Chapter 3

Kaitlyn POV

I lay on my bed, staring at the sealing. I can't completely understand what happened. My mother has a brother and she never told me. That's why she hates Erudite so much. But I still don't get it. Caleb is nice and friendly. What has he ever done to my mom? I sigh and sit up straight. I stand up and walk to the fully length mirror. It's odd to see myself in blue now. I've been wearing black for sixteen years. I kind of like the color blue. It's calm. It doesn't really stand out.

I had my first day of training today. And it went pretty easy. I'm sure it will get harder. The only thing we had to do was make a report about our old life's. Erudite is curious and wants to know every single detail about you. But yet you are allowed to keep secrets, unlike Candor. You just have to make yourself look intelligent. And that's the hard part. I'm sure Caleb will have fun reading my report. I hear a knock on the door. "Come in". I say. Sandy, the Amity transfer, enters my room. "Hi, I hope I'm not disrupting anything". She says, shyly. I shake my head. I see she has something in her hand. "What do you have". My curiosity takes over. Sandy hands it over to me. It's the newspaper. I raise my eyebrows when I read to headline:

'Daughter of 'famous' Dauntless couple transfers!'

This year's Choosing Ceremony was interesting, as you could say. Of course, transfers were here and there. But in comparison to the last couple of years, it seems that the number of transfers is decreasing. But the highlight of this Ceremony was the transfer of a certain Dauntless girl. 16-year-old Kaitlyn Eaton. Everyone is free to choose whatever they want, but this was an interesting turn of events. You could see the shock on her parents face, Tobias en Tris Eaton. This does question her loyalties. Why did she choose Erudite? Or is she still truly Dauntless? Or maybe her parents failed to raise her the right way...

I throw the newspaper on the bed. How dare they call my parents fails? They are the best parents in the world. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to make you upset". I'm drawn back to reality by Sandy's voice. "No, it's fine. I was expecting something like this anyways". I sigh. There are always people gossiping. But I do want to find the person who wrote this and give that person a piece of my mind. A thought goes through my head. Could Caleb have written this article? Is he trying to mess with me. I grab the newspaper and walk out of my room, leaving an uncertain Sandy.

I'm not sure where he lives. I walk around aimlessly for a while on the Erudite grounds. "Excuse me, could you tell me where Caleb Prior lives?" I ask someone who's talking. "Yeah, follow this path and go right. Number 12 is his house". He answers. I thank him and go the directions the man said. I arrive at the house. It's quite large, but Cara, his wife, is a leader. So that is to be expected. I knock on the door. A young girl opens it. "Can I help you?". Woah, she looks exactly like Cara. "Yes, I'm an initiate of your father, is he home?" I ask. There is a certain way Erudite talk, but I don't know what it is.

"Yeah, come in". She opens the door completely to let me in. I walk behind her as she walks to the living room. "Dad, there is an initiate for you". I see Caleb sitting on the couch, feeding an infant baby. His head shoot up when he sees me. "Kaitlyn". He stands up. "Here, can you feed her?". He asks his daughter. She nods and the baby out of the room. He straightens his clothes and looks at me. I can see my mother in him. I decide to cut right to the problem. "Have you read this?" I throw the newspaper on the in front of him. He eyes the paper quickly and nods. "How dare they question my loyalties? It was my choice and just because my parents are known, they decide to put me in the newspaper?". I rant. "And my parents raised me the right way".

"I know and I wish I could have told your mom. I mean, look at you". He sighs. I look at him. "What do you mean? Why hasn't my mom told me about the fact she has a brother?" I've got my mothers temper and I'm showing that right now. "Look I'm not sure how tell you this, but your mom and I lost contact 16 years ago". Caleb finally says. "Why?" I frown. Why wouldn't my mom have contact. I'm kind of confused now. "I said some stuff that I regret now". His shoulders hang low now. Man, he must be really sorry. "What exactly did you say to my mom?" I ask curiously.

(You should know what happened between Tris and Caleb)

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Today is visiting day. A day I have afraid of since the day I transferred. Who will come to see me? Mom? Dad? Charlotte? Maybe nobody. Maybe they don't want to see me any more. As for Caleb and I, I have gotten a chance to really get to know him. He has 3 daughters, of ages 12, 7 and 4 months. He's married of course. He's an Erudite teacher. He's very kind to me and helps me in everyway. After the first stage I'm in 2nd, so I'm safe for now.

I dress myself with the nicest clothes I have. I'm satisfied with my look so I walk out of my room towards the main area of Erudite Headquarters. It took me a while to find the way around here, but I got the hang of it. As I enter the big room, I already see a few different colors. I squint my eyes for black. I don't see anything yet. I try not to give up my hopes. They might be a little later. "Kaitlyn!" I turn around at the sound of my name. I see Sandy with two persons walking towards me. "Meet my parents". I greet them.

"Ah, so you're the famous Kaitlyn Eaton". Her father says. I raise my eyebrows. Oh yeah, I'm the newspaper. Everyone knows who I am. "Dad". Sandy blushes. She continues the tour with them. I'm about to leave, as I don't expect my parents to come. "Katie?" I hear a familiar voice. I stop dead in my tracks. I turn around. I see the man that I've looked up to my whole life standing there. "Dad". My voice is barely a whisper. I run towards him and he catches me in a hug. I cry on my fathers shoulder. I don't care if anyone sees this. "I missed you". I whisper. I release him and look at him

"Is mom not here?" I already know the answer. But he shakes his head. "She's outside". He smiles. "Are you allowed to leave this room?" He looks around. "They haven't said anything about it, so I guess so". I raise my shoulders. I see Caleb standing and I try to make eye contact. He sees my father standing and seems to know what I mean. He gives a quick nod and continues with his conversation. I follow my dad. He seems to know the way.

When we are outside, my eyes search something black. "Mom". I see her sitting on a bench. Her head turns around and she stands up. I run to her and hug her. Once again, I cry again. I don't know what is wrong with me, but I have missed my parents so much. It's these moments that I regret my choice a little. But I craved something else. And I never felt at home in Dauntless. I let go and wipe my eyes. "I'm proud of you sweetheart. For knowing who you really are". My mom says. I smile shyly.

My mom looks around her. "It's been a long time since I have been here". She sighs and looks at me. I know where she's going at. "Why did never tell me?" I ask. My dad grasps her hand. "It just never came to my mind. I had almost forgotten about him. After what he said...". She doesn't finish. "And I can't tell you how sorry I am for the way I treated you". A voice behind us makes my mom turn around. Caleb is standing a few meters from us. Apparently he saw the reunion, because he has tears in his eyes.

I look back at my mom, who's fresh tears spill across her face. She shakes her head and let's go of dad's hand. She runs towards him and embraces him. He stumbles back a bit by the force but returns the embrace. I know how much he missed my mom. My dad shuffles towards me and pulls me in a sideways hug. We walk towards them. Caleb lets go of my mom. "We should take it somewhere else". He says. My mom nods and wipes her eyes once again. Together we walk towards Caleb's house. I eye my mom, she looks so much relaxed but also tensed. Of course she would be. She hasn't seen her brother in 16 years. And just now I realize, I have the best family in the world.