Tris POV
1 week later
"What are we doing again?" I ask.
"It's Will's eighteenth birthday, we're driving to a hotel and sneaking into a party tonight!" Christina says.
"Why didn't we do anything fun for my birthday?" Uriah asks.
"We'll for Tobias's it was beginning of July so we went to a concert, for the twins they kinda just left town with Mar and Shauna, and for Shauna she made us go camping." Christina explains. "We also didn't do much for Tris's 17th because she wasn't turning 18."
"Don't complain about yours being lame, Uri. You both just left." Tobias says.
"Does Will even want to do this?" I ask.
Will slightly shakes his head.
"No, but I could care less." Will says.
Shauna is driving in the front seat since it's her parents van. Zeke is sitting in shotgun so he can be close to Shauna.
I'm sitting in the third row with Marlene and Lynn since we're the smallest. Chris would be back here but she's sitting on Will's lap in front of us with Tobias and Uriah.
"I enjoyed it Uri, don't worry." Mar says.
"Of course you did." Tobias says. "You guys probably stayed in bed all day."
"Not funny, man." Uriah says.
They start beating each other up and tackling each other for fun.
"Tobias, Uriah, cut it out!" Zeke says.
Christina shrieks and everyone starts yelling.
"Guys stop!" Shauna says.
Everyone stops and looks at her.
"I'm trying to drive!" She yells.
"We're just messing around." Tobias says.
"Tobias, switch with Mar." Shauna says.
"Fine." He says.
"Stop being a bitch." I say, as Mar climbs up a row and Tobias climbs back.
He sits next to me and gets comfortable.
"I'm not being a bitch." Tobias says. "Shauna's got a stick up her ass."
"Shauna, is trying to keep everyone safe and drive." I say.
"Oh fuck off, Tobias." Shauna says.
"You want us to crash?" Zeke asks, looking at Tobias through the mirror.
"No," Tobias mumbles, knowing where this conversation is headed.
"Why are you going there Zeke?" Uriah asks.
Zeke looks at Uriah. Uriah doesn't usually get involved or fight with Zeke.
"We just were pretending." Uriah says.
"Well to Shauna, it was distracting." Zeke says. "I'm pretty sure you could guess what could've happened next."
"Zeke, it's fine." Shauna mumbles.
"No, it's not." Zeke says.
"Zeke, stop. We don't have to go there." Uriah says.
"Yes, we do. Obviously you could care less if it happened to one of us." Zeke says.
"Zeke," I start.
"Shut up, Tris." Zeke says. "Wouldn't he be so proud?"
"Stop." Uriah says.
"I remember that day." Zeke says. "Don't you?"
"Zeke, really." Shauna says.
"I remember it perfectly. Uriah and I were sitting on the couch, watching a show and Tris was coloring a picture on the floor. The phone rang, mom started crying and she dragged us all into the car. She drove to the hospital and we saw him. Our dead dad." Zeke says. "What a sight to see on a normal December day."
"Stop it, Zeke!" I scream.
Tears are flowing down my face as I relive that day in my head.
"Stop it, stop it, stop it!" I yell, clutching my hair and curling into a ball.
"Cut it out, Zeke!" Shauna says.
I hear Uriah cry softly as Mar calms him down.
"Make it stop!" I beg.
"Look what you did!" Uriah says.
"It's back, Uriah, it's back! Please make it stop!" I say.
"Tobias, do something! Help her!" Uriah says.
"What do you want me to do?" Tobias shouts. "Ask Lynn for help."
"You happy, Zeke?" Lynn says.
Tobias shakes his head and grabs me, pulling my head into his chest.
"Can we all just get through the car ride without trying to kill one another?" Chris asks.
I cry into Tobias's chest and grips his shirt tightly.
"How else do I calm her down?" Tobias asks.
He rubs my back, trying to soothe me.
"It's a panic attack, there's not much you can do." Uriah says. "She used to get them a lot when she was younger."
"I remember that." Chris says. "That was the first time I met her. Kindergarten I think. She was crying in the bathroom but wouldn't tell me why."
"I remember that too." Lynn says.
I rub my eyes and pull away from Tobias, giving him a thankful look. He nods and fixes his shirt.
"Happy birthday, Will." Tobias says.
Will laughs and looks back at us.
"And we only have two rooms, Chris said." Will says.
