A/N- I do not own Divergent or any of its characters. All rights go to Veronica Roth.
"Nita?" Tobias asks.
"Oh, I'm glad to see that you remember my name," Nita replies. She raises her eyebrows at him slightly. "Follow me."
Tobias and I look at each other, shrug our shoulders and decide to follow her. Nita sashays in front of us, swaying her hips. I want to punch her. Her flirty voice and batting eyelashes are starting to annoy me. I look at Tobias out of the corner of my eye to see if he's looking at Nita but thankfully, he's looking at the floor. Nita leads us into a small lab, about the size of a bathroom.
"First of all, I would just like to say how impressed I am, Tris." Wait, she's impressed with me? I thought she'd only be impressed by how good looking Tobias is.
"What are you talking about?" I question.
"You're defiance against having your genes tested. You're disagreement with the labels of GD's and GP's. It's very rare that we find people who think for themselves."
"Well, it doesn't take an idiot to work out that the whole GD and GP thing is nonsense." I smirk.
"You're quite right. I was hoping, that you would both be interested in helping with a revolt against the Bureau." I can see that Nita doesn't like to waste any time.
"A revolt?" Tobias questions.
"Yes, me and a few others are planning on overthrowing the Bureau. We stand for equality between GD's and GP's. We want the experiments to stop, and we want people who are considered 'damaged' to be treated fairly, instead of being treated like genetic rejects."
"What are you planning on doing?" Tobias asks.
"We want to explode the weapons lab, destroy the death serum. We believe that they will be planning on using it."
"The death serum?" I question. "Who would they use that for?"
"We suspect GD's. I can only presume that they are planning to wipe them out." Nita sighs and looks at the ground, acting sorrowful. However, I think she really is only acting. He response doesn't seem real, she doesn't seem like she honestly cares. I am becoming increasingly suspicious of her.
"Why would they do that, that doesn't make any sense?"
"GD's are considered expendable. I am sure that they would want to get rid of as many GD's as possible who are in the Bureau, since they believe that they cannot be trusted."
"So, what did you want us to do?" says Tobias.
"We would need your combat skills, setting up bombs and detonating them. Maybe even fighting a few guards in order to get to the weapons lab. Of course, we could do this without your help, but we thought that you might be interested in taking part in a revolt."
"Maybe we cou-" I interrupt Tobias before he gets a chance to finish his sentence.
"If you can execute your mission without our help, then I suggest you do so. We're not interested." I say, firmly.
Tobias and Nita look at me in shock. I don't trust Nita, and I'm not taking part in her games. More importantly, I don't want Tobias to take part in any of her games either.
"Very well, if that is your decision," Nita sighs. "Of course, if you change your mind, please come back to me."
I nod my head and grab Tobias' hand, dragging him out of the door.
"Can I ask that you keep this between yourselves?" Nita shouts as we walk down the hallways.
"Got it!" I snap back.
When Nita is out of sight, Tobias pulls me to a halt, a frown spread across his face. He looks angry.
"Tris? What was that all about?" He asks, his voice deadly calm.
"I just- I don't think that we can trust her. I don't think that we can trust any one except for ourselves."
"But what about me? What if I wanted to trust her?"
"You don't even know her Tobias! She's probably trying to manipulate us, in order to get what she wants."
"Nonsense. She's in the same position as us. She knows that the Bureau is corrupted and wants to overthrow them."
"Then what happens? What happens when they find out what we did? They'll finish us off! And then all of this will have been for nothing!"
"It wouldn't have been for nothing. We would have stopped them from using the death serum!"
"Do you actually believe that? Are you stupid? They're not going to start killing everyone. Why would they do that? If anything, they would throw us back into the experiments instead. They wouldn't waste human beings when they can find plenty of other things to do with us!"
"I am not stupid!" Tobias shouts.
"Then why do you believe her? Is it because she's pretty? Blinded by beauty?" I probably shouldn't have said this because I know it's not true. Tobias is not stupid, he's intelligent. And he wouldn't allow a person's looks to influence his actions. He has only ever shown me kindness, and I am abusing his trust by calling him names.
"You know I'm not like that, Tris! Why would you say that?" Tobias grabs my wrist, a little too harshly. He has never looked at me in this way before.
"Stop! Let go!"
"No, give me an answer! Do you honestly think that I am attracted to her and not you?"
"Tobias, stop! I'm sorry I didn't mean it!" I cry.
"I just want to do what's best for the city. I want to help in any way that I can. I want to stop the prejudice. I want to do the right thing for once!" He's not even looking at me any more, but he keeps pulling me towards him.
