Tris's POV

I wake up at 6:30 in the morning to get the kids ready for school. I live in a more...secluded part of Dauntless. It's 30 minutes away from the real compound but that's okay with me. I need to get Chrissy and Uri ready for school. I have a 7 year old daughter, Christina Natalie Prior, and a 7 year old son, Uriah William Prior. I start making their lunches. I had just found out that I was pregnant 7 years ago, I was engaged to Tobias. I was walking down the halls, ready to tell him when I find him kissing his old fellow initiate, Mia. I was outraged. I screamed at him and threw the ring at him, then I moved away. I'm now a really famous author/singer. I've only written 1 book, thank god I'm a good singer. I look at the locket Tobias gave me for me passing initiation. I'm 24 years old now, but I'm a damn good singer. I look at the clock and it's 7:30 a.m., I made the lunches and breakfasts and packed their backpacks. Okay.

"CHRISSY! URI! I MADE CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS!" I yell. I know they're usually up by 7:15 a.m. so I know I'm not waking them up. I hear the sound of 2 pairs of feet running down the stairs. Muffins are their favorite breakfast food. Uri has Tobias's dark hair and my blue, almost grey, eyes. Chrissy has my blonde hair and Tobias's dark blue eyes. They devour the muffins and head to school. The rest of my day is peaceful and while I'm getting ready to pick up the kids, I get a call from my manager. I go on tour a lot and bring the kids, they're really cool with it. They like skipping school anyways. I'm not a very good mom for letting them miss school for a concert but they're both Dauntless so it's not very unusual, even if they're in the first grade.

"Hey Matt, what's up?" I ask.

"Well, I just booked you a place to stay for your next concert."

"Where's my next concert?"

"The Dauntless compound... For a month. You leave tomorrow"

"WHAT?! I thought to tell you never to book me there. You know damn well why." Matthew's my boyfriend, I told him everything.

"I'm sorry Tris, the company told me that if you don't do this concert, you've lost your contract."

"Fine. And I already know where I'm staying, you can un-book whatever."

"I'll take your room. I was gonna stay with my old friend in Dauntless, but I'll take your hotel room instead."

"Okay Matt."

"Bye Tris."

"Bye Matt."

I hang up and pick up the kids. Every time I pick them up, I get some students asking for my autograph. It's a little annoying but I oblige. When I go to their school, I pull up and see Chrissy and Uri walking out.

"Mommy! Chrissy likes someone!" Uri shouts.

"Do you now?" I chuckle.

"Are you mad mommy?" Chrissy puts on her angel face. I know she's trying hard not to slap Uri.

"I'm not mad. I think it's so adorable!" I squeal.

"Oh my gosh mommy! Please don't humiliate me in front of people." she groans. I laugh a little then nod.

"So kids, I have something important to tell you." I say.

"It wasn't me!" they yell in unison. I laugh.

"No, it's nothing like that, although I'm a little suspicious now." I say. "Anyways, we're going on tour to the Dauntless compound for a month."

They start smiling and jumping up and down. They've always wanted to see the Dauntless compound. But, too many memories for me. It's a bit dangerous there too. I've sheltered my children a little more than normal Dauntless. See, I live in the "nicer" part of Dauntless for the "richer" people in Dauntless. I don't really like being a singer because I hate attention, but it gives me enough money and more to raise my kids on my own in Dauntless. I chose tattooist at the Choosing Ceremony but then I changed it after..."it" happened. I take them home and we start packing. I cook dinner, we eat, and I tuck them in. I lay awake in bed thinking about Tobias. I really like Matt but we only started going out 2 months ago. I still love Tobias and it hurts me to admit it. I fall asleep thinking, "I might see Tobias tomorrow...with another girl."

TIME SKIP

We've just arrived at the Dauntless compound, I had to drive there. There was no way in hell I was going to let my kids jump on or off a train until they'd reached double digits. I brought my new best friend, Kelly, up with me so she can drive back. After I left, I made no contact with anyone in the Dauntless compound what so ever. Not even Christina. I remember it like it was yesterday.

*FLASHBACK*

I've just told Christina what I saw and she's furious. I can't believe Tobias would cheat on me like that! We were engaged for god sakes. If he's that big of an asshole to propose to me then go and cheat on me...

"Want me to kick his ass?" Christina asks.

"No, I could kick his ass if I wanted to."

"You could probably make him stay with you, you know. No one would be stupid enough to leave a pregnant girl, especially in Dauntless."

"I don't want to make him stay."

"Then what do you want Tris?"

"I came here to tell you I'll be gone for a while."

"What?"

"Tell the others I'm sorry and slap Four and say it's from me."

"Where are you going? What's gonna happen to you? Will you be okay? What happens if-"

"Don't worry about me, okay? I need you to stay strong and do this for me."

"I understand, if you ever need a place to stay-" her voice cracks at the end. I nod. She has tears in her eyes. We hug and I leave. I need to get away from this place. I look at her one more time and whisper, "goodbye." I close the door softly an leave.

*FLASHBACK ENDS*

"This place is awesome!" my kids exclaim.

"That's not loud enough," I smirk. "You're also allowed to use curse words here."

"THIS PLACE IS FREAKING AWESOME!" They yell and smile.

"Wanna meet some of mommy's old friends?" I ask. They nod. I pick up Uri and Chrissy and walk to the cafeteria, it's lunchtime. Thank god I'm strong, or else I wouldn't be able to carry 2 7 year olds. I walk in and immediately spot my friends.

