Sup people! Anyway, Yes, I will still update my other story, "What Could Have Been" as well as this new story. Anyway this idea I got from a personal experience. So please R&R and if you haven't checked out my other story you should! Anyway I hope you like this new idea!
Disclaimer: Veronica Roth owns Divergent
Tris POV:
Ughh! I wake up to my alarm clock blaring Imagine Dragons, "Monsters." I look over and see that its 7 am. Why am I waking up this early? Its Saturday!
"Beatrice!" my mom calls from down stairs, "you have to get up. You have Cross Country practice in an hour at Tree Nott."
Tree Knott is the park where my high school Cross Country team practices, everyday! It has tons of trails and stuff. Today is Saturday, so we will probably do a long distance run.
I get out of bed, and jump in the shower. I have no idea why I feel the need to shower before I go and run six miles, but it relaxes me.
I get out and look for some spandex shorts, and pull on a XC (Cross Country) championship shirt from last year.
I pull my still wet hair into a pony tail, and pull on my running shoes, Asics, and grab my phone from the charger.
I look though my phone and see I have an email from my XC coach, Coach Choo.
Hey guys,
After our long distance run on Saturday, we will be joined by Sanderson High to help clean up trails at Tree Knott. We have been using this park for our practices for a while now, and our competitions will be held there this year. Sanderson's coach and I have talked and we realize that we need to clean up some of the trails. If you have any tools, shovels, rakes, or any other appliances, please bring them to Saturday practice. Also, and this is mostly for our guys, there will be NO fighting with any Sanderson XC players. We are here in common cause, and just for today we need to put our rivalry aside and work together to help make these trails better for all runners. I'll see you guys on Saturday.
Coach Choo
I laugh a little at the last part.
Sanderson High, and our school, Noxville High, have the biggest rivalry in Chicago. The XC championship team moves between us two schools each year. We won it last year, but Sanderson won it the year before. There are always fights breaking out between players. Nobody from Noxville would ever associate with someone from Sanderson. Same with Sanderson players, and that's just the way things are.
I wonder how it's going to play out today, seeing that Sanderson and Noxville players are supposed to work together.
I run downstairs and grab some water and a protein bar for after our run, then say goodbye to my mom, and hop into my truck.
My truck is old. I got it from a friend of my dad's for super cheap. It has problems but it's the best I could do with my low paying job, and I don't want to use my parent's job.
I work at a small used bookstore for a few hours every night right after XC practice. It's really fun and I love being around all the books, and I meet people who share the same interests as me.
I am pulled out of my thoughts as I reach Tree Knott Park right at eight. I jump out of my truck and go and meet the rest of my team under the pavilion along with coach.
"OK guys listen up, You guys will start with an hour easy run. Just run through trails like normal and after that we will pick up our tools and get to work on trails 3 and 4. Sanderson is already here and are working on trails 1 and 2, so you can still run through them but watch out for other people. I mean it when I say I want no messing around. Alright guys, off you go."
I fall back and start running with a few of my friends at an easy pace, like everyone else, except for guys like Mike and Tyler, who can run forever. We start into the first trail, and see people working up ahead.
Well, here goes nothing, I think. As we make our way toward the Sanderson XC player.
Four Pov:
"Tobias, get up." My father yells at me from the bottom of the stairs. (I know in the book he is abused but I decided not to have him abused in this story.) "You have to go clean trails at Tree Knott."
Oh yeah, I remember this. We are supposed to go and meet up with Noxville High, and work together to clean up running trails. I can't wait to make fun of their XC runners.
I know I sound mean, but that's just the way things are. We hate each other. I really don't know why though. We are just very big rivalries so the hate comes naturally.
I get out of bed and pull on some gym shorts and a random t-shirt. I pull on my Asics and head downstairs.
Since we had a hard run last night, we won't be running this morning. Just cleaning trails while Noxville runs, and by the time we are done, they will be starting on trials 3 and 4.
So technically we won't really come in contact with them, unless they run through trails 1 and 2 while we are working, and for their sake, I hope they don't. They would get taunted like crazy.
I hop into my pickup truck that's pretty run down and pick up Zeke and Uriah, my neighbors.
"Hey man," Zeke says as he gets into the front of my truck." His younger brother Uriah gets in the back.
"What's up guys?" I say.
"Nothing much, but I can't wait to get there and see Noxville's pathetic attempt at a team. I hope they run right by us, so we can yell at them." He laughs.
"Yeah!" Uriah yells, "It's going to be awesome!"
I just laugh at their enthusiasm and we drive over to Tree Knox Park.
We get there and hop out. I notice we parked right next to a truck just like mine, broken and old.
"Hey look over there," Zeke yells while pointing.
I follow his eyes and see that the Noxville XC team is under the pavilion talking to their coach.
"Losers," Uriah yells at them, but I don't think they hear him, because nobody turns our way.
We just laugh and go and meet our coach, Coach Tori, who is awesome. Everyone likes her and she's great.
"Hey guys, glad you could make it. I'm going to make it short, but I want no, funny business with Noxville, we are here to try and fix trails, and nothing else. Got it?"
We all nod.
"Ok, grab some rakes and shovels and get to work. You guys will be doing trails 1 and 2. Noxville's XC runners might be running through them, but you can just ignore them."
We all grab rakes and make our way over to the first two trails.
Zeke, Uriah, and I along with a few other girls, make our way over to trail two, while the others go to trail one. I look back and see the other runners staring to jog at a decent pace heading toward trial 1.
They're gonna get it, I think to myself. Then they'll come to trail 2 and we will get them.
I hear the shouts and insults from the second trial, and see the coaches leaving, so there will no one around to stop it if a fight breaks out.
We start raking, and hear loud footsteps as the first Noxville runners make their way into the second trail.
At first its just some guys, and we yell loudly at them as they run by us.
"Think you can run any faster? You guys are idiots. Come on Noxville, think you going to win a championship like that?"
The insults keep coming at a steady rate as more runners pass by us, silent, head down, not responding to any of our insults.
"Come on," I yell, "I think you can do better than…" and I stop, dead in my tracks.
Coming into the trail, is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.
She has blonde naturally curly hair, tied up into a long ponytail. She's short, but looks strong and fast. She has bright blue eyes, and doesn't seem unnerved at all the insults being thrown at her and her team. She's just running along with her friends. I follow her with my eyes as she passes, and I see her look up at us, and she locks eyes with me.
I am still frozen as she passes and makes her way into trial 3.
I need to get to know her, I think to myself. WAIT! Did I just say that? No. She's from Noxville, she's an enemy. I can't think about her that way. But all I actually think about is how her lips would feel pressed against mine.
Hey guys, so yes! This is the first chapter! I will hopefully update tomarrow, so yeah! Anyway please R&R and tell me what you think. Byeeee guys! ILY! -Mack
