Hello, here is the second chapter please tell me your thoughts. This site itself is a disclaimer that non of us own these stories but I'll put it up anyway, I do not own Divergent I only own my OCs. :)
Song of the Day: Laura Palmer by Bastille
"Hello" I called when I walked through the door of my parents' apartment.
"Bella" my Mom's voice answered. She came through the door to the kitchen with a mixing bowl in her hands. "Bella where have you been didn't school end early today?" She asked.
"I went to the library didn't you get my note?"
"Yes, but you usually don't take so long to check out a book."
"Oh, well I stayed to read. I um, needed time to think." This was a lie because I didn't do any thinking about the test while I was there but my mother didn't need to know that.
"How did the test go by the way?" She asked and I stiffened, what was I supposed to tell her?
"Your not supposed to ask me that Mom."
"Oh I know, but I'm not asking your results just how it went that's all."
"It went fine." There a short non specific answer. I looked around, "where's Dad" I asked.
"He had to work late honey, actually he should be back soon. Will you help me with dinner?"
"Sure, what are we having?" I asked wearily. Sometimes my Mom liked to experiment with things that should not be tampered with, like food.
"Don't worry," She laughed. "I'm making pasta with meat sauce." I relaxed. I followed her into the small kitchen and looked at the pot on the stove, the water was almost to a boil.
"What can I do?" I asked.
"Can you dice some onions for me?"
"Sure." I replied. For about half an hour we worked on dinner. I asked how her day was and she told me about how a Candor man had broken his arm falling off a ladder trying to fix something on his roof. My mother was a nurse at the Hospital and loved her job. My father was a scientist and did who knows what. Then we heard the door open and close.
"Jonathan" my mother calls.
"Hello dear, is that meat sauce I smell?" He asked.
"Hi dad," I called.
"Hey Bell, how did the test go?"
"Ugh," I groaned.
"What did I say?" He asked and my mother laughed.
"The same thing I did, to which I explained to her that we were only interested in how it went not what happened." To that my father laughed. I was about to respond with some witty comment but the buzzer for the pasta went off and I went to turn the stove off.
After dinner my parents told me to go to bed early and think about my test. I didn't complain, I still didn't know what faction I would choose. I automatically ruled out Abnegation, while I did appreciate what they did for the community that wasn't the life style for me. (I did enjoy a bit of excitement). Then there was Dauntless, which might have a little bit too much excitement. I had never before considered Dauntless but now I wondered if that was where I could belong. But, there was also my family to think about, they would support me no matter which faction I chose but they would want me to stay with them, which is understandable.
Ring, Ring, Ring. I walked across my room an picked up the phone.
"Hey Bella." Said Lee.
"Hi." I replied.
"What happened to you after school I didn't see you after the test."
"I went to the library after school and then I went home."
"Oh well," she said then a voice on her end of the line shouted something.
"Alright, jeez just let my finish this call." Lee shouted back. "Sorry my mom is badgering me to get off the phone."
"She just wants you to be ready for tomorrow." I told her, Lee was often to get annoyed when her parents told her to do something. If I were honest I would tell her to shut up and listen to them for once but there would be no point to that, she wouldn't listen.
"Ya right whatever see you tomorrow."
"See you." I told her and she hung up. I put the phone back on its receiver and slumped onto my desk chair. With no doubt she would choose Erudite, she is not exactly peaceful like the Amity. No way, selfless like the Abnegation (and she spent way to much time making fun of them). She defiantly wasn't honest like the Candor, or brave like the Dauntless. She did pride herself on her knowledge on the human body, she has told me countless times that she wanted to be a surgeon, the only time she was ever serious was when she was studying anatomy. At least she knew what she wanted to do, while here I am last minute trying to decide.
Knock, Knock, Knock. I looked up.
"Honey, can we come in?" My mom asked.
"Sure." I replied a little to fast. My mom cracked the door and peered in.
"Are we disturbing you dear." She asked.
"No, no its fine come in." She came in followed by my dad.
"Can we talk?" My dad asked.
"Well your lips are moving and words a coming out so I would assume so." My dad snorted and my mom looked annoyed.
"What we came up here to tell you was…" My dad stopped laughing. "We completely support which ever faction you choose okay, we don't want you to feel you have to stay in Erudite if that's not what you want." My cheeks burned, that was part of the reason my decision was so hard. "This is the rest of your life you're going to decide and we just don't want you to choose a faction and not be happy there."
"Which is why…" My father continued. "You think not about the factions themselves but the virtues they stand for, we want you to choose the one you feel is most important." I thought about that, which virtue did I find most important? Before it had always been about whether I was smart enough or brave enough, whether I would want to be a scientist or a lawyer. It had never been about which I valued the most. My parents could probably see the gears in my head turning because they both hugged me tight (a little to tight) and I hugged them back, and then they stood up.
"Do what you think is right, okay Bella." My mom said
"Okay." I replied and my parents smiled.
"Goodnight." My Dad said.
"Sweat dreams." My mom added and she shut the door behind them.
I lay down on my bed thinking about what my dad said. "Think not about the factions themselves but the virtues they stand for, we want you to choose the one you feel is most important." Which did I value more knowledge or bravery (as said before I already decided against Abnegation). I decided to do a break down of the two factions. The Erudite were those who valued knowledge, they were the doctors, teachers and scientists. I did value knowledge I believed that it is key to a functioning system and with out it there would be ruin. The Dauntless were those who valued bravery, they were our protectors. I also valued bravery and the protection of others; with out the Dauntless there would be no upholders of the law. So which did I value the most? I thought and thought weighing the two options like the scales of the Candor. What did I want to provide for our city? What did I want others to see me as? I thought hard on these questions and then I knew my answer, I know which faction I'm going to choose tomorrow.