Step-Brother 3
A/n: This isn't edited so I apologize in advance. The characters are a little AU, especially Tris. I wanted her to be strong even when she was in Abnegation and be this bad-ass warrior woman with some tricks up her sleeve to make things interesting. Please enjoy this next chapter and review!
"Why am I being put in your husband's class? If you can call it a class… Do you know what this means?" I throw my hands up and throw the paper away from myself and into the backseat. "It'll be me and my awful new step brother in the same class…". We just left the school and in a hurry I might say. I was put into four classes to finish my schooling and one of them is an extracurricular class, Leader in Training and is only taught by the current leader. Who happens to be my step father…
"Honey, you have to realize that you are his family now. And he takes it very seriously. He sees you as someone who is important and can leave his legacy behind. I didn't know that meant putting you in this class but I know his intentions are good. Just trust me, I trust him Beatrice. It's not that bad, you're being overdramatic" My mom gently says.
"But this isn't fair. I'm the new girl and I don't want any more attention on me. " I whine even more.
"Look at it this way. If anyone try's to pick on you, they won't get any further then your step brother. And nobody will want to mess with the leaders daughter" she says.
"Step-daughter." I quickly add. "And you don't know that. I will be an easy target for everyone. You don't know these people, mom. And secondly, Eric isn't going to protect me. I can already tell you he's going to stay away from me as much as possible" I say.
"Let's just let this topic rest and move onto other things. How was your trip to the mall?" she asks changing the topic.
"Surprisingly okay. I wasn't ganged up and put into a corner if that's what you're asking. I actually met someone nice. His names Uriah. He said he was expecting my arrival and someone told him I was coming" I tell her.
"Well, Eric is quite popular in school. Could have been him sweetheart" my mom says turning the corner of our street.
"Of course he is" I mutter to myself.
We pull up to the house and find myself in the kitchen staring into the refrigerator. Holy cow they have a lot of food. And food I've never even seen before. I put my hair up in a ponytail and I feel someone bump into my back.
"Oh sorry…" I say putting my arms down and turning around to apologize to them
"No need to apologize, Beatrice. I just came down for a drink." He says
"Oh yeah, sure" I mumble.
"You're kind of in the way." He says and puts his hands on my waist and moves me to the side.
"So what do you guys do here, in dauntless that is." I ask him. Let's try and play nice for a moment here. And talk about something he likes…
"Party, run, fight, and pretty much party" he says laughing.
"Right…" I say not knowing how that will go over with my mom. I can't even begin to imagine me telling her I'm going to a party.
"I'm sure you aren't going to be doing much of any of that. In less than a year you'll be right back in Abnegation, won't you Stiff?" he asks, and taking a drink of whatever was called 'Fizzy Grape Pop'. Sounded interesting though.
"Wow, nice assumption and it's not even your business, but who knows, maybe I'll like it here" I say shrugging
"I better hope you like it here. I heard you'll also be in LIT class with me. Just know it's a privilege and I take it very seriously. If you can't hang, then I suggest you find a way out of Dauntless, quickly." He says warning me. Assuming LIT was Leader in Training, and I quickly gathered it was. He walks out of the kitchen with his drink and bumps his shoulder into mine and goes right back upstairs. I can't believe he just said that to me. He doesn't know me at all. All my life, everyone has underestimated me and now more than ever I wanted to show them all. And now was my chance, now that I am dauntless.
It's Monday morning and I'm supposed to be getting up to shower and getting dressed for my first day at public school. But I'm dreading to start the day. I'm starting to regret talking my mother into letting me attend high school with people my age.
Knock Knock Knock – My eyes turn to the door suddenly distracting my thoughts. I pull the sheets up and closer to my body as I see Marcs head poke through the crack of the door.
"Morning sleepy head, just thought I'd talk to you before I headed out." He says stepping into the room
"Sure" I say sitting up in my bed
"Now today is your first day of public schooling ever, and your mom is pretty nervous. But that doesn't mean you have to be. I have eyes and ears everywhere in the school looking after you." He says
"Thanks Marc, but I think you might be underestimating my ability to stand up for myself" I say laughing
"Of course, I just don't want you going feeling like you aren't able to handle it, that's all" He says
"I'll be good, and my mother shouldn't worry. She raised me after all and I'm a lot stronger then I look. Plus I'll have Eric in one of my classes." I say
"Yes, that's right. Sorry I didn't warn you but as a daughter of a training, even if you are my step child, I consider you as a daughter. You will be taught with the other children with parents that have leaders as parents. It's a very small class, only consisting of six people. Eric of course being that one. I think it works out great, that way he can take you home after some classes." He says
"Some?" I ask
"He spends some days working out at the school gym after school so I'll be driving you home the other days" he says
"Great" I say mumbling under my breath
"Ahh don't worry, everyone will already know who you are after today…" he says
I groan and let my head fall back onto the bed. Already frustrated that I'll be known all over the school as having a dad that's a dauntless leader and who knows what other information they will get.
