BETH POV
So he did exist. My father is real and alive somewhere. I want to know him. I want him to want to know me. I want to ask my mom questions about him, but I don't want her to cry... The only other people I can think to ask are Aunt Christina and Uncle Will. I think that is exactly what I'll do. I secretly take a few of the pictures and slip them into my hoodie's pocket.
"I love you mom." I reach over and give her a much needed hug. She stifles a sob and nods into my shoulder. I softly place the box onto her lap and smile weakly. Mom takes a sip from her coffee and I take that as my cue to leave. I slowly walk back inside, taking in the new news and planning. I race up the stairs and get dressed in : Maroon leggings, black combat boots, a gray USA t-shirt covered by a button-up dark green long sleeve. I pull my dark hair up into a top knot and race out the back door, careful to grab the pictures from my hoodie.
I walk through the backyards of my neighbors who love me and don't care if I'm on their property. I hop the fence into my Aunt and Uncles back yard, and walk up the lawn to their deck. Knocking on the door three times I wait for someone to let me in. Aunt Chrissy comes to the door dressed in tight skinny jeans and a black tank top. She smiles at me and unlocks the door, gesturing for me to come inside.
"What's up babe? You are here awfully early this morning?" She sits down at the kitchen table, me sitting next to her. I pull out the pictures and push them to her. I see her eyes flash in recognition and then she smiles. She holds up a picture of Mom, her, some guy, my father, and Uncle Will. She laughs at the picture and explains it to me.
"This picture was taken at this guy's party." She points to the unknown man in the picture. "His name is Uriah, and he always threw the craziest parties that everyone wanted to go to! All of us were really close because we went through initiation together. Well except Four.. He was our instructer... your mom's boyfriend." She winked at me. What really peaked my curiosity was the initiation part.
"Initiation?" I ask her. She looks up from the picture and frowns.
"Have you ever heard about the factions?" I must look really confused because she goes into this detailed description of what factions were and how they are used today. After an hour of her explaining this to me I understood everything she was talking about.
"Ohh... I get it." I chuckled to myself. "So what is he like.. My father I mean." I lean on my elbows, full of questions. She laughs and pulls over the picture of my mom and father sitting in a room full of computers.
"Four is a very nice guy when you get to know him.. On the outside he is literally terrifying! I almost peed my pants the first day I met him! Hahaha, but no really, he just wanted to protect your mom from everything. Four is really tuff and you don't want to mess with him!" She giggles and goes on to tell me about my mom and her's adventures in the Dauntless compound. We sit there all afternoon talking about memories they had together and all the fun they had.
"I never really knew how much I missed this place . . . It makes me want to visit. . ." Here is my chance, don't screw it up Beth!
So yeah... Chapter 3.
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~Carly