My name is Zoe Matthews. You might know my mother. She is the head of erudite, Jeanine Matthews. Because of this I have earned the nickname Erudite Princess. Boy does that piss me off. I was not born to be an Erudite. I believe that I was born for something more. A higher purpose if you will.

Although I am genetically related to Jeanine, I take more after my father. His name is Richard Matthews. He passed down a LOT of his traits to me. I look like him and I act like him too. I am 5ft 5in tall max with slight curves in all the right places and pale skin. I have pin straight auburn hair that goes down to my back and emerald green eyes.

When I was little my dad passed away. Right before that, he told me that he was a Dauntless to Erudite transfer. I always knew he was where I got my quick temper but I never knew how deep it ran. After he died, I made a promise to myself that I was going to transfer to Dauntless when I turned 16. I would practice everything that I needed to learn before that day.

Since then I have been studying hand-to-hand combat and knife throwing. I'm getting really good too. My friend Edward has been training with me. His girlfriend, Myra, normally watches us to make sure there's no funny business going on between us. Don't worry Myra. He's not my type.

My other friend Will has been helping me with my grades at school. I have an unusually low IQ for an Erudite, especially the daughter of Jeanine Matthews. He's not my type either.

No, I have my eye on someone else.

I met Eric a year before his choosing ceremony. I was 13, he was 15. My mom said that a friend of hers was going to be taking me to school that day with his son. I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was wearing this really cute pair of chemically faded jean shorts and a sky blue v-neck tee shirt. It was the first day my mom let me wear make-up and her pearls. I should have known then that something was up. Soon the bell rang…

"ZOE! WILL YOU GET THAT?" my mom yelled from her office.

"SURE MOM!" I yelled back.

I opened the door to see a boy and his father. I recognized the man as my mom's friend Mr. Polk. I had no clue he had a son though, especially one that cute. His son was about 6ft tall. I had to look up to him, but boy was he a sight to see. He had medium length shaggy blond hair and the most beautiful blue eyes that sparkled beneath glasses. He was muscular enough that it showed but not so much that he looked crazy big. You could tell that he took pride in his appearance.

I must have looked to long because he got a small smirk on his lips which immediately snapped me out of my mini trance.

"Hello Mr. Polk. It's nice to see you this morning. Thank you for taking me to school today," I politely told the man in true Erudite manner. God, I hate the Erudite ways.

"You're welcome Zoe. Have you met my son Eric before."

"No, I don't think that I have." He then introduced his son to me and visa-versa.

"Hello Eric."

"Hello Zoe." He responded in a rough voice that made my heart melt the very first time I heard it.

"Would you two like to come in while I get my things from my room?" Right when they came in my mother decided to make an appearance.

"Zoe, darling, why don't you take Eric up to your room?" My mom asked that as if it was the easiest thing in the world to do. I didn't want him to know that my room was basically a home gym dedicated to get me into dauntless. Heck, my mom didn't even know that. She never went into my room.

"Sure mom." Damn it. "Eric will you follow me please."

I took him to my room and told him to wait outside while got my stuff for school. As I was pulling my backpack out of my closet my knife set fell off of its shelf. It clattered to the ground.

"Are you ok in here?" Eric had come into my room.

"Yeah. Didn't I just tell you to stay outside?"

"What is this place? I had you pegged for a goody two shoes, kiss ass to get to the top kind of girl."

"It's nice to know your perception skills are so great Sherlock. This is my bedroom. Don't, AND I MEAN DON'T, tell my mom what you see in here."

"I won't. I think it's kind of cool. I mean I already liked you but now I like you more."

"What do you mean you already liked me?"

"I've noticed you around. I already thought you were cute. Different, you know? But know you have my full attention." At that I could feel the heat coming from my neck to my cheeks and I knew I was blushing.

"Well, thanks. I guess…"

"We should hang out more often."

"I could teach you some knife throwing and stuff."

"That would be great! Hey Zoe. Would you consider us friends now?" He looked really nervous.

"I guess so. Yeah." I blushed more.

"Good. Well we better get back to my dad or we're going to miss school."

For the rest of the year we were inseperable.

When it finally came time for his choosing ceremony, it was the Erudite's year to host so of course I had to be there. He ended up choosing Dauntless and I felt my heart break. He turned out to be my best friend and my first crush. When he moved away it was no big surprise but it still hurt just a bit.

The Aptitude test is tomorrow and no matter what it says I'm choosing Dauntless. It's my destiny.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Divergent Characters. I only own Zoe.