Chapter 2

Tris Pov

When I got home I ran up to my room and lazily dumped my bag next to my desk and flopped on to my bed. I couldn't stop thinking about Four, the way he laughed, like there was no awkward tension between us, as if we had known each other for years. Though his laugh was full of confidence, his eyes flitted about as if he was nervous, but their dreaminess was still in tacked.

Later that night, when I was just about to fall asleep I got a text from Christina saying: "heard 4 came up 2 u when I had just left u!"

I replied with: "yeah haha how did u find out?"

She replied a few seconds later "I do my research!"

The next day I actually got up before Caleb which was unusual so when I was ready for school I crept into his room, slowly closing the door behind me. I knelt down to his bed, so my face was near his face. "CALEB! SCHOOL IS IN TEN MINUTES! GET UP!" he woke up franticly flipping over and accidently punched me in the face, I flew backwards landing on my butt – which kinda hurt. I watched Caleb eagerly grab his alarm clock to see what time it was. "It's only 7:05, Tris! You idiot, why would you do that?!" Caleb bellowed. My check started to throb. "You deserved it!" I say cheerfully so he doesn't know that he had hurt me. I got up and left Caleb in peace.

"What was that all about?" my dad said as I came into the kitchen. Dad worked with the government so I don't see him as often as I should.

"Nothing, Caleb just punched me in the face, that's all." I say casually. I walked over to the fridge and got some orange juice, then took a slice of toast off my dad's plate.

"Hey!" he said swatting my hand away, I gave him my sweetest smile. "No wonder Caleb punched you."

A few minutes later Caleb came down stairs wearily, when he saw me he glared at me and I held his stare. Once he had finished his breakfast we headed to school, with dad driving us there.

When we got to school I saw Christina making her way through a crowd of people to the doors. "Thanks dad! See you later!" I jumped out the car and started jogging over to Christina. "Hey!" I say when I finally caught up with her.

"Heeeeyyy" she says in a singsong voice, and raises her eyebrows then puts them down again, with a grin that reaches her eyes.

"What's up with you?" I say, putting emphasis on the word 'you'.

"Nothing is it so unusual for a girl to be happy round here? What happened to you face?" I must have a bruise showing from when Caleb punched me. I know exactly what's up with Christina, she's happy I met Four, I don't see why, she's the one who likes him.

"Uh…thanks. My brother, Caleb, accidentally punched me this morning." I say with a slight laugh.

"Oh…accidently?" she says

"Yeah" I say laughing

"…so you met Four - ?" she says meaning it to be casual.

"I knew that was it!" I said raising my voice, the corners of my mouth quirked up wards.

"Well obviously, he is, like, the hottest guy in school!" she said making me sound stupid. I'm still smiling and I can't seem to take it away. "Okay, so today is gonna be good!"

"Why? What's happening today?" I ask Christina.

"Only your Aptitude test!" Christina says in an exited tone. The bell sounds and we make our way to our first class, which is art. After art I had three more classes, as usual, and then I met Christina outside P.E – because that is what she had before lunch. At lunch we sat with Uriah, Will, Lynn, Marlene and Al, I got to know them all a bit better and they seem really nice. I have to pass this aptitude test thing or I won't be able to be friends with them.

After we had all finished our lunch, a bunch of random people – including Four - from Dauntless came and sat at our table making us all be forced to scoot up.

"Okay, Tris!" said a girl enthusiastically, she has long, straight, black hair and her eyes are dark and angular. "My name's Tori and I will be administering your test…type thing." She said knowingly.

"Um…okay." I couldn't speak properly, probably because of the way Four is staring at me, like I was someone to admire. "What's the…test?" I ask her.

"It's not so much a test then it is a challenge." She says. "Everyone that is in Dauntless has done the same thing – I presume your friends have told you about our groups?" she asks me.

"Yes -"

"Good" she answers a bit too quickly. "Here" she passes me a piece of paper with a time and a place on it.

"What's this?" I as her, but I'm afraid I already know what she is going to say.

"During next period you have to run out of school grounds at that time and run to that place. But don't worry you'll be coming back," she puts her hand on Fours shoulder, "Four here, will be picking you up!" she said in a cheery voice. I knew she was going to say something like that…run away from school? Are you kidding me? On my second day?

