Divergent High

Ch. 4

Tris's POV

The rest of the day went by in a blur. Well, except for lunch. It wasnt very interesting though. I made some friends, ate my food, and kept hearing Four laughing. God, he is so annoying. Can't he shut up for once, like really!

Right now It's the end of band. We kind of just played around with the instruments and warmed up all together. Finally, the bell rang. "Yes, I can finally go home!" I spoke too soon. At the end of class, i met up with Chris. She's my best friend so far.

"How was your first day at Divergent High?" She asks me.

"It was pretty-" i got interrupted by Four running up to us. I was expecting him to apologize, but instead he invites us to his party.

"Im having a party on Friday and you losers can come if you want." With that he runs off.

"We are so going!" Chrissy says.

"Chrissy" i complain.

"No you are going no matter what. I dont care if you dont like parties, if you dont like him, if you havent been to one before, or if your parents wont let you. You are going." She says back.

I give her my pouty face. It always works. "But Chrissy"

"Nope, that wont work on me." With that, she walks away dragging me with her. In the corner of my eye, i see Four smirking. Obviously he was listening to our conversation.

"Where are we going?" I question. "I have to babysit... Uh... Carly."

"Who's Carly?" She asks.

"Uh...uh... Um Sarah's sister." I lie and I think she can tell. I met Sarah today in gym class. Shes a red head who loves to read and is really smart, but at the same time athletic.

"Yeah. Mmhm. I know your lying. I just met you today and I already know when you lie. You chew the inside of your cheek. Also, you hesitated. But, anyways, we are gonna have so much fun!" After she says that, Marlene, Lynn, and Shauna run up to us.

"Did you guys get invited to Four's party?" Marlene asks.

"Yup" i say.

"And we are going SHOPPING!!!" She squeals. Ugh, shopping? This is gonna be fun! Note the sarcasm.

"We are coming with!" Says Shauna. Lynn kind of just stands there along with me. She seems pretty girly, but not as much as the other three girls.

Its weird. I can see Four in the corner of my eye following us. Its either that, or its a coincidence that he's going to the mall too. I don't think so though. I don't know why he invited me to his party. He knows i hate him and Im guessing he hates me too. Maybe he wants to see what we are wearing? Or wants to see my reaction? I don't know. Chris, Mar (marlene) and Shauna are in front of me and Lynn. They are talking, practically yelling, while me and Lynn are in silence. I decide to talk.

"So, whats up" i ask her.

"Nothing much. Im just walking to the mall talking to you. How bout you?" She replies.

"Well, same as you. Do u even want to go to Fours party?" I question.

"I only go for the food." She says. That makes me laugh. "What?" She asks with a smile.
By now I'm cracking up. "Chrissy" she complains.

"What?" She snaps.

"Somethings wrong with Tris." Lynn says. The girls all look at me.

"Whats so funny?" Chris asks me.

"I don't know. At first i was laughing cause of Lynn's answer and then my laugh made me laugh even more. Plus, I thought of something that happened in the past." I say. I could control myself when she asked me that so I stopped laughing and was back to normal.

The girls went back to gossiping or whatever they were talking about. Lynn said, "i like you."

"Why is that? I mean I like you too, as a friend, but why'd you just say it?" I say.

"Well, you aren't too girly, and you aren't to boyish. I am less girly than you, but its nice to have a friend that doesn't always want to go shopping or talk about boys." Lynn replies.

"Oh, well, I haven't really had any friends at my old school. I got bullied and everyone made me think I was worthless and like a piece of crap. I only had two friends who were siblings, and of course my annoying brother." I say. That was the first time I opened up to anybody. While I was telling about myself, the other three girls were listening and I had a feeling someone else was too.

"Awww, Hon, we wont treat you like that. We already accepted you as family. I know I only just met you but you are the bestest friend anyone could ask for." Chris says while all the girls nodded. That made me smile, but I did catch something.

"Thanks guys, but you know Chris, bestest isn't a word." I said while smiling.

"Its not like I care." She says while playfully shoving my shoulder. It feels really good knowing you have people in your life that love you, besides your family.

After that, we walked all together with our arms draped around each other in a comfortable silence.

"We're here!!!" Screams Shauna.

We walk in and look for a good store. We walk into a dress store and look for a dress. All the dresses were too girly and fancy for me, but the other girls found one. Even Lynn. They all try a bunch on, except for Lynn, she only has one. Chrissy ends up buying a black and white dress that goes mid thigh. Its white on the top and black on the bottom with a black belt separating the two colors. She buys heels to go with it. Marlene buys a turquoise strapless dress that goes mid thigh. She buys heels too. Lynn buys a plain black dress thats knee length with spaghetti straps. There is a black belt that has silver flowers on it. Christina is making Lynn get matching shoes and they are arguing because Lynn doesn't want heels. Christina gives in and they buy flats. Shauna gets a hot pinks knee length dress similar to Lynn's. The only difference is the color and Shaunas belt has black flowers on it. She gets her own matching shoes and she Christina thought it would be cute if the sisters were matching, so Shauna got flats too. After they buy their stuff, they drag me over to a different section of the store.

They kept making me try on dresses and I kept on rejecting them. There were pink, blue, purple, teal, black, white, and silver dresses. I started to get really frustrated and screamed. It wasn't a loud scream, but the people around us heard. It was pretty embarrassing but of course the girls start laughing. I stomped to the dressing room and changed. I came back out.

"This is no use!" I say frustrated while sitting down. Right when we were about to leave, I found it. "Wait, guys." I showed them the dress and they started squealing. Even Lynn. It must be good. When I tried it on, it fit just right. I came out and everyones jaw dropped. I smile.

"Oh. My. God." They all said at the same time. I started to laugh and they joined in.

"This is a stupid question but do you like it?" I ask them. They all nod vigorously.

"You look beautiful." Christina says. They all agree.

"No, i can never be beautiful." I say.

"Don't say that about yourself. Cuz girl your amazing, just the way you are." Sings Shauna.

We all start to laugh. I go in my dressing room and change back into my regular clothes. I walk out with my dress in hand. Chrissy already had my shoes. They were huge black heels. I grabbed them from her and paid for everything. I don't know how Im supposed to walk in those. We walked back to school, got in our cars, and headed to our own houses. I still had a feeling someone was watching us the whole time.