Chapter 2
Robert's face is ashen and crestfallen as I pull him into a hug. His arms wind around me and I inhale deeply, smelling his Abnegation spices. He rubs his face in my hair, a comforting gesture. Robert pulls back from the hug and kisses my forehead.
" Do you want to go, " he asks sadly. Oh, of course I don't want to go.
"No Rob. I love you and I want to stay with you. You know I have to go though," I say back, my tone of voice matching his. I kiss his lips softly and sigh as he deepens the kiss. I will have to leave this amazing man in less than a week. Leaving his kisses and his hugs. His comforts and his love. All for some prince who will not choose me and will choose some other girl from the competition. I will leave my Robert for a long time until Prince Tobias sends me home. How nice. He rubs my back with small little circles then pulls away from me. I glance up at him feeling empty, not liking the even the smallest of distances between us.
"You know what this means Tris, " Robert says his voice forlorn. No, I don't know what it means. What could he be trying to say ? Wait... No !
"Rob we don't have to do this, " I say my voice wavering a bit. He shakes his head and takes a step back.
" Yes Tris, we do. I'm not asking you to fall in love with the Prince just do this for your family. It will be better this way. I'm sorry Beatrice, I have to break up with you. "
I feel a tear slip from my eye and run down my cheek slowly. I know other ones will soon be following the first. Squeezing my eyes to stop the salty tears, I take a step closer to Robert. He takes the remaining steps between us with long strides and gives me a swift kiss on my forehead.
" I'm sorry Tris. I will always love you Beatrice Prior and one day when you come back to Abnegation if you don't fall in love with the Prince, I will make you my wife."
The tears that have been waiting in my eyes finally fall into a waterfall as Robert walks away. I try to be strong like I have for so long. I watch his grey back walk into his house and shut the door, only then do I turn and stride down the pavement. I wipe my tears with the sleeve of my jacket as to not disturb my parents. Crying is selfish, you want people to know you are pain and want them to comfort you. That is not selfless. I get to my house in the slowest time possible, feeling dejected and lonely. I take a deep breath,open the door, and walk in.
A knock on my door startles me minutes a later . I cautiously open the door hoping it's not my mother or father. It's Caleb. I usher him in the room and shut the door. He gingerly sits down on my narrow bed and I sit down next to him.
"So Caleb, why did you come here," I ask un surely , he's never come into my room randomly before though we are very close or so I thought.
" Have you ever felt that you don't belong in this faction," Caleb asks. Yes I have , why is he asking this ? At the age of twenty you are allowed to transfer factions for a large amount of money and time. It takes years to get permission and even then you can be kicked out of the new faction during initiation and become faction less. Mother told me the story many times when I was younger. Mother was Dauntless and Father Abneagtion, when they met one day on the street they fell in love and Mother begged her mother to let her transfer. At the age of twenty seven she was allowed to transfer to Abnegation and marry my father. Three years later they had Caleb and then a year after they had me.
" Yes Caleb I have, why are you asking, you know you are the perfect a Abnegation member : selfless and kind, helping anyone in need. "
" Beatrice, sometimes I feel like I want to be in Erudite, I don't feel like Abnegation anymore."
" What about Susan ? You would willingly leave her," I say . Susan is Caleb's somewhat girlfriend, for Abnegation don't really show affection in public, and I find it strange that he would leave her without having to.
" We would both go," he says with a firm nod," I'm sorry to put all this pressure on you, with you being picked for the Selection and all. I will miss you Beatrice."
I hug him and say ," It's no problem Caleb,you can talk to me anytime." I long to tell him about Robert but I know I cannot . He leaves the room a while later after we talk some more.
Days later, my legs are jittery as I pack some few of my things the day before I have to leave for the Palace, also called the Chasm. I have to see Robert one last time. Making sure my parents are occupied in the kitchen, I walk out the door and onto the dark street. I giddily walk to our hiding spot, hoping for one last kiss from my lover. I spot the hiding spot and Robert's familiar redhead and run towards it. The closer I walk I see that he is not alone. No he is not alone. He's with some girl in there kissing just like we used to. He pulls the girl's hair out from the bun and her blonde hair flows free. She looks achingly similar to me though I know she is not. Her body is too developed to be mine and her legs too long. I also know for fact that she does not have my bird tattoos because I know that girl.
It's Susan.
AN: A lot of drama in this chapter but this also happens in the Selection book by Kiera Cass though many things will be different. I assume that this story will have about thirty chapters and I will have two more sequels after that like the Selection trilogy. Your reviews made me smile so much and that was the most amount of story alerts I got just after one day. Keep on reviewing, I love you all ! Tobias is coming soon, though fourtris will not come until later on !
