Hello everyone! This is my very first fanfiction. Although, I have read various other stories this is the first one I am uploading, so please let me know what you think! I do not have a proper word document that I'm typing on so there is going to be a lot of errors, I'm sorry for that ahead of time. So please leave reviews telling me what you think!
Also all credits go to Veronica Roth!
Tris' P.O.V.
I just finished packing my very last bag for college, it's a relief, just as much as it heightens my nerves. Tobias is coming over in about ten minutes, I realized after checking my watch. He is going to college in California, for football. I'm going to stay in Chicago and go to ISU (Illinois state University). The reason I'm staying in Chicago is A, my parents cannot afford it. B, I don't like change. C, I love Chicago. But I'm worried Tobias and I aren't going to make the long distance work. He is such a good-looking guy, and I'm well, me. He is also a quarterback in California. There are going to be many temptations and I'd rather break it off than find out he cheated. Trust me I do trust him, but the girls I don't, especially in California. He has reassured me over and over again that we will make it work and that I'm overreacting.
I'm pulled out of my thoughts by the doorbell ringing. I run down the stairs to be greeted by the Greek god that is my boyfriend. He is wearing worn-out jeans and a black t-shirt. "Hey, babe." He walks in peeking my cheek.
"Hey, Tobias." I say kind of shyly.
"What's wrong, Tris?"
"I'm just… I don't know." I sigh. "I'm moving into my dorm today and you're leaving tomorrow, I guess I'm just going to miss you."
"I'll miss you too, Tris. But we will talk every day and see each other on breaks. We will be fine trust me." He takes a deep breath and claps his hands together. "alright, let's get your stuff and hit the road."
We grab all my bags and suitcases and get into his truck.
My parents were going to help me move into my dorm, but sadly they had to go on a business trip to Seattle. They work in business, I'm not sure what exactly. Since they never really explained to Caleb and I what they do, we aren't sure what they do. I'll be sure to ask them at some point in the future. But they go on business trips like for a week or two every three months. In the summer they work until like one a.m. every night. So Caleb and I learned how to take care of ourselves. They aren't bad parents; they just haven't always been there. But Christina's mom basically raised me. She lives right next door to us. She moved in when I was seven years old. Christina is my best friend, if you saw us apart, you would not suspect us being best friends. We are just total opposites. She's outgoing, bubbly, crazy, and a huge girly girl. Unlike me I'm shy, quiet, an outsider, and I don't really care about my appearance. The only reason people pay attention to me is because I'm friends with Christina, and my boyfriend is Tobias. Tobias and I met at one of his football games actually. Christina, of course, practically threatened me to go. She said she would put this extremely embarrassing photo of me when we were eight on her Facebook. I wouldn't usually care but I looked really bad, I even cringed. Anyway, back to the story on how we met. So I was trying to squeeze my way through everyone on the bleachers and go to the bathroom. But at our school, we had to go inside the school to use the bathrooms, I don't know why they don't put one outside by the football stadium but whatever. So as I was walking inside, I realized all the lights were off since technically school wasn't going on. The closest hallway with bathrooms was the one straight down after you walk in. I wasn't very familiar with this hallway so I walked into the guy's locker room. Which I figured out later was right next to the girl's bathroom, which makes no sense, but I wasn't that far off. So I did my business and was washing my hands, when I looked up and saw this really hot guy smirking at me leaning up against some lockers. 'He looked really hot like that' I thought. I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard someone laughing. I looked back at him and he said "I think your hands are pretty clean you've been washing them" he looked at the clock "for three and a half minutes." He smirked again.
"What? Oh…uh…yeah, right." I stammered.
His smirk only grew.
"So uh what brought you to the guy's locker room?"
It was only than that I finally realized that there was another guy in the room and that I had just went to the bathroom in here.
"uh...well…"
"Yes, this is the guy's locker room sweetheart." He answered my unasked question.
I blushed.
"Well since you already used the bathroom, I'll show you out since I got to get into the game." I realized he was wearing a football jersey.
'oh my god, he's a popular guy, he is going to tell everyone about this.' I blushed even deeper.
"uh" I cleared my throat. "are you... um... going to t-tell everyone about.. this?" I gestured back to the bathroom as we walked out together.
He smiled slightly. "No I won't, under one condition."
I gulped.
"uh... okay... what?"
"your name." he looked at me waiting.
I was honestly shocked. I thought for sure he would ask for something inappropriate, or something that would embarrass me. "Bea- Tris, my name's Tris."
"Tris" he said lightly like a whisper, like he was trying it out for himself.
"Tobias" he told me than smiled and jogged out of the school.
I was confused for a moment, then realized it was his name and smiled a little.
For the next two weeks after that, he would try and find me at my locker, we would eat lunch together and we even had a few classes together. About a month after that, he finally got the guts to ask me out, and we have been dating ever since.
We were your typical couple; dates, dances, fights, and everything in between. We were happy together.
