Tris's POV
"Tris!" Christina tackles me to the ground.
"Chrissy!"
"I haven't seen you in forever!"
"That's cause you moved to the big city freshman year!"
"Sorry!"
"You've gained an accent."
"Well to me, you're the one with the accent."
"I can't believe I'm really here!"
"Yup! I have a boyfriend but we don't live together."
"Good, cause I've never lived with a guy besides Caleb and daddy."
"I know! Come one, let's go to your new apartment."
My name is Beatrice Elizabeth Prior but everyone calls me Tris. I'm a country girl and I've moved here to Chicago to show daddy I can make it! Daddy always wanted me to work on the ranch but I wanna be a big time actress! Back home, I was in every play! I love it! Now I'm here in the big city! Chrissy and I have been best friends since the 4th grade. She loads my bags in the back and drives me to her-our apartment. The people in the city sure dress differently around here. I'm wearing a gingham crop top with a little tie at the bottom in the front, some jeans, and brown, leather cowboy boots. This place looks so exciting!
"Wait until you meet my friends!" Christina exclaims. "You'll love them!"
"What are their names?"
"Uriah, Marlene, Zeke, Shauna, Will, Lynn, Lauren, and Four. Lauren's kind of bitchy though."
"Who's dating who?"
"Well, I'm dating Will, Marlene and Uriah are together, so are Shauna and Zeke, and Lauren and Four are dating. Lynn is single."
"I thought you said Lauren was bitchy."
"Doesn't stop Four from dating her."
"I see."
We get out of the car and take my bags upstairs. It's not the most friendly looking place but it's pretty cool. She stops at 64B and unlocks it. We go inside and it's super cool! I've lived on a ranch for a while, I sometimes did farm work too. This will be so fun! I unpack and when I go outside, Chrissy's waiting for me. She hands me 2 keys. One for the apartment and one for the mailbox. She tells me that "the gang" is coming over in 10 minutes. I refused to change. I go into my room and undo my 2 braids, making my hair wavy. I put on my lucky cowgirl hat and keep unpacking. After 10 minutes, I hear a knock on the door and some voices. I decide to stay in my room to keep un packing. Chrissy bursts in my room 5 minutes later, telling me to come out. I go out and see 4 boys and 4 girls.
"Hiya!" I smile brightly.
"So you're Christina's new roommate?" a guy asks.
"Yes-sir-y!" I say. "I'm Tris. Chrissy told me your names but didn't go into specifics."
"Chrissy?" Another guy raises an eyebrow at her. Christina nods meekly.
"Anyways, I'm Marlene." A girl says.
"Uriah."
"Zeke, Uriah's older brother."
"Shauna."
"Lynn."
"Will."
"Lauren."
"Four."
The Four guy interests me a little but I don't look at him any longer than the others. I don't need a prissy twit coming after me. I should really start using Chicago lingo from now on. I'm already outta place.
"Nice to meet y'all." I say.
"Aren't you a little out of place here?" Lauren asks.
"Yes, but I don't care." I say.
"You should you little slut." Lauren says.
"Careful Lauren. You don't know what Tris is capable of." Chrissy warns. It's true. Even though I'm the sweet little innocent country girl my daddy loves, there's another side to me.
"What can this little bitch do?" Lauren scoffs.
"Probably more than you. You wouldn't fight me. You might break a nail." I smile innocently.
"Slut."
"Priss."
"Whore."
"Twit."
"Bitch."
"Coward."
She lunges at me but I flip her over and sit on her. I twist her arm behind her back and say, "see? I can easily beat you in a fight, girly."
I get off her and smirk. Everyone else is looking at me weirdly, except Chrissy. She's smiling proudly. She knows what I can do, I've saved her butt loads of times before. Lauren gets up angrily and plops down on Four's lap.
"Wow Tris, I don't think anyone's ever stood up to Lauren before." Uriah says.
"Yeah, even though anyone could easily take her-" Zeke gets cut off by Lauren.
"Right here you know!" she exclaims.
"She's Four's girlfriend." Shauna finishes.
"I can easily take all of you," I grin.
"Careful Tris," Four warns.
"She hurt me Four! Make her pay!" Lauren whines.
"Oh sweetie pie, you're just being a prissy twit." I say.
"How can you be so innocent, yet so badass?" Marlene asks. Everyone nods and I just shrug.
"So how's life in the big city so far?" Uriah asks.
