Sorry for not posting for a little. I will post 2 chapters today. Here you go:
Two Hours Later
Tris and I hug goodbye. Which for Abnegation, is very extreme. We are never aloud to touch each other.
"I love you, as a friend," we both say at the same time. We laugh and then cry.
"Goodbye," I manage to squeak when the bus comes to pick me up.
She cries and I here a muffled goodbye as her neighbor, Robert comes and holds her. I feel a pang a jealousy, but not in the normal way. I am jealous that this, Robert, guy gets two more years in Abnegation with Tris. It should be me that is holding and comforting Tris. I realize that she wouldn't be crying if I wasn't leaving. I cry inside, knowing that if tears stream down my face, I will be seen as weak. I must stay strong, for Beatrice.
The time passes by quickly. I close my eyes. All I can think about is Beatrice and how much I already miss her. I remember long ago when we became friends. She didn't trust me. She asked me why, out of all the girls that fall head over heels for me, why would I choose her? I told her that she was a strong, independent, and smart girl.
I also told her that all those girls that chase me are annoying. She laughed, I love her laugh. It is adorable, her laugh is quiet and small. She also doesn't care what people think of her.
I never realized how much I enjoy her presence until now. My eyes start to water. I have to stay strong, I tell myself again. For her, so that, in two years, we can spend the rest of our lives together.
When I open my eyes, I am standing in a line. They are already calling names to choose! The girl next to me gets called to choose. I think her name is Shauna, I have seen her around school. She is a Dauntless born.
All of the sudden, there are many loud cheers. The girl, Shauna, chose Dauntless. No surprise there.
My name is called, "Tobias Eaton." I slowly walk up to the circle of factions. The black coals of Dauntless feel closer than ever. I cut my hand with the knife. I don't pay attention to the pain that it causes. I quickly slip my hand over the coals. The Abnegation members gasp. I glance back to see a tear slip down Tris's face. I want to go and hold her and comfort her. Robert is sitting next to her. He hugs her and kisses her hair. There is a lump in my throat. I really want to run and hold her, to help her. I want to be there for her. The way that I have done for the past 11 years.
I gulp down tears and walk over to a cheering crowd of Dauntless. I meet a guy named Zeke.
"Hey, I'm Zeke, you are Tobias Eaton, right?" he asks me.
I reply, "Ya, nice to meet you."
Shauna walks over. "Hey Zeke!" she says excitedly.
"Shauna! This Tobias from Abnegation, he seems really cool," he says giddily. She hugs me, I turn to see if Tris is watching. She isn't, she is talking to Robert and crying into his shirt. I have to get over this, she doesn't care for Robert!
Shauna asks me why I switched to Dauntless. I tell her that I wasn't selfless enough. It is only partially a lie, I am not selfless. The main reason was my father though.
She giggles. Zeke snaps me back to reality.
"Who is the girl you keep staring at?" he asks me. I think I here a small amount of pity in the question.
"Her name is Tris, we have been best friends since we were five. I told her that I was going to pick Dauntless and she agreed to pick it too. She is two years younger than me. She was heartbroken that I had to leave and we made a promise to never forget each other in these two years," there is now a lump in my throat. If I intended to tell them anything more, that was not an option anymore. I see the pity in their faces.
Shauna eyes get wattery but she doesn't cry. "That's horrible," she says and puts her face in Zeke's shirt, he doesn't seem to mind.
Someone comes on over an intercom. The person says that we have 10 minutes to say goodbye to family.
I run as fast as I can to catch Tris. She is running towards me steps in her way and she crashes into him. I run over to him and pull him off of her and help her up. She encloses me in her arms. She cries into my shirt and I almost smile. Not because she is hurting, but because I am the one that is comforting her. I stay there, both of us are completely silent. Her arms are so familiar to me after all these years.
We only have five minutes left together for the next two years. I start to pull back from her embrace so I can see her face and talk to her.
"I'm going to miss you so much," I say. I wipe the tears from her face.
"I'm sorry, I must look horrible, I just hope that the two years go by fast," she sobs.
"No reason to be sorry. Oh, and for the record, nobody cares how you look right now," I reply.
Zeke and Shauna come over to us. I introduce them to Tris. Shauna hugs her and tries to comfort her.
The voice on the intercom tells us that ten minutes is up.
I hug her and kiss her forehead. "I will never forget you," I tell her.
"I will never ever forget you either," she tells me. I smile.
"Goodbye," I sniff.
"Goodbye," she says. Zeke and Shauna take me to the Dauntless people. I don't look back because I am afraid of what I will see.