Tris's POV
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Great. My first day back at school. I get out of bed and brush my teeth. I go in my closet and put on my black sweatshirt, black beanie, and black, ripped, loose jeans. I put on my combat boots on and slip in my favorite knife. I go to my vanity and put on black eyeshadow, black eyeliner, black mascara, and purple lipstick. I put on my chocker with spikes and silver bangles. No, I'm not goth, I'm badass. I have blue highlights in my dirty blonde hair and 5 tattoos. 3 ravens in flight on my collar bone, flames inside a circle on one of my arms, a purple infinity inside a red heart on my right hip, the words "I am selfish, I am brave" in cursive on my left shoulder, and the name Tobias on my heart. I should've gotten Tobias's name removed after he did a little friendship break up with me, but I didn't. I don't know why. I only have 1 friend by choice. Her name is Lynn. I don't trust anyone except her, my mom, and my godmother, Tori. Tori's the advanced art teacher at out school.
"BEATRICE! TIME FOR SCHOOL!" my dad shouts.
"FOR THE LAST TIME, CALL ME TRIS!" I shout back. I run downstairs and grab a chocolate chip muffin. I eat it then hop on my motorcycle and head to school. My younger brother, Percy, carpooled with some friends. He's a junior and one of the only ones I actually like in this family. I'm like his mom since dad and Caleb don't care and mom died. I also have a little sister named Primrose, she's a freshman. When I get there Lynn is waiting for me by her black truck.
"Hey Tris, ready for Hell?" she asks.
"No, but let's go anyways," I say. She smirks and we grab our schedules.
Beatrice Elizabeth Prior, Locker #1064, Faction:Dauntless, Senior Year
History-Harrison
LUNCH
Advanced Art-Tori
Spanish-George
Gym-Coach Amar
Marilynn Olivia Johnson, Locker #1065, Faction:Dauntless, Senior Year
History-Harrison
LUNCH
Advanced Art-Tori
Gym-Coach Amar
"We have all except one class together, we're in the same faction, and our lockers are right next to each other," she grins. I smile back, I only have to deal with one class without my best friend.
"Well then, I need stuff from my locker."
"Let's go."
We head to our lockers and instantly groan. The "popular" group is near them. It consists of Christina Anderson, William Clark, Marlene Smith, Uriah Pedrad, Shauna Johnson, Zeke Pedrad, Susan Black, my brother Caleb Prior, Lauren Jones, and Four. Four was Tobias but Tobias died the day he "broke up" with me. That was sophomore year. Luckily, Lynn moved her in the middle of sophomore year. Her sister is Shauna. All the girls, except Lauren, and Will are okay, it's just their boyfriends. Uriah and Zeke are really annoying. Caleb, Lauren, and Four are the jackasses. We reluctantly go up to the lockers and try not to be noticed. Lynn hates that she and I have to act pathetic and weak so I said that we can be badasses this year.
"Well well, what do we have here?" Lauren says. "Two little slutty bitches."
"Lauren, you're the only slut here and yes, we are bitches." I smirk
"Don't you dare talk to me like that!" she glares at me.
"Or else what?" Lynn steps in.
"Or else." Hah! Lauren doesn't have an answer.
"Or else what?" Lynn says again.
"I kick your asses." There's doubt in her eyes. Lynn and I burst out laughing.
"Don't be rude little sister." Caleb tells me. I punch Caleb in the jaw and he fumbles backward. Everyone in the hallway is now looking at us.
"I'm not your little anything." I growl. Lauren throws a sloppy punch and I catch it then flip her over. Lynn sits on her so she can't get up.
"Do not mess with me or Lynn ever again." I whisper to her. Lynn gets up and we walk to class. Right when we're about to turn a corner I hear someone yell, "FAT ASS!" I look at Lynn and she looks furious. She knows that I had an eating disorder when people started calling me fat. She's about to run back but I beat her to it.
"Who said that?" I ask in a low voice. No one answers but Caleb points to Four. I should've known.
Four's POV
After Caleb points at me Tris looks about ready to murder. Caleb is the one who did it. Not a very good brother. But then again, I wasn't a very good friend. She closes her eyes and then a flash of black his me pinned against the lockers. She's strong.
"Never. Call me that again." she says in a low voice. She lets go and walks back to Lynn. Lynn looks proud and very amused. They go to their class and everyone looks at me.
"What?" I ask.
"You didn't fight back." Zeke says.
"And?"
"If that was anyone else, you'd have them pinned to the ground. Like Lynn and Tris did to your little girlfriend over here." Christina smirks.
"I could've fought back if I wanted to you whore." Lauren growls. Will turns red then has my girlfriend up against the lockers by the neck. I don't do anything because I don't even like Lauren. I'm just dating her so no one knows I like Tris.
"Listen here you little slut bag. My girlfriend is NOT a whore. If you call her that again I swear I will not hesitate to-" Will gets cut off by Christina putting a hand on his shoulder. He looks at Christina and his eyes soften. He lets go of Lauren letting her fall on her ass. He puts his arm around Christina and looks at her with love. The way I used to look at Tris and she used to look at me. The way I still look at her. Lauren comes up to me and glares at me.
"Why didn't you do anything about that?!" Lauren exclaims. I shrug.
"Because you had it coming." I say. That earns some giggles from the girls, snickers from the guys, smirks from Christina and Will, and a slap from Lauren. She huffs and walks away. I compared schedules with the gang and we all had the exact same thing except for Lauren. We got really lucky. Lauren is only in 2 classes we're in, Spanish with George and Gym with Amar and the rest of Dauntless. We head to our first class, Math with
Tris's POV
After that little scene, Lynn and I go to Math and sit in the back. We talk about pranks we can pull and how we can start being more badass. She says we should get piercings and we should start showing off our tattoos.
