Notice how my name doesn't start with a V, therefore I can't be Veronica Roth. So, I cant own the characters, only the plot.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
I growl as I slam my hand on the alarm clock, and wince a little bit when I see the pieces fall onto the carpeted floor. Tori won't be happy about that. I sit up and walk to the bathroom, passing the mirror on the way. I quickly spot my yellow eyes and rub them to get rid of the yellow. Unlike most wolfbloods my eyes change to yellow, for most of the other wolfbloods, their eyes just change to a black or an extremely dark brown. Let me explain.
I'm a wolfblood, and the princess of the Romanian pack, the largest pack of wolfbloods in the whole history of wolfbloods. I was born in Romania while the rest of my family was born in Chicago. My family taught me two languages, Romanian, obviously, and now English. My father is the king alpha and my mum is the queen. My brother would've been the prince but he declined the position so that he could help our pack in other ways, like medicine, and I'm the princess. I got a lot of the 'powers' that a wolfblood can get, super hearing, super speed, extremely good eyesight (if I concentrate I can see the eyelashes of a bunny from half of a mile away) and I can phase into a wolf. Notice how I didn't say 'change' because when I'm into wolf form I can reason and think like a human, and when I'm in my human form I can think like an animal and you the powers that a wolf would normally have.
My father and mother moved me to Chicago with Tori and Bud, my guards, well Bud is, Tori is his mate and my godmother. Mates. Each wolfblood has one mate, only one. They are each half of a whole, they complete each other. Mates are made for each other, once they've found each other they are inseparable. So when Bud found his mate he and Tori became my guards. I'm going to be living with them. I have not found my mate, it may take centuries for a wolfblood to find its mate. Wolfbloods can live for centuries, last I checked.
The reason my father has moved me to Chicago is because I almost got kidnapped, keyword ALMOST. You see female wolfbloods are in very high demand, and some stupid wolfbloods think that any female will calm the wolf inside them. They have forgotten that Luna, our deity, only made one true mate for each wolfblood. Me, being from one of the most powerful and respected wolfblood packs makes me a target for kidnapping. So to keep me 'safe' he sent me to live in Chicago to finish out the last two years of high school, not to mention seeing the world was on my bucket list. I may or may not have suggested the idea, after all it's better than spending the rest of my days in a silver coated room. Fun fact: silver burns wolfbloods. This brings us to now.
After my yellow eyes are gone, I go to my closet and asses my wardrobe. It's mainly blacks and dark blues because in Romania is cold and dark, not to mention it has dense forests which I miss. I decide on some black ripped skinny jeans, a plain black t-shirt, and my favorite leather jacket. I run a brush through my dirty blonde hair that reaches my lower back, putting it in a loose ponytail, intending to fix it later, as I go downstairs for breakfast.
"Prințesă, şcoala începe în douăzeci de minute. Grăbeşte-the şi micul dejun!", Tori yells from down the hall. I wince, why must she be so loud. (Princess, school starts in twenty minutes. Hurry up and eat breakfast!)
"Tori, English please, super hearing, and for the last time it's Tris not Prințesă(princess)", I yell back to her.
"Scuze, I mean sorry", she corrects herself as she glides into the kitchen, curtsying like tradition, a.k.a the 'royal manners' state she should.
"Oh, Prin-Tris when are you going to teach your self defense class at the gym", Bud asks as he hugs Tori and kisses her on the cheek, not forgetting to bow. Bud owns a gym and me being an ex-MMA fighter he thought that I'd be a good fit for teaching the class. I first learned MMA as a way to defend myself because while I may be a princess but I don't need some Prince Charming to save me. It soon became a love of mine, unfortunately I have been kicked out. They kicked me out when they found out I was leaving the country. Thankfully, no one besides Bud and Tori know about that, and Susan because she had to fix me up sometimes after a bad fight.
"Umm what days am I going to teach it, I think that American schools work differently than Pack school", I state. Back home, school was taught within the pack and this school might work differently.
