A/N: I do not own Divergent or the characters.

Chapter 7: The Week Off - Pt.2

TRIS' POV:

He called me scared. Scared? I didn't think he thought that low of me. He seems to know what I'm thinking because he corrects himself. "Tris, I didn't mean that. You weren't scared, just- well, you were prob- I don't know." I laugh. He tries to impress me all the time, and is always trying to make me happy. Little does he know, his presence makes me happy enough.

I rest my head on head on his shoulder. I release my anger when his arm wraps around me. We just sit there like that for a while, when suddenly he brings up a topic even I don't like to talk about.

"Are you a virgin?" I am shocked by this question. We have never really talked about our sex life before, and this was a really random time. He must see my confusion and quickly corrects himself. "I'm sorry, Tris. I was just wondering. Really, you don't have to answer." I take a deep breath. In Abnegation, we never asked questions that would make the other person uncomfortable. In Dauntless, they never did talk about it. They just did it. "Yes, I am." People from Abnegation rarely held hands in public, let alone have sex with someone who is supposed to be selfless. They were to wait until they were married to kiss.

I look up at Tobias, and he is starring off into space. Is he a virgin? I think. Probably not. He had girls fighting for him during training. Of course, he would always shoot them down. I decide to just ask him. "What about you?" He snaps out of his daze and his eyes landed on mine. "What about me?" He asks with a confusion that had to be fake. He's stalling. He isn't a virgin. He's had sex. "You know, are you one? A- a virgin?" His eyes go wide. Why are you so nervous?! "Um, well- I actually am-" He gets cut off by a knock on the door. "I wonder who that could be. I'll get it." He gets up. I exhale and rest my head on the couch as I hear the knob being turned. I can't see who's there, but it obviously shocks Tobias. "Who is it, Tobias?" The silence is an answer enough. I lift up my head to see a girl standing in the doorway.

TOBIAS' POV:

I open the door to be greeted by a person I haven't seen in a while. "Who is it, Tobias?" I hear Tris ask, but I can't seem to find my voice. I am even more shocked when she starts to talk. "Hey, Tobias. It's been a while." Right after I hear this, Tris' arms are around my waist. I still haven't taken my eyes off of the girl in front of me.

"Rebecca?" The word sounds more like a question. I haven't seen her in at least a year. I feel Tris' arms tighten around me, then let go. "Um, hi. I'm Tris, Tobias' girlfriend." She puts an emphasis on girlfriend. Rebecca laughs. "So, you're the famous Stiff." She says with a smirk. I feel Tris' arm yank on mine. I blink, and look down at my feet. "Tris, this is Rebecca." Rebecca walks into our little secret apartment and laughs. "Really, Tobias? That's the introduction I get? Fine, I'll do it myself." She turns and faces Tris. "I'm Rebecca Afshari. I'm Tobias' sister."

TRIS' POV:

"I'm Rebecca Afshari. I'm Tobias' sister." The words flow right out of her mouth. She is a brunette, about 5'6'', very curvy, almost looking overweight, but then I realize she's masculine, a Dauntless. Or is she? She is very confident with her words. She has the same facial expressions as Tobias, it is kind of scary. Her eyes are a deep brown. I can see the resemblance. "Sister? Tobias, you, have a sister?" I turn to face him. He looks almost frustrated. Rebecca chimes in again. "If this is a bad time, I can come back later." Tobias' head pops up. "No, no. It's okay, really. Tris," He takes a breath, "Rebecca is my sister. I have known her since I was sixteen. She's a year younger than me." "What's the last name, then?" "Afshari is my mother's last name. I'm from Erudite." Oh, great. A smart- "But I transferred to Dauntless last year for my initiation. I couldn't stand it there." "How are you related if your mother's last name isn't Eaton?" I ask, not really thinking about it. It seemed to have surfaced something, because for a second it flashed in her eyes.

"My father, Marcus Eaton, was going on business trips. He was always and Erudite, and my single mother was high in their social hierarchy. They met up one night, and - yeah, no details really needed." I look from her to Tobias as she is speaking, still in shock as she is telling her story. Tobias' eyes are softening, as he must have heard this story before. "It was a one-time thing, but my mother had gotten pregnant. When he was there for his monthly meeting, my mother pulled him to the side and told him. He was furious, asking how she could be so stupid, and then he hit her." She says as she walks in and sits on the couch. My eyes widen as she says this, as I know Tobias' father's abusive past.

TOBIAS' POV:

I have heard Rebecca's story before, when we had first met. We hadn't met before initiation, when I had trained her. In her fear landscape, there was a guy that looked very similar to mine. We started talking, and figured out that we had the same father. I had assumed my father had only abused my mother and I. Rebecca continues, "After I was born, Marcus would stay a couple of days after the meeting to see me. I remember growing up, my mother was always crying. I didn't know why, of course."

Tris and I had both sat on the couch across from her, and I wrap my arms tighter around her waist. She leans her head on my shoulder, and Rebecca continues. "When I was about three, Marcus was very abusive to my mother. I remember going to get my neighbors multiple times because my mother had been knocked unconscious, and he had ran. When I started school, around five, he started hitting me." I hear Tris gasp at this, and I turn to face her. "Wh- Why did he? I-If you don't mind." I hear Rebecca laugh. This is the one thing Rebecca and I have different; she can find something to laugh at in any situation.

"It's fine, really. I had just come home from school. I was skipping, something I had learned from my mom, and I walked in the front door. I was singing, something I also got from my mother. It was not time for Marcus to be in Erudite, so I was shocked when I walked into what was happening." She looks away for a minute, almost as if she was trying to re-image that day. "My mother was lying on the floor, crying. Marcus had a bat raised above his head. He was screaming. I couldn't move, because I was just that shocked. He hadn't heard me come in, I thought, 'Hey, maybe I could run upstairs and hide.'" I wince. I know what it's like. Thinking you can run away, but you can't. You try and say something, but he just shuts you up with a belt, or in her case, a bat.

"But, it didn't work. He came up in my room and started yelling. He never yelled at me before. I knew I was in trouble. When he hit me for the first time, I felt vulnerable. I had never liked that feeling, not being strong. He defeated me. I was angry. I never wanted to feel like that again. So, when I was 13, I started secretly physically training." I have never heard this before. I am both relieved and shocked she is so open with Tris around. I guess it doesn't take much to earn Rebecca's trust.

"Why did you start at 13? Were you ever caught?" Tris asks. "Well, I was only caught once, and I said it was for a research lab I was working on for school. They will basically let you do anything if you say it is for 'research' or 'an experiment'. And as for my age, well, that's a different story." She sighed and stood up.

"Listen, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt anything. We'll talk later, ok?" Tris got up. "No, it's fine. You weren't interrupting anything. It was really nice meeting you." And with that, she walked to the door and left, leaving what happened up to now a mystery.

A/N: So, what did you guys think? Who likes Rebecca? Her arrival is leading up to something pretty big:) You are going to know more of her story and why it is so important later. I hope you guys enjoyed, and I should be updating more regularly, maybe once a week? I'll try:) Exams are coming around the corner!