3 years later
I sit, waiting for Tobias to come back from his test. Every person, girl or boy, has to take a test at age sixteen that tells you which faction you should probably pick. After that, you go to faction high school until you are 18. His faction test is today and I'm pretty sure it just started.
Tobias POV
A middle aged man about the age of 40 years old inserts the simulation serum into me.
All of the sudden, I am standing on the edge of an opening in an airplane with a parachute on. I think they actually expect me to jump out of this thing! I know that this is just a simulation so I jump out and then it ends.
Next, I am sitting in a room on the floor. All of the sudden, the room gets smaller and I freak out. The room is shrinking! I close my eyes and think of Tris waiting for me, right outside this room. We didn't have school today because of these tests. The room is now gone.
I sit in a dark and lonely cell. Then a woman, about my mother's age appears. I know that I have to shoot her. I remind myself that she is not real and I am not actually taking someone's life. I shoot and she disappears before the bullet reaches her.
I am now sitting in my bedroom, looking at the picture of Tris and I when we first met. Her frail and small body swinging from the monkey bars when I dared her to cross them. We were five years old at the time, now she is 14 and I am 16.
My father comes in and screams at me, asking what I am doing. I lie so that he doesn't whip or beat me. He knows that I am lying.
"Lying has a punishment, Tobias!" he yells. I wince as he runs at me and hits me. I stand up and push him against the wall, making the simulation go away.
"Tobias!" the middle aged man who gave me the serum says.
"What's wrong?" I ask him.
"You are something we call Divergent here." he tells me.
"Divergent?" I ask.
"It means that your blood and mind are umm... different. You cannot tell anyone or you will be executed!" he says in a hushed tone.
"What?!" I yell.
"Be quiet!" he says harshly.
"Okay, okay. "What faction did I get?" I ask.
"You got Abnegation," he states.
"Okay, goodbye," I say quickly.
He yells, "Wait!"
I don't answer as a run out to a smiling Tris.
"How did it go..." she stops. "What's wrong?" she asks.
"I am something called Divergent and my brain works differently then everybody else's," I say frustrated. Not at her, but just in general.
"Oh..." she says still looking confused.
"Let's just go home," I say.
"Ok" Tris says. "
What do you want to do now?" I ask.
"Don't you have to stay home and think about your choice?" she asks me with a confused face.
I state plainly, "No, i know exactly what I will choose."
"What?" she asks excited.
"You'll see tomorrow," I tell her. I smirk at her shocked face.
"Why won't you tell me now!" she almost screams.
Tris POV
I can't believe that he won't tell me!
He smirks. "I'm just kidding!" he says with a grin.
I sigh, "Oh, thank goodness!"
"I am going to pick Dauntless," he tells me.
I am shocked! "Why?!" I say.
"To get away from my father," he says glumly. Oh ya, he told me when I was thirteen. I remember that day. He showed me all his scars and bruises. I cried for a long time out of sorrow for Tobias. I also remember how angry I felt at Marcus, his father. He was the one who beat him for his entire childhood and even now. Tobias knew how to fight back, but he didn't know how to hurt his father, even though he hates him.
"How about we go to the state fair, it's today only," I suggest to get his mind off his father.
"Great!" he says.
We ride all the rides except the really high ones. I wouldn't be that cruel. Since he is deathly afraid of heights.
"Tris, do you want to ride the Ferris wheel?" he asks.
"Only if you want to," I reply.
"Tris, do you want to go on the Ferris Wheel?" he asks.
"Only if you want," I reply.
"Well, it looks pretty high," he says sheepishly.
I giggle and say, "Let's skip it."
"Ok, thanks Tris," he says.
"Let's go talk about what we will do for the next couple of years," I suggest.
"Sounds good," Tobias agrees.
"Let's go to my house," I say. Tobias's dad, Marcus whips him daily so I think he is glad that I suggested my house.
Flashback
I was sitting on his couch watching TV with him when, "Tobias! Who is she?," he slurs.
"She is our neighbor, Beatrice father," he replies soothingly.
"She's ugly, why do you like her?" he replies while coming over to beat Tobias.
"We are only friends father," Tobias says in a slightly fearful way.
There is anger pented up inside of me at Marcus. The fact that he called me ugly, was only rude. But the fact that he had whipped and beat Tobias for sixteen years was shocking and appalling. I feel like punching Marcus for Tobias's sake, but decide against it. It will only make it worse.
"Father, please calm down" I don't even understand how Tobias is this calm.
"This is for your own good, Tobias," Marcus says angrily.
Tobias stands up and then gets knocked down by the surprising strength of Marcus. Tobias groans and I step up to make sure not one of those lashes hits him.
Instantly, I feel a stab of pain. Marcus doesn't stop, like I expected. I kick him in the groin and take Tobias to my mother for healing.
End Of Flashback
"Thanks, sounds great," he says relieved.
Tobias POV
I am so relieved that Tris said we could talk at her house. Marcus would injure both of us. I can't wait to get away from him. But i can't bear the fact that I will have to be away from Tris for two years.