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Once we're in the elevator, I find that I'm not feeling as claustrophobic as usual. I take that as a good thing.

After Lauren presses the button that will take us to the floor we're going to end up on, she moves to stand next to me. A few times I feel her hand rub against mine. I write it off as a coincidence.

When the elevator stops, I instantly get off. Lauren is making nervous but I don't know why.

The hallway we are in doesn't look familiar to me, so I have to wait for Lauren to the lead the way to wherever we're going.

She stops at one of the doors and pulls a key out of her pocket.

I almost instantly know what this room is.

"Can't you just tell me out here?" I ask her, trying to seem nonchalant.

She doesn't look up from the lock when she speaks. "No, because I'm not supposed to know this stuff. I could be tried if they find out, plus I have something else I want to show you." She finishes just as the door unlocks.

I sigh but follow her into her room anyway.

It's larger than I thought it'd be and holds a bed, a computer, a cooler, and a coffee table. Even though the mighty uneven scales of Candor are taking up half the floor, it's clear that she's tried to make it resemble a Dauntless Apartment.

I can't help but admire her a bit more after noticing that.

She locks the door behind us and goes to the middle of the room where I'm standing.

"Alright, so what did she say?" For some odd reason it's starting to feel like this room is closing in on me and I have a sudden ambition to get this exchange between us over and done with as soon as possible.

Lauren however, doesn't seem to feel any of my sudden discomfort. "Well, basically, she agreed to meet with him at The Bean the day after tomorrow to discuss the treaty, and I think we should go to see how it goes."

I take a minute to let this sink in. I can hardly believe that Jeanine Matthews would agree to meet with the Candor Faction leader Jack Kang that is currently housing tons of Dauntless by herself. There has to be something else to it.

"Is the all she said?" I ask her.

"That's all I heard."

That doesn't do much to reassure me.

"Okay. Now what did you want to show me?"

She goes over to her bed to retrieve something from under her pillow it looks like. I go over and stand beside her, trying to get a closer look.

But when she pulls her hand out, there's nothing there.

Juet before I can contemplate what in the world this means, she leans forward and starts kissing me, right on the mouth.

Before she can get as far as I'm sure she wants to, I pull away and step several steps away.

"What was that for?!" I ask, my cheeks hot with embarrassment.

She's blushing to. "Can you not see how much I love you Four? I know you don't have a lot of experience in this area but I made it completely obvious!"

My eyes widen as I realize what she's saying.

But that can't be true can it? The only one on this Earth that loves me is Tris. Surely not Lauren, the girl I used to work with all the time in Dauntless.

"How?" I ask, and I know it sounds stupid, but I need major clarification.

"What do you mean how? Look at yourself! You only have Four fears, everyone is intimidated by you, you passed at the top of your class... " She trails off and looks me in the eye. "I admire you, Four."

I look at her like she's crazy even though I understand what she's saying.

"Look Lauren... I'm glad to know that you feel like that about me, but I'm with Tris and I love her. I'm sure there's someone else here who admires you just as much as you admire me." I try for a smile but realize that it probably looks really bad.

"Alright. It's fine. There are plenty fish in the sea." She's smiling but I can tell she's disappointed.

She goes to unlock the door and dismisses me with a slight wave.

I know rejecting her was the right thing to do, and every though I don't regret it, I didn't expect to feel so bad about it.

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