"Have a good day now sweetie." He says laughing. "And remember, be Brave." he says finally walking out.
"You too…" I say annoyed
I grab my towel off my desk chair and head for the bathroom next to Eric's room and try and open the door but it's locked. I grunt and kick the door. Of course he's in their when I need to be in there. The door swings open and I see Eric in a towel that's hung low on his hips and a very wet body and a tooth brush hanging out of his mouth. Oh god…
"Can I help you?" he says with the toothbrush still in his mouth
"Yeah I need the shower" I say crossing my arms tiredly.
"As you can see, it's occupied so move along" he says motioning me to move from the doorway
"Please hurry, I'd like to not be late for my first day" I say walking back to the bedroom
"Not my problem sweetheart" he says shouting from the bathroom
After waiting almost a half an hour for the bathroom door to swing open, I wait for Eric to go to his bedroom by listening. As soon as it's freed up, I run into it and shower and brush my teeth quickly.
Another thirty minutes later, I walk downstairs compleltely dressed and ready to go. I didn't see Eric in his bedroom since his door was wide open so he must be downstairs somewhere.
"Eric?" I yell
"Honey? Eric left ten minutes ago. He said you were waiting in the car." My mother walks in saying.
"Oh my god, I'm going to be late. Would you be able to drop me off?" I ask her
"Of course honey, let me go get my keys" she says kissing me on the forehead. I grab my new purse and put the strap across me and walk towards the door and out to the car to wait for my mom. Great, today couldn't get any worse. Oh god, why did I have to go and think that? Now its definitely going to get worse.
"Ready?" my mom says unlocking the car. I just give her a look that says, 'are you kidding?'.
My mom drops me off and I walk towards my first class which luckily hasn't begun. I find a seat furthest away from the big desk in the front. I'm guessing that's the teacher's desk. I sit down and wait till the class fills and the teacher walks in. The door to the classroom is propped open so I sit and watch as kids scramble to their classrooms and that's when I see a tall blonde being pushed against the wall nearest to the door and that's when I realize Eric is kissing her and pulling her hips towards him. Instnatly I feel sick with jealousy and have to look away. Not just because I don't want to see him kissing her but because ew. Real classy Eric, real classy. I roll my eyes and adjust in my seat so that my body is facing towards the windows.
"Hey it's the new girl. Beatrice, right?" I hear a high pitched voice say walking towards me. I turn my head and realize it's the blonde girl Eric was attacking with his mouth. I nod and say "Yeah, um, it's just Tris though."
"You're gorgeous." She says and strokes a piece of my curled long hair.
"Uh, thanks" I say smiling at her
"I can't believe we have the same class together. How lucky am I?" she says sitting in the seat in front of me.
"So what are your plans for this weekend? Are you going to Uriahs party?" she asks turning around, eagerly waiting for my response.
"Uriah's party? Probably not…" I say
"Oh come on, everyone is going to be there. By the way, I'm Brooklyn" she says grinning at me.
"Nice to meet you, Brooklyn" I say to her
"Good morning class, I hope you had a… daunting weekend. Muwhaha" I hear a voice boom at the front of the class. Not what I expected from a teacher… this should be interesting. The rest of the class mumbles a 'morning'.
"Glad I have a class of vampires this morning, to wake you up I have a very special POP quiz from information you studied last year." He says raising his eyebrows expecting a reaction from the class. But it's apparently not the reaction he expected because nobody said anything.
"I was kidding, here is this year's syllabus. Please read it over with your peers. And make sure you read ALL of it. You never know when there could be a pop quiz. But first, I'd like to give a warm and chilling welcome to a new member and student here, Beatrice Prior. Where are you, Miss Prior?" he says looking about the class. I raise my hand unsure of if he wants me to stand or speak or just simply raise my hair.
