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Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Sorry, it's short, but important.

Tris's POV

Tuesday morning I accepted another (but smaller) makeover from Christina. A few people noticed me from Christina's makeover as I walked to Amity.

I sat next to Marlene.

"Did you, er, hear?" Marlene glanced at me, then at her desk modestly.

"Hear what?" I asked starring at Marlene.

"Uh... The rumor." Marlene looked nervously all over the Amity classroom, at the smiley face poster, encouraging quotes, the basic book of manners.

Marlene took a deep breath.

"I know he's you best friend, but there's a big rumor that uh... Tobias is going out with Cara but..." Marlene said.

"What?" I asked.

"But they say he turned her down!" Marlene shook her head, popping a muffin crumb in her mouth.

The bell rang, I hurtled to Tobias's locker.

"What!" I yelled at him when he got there.

"Huh?" He looked genuinely perplexed.

"Cara." I gritted my teeth.

"Look I turned her down!" Tobias said.

I sighed, turning away. "Have you fixed this yet?" I said.

"Tris." He looked sideways. I walked away, feeling the conversation was done.

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On Wednesday I decided to apologize to Marlene.

"Look, Mar, I'm sorry." I glanced at her.

"No!" She pulled her hair.

"What?" I asked.

"You'll kill me!" Marlene slapped her hand against her desk. "I was...was mad at Lynn, so I..." She glanced at me.

"I was mad and upset and..." She looked at me in the eye.

"I was mad, and I needed to let it out." She inhaled. "I kissed Tobias."

I felt no emotion, I just existed, processing the words that felt meaningless.

Marlene. Kissed. Tobias.

Then I felt a rush of anger. Furious anger, not at Marlene, but Tobias.

"It's. okay. Mar." I took a deep breath. The bell rang for Amity, and I stormed into the cafeteria. I found Tobias sitting with Christina, miserably staring at his sandwich.

I went up to him, and grabbed the hem of his shirt, pulling him up to face me.

"What." I demanded. He new what I was talking about.

"Tris." He pleaded.

"What!" I almost yelled, causing some of the surrounding tables to stop talking, and stare at us.

"I-" He stated, but I interrupted.

"Tobias!" I yelled. "What the heck!" I yanked him, so we were nose to nose.

"Four girls!" I yelled at him. The cafeteria was quiet, everyone watching. "FOUR!" I yelled.

"Four." One of Lauren's friends got up.

"Yeah, Four." Lauren herself stood up, balling her fists.

"Want another girl, Four?" Eric stood up, yelling at Tobias. His buddies laughed, yelling and calling him Four.

"Getting back with Marlene, Four?"

Lynn yelled.

The whole cafeteria was now yelling at him. Tobias ran out, people still yelling insults. I went back to sit with Chris. She blinked tears away. I took a shaky breath, then walked outside.