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Tris!_ Four calls out. Will and I exchange a look, half surprise and half apprehension. Four pulls away from the railing and walksup to me. Ahead of us, Al and Christina stop running, and Christina slides to the ground. I don__ blame them for staring. There are four of us, and Four is only talking to me.__ou look different._ His words, normally crisp, are now sluggish.__o do you,_ I say. And he does__e looks more relaxed, younger. __hat are you doing?___lirting with death,_ he replies with a laugh. __rinking near the chasm. Probably not a good idea.___o, it isn__._ I__ not sure I like Four this way. There__ something unsettling about it.__idn__ know you had a tattoo,_ he says, looking at my collarbone.He sips the bottle. His breath smells thick and sharp. Like the factionless man__ breath.__ight. The crows,_ he says. He glances over his shoulder at his friends, who are carrying on without him, unlike mine. He adds,____ ask you to hang out with us, but you__e not supposed to see me this way.__ am tempted to ask him why he wants me to hang out with him, but I suspect the answer has something to do with the bottle inhis hand.__hat way?_ I ask. __runk?___eah...well, no._ His voice softens. __eal, I guess._____l pretend I didn__.___ice of you._ He puts his lips next to my ear and says, __ou look good, Tris.__is words surprise me, and my heart leaps. I wish it didn__, because judging by the way his eyes slide over mine, he has no ideawhat he__ saying. I laugh. __o me a favor and stay away from the chasm, okay?___f course._ He winks at me.
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Tris!_ Four calls out. Will and I exchange a look, half surprise and half apprehension. Four pulls away from the railing and walksup to me. Ahead of us, Al and Christina stop running, and Christina slides to the ground. I don__ blame them for staring. There are four of us, and Four is only talking to me.__ou look different._ His words, normally crisp, are now sluggish.__o do you,_ I say. And he does__e looks more relaxed, younger. __hat are you doing?___lirting with death,_ he replies with a laugh. __rinking near the chasm. Probably not a good idea.___o, it isn__._ I__ not sure I like Four this way. There__ something unsettling about it.__idn__ know you had a tattoo,_ he says, looking at my collarbone.He sips the bottle. His breath smells thick and sharp. Like the factionless man__ breath.__ight. The crows,_ he says. He glances over his shoulder at his friends, who are carrying on without him, unlike mine. He adds,____ ask you to hang out with us, but you__e not supposed to see me this way.__ am tempted to ask him why he wants me to hang out with him, but I suspect the answer has something to do with the bottle inhis hand.__hat way?_ I ask. __runk?___eah...well, no._ His voice softens. __eal, I guess._____l pretend I didn__.___ice of you._ He puts his lips next to my ear and says, __ou look good, Tris.__is words surprise me, and my heart leaps. I wish it didn__, because judging by the way his eyes slide over mine, he has no ideawhat he__ saying. I laugh. __o me a favor and stay away from the chasm, okay?___f course._ He winks at me.

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