Running Star
Chapter 1
~Tris' POV~
"Tris Wake up!" my brother, Caleb, yells through my bedroom door. Ugh. Today is the first day of a new school. My parents made us move because my father got a job offer from his friend from high school. So we moved back here and now we are going to go to their old high school. Luckily they have a track team so I'm going to go to tryouts. With that thought in mind I get up and get dressed. I put on dark wash skinny jeans, a tight black t-shirt, and knee high black converse. Then I go down stairs and get in my black Peugeot that I won for first place when I raced in the Paris Int'l Marathon over the summer. Today I'm giving Caleb a ride to school, but I'm staying after for track.
When we get to school we go to the office to get our schedules and lockers. That's when we part. I start walking down the hallway trying to find my locker when I bump into someone. "Oh, I'm so sorry." I say then I see it's a tall girl with tanned skin, she's really pretty. "Oh, it's ok my name's Christina. Are you new here?" she asks. "Um… yea I can't find my locker can you help me? Oh and my name's Beatrice but call me Tris." I say, with a small smile. She then smiles brightly and starts leading me down the hallway. "Your locker is right next to mine." She says, that's good I know someone at least. Finally we get to our lockers. "Hey which class do you have first?" she asks me, then I get out my schedule and look to see what I have "Gym." I say with a little more enthusiasm, gym is my favorite class. "Really? Me too," she says really excited.
Once we are finished we go to the locker rooms. I get changed into black gym shorts and a black tank top. When we get outside the coach tells us to run around the track and come back. So we all go to the starting line, and then were off. I zip past everyone, whenever I run I forget everything and it helps me calm down and relax that's just one reason why I love running so much. Before I know it I'm at the finish line and the coach just stares at me with a surprised expression on his face. "What's your name?" he asks me, I can tell he's trying to hide a smile. "Tris." I say hesitantly. "Well Tris, you just ran that quarter mile in 47 seconds." He said now he sounds excited. "Really?" I say I'm a little disappointed I know I can run faster than that. "Yea, you should come to track tryouts after school today." He says nonchalantly. "Ok." I say, just that simple little word made him perk up some more. I guess they really need runners.
Once class is dismissed we go back and get dressed and everyone starts to either talk to me or about me. Then I find out that me and Christina have all classes together except I have French and she has Spanish. When it's finally lunch time she takes me to the cafeteria to meet some more of her friends. "Hey guys, this is Tris." She says to a group of 6 people. They all say 'hi' or 'hey' to me so I say "hi" back. "Tris this is Uriah, Marlene, Lynn, Shauna, Will, and Al." as she introduces them they either wave or nod. For a couple of minutes we sit there while Uriah goes into a long story of how he loves the cake here." When I look around I notice different groups everywhere there are the kids that where a lot of blue and look really nerdy which my brother is hanging out with, which Christina says are called the Erudite. Then there are the kids that wear mostly black and white who are always arguing over who is right, which they call them the Candor. Then the kids who are wearing red and yellow who are quite and nice to everyone, they are called Amity. Then there are the kids that wear grey clothing and act like my parents, selfless, they are called Abnegation, which my parents were apart of when they came here. Then there is the Dauntless, which I guess I'm a part of, that wear mostly black and who are the risk takers and troublemakers. Then there is another group which are like the outcasts who don't fit into any of the groups. Then I'm brought out of my thoughts when Marlene asks a question.
"Hey did you guys hear about that girl that ran the quarter mile in 47 seconds?" she asks curiously. Then me and Christina exchange looks and start laughing hysterically, While everyone just stares at us the Al asks "what's so funny?" they all look really confused which just makes us laugh harder. Then when we calm down enough Christina speaks up "That was Tris." When she tells them this they look less confused. "Oh. Are you gonna try out for the team?" Shauna asks. "Yea, over the summer I competed in the Paris Int'l Marathon and I got first place." I say, I hope they don't think I'm bragging, I don't want it to come out like that. "Really first place, what was the prize?" Will asks curiously, now they're all listening. "I got a black Peugeot," When I said that all of their eyes went huge and some even had smiles on their faces. "Wait, that car was yours?" Christina asked over excitedly. "Yea," I say now they are all really excited. "You have got to give us a ride." Uriah says and the others agree. "Who has to give you a ride in what?" Someone says from behind me, when I turn around I see someone who kinda looks like Uriah. Then I see deep dark blue eyes staring at me, they are so amazing and different, but when I look closer it's like there's a mystery behind them. My thoughts are cut off by Uriah talking again. "Zeke this is Tris. You know the black Peugeot we saw in the parking lot this morning?" he asks who I'm assuming to be Zeke. "Yea, that car that everyone wanted." He says back, I wonder how he will react when he finds out that that's my car. "That's Tris' car!" he says while pointing at me. Then Zeke looks at me with his jaw on the ground. Then he starts asking me all of these questions. "Gosh, Zeke you're gonna scare her off if you keep that up." Uriah says and he stops asking me with questions. "Oh, well hi I'm Zeke Uriah's brother and this is my friend Four." He says while pointing to the guy behind him. "Hi, I'm Tris, and yes that car is mine." I say and they sit down and start talking about cars the rest of lunch.
The rest of the day went by normally. In my last period of the day, which was music class, I was about ready to jump out of my seat. When the last bell rings I head to my locker to get my gym clothes. Then I say goodbye to Christina and go to the girl's locker room to change. When I'm changed I head out to the track. When we are finished I ran the mile in 3 minutes and 18 seconds that's pretty good I guess. When everyone else leaves the coach comes up to me and tells me that I made it on the team, I'm so happy! I stay for a little longer and run again, I'm slowly increasing my speed. While I'm running I feel like someone is watching me. But, it's probably nothing so I keep running. I run for another 20 minutes then I slow down and go back to the locker rooms. I get changed and start to go back to my car. Then I see the football team finishing up practice, when I look over I lock eyes with number four, and I see the deep dark blue eyes again. But I quickly divert my eyes and get in my car. But the whole ride home I'm thinking of those eyes.
