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Intro

This is a story based on Chase and Kim, two of my characters who were best friends until Kim switched from Erudite. They also have a friend Katherine, but this story mainly focuses on the relationship between the two girls. Each Chapter will have point of views from Chase and Kim. They are both 15 and unsure of their place in the factions and the upcoming choice they will make. Its T because I intend for some things to happen later. PM me with suggestions and thanks for reviews, Im new at this.

Some of the original characters mentioned are not mine.

LilacDusts: Toni, Silvia, Katherine, Jonathan

(Check out her story about Toni! Its really good!)

CandorRarity: Purity, Paige, Liam, Rebecca

(Check out her HG story about her victor!)

Avidbookreader14: Lexi, Artemis, Rebecca

(Check out all of her stories their all amazing!)

BlackMambaRebel: Dustin, Hayden, Channing

Chase

To be the best, you've got to beat the best. Sometimes that means stepping on the best and squishing them, and then climbing over to get to the top. At least thats what my mom believes, she doesn't flat out tell me to step on my friends, but she just gives me a look if I get a 99 on a test and Katherine gets 100. Then I know that I need to be better, do better.

I'm Chase Matthews, and you are lucky enough to see a glimpse into one of this worlds brightest minds. I'm 15 and very talented for my age. I'm not exactly a certified genius, which my mom was greatly disappointed in, but I'm very close.

I like to think of myself as something special. Like I have some amazing talent just ready to burst out, or like one day I'm going to do something amazing. Like have the best initiation essay known to man, or like find a new planet or something. I'm not sure, but I just feel like I'm going to do something great, lead something great, and everyone just isn't ready for me.

Ok picture a Thursday night sleepover with my best friend, Kim. First I should tell you my mom isn't a fan of Kim. She always calls her Kimberly and I can tell she just doesn't like her. I almost feel bad, because my mom looks at her with a condescending look as to say, "My daughter's smarter than you". Its not a lie, Kim is bright but not at my level. Still, she is a pretty good Erudite and my friend and I try to defend her but you can't really argue with my mom.

I guess this is the part where I have to explain exactly who my mother is. I try not to tell everyone because, well I don't want people to get the wrong idea. My mother, Jeanine Matthews, is the leader of Erudite. Now the reason I don't brag is because I don't want people asking for favors, or in turn think that I am getting special treatment for being the leader's daughter. Though I guess I have seemed to make out pretty well without that. I'll even go out on a limb and say that I am one of the most popular girls in Erudite. I'm a social butterfly but everyone who's close to me knows half of the real Chase, the cut throat, competitive Chase. What they don't know is the other side of Chase Matthew, the side who just wishes she had a remote and could just pause life for a second and take a break from all the pressure. Everything is always go go go and i sometimes just want to be a 15 year old girl and relax. The problem is that I have so much pressure. Everyone is looking to me to excel in school, and go the extra mile on everything when sometimes I don't even want to do my homework. That's unheard of as an Erudite, and if my mom found out I was even thinking that...

But still I keep going as the Chase everyone knows, the perfect Chase. And initiation is coming up and weirdly I still don't actually know what I want to do. But I've decided not to dwell on it and relax because my 16th birthday is this weekend anyways and I will be throwing an amazing party. The most amazing sweet 16 the world has ever seen...well maybe not the most amazing but it'll be fun.

Kim came into my room, wearing blue polka dot pajamas and a white tank top with a polka dotted bow on the corner. Kim is pretty, though I don't think she knows how pretty she is. Shes got long jet black hair that goes down to her back and the most interesting eyes. They're like a mint green, a color I can't describe in words.

"Hey Kimberly!" I said in a teasing voice imitating a 15 year old boy's voice. He tried to get Kim's number yesterday when she was walking home. He like whistled and called her name so she told me she just ignored him. If I were her I would've just flipped him off honestly.

Kim laughed, picking up one of my blue silk pillows and throwing it at me, hitting me in the head.

"Shut up Chase" she said back, moving over to my bed and sitting criss cross next to me.

"Don't hate the player Kim, hate the game,"I taunted.

