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Chapter 8

Hmmmmmm. It's been really cold. :) I tried the trick where you head boiling water and thow it up into the air and it turns into snow. It works!!!!! Super fun:):)

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Tris's POV

It's been a week since Uriah punched me. At school Uriah has tried various apologies, but I don't listen. He told Marlene, of course, so today at lunch Marlene is trying to work things out. She sits in the middle of Uriah and me, trying to figure it out.

"Uri, it was a wrong thing to do, and Tris, don't be angry for too long." Marlene said soothingly. Then she dropped her serene manner and stuck her tongue out. "What the heck, I'm not on the peace team."

I look out the lunchroom window, where the sky is dark, it's raining, and the sky is almost black, but also a dark blue, like Tobias's eyes. Gosh, why am I thinking about his eyes? I sigh. I don't know. Well, I've been thinking about him ever since he asked me yesterday if I could come over to his house today. I tug my hair, that's for later, not now.

Marlene pinches her cheek.

"I've got Abnegation...Uri come, you do too." Marlene gets up, dragging Uriah. Uriah bites his lip and mouths "sorry". I know I've got to apologize. I swallow my chicken and head to Erudite. I walk to Erudite and sit down. Five minutes later I realize the school bully, Peter. I bite my lip, oh this is not good. I sigh.

"Stiff." Peter elbows me hard. I wince.

"Too delicate for Tobias, huh?" Peter sneers. "We'll he's delicate too, I bet that's why he likes whips like you, but you're probably too midget for him. I ignore Peter and survive Erudite. This is going to be a long day.

~~~~~~~~~~~Later on~~~~~~~~~~

I trudge over to Tobias's house. It's stopped raining, but the sky is still menacing and dark blue. Tobias's eyes aren't menacing, though. I sat through the bus ride of Christina describing her last "date" or "friendship bond" (as Lynn puts it on the bus) with Will. I've seen him around, he's kinda Christina's guy. I glanced at my drawing of Tobias, Chris and I that I made on the bus, and then zip up my backpack. I knock on his door, thinking about the movie night I promised Chris for later.

"Hey." He answers the door. I have to admit, he looks good in jeans and a black shirt. He looked like half of his hair is brushed and half is messy.

"It looks like you started to brush your hair, but then the hairbrush got too scared of whatever sinister tangle thing lives in your hair, and ran away." I joked, smiling. Tobias laughed an ran a hand through his hair.

"Yeah." He closes the door behind us. "I was thinking we can play.." He rummages In his backpack. "This"

Tobias lifts up a video game. I see the name of the game, first jumper.

"Oh my gosh!" I gasp "you actually got it!" Tobias and I have been obsessing about that game for when it would come put for a year. We go into the living room and put the came in. I beat him to being the "first jumper" but he won the fighting stage. We play al afternoon. At six I glance at my iPhone.

"Christina will pick me up for here." I say. I pack up my backpack. I hear Christina.

"Can I come in?" She asks from behind the door.

"Yeah." Tobias says. He leads me to the door.

"Thanks." I say. Four inches. Only four inches of space. Then he leans in and kisses me. I'm so surprised, but after a second I lean in and kiss him back. It's heaven. Then I hear a gasp. Christina's at the door.

We break apart, blushing. I think Christina might be mad, but she's smiling so wide her face might fall off.

"Yeah!" She says in a whisper.

"Bye Tris." Tobias smiles and Christina drags me away.

Christina takes her me to her house, but I'm to giddy to pay attention. It's like some daydream. Christina decided to take interest and play 'Barge into Tris's Romantic Social life'. I didn't really respond, but she kept up her blabber.

"Oh my gosh!" She said, for the a thousandth time. Christina took a breath, then dragged on. "Is he a good kisser? I heard from Lauren's friend, Baylee he is so, OMG! And, like, did you kiss before that? Are you in love? We're you making out the whole time at his house? Oh, I know, you were! Weren't you? Oh, he must be such a good kisser!" She took a breath, then widened her eyes.

"Did he ask you out?" She breathed. I chocked on air. Duh, Christina logic, he kisses you, next thing you know, you're married.

"No!" I yelped. "I don't know yet... Really." I said truthfully. Christina sighs thoughtfully, and I turn my attention away. But what if...

~~~~~~~~paaaage break~~~~~~~~

I scrub at the plate furiously, glancing at the pile of dishes awaiting me. Mom, Caleb and dad are at a "community meeting" or something. Mom always had us do selfless things, so I offered to clean the dishes. I groan, regretting my choice, as I dig the flakes of food out of my fingernails, the soap crusting on my hand. I then scrub harder at the plate, thinking about Tobias. At least, today at school, he sat with us at the lunch table, and talked normally. He even talked to Uriah.

I hear the door creak. Mom? Dad? Caleb? Or...

"Can I come in?" A male, teenage voice says.

Is it Tobias?! No:)

I stop and rinse my hand.

"Who's there?" I say tentatively.

"I'm, ow!" I hear a thunk, then see Uriah walk in to the kitchen, rubbing his head.

"You're table bites." He said, sitting on a kitchen stool. I just stare, standing there, holding the towel.

"Why are you here?" I repeat, setting the dish towel down.

"Thought you deserve company." Uriah says, shrugging. How that guy knows, I have no idea.

"You're like some gypsy physic mind reader." I laugh, setting my elbows on the counter. "So, how is it with Marlene?"

Uriah blushes, then smirked. "She's a good kisser."

Wow, Uriah.

"So, you and Four." Uriah says. My elbow skips, and I trip. Straining my posture, I causally entered the topic. "How did you-?" I start. Oh. Duh, Christina. "How many people did she tell?" I ask.

"Just Marlene and me, we won't spear anything." He says, picking a scab. I lead him over to the sofa. I glance at my awaiting abnegation home work, a checklist of good things.

"Uh, would you like something to drink?" I ask Uriah, as I read the "ask someone their needs when they are at you're house."

"Yeah, I did that to Zeke, except I 'accidentally'," he made air quotes with his fingers. "Spilled it on him, he was mad, but then I told him it was homework, and he laughed, because he did that last year for homework on Tobias."

I notice he used Tobias instead of Four. I hear a ding on the clock.

"Uriah!" I said.

"What?" He jumps.

"Their meeting finishes at 8:00, five minutes ago!" I say. Uh oh.

"Bye!" He waves then disappears behind the door.

I smile, but then a familiar beep, my phone, interrupts my thought. It reads:

r u available 2morrow?-Tobias

My heart leaps.

Yes-Tris