WORDS I NEVER SAID

by SawyerDonovan

"Count the days, damn you, and accept that it doesn't add up. And by then it will be too late. For you, for me, for what we could have been." She was the only thing that he loved, the only one who had the power to destroy him. He believed she betrayed him and she ran to protect the life she sheltered. Now she's back and the past love & betrayal cannot be denied. ERICxTRIS AU

1. SOMEDAY

NOTE: This story will take place in modern day and starts off when our characters are all "innocent" in highschool. And no more new stories until I finish what I have written!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Divergent, the series, movies or anything such and I do not own the music or lyrics of Britney Spears. Characters will look like they do in the movie series.

"Someday you will breathe
And you'll finally see
See it all in your baby"

- Britney Spears, SOMEDAY

PROLOGUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
2013

"Whore."

"Slut."

"Treacherous bitch."

The taunts were sometimes said softly, in hushed whispers, among those who watched, judged her as she passed while others hissed the disgusted words directly into her ear, harshly pushing her against the wall.

She would continue down the hallway, head held high, her back straight, weaving in and out of the passing students, tightly gripping the leather strap of her satchel until her fingers turned a pasty white, the taunts and jeers swirling in her mind.

There was never retaliation, never a word uttered in her defense, she simply was, she existed.

She was marked with a color as vivid as a scarlet letter, branded as cheating ex-girlfriend to the golden boy of Dauntless High.

One hand would rest on the nine month swell, protecting the gentle kicking that caused her golden skin to glow, her honey blonde strands tumbling past her shoulders in a shimmering coil, her dark eyes radiating an inner peace that caused many to pause and stare.

Each moment passed with her being turned inside out by her once so-called friends for a sin she did not commit.

She knew that when her daughter was born she would have his eyes.

A striking, piercing, clear blue, ringed with silver, swirling with emotion, and he would not be able to deny the truth.

Little did Eric Coulter understand that it would be too late, that his opportunity of redemption will have passed.

Tris Prior would already be gone.

"No moment will be more true
Than the moment I look at you"