"Poate te pot invata-l pe week-end. Dacă doriţi, desigur, trebuie să fie greu transeferring la o nouă şcoală într-o ţară nouă"(Okay, well maybe you can teach it on the weekends. If you want of course, it must be hard transferring to a new school in a new country), he assumes and I guess that he is right.
"Da (yes), I assume it will be, but mulțumesc (thank you) Bud", I tell him as I grab an apple and a couple strips of bacon. I quickly gobble it down and go back to my room to brush my teeth.
"Tris, don't forget to plan on teaching a gym class one of these days", Bud almost yells but doesn't.
"I'll put it in my planner and mulțumesc for not strigând (yelling), good job you guys now I'm incorporating Romanian into my regular sentences", I yell back to them and I hear two small chuckles. I gaze into the mirror after I brush my teeth. My pale skin, my too long nose, my eyes that are too big for my face, giving me the doe-eyed look which makes me look like I'm twelve. Tris, you can do this, no one knows you, you can be Tris just Tris, not Princess, not Prințesa, no bowing, just Tris, I think to myself. I put my hair in a high ponytail and grab my combat boots that Bud got me for my sixteenth birthday. I jump over the railing of the stairs and run to grab my phone. I grab my book bag which is black with super tiny red and orange dots all over it.
"Tori de pa. La revedere Bud (Bye Tori. Bye Bud)", I yell as I get ready to walk out the door.
"Tris, do you need me to drive you", Tori softly calls out.
"Eu voi merge. Dumnezeu lim vorbind în limbs română ( I'll walk. Damn it I'm speaking in Romanian)", I yell and I hear Tori chuckling. "It's not amuzant! (funny) Dumnezeu (damn it)", I almost angrily squeal.
I walk to school, and check my phone and see that it's seven here which means it's around three p.m. in Romania. I call my father and listen to the ringing as I wait for him to pick up, while walking at a slightly fast pace.
"Acest lucru este Andrew Prior (This is Andrew Prior)", he answers formally.
"Salut, tata (Hi, Dad)", I say into the phone.
"Beatrice", he questions.
"Da, I mean yes. Tata can we speak in English I'm trying to get out of speaking Romanian", I answer.
"Sigur, I mean sure".
"How is Mum, Caleb, the pack", I ask. I ask about Mum mainly because I'm her little pup and she had a hard time parting with me. Caleb just because he is my one and only brother. The pack because we have some un-mated males and they can become violent and aggressive.
"Your Mum is fine, Caleb is studying, and the pack is good", he says as I walk into the front office.
"I have to go, Tata".
"Okay bye, Beatrice". I walk up to the line at the front desk. Two other people are in front of me.
"Zeke will you go find Christina, she's an ambassador for a new student", the lady at the desk says to the lean guy in a black shirt in the front of the line. He walks past me and I catch the unmistakeable scent of wolfblood. The black haired girl in front of me asks some question about the library and leaves quickly.
"Umm I'm a new student here, Tris Prior", I say and I realize how out of place my accent sounds.
"Ahh yes our new student, well here's your schedule and your ambassador is Christina Jacksons. She'll be here in a moment", the lady chirps as she hands me a sheet of paper that I suppose is my schedule.
Locker: 646 Combination: 46-23-06 Homeroom: C228/Lassiter
Black Day Homeroom is everyday before Period 1
Period 1: AP Language Arts/ Room C228/ Lassiter
Period 2: Nature Science/ Portable 8/ Reyes
Period 3: AP Math/ Room A209/ Deckerson
Period 4: Lunch
Period 5: AP Science/ Room D215/ Mathews
Period 6: Gym/ Room E212/ Reden
Period 7: Art/ Room C217/Tori
Red Day
Period 1: AP Language Arts/ Room C228/ Lassiter
Period 2: Health/ Room D115/ Profit
Period 3: AP Math/ Room A209/ Deckerson
Period 4: Lunch
Period 5: AP History/ Room C110/ Max
Period 6: Art Helper/ Room C217/ Tori
Period 7: Free or Art Helper
Hmm I didn't think that Lassie left California maybe it's just another person that has the last name Lassiter. I didn't know that Tori would be teaching here. Suddenly, I feel a tap on my shoulder. I jump in surprise before turning around to see a girl with mocha skin and dark brown hair, her light brown eyes sparkling. She also smells like a wolfblood.