So here we are, we just pulled up to ISU. We both took a deep breath and got out of the car.
Tobias and I just unpacked everything. We look around and end up looking at each other. We smile at each other, his smile is a bright, excited smile, my smile is forced and probably looks stupid. Classes don't technically start for another two weeks. But I needed someone strong to help me move the heavy stuff. My roommate is coming tomorrow, so that should be interesting. I really hope she isn't some snobby bitch who hooks up with a new guy every night. But if she happens to be, I just hope she goes to their dorm and doesn't bother me too much.
Christina also got accepted here, I'm glad, she will keep me company. Especially when I miss Tobias. It will also be really nice to have someone close to me, here with me.
Tobias and I decided to go back to my house and then Christina and I will drive together, since I don't have a car. So now we are driving back to my house, lost in our own thoughts as music from the radio is lightly playing.
Caleb is at college in Colorado at some really smart school. Caleb was always the smarter one. So it's been just me at home, so Tobias decided to stay with me tonight. We went to sleep thinking about what will become of us.
It is now my college graduation. Tobias and I didn't make is past a month into freshmen year. I knew this would happen, and I knew whatever happened, I would be left with a crushed heart. I haven't been with anyone since. No matter how many failed attempt of dates Christina made me go on. No one clicked with me like Tobias did. I know I shouldn't, but, I still miss him to this day. He was my first real love; you never really forget about that. We decided we were too far away from each other to be in a committed relationship and it was different time zones. Also it was too hard to get our schedules to fit with one another. So it was a mutual break-up. But we were both heart broken- well at least that's what I'd like to believe. It could have been he found himself someone hotter, sexier, more like a woman. But I'd rather have the better version in my head. Christina made me see the better version. She was sick and tired of me blaming myself in every different way for the break-up.
Turns out freshmen year I had this blonde bimbo as my roommate. She was into drugs and staying up until 5 a.m. Which I needed sleep in order to pay attention in class, so it was hard to focus. But sophomore year, I requested to switch and I moved into Christina's room. Since her roommate was a junior now, she moved into an apartment. Which meant Christina could have a roommate. So that is what happened, Christina and I were roommates. We also got an apartment together once we were juniors.
Now I'm looking at myself in my bathroom, in our apartment. I have my hair wavy running down my back. I'm wearing a knee length coral dress with black wedges. Christina and I got our nails done yesterday; her treat. I got black nails with my ring finger painted with silver sparkles, I just got French white tips on my toes. She also did my makeup. I made her leave it minimal, and natural looking. Which I usually don't wear any makeup on my face, but she woke me up bright and early to start on it. I don't know why, she finished hours ago. She walks into my room, as I walk out of the bathroom. She is wearing a very beautiful light blue dress that falls just above her knees. She has white high heels on, with straps that wrap around her ankles. She has her hair in this very complicated up-do. I have no idea how she did that all by herself. She hands me my cap and gown and we leave.
"Beatrice Prior!" I walk across the stage with a proud smile on my face. I look through the crowd searching for my parents. I spot them and I'm sincerely surprised to see Caleb too. He is beaming at me. I smile back and grab my diploma and shake everyone's hand. I walk off the stage with a sense of relief. Now I can start looking for a stable job. 'I wish Tobias was- I stop those thoughts before they could go any further. Now is not the time to think about him. You finished that chapter of your life already. You just finished another chapter, so he shouldn't even be in the back of your mind anymore, Tris.' I sigh deeply.
Once the whole ceremony is over I go meet up with my family. Caleb pulls me into a hug as I step close enough. "I'm so proud of you, Beatrice." He whispers into my ear.
We pull away and I smile and thank him. After I hug my mom and dad, Christina and her family walks up to us. I hug her and she squeals into my ear, very loudly. "oh my god, Tris, now we have to get another apartment together more into the city!" I laugh at her enthusiasm.
"Sure thing, Chris." We share a bright smile and we walk together as our parents talk to each other. She notices my grim expression and states "Come on Tris, he is not worth all the time you give him, thinking about him." It's like she knows everything that goes on inside of my head.
"Yeah, I know, you're right. It's just hard to stop thinking about him." I smile slightly.
"Well, how about we go back and finish packing our apartment up except a few movies and we can stop and get some ice-cream and spend our last night in our apartment watching romance movies and sobbing our eyes out?" Her eyes look hopeful.
"Sure thing, Chris."
So that is exactly what we do, once we say goodbye to our parents. We are going back home to our childhood homes tomorrow, we already sold our apartment to some sophomore girls. So we are officially moving out tomorrow. We are going to spend the summer back home and look at apartments throughout the summer. We will also look for jobs, Christina got an interior design degree. While I got a degree in creative writing. I've always loved reading and I love writing stories all kinds. I hope one day to become an author. But I also want to start with a steady job with a fair amount of currency. So I decided to practice my dream job as an author a little later in life. I'm not sure what I'll do yet, but I'll figure it out soon enough. I can't wait to see what this next chapter in my life will hold.