Play it again: a divergent high school fanfiction

chapter 27

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"Al?" I questioned skeptically.

"Yes, Tris Al." Scott answered impatiently. I had probably repeated the simple question 5 times already.

"But... why?"

His face contorted into a look of confusion. "He is your ex, isnt he?"

"Well yeah but..." I trailed off. What was I supposed to say? yeah, but i refused to sleep with him so he cheated on me and has been whoring around ever since. That'll go over well.

"He was basically the one who ended it." Tobias said

"Basically? What does that mean?" Scott was now the one who looked skeptical.

"Not important." I said. "Why does he want me back? And why did he sign the note with an 'E'?"

"His middle name. he couldnt sign it 'A' or you wouldve known" edmund. i forgot that was his middle name. Scott hesitated to answer the other part of the question. "..He uh, said he was in love with you."

"Bullshit." Tobias answered simply. "How do we know any of this is true?"

"Ill call him. Ill have him come over tonight."

"Are you sure thats a good idea?" Tobias asked me.

I had to keep from rolling my eyes. "Ill be fine, its not like he's going to attack me." Seeing Tobias' worried face I added, "We're just going to talk."

His over protectivness was not always good. Im not weak, i know how to protect myself. Even if I couldnt, its not like I'd need to tonight.

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At exactly 8:00 pm that night the doorbell rang. Right swhen I told him to arrive. I could'nt honestly say i didnt miss Al. I didnt really miss our relationship, But I missed our friendship. He used to be a really good guy. Always reliable, sweet...now he was far from that. I opened the door.

"Tris, Hi." He said, rather awkwardly.

"Al." I nodded.

"You, uh, you look good." He said with honesty in his voice. I looked down at myself. I was in a sweatshirt and leggings. my makeup was worn, and my hair was in a messy bun. I had to resist the urge to roll my eyes for the second time today.

"come on. we're going to my room." I told him. I shot caleb-who was sitting on the couch- a look that said 'if im not back in ten minutes, come get me'

After we sat down on my bed, there was a moment of awkward silence.

"So," We both started at the same time.

"You go, i want to hear your explaination." I said.

"Okay, well... in the simplest way of explaining, I think we made a mistake breaking up."

It took me a full minute to digest what he just said. Then I exploded.

"Did you really just say that to me? You have got to be shitting me right now. You say that as if we came to a mutual decision to end things. We did not decide to break up. You ended any chance of us being together when you screwed some other girl! Was there even a good reason for that? Or did you just get bored of waiting for me?"

I was cut off when his lips pressed against mine. If I hadnt been so pissed that would've weaken me. It almost did. If we actually had had a clean breakup, I might've deepened the kiss. But no. Instead I pulled away. there was hardly a second delay before my hand came in contact with his cheek. Creating a loud smacking sound. Unfortunatly, I felt bad after. I wish I could've hurt him, like he hurt me. But I couldn't.

"Im sorry." I said quietly." I think you need to leave. Im with Four now you know that, and.. and I cant forget what happened."

"Could you just,think about giving me a second chance? Just at friendship?" He actually looked sad.

"Ill think about it." We walked out of my door just as Caleb was walking toward it. I nodded thank you to him, he had understood When I silently asked him to check on us. Just as Al was about to walk out the front door he said,

" I know you dont want a relationship anymore. I respect that. All I want is a second chance at friendship. Ill prove that I can be who I was. Starting with this. Im sorry, for everything I did." And just like that he was gone.

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