"Hi you must be Tris, I'm Christina", she says holding out her hand.
"Da, I mean yes, I'm Tris", I tell her while staring at her hand, at home we hugged as greeting we don't do whatever Christina does.
"You shake it, silly", she giggles as she grabs my hand and shakes it for me. I give a small smile and look down as I blush. She grabs my schedule from my hands and examines it. "Okay we have first, third, seventh, lunch, and P.E. together but I think that you have second with Zeke, Will, and Four. You got fourth with Uriah and Four. You also have seventh with everyone", she squeals as I resist the urge to wince. And how the hell did she remember all that stuff about her friends' schedules. "Come on follow me I'll take you to meet everyone", she tells me as she drags me out of the office onto the courtyard. She leads me to a group of four people situated around a tree. "Guys this is Tris, she's new here. She moved from... where did you move from", Christina asks uncertainly.
"Umm I moved from Romania", I tell her as I dig the ball of my foot into the ground and smell my surroundings. All of these people smell distinctly of wolfblood. I'd recognize the 'foresty' smell anywhere. I wish I could phase my eyes, if I did that I'd be able to see their wolf spirit. The wolf isn't a different being it's a part of your soul, except the wolf doesn't like to be hidden therefore it makes themselves known to wolfbloods to show unity.
"Well you've got a really cool accent, I'm Uriah by the way", a tan guy with blonde hair and deep brown eyes says as he holds his hand out. His eyes are filled with a twinkle that leads me to believe he is mischievous. I stare at his outstretched hand, still not really sure what to do.
"Umm in my country we really don't shake hands, so I'm sorry if this is kind of awkward", I explain.
"What do you do in Romania for greetings", the guy who looks like Uriah, sharing the same sparkle in his eyes, asks.
"Umm we hug", I stutter as I blush and look down at the ground. Well, family hugs, I am usually bowed to because of my status but I don't exactly like being treated like a royal. I feel a pair of arms around me. I look up to see Christina hugging me tightly. I smile and gently hug her back. Uriah and the older boy that looks like Uriah follow along with two girls. One of the girls has shoulder length brown hair and smells like the boy who looks like Uriah, I'm assuming that those two are dating. The other girl has golden blonde hair that rests in bouncy curls and by the way Uriah's looking at her, he's got a crush. A lanky boy with celery green eyes and light blonde hair lays his arm over Christina's shoulders. The boy has a look in his eyes that reminds me of Caleb, analytical and curious but there's something about his eyes that give me the thought that he's more than that.
"So, what's everyone's name", I ask awkwardly after everyone finishes hugging me.
"OMG, where are my manners", Christina exclaims.
"I'm Zeke", the boy that looks like Uriah tells me as he wraps his arm around the girl with brown hair.
"I'm Shauna", the brown haired girl tells me as Zeke kisses her cheek. The girl, Shauna, stifles a smile that I'm sure would threaten to break her face.
"I'm Marlene but people call me Mar. You can call me either one", the bright blonde haired girl tells me. Her greenish-brown eyes mixed with her bouncing curls makes me want to smile. She walks toward Uriah with a skip in her step, a childish joy surrounds her that seems to light up everything around her.
"Your English is very good", Zeke states seeming surprised that I can even speak.
"Umm yes, my parents thought it'd be foolish for me to only know one language so they taught me english", I answer, trying to not be offended by Zeke. Remember Tris, most people didn't have the upbringing that you had.
"Oh Tris this is my boyfriend, Will", she tells me as she leans her head on his shoulder.
Christina is definitely a wolfblood and most wolfbloods don't date because why date when there is a person made specifically for you. That means that Will and Christina are mates. I give a small wave to Will and dig the ball of my foot further into the ground.
"You're from Romania, so did you ever visit Dracula's castle", I actually get this question a lot but as a joke. Even though I do actually know him. Fun fact: vampires are real.