"Good Uri. I'm roommates with my best friend and I've already taken down a priss!" I say sweetly. Lauren scowls at me but I just chuckle. We talk a little more and I've decided to give almost everyone nicknames.
Uriah-Uri
Marlene-Mar Mar/Mar
Shauna-Shay Shay/Shay
Zeke-Zekey Bear
Will-Willy Boy
Christina-Chrissy/Chris
Four-Number Boy
I couldn't come up with one for Lynn or Lauren. Lynn seems pretty cool. She has a shaved head. That's cool.
"Lynn, if you don't mind me asking, why'd you shave your head?" I ask.
"Guys think they're so much better than girls. It infuriates me! They've underestimated me my whole life! I figured that if I looked less girly, they'd start treating me as an equal instead of someone lower than them." Lynn says.
"That is-" she cuts me off.
"I know, people usually think it's weird." Lynn tells me.
"No! I was gonna say that is so cool! Boys back home always treated me horribly. One boy went to far and I had to teach him a little lesson. You'd be very inspirational to the WSEBO I was a part of. WSEBO stands for Women Self-Esteem Boost Organization. It's for women who were abused or mistreated."
"Really? How'd you find out about the place?"
"Uh...I-I, my friend was there for a while. Anyways, they keep you safe and teach you how to stand up for yourself. Actually, I was looking online and there's one here. We could go if you wanted. I was planning on getting a job there anyways."
"That'd be awesome!"
Lynn and I talk a little more and then Uriah decides he's hungry. They wanna get hamburgers from McDonalds so the guys go to get food. I go into the kitchen and start baking my famous chocolate cake. My godmother, Tori, owned a restaurant and let me experiment a little. One day, I made a recipe for cake and it was a big hit!
"Hey Tris! What are you making?" Shay asks.
"My famous chocolate cake." I say.
"YAY!" Chrissy squeals.
"Must be good to be famous." Lynn says.
"It is!" Chrissy exclaims.
"Hah, I'd like to see you try and bake." Lauren scoffs.
"Think you can do better?" I ask.
"Yes. Cook-off?" Lauren challenges. I nod and she starts baking too. After an hour, the boys are back and my cake is in the oven. I have no idea what Lauren made. We sit down and eat. I devour my food within 5 minutes and everyone stares at me.
"How do you stay so skinny and eat like that?!" Uriah exclaims. I just shrug. While the others finish up their food I take out my cake and let it cool. "What smells so good?"
"Tris's famous chocolate cake!" Chrissy exclaims.
"I made it in the big pan so everyone can have seconds!" I say.
"Good because if it's as good as it smells..." Zeke trails off and I giggle.
"Trust me, you won't get enough!" I say. Lauren scoffs.
"I made a better dessert." Lauren says.
"What is it babe?" Four asks.
"Ice cream," she bats her eyelashes at him.
"That's like, the easiest dessert to make!" Mar exclaims.
"I agree with Mar." I say.
"Mar?" Willy boy asks.
"I came up with nicknames for almost all of you!" I exclaim. "I'll be back! I'm going to my room!"
Christina's POV
"Why's she so happy Christina?" Will asks.
"She's usually too cheery. When she was 4, she was injected with a strange substance. It supposedly made her more cheery and happy than others. She was injected 6 times. That's how she got the nickname Six back home. This crazy bitch, Jeanine Matthew kidnapped her and experimented on her. Her parents found her a week after she was kidnapped. By then it was already too late. So technically, she's not...genetically pure. Every now and then the serum acts up. Today's one of those days. This isn't the real her...I mean...it is. But she's not being herself. She's usually moody and curses a lot." I explain.
"I knew there was something wrong with that girl!" Lauren says. I glare at her and so does the rest of the girls.
"Wait, does that mean she's not a part of the WSEBO?" Lynn asks.
"Oh, she's a part of it alright. She was in it. When she was 7, she started having panic attacks, flashbacks, and other things. She was released in the 3rd grade. We met in 4th. We became best friends and we know everything about each other." I explain.
"How long does this last?" Four asks. Weird. He usually doesn't take interest in or worry about anyone. Not even Lauren.
"It'll last for a day or 2 and then she'll be back to normal. This happens once every...2 months I'd say. Tris also has some nightmares and occasional flashbacks." I explain. "She also doesn't own many clothes like the ones she's wearing. She's a city girl at heart but her inner country comes out when the peace serum does."
Lauren looks like she's about to say something when we hear a scream. From Tris's room.