A/N
Sorry for not posting for a while... Again... I will seriously try and post more often because there is a part of this story that I really want to get to. So, here's chapter 10!
It's when I introduce myself to my AP Chem teacher that I realise how many times I had to say.
"Hello, I'm Tris" and
"Nice to meet you"
My teacher, Mr. Smith, allocates me a seat next to Christina. She obviously knows what happened at lunch because Four must have told her. I might as well just get it over with. I sit down and she starts talking.
"Tris! Where were you at lunch? I sent you a text and I called you but you didn't reply. Are we still on for today after school?"
That's kinda strange. She didn't mention anything about Four.
"Oh, sorry, my phone ran out of charge"
"And...? Where were you at lunch? We were all waiting for you"
"Sorry about that. I took a quick tour around the school to familiarise myself with it"
Christina gives me a look and turns to face the front.
"As if" she smiles but shrugs it away. I guess Four didn't tell her...
"So we are still on for the mall after school, right?" she turns to face me again, ignoring Mr. Smith's lecture going on at the front.
"Yeah, of course. Wouldn't miss shopping for the world" I say, sarcasm dripping from ever syllable. Christina rolls her eyes and laughs but carries on.
"Great, because Mar will meet us at there"
"Awesome"
AP Chemistry passes quite quickly, and I follow Christina to the school car park and she leads me right to a cute baby blue Figaro that totally suits her. She catches me staring at her car.
"Cute, huh? I got it for my 16th birthday last month"
"It's amazing" I get into shotgun (passenger) seat (A/N, idk is that what you call it?) and Christina starts the engine. Take me Home by One Direction immediately blares through the car speakers and Christina dashes to turn it off.
"OMG i'm so sorry. I gave Mar a lift today and she loves this song" she apologises.
"Oh it's okay. I'm just glad you don't like that kind of music" I joke. (A/N NO OFFENCE TO ANY DIRECTIONERS. I APOLOGISE I AM SO SORRY)
"Yeah, I have to give her album back but i'd rather do it later. I don't want her screaming in the mall" she turns on the radio and switches the channel to a pop station. The song that comes up is Who'd Have Known by Lilly Allen.
"Oooooh I love this song!" Christina squealed as she pulled out of the school car park.
"I used to love Lilly Allen" I say, agreeing to her comment. We break into a chat whilst she drives to the mall. I almost forget about what happened earlier today, but the memories come crashing back and I hold back my speech to Christina. She immediately sensed something was wrong. Looking at me every so often (+looking at the road) and turning the music down, she questions me.
"What?"
"It's nothing" I try to hide my face as it must have been red.
"There's no point lying, Tris. I know your tell"
"My tell?"
"Yeah. Everyone does something when they lie. I have known you for what, like two days? I already know it"
"What is it?"
"Like I'm going to tell you. Anyways, stop trying to change the subject. What's wrong?"
Sighing, I tell her. I can't hide it forever and I need to tell someone.
"Fine. Fine" I give in. She smiles at my response but her expression changes back to before. Concerned. It's nice to have a concerned friend.
"Well, there's this guy..." I start to explain but Christina cuts in.
"WOAHHHHHHHHH. TRIS LIKES SOMEONE?" Christina starts laughing as she pulls into the mall car park. She shuts the engine and she waits for me to carry on before we go inside. "Who is the lucky guy?!" she turns to me and I turn to her.
"Four.." I mumble so quietly I can barely hear it myself.
"Say again?" Christina says mockingly, holding her hands to her ears and leaning in.
"Four." I say a bit louder this time but she obviously doesn't hear me as she gives me a puzzled look. I stay quiet for a second until I give up and tell her.
"Its.. Four" Christina's eyes light up and she starts fangirling. Literally, fangirling. She starts squealing and moving her hands about. I shrink into the car seat.
"YES! Yes! I knew you guys would suit! I knew you liked him and he liked you! Everyone made a bet today at lunch something would eventually happen!"
This confuses me slightly "In front of Four?"
"Ha, as if. Four would have killed us with just his eyes. He wasn't there at lunch" after she says this, I could see her mind working the parts together.
"Waiiiiiit a minute. You guys were together in free period"
"Yeah, so?" I say still not catching on.
"Neither of you were there at lunch" she says ignoring my last comment and I start to get what she was saying.
"Noooooo. Christina no."
She looks at me and asks: "Well, where would you guys have been?"
"Would you let me explain what happened first?"
She sits quietly and I break into my story, telling her how I kissed him without meaning too and how I spent my lunch. I was surprised to know why Four wasn't at lunch. He must have been busy. When I think of Four I feel giddy and I wonder how this could happen to me when I've only known him for two days.
"Tris, how can you not see! Four obviously likes you!"
"No, he doesn't. And what's this about a bet? You guys made a bet?"
"Er.. no..?"
"Nice try Christina. What were the bets?" I couldn't help asking.
"Well, Mar and Will said you guys would be together by the end of today" she carries on ignoring the shocked yet smug look on my face. "I said you guys would start dating at the party and so did Uriah and Zeke."
"I'm not so sure I want to go anymore" I think aloud. All this conversation about it is giving me cold feet.
