Hi this is my first fic so please review and suggest constructive criticism where needed. Thank you and hope you like it! P.s I'm from the UK so if I say or spell something you don't understand or wrong please ask me. The characters are all 18 in this story and live in California.
Disclaimer: I do not own Divergent- Veronica Roth does (what I would do to be her though)
Tris Pov
I open my eyes to see Florence, but everyone calls her Flo, tapping my forehead. "Wake up mommy!" she whispers in my ear. For my 2 year old whispering is very rare. She is the type of child that usually sings at the top of her lungs walking round the supermarket.
I slowly sit up and survey my room; bright white walls, small toddler's bed in the corner near the window, the bathroom door and the wall full of pictures of me, Caleb, Flo and my parent and friends. Flo jumps on my knee and starts to fiddle with loose strands of hair that have fallen from my messy bun I wore to bed last night. Suddenly remembering what today was I picked her up as I got out of bed. "Flo, It's 7.30 I am going to be late for my last year at school if we don't get ready now. Go and wake Uncle Caleb up, okay?" I ask her. With that she jumps up and runs out of the room, calling Caleb's name at the top of her voice.
I quickly shower and get dressed into a black tank top, skinny black jeans and a black baggy sweatshirt. After grabbing breakfast, applying minimal makeup and getting Flo ready, I pull on my combats and grab my car keys. The babysitter, Lucy, arrived just as I was about to call Caleb downstairs. "Hiya Tris, how are you? Excited for your last year of Dauntless High School?" she asks me. I've known Lucy for most of my life as she looked after me and Caleb when we were younger, whilst Mom and Dad were away on business trips.
"I'm fine thank you Lucy, just looking forward to getting this year over so I can move on with my life and look after Flo more. I really need to go now though but should be back around 4." I turn my attention to Florence who is sat on the sofa watching Spngebob Squarepants, "Be good Flo. I will see you later." Thanking Lucy again I grab my backpack and make my way to my Aston Martin db9 convertible.
Jumping into the driver's seat, I pull out of the big driveway leading to our big Californian mansion. I switch the radio on and put the top down on the car. I quickly realise that Stay the night by Zedd is playing and I pump up the volume to the maximum. This is my favourite song at the moment and I nod my head along to the beat, singing the chorus when it comes on.
I know that we are upside down
So hold your tongue and hear me out
I know that we were made to break
So what? I don't mindYou kill the lights, I'll draw the blinds
Don't dull the sparkle in your eyes
I know that we were made to break
So what? I don't mindAre you gonna stay the night?
Are you gonna stay the night?
Oh oh oh, are you gonna stay the night?Are you gonna stay the night?
Doesn't mean we're bound for life
So oh oh oh, are you gonna stay the night?
As I pull into school I turn the volume down and put the top up. I'm just in time as I hear the warning bell signal that class starts in five minutes. I park my car and walk to my locker just inside the school entrance. My homeroom is just in the next hall so I make it just in time as the school bell sounds again starting the school day.
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I bump into Caleb as I pass through the halls to my first period-Art. He is with his gang which consists of him, the hot-shot of the school, his wingman Four, his best friend Zeke, Uriah, Will (all of which are on the school football team) and the girls, Shauna, Christina, Marlene and Lynn (who is the school tough guy and also is the only one out of the gang who likes me. I try to keep head down as I pass the group but Christina spots me and informs the gang. They all start talking about me and how I am fat and ugly. They only think I'm fat because I don't wear anything in front of them that shows the curves I have which are in fact bigger than most for my age. I actually have a slim waist and the ideal figure, I just keep it hidden and let them think what they want. I don't listen to them but do catch Lynn trying to stick up form me by telling Caleb off for laughing along with the rest of them. She says that he should be on my side and shouldn't let his friends talk about his twin sister like that. He doesn't listen, as I knew he wouldn't, so I just walk around the group and carry on to my lesson.
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I pull into tattoo parlour just down the street from my school. Thankfully Caleb has football practise afterschool and I don't need to be home until 4, so I can sneak in a little time to get a new tattoo and piercing. I walk up to the front desk and greet Tori. She was always there for me when I found out about Flo, when Caleb and the gang had bullied me enough to make me cry and when I needed someone to talk to. She had given me my first tattoo when I was 16 years old when I had been attacked and come out with Florence as a result. She helped support me by taking care of Flo when Lucy had days off and I wasn't available.
"Hi Tori, I was wondering if you could squeeze in a tattoo for me and I want a tragus piercing in my right ear" I asked. She looked around the shop and smiled "Of course Tris. The shop isn't that busy and it shouldn't take that long to do. What tattoo would you like?"
I had already thought about this and decided on a medium sized circle with flames in the middle of it on my lower back, visible above my jeans waistband. I explained it to tori and 30 minutes later, I walked out of the parlour sporting a green star in my ear and a patch of flames on my back.
So what do you guys think? Not much happening but the next chapter will have a lot more in it because this one was just to introduce everyone. Please review!