"Yes, actually. He babysat me when I was little. I remember he always did have an affinity for stabbing things with sticks", I say, an automatic reaction from the multiple times of questioning. They all kind of stop and stare at me a bit, seeming a little surprised that I talked back. Way to go, Tris. You haven't even been here an hour and you're already freaking people out. Then, Uriah starts laughing and everyone else follows, thank goodness.
"I think that we're going to become good friends, Tris", Uriah says in between laughs.
"Well, I'm going to take Tris to class early so that she can situated and everything", Christina tells the group as she pulls my arm towards the school. We walk into Language Arts and the teacher is bent under his desk.
"Umm Mister Lassiter", Christina calls. He stands up and I gasp, it's Lassie.
"Lassie", I ask in surprise, recognizing his outline. He turns to me and his eyes widen.
"Prințesă, Surioara (little sister)", he 'manly' squeals. I throw my arms around him as he spins me around.
"Am I missing something here", Christina asks amused.
"Oh, Lassie here was my tutor and roommate for a little while", I explain. "Mă duc de Tris, Lassie (I go by Tris, Lassie)", I tell him. "Când fost virata aici?(When did you transfer here?)", I ask.
"Despre un an în urmă (About a year ago)", Lassie answers.
"Este extraordinar! Si ghici ce aveţi pentru a pune sus cu mine în fiecare zi pentru tot restul anului! (That's great! And guess what you have to put up with me everyday for the rest of the year!)", I exclaim.
"Ugh, Nu, trebuie să vedem zi cu zi pentru tot restul anului (No, I have to see you everyday for the rest of the year)", he groans sarcastically.
"Stii tu ma iubesti (you know you love me)", I tease.
Lassie huffs but says, "Da". Lassie is one of the only humans who know of our existence. He actually saved me from drowning in a white water river. Lucas Martin was trying to kill me but then he was captured and I killed him. It's a thing with wolfbloods, you're supposed to kill the person that has unsuccessfully tried to kill you. He's one of my best friends even though he's six years older than me. Not to mention, my parents legally adopted him when they realized that he was all alone in the world.
"Tris I knew you'd fit in and look you're already friends with the teacher", Uriah says as he walks to Christina.
"Umm I actually knew Lassie, I mean Mister Lassiter from when I was like eight", I explain.
"Oh", Christina says but she looks at us skeptically. She goes and sits down at one of the tables in the back of the class. I give Lassie one last hug before I go sit with Christina. I grab my book out of my back, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, I've read it a thousand times but it's such a good book. I look over my book to see Lassie smiling to himself.
Feeling much more comfortable in this class, due to Lassie, I put my feet on the table, smiling a little bit when Lassie gives me a playful disapproving look. Christina and Uriah both scoot in towards me with questioning looks in their eyes.
"How did you meet him", Christina asks her voice having a slight accusatory tinge.
"When I was little I tripped and fell into a river, it was like a white water river or it had rapids", I stumble over the words, my English is still not my best language and my accent does not help me form the words. I close my book and lay it on my lap so that I can pay attention to Christina and Uriah, "Lassie saved me from drowning, I was unconscious at the time", I explain the story is partially true and partially false.
"But you guys look so much closer than just a kid who was saved from drowning and her rescuer", Uriah questions a he wiggles his eyebrows implying that we were dating.
"Eww, Uriah it's not like that. He was a foreign exchange student and he was living with my aunt for the program, he also taught me English", I explain using the lie that our family created. Lassie's family was actually killed by Lucas and his pack, Lassie was the only one to survive. He was running from Lucas's pack when he saved me. My family took him in when they found out that he saved me. He taught me American culture and I taught him Romanian/Romanian culture. We schooled him for the rest of his high school years and we also sent him to college. Lassie and I used to Skype a lot, probably everyday or so but when the threats of kidnapping came up we had to stop. My father thought that the wolves trying to kidnap me would hack into my phone and find Lassie and then hurt him to get me to come with them willingly. "Lassie is like my brother", I clarify to them just to make sure that they don't get the notion that I'm hooking up with a teacher. They nod and Uriah scoots back to his table.