"What about hair?" I ask.
"I'm planning on getting a pixie-cut. You should show off your six-pack and blue highlights, as in stop wearing loose, baggy stuff and beanies and start showing some skin." Lynn tells me. I'm about to say something about not being a slut but then the whole popular group, minus Lauren, comes in. We groan as they fill the seats around us. Why us, God, why? Lynn and I pull out our phones and start texting.
What are they doing here?! -L
I don't know, waiting for the teacher to come in? -T
Oh ha ha very funny -L
Why'd they have to take the seats closest to us? Is my question -T
Idk -L
At least the queen of sluts isn't here -T
Ha ha, yeah. Just some girly girls, annoying idiots, and ass hats -L
So I was thinking about trying out for cheerleading -T
WHAT?! -L
Idk, just a thought. I want to show off my awesome gymnastics skillz -T
Alright then -L
You should try out too, didn't you say you took them back in first grade until you had to move? -T
I guess I could, but only for you! -L
THX! (-: -T
What are best friends for? -L
Dragging to the mall, gossiping, prank pulling, being badasses with, torturing, ect... -T
... -L
Lol -T
"Tris! Lynn! I suggest you put your phones away, class is starting," says.
"But we have 46, 44 seconds!" I say. He glares at us as we put our phones back in our pockets. The bell rings and I say, "see? Now you can start class. Don't get your panties in a twist."
The class snicker as turns red. Lynn gives me a fist bump and he begins teaching. I zone out until calls on me, "Miss Prior. Since you think your smart enough not to pay attention, solve this problem for me."
I look at the board. Easy. I smirk and say, "1064.61041046 squared."
"Th-that's right." looks shocked as well as the rest of the class. "How did you know that?"
"I'm freaking magical bitch!" I shout. The whole class laughs and I high five Lynn.
"The principal's office Miss Prior!" glares at me.
"What about it? Is it on fire or something?" I play stupid which earns me some more laughs, a proud look from Lynn, and detention. The bell rings and we go to our locker which are surrounded by the popular people. We're walking to Science when I hear my name being called.
"Tris! Wait up!" Christina shouts. Lynn and I share a glance before turning around. She's with the girls that are without their boyfriends and Lauren.
"What?" Lynn growls.
"We wanted to know if you wanted to know if you wanted to sit with us at lunch." Marlene says.
"You seem really nice and cool." Shauna adds.
"You guys we don't mind but, sorry, it's your boyfriends and the slut queen we hate." I say.
"Our boyfriends aren't that bad." Susan says.
"Yours and Lauren's are. Will's okay. Zeke and Uriah are super annoying." I say.
"Have anything to say to defend Lauren?" Lynn raises an eyebrow. They shake their heads.
"We really really hate her." Christina says and we smile.
"Yeah," I say. "She's a really bitchy whore."
"See? We have something in common." Marlene says. Lynn and I scrunch up our faces. We do NOT want to be like these girls, they're just so...peppy and girly.
"Come on, we aren't that bad." Susan pouts which makes me and Lynn laugh.
"We'll see." I say. The girls go back to their boyfriends and Lynn and me got to Science. We go sit in the back like last time and start talking about how weird that just was. Then we start talking about some random things. The popular group, minus Lauren, walks in and sit around us, again! Lynn and I whip out our phones just like last time.
OMG! THEY'RE IN ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CLASSES?! -L
Ugh! F*** this -T
I know, at least we know most of the girls aren't ******* sluts -L
Yeah, just Lauren -T
Should we sit with them at lunch? -L
You know how awkward that'd be?! -T
Good point -L
The bell rings and we shove our phones in our pockets. Just in time too because the teacher comes in. I already hate her. She looks like a bitch and not the good one either. Yes, there's a good bitch and a bad bitch. A good bitch is just awesome at being badass. A bad bitch is a non-slutty Lauren. But the again, there's a possibility of that person being slutty. goes on about "serums" for the next hour. Crazy bitch. The bell rings and we go to our lockers. History is better, Harrison is pretty nice. He's not bad or boring. History whizzes by and lunch comes around. I sit with Lynn and Robert comes and sits with us. He's our lunch buddy. He's not our "friend" really, he just sits with us at lunch.
"Hi Tris!" He smiles at me. He's had a crush on since who can remember. He's not a bad guy, I just don't like guys. I mean, I do like guys, but I don't. Wait...no. Uh...I''m not a lesbian if that's what you're thinking. I've only liked one guy and that's Tobias. Even though I hate admitting it, I still kinda like him.
"Hi Robert." I say.
"So Tris, I was wondering if-" he gets cut off by the popular group sitting down at our table.
"What do you want?" Lynn glares at them and I stiffen. Four is sitting across from me with his arm around Lauren.
"To eat." Uriah replies.
"No genius, why are you sitting with us?" Lynn asks.
"Because our girlfriends like you and you seem cool." Zeke says.
"Despite my best arguments." Caleb adds.
"Wow, feeling the love brother, feeling the freaking broken love." I say.
"OKAY! So, how's everyone's days going?" Will asks trying to change the subject. The girls reply with a cheery "good" while the guys reply with a mutter. Lynn says, "freaking messed up." And I say, "so damn warped."
We hear a scream from across the room. There's a guy with a gun. The gun is to Primrose's head.
"PRIM!" I scream.
"Everybody freeze!" the guys screams. The cafeteria goes silent as a tear rolls down my face.
