I awoke to a scream on some soap opera and glanced at the clock 6 am... Dang it I didn't oversleep I thought with a groan.

Quickly dressing in a soft v-neck black t-shirt that was comfortable, I glanced at my faded black jeans and slipped on my black combat boots lacing them up quickly before grabbing an energy bar and swallowing a shot of orange juice.

Before I left I got a glimpse of the empty table where me and Victor used to eat meals together reminding me of my old home haunting me with memories of my parents. No matter how much I deny it, deep down I know I miss the bliss of ignorance.

Quickly shutting the door I groggily met up with Shaun and started heading to the train with him avoiding anyone with curly blonde hair.

"So where's Rachel?" Shaun asked raising his eyebrows at me.

"I don't want to talk about it," I murmured.

"Okay then," he said giving me a look as if to say spill your guts, "I'll just go ask her."

"NO! Don't you dare...!" I said catching him in a headlock; I had always been the stronger one.

Shaun laughed, "Bro tell me," he replied while elbowing me in the stomach, he had always been better with strategy.

I felt a sharp pain and decided to let him go, "Okay so yesterday we kissed and then ran away," I spilled sounding confident as if it didn't matter just a girl.

"Okay then Victor," He replied raising an eyebrow at me in question.

At that a punched him in the face, not as a joke.

"What the hell man!" Shaun shouted.

I glared at him, "Don't compare me to him ever again," I spat.

"Alright, just don't punch me in the face again," He said as we arrived by the train stop.

"Sorry you know it's a sore subject," I apologized feeling genuinely bad.

"It's chill, the trains coming," he said feeling the ground rumble.

All the sudden the train slowed a little and I lept. For a second I was suspended in air feeling the wind and landed next to Shaun.

"Just another day in the life," Shaun joked.

I laughed and when I laugh I can't stop and am uncontrollably in hysterics, it's one of my weakness. Showing weakness makes you look like easy prey.

We jumped off the train off by school or the jailhouse if you prefer. A couple of Amity's were laughing around cracking jokes happily naive. A few Abnegation boys were solemn faced and quietly whispering. One Candor girl was telling the other her dress makes her fat and that she looked like a raccoon. Finally, there was a clustered group of Erudites intently debating about school.

"I dare you to charge through them," I challenged Shaun who was staring at them. I guess back then there could have been a longing look in his eyes but at the time, if there was, I didn't notice.

"Only if you come with me," Shaun replied with a determined look in his eyes.

I returned the look, "Deal."

"1, 2, 3." We charged and sprinted through the crowd of blue apparently at the center there is a blonde and a brunette girl but I didn't catch their faces.

"What was that?" One of the braver boys called I guess he wasn't too smart in the common sense to challenge a Dauntless but who was I to talk, common sense isn't really our factions specialty.

"What's your name?" I asked.

"Jayson," the boy replied.

"Well Jayson, it's called having fun maybe you should try it sometime," I laughed.

The boy scowled and returned to his learning obsessed friends.

Throughout school I either slept, or wondered about what it would be like to be Erudite with your parents always pressuring you to beat everyone. I was surprised they had friends you would think they would sit around studying all day scowling at anyone who was too close to beating them on the math test.

I met up with Shaun after school who was reading something, "Whoa there man is that a book in your hands?" I joked.

"I was just seeing what the Erudites find so interesting about learning," Shaun said quickly, yet smoothly.

"Yeah sure," I said noticing the Jayson kid was glaring at me again.

When I got home Victor wasn't there as usual. I glanced at my homework and laughed. Not happening.