"Lovely." Lynn says.
"Someone has to sleep on the floor." Chris says.
"Actually no, I'm gonna choose the bed arrangement." Will says.
"I'll share a bed with Chris, Tris and Shauna together, Mar and Lynn together, then Zeke, Tobias and Uriah together." Will says.
"What!" Uriah shouts.
"We all can't fit onto one bed." Tobias says.
"Not my problem." Will says.
"Why don't Tris and I share a bed and then put Tobias on the floor so the couples can be together?" Lynn asks.
"That's no fun!" Will says.
"Fuck you." Tobias says.
"It's my birthday." Will says.
I must fall asleep at some point in the car because when I wake up, I'm in Tobias's arms in a hallway.
"Where are we?" I ask.
He puts me down. "Hotel."
"Where's everyone else?" I ask.
"Getting the bags." He says.
"Did I fall asleep?" I ask."
He nods.
"How long was I out for?" I ask.
"2 hours." He says. "Uriah said it happens after panic attacks."
"What time is it?" I ask.
"How many questions are you gonna ask?" He mumbles. "3pm. We are finding early dinner and then heading out."
"So are we gonna get ready now, or later?" I ask.
"Whenever Chris makes us." He says.
He swipes a key on a door and it opens. There's another door leading to another room.
"I think I might just sleep on the floor." Tobias mumbles.
He puts a bag down on a bed and everyone else walks in.
"Chris, Lynn, Mar and I will be in the other room." Will says.
Shauna and I look at each other and roll our eyes.
"Hey Tris, wanna switch and sleep with Uriah and Tobias?" Zeke asks.
"No thanks." I say, sitting on the bed without Tobias's bag.
"Shauna, Tris come over!" Chris shouts.
Will walks into our room and sighs.
"I've been sent in here to get ready. She's asking for you two." Will says.
I grab my things and walk next door.
"Put your dresses on." Chris says.
I put on the tight, black dress and put a small jacket over it.
"Shauna, let Mar do your makeup then do Lynn's." Chris orders. "I'll handle Tris."
"Shauna you are not putting make up on me." Lynn says.
"It'll look good." Shauna says.
Christina drags me into the bathroom and forces me to sit down in front of the mirror.
"You're not gonna make me look pretty." I state.
"Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable." Chris says.
"I don't want people to notice me. I have a boyfriend." I say.
"Tonight, worry about yourself. Tonight you are single Tris. Fun Tris. Party Tris." She says.
I smile and nod slightly.
"Whatever you say." I say.
She curls my straight hair and adds some light makeup to make my eyes pop.
"Heels or flats?" I ask.
"Heels." She says. "A party guy loves tall girls."
I don't think she meant to sound rude but that was rude.
"Is that suppose to mean that guys won't come after me unless I'm your height, Chris?" I ask.
"What? No! I didn't mean it like that!" She says.
I nod. Great, I'm self conscious about my height. I grab the highest heels I own and slip them on. I stumble a little and sit down on the bed.
"Let's get drunk tonight." Lynn says.
"I don't know." I say.
"Come on Tris! Have some fun!" She says.
I stand up and accidentally stumble into the other room. All the guys are standing there shirtless.
"Sorry, I tripped." I say.
"Tris? What's wrong?" Zeke asks.
"Nothing, nothing! Everything fine." I say, waving my hand in the air.
They all raise their eyebrows.
"Don't ask." I say.
I sit down on my bed as the guys continue getting ready. Right now is when I really wish I has someone here for me all the time to reassure me and hug me. I want it so badly.
"That dress is really short." Zeke says.
"Yeah I know, I look like a whore." I say.
"What's wrong?" Uriah asks.
"Nothing!" I say. "I'm going out to the car."
I walk next door, grab Lynn and walk outside.
"You got the keys?" I ask.
She smirks and nods. I grab shotgun even though everyone is going to tell me to get in back. I don't care. First come, first serve.
Eventually, everyone else comes back.
"Oh great," Shauna says.
"Tris get in back." Chris says.
I shake my head. "No thanks."
One fight later, I'm still in shotgun, Tobias, Uriah, Zeke and Will are in the middle row, and Chris, Mar and Shauna are in the third.
"There's no fucking room!" Tobias says.
"Aw, wanna sit on my lap?" Uriah asks.
