A/N Okay, wow! 10 chapters. The first time I reached 10 chapters on a FanFic, it took me 10 days and now it has taken me over 2 months, but I am much happier with this than DHS. On with the story.
I am not Veronica Roth.
Tobias's P.O.V. (twice in a row, what?)
When I open the door, I am staring into the eyes I have hated for my entire life, the eyes the haunt my nightmares. The eyes that are nearly identical to mine...
I cannot take my eyes off those eyes. Then he talks, but it is not him. It is a woman, and the eyes are not the cold, terrible ones of my nightmares. Those eyes are softer.
"Hi, I am Thea. I am from here to oversee this family in regards to Tobias Eaton⏤" She trails off at the end as if she is not finished with her sentence. Something flashes in her eyes that I still can hardly look away from.
"I am Tobias you are welcome to come in." I say unsurely.
I do not trust this woman. Now that I actually look at her, she looks a little like me. She has dark hair, naturally tanned skin, and a turned up nose. Unlike me, both of her lips are full and her ears are normal. It is almost scary that she looks so much like me. I let it go, because there is no way she could be related to me. Eleanor just said this morning that I have no relatives in Abnegation, and this woman is definitely Abnegation.
I walk in front of the woman, Thea, and bring her into the living room, where Beatrice, Caleb, and their parents stand, looking toward the door. I see it in Beatrice's eyes when she sees Thea, she sees the eyes and the resemblance, too. I walk over to stand by Beatrice, and while Thea and Mr. Prior have a discussion over what will happen today.
"I noticed it, too." I whisper to Beatrice.
"Yeah she looks a lot like you." Beatrice whispers back.
"I thought she was him when I first saw her because I only saw her eyes." I admit.
"I don't blame you."
Our whispered conversation ends, and just in time because the adults stop talking and turn to us.
"Just act the way you normally do and do the things you normally do. I will just stand back and watch." Thea says to Caleb, Beatrice, and I.
"Yes ma'am." We reply simultaneously.
Today is Tuesday, which should mean we have school, but since my living situation needs to be taken care of soon, we have the day off, again. Beatrice and Caleb are told they have homework, but I do not have school so I have nothing to do.
"Caleb, would you like to come work with me?" I hear Beatrice say from the doorway of Caleb's room, where I currently sit reading a book Caleb gave me.
"Sure, what are you working on right now?" Caleb asks.
"Multiplication." Beatrice answers.
"Oh, I have already finished that." Caleb says.
"I already went over multiplication facts and I think I know them pretty well." I say as I turn to Beatrice.
"Would you help me?" Beatrice asks. "I have trouble with multiplication."
"Sure." I answer before standing up and walking across the hall.
"I do not understand any of the multiplying by nine." Beatrice says after staring at the same problem, 9⨉4, for a few seconds.
"My mother taught me a trick." I state before holding up two hands. I put down my fourth finger to the left, and I show her that there is three fingers on one side and six on the other and explain that it means the answer is thirty-six.
"I think I understand..." Beatrice says quietly.
I notice that Thea has walked in. "Try it on this one." I say, pointing out another problem a little ways down the row. It is 9⨉6.
"So I do this." Beatrice mumbles as she puts her hands out. "And then I put this finger down." She puts down the correct finger, just on the wrong side. "So the answer is forty-five?" She asks me louder.
"No, you put down this finger," I say as I touch the finger. "instead of this one." I point to the correct finger.
"Oh, it's from the left, not the right." Beatrice concludes.
"Exactly." I say.
She continues on, pretty much without any trouble, getting most right after she thinks about it for a short amount of time.
I notice about thirty minutes later that Thea walks out of the room and across the hall.
"Finished!" Beatrice exclaims before adding in a tone that is the exact opposite of the original one: "Now on to Faction History."
"What do you have to do with that class?"
"Just read a chapter in that book." Beatrice says pointing to a rather large book beside her arm.
"Do you want to read it out-loud?" I ask. "You know, keep me from getting behind in school?"
"Sure, but it is just the virtues of each faction."
"Would they ever know if you skipped it?" I ask.
"Probably not." A sly grin appears on her angelic face. "I'm not going to do it." She declares. At least Thea was not in here to see that.
A/N Sorry its short wanted to update today.
-T