"WHAT?"
Christina is so over the top about some things.
"I just don't feel like it"
"Well, frankly, I don't really care how you feel. You're going. Four is going to be there and you need to look stunning for him"
The thought of dressing up for a boy makes it worse.
"Now that you have put it that way, definitely not"
"Ugh come on!" she got out of the car and pulled me out with her, almost dragging me into the mall.
"If I go, will you stop pulling me?"
Christina stops and grins. "Yes!"
"Fine, I'll go" she lets go as promised and we go into the closest shop. Her phone buzzes and she checks it.
"Awh, Mar can't come. Her mum's holding her back"
"That's a shame" I'm not really good at talking about things like this so I just go with it. Christina puts her phone away.
"Come on. Grab anything in your size that you think looks good!" Christina moves through the clothing in swift movements.
I'm so uneducated in shopping it's unreal.
I go through the aisles slowly, making my way systematically so I don't miss anything. Even though i'm not a very 'shoppy' person, it's fun looking through dresses. In the end, I find one dress and it's a strapless cream one with an uneven hemline. Short at the front and long at the back. I make my why to the changing rooms where Christina is waiting outside carrying 6 dresses on both of her hands. She spots me as I walk closer. She takes one look at the dress in my hand and her expression changes into disgust. When i'm close enough to hear her, her voice box goes off.
"Tris! What kind of dress is that!"
"What? I liked it!"
"Yeah. So will Granny Prior. Seriously, Tris. We need something that will make you stand up. Knowing you, I picked a few things out for you" she holds up her left hand which must hold the dresses she picked for me. I sigh and agree to try them on as I take the dresses and walk into a cubicle.
10 minutes later, i've gone through only 2 of the dresses as the second I stepped out of the cubicle Christina started judging the dress, making me wait nearly 5 minutes before she thought if it was suitable or not. So far, I tried a cream coloured dress that goes up to mid-thigh with a long sleeve which was buttoned and a shoulder thing I don't know the name for. The arms were a see through kind of cream and it had a collar. It was nice but Christina didn't think so. The next one was a strapless tight black dress that barely went down to mid-thigh. I looked like a walking trash can. Christina loved it but there was no way in hell I would wear that.
4 dresses later, I still haven't found the right one whereas Christina is struggling between all the 6 she picked out for herself. Eventually, she went for a short black dress with a full frilly skirt which was strapless with a thin single gold band around the waist as a belt. It suited her really well.
"Come on Tris! No time to dawdle. We need to find you a dress"
"Ugh fine" Christina pulls me into the next shop and a dress instantly catches my eyes. I make my way towards it and Christina follows me. I look at her and she smiles at approval. I grab the dress and make my way over to the changing room. When I try it on I see how well it looks. It's a strapless dress that is floral until it gets to the waist where it carries on to a not tight not full black skirt that ends mid-thigh. At the waist, a black veil (A/N idk what it's called xD) starts and finishes at the ankle so the short skirt is not that revealing. I walk out and Christina squeals for like the tenth time today.
"It's perfect! I'm getting it for you right now!"
"Noo no no Christina. I can get it for myself it's okay"
"Absolutely not. My treat" she smiles when the says the last part and I change out of the dress. After paying for the dress I start to make my way back to the exit but Christina stops me.
"What? Do you think we were done?" I wasn't really sure if I should reply or not so I stay silent.
"Honey, we have so much more. Shoes, make up, jewelry, purses. The whole lot. And still it's my treat"
"Christina! You never said that"
"I thought it was obvious" she smirks and drags me along to a shoe shop. She goes to the heels aisle and takes me with her. Just like the dresses, she takes many, many shoes and tries them on. In the end she picked a pair of high, platform heels which were a dazzling colour of gold with gold-diamonds covering the entire shoe. It looks alright, yeah, but how the hell will she ever be able to walk in those? I can barely survive my old wedges.
She makes me try on dozens upon dozens of heels. I struggle walking in them so it was actually hard to find low heels. I find a pair of heels/boots which were black with a manageable heel. It was a lace up that went to the ankles and I loved it. After Christina's approval, she got it for me and we went to the next store *sigh*.
At the end of the entire shopping experience, I was weighed down with bags and so was Christina. For a purse I settles with a shoulder bag which had a long strap and was a shade of dark brown with tassels. Christina picked a gold clutch purse with diamonds to match her shoes. I got a a small silver locket in the shape of a heart with a matching silver charm bracelet which had a heart, the letter t and a stack of books on it. For a ring I got a simple silver band for my index finger. This was literally the opposite from what Christina got. She got a chunky gold chain necklace and a massive collection of golden bangles. She got a shoulder bracelet thing in gold. As a ring, she got a big gold one with a big diamond on it. (fake, yeah but it looks pretty real. At least, I think it did). It took a while, but (Thank GOD) the shopping trip is finally done. I don't think I could have lived through another minute of it.
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Another chapter done! I'll post the eleventh chapter when I get to 120 reviews. Yes, I know it's quite a lot but don't forget I still have to write the next chapter xD If you're reading this, please follow either of my instagram accounts radcliffegomez_sueleen or wholockpotterliars
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