Learning to Let Them In | Fourtris

Chapter 25

Tris' POV

(After school. Tris beat Tobias out to the parking lot again and is waiting by his car.)

I hear my phone buzz from my backpack. I swing it off my back and hang it from my arm. I feel for it in the bottom of the mess of papers and pencils. It buzzes again and I can finally find it. I pull it out and see I have two texts. I open the first one. It's from Tobias.

Are you already out in the parking lot?

I am about to reply with 'yep', but I haven't even sent it yet when I suddenly feel arms wrapping around my waist. I jump and hear him chuckle from behind me. I turn around and punch his arm lightly.

"You don't have to reply to that," he says quietly in my ear.

I roll my eyes. "Oh, really? I didn't know that."

"I could tell."

I smile and laugh lightly. "You scared me."

"Oh, really? I didn't know that," he replies, mimicking me.

I give him an annoyed look and he quickly steals a kiss. When he pulls back, I'm smiling again. He unwraps his arms from my waist and walks around me to the door. He opens it up for me again.

"You don't have to do that."

"And what kind of gentleman would I be if I didn't?"

I roll my eyes and get in anyways. He hops in a few seconds later and turns it on. He backs out of the parking lot and starts to drive home when I remember that I had another text. I pull it out. It's from Taylor. I frown and read it.

Only if you want to...Justin kinda mentioned you to Makayla accidentally and now she won't quit bugging me about wanting to talk to you.

I'll talk to Makayla later. But for now I text back, thinking about school today.

How are you today?

To anyone else, it would seem like a simple, polite, text. But she and I both know better.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing," I say, sending the message quickly and putting my phone on the center console.

"Who is the text from?" he continues, ignoring my statement.

"No one."

We pull up to our houses and as soon as puts it in park, his hand reaches over and snatches my phone.

"Tobias!"

He doesn't listen and I can hear the sound of my phone unlocking. Tori and Tobias both have unlocked my phone without my permission now. I'm gonna have to start thinking about putting a passcode on that thing.

"Tobias! Give me that right now!"

The center console placement wasn't a great idea. Why'd I do it in the first place?

"Of course it's Taylor," he says, with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

I roll my eyes. "Tobias? Give me my phone."

He keeps his eyes on the screen, obviously reading the message.

"Who's Makayla? And Justin?"

"Just give me the phone!"

"Who are they?"

"It doesn't matter! Now give me the damn phone!"

I'm getting really annoyed. I'm slightly angry as well. I hear it buzz again. I pray for it not to be Taylor for a second time, but of course, as I figured out a long time ago, praying doesn't work for me.