The bell rings and I resist the urge to wince, why must everything be so loud.
"Okay class since it's the first day just talk and get to know your table partner because you'll be sitting with them for the rest of the year", Lassie announces. Uriah and his table partner, Marlene, scoot towards us along with Zeke and Shauna.
"Tris, why did Mister Lassiter call you 'Princess' when we came in here", Christina asks as she looks at her phone, showing me the translation. Well, at least she didn't get the 'little sister' part, I kind of want to keep that part on the down low.
"Oh, it's like a nickname because I was kind of prissy when I was little so I guess he thought that I acted like a princess, thus the name", I explain hoping that the lie works. Christina looks very skeptical but nods along with the rest of the group. "So tell me about toate de tine, I'm sorry, I mean tell me about all of you", I say flustered.
"Well, I'm first, I, Zeke am the most attractive Pedrad brother, Uriah and I throw the most amazing parties, I'm also dating Shauna", Zeke tells me. I knew that Uriah and Zeke looked similar.
"I'm dating Zeke, obviously and I have a little sister named Lynn and a little brother named Hector", Shauna says.
"Zeke is wrong, I am the most attractive brother, I'm dating Marlene, but Zeke and I do throw the best parties", Uriah explains. Why does everyone tell me who they're dating.
"I'm dating Uriah, and uhh that's pretty much it, I'm pretty normal", Marlene tells me, and I resist the urge to scoff. They're wolfbloods nothing is normal about them.
"Why does everyone tell me who they're dating", I ask. "Do you guys think that I'll steal your boyfriends", I joke, they don't laugh, they're faces stay straight and I realize that they think that I'll do that. I take my feet off the table and say, "Oh, guys I was joking, do you really think that my first move would be getting a boyfriend. Yeah, hey self how about on the first day of your new school in a new country you steal someone's boyfriend, yeah great idea self let's do that. Do you guys seriously think that, I'm not even that pretty. I mean, I guess I don't break the mirror but I certainly am not a model for Vogue or something", I assure them and they laugh at first.
"Tris, have you not seen all of the guys staring at you, they're practically drooling", Christina says and everyone else nods. I wave them off. My pale skin, dull hair, my gray eyes, and my still twelve year old style body don't exactly make me pretty. Zeke, Shauna, and Will leave to go to their first period. Zeke has Nature Science second along with Will but Will has to go to Exploring Careers bell rings and I walk out of the classroom waiting for Zeke, I have no idea where anything is in this building. Zeke finally comes around, smiling, I follow him to Nature Science. I bump into someone and 'fall', well more like they push me on the ground.
"Watch where you're going, bitch", a high pitched male voice 'threateningly' tells me. I look at the ground for fear of my eyes changing. "Aww, is the little bitch afraid to look up", the voice says again. The guy pushes my shoulder and I freeze up, I don't like people that I can't see especially when they touch me. "Hey guys she's frozen stiff, hey she's a little stiff. Hey Stiff, pick up your books", the voice tells me as he kicks my book bag across the hallway.
"Peter, leave Tris alone", Zeke snaps at the guy who I assume is Peter. I smile a little bit but keep my eyes glued to the ground, I can tell that they're going to be yellow. I stand up and go grab my bag, not lifting my eyes to the ground. I slide down the wall and put my face in my hands. I need to calm down.
"So, Zeke, tell me about your parties", I ask Zeke as I stand up, careful not to look up.
"Umm, Sure. Oh, I can't wait for you to come to our parties, we usually host one at the beginning of school and one on Halloween, I don't know if we'll do one for Christmas this year ", he babbles on in completely normal small talk. I smile at the normalcy that he keeps, hosting parties, just being a regular guy. My eyes don't feel like they'll be yellow anymore, I check my reflection on my phone screen and my eyes are back to their usual gray.
Will is already sitting at a four person table, he waves us over once he sees us.
"Hey Tris", Will says enthusiastically.
"Wow feeling the love, Will, feeling the love", Zeke tells us as he puts his hand over his heart. Will waves him off and he scrunched his nose up."Where's Four", Zeke asks.
