DISCLAIMER I DONT OWN DIVERGENT OR ANY CHARACTERS ALL CREDIT GOES TO VERONICA ROTH
Chapter 1 recap
"Lynn I'm gonna throw up again" I say and everyone moves out of the way but still keep me up. I throw up more blood and I can hear Four yelling to me to stay awake but I can't. Black dots cloud my vision and I hear Lynn screaming at me.
"sorry" is the last thing I say before everything goes black.
Chapter 2
Lynn POV
"No Tris please stay awake" I scream. I'm gonna murder Peter.
"Zeke we need to hurry, she already lost too much blood" Four says lifting Tris into the wheelchair.
"Is she gonna make it?" I say with tears running down my face. Shauna pulls me into a hug. Shauna knows that I don't cry unless it's about someone I truly care about. When Tris told me what was happening I knew how she felt. When I was in college I was dating Eric a sadistic pig how was controlling. I didn't have it as bad as Tris but I know what it feels like not to be able to escape. If it wasn't for Shauna, Zeke, or Four I would be either in Tris position know or dead. Tris is like a sister to me and I can't lose her.
"She's gonna make it. She's tough I'm surprise she didn't pass out sooner" Shauna says
"I hope" I say sitting down in waiting room and putting my head in my hands. It's been five hours since Tris went into surgery. Zeke and Four are almost done. As soon as Shauna gives me a cup of coffee Zeke walks out with blood all over his scrubs and a satisfied look on his face.
"She is stabilized and she's gonna make it. She is a tough one" he says giving me a hug.
"Thank god. What did he do to her?" I ask questioning if I really want to know.
"Well, it looks like he beat her for a while, there was healing whip marks and deep fresh ones. He stabbed her in the hip but a piece of the knife broke off in her hip and we had to remove it. Luckily it missed any major organs. She has a severe concussion which explains her throwing up. She has 10 stitches above her eye from where it looks like he punched her several times." He says
"Oh my god" I say with tears falling down my face. I feel someone hug me from behind and see Four. Ever since Eric Four has been like my big brother and always looked after me.
"Lynn, how long has this been happening to her?" he asks. I really don't know if Tris would want me to tell. She had a problem telling me and I even had to tell her about Eric first before she really told me the truth.
"Four, I can't tell you. She will have to tell you" I say hoping he will drop it. The look on his face shows he is having an internal battle with himself if he should continue to press on the matter or let it go.
"Okay, she is going to be okay. She should wake up in a couple of hours but a couple of days at the most" he says wiping the tears that roll down my cheeks.
"Can I see her?" I ask
"Yeah, I will take you to her room. One question does she have any family?" He says
"Her parent's died 3 years ago and she hasn't talked to her brother since they died" I say remembering her telling me how they died.
"Okay, this is her room" he says opening the door. When I walk in I see Tris hooked up to several different IV'S. She looks better than she did when she first got here but there are bruises all over her face and I don't even want to know what her back looks like. I walk over to the chair and sit next to her.
"Come on Tris, you need to wake up soon" I say and let the tears fall.
Tris POV
I hear this annoying beeping sound, God will somebody shut it off. I groan and open my eyes but that was a big mistake.
"Your finally awake" I hear a deep voice say. Peter? No, Peter's voice isn't that deep. I open my eyes and I see the prettiest blue eyes I have ever seen.
"Where am I?" I ask confused.
"You are in a hospital. Do you remember anything" he asks. I think back oh yeah Peter was drunk and nearly killed me.
"Yes, I remember everything." I say. I remember Lynn helping me and there were people named Zeke, Shauna, and Four? Yeah Four, still strange name.
"Is Lynn here?" I ask
"Yes, she went to get coffee. She hasn't left your side for three days." He says. Three days oh no. Peter is probably pissed.
"Has anybody been here looking for me?" I ask
"No, and if he shows up I'm gonna murder him" I hear Lynn say.
"Lynn" I chuckle
"Thank god you are awake. You gave me a scare Trissy" she says chuckling. I scowl she knows I hate that nickname.
"I thought since I almost died you would stop calling me that" I groan.
"Never gonna happen Trissy. Tris this is Four he is one of the doctors and like my brother how help save you." she says pointing to the tall muscular doctor with the prettiest blue eyes.
"Tris, do you want to tell me what happen? I can help you put this sick bastard in jail" Four says. I look at Lynn not knowing if I can trust him. Lynn gives me a nod saying to tell him.
"Tris, he helped me get away from Eric. You can trust him." She says taking my hand.
"Do you want to get what where their names Zeke and Shauna? They were there last night right?" I say not wanting to repeat this story a million times.
"Yeah, I'll go get them while Four changes your IV'S" Lynn says getting up and walking out the door.
"So Four, very interesting name? I say.
"Yeah, I got the nickname in Med school when I had to do Four surgeries on my first day" he says looking at my pupils.
"So, Lynn tells me you're a nurse a children's hospital" he says changing the IV.
