Forever and Always

Chapter 25

Tris' POV

I slept pretty well that night. I still felt pretty crappy (if you can't say crap, then don't) though. After I forced myself to get up, I looked in the mirror. My bruises we gone and my face was ghostly pale. I was gonna put on makeup but I honestly was way to tired still and didn't feel like it.

My Dad met me downstairs. "Good morning, Princess. Come here, I need to check to see if you have a fever."
I walked toward him and he put the thermometer in my mouth, under my tongue.

The thing beeped, "You have a fever, sweetie, 101.3. It wouldn't be wise for you to go to school today," Dad said. I opened my mouth to object but pain blossomed all throughout my jaw. "Don't talk, you know that," he scolded. So instead I gave him puppy eyes. His his softened, what a sucker. To finish it off I walked up to him and hugged him. "Well, maybe you can go today..." I smiled from ear to ear. "But if it gets worse than call me so I can pick you up," he said. There was no way I was doing that but I nodded so I could go to school. "Alright, go get in the car."

When we got to school I went to my locker. I saw Four over at his, a few down from mine, and I decided that it was my turn to scare him. Silently, I creeped up to him, then I wrapped my arms around his waist, making him jump. "I told you to-" he stopped in the middle of his sentence when he turned around and saw it was me. "Oh, sorry, I thought you were Uriah," was all he said before smashing his lips to mine.

He startled me at first, and as much as I wanted to kiss back, I couldn't. I pull away immediately and he gave me a questioning look. "I'm sick!" I said then cringed in pain. There was also another reason but I didn't want to talk again. The other reason was my jaw. That hurt when he kissed me.

"I don't care, it's worth it," he said sweetly, then immediately smashed his lips on mine again. Before I could pull away, he deepened it. I put my hands on his chest and pushed him off. I immediately held my jaw that was covered in white ace wrap. "Ow," I said quietly. His eyes widen in realization. "Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry," he said quickly. "S'ok," I said, causing more pain. Four saw that I was in pain and he said, "let me kiss it to make it better," then he lightly put his lips on my jaw, so lightly you could barely feel it. "Better?" I smiled and nodded in response, while letting go of my jaw. He then wrapped a gentle arm around my waist and we walked to class.

Class was SO boring. It was extremely hard to stay awake. I'm pretty sure that I dosed off a few times but Four woke me up. I don't want to fall asleep again because it was SO embarrassing when everyone saw me asleep. Actually, a lot of people snickered at me in the hall today, and some smiled. It was weird and creepy.

~~~~~~~time lapse to lunch~~~~~~~

I walked into lunch with Four. Once again, I didn't eat anything. While the others were getting their food, I sat by myself at our table. I looked at my arms, the body glitter was still there and was still causing me pain on my back.

"Hey, stiff," someone said behind me. Ugh, Peter. "I saw you asleep yesterday. Your boyfriend can't always protect you, and the second I get rid of him, you'll be all mine."
"I'll never date you, Peter," I said, then cringed in pain. "Just watch your back stiff, you never know when I'm around," he spit, then left, angry.

The others came back with their food, right after Peter left. Four sat down next to me and I immediately wrapped my arms around his muscular body, just hugging him makes me feel better. Four immediately hugged back, "What's this about? Are you okay?" He asked suspiciously. "Fine," I lied then winced as pain spread all thought my jaw. "You're trembling. What happened?" He whispered, so only I could hear. I shrugged. Four furrowed his eyebrows together. I just wrapped my arms tighter around him. "Babe? I gotta breathe," Four said. I pulled back, "Right, sorry," I said then, we'll you know what happened as I said that. "Shh, don't talk." I obeyed and put my head on his my shoulder and he wrapped his arms around my waist. He gave me a look that said, we're gonna talk about this later.

"So, Tris, when do you wanna go shopping?" Christina said. "Shopping's not really my thing," I said, then got scolded by Four. "I told you not to talk!" he yelled. I sifted away from him, afraid that he was going to hit me. It's an instinct. His face softened, "Sorry, I just don't want you to be in pain." I gave him a small smile but stayed where I was. "Come here," he said opening his arms. "I'm good," I whispered. Then he gave me another one of those looks. "Is something wrong, Tris?" Zeke asked. I shook my head. Then Four forcibly pulled me into his arms. I was so tense. "You need to relax, Tris," Christina said. "OH! I KNOW! A DAY AT THE SPA!"
"NO!" Everyone yelled. She slumped against the table. "How 'bout a party?" Zeke asked. I shook my head. "Why do you not like parties, Tris?! They're so fun! Are you hiding something from us?" Uriah asked. I shook my head and sifted uncomfortably. They all gave me a suspicious look and I scooted away from Four. "Nooooo....." he whines. Then pulled me back into his arms.

So yeah, that was lunch.

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