Chapter 17
Curiosity Might Have Gone Too Far

Before closing it, I take one last look at the view and I can't help the smile that spreads across my face. What a beautiful night.

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"Tris? Were have you been?" Christina asks as soon as I open the door. She doesn't even sees me.

"Hello Trissy!" Marlene squeals.

Four and I were in the roof for less than hour. I thought that by now, they were all still at Zeke's, despite the fact that Four' excuse to leave was that he thought the dorm was empty by now. And seeing Marlene and Christina here, I guess he was right.

"Out. I needed some fresh air." I chose not to tell them I was with Four.

"Are you alright?" Christina asks when I get in the room. Christina is in her bed with her legs crossed indian style. Marlene is sat on the floor, between the two beds, with her back against mine.

"Of course. How was it at Zeke's?"

"If was fun. For a while, at least. After you left, everyone start leaving as well." She says. "I mean, not everyone. Uriah said he needed to finish some thing he had forgotten and left. And then, Eric started making lame excuses to leave, Shauna threw up, and Zeke basically threw us out of the room to go leave Shauna in her room and take care of her. It was cute."

"Cute? It was so weird!" Marlene giggles. "Eric was being so rude to everyone. Why is he like that all the time? I don't like him. He is so unfriendly."

"Okay Marlene, time to go." Christina says as she gets up. "Tris, help me carrying her to her room. She drank a little to much..."

"I can see that..." I say as I help Christina.

We leave Marlene in her dorm and get back to ours.

As soon as we close the door of our dorm Christina says, "I have news. Very exciting news."

"Can't they wait until tomorrow? I'm tired." To be honest, I wasn't that tired. But I was a little afraid of those exciting news.

She decided to ignore my last question and asks, "You want the good ones or the awesome ones first?"

I want to sleep... Ah. As if I'm going to be able to fall asleep tonight.

"I'll choose the good ones."

"I was hoping you'd pick those." She smirks. "Marlene is way to sensitive to alcohol."

"Those are the good ones?" I ask confused and she nods. "And how exactly is that good?"

"Because she told me about Lynn and Peter."

My jaw drops and I sit in my bed, almost unable to talk. Is she serious? Of course she is serious. It's Christina I'm talking about. She doesn't jokes when it comes to truth and lies. My head floods with millions of questions, but none of them come out. I just mumble a couple of random beginnings of words until she speaks.

"They were best friends from the beginning of middle school until freshman year." She begins. "They were inseparable. Until something bad happened and he spread a terrible rumour about her. Almost everyone in that school believed him."

"What bad thing?" I ask. "And what rumour?"

"I don't know. And neither does Marlene." She shrugs. "As I was saying, Lynn lost all her trust in him. They lived in a small town, in Georgia, and the rumour spread all across the kids and teens in the neighbourhood. Her grades dropped in the last term, she started to skip classes, and almost failed the year. She told her sister about what was happening and she convinced their parents to go to another school. They said end up saying yes, and Peter moved out with his parents. Apparently, his father's job made him move."

"That's when she came here?" I ask.

"No. She went to another school. But I think it was pretty close to her old one. I don't know. Anyways, she had a couple of friends in that high school, like Marlene and another boy. In the end of her sophomore year, Peter showed up in that school and some kids who knew him, knew who she was also. They started to make fun of her and spread the rumour all over again." She paused to breath.

My mother always told me, when someone is cold hearted is because someone made them be that way.

And now, I realize. Lynn isn't unfriendly or cold hearted. After what she went through, she built a wall around her. She just doesn't want to be hurt again. That why she doesn't trust people. Because she once did. And for her, that must have been enough.

"That other boy who was friend with Lynn and Marlene," Christina continued. "stood up for Lynn in front of Peter. Peter swore he didn't knew Lynn was going there, but that other boy called him a liar and all that stuff and Peter beat up that kid really bad. And he was bigger than Peter. When Lynn found out about what happened, she stopped eating and became even more depressed. Her sister couldn't handle seeing her like that and transferred her to this school as soon as the year ended. Marlene came here with her, because she knew, she couldn't go through another school alone. Lynn knew she could be remade here, and that she could finally leave that town and her past behind. It was a new school, a new home, and even a new state. She shaved her head, and started fresh. She thought that nothing could go wrong this time. Until... She found out that Peter was going here as well. That's it. That's all I know."

That's just bad luck. She moved from Georgia to Chicago, to get away from the person who made two years of her life a living hell, to find out that he was also going here.

I wonder how Christina got this all out from Marlene. I know she was kind of drunk, but I'm sure she didn't just asked her about it.

Now, I'm feeling bad about this. This is Lynn's life. She had a hard life. Or at least, two hard years. And we are here, talking about it. Lynn trusted Marlene to keep her secret, and because of our curiosity, she ended up telling it. I didn't want this to happen. I didn't know it was this serious. I can't even imagine how Lynn felt.

I don't wish people to have a bad hangover. But this time, I wish that to Marlene. I wish that tomorrow, she doesn't remember what happened today. In that way, she can't feel bad about herself for telling Lynn's secret.

I remember the coment Peter made when Lynn stood up for me. Is this your girlfriend? I also remember what I overheard Shauna say. You know he is stronger than you. What Shauna said, has to do with the kid who Peter beat up. And the coment from Peter... It must have to do with the rumour. Did he spread the rumour that Lynn was a lesbian? That would make sence. But I don't want to think about it. I don't want to think about Lynn nor Peter, because I know that if I think, I'll to much, and I'll end up finding out something else about them to be curious about. And for me, this is enough. I never thought my curiosity would make Marlene tell us about Lynn's past. The past that she wants to forget about.

I never wanted this to happen.

Christina looks at me, waiting to hear me say something.

"Promise me something," I tell her. "Promise me, you won't tell anyone this. And, if tomorrow Marlene doesn't remember a thing about today, don't tell her what she said."

She nods, and says, "This is worst than we thought it would be."

Okay guys, I think I've lost my imagination. I can't think of anything for the next chapter. I mean, I have it written, but it's so boring. Nothing really happens. I think I might rewrite it. Any suggetions? Please PM me if you do. I don't bite!

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