Hello everyone!
Before starting the chapter I just want to clear some things up. A couple of you thought that Tris was involved in the fight, which she wasn't. She was only trying to stop Four.
With that said, I also want to thank you for your reviews and the feedback I received in the previous chapter. It amazing!

Chapter 21
Cooling Down

"I'm sorry." Lauren whispers, tears all around her eyes while brushing past Four, going after Eric.

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A while after all that, Four stormed out of the room and Zeke went after him. I thought about going with Zeke as well, but he told me it was better for me to stay in the cafeteria and eat something. Like Marlene said earlier, the lunch was Lasagna. But to be honest, if I said I ate a quarter of it, I would be lying.

"That was intense." Christina said. We had been silent until here. Nobody had said a thing about this, or about anything else.

The cafeteria was full, but for me, it seemed empty in some way. Our table is usually crowded. But today, there are only six of us. Christina, Will, Marlene, Uriah, Lynn and I. Zeke went to look for Four, Shauna had something to do and Eric and Lauren... Are Eric and Lauren.

"It was... I hope Four is okay." Marlene said.

Of course he is. He found out his girlfriend was cheating on him with one of his best friends, why wouldn't he be okay? I suddenly remember what he said in the roof the other night, when he told me he and Lauren broke up. He said he had lost more than a girlfriend. That he had lost a friend as well. I guess he really did. And now that I think about this, it all makes sense.

When I overheard Lauren and Cara talking, they were talking about her pregnancy. And when Lauren told Cara she was only telling the one who needed to know, she probably meant Eric. Four found out, and that was why they broke up. I guess he had plenty of reasons to end the relationship. All the times I saw her coming from A hall, was she coming from Eric room? I wonder for how long has Lauren been cheating on him. I mean, who does that. Who cheats on Four? I wouldn't.

I shake my head at that thought and I realize Zeke is entering the cafeteria. He grabs a tray and food and sits on our table.

"How's Four?" Uriah asks.

"I don't know. I couldn't find him." He shrugs. "I looked everywhere I could remember. Twice."

"Maybe he just wants to be alone. I would." Christina says.

I snap my head at Christina. I know where he is. I grab the green apple I have on my tray and get up.

"Where are you going?" Marlene asks.

"I... I have to go." I say as I storm out of the room.

He is in the ventilation room. He has to. After I turned in a couple hallways I realize I don't know where I am going. I went there once, and I really wasn't paying attention to the way I was going...

I go to the door of the library and try to remember the way we went. After a couple of minutes I find a hallway with a huge green plant on a corner. I remember that plant, I remember it was right next to the last stairs we went through. I look for the door with the red and white sign in it and I take a deep breath before I opening it.

I exhale the air I didn't know I was holding as soon as I see him. He his on top of the grid, his hands in his pockets.

He looks at me and at first, I can see he is surprised to see me there and I wonder if it was a good idea to come here at all. But then, he smiles.

"Hi." I say, still holding the knob.

"Hi." He replies. I close the door behind me. "How did you know I was here?"

"You said you used to come here whenever you were happy or sad. Or angry. Or just because you wanted to."

He smiles and I can hear those breathing sounds louder and louder. I know what is coming, and so does he. That wind from under the grid blows and he closes his eyes for a moment. I watch his hair tangle with the air coming from beneath him and I notice how his shoulders relax with the wind. I know that feeling. The feeling of the anger going away. When it stops, he fixes his hair and I walk towards him.

"I brought you an apple." I say and I extend it to him. "I thought you would like to eat something after..." I trail off.

"I prefer the red ones." He says as he takes the apple from my hand and takes a bite.

"Good to know you haven't lost your humour." I say sarcastically.

He chuckles.

"Zeke was looking for you. He was worried." I say after a while

"He didn't find me."

"I can see that. I just don't know is why."

"We used to come here more often. The years passed, and we begin to forget about this place." He says looking around. "I hadn't been here in months. A year maybe."

Months? Year?

"You were here with me, last week."

"I know. It was when I saw you angry in that hallway, that I remembered this room." He says. And before I can say anything, he thanks me for the apple.

"Anytime." I reply. "Wh-" And before I can continue, the wind starts blowing again. This time, he doesn't closes his eyes. He looks at me, takes my hand and pulls me closer to him. He looks to the wall in front of him and closes his eyes one more time. I feel like I should do the same, close my eyes and enjoy the feeling, but I can't take my eyes off him and our hands.

The wind stops and he let's go off my hand.

I know mine is probably worse than his, but I feel the need to fix his hair. I don't know if it is because it is too tangled and messed up, or if it's just because I need an excuse to touch him again.

I know he let go of my hand already, but I still feel like his hand is still next to mine.

What am I thinking about?

Heat rushes to my cheeks and I fix my hair as I look at the grid.

When I feel like my face is cooler, I notice how his shoes are turned to me, and not to the wall. If they are turned to me, it means... It means he is also turned to me. And probably looking at me.

I raise my head and I'm right. He is looking at me, with his head slightly tilted.

I duck my head and look at my short nails.

He removes his hands from the pockets they were in and reaches for mines. A shock of electricity runs through my hand as soon as I feel his hands on mine. He pulls me to a hug and I feel my cheeks burning and my stomach spinning. After that initial shock I wrap my arms around him, hugging him back, feeling his body against mine.

"Thank you." He says, still hugging me.

"What for?" I manage to say, my stomach still spinning.

I hear a throb near my ear. So loud that I can't tell if it's mine heartbeat or Four's.

The wind blows again, but I don't move. Not because I don't want to - because I really don't - but because I can't. I'm completely frozen. He lowers his head, enough for his mouth to reach my ear.

"Keeping me company." He says against it.

I'm sorry for this chapter. It didn't turn out the way I wanted it and it was too small, but I felt like I needed to update the story.

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