Chapter 48
Last time: I walk back over to Four with my thoughts somewhere completely else.
Present:

Tris POV:

"Tyler? Are you okay? You seem a little... out of it?" I ask. Tyler has been gazing over my shoulder for the past five mutes and smiling vaguely.
"Huh? Oh, yeah! I'm fine. Actually, no. I'm not fine. I have to pee. Be right back!" He says and then immediately runs off. Strange.

I go and sit down on the one of the chairs lining the perimeter of the gym. A girl sits next to me. I turn my head and see a combination of hazel and bright red.
"Hi Tris." They say in unison. I then recognize them.
"Hey. What's up?" I ask. Ali shrugs.
"Ali here dragged me to the Halloween dance claiming it would be fun. So far all that's happened was some idiots came over and hit on us." Lex says.
"Shame."

Lex is dressed as Electra and Ali is Black Widow.
"I see you stuck to the super hero theme." I say. Lex nods.
"Actually, I wanted us to stick to some sort of theme and all Lex wanted to be was a female butt-kicker. I decided on superheroes." Ali explains. I nod.
"Nice."
"I see your a- uh... female." Lex points out. I laugh.
"Try goddess." I say.

"So, Tris, do you have a date?" Ali asks. Lex rolls her eyes.
"Yes. I do, actually. He's been acting strange though." Lex gives me a look that says 'Don't say that!'. Too late.
"Strange? What sort of strange? What has his behavior been like? Trust me, I'm a master at deciphering guys!" Ali squeals. I guess this is why Lex gave me that look.
"Okay. Well, he's been acting like he's not really on this planet at all, if you know what I mean. He's also been looking over my shoulder in a dream-like way." I recall.

Ali gives me a look of pure horror.
"Did you like him, Tris?" Ali asks. I nod my head slowly.
"Ali! Spit it out already!" Lex says snapping her fingers.
"Oh, relax! It's not like you have anywhere to be!" Ali snaps at Lex. She turns back to me, "Tris, I'm very sorry. This guy doesn't seem into you anymore. I think he likes someone else." She aces a hand on my shoulder.

For some reason I can just tell she's right. And for another I don't feel very upset at all. In fact, I feel a little joyous.

Then I see Tyler walk back into the room.

He spots me almost right away. By this time I've already crossed have to distance that is in between us. Now I'm next to him.
"Tris. Hi. I have something to say." He says. He looks nervous.
"Are you dumping me?" I ask. My voice is completely casual. He looks very startled.
"Um. Yes?" He responds. He flinches, as if though waiting for a slap. I shrug. "Okay."

I walk away.

Mari POV:

"Mari? Hello?" Four says while waving a hand in front of my face. I snap back to reality. Honestly, I don't even know where I was. And I can't quite recall what I was thinking about, either.
'You liar' a voice in my head says. Okay, so maybe I do remember what I was thinking about. I just feel so guilty about it that I refuse to believe it. I have been with Four for a month. I have just met Tyler. Accept it.

'Nope.'

I almost groan out loud. I snap back to reality yet again. Four is still staring at me, concerned.
"I have to go to the bathroom." I announce. I then stand up and run into the bathroom.

I like Four.
'No, you like Tyler.'
No. I do not like Tyler.
'Who are you fooling?' I almost sigh. My annoying inner arguing-with-everything-I-think voice is right. I am denying fact.
'Ha. I was right.'
Oh, shut up.

I leave the bathroom and look for Four. I hope I don't hurt him too bad. I spot him sitting on a chair by the wall. I go over to him.
"Four." I say seriously.
"Nice to see you too, Mari!" Four says laughing. Oh, his smil-
'Like ripping off a bandaid, you have to do it fast.' Okay, geez.
"It's over." I announce ver suddenly. He suddenly stops laughing.
"Why?" He asks. He looks okay but I can see the hurt in his eyes. He looks like a child who was told that they weren't aloud to eat ice cream ever again. It makes me want to kill myself.
"Don't think for a minute it was because I didn't like you. I really liked you, Four. You are a great guy and some girl will fall head-over-heels in love with you one day. That girl is just not me. I'm sorry." I say. I hug Four. I feel him go stiff.

"Four, I want to stay friends. That is my last wish from you. I really like being around you, but- Okay you know what? It wasn't the relationship between you and me that made me end this. It was between me and someone else. Before you go accusing me of stuff, I was not cheating on you! I just met him and I can literally feel a spark when I talk to him. Four, please don't cut me entirely out of your life. You mean a lot to me." I plead. He seems to be considering what I just said.

"Fine. Friends?" He extends his hand.
"Friends." I grab it and we shake hands.

YAY! I'm sorry I'm just really excited because Ginny and Harry finally got together! WHOOP WHOOP!

Okay. I'm better now.

I have a lot of things to say in this AN. First, you guys didn't give the required amount of reviews :(. I'll let it slide this time though. But you guys must give the required amount of reviews for the chapter or I won't update.

Now that that's done: Go and submit SYOCs for Rachel torie b's SYOC! I promised I would say that here.

(If you don't want to hear me rant skip the next paragraph.)

Next up is: Don't you hate it when there is this really good series and it has a totally awful ending? Yeah, well I just experienced one! (Not Allegiant this time) Have you ever heard of a show called how i met your mother (it's not supposed to be capitalized)? Yeah well was a huge fan and the finale came out last night and IT SUCKED! *spoiler alert from this point on* Ted and Robin ended up together! Like, what?! GRRR! BARNEY AND ROBIN WERE SUPPOSED TO END UP TOGETHER! NOT TED AND ROBIN! AND THEY KILLED OFF TRACY?! SHE WAS THE MOTHER! THE WHOLE POONT OF THE SHOW WAS HOW TED MET THE MOM AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HER! NOT HOW HE HAD "THE HOTS" FOR ROBIN! YOU LITTLE SPOILED BRAT!

*spoiler alert over*

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QOTD: Any good show recommendations? You know, since my favorite show ended with an awful finale that made me want to murder someone?