I woke up to the sun coming through my window, and my older brother knocking very loudly on my door. "God, I'm up, Caleb!" I get up out of the bed and walk into the ensuite bathroom. I look in the mirror, and I'm surprised it didn't break. My hair is frizzy and I have drool on my chin. I jump into the shower and do my thing. I get out, wrap a towel around me, and dry my hair. I brush it out and pull it up in a high ponytail. I walk into my closet and look for something to wear. I end up wearing a pair of Nike shorts and a tank top that says 'Run, Race, Repeat'. I put on my tennis shoes and grab my phone. I put a change of clothes in my bag and run downstairs. I grab a banana and water bottle, and run out the door. I stretch and then take off in a light jog.
As I'm running, I see someone across from me running to. It's a guy with brown hair and eyes the color of midnight. As I'm looking at him, I l run straight into a stop sign. He sees me and starts laughing. He comes over to me and helps me up. "Watch where you're going next time." I nod and roll my eyes. I catch a glance at his watch. 7:50! I'm going to be late! I say goodbye quickly and run off, trying to get to school on time. I barely make it too. I had just enough time to change and get my class schedule. I made it to class on time, but only by a second. The teacher walks in and takes roll. When she gets to my name, she says, "Well, I guess we have a new student. One at a time, come up here and introduce yourself to her."
One by one they come up and introduce themselves by saying their name, age, and an interesting fact. After everyone finishes, she makes me come up and do the same thing. "I'm Tris Prior, I'm 16, and-" I'm cut off by someone coming in late. It's the guy from before. "Sorry, Mrs. Reyes." He looks down and is about to go to his seat when the teacher, Mrs. Reyes, says, "Introduce yourself to our new student." She motions to me. He sighs and says, "My name is Four Eaton, I'm 18, and I don't like most people." Mrs. Reyes rolls her eyes and he goes and sits down in a seat in the back. "As I was saying, I'm still Tris, still 16, and I like running." Mrs. Reyes nods to me and says, "Does anyone have any questions for her?" Almost everyone raises their hands.
Mrs. Reyes picks a girl who I think said her name was Christina. "Where are you from?" "Sacramento." A boy, Uriah, I think he said his name was, says, "A Cali girl. Hot." A girl who I presume to be his girlfriend, as I saw them kissing when I came in, smacks him in the back of the head. "Ok, that's enough! Marlene, no matter how much we all want to, we can't smack Uriah. Tris, take a seat." I walk to the only open seat, that just happened to be next to that Four dude.
~~TIME SKIP~~
Lunch rolls around and I get in line to get my food. I get a hamburger, fries, and a piece of chocolate cake. I look for a place to sit when I see the Christina girl from class waving me over. I walk over and she pats the seat next to her. I sit down and she smiles at me. I reach to grab my cake, but see its already gone. I look up to see Uriah with chocolate all over his face, even though his cake is still on his plate, no bites taken out of it yet. With a full mouth, she says, "Oops." Cake and spit get all over the table. I just take his and eat it. Chris laughs and then says, "You said you like to run, do you want to come to cross country try-outs with me today after school?" I nod, still having a mouthful of cake. I talked to all of them until that Four guy came over and sat next to Zeke, Uriah's brother. He looks at me and says, "Run into anymore stop signs?" I roll my eyes and mutter, "Dumbass" under my breath. Everyone laughs and we go back to talking.
~TIME SKIP~
After school, Chris and I head to the track field. We change into our running gear and stretch. Coach Amar comes after a couple minutes. "Ok guys, I want 5 laps." Everyone lines up and he starts the timer. Chris and I lead the pack, and end up lapping them. Then Chris starts to slow, but she tells me to keep going. I end up finishing first, with Christina right behind me. "Ok, results will be posted tomorrow after Lunch. We head to the locker room. As we're leaving, Chris looks over to me and says, "One, I need your number, and two, are you coming to the Masquerade Romeo and Juliet dance tonight?" I look over at her. "One, give me your phone, and two, this is the first I've heard of this dance." We exchange phone numbers after she makes me promise to go to the dance. "Just wear you best dress. As long as its long, you can wear it." I run home.
"Mom, there is this Romeo and Juliet dance at school tonight, can I go?" Her eyes light up like a Christmas tree. "Of course! And I have just the dress." She leads me to her room and then calls her best friend, Tori, to come help. Tori arrives and starts on my hair. "Beatrice, this dress is very special to me. I was wearing it when I met your father." She comes out of her closet with a dress bag. Tori finishes my hair and then starts in on my makeup. My mom gets the dress out of the bag and as soon as my makeup is done, I'm blind-folded. They help me get the dress on and then take the blindfold off. I look into the floor length mirror.
I look amazing! My blonde hair is curled lightly and pinned back with two pins that have diamonds and sapphires on them. My makeup is amazing with a smoky eye that brings out my dull blue-grey ones and a bold red lip. And the dress. Its blue on the top, black on the bottom, and perfect (The picture for the story). "Now, it's a masquerade ball, so Tori, did you bring it?" She nods and pulls out a black velvet box. She opens it to reveal a black mask with a blue feather. "This mask has been in my family for ages. Please be careful with it." I promise I will and they tie it in the back. The shoes are black pumps with blue rhinestones on the toe and back. Tori drives me there on her way back, but says I'll have to walk back. I walk into the school and head downstairs to the gym. As I enter, I hear gasps echo through the room. Everyone is staring at me.