Kim stuck her tongue out, laughing. "Ok Chase, plans for this weekend," she asked me. This weekend was my birthday weekend, and we were having a girls weekend out. My mom gave us a little apartment to rent and we're hang out and shop and, well flirt of course. Then Saturday night I'm going to have my party at the apartment with a few...we a lot of a few of my friends.

I wouldn't call myself a flirt or anything, but I've had my share of flirty guy friends and yeah some stuff happened but nothing serious.

"Well, mom got the apartment already so we're all set,"

"And what are we gonna do?"

"Kim what do you think we're gonna do?"

"Shopping!" She said grinning, we always go shop together, us and Katherine. But Katherine is on vacation or something with her parents.

"Yes, glad you figured that one out Kimberly" I said.

Kim rolled her eyes, throwing the pillow again and began to braid her black hair until a pretty side french braid. I watched and began to braid my own hair.

"Lets watch a movie or something." Kim suggested, getting up and looking through my draw of DVDs, lined up alphabetically of course. She always teased me about being so neat, she claims I have OCD or something.

"Sure," I said as she held up Mean Girls and I put it into my DVD player. Then I climbed up back on my loft bed and sat up high with Kim, watching the movie. Eventually I got tired and fell asleep right when Damian was saying that some girl "doesn't even go here!" I swear me and Kim have watched this movie so many time we know it by heart. Still, I was tired and fell asleep, ready for Friday.

Kim

Chase Matthews is and always will be my best friend, even know I'm not smart enough to be hers. I'm Kim, Kimberly Danica, the pretty sidekick to Chase. No one ever calls me that but thats what if feels like. She claims that as best friend's were equal, but we all know who's in charge in the friendship. It doesn't bother me, I'm more of a follower anyways.

I live here in Erudite with my mom and little sisters Khelssee and Kat, who I adore. My father died when I was younger, and maybe that's what brought me and Chase together, being fatherless. She doesn't even know what happened to him, her mom won't tell her. We both figure Channing knows but he won't say either. Channing's her older brother who she is always competing with and always complaining about. She could barely keep it in when she heard that he had gotten 2nd during initiation to some other genius boy. Chase told me she was glad he got second, that way when she gets first and I get second she would be better than her brother, and her mom would see me as equal to her son. I know that Chase felt bad for him, I could tell in her ice blue eyes that she felt bad. I know her too well. Her mom was furious though, but she didn't show it. Chase told me she was mad but she wasn't going to say admit it. I'm still unsure if she was mad at him, or the other boy but I never cared enough to ask her.

Me and Chase woke up at exactly 6:28, because Chase liked being exact and weird with numbers. School starts at 8 and me and Chase usually start walking her at 7:34, and we take our time and whatever.

The one thing about her mom was that she was super cool about sleepovers on school nights, as long as Chase kept up with her studies, nothing less than an A+. My mom was fine because she was quiet and wouldn't want to debate with me. I hate school though, because I feel like I can never keep up with Chase. I'm not stupid, I'm just not Erudite material. This matters because I'll be 16 in a few weeks and initiation is coming up and I'll have to choose. I'm still not sure where I will end up because I cannot decide where I seriously belong.

I know for a fact Abnegation is out. Like I'm not a selfish person or anything it's just that i think being selfless all the time would kill me. And then Dauntless scare me, like honestly the Dauntless are just a bunch of wild children with no constraints. Considering my greatest fear is being in the dark, I could never be a Dauntless. And Candor isn't awful but I'm not so much into telling everyone about my business. That leaves Erudite and Amity. I know that Amity is probably where I should go. I want to be an artist, something that would get laughed at in Erudite because art is not based on facts. Its not that they don't appreciate art, its just that if I were doing anything artistic in Erudite, it would be studying some theory about art and the brain or something stupid along those lines. I just want to paint, or draw or sketch. I know that Amity values things like art. Still, it would break me and my mother's heart if I were to leave her and my little sisters.

Me and Chase were ready and out the door by 7:34, as usual because Chase kept updating me on the time and made sure we left exactly then. We looked cute today, because Chase was passing out invites to her party of hers and we needed to look good. Chase usually doesn't care about stuff like this as much but this is her last chance before we're all 16 and then we can go our own way, though most of us are probably staying. I didn't think this would matter much to Chase but it makes me wonder if she would even consider leaving, because her mom would freak if she left.