"I'll rip your throat out." Tobias mumbles.
"We should've just done something back home." Will says.
"Maybe, if you guys stopped eating, you would all fit. You all used to fit." Lynn says.
"It's Tobias, he's fat." Zeke says.
"I am not fat!" Tobias says.
"At least he's got muscle Zeke." Uriah says.
"Yeah, I've been benching since I was 9." Tobias says.
"And you still dropped that bar the other day." I say.
"Let's see you bench 315!" Tobias says. "You'd kill yourself!"
"Ok, we get it. Tobias can bench more, stop picking on Tris." Shauna says.
"Still got that stick up your ass Shaun?" Tobias asks, jokingly.
"Sorry, that stick is actually Zeke's dick." She says.
"Oh my god." Lynn says.
Tobias laughs and punches Zeke in the shoulder.
"The small one?" He asks. "Or the imaginary big one?"
"Tobias shut up, no one wants to hear this!" I say.
"Oh please." Zeke says.
"Have you guys compared?" Lynn asks.
"Hell no, I don't want to see that." Tobias says.
I turn around and see Uriah and Zeke share a look.
"No you did not!" I say, surprised.
"What?" Chris asks.
"We're twins! It's not that weird." Uriah says.
"Oh my god." I say.
"And?" Tobias asks.
"Why do you want to know?" Lynn asks.
"I have to know my competition." Tobias says.
"You guys are disgusting." Mar says.
"Oh please Mar, you girls have seen each other naked." Uriah says.
"That's different." Chris says.
"You guys definitely compared boob sizes." Zeke says.
"We could do that right now. It's just a number and letter." Shauna says.
"So who has the biggest boobs?" Tobias asks.
"Tell us who has the biggest dick." I say.
"I do." Tobias says.
"Bullshit." Lynn says.
"No, he's right." Uriah says.
"There's a reason he's always in bed with sluts, I knew it." I say.
"There we told you, who has the biggest boobs?" Zeke asks.
"Wait, I wanna guess first." Uriah says.
"Shauna." Zeke says.
"Shauna." Tobias says.
"Mar." Uriah says.
"Lynn." Will says.
Christina starts laughing at all their guesses.
"It's Tris!" She says.
"What? No it's not!" I say. "It's Shauna!"
"Remember when you changed to go dress shopping last week? Yeah, you were wearing a new bathing suit that I hadn't bought with you and it was a bigger size but it still looked tight on you." Chris says. "Don't lie, Tris. You suck at lying."
I blush.
"No way. Tris has small boobs." Uriah says. "I haven't seen them but they're never visible through her shirts, and they look small in her bathing suits."
"That's because she wears big shirts and tight bras. For the bathing suits, she makes sure to hide them." Chris says.
"Can we stop talking about my boobs?" I ask.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm jealous though! If I had your boobs, I'd show them off." Chris says.
"That's why you're wearing a jacket?" Mar asks.
I nod. "Yeah."
We pull up to the restaurant and pile out of the car.
"Reservation for Christina?" Christina asks the lady.
She nods and leads us to a big table outside.
Will sits at the end of the table and Chris and Uriah sit next to him. Next to Uriah is Mar then Tobias . Next to Chris is Zeke, Shauna and I.
We all order small, simple meals in order to keep the price down. When we finish our food, we pile back into the car and head to the party.
"Where's the party?" I ask.
"It's at the frat house at Indiana University." Chris says.
"Christina! You chose a college party?" I ask.
"People are gonna know we don't go there." Mar says.
"Come on guys, it's gonna be fun!" Chris says.
"We're in high school going to a college party." I say.
"There's a really big difference between us and college kids." Uriah says. "They might look similar but they're not."
We pull up to the campus and towards the frat house. Christina drives past it.
"Where are you going?" I ask.
"I'm not gonna risk getting the car stolen. We'll park a little far and walk over." She says.
"I'm in heels." Lynn says.
"Sucks for you." Chris says.
We get out of the car and start walking until red curls come into view.
"We're meeting outside this house at 9pm. We will all probably be together but still, just to be safe." Chris says.
We walk inside the house and are met with two guys.
"Welcome." They say, opening the door.
A/N
Hey guys!! I had this finished yesterday but I forgot to post it but I hope you enjoy!!
-T
All characters belong to Veronica Roth