"Ah yes, please stand and introduce yourself and tell us all your fears. I'm kidding, just tell us some random facts about yourself and then we can get on with the day. I'm supposed to do this." He says expecting me to reply. I stand and look about the classroom, theirs probably about fifteen students waiting for me to answer.
"I'm Beatrice, but I go by Tris. Uh, I like spending time outdoors and reading about anything and everything, really. There's not much to know about me, I suppose" I say suddenly insecure about myself.
"Sounds wonderful, Tris. Now students, please read the syllabus and if you have any questions about lockers or your schedules now is the class period to come and see me. Not much is planned today since it is your first day back." He says clasping his hands and finally walking behind his desk and taking a seat. A locker? I guess I will have to see him but first ill read this paper over quickly.
"So about the party… you have to come!" Brooklyn says looking at me
"I can't go, my mom wouldn't allow it" I say to her
"But your new daddy will. Plus, your new brother will be there." She says trying to make a point
"We'll see" I say giving her a forced smile and trying to give the conversation a break
I quickly read over the syllabus and make my way towards the teacher's desk, I noticed his name is written on a place card that says 'Mr. DuVall'.
"Mr. DuVall? You mentioned something about lockers. Are we all supposed to have one?" I ask confused
"Yes, yes. Let me write you a pass to go to the office. It's not too far from here. And the receptionist will give you your locker number and code. All students will have one to keep your personal belongings in and books. Let me get you a book and you can take it with you to place in your new locker. Sound good?" he says getting up adjusting his glasses and walking over to a large bookcase. I nod and wait for him to return.
As I'm walking towards the office I see Eric outside a classroom door holding something to his face and soon realize theirs blood dripping down his hand.
"Eric, what happened?" I ask walking quickly towards him
"Stay out of it, Keep walking Stiff" he says to me, pretending Im not in front of him. I grab his arm that's holding his nose and yank it down to observe.
"Who did this?" I said a little more loudly
"None. Of. Your. Business. I said." He says putting emphasis on each word and yank his arm away from me.
"Don't make me find out on my own. You'll regret it." I tell him but he just laughs at me.
"You? A stiff, sticking up for me? Please. Might as well be a fight against a rodent and a shoe." He says. I push him against the wall in frustration and walk away. Everyone will soon learn that this 'Stiff' isn't no ordinary girl. I'm so sick of people underestimating me. You know when Tinkerbell gets mad and her face turns red. That's me. Everyone underestimated her but she can still kick some ass. At least that's what I've read in a book.
Flashback – 1 year Ago
"Caleb, you've got to stop helping that poor old lady Jenny. Her grandsons are awful to you and I'm tire of seeing you come home with bruises. Which by the way, you are horrible at covering up." I tell my brother.
"Its fine, they will defect in less than a month and I won't have to see them again. They don't care about their grandmother and she needs help around the house and grocery shopping. Am I supposed to let her starve and die? They won't even care or notice" he says raising his voice slightly. He was right. Those boys would rather see their grandmother die of starvation then have to help. I already know they will be deflecting to Dauntless. To say they are brave is stupidity. What they are, are awful people and I wouldn't be surprised if they were factionless after defecting. They need to be taught a lesson that picking on an older lady, a lady at that, shouldn't be done.
"Stay here, I'm going to go talk to them" I tell my brother.
"Beatrice, you will not go to them. They will hurt you and I can't protect you. If they did this to me, I'm afraid to see what they will do to you." He says concerned. I roll my eyes at him and walk away. Little does Caleb know, is that I've been secretly building up muscles and practicing my fighting with a few boys from down the road. I walk towards the house where Jenny lives and knock on the door. I wait for it to open but I kind of knew it wouldn't so I open the door and let myself in. I look around and don't see her so she must be upstairs in bed as it is getting late.
"Hello?" I say
"Well isn't this perfect? My own little toy for the night." Someone says from the doorway.
"Please don't hurt me" I tell him but then noticing the other boy is right behind him. They walk in and walk towards me with creepy grins on their faces.
"We don't want to hurt you, no no. We're playing a game, right? Cops and robbers? Were the cops and you're the robber. And were here to arrest you" one boy says and the other one jumps behind me and grabs my wrists and forces them behind me and bends me over but I quickly maneuver my leg back and kick him where the sun don't shine. And then recover and I take a swing at the other boy in front of me and knee him in the groin next.
"Next time you mess with my brother, or anyone for that matter. It'll hurt much worse than that, you can count on that." I tell them both.