My feet slid against the pavement, creating echoes. It filled the silence the street created; easing the sadness that always reminded me it was there. Reminding me that she was lost. That she wa-

I gave an infuriated scream and kicked the rocks and grains of dust that lay on the silent road. It scattered and flew off of the ground, only to be blown away by the wind. I closed my eyes and sunk to my knees, despite the hard pavement. The sadness clawed at my throat forming a lump inside of it. I struggled to bite back my tears.

"She's gone." A voice said at the back of my head.

"I know." I whispered.

"She's dead and gone and there's nothing you can do abo-"

"I know!" I screamed, pummeling my fist against the pavement. Pain surged through my arm and I felt rocks digging into my skin but I didn't care. No amount of pain will hurt as much as the sadness of her death brings. Nothing. I felt tears slide down my face, trickling down my chin. She was gone. Tris was gone and there was nothing I could do about it. I remembered our first kiss, deep in the chasm in Dauntless, and I remembered out last. She told me she would be back, but she had lied. She never did come back. Not alive. Both kisses still lingered on my lips. Why couldn't she have let Caleb go? It was a question I already knew the answer to. A trace of Abnegation still remained inside of her. She couldn't have let her own brother go, traitor or not. I buried my head in my hands and cried. If only she let Caleb go. If she did, she would still be alive. She would be standing beside me holding my hand. But she wasn't. She wasn't here. She was dead. I closed my eyes and saw David.. I felt fury rip through me as David released a laugh. A grin plastered on his face. He was laughing at her final moments. No. He was laughing at me. A tinkling laughter made me jolt from my thoughts. I shot my head up and spun my head around crazily looking for the source. My eyes rested on a girl, sitting not too far away on a bench. I didn't know how I didn't notice her before. It took me a while to realize that she was laughing at the book she was reading rather than at me. I squinted at her. Her blonde hair that was kept short blew in the wind. Her small figure shook as her shoulders heaved up and down as she laughed. It was almost as it she was…

"Tris!" I yelled, shooting up from the ground. "Tris!"

The girl looked up from her book, her blue eyes shone with surprise.

"Tris." I whispered. It was Tris and she looked… Alive. Confusion filled my thoughts until the answer finally came. Tris was dead and she wasn't coming back. Even my mind was cruel enough to play tricks on me. I imagined it laughing in my head at my stupidity. I shut my eyes tight. When I opened my eyes she would be gone. Just like she should be.

"Am I that ugly to look at?" a voice said with a laugh. It was a voice I knew. A laugh I knew. I opened one eye a tiny slit. She was there in front of me. She had spoke. No, Tris was there in front of me. Tris had spoke. A small smile was on her face, her eyes filled with sadness.

"Tris!" I cried as small tears fell down my face. Her eyes filled with amusement and surprise as I wrapped my arms tight around her. I was going to hold on and I was going to never let her go again.

"I love you." She whispered in my ear. A tear escaped from her eye and fell onto my shoulder. I released my grip on her smiling, eager to see her face alive again.

"Tri-" I started, but she was gone. All that was left was the empty road. "Tris," I said again, tears fogging my vision. "I love you too." I whispered, my voice echoing off the empty road.

THE END