a seat at the back next to Zeke.

"So did you ask out that girl you liked" I say, to start a conversation.

"Who, Shauna? Yeah, that was ages ago"

"I'm struggling to see how you measure time, since it was a few weeks ago when you told me. It wasn't that long ago"

"Yeah, whatever"

"So, she actually decided to date you. Wow, she's a brave girl"

Zeke smacks that back of my head but can't keep the grin off his face.

We don't really do anything that lesson, as the teacher – Ms Reed – just talks about what we're going to be studying.

The next two lessons flash by and then it's lunch. I trail aft

er Zeke as he works his way over to a crowded table, after getting some food.

"Hey guys, this is Four. Four, this is everyone"

He says their names and he points at them so I know who's who. They all give small waves or smile at me when Zeke introduces them to me.

"This isn't everyone" Christina says, scanning the table "Where's Tris?"

Everyone shrugs, except for me since I don't actually know who Tris is.

Marlene answers her "She had to stay back in art so she could finish off her drawing for the competition"

Uriah calls across the table to her "Is she coming here w

hen she's done? She said she'd tell me at lunch if she could come on the trip with us"

"Uriah" Zeke says, rolling his eyes "Calm down about the trip, it's in like, two months"

Uriah mutters something about needing to be ready when Zeke turns to me "We're going on a trip in the holidays to this lake. Do you wanna come with?"

I frown "How long will we be there?"

"About a month" Shauna says "We have a really long break in the spring, but a shorter one in the winter"

"Who's going?" I ask

"All of us, and maybe Tris, who you are yet to meet" Will says, and suddenly everyone smirks at something he said.

I shrug and tell them I'll ask and they all grin at me.

Wow, I made friends fast. This must be some kind of miracle. Now I just need to face the task of asking Marcus whether I can go.

Uriah looks up from his lunch and calls across the canteen "TRIS"

We all look around and I see a girl with blonde hair looking over at us. I can't see her face properly because she's in a shadow but I do see her give thumbs up to Uriah and everyone around her table cheers.

"This is gonna be great, everyone can come" Uriah squeals

I turn and look at Tris again, and see that she's staring at something, but I can't tell what. She stands there for another minute and walks away, quickly.

I look down at my lunch thinking about Tris. I think she was looking at me, but I can't be sure.

I see Zeke staring at me so I say "What?" in a voice which is harsher than I meant it to be.

"Nothing" he says, smirking

"Wow, you're even less friendly than Tris, and that's saying something" Christina says

Everyone laughs, and I frown at them. Uriah grins at me from across the table "You'll understand what Christina means when you meet Tris"

They all nod and we get up when the bell rings.

"What do we have now?" Zeke asks, slinging an arm across my shoulder. I shrug him off and say "Science"

Zeke grins, looking just like Uriah.

"What?" I ask "Why are you grinning? I science your favourite or something?"

He makes a disgusted face "Hell, no. Tris is in this class, so you'll finally meet her"

I roll my eyes and we walk in, taking seats next to each other.

The teacher walks in, looking stressed, and does the register. When he's finished, he tells us we're going to be doing some sort of project about the human body with a partner.

Everyone looks around, shouting across the room to the person they want to work with. The teacher calls across the noise "I will be choosing your partners" and the whole class groans.

"Yeah, yeah" he mutters while trying not to roll his eyes.

He pulls out a piece of paper and starts reading names out.

"Melanie, you're with Aiden.

Christina is with Zeke."

Zeke sighs and I see Christina glaring at him out of the corner of my eye.

"Tris, you're with Four"

I hear all the boys in our class take a deep breath in when Tris's name is called and let it out angrily when he says my name. She must be popular.

I zone out after my name had been said and I inwardly gro

an. I don't really want to work with Tris since everyone has basically told me she's not very friendly, and I'm getting death glares from all the boys right now.

Zeke sees my distress and grins "Don't worry, she's not that bad"

"Oh yeah, you only told me she wasn't very nice and extremely unfriendly and everyone looks like they're getting ready to beat the crap out of me."

He laughs "Seriously, you're stressing out over nothing. She's only mean around people she doesn't know and people she hates. Tell her you sit with us at lunch and she'll be nice."

I look over Zeke's shoulder, and look at her. She's sat next to Christina, who is clutching her stomach, laughing, and is glaring at her.

"Wow, she looks happy"

"Yeah, she never smiles"

I stare at him "She never smiles? What the hel

l is wrong with her?"

Zeke chuckles "There's nothing wrong with her. She just prefers not to 'cause it stops people from messing with her."

"What should I say to her? I can't just start cracking jokes if she isn't going to laugh or smile at any of them"

"Just ask her when and where you want to do the project"

"So, I'm supposed to say that while we're doing it?"

"No, Mr Sarcasm, we'll just figure something out for then."

I look back over at her and see she's saying something to Christina who starts laughing again.

"Stop staring" Zeke hisses under his breath.

He glances over at them and turns back to me.

"She's really funny, and she says everything with a straight face, so it might not be that hard to keep a conversation going. Just don't stare at her because she hates it when guys do that"

I understand why guys do stare, when I get a good look at her. She's beautiful, with long blond hair, which reaches her elbows and blue-grey eyes which I can see are striking, even from over here. She'd be even prettier if she wasn't glaring at everything.

I open my mouth, but no words come out. I don't think any girl has ever left me speechless.

"Oh yeah" Zeke says, smirking "I forgot to mention she's hot"

I roll my eyes at him and I see Christina say something to Tris, whose head starts turning in our direction. I duck my head, so she doesn't see me looking at her.

"So" Zeke says, quietly "You got a crush already?"

I glare at him and he giggles and pretends to flip

his hair like a teenage girl "I knew it"

"Shut up, Zeke"

He laughs and pats my shoulder "Don't get too a

ttached, she's brutal when she turns guys down"

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Tris get up and walk towards us. When she reaches our table she stands in front of Zeke and stares at him.

He stares back blankly and then jumps up. "Oh, sorry" he says quickly and gestures to his seat. "M'lady"

"Thanks" she says, after rolling her eyes at Zeke.

Zeke walks away smirking and I look at him pleadingly. He sits down next to Christina and says something to her, and she's listening intently.

I look back at Tris, who looks bored and my heart starts beating rapidly.

I think Zeke is right for once.

When I look up into Tris's eyes I feel butterflies in my stomach, and I know I'm falling, falling hard for someone who I've only just met, and she probably doesn't give a crap about me.

Hi guys, hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm thinking about doing a Tris POV next, so could you give me some ideas for that? Please review and whatnot. Until next time ~ FourandFred