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Tris
"Tobias?" I breathed, shocked. I hadn't seen him in years, despite the fact that we were close friends as kids.
"Beatrice? What are you doing here? I thought you chose Dauntless?" Tobias looked as shocked as I was.
"I wish," I muttered under my breath, almost instantly regretting it. I had thought that Tobias was going to choose Dauntless at his ceremony, two years before mine, but he chose Abnegation. I realised that the hidden reason of me not choosing Dauntless was the hope of seeing him again. When I looked at his face, it reminded me of amazing childhood memories, and I sucked in a breath.
He shook his head and turned to the papers.
"So, as today is Saturday, we will be sorting out the papers," he told me.
"Wait, we haven't seen each other in two years and all you want to talk about is work?"
"What is there to talk about, Beatrice?" He asked me softly, facing me again.
"I don't know, everything!"
"Beatrice, when you look at me, you probably see all the childhood moments, all the fun we had, but I don't see that in you, I'm sorry," He looked at me levelly in my eyes.
"What do you mean?" I couldn't hold his gaze. I looked at my hands in my lap, wondering if he had really enjoyed my company as much as he had used to say.
"Look, Beatrice, can we just talk tomorrow?"
"I thought there was nothing to talk about,"
"Just- please. Meet me in the woods, at 6 tomorrow evening," He pleaded, and I couldn't say no. I unhappily accepted and we got to work.
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Tobias
I waited nervously at the entrance to the woods. It was deserted, because it was Sunday evening and everybody would be using their only day off work to see their family.
I was just about to leave when Beatrice showed.
"Tobias," She greeted, doing the traditional Abnegation head nod. I nodded back.
I silently led her deeper into the wood, not worried about getting lost because I had come this way many times before.
She walked in front of me and placed her hands on her hips. I suppressed a smile because that brought back good childhood memories.
"Tobias, you can tell me now," She told me, sounding like she really didn't want to be here.
"Okay, Tris," I say, stepping closer.
"Tris? But my name's Beatrice," She sounded confused.
"It's a nickname. I think it suits you," I shrug.
I took her hand, and looked into her eyes. I smiled when she didn't pull away.
"Still bringing back bad memories?" She raised an eyebrow at me.
Sighing, I launched into my explanation.
"So, you know the Erudite were releasing those reports about Marcus?"
"Your father, yeah, they were saying that he was violent and used to beat you,"
"Yep, well, they um, they weren't wrong," I say, expecting her to understand. I moved closer and took her other hand, looking into her soft, stormy blue eyes, except that today, they weren't all that soft.
"So, the Erudite were correct. How is that any different to normal?" Tris argued. I was glad that were away from the public because we weren't exactly acting in an Abnegation manner.
"Tris, you're missing the point. Marcus- um, he, y'know…" I didn't want to think about what he had done to me. I could almost feel the burning pain, the cuts deep into my back… I shuddered.
"So, he hit you, big deal," Tris said, still kind of mad at me, but now I was mad at her. Couldn't she see? It's like she forgot about the factions as well as the fact that it was child abuse.
I just pulled my shirt over my head and turned around. I heard a slight gasp, and then her fingers run lightly along the scars on my back. I wince, though it doesn't hurt. But the memories do.
"Oh, um, sorry," She says, instantly removing her fingers. I turn back around to face her.
"Also, sorry for not understanding. Wait! Your birthday!" She exclaimed.
"Now you know. Well, I'm sorry, but I can't do this," I say coldly. Every time I looked at Tris, I just saw that day, and I'm not sure I could see any different. But, when she arrived at the woods, I saw her, not the memory.
I walk away, not turning back.
*Next chapter will be kind of short because it will be the memory thingy but again, thank you guys so much for everything! Sorry if it's not too good, this was written while I was very tired…