So next period I had math and I got ready to run out of school grounds without being caught. I was sitting next to Christina and she had a huge grin the whole time. When the time grew closer and closer I got more nervous, I did not want to be caught! 20 minutes…13 minutes…10 minutes…5 minutes. I go up to Mrs Parker, my maths teacher, and ask her to go to the toilet.

"Yes, of course you can!" she says in a cheery voice. I feel kinda bad running away in her class because she has always been very nice to me. As soon as I am out her classroom I run down the corridor, shoving the doors open when I have to. Maths is on the second floor so by the time I'm down on to the ground floor I'm already a little out of breath. I go to the doors at the back of the school building and not the front doors because, well I would have to explain where I am going to the office ladies. I make sure that there is no one about and push open the door and slowly close it behind me making sure it doesn't bang shut. I quickly sprint forward to the corner and hide there for a bit. I take out the bit of paper that Tori gave me, from my pocket, 2:30, Addison Terrace. Addison Terrace is only a 15 minute walk from here, I think, so it shouldn't take long to run it.

I sprint forward and run towards the fence that goes round the school. I go up the little pathway that most school kids go through, it's crowed with trees half way up so no one should be able to see me from school. The trees come to a sudden stop and then houses appear. I'm still running as fast as my legs will take me, my heart is beating fast and I'm full of adrenaline. I come to a road so I stop for a few seconds to make sure no cars are coming and in them few seconds I feel fear, but an exciting fear. I cross the road which isn't that busy and make my way to Addison Terrace. While I'm running along Victoria Terrace I can just spot Addison Terrace, I try and run even faster, I have to make this time seem like I have only gone to the toilet…which isn't going to happen, Mrs Parker will think I have problems. I finally I make it to Addison Terrace, I look about but there is no sign of Four.

There is no car anywhere either. I walk up and down the whole street. Oh no…what have I done? After about a minute or two I begin to lose hope and start to walk to the other end of Addison Terrace, to start walking back to school again.

Then I saw a black BMW coming round the corner. It stops right next to me and its window rolls down. I peer in and there in the driver seat is Four. "Think I wasn't coming?" he asked with a stupid smile on his face.

"Oh, I knew you'd come." I say opining the door and hopping into the passenger seat.

"Oh really?" Four asked with a smirk on his face. He starts to drive back to school. "What happened to your face?" he asked concerned. I've had a lot of people ask me that today.

"I could ask you the same thing." I fire back. Even though there was absolutely nothing wrong with his face.

"Thanks." He says sarcastically. "But seriously, what happened?"

"My brother, Caleb, punched me this morning." I say casually.

"That's nice!" he says "Why'd he do that?"

"Well it was my fault really, I woke up before him, which is unusual so I decided to go and wake my lovely brother up." I say sarcastically. "And it didn't help me being really close to him and shouting there was 10 minutes to school when I know he is an A+ student and is never late and if he is late he gets very annoyed etc." I say without a breath.

"Is he by any chance Erudite?" Four asked me.

"Yeah he is!" I say laughing. There is a couple of awkward seconds. "…so are you going to Christina's party thing tomorrow?" I ask Four, I really hope he is…

"Well I wasn't going to go -" well that's a bummer. "But I might. Do you want me to go?" he asks…uh…yes!

"Do you want me to want you to go?" I ask him, by the time I have said that question we have arrived back at school.

"Maybe." Four says coming out the car. I come out too.

"Okay then." I say, I don't really know what else to say. "I'll probably see you then?" I ask

"Yeah." He says "See you then."

I head back to the doors I came out from, and head up to the second floor. I hadn't even prepared for explaining to Mrs Parker where I've been, but I walk in to the classroom anyway. First I look at the clock, 2:50 the bell will go for next period in 5 minutes. I look over at Christina, and he eyes meet mine, she is still grinning like an idiot! And then I walk up to Mrs Parker's desk. "I'm back." I say trying not to sound suspicious.

"Oh, okay dear, carry on with your work then!" Mrs Parker says to me…wait, what? She hasn't even noticed I've been gone for 20 minutes!

"O, Okay…" I say, confused I sit down with Christina and tell her everything!