Chapter 3

Tobias' POV

Wednesday was always my favorite. It was the day I met Tris, it is the day I have football practice and it was alway the day Lauren and I would go on dates.

I met Tris in second grade when I was eleven years old. She and I had the same school teacher that year and sat beside each other for the first two months. I was terrified of her when we first met. She had a pout a her face and her eyes were in narrow slits glaring at everything that annoyed her. When I had accidentally lee owed her, my eyes widened and I apologized like a really scared child.

She laughed- for five minutes straight.

"It's fine." Her eyebrows furrowed. "You okay, you look a little shake bed up."

I answered her with an "I'm okay".

We clicked after that. We became great friends and still did.

Did.

Until last year. Tris was someone who was always right. She had like a sixth sense. She was always able to determine people's personalities without even having an actual conversation with them. And she was right about Lauren.

So fucking right.

I was too stupid. Too dumb to realize that I was slowly pushing my best friend away.

"Hey." I feel the couch dip down and I remove my headphones.

"Hey Zeke. What's up? I place my laptop to the side.

"How are you holding up?"

Tris.

I know what he's talking about without him even mentioning it.

"Fine. Look, I really don't need any shit about my stupidity right now." I start to say.

"I know. It's been a year. And yesterday you weren't alright. You left third period for fucks sake!" He's right. I was too much of a wreck to continue the rest of the day. "You need to get over her."

I'm silent at first. "I don't want to. It's not that I can't, I just don't want to."

"Wait, erase that. You need to make it up to her. When you two were best friends, you were actually happy. Now? I sometimes don't even know who you are anymore."

"I tried!" I throw my hands in the air. "I did, yesterday. "She told me to go away. I felt so bad, ya' know? It looked like she was going to cry. So I left."

He sighs. "You're obviously not trying hard enough."

He right. If I really want her to forgive me, then I'll have to try even harder. "You're right, unfortunately. I'll try. I also told her to meet me after school."

"Good. I have to meet up with her again. Winter formal. I'll see you at the barbecue."

"Yeah,5 o'clock. Don't be late!" I receive a glare from the librarian.

"Sorry." I return to my school work.

I sit beneath a tree waiting for Tris to arrive. Although it's only3:15, I make sure to be prompt.

I don't notice a short, blonde girl wandering the courtyard because I'm fiddling with my fingers thinking about what I'm going to say to her.

"Hey." I say startling her.

"That was you? It was you who left the note?"

I find myself nodding. "I just want to say that-"

She rolls her eyes. "What that your sorry? Look Tobias, I know you are. But what happened last year hurt, okay?"

"I know, and I-"

"You don't know!" She yells and I take a step back. "She said terrible things. That I should kill myself, that- that no one likes me. And what did you do? You agreed with her and said I should disappear." Her voice cracks. "And what hurt more was that you broke your promise. You said that nothing would change. You left me. You left." She wipes her eyes. "I always thought that you would end up with me, but I was wrong. I was so so wrong. I hope your happy with whomever. You deserve someone better than I ever was." She walks away crying loudly.

I hope your happy with whomever.

I'm not, not without you at least.

My house is crowded byseven o'clock. Zeke and Shauna are working on the grill while I set up the drinks area.

"How'd it go?" He asks when I hand him a clean rag.

"Terrible. She said some stuff that made me feel like a complete ass." I answer.

"Well, you are one." He flips an party.

"I can't believe you! You never told me it was at his house!" I hear hushed voices.

"I'm sorry, I just don't understand what's the problem with Tobias' house."Tyler.

"I'm sorry, ugh, I'm just moody." Tris. I know that voice from anywhere. "I'm going to look for Mar."

"Go have fun." He tells her.

"Yeah, love you."

"Mm." I hear him kiss her.

Kill me now.

"Go find Mar. I'll be with the guys if you need me."

"Kay, see you in a bit." I walk away before any of them can see me.

"Zeke." I take the spatula away from him. "I think I need your help."

"With what?"

"So let's say I really like someone-"

"Wait, don't tell me. Is it Tris? Because if it is your screwed and I'm just going to walk away before I get dragged into this mess." He says backing away.

I never realized my feelings for her until she was truly gone. I broke up with Lauren a week after realizing the true side to her. She was a bitch. She was so happy that we ended our friendship.

"I can't believe you two were ever friends. I mean she's so ugly and stupid. She's such a loser and-"

"Will you stop it?! She's none of those things. If anyone were that, it would be you!"

"I can't believe you would say that!"

"No! I can't believe you, you used to be so much nicer. I think we're done."

"Wait, done? You can't do that, I-I"

"Whoops, just did."

I never felt so free. Well, until reality hit me and I remembered that Tris was gone.

"Look Tobias, I can't always be there to help you fix your problems. You need to do them yourself. Your sixteen for fucks sakes! Your not a little boy anymore your a growing man. And it's not my problem that you were an idiot back then. You need to get it in your thick skull that she loves someone else and you can't go around ruining her happiness." Zeke looks at me straight in the eye.

"What if she's not meant to be with him? What if she's meant to be with me?"

God, I sound so cocky.

"I'm not sure the answer to that question is, but if you two were meant to be with each other then time will come."

"You sure?"

"Yes, definitely sure."

A/N: Yay! Chapter three. I've grown a liking to this story. I'll see you next time, maybe soon, like real soon.