"Tobias, you're hurting me!"
When I say that he has hurt me, his hand springs open immediately. He looks at me in complete shock and all I can do is stare back. His eyes start to go glassy and my breathing is becoming erratic.
"Tris-" his voice breaks. "I'm sorry, are you okay?"
I continue to stare at him, wide eyed. I had seen this side to Tobias before, but never directed at me. I raise my eyebrows and look down at the floor, trying to compose my thoughts. I can't even get any words out, so I decide to just walk away. I know that you shouldn't walk away from your problems, but we both need to cool off before this gets any worse. We have never argued before, and my heart aches. I was the one who was blinded, not him. I was blinded by jealousy and my lack of self confidence. I allowed my problems to take over me, but so did Tobias. He allowed his anger and frustration to overwhelm him. I suppose this is just what happens sometimes, you can't always keep your demons at bay. Even though I could have handled the situation a little better, I'm still glad that I decided not to trust Nita.
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I sit on my bed, holding the tablet in my sweaty palms. I didn't bother reading through the diaries again because reading something that my mother wrote just makes me upset and confused. Tobias never came back to the dorms. I don't know where he is, but I know that we just needed time apart for a short while.
Later on, Caleb walks into the dorms. He sees me and is about to walk straight back out again before I stop him.
"Caleb, wait." I shout, hastily. He turns around to look at me, with sorrow filled eyes.
"Beatrice?"
"I have something to show you." I get up and walk across the room to him, with the tablet in hand. "This is a tablet, I'm sure you know how to use one." He nods his head in reply. "Well, it's filled with diary entries that mom wrote before she went inside the fence. I have already read through them, and I thought that you might like to as well. Sorry, I should have told you about it sooner."
He takes the tablet out of my hands. "Thank you."
We stand in uncomforatable silence for what feels like an eternity. I've never had a normal relationship with my bother, even before the betrayal. I don't necessarily want to fix things, I just wish that none of it had happened.
"I wanted to apologise for the way I acted when you were in hospital. About Four." Caleb says quietly. I am shocked that he's apologising for something that he has said. Usually, he always sticks by his opinion and thinks that he is right no matter what.
"Thanks." I don't really know what to say, especially after the incident with Tobias.
"I don't know what happened with you two, but he seems pretty upset." How does Caleb know that something is wrong? They're probably all sat in the cafeteria whilst I'm sitting on my bed, sulking.
"We um- had an argument." I don't want to go in to detail, not with Caleb. Not after he was almost proved right.
"Beatrice, everyone has problems. Everyone gets upset. We all fall out with each other, but thats just the way it works. Relationships are full of trials and tribulations. The important thing is that you make sure you never give up on someone that you love. I gave up on you Beatrice, I gave up on you and now I can't put things straight. Don't do the same thing with Four. Apologise to each other and move on with it. You're both young. We're all young. We're all going to make mistakes."
I never thought that Caleb, my brother Caleb, would be the one to set my head straight. Would be the one to tell me to chase after Tobias. I don't know what's gotten into him, but I suppose that that's just life. People change, people go through phases. People get angry and upset. People become happy and filled with hope. People let their guard down, no matter how many times they've been hurt. Some people never let their guard down, too afraid of the consequences. I suppose the important thing is that we have to trust each other, and be kind to each other. We have to help each other work through our weaknesses. That's what love is about.
"Where is he?" I ask.
"Outside with Uriah."
I leave the dorm room to find Tobias. I want to apologise to him, and I want him to apologise to me. I want us to be able to work through these tough times together. I want to stick by his side, no matter what. I chose him, and he chose me. I know that I have made some wrong decisions in my life, but him…I will never regret choosing.
A/N- So I've already pre-written and finished this story, I'll probably post like a chapter a day instead of posting it all at once. I know it's following the same story line as the books but there will be a different ending, and a different fate for the characters. Sorry if it's boring, the next (and last) few chapters are going to pick up pace. I decided not to create my own major events because this is my first fan fiction and I just wanted to practice writing one. Honestly I found it difficult to write this because I don't like 'Allegiant'. I enjoyed writing the parts of Divergent and Insurgent, but as soon as I got onto the events of Allegiant I found it so difficult! I love the characters though so that keeps me going (and makes me want to write an AU fan fiction for divergent...so maybe I will after this). Don't worry about the ending being depressing...it will have lots of drama but I'm changing it slightly :) The epilogue will also be a bit different.
Have a nice day! x