Chapter 49
Last time: "Friends." I grab his hand and we shake hands.
Present:

- Two Months Later -

Tris POV:

Just in case you were wondering: Yeah. Tyler and Mari did get together. They're probably the second funniest couple in the school. The first is by far Marlene and Uriah.

I bet you're wondering what I've been doing for the two months, huh? Well, to tell you the truth, I've just been sitting amongst all the other couples and supporting them. Nothing has really happened in my life.

I'm currently sitting at a lunch table with four kissing couples, Lynn and a miserable junior. Can you guess who the junior is? Correct! It's Four. He keeps alternating between glaring at the wall and staring at me and it's sort of freaking me out.

"Tris!" Christina shouts suddenly.
"Chris!"
"When are you going to get a boyfriend? I want to go on a double date!" She whines. I roll my eyes. Four is staring at me again. STOP STARING AT ME!
"I will get a boyfriend when I find a guy boyfriend worthy." I say. Four mutters something. Lynn, who is sitting next to him, looks at him wide eyed.

"Four is going to come with me. Now. And no, Four, you do not get a say in the matter." Lynn says and then grabs Fours hand and drags him outside of the cafeteria. That was strange.

"Tris." Mari says. She exchanges a look with Tyler.
"We think we've found someone boyfriend worthy." Tyler says.
"Who?" Christina eagerly responds for me.
"Four." Mari says, "Also, I give you my blessing."
"What?" I exclaim. I almost choked on my food. "Did you say-"
"Yes. We said Four." Tyler cuts me off.
"I'm sure he doesn't even like me." I say in a final tone.
"Of course he does, Tris. Remember!" Christina shouts in my ear. I rub my ear.
"Don't mention it, Chris." I say warningly.
"Mention what? The fact that Four kissed you? Too late!" Christina exclaims and then cackles evilly.

"He did what?"
"When?"
"Why didn't you tell us?" The whole table seems to have joined in in our conversation.
"Enough! Four kissed me at the masquerade ball. I didn't tell you because I was choosing to ignore it." I explain. Mari looks angry. Uh oh.
"Tris! You should've spilled! This changes everything! We now have evidence he likes you! Do you like him back?" Mari asks. I snort.
"No! Of course I don't like him back! He's just a friend! In fact, I'm not even sure we're friends!" I shout.
"Yeah! You're not sure because you're not! You're not because he ants to have only one type of relationship with you, and that relationship is not a friendly one." Uriah shouts back. Marlene laughs.

I sit through the rest of lunch listening to blabber about Four and me.

- Later That Day -

"Bye!" I say. It's winter break time. I most likely won't see any of my friends at any point in the next two weeks.
"Goodbye, Trissy! We'll all miss you dearly!" Uriah says, enclosing me in a bone-crushing hug.
"I'll miss you too, Uriah!" I say. I look over to Christina and she her crying.

Christina comes up to me next.
"I can't believe that it's already winter break! I've spent three and a half months with you! It feels like I've known you much longer that that! I can just tell that we're going to be best friends for life!" I laugh at how she just babbles on and on. I hug her.
"It's okay Chrissy! I know!" I laugh. She stops crying and laughs with me.

Next Marlene, Lynn, and Shauna.
"We're going to miss you so much! I hope I get to see you over winter break! Maybe we can have a girls day!" Marlene babbles on.
"I agree!" Shauna says when Marlene finishes.
"What she said." Lynn says. I laugh. We do a group hug.

Now Tyler and Mari.
"Bye, Tris!"
"We'll miss you!" They say nothing more and walk away.

It's Zeke's turn.
"Bye, Tris. I would say more if I knew you better." Zeke exclaims. I laugh.
"Right back at ya, bud." I say.

Everyone's finally done. I can leave now. I turn around and start walking away. I feel someone tap my shoulder. I turn around.
"Thought I wasn't going to say goodbye, huh?" Four says. Actually, Four, I wasn't thinking it, I was hoping it.
"I guess." I go for instead. He laughs. I can't help but notice all the lines in his face. And how he looks years younger when he smiles. And his smile. His gorgeous smile. Suddenly I feel a constricting feeling in my chest. I choose to ignore it.
"Bye, Tris. I'll miss you." He says. He hugs me. I feel the feeling in my chest grow stronger. Like a boa constrictor is wrapped around my heart.
"Me too." I respond.

I leave the embrace and run away. Like, sprint away. Once I round at least four corners I whip out my phone. I call Tori and ask her to pick me up.

I stand outside for a little while. It's snowing. I see Tori's car pull up. I run up to it and hop in.
"Hi." I say plainly.
"Tris! Guess what? Your family's coming over for the holidays!" Tori says excitedly.
"Cool." I respond dully. Why am I not excited? I guess I'm just off today.
"How was your day?" Tori asks.
"Not very eventful. All we did was say our goodbyes." I respond. I start think of Four hugging me. The boa comes back with this thought. I decide maybe Tori Gould help me figure out what it means.

"Tori? Four said goodbye to me. It was strange. He said goodbye and hugged me." I say.
"And why is that strange?" She asks, her eyes not leaving the road once.
"Because I felt this sort of tightening in my chest. Like a boa constrictor was suffocating my heart." I know I sound crazy but I think Tori overreacted a little. She turned towards me very suddenly, jerking the wheel with her.
"Tris! Do you know what that means?! You like him! You like Four!" Tori exclaims.
"No I don't. I do not, have not, or will not, like Four that way. I'm just... sick! That's it! I'm coming down with something! Nothing more!" I say. I then quickly change the subject to how pretty the snow is.

Me? Liking Four? No way! That just seems a little too... Cliché.

Boom! Sorry, I just felt like this moment was boom worthy.

I finished Harry a potter and The Half Blood Prince and have a joke for you guys: Why did Snape stand in the middle of the road? So you would never know what side he's on!

But Siriusly (that says seriously, if you don't speak fangirl) Snape is one of the best written characters of all time. He's not my favorite character but he's very well written because you never really know what side he's on (or at least you don't at the part where I am! No spoilers!)

140 reviews please!

QOTD: What song reminds you most of Peter (from Divergent)

My answer: Whenever I hear "Ain't it fun" by Paramore I picture Tris singing it to Peter. Don't really know why, I just do.

Also (This is sort of random) I think I might do a SYOC type thing for Dauntless initiation. If I did, would you submit an OC (I would allow OC's through reviews for guests and people who don't know how to pm)?