I was wearing a short blue soild strapless dress that was tight and went to about my mid-thigh. I had on white heels and my hair was straightened and down. I actually looked pretty hot today, I had put more effort into it. Chase however tried to outdo me with her white pencil skirt and ber ice blue shirt that flared out at the hip. She added a cute necklace and curled her hair, looking admittedly pretty.

"You ready for today?" Chase asked me, turning to face me as we walked up the steps of the school.

"Of course, seriously it's going to be so much fun passing out invites. I can't believe you're actually doing this," I said turning to her. I thought the silver packaged invites were a little harsh but it seemed not to bother Chase, she said it made her party more of an event.

We walked in and went down the hallway until we got to our favorite back hall where we always met before class. On the way I swore I saw some kid try to pinch Chase's but and I saw her slap him. It was hilarious and I tried not to giggle.

"Chase, Kimberly" I heard, being greeted by Jayson Marrick, our friend who we all know has a crush on Chase. Chase claims she's not interested but I mean come on she flirts with him so much.

Jayson Marrick is a guy who I would label with trouble. He has dark brown hair and is always smirking. And he has these deep navy blue eyes, that always said I'm up to something but you can't prove what.

"Jayson" she said approaching him and winking. She went over and I watched him wrap his arms around her waist and I couldn't take seeing them. I left the two of them and went over to a few others.

Chase wasn't like a bad girl flirt or anything, actually I don't know if any of her past boyfriends went passed kissing, like no makeout sessions or anything. Chase was a pretty good girl, so that's why I thought the two of them would mean trouble.

Chase could do damage if she put her mind to it. This one time this girl started a rumor that I did it with Jordan Hilton and she practically ruined the girl's life. Not ruined, but ruined the girl's social credibility. Chase could be a bi**h if she wanted to. She had a quick temper you could call it.

"Hey Kendall," I said turning and waving to a brunette wavy haired petite doe faced girl, who was standing with Jordan. Jordan and I were pretty good friends, I mean i've known him since we were in diapers. He had dirty blonde hair and a mischievous look to him.

Jordan waved me over and I came, standing with the two of them.

"Kimberly, Kimberly. What's the occasion for the dress?" Jordan asked, obviously not noticing that all of the girls in our group we're dressing up.

Kendall giggled, "Jordan, Chase's birthday is the weekend, duh" she said, adjusting her cute glasses. Another thing I never got about Erudite, is that most of the people here wear glasses, and don't even need them. I know for a fact Chase has perfect vision but she still sometimes wears her glasses.

Jordan nodded, as if that made no sense to him at all but he was going to wing it.

"You guys excited about the party?" I asked them, knowing the obvious answer.

Kendall nodded, "Definitely excited," she said to me grinning.

Jordan laughed, "Yeah I guess, we dont have enough parties here in Erudite" he said which is so true. I nodded, and felt a pinch in my lower back and jumped startled, looking at two laughing faces. I turned around into Shane Burke.

"Sh-ane" I jokingly winned, playfully hitting him. Shane had an infatuation with me, but honestly I don't like guys who flirt with you, and then turn and flirt with 3 other girls and then come back and give you their number. Shane was one of those guys. He grabbed my waist.

"Kimberly what's up?" he asked smirking. I rolled my eyes and moved backwards.

"Nothing much Shane, but would you mind not hitting on me every second of the day?"

"Sorry Kimmy, no can do " he joked. We all know though, that he won't be staying in Erudite. He told us he's switching to Candor.

Chase came back over to us with Jayson, but his arm was around her waist. Now I like Jayson as a friend, he's funny and nice and super smart. But that's what bothers me, he's too smart and too handsome and I don't like the idea of him and Chase. I tried to tell her once but she said she was just flirting.

I pulled out my phone shooting her a text asking if they were together now. Less the 30 seconds later, I saw her reach for her phone and just send me a smiley face back. That confirmed it but I had nothing to do about it.

Then a few other's came over to talk with us and Chase and Jayson just kept glancing to each other the whole time and then Rachel just asked if they we're together now and she nodded and we all clapped and then we talked about the upcoming testing. That's another thing I hate about Erudite, we talk about school so much.

Then the bell rang, sending us to our classes. Saved by the bell, I thought.