Fours POV

When Tris leaves, Zeke comes back over, smirking.

"What are you laughing at?" I question him.

"Just something Christina told me" he says, and I'm immediately suspicious.

"Oh really, and what was it she told you?"

"You know, you are a very nosy person, Four"

I glare at him, which makes his smile grow wider. The bell rings and I grab my stuff and head off without Zeke since I have maths and he has a different class to me.

When I walk in, I immediately notice Tris. She's sitting next to Christina, copying her homework into her own book quickly so the teacher doesn't see that she hasn't done it, or probably forgot to do.

I see Will at the back, so I go and sit next to him. He greets me with a friendly smile and we talk until our teacher; Mr Farnell comes in and starts talking. All the girls are staring at him, not taking in anything he says to them. I think his looks are the only thing that stops them from skipping this class.

He gets us to copy from a text book and we're all working until something hits me in the face and lands in my lap.

I look up and see Christina smirking at me and she points to the crumpled ball of paper she threw at me. I opened it up and started reading it.

'Uriah forgot to mention he's having a party tomorrow, so you have to come. Tris will be there, so you've got a chance to impress her ;)

P.s Zeke was the one who told me you like her.

I crumple the note up even more in my fist, imagining its Zeke's face. I'm going to kill him when I next see him. I can't believe he told Christina, who is probably going to tell Tris. She'll think I'm an idiot, although she might let me down easy since I sit with her and her friends at lunch.

I find myself looking forward to the party, though and a part of me knows it's because Tris will be there.

I start writing a note to Christina, on the same paper as she used, asking about the party.

Why the hell did Zeke tell you? I'm going to kill him. What time is the party? I have to go out afterschool tomorrow so I kind of need to know.

I crumple the paper up, thinking about what I wrote.

I have to go and see my Mother tomorrow. She and Marcus are divorced, but Marcus refused to let me stay with her. He's very high up in the Government, so he knew all the right people to go to when Evelyn put up a fight.

I sigh and throw the ball at Christina discreetly, so Mr Farnell doesn't see. Instead of hitting her in the back of the head like I expected it to, it hit Tris.

Will stifles a laugh and I cower back into my seat. Tris turns around slowly and glares at me. She picks the piece of paper up and hands it to Christina roughly, without breaking eye contact.

I can feel Will shaking with laughter as Tris narrows her eyes at me and turns back around, shaking her head and muttering obscenities.

"She is gonna get you back for that" Will whispers.

"I only threw a bit of paper at her, accidently"

"Yeah, but she is evil. One time, I tripped her up when we were walking down the corridor, accidently and the next day, she crushed some laxatives and put them in my pancakes so I couldn't come back into school for two days"

I snort and can't help laughing when he tells me, but it draws the teachers' attention to myself, unfortunately.

"Ah, Four. Would you like to answer the question on the board, for us?"

I gulp, since I haven't been listening and look at the question on the board, and I have no idea what the answer is.

I see Tris scribbling something down and then hold up a little piece of paper with the number '69' on it under the table, but so the teacher can't see it. She widens her eyes a little and points at it, silently telling me that's the answer.

"Erm… 69?"

Everyone laughs and Mr Farnell rolls his eyes

"No. And next time I expect you not to be as immature."

My mouth opens slightly as I look at Tris shocked. She's keeping her face straight, but I can see an amused glint in her eye, and I know it's payback for throwing stuff at her head.

Will nudges me "See what I mean about her being evil?"

I nod. She truly is the pranking queen.

XXX

I walk out to my car, when the bell rings and my heart leaps when I see Tris stood there.

She smirks slightly when she sees me and I roll my eyes at her.

"Thanks, for that" I say

"Anytime, revenge is fun"

"All I did was throw some paper at your head"

She looks at me, exasperated "Yes, but I love playing pranks on people, so I do it even for the little things. Oh, and I need a ride, my car isn't starting."

She gestures to a black, 1967 ElDorado. I grin at it "That's your car?"

"Yeah, why?"

"It's amazing. Where did you get it?"

"My dad and I fixed it up, it took a while but it was worth it"

I stare at here in awe and she shifts uncomfortably. "Can we go now?"

I nod but when we get in the car I don't start driving. "I don't even know where you live"

"Shouldn't you know that?"

I am seriously confused now. How does she expect me to know where she lives?

"Well, I'm not a mind reader so; no I don't know where you live"

She leans forward slightly, so she's closer to my face and frowns. She's close enough for me to lean in and kiss her, but I shake the thought out my mind.

"You moved in across the street from me" she says to me, like I'm mentally unstable.

"Oh"

She leans back in her seat and rolls her eyes, gesturing for me to start driving.

XXX

We pull up outside my house and Tris frowns at me. "I don't want to have to move it again!" I say, defending myself.

"Wow, you really know how to treat a girl"

"Yeah, whatever"

We over to her house and walk in, going straight up to her room. She stops outside the door and looks at me hesitantly. "It's kind of a mess, so don't judge"

I smirk at her and we walk in. My mouth opens in surprise because it's not messy, it's beautiful.

There are hundreds of pictures she has drawn covering the whole of a wall. The other three walls are either hidden by cupboards or are white with black writing scribbled all over it. I walk over to the wall with writing on it and see that it's full of poems and quotes from books. I see a quote which captures my eye. It's darker than all the other and in the centre of the wall.

'Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.'

She hasn't written the book it's from for any of them but I recognize this. It's from Great Expectations, one of my favourite books. I never imagined someone like Tris wanting to read that. So, now she's beautiful, arty, creative and smart. I'm starting to think she's more amazing than she wants people to know.

"Hey" she says from behind me "Are you just gonna stand there reading the wall, or…"

I roll my eyes and sit next to her on the bed. We're sitting quite close together while we discuss the project and I find it easy to talk to her, even if it is just about homework.

There's a pause where neither of us say anything for a while.

"So you like reading?" I ask, just to break the silence

"Obviously"

"Why is that?"

"Because" she says frowning "I love it"

"I wish I was in a book. At least I would know it was going to be a happy ending"

"Well we all have our own stories"

"Yeah, and some are more interesting than others. Like yours and how you never seem to smile. There has to be some backstory for that"

"Maybe I'll tell you someday, but not now" she says, which surprises me. She's talking about a future where she's opening up to me and telling me things about herself.

I smile to myself and I look down at her and get lost in her eyes. I can't seem to pull away and I can't help wanting the kiss her. I lean my head down slowly but she clears her throat.

I pull back, quickly and she doesn't look up at me. "It's getting late. We can work on this another time" she says, quietly.

I nod, grab my bag and we head downstairs. She opens the door and leans against the frame. "See you tomorrow, Four"

"Yeah, see you" I want to say more but I can't think of anything, so I just walk over to my house. I turn slightly and see Tris watching me until I reach my house.

I'm looking forward to seeing her more and more.

Hi guys, so there was a little bit of FourTris here but things will only start to get serious when they go on the trip. I don't really want to rush it so please be patient. I also want Tris to have a tragic back story or something but I'm not sure what it will be so can you review and give me some ideas? Thanks;

~ FourandFred xox