Chapter 1
One Month Ago
I'm getting ready for soccer tryouts for school. I throw on black shorts and a white muscle
T-shirt. I put on my black socks and slide in my shin guards. I grab my water and ball and head out of the locker room. I hear other girls trailing behind me.
"Hey Coach Erin, ready for another great year?" I ask. She looks up from her desk with a sad smile.
"Sorry Tris, I have some news I need to share with you guys."
"What is it?" I ask. I hear whispering behind me. I was the captain every year since the start of college, so I talk for the team and they let me.
"The girls soccer team has been cut." She says.
"What?! That's not fair. That's all I have. I got here on a scholarship. That's the only reason why I am here. What about the guys team?"
"They get to stay because they apparently bring in more money than we do."
"That is so not true. We bring in the same amount if not more, right girls?"
"Yeah!" They cheer.
I walk out of her office and head toward the guys coach. I know that I'm not going to get the girls team back. So I might as well tryout for the guys team.
"Hey, Coach Black?" I say a I walk up to him.
"What do you want Prior?" I have never been on good terms with him. He's just always hated me and I don't know why.
"I'd like to tryout for the boys team." I say.
"Ha, like coach would let you. Why would we have a girl play on the boys team. Haha. Just cause your stupid team gets cut doesn't mean you can ruin our chances at getting first in the championship. Especially when we finally beat Dauntless." That's Robert. People see him as a nice, selfless boy. But he's not. He's too happy for his own good. But he can also have a temper when we talk about soccer. He would have transferred to Amity if it wasn't that his father was the coach. I just ignore him and turn back to coach.
"I don't care what you want to do, I'm not having a girl play on my team. Your not good enough anyway. All of these guys are better than you." He reasons. But it's not good enough.
"You know that's not true coach. I am way better than some of those guys out there. Why won't you just give me a chance? At Least let me tryout. Then you choose if I'm on the team or not."
"No, I will allow no girls to join the team what's so ever so there is no point in trying out. Now leave so I can get on with my practice with any distractions."
I walk away and when I'm far enough distance away from the field, I start to run to my room. I pack up and get ready to leave. My roommate, Susan, walks in and looks at me.
"What are you doing?"
"Leaving for Dauntless. They wanted me to join there team before. I know the offer still stands." I leave before I can hear her say another word. I put the stuff in my car and head out of the school. I head over to my friend Christina's house. We go up to her room where I tell her the problem.
"You better come to Dauntless. You can play soccer there with the girls team. I can cheer you on." She says.
"I know but I want to show the guys that a girl can play on a guys team." She thinks for a second before jumping up and down.
"Play on the boys team at Dauntless."
"They wouldn't let me tryout because I'm a girl. That's the problem."
"What if you were a guy." She smirks. I stare at her confused.
"What?"
"Fashion is my thing. This would be an awesome challenge. I can turn you into a guy and you can pretend to be a guy. You'll be good at it too. You act like a guy all the time."
"How would you so that?"
"Leave it to me."