My parents have always been distant. They always tended to leave me alone more than anything, that is, unless they "needed" to punish me

That's why I was so surprised to see my father waiting for me when I got home from school the day before the Aptitude Tests. I walked in the front room and was about to go up the stairs when my father calls, "Sylvia, come here."

I went into the living room and saw him in a recliner, reading a book. He looked up and put the book down.

"Sylvia, um, I have something to say. Could you please sit down?"

I sit on the couch.

"Look, I know your mother and I have not been the best parents-"

I snort.

"But," he pointedly looks at me, "I have come to the realization that you, no matter how much we try to convince you, will never be Candor."

I can't believe it. Did he just say he's come around to the idea that I won't be able to tell the truth all the time? And even more shocking, he calls beating me every time he's caught me lying since I was five, attempting to convince me? Amazing.

"I just wanted to tell you, Sylvia, that whatever you choose you have my full support."

That really shocks me. The last couple of years he hasn't hit me as much, but that was because I have become such a good liar that I am almost never caught. This was completely out of the blue. Maybe he had an epiphany or something.

"Does mother feel the same way?" I ask hesitantly.

"Well," he begins, "I am trying to talk her around to it."

I nod, looking down.

"I know it's hard to believe, but your mother and I do love you."

I look up, glaring at him, "This won't change anything."

He sighs, "I know."

I get up and go to my room. I lay on my "bed," it's really just a mattress on the floor, and look around at the white walls. My room is smallish and next to empty. I only have a book case and a desk. What can I say? I'm a simple person.

I wonder what faction I belong in? Maybe Erudite? I have always had good grades. Or Dauntless? I am known for standing up to bullies. Would that be Abnegation? I would never be Amity. Usually the way I stand up to bullying is by, um-bullying-back. I don't think I would be able to stay sane in Abnegation, though. I mean, never thinking about myself? That is as impossible as never lying!

I spend the rest of the night trying to figure it out.

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