"Probably slept in, you know how he likes to miss the first day of school", Will answers. Zeke nods and drums his fingers on the table. Zeke's smell has power in it but not alpha power, he is most likely the beta. How do I get them to admit that they're wolfbloods, they have to change on a full moon. That's a downside of being a wolfblood, you have to phase on a full moon, other than that, phasing is completely optional. Zeke's power is very strong for such a small pack, even though they all have their mates, it shouldn't be this strong. Maybe their alpha has a mate with a powerful bloodline or something.
"Do you guys smell that", Zeke asks. I sniff the air, I don't smell anything other than them.
"What does it smell like", I inquire, not really nervous because my smell is disguised either way.
"I don't know, kind of like, I don't know", he shrugs, "It's gone now anyway". Yep, it's me, the herbs I use to disguise my smell aren't the strongest. The teacher walks in, her hair covering one side of her face. She smells trustworthy, did I mention that, because I'm a powerful wolfblood I can tell someone's personality, if they're not a wolfblood, through smell.
"So class, welcome to Nature Science. Normally, we would be working with our table groups on projects but since it's the first day, I don't really want to assign homework. So just talk amongst yourselves", she calls out. I feel a buzz in my pocket and pull out my phone. A notification of a text lights up my phone screen. I unlock my phone to find the text is from Caleb.
C: Hey little sis, just got finished studying. I wanted to see how your first day of school in America is going, and yes I will text you in English forever since you're living in America now.
Me: OK Caleb. How's Susan?
Susan is Caleb's mate. He met her at the hospital that Mum used to volunteer at. Susan is a healer, which basically means that she is a doctor for wolfbloods specifically.
C: She's fine. I don't want to keep you from school, so bye. I love you.
Me: Bye Caleb, love you too.
"Oh, who's Caleb and you love him", Zeke screeches from behind my shoulder.
"Eww, Zeke, Caleb is my brother. I'm as you Americans say Pringle single", I explain, hoping that I got the analogy right.
"Do you mean single pringle", Will asks.
"Da, ugh, I mean yes", I clarify as I blush from getting the analogy wrong.
But onto other topics, how will I get them to admit that they're all wolfbloods. I can't come to school on full moon days because royals phase very early and my eyes change color and they don't change back no matter how hard I try. I could always use the royal power which makes submissive wolfbloods obey me, but I really want them to be my friends because of my personality not my ranking. I had enough of that back home, I don't want it here. I guess after a month or two I can really call them my friends. I need to find a place that is safe for me to phase in, like a forest or park or something like that. Maybe I could scout the city out later today. I'm snapped out of my daydream by the ringing of the bell. Will and Zeke flank my sides just like they would if we were in wolf form. They lead me down a hallway and stop midway.
"Okay Tris, your math is the second door on your left", Zeke tells me as he points to a black door. I smile and walk to my math class. I find Christina sitting in the back of the room, surrounded by Shauna, Marlene, and Uriah. She waves me over and I find a seat next to Marlene. Christina told me that Shauna is getting her volunteer hours in by being a teaching assistant for this class, that's one upside to math.
"So Tris, is there anything you want to do, this weekend. The gang always meets up on Friday or Saturday to do something fun", Uriah asks.
"Oh, yes, it has guns and paint. You hit people with paint for fun using your gun. I don't know what it's called", I tell her excitedly. I had always wanted to play it. We only had real guns back home, so we could never play around with them.
"Aww that is so cute, you don't know what it's called", Shauna says. Cute, CUTE. She thinks I'M cute. I could rip her to shreds if I wanted to, which of course I don't but I could. I'm a terrifying wolf.
"Tris Prior is not cute", I grumble while I cross my arms over my chest. Shauna just smiles and bops my nose with her pointer finger.
"It's called paintball", Shauna explains. Ahh yes, that's what it's called, paintball.