"You see those people over there?" I point to my friends. My kids nod. "I want Uri to jump on the guy with tan skin, chocolate brown eyes, and dark hair's lap and Chrissy to jump on the girl with tan skin, medium brown eyes, and short, dark hair's lap." They nod and run over to them. I chuckle and grab 3 hamburgers, 3 Dauntless cakes, and 3 sodas. When I walk over to the table and sit in my old place, my friends stop me.

"You can't sit there, that spot is reserved for an old friend," Malene says. I take off my sunglasses and hood and frown.

"Well now I'm just offended." I say. They look at me in shock and scream, "TRIS!"

"I see you've met my children." I point at Chrissy in Christina's lap and Uri in Uriah's lap. "These are my children, Christina Natalie Prior, everyone calls her Chrissy. And Uriah William Prior, everyone calls him Uri. Chrissy, Uri, these are my friends. Christina, Uriah, Will, Marlene, Zeke, and Shauna."

"You're pretty," Chrissy points at Christina. "When I was 5 my mommy showed me a picture of you and told me you were my godmother, is that true?"

Christina raises an eyebrow at me and I nod. She grins and says, "yup. That's me."

"And you're my godfather!" Uri points at Uriah. Uriah smiles and says, "yeah. You're mom and I were tight."

"What are you doing back here Tris? Not that I'm complaining," Shauna says.

"I'm on tour," I explain.

"I heard you were some famous singer, that's true, right?" Zeke asks. I nod.

"How long are you staying and where are you staying?" Will asks.

"I'm here for a month and I was hoping I could crash at Christina's." I say raising an eyebrow at Christina.

"Of course Tris! I remember our conversation like it was yesterday," she frowns at the memory. "You were gone for too long."

"I know, but I had to raise my kids in the secluded part of Dauntless." I say. Everyone gapes at me.

"You live there?!" they exclaim in unison.

"That place is for the richest people in Dauntless and sometimes leaders!" Uriah exclaims.

"I'm a pretty good singer." I say.

"Aren't you worried about running into Four?" Zeke asks.

"Who's Four?" Uri asks.

"Your father," I tell them.

"But you said-" I cut Chrissy off.

"I know what I said. His nickname is Four." I explain. My kids nod.

"Do your kids know what happened?" Marlene asks.

"I told them and I'm assuming Christina told all of you." they nod.

"We excluded him from our little group." Zeke says.

"So what's new?" I ask.

"SO MUCH! Marlene and Uriah got married, Zeke was best man and Shauna was the maid of honor. Lynn and I were bridesmaids. Will was a groomsman. Zeke and Shauna got married, Lynn was maid of honor and Uriah was best man. Marlene and I were brides maids and Will was a groomsman. Shauna and Zeke have a 6 year old boy and a 5 year old girl. Ash and Riley. Ash's the girl and Riley's the boy. Her real name's Ashley but we leave out the "ley" part. Lynn isn't here because she's sick and Will and I...sorta broke up. What's new with you?" Christina says in one breath. Too bad about her and Will though.

"Well, I became kind of famous and had 2 children that are here right now. I'm also dating my manager, Matthew." I say.

"Good for you!" Shauna says. "What's he like?"

"He has kind green eyes and light brown hair. He's really sweet and funny. He can be too serious at times but that's okay. He may sometimes be a party pooper but hey, what do you expect from a 25 year old Erudite?" I say.

"WHAT?!" they exclaim in unison. Uriah spits out his soda on Zeke and Marlene chokes on her cake. "You're dating an Erudite?!"

"Yeah. He's not bad though. It's hard to see him and every time I do it almost always is for work purposes. He's good to me though." I say. They nod understandingly. Christina says we have to go then stands up and picks up Chrissy and I take Uri. When we're at the apartment the kids are a little tired so we let them take a nap.

"So, Matthew huh?" Christina wiggles her eyebrows.

"Yeah."

"Are you scared of running into Four?"

"Extremely."

"Don't worry, we don't hang out with him anymore. Will and Zeke are the only ones who see him since he works in the control room too."

"Did anyone change jobs?"

"No. I got promoted to store manager at Forever Dauntless though. Uriah's a good leader and Lynn has fun as a Dauntless guard int he compound. Marlene was promoted head nurse and Shauna is a doctor still. They're partners."

"That's cool."

"I'm honored you named your daughter after me and I'm the godmother of your children. Uriah's probably rubbing it in Zeke's face. I mean you named your child after him. AND made him godfather."

"I was always closest the 2 of you."

"Thank you."

"If you don't mind me asking, why'd you and Will break up?"

"..."

"You don't have to answer me."

"No that's okay. Uh, we kind of broke up because of you."

"Me?"

"Yeah. After I told them what happened Will said you were a coward for just running away. Being your best friend, I defended you. He somehow connected that to me always being pushy and we fought for hours. Eventually we broke up."

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know that-"

"It's fine. He actually wants to get back together."

"So why don't you?"

"He said some pretty mean things that night, I just don't know..."

"Christina, he said he's sorry right?"

"Yeah but sorry doesn't fix everything."

"Do you love him?"

"Maybe."

"Do you love him?"

"Yes."

"Then that's it. If you're in love, there's nothing that could over come that. Okay? At the end of dinner I expect you to be holding hands with Will by then."

"Sir yes sir!"

We laugh and eventually find ourselves drifting off too. We fall asleep on the couch and I think, "I'm home."