Chapter one
Tris's P.O.V
Three months. That's how longs it has been, although it seems like years. just three months. That when every thing went down hill and hasn't stopped since. Three months ago I figured out that my mother's mother wasn't Edith Prior but Amanda Ritter and that she willingly forgot her past, her family, and her home. I have changed since then, but who couldn't after seeing everything I've seen? We have all changed, but apparently my new self wasn't good enough for Tobias. He broke up with me two months ago because "I'm too reckless and don't care about life," he was wrong, but he's not anymore. I cared about life when he was there beside me but now I have nothing to live for. He doesn't even know what he meant, means to me, he's probably already got another girlfriend who's prettier and nicer than I ever was. There was never a short supply of girls willing to go out with him, let's just say he's a ten on the hot-o-meter. But now what? I have no parent's and a brother who betrayed me. I have no one. That is what has brought me to where I'm standing today.
I think about all of these things as I hear the powerful churning of the chasm just one step away from being my final resting point. I think of Al and how I thought him a coward after he jumped, but now I feel more compassion towards him. I wonder what he was thinking about when he was in this very position, just moments before he jumped and ended his life for good. I think of my mother, my father, Caleb, and lastly I think of Tobias or four to me now I guess since I no longer mean anything to him. He won't miss me. No one will. That is the last thing I think before I close my eyes, take a shaky breath and take one small step that sends me over the chasm.
Tobias's P.O.V
I wake up in a cold sweat… again. And I think of Tris which just causes more pain. I was dreaming about her again and this time was worse than usual she was trapped in a glass box and I couldn't get to her. It wouldn't be that bad but than Eric appeared in the box with Tris, he stared hitting her in the face and stomach and rib's, I'm sure there would be awful bruises afterward. I start hitting the box hoping I could break it. Eric see's my struggle and laughs then puts his full attention on Tris as he pins her against the wall and fits his lips to hers. He's not gentle, he forces her mouth open and she cries out, looking at me, pleading for me to help her. This puts me in a frenzy I break my fingers and toes trying to get in the box, get to Tris. Again no success and Eric takes to sucking on her neck. I wake up right as he pulls out a gun and blows off her head. Let's just say I haven't slept through the night in a long, long time. Two months to be precise. That when I broke up with her, trust me I didn't want to, you have no idea how much it kills me inside to not feel her warm lips pressed against my own, but it was for her own good. After she saw the video she wasn't the same she did crazy things with no thought about her safety. She became distant to me and I decided we needed to take some time so she could find herself again. I tried to help her, I really did, but in the end I realized she would need to help herself, so I told her we just needed to take some time apart. It was the biggest mistake of my life; I spend every second of every day regretting it. She's probably already over me off with some other guy. No, I can't afford to think like that I'm going to get her back, I am!
I won't be able to sleep with thoughts of that awful dream still fresh in my mind, so I quickly slip into a tight black t-shirt and black pants. I'm planning on going to the chasm. It helps me think, hearing the roar of the water sooths me. I start on my way to the chasm when I see a small, feminine figure walking ahead of me. Tris, I could tell her apart from anyone. I'm about to leave her be when I suddenly get curios about where she is planning on going at three in the morning. So, I do something that I'm not proud of, and very well know is creepy, but I'm worried about her. What else could I do? I follow her. Apparently, we have the same destination in mind because she slowly makes her way to the chasm; I follow at a distance as not to alarm her of my presents. When I turn the corner I realize she's is stepping over the railing to the waters below her. WHAT IS SHE DOING? She can't honestly be thinking about killing herself can she? No, the Tris I know would never do that, she to brave and to strong for that, she is! But before I can even grasp the thought I see her start to take a step towards the edge, the step that just might take her life. I don't have time to think I just act. I run as fast and I can to where she is, by the time I'm almost there she finishes her step and starts to fall. I can't lose her, I can't! I get there just in time to grab her hand before she tumbles into the deadly water.