City of Chicago High (Divergent)

Chapter 37

Tris P.O.V.

I curl up into Tobias's side under our blanket. We're sitting outside behind my house on the small swing. Christina and Zeke are also here in lawn chairs that they stole from our shed. We wanted to be outside even though it's snowing.

"Tris, Do you wanna build a snowman?" Zeke starts to sing I moan and look around for something to throw at him. I pick up a large piece of snow and form a snowball and throw it at him.

"No. I don't want to build a snowman. And I'm not going to ride my bike down the halls, either," I say.

"But I want a snowman. And I want his name to be Olaf. And I want Olaf the snowman to like warm hugs," Zeke says.

"Okay, how about you and Four have a competition to see who can build the best snowman. Christina and I will judge," I explain.

"Okay. But, I'm very good at snow sculptures," Zeke says. He stands up and pretends to stretch.

"Oh, you wish. I'm a beast at making snowmen. And women," Tobias says as he stands up. The second he moves I snatch the blanket and wrap up some more in it.

The guys go to opposite sides of the yard. They both begin to get balls of snow and roll it around on the ground. Christina and I stay in our spots and talk about random things. The guys work for at least half an hour but something runs through the yard and messes up their snowmen.

"I have an idea for senior ditch day," Uriah says as he approaches the swing. He stops in front of Christina and I and leans over. He has his hands and his knees and is breathing heavily.

"Did you run all the way here?" I ask. He nods. Zeke and Tobias walk over to us.

"You messed up my snowman!" Tobias complains. He comes back over and sits next to me.

"Mine too! What did you want?" Zeke asks his brother.

"I figured out plans for senior ditch day. But, first, can we go inside? It is freezing out here," Uriah complains.

"Fine, come on," I say. I hop up and start singing Let It Go. Christina seems to agree that this is the appropriate time to sing it and she joins in. We walk inside and the boys follow us up to my room.

"Think you for deciding to stop singing. That was terrible," Uriah states.

"Because your site singing is so much better," I reply. I jump on my couch and Tobias sits next to me. Christina sits on my bean bag and Zeke sits in my pink, fluffy chair in the corner. Uriah sits on the floor and pulls a bunch of folded up papers out of his pocket.

"So, what is your grand idea for senior ditch day?" Tobias asks.

"It's no longer senior ditch day, but senior ditch week. You and your friends have the chance to pretend that you have a terrible illness from gas station sushi and miss one week of school. Spend a week in Las Vegas in a luxury penthouse with all of your friends. Just sign on the dotted line and it's all yours!" Uriah says, trying to sound like the host of game show.

"Okay, so now that you've talked like a crazy person please explain," Christina says.

"So, my idea is that we ditch school for a week instead of just for a day. We tell our parents that we're going to spend the week at a friend's house. We call and tell the school that we ate gas station sushi and got a terrible sickness. Then, we go to Vegas where I found a penthouse with enough space for all of us," Uriah explains. It's a cool idea. I just don't know how we could pull it off.

"My parents would never let me go. Can I just point out that a month ago my father didn't want me to hang out with you. He said you were bad example. He would freak if he found out about this," I explain.

"Yeah, my parents would never believe that I'm spending the night at Tris's house everyday for a week," Christina points out.

"My parents might fall for that but are we forgetting my over protective brother who would find out in seconds that I'm skipping school?" I ask. It's true. Caleb would go crazy if he found out that I was skipping school. Then, he would tell my parents and they would go crazy.

"What if I told you that I told Will about this earlier and he brought up this fact and pointed out that there is a week in March where your brother will be out of the state for a special smart person camp," Uriah says. I forgot about that. Caleb was so excited about that.

"So, you're suggesting that we ditch school for a week in March?" Tobias asks. Everyone's eyes are on Uriah.

"Um, yep. Right now if you just agree we can work out all the details later," Uriah says.

"Fine, I'm in," I state and everyone else agrees too.
Did you enjoy this chapter? I hope you did. I'm sorry that it took me so long to update but I've been busy. I am going to go to Tennessee this weekend so I'll be kind of busy. But, I plan on writing some on the five hour car rider. I'm also very sorry the poor quality of this chapter, it was wrote on my kindle.

Disclaimer: Veronica Roth owns Divergent, not me.