****timeskip to lunch****
I go to my locker to get the lunch that Tori packed me. I already know that it's going to be high protein, high carb, and it will probably weigh five pounds. I open my locker and grab the plastic grocery bag, sure enough it weighs around five pounds. Christina shows me the table that contains Will, and Uriah who are already eating. I go sit down next to them while Christina goes to the lunch line. I sit across from Uriah and start to open my lunch. One ham and turkey sandwich, one turkey and bacon sandwich, and one turkey, bacon, ham, and chicken sandwich, three bottles of water, two apples, a bag of pretzels, a couple rice cakes, and twelve The Devil's Creations which is bacon inside jalapeños. I have a serious spice tolerance, which is weird because usually wolfbloods are super sensitive to spice. I look over to see Zeke, Will, Shauna, Uriah, Marlene and Christina staring at me with open mouths.
"What", I ask a little defensively. They just point to my food and then back to me. I shrug and start to eat. I finish the sandwiches in a matter of minutes and then move onto the pretzels.
"How", Uriah and Zeke both repeat over and over again. I quickly finish my pretzels and rice cakes. My mouth practically waters at my The Devil's Creation. I start to pop them into my mouth one at a time, groaning over how amazing it tastes.
"What are those", Uriah asks.
"Oh these, my family calls them The Devil's Creation. It's bacon inside of a jalapeño", I explain. "Do you want to try one", I ask him, he nods. "Are you sure", I ask again. He nods and holds out his hand. I place one in his hand and wait for his reaction. He puts it in his mouth. He smiles at first but it's soon replaced by a frown and then his face is the color of a tomato.
"How in all of hell do you eat that, Tris", Uriah asks. I shrug but give a small smile. "Agh, oh my god, get me water, I need water", he screams and runs up to some kid. He takes the water bottle and pours the contents sloppily over his mouth, only some water getting in his mouth. I smile and finish the rest of my jalapeños.
****time skip to Gym****
Science wasn't really much fun. The teacher seemed mean and her smell was very untrustworthy. All she talked about is how we need to pay attention in that class and to not be useless burnouts and slackers like the rest of our walks with me to the gym. The gym teacher, Coach Reden, isn't going to make us dress into our gym clothes until next class. He said that we're going to be doing a free unit for the first semester and then a common sports unit for the second semester. We just sit on the bleachers and hangout for the whole period.
"Tris we are going paint balling this weekend. You're coming right", Marlene asks.
"Da, I'm sorry, I mean yes, I would love to come", I practically squeal.
"Tris, you can speak Romanian if you want, none of us care, just translate", Will assures me. I smile at him but shake my head, I'm in America and I want to get better at speaking in English. The bell rings and I walk to art, mainly just following Tori's scent not Christina. I smile at Tori when we walk in.
"How's your day been so far", she asks under her breath, lightly curtsying it is almost unrecognizable but I notice it, I can hear her due to my super hearing. I flash her a quick thumbs up and go sit next to Chris.
"Okay class today you can do anything as long as there is art involved and yes, you may talk", Tori announces. I pull my sketch pad out of my book bag and begin to draw a forest scene of a wolf against five other wolves. The five wolves are foaming from the mouth and the single wolf is growling at them while it guards a child. I feel scared, of course I was raised to be impassive in my expressions, so I draw my feelings and I'm feeling scared, I'm the child not ready to be on my own but I'm also the wolf ready to fight my own battles. The bell snaps me out of my trance. I get up and put my sketch pad in my bag.
"Do you need a ride, Tris", Tori asks. I shake my head and walk out with the group. I follow Christina out of the building and begin to walk on the path towards home.
"Tris, you need a ride", Christina calls out.
"Umm no, I'll walk home, but thank you", I yell back with a wave. I begin walk home. I'm about halfway when I see a small forest. I walk in through a clearing of sorts. I take out my phone and text Tori.
Me: Tori I'm going to explore a forest I found. It might be a good place for us to phase. I will be home in time for dinner.
Tori: Ok. Have fun.
Okay. So I know I haven't posted anything since my grandmother last went on the internet(which is never) but I've be sporadically working on this. I hope that I can update regularly and dodge all the butter knives being thrown my way. :)
Trying my best not to fuck everything up,
Defying Nature