Divergent High

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Kaleb and I are walking to the Starbucks conveniently located down the street from our apartment.

He opens the door for me and I walk in, Kaleb following me. We go up to the counter and I order first.

"Can I get a grande very berry refresher, please?" She calls out to her coworkers and asks for my name. "Tris."

Kaleb goes next and gets a grande Valencia orange refresher.

He pays and we get our drinks. We decide to walk to the Eiffel Tower since neither of us have been there, and we both really want to go.

The Sun starts to set long after we finish our drinks.

We sit on the grass under the Eiffel Tower admiring its beautifulness. A shiver runs up my back when Kaleb touches my shoulder.

"Are you cold?"

"Uh, yes, actually," I say, noticing the goosebumps on my arms.

He takes off his jacket and puts it on my shoulders.

He starts to lean in and I do too, before realizing what's about to happen.

"I'm sorry, I can't kiss you. Not right now at least. I'm still trying to get over my ex. I'm sorry."

"No, it's ok. It was a stupid move on my part."

"Wanna head back?"

"Sure."

We walk back to our shared apartment, not holding hands, or even touching at all; just walking next to each other.
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3 and 1/2 weeks later
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I have two weeks left in Paris. Two weeks left of modeling. Two weeks till I see my friends. Two weeks till I see Tobias.

I tell myself that I'm over him-after all I'm dating Kaleb right now-but I know I'm not. I don't know if I'll ever be over Tobias.

Kaleb makes me happy, Tobias did too. Kaleb makes me laugh, so did Tobias. Tobias cheated on me, Kaleb hasn't.

Kaleb and I have been dating for about a month, and I love hanging out with him, but I don't really see him as my boyfriend; I see him as more of an older brother. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he has that same name as my older brother; maybe not. I don't know. All I know is that I don't really want to be Kaleb's girlfriend anymore.

I feel like my heart is still attached to Tobias, but my head is attached to Kaleb. People say that you should follow your heart right? Isn't that what I should do? I don't even know anymore.

I put on a braided flower headband and walk out of my bathroom.

"Hey Tris."

"Afternoon," I say giving Kaleb a kiss on the cheek.

"Tris, can I say something?"

"Ya, I need to say something too."

"Ok, um I'll go first," he says.

"Go ahead."

"I love you."

"Oh." I was not expecting that.

"Don't you love me back?"

"Kaleb, I just got out of a relationship 6 weeks ago, don't you think we're rushing it a bit?"

"I guess, but don't you start rushing things when your in love?"

"Maybe, I don't know. I've only been in love once in my life and its not right here, not right now."

"I see."

"I think we should probably breakup, but it's for the best for both of us. Promise me we'll still be friends," I stick out my pinkie finger.

He contemplates it for a second. "Yeah." We lock our pinkies and hug after.

"So it's not going to be weird, right?"

"Of course not," he smiles.
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A/N:
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Hey! Sorry bout the semi-short chap.... Chap. Lol😂 yeah....... I got Paper Towns and If I Stay @ Barnes and Noble yesterday.... It was amazing💕 so far Paper Towns is awesome! I don't generally like random capitalization, but for some reason Margo makes it really funny.
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