"Yeah, I work with mostly children with cancer. They just make you feel grateful for life and I love working with kids" I say.
"Isn't kind of depressing, I mean working with kids when you know there gonna die?" he questions.
"No, it's the complete opposite. The kids making getting up out of bed and getting through my day easier, You would think almost dying it would be sad but the kids are still full of life and I always have smile on my face every time I talk to them" I say. Four just looks at me with awe and respect. He is about to ask me something when Zeke, Shauna, and Lynn come walking through the door.
"So, this is the Tris who is best friends with my little sister in law" Zeke says
"Thank you guys for saving my life." I say with tears threating to fall.
"It's our job, plus you remind me of someone I knew when I was a kid" he says
"Really who?" I ask curious.
"My cousin Beatrice, her parents died a couple of years ago and we tried to get in contact with her but Caleb said they had a falling out and she disappeared. I miss her sometimes" he says and Shauna gives him a hug.
"Wait. Zekey-Bear?" I say. He looks nothing like the fat nerdy little kid with glasses. He has muscles and I guess he wears contacts.
"Beatrice? Is that really you?" he says with tears forming in his eyes.
"In the flesh" I say. Wait how he could not know it me. Wouldn't he known by my last name?
"Did you not know my last name?" I ask.
"No, I have been so busy trying to keep you alive I forgot to ask Lynn" he says with a smirk.
"Zekey-Bear?" Four questions
"Yep, when we were little Zeke was fat and when he gave you hugs it felt like hugging a teddy bear" I say laughing at Zeke's red face.
"You didn't tell me this. I need to see pictures" Shauna says. Lynn and Four just laugh.
"It's embarrassing. So Tris what happened? Who do I need to murder because nobody gets away with nearly killing my baby cousin" Zeke says
"I think you guys should sit this is a long story" I say and everyone sits in a chair or on the bed with me.
"Where do I begin, three years ago I was home alone and Caleb was at some nerd convention. Mom and Dad where going to a dinner with some of Dad's bosses when a drunk driver hit them head on. They died instantly and I got a call from an unknown number telling me my parents died in a car crash. I was devastated and I called Caleb crying. I told him what happened and I meet him at the scene of the crash. Later that week we had the funeral and Caleb said 'I can't stay here. It reminds me to much of them and I'm moving to San Francisco with Susan' and left immediately after the funeral. I was screaming a Caleb how could he leave me when I had no one left. I started drinking and it got worst. Sometimes I would end up on faced down in an alley. One night at a party I meet Peter and he was nice and sweet. We started dating and he helped my quit drinking and goes back to school to be a nurse. He helped turn my life around. I moved in with him a year later and he changed. I came home late one night and he hit me. It started to get worse. He mental, emotionally, and physically abused me. There were times when I almost killed myself but that were the cowardly way out of things. I thought I was going to be stuck with him forever and have no escape. At work one day Lynn saw my back when I was changing and she told me she knew how I felt and I told her everything. I told her that he raped me over a hundred times and I have had 2 miscarriages because he would beat me so bad. She told me she would help me and that I could stay with her. I only had 5 paychecks left before I would leave him. Then couple nights ago Peter came home drunk. When Peter was drunk it was way fucking worst. I couldn't get steak at the store so I got is second favorite chicken. He goes fucking pissed and started beating me with his belt. I almost passed out but I knew it would be worst. When he finally stops beating me he cut me and then stabbed me with the knife but when he ripped it out a piece broke because I moved from the pain. I screamed because the pain was so bad and I usually am quiet and its over quickly. He kept punching me in the face because it was punishment for screaming and it could draw attention. When he finally stopped he went and passed out in the bedroom. I wait until it was safe and tried to clean myself up. I knew I couldn't stay any longer and I grabbed all the cash out of my purse and the 300 dollars I hid and a burn phone I bought a week in advanced in case something like this ever happened. I called Lynn and then came here." When I finish I see Shauna is hugging Lynn and Four and Zeke look like they want to murder someone.
"Tris, I need you to go to the police" Zeke says. I just shake my head.
"Why not? That bastard needs to rot in prison and get raped in the ass for what he did to you" Four says. And I laugh his choice of words.
"Peter is a lawyer and could get himself out of anything" I say knowing he can.
"Tris, we have a friend name Christiana she is the best Lawyer in Chicago. Peter will lose and you will be free." Shauna says. I look up with tears in my eyes and Zeke just hugs me.
"Zeke do you still have Caleb's number?" I ask.
"Yeah, why?" he says smiling. He knows that even though he left he is still my brother and I need him right know.
"Please, can I have it?" I say giving him the puppy dog face.
"Yes, just stop with the face, it's hard to say no to it when you're not all beat up but this is just cruel" he says shielding his eyes. Everyone just laughs and Zeke hands me his phone. I look for Caleb's number and press call. It rings a few times before he answers.
"Hello?" he says
"Caleb, it's me Beatrice" I say with tears falling down my face.