Okay so I'm back after about two years so if anybody is still reading this I decided to edit some errors in the current chapters and then I will start writing some new chapters. I've been gone due to some mental circumstances that caused me to lose interest in writing. Anyways, here's the revised first chapter. :)
I slip down a hallway in the compound. The Abnegation woman had sent me home early after my aptitude test. I need to find Tobias. He's the only person I can trust with my results right now, even though you're not supposed to tell anyone. Tobias and I came together in a pretty odd way. I like to think it was because of where I grew up, where I came from.
Around the time I turned nine, the population in Abnegation was getting out of control, so a new law was made. It made a rule that you could only have two children at most. The law also stated if you already have three or more children, you must put the eldest child up for adoption.
Caleb was the youngest, and Bethany and I were identical twins. But in terms of minutes I was the oldest. So naturally, I was put up for adoption. I was supposed to go another Abnegation family, but everyone already had two or more kids. Of course, Marcus Eaton was a single father, but nobody dared put that burden on him. Thank God for that because I'm not sure I would've survived. So I was put up for adoption in other factions, resulting in me being placed in Candor with a family that had two girls older than me.
I, along with their real daughters, was removed from the home a little over one year afterwards, when the oldest daughter reported their fathers sexual and physical abuse to the police. I was too young, and it's not something I like to remember. So I was again put up for adoption, but by now not many people were looking, as all the Abnegation children had been adopted.
But there was a family, in Dauntless. A boy my age, one two years older, and a mother. Hana had wanted a girl for a very long time, but with her husband was deceased, that wasn't much of an option anymore. So she jumped at the chance of a ten year old girl being up for adoption, and I was welcomed into their home within a month of being up for adoption.
While Uriah had been more than happy to have me joining their family, Zeke didn't like that a stiff was coming to live with them. Two months later, I was acting just like the other Dauntless my age, I was best friends with Lynn, and Zeke was as overprotective as any older brother. My former family never came to visit me, as it was said it would be easier for me to adjust to the new faction if I left them behind. Maybe it was.
Four years later Tobias came along. The first transfer from Abnegation in forever. Although, I only knew him as Four back then. He was Zeke's friend, so I was introduced to him. Zeke was always odd to me, because when most Dauntless surrounded themselves with friends, including me, Zeke had many girlfriends, but his only real friend was Shauna. It was only a matter of time before he and Four became best friends.
Zeke would always set Four up on these double dates and Four always managed to push the date away in less than five it was after one of his dates that I sat with him beside the chasm, and I asked him how his date went, and he explained. I still don't really know why, but I kissed him. I had expected it to be awkward after that but we just talked like nothing had happened, for hours. I explained how I came from Abnegation. Then he kissed me. After I had asked about why he wouldn't tell anyone his name, he had taken me through his fear simulation. We have been dating since, that was about six months ago.
I walk up to Tobias's door. I doubt he'll be here because it's the middle of the day, but it's worth a try. So I knock three times. He answers the door after a few knocks and I sigh in relief, walking inside. He stares at me in shock.
"Aren't you supposed be taking your test, Tris?" He asks.
"I already did." I answer flatly.
"You do realize you're supposed to stay at school, right?"
"The lady sent me home after my test." I say, picking at my cuticles nervously. He quirks an eyebrow up.
"Why?"
I puff air out of my cheeks and pace back and forth. I trust Tobias with my life, and he told me he was divergent, so why can't I just say it? He takes me by the shoulders, forcing me to look at him. His deep blue eyes bear into mine.
"Tris, what was your result?" He asks.
"Dauntless." I say truthfully. He sighs in relief.
"And Abnegation… and Erudite." I bite my lip after I say it.
"You're divergent." He says, nodding. "I suspected as much." I close my eyes and nod. After all that Tobias has said about the dangers of being divergent, I'm a bit on edge.
Tobias senses this and hugs me tightly.
"I won't let them lay a hand on you." He whispers and I smile into his chest.
I press my lips to his and wrap my hands around his neck. He puts his around my waist, and pulls me closer. I feel safer in his arms, I feel invincible.
"Come on, let's go start moving your stuff while we have the chance." He says, grabbing my hand. Hana is letting me move in with Tobias, since in just a few months I will be a Dauntless member.
Natalie and Andrew had expected that I would transfer back to Abnegation when I turned sixteen, but I soon found I fit in here better than I ever did in Abnegation. The sad part is, no matter how much my blood family cares about me, I find my real family in all of the people I've met here. I miss them of course, but they feel like a forgotten dream, faces that remain in the back of my mind, people I never really knew.
There's only four boxes, I don't have too much to move, because it's not like I'll be taking furniture from my room. So we only have to take one trip to my apartment that Uriah, Hana and I live in. Soon enough it's dinner time, and I bid Tobias goodnight, because Hana demanded that Uriah, Zeke and I stay at home for dinner, instead of going to the dining hall.
"Where did you go?" Uriah asks me, once dinner is ready. "I was worried we lost you somewhere."
"I got sick from the simulation serum. The Abnegation lady sent me home." I say flatly, because that's what she told me to say. "But I'm fine now." I add immediately. He nods and continues eating.
"I noticed you already took most of your stuff out of your room." Hana says, and I nod.
"Except you left some clothes and makeup." Uriah says, rolling his eyes.
"Been going in my room?" I ask, raising my eyebrows.
"Besides Uri, she needs something to wear and paint her face with for tomorrow." Zeke says, in a mocking tone.
"I do not paint my face." I say with an eye roll. He just wrinkles his nose at me.
Shortly dinner is over and Zeke leaves to go home, and Hana sends Uriah to his room, so she can talk to me, promising she'll speak with him afterwards. She smiles at me, as she wipes her hands on the towel hung on the stove handle.
"Beatrice, I just want you to know that I would miss you like hell, but if you transfer, I'll respect that." She says.
"I'm not going to transfer, I've already made that decision," I say, truthfully. A smile spreads across her lips.
"Then I'm glad." She responds. She hugs me tightly.
"I remember when you were just a little Abnegation girl," she says with a grin. "Now you're a badass Dauntless chick with a scary boyfriend." I grin too.
"You know, I was worried you would be some respectful, perfect little Abnegation girl, and you were… for the first two days." She laughs brightly and I smile again, thinking back to that.
"I was worried Zeke would never accept me." I say. She contemplates this for a second.
"Sometimes it's hard to tell with him. But I think he just disliked the idea of you, not the actual you. He just held his ground to make us mad." She says, and I smile.
"But for some reason he really doesn't like me dating Four." I say, shaking my head. Hana lets out a large sigh.
"Sixteen in is a very inconvenient time to be in love Beatrice. Many people will try to tear you apart. Just know I won't be one of them."
"I just don't understand why Zeke cares so much if we're together." I say. She shrugs.
"Maybe someday he'll tell you." she says. "I better go talk to Uriah." She says, hugging me another time. It's already eleven so I decide to go to sleep, which comes to me surprisingly quick.