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Tris POV

I don't know where I'm going, but I know that I don't want to stay here. I don't care in this moment whether my parents find out that I skipped the rest of the school day, I don't care. I just walk out of the building and hop into my car without a destination in mind.

After driving around for a bit, I end up at the gym. I take out the gym bag that I always keep in my car, and go inside. I am immediately hit with the scent of sweat and metal, a scent that I've somehow missed. It's been a while since I've come here with everything going on.

I go through my usual workout routine, and soon walk out of the building exhausted. I go home afterwards, by this time it doesn't look suspicious. I do homework all night, it is junior year after all and I'm taking some pretty advanced classes.

Around six o'clock, I hear my phone ring and see that Tobias is calling. I stare at the screen while the chorus of Ours by Taylor Swift is playing, the ringtone I set for him, but I subconsciously decide not to answer. No particular reason really, I just have a lot of work to do.

I finish all of my homework around nine, and at that point I am both physically and mentally exhausted. I fall asleep in my clothes, not even getting the chance to get under the covers before I pass out on the bed.

Tobias POV

After Tris walks out, everyone at the table looks at me expectantly. "What?" I ask.

"Well aren't you going to go after her?" Christina asks me.

"No, I can tell when she just wants to be alone," I say simply.

We all chat for a while longer until Shauna, Marlene, and Uriah come over to our table with their trays. "Hey guys," Marlene says hesitantly as they sit down. I know that Tris apologized to them, but I'm still not entirely happy with them.

"Where's Tris?" Shauna asks.

"She left," Christina says, not making eye contact.

"Look, what we said was wrong, and in the heat of the moment, a-and, we're sorry," Marlene says.

"I'm sorry too, I guess," Christina says, "I will admit that I got a little insane last night."

"Me as well," Lynn pipes up.

"I should apologize to you Shauna. I- That was an awful way to break up with you, I'm sorry. You're really not that bitch that I might've accused you of being, but we all got out of our heads last night," Zeke says.

"I'm sorry as well, but I've been thinking and I think that it'd be better if we were just friends. I mean- things just weren't working out between us," Shauna says, and Zeke nods. I know that's what he had wanted as well.

"I should apologize as well," Uriah speaks up, "Zeke, I was an awful brother to you and called you some cruel names as well, that was wrong of me."

"So are we all good?" Marlene asks hesitantly.

We all look at each other and nod. "We're good," Will says.

"So, why did Tris leave?" Shauna asks.

"I don't really know," Christina says.

"Maybe she didn't want anyone to ask questions?" Will suggests.

"Maybe," Zeke says.

"Sorry, about what?" Shauna asks.

Christina and I exchange a look. "She said that… if you guys were to come back and make things right… then I could tell you all what you need to know," Christina says.

Marlene speaks first, "She doesn't have to do that."

"That's what I told her, but she doesn't want us to all get into a fight like this again," I say.

"Wow," Shauna says.

"Why don't you all come over to my place later? I don't want to do it here…" Christina says.

Everyone agrees, and then lunch ends soon after. The next periods go by quickly, and soon I have study hall, my easiest class of the day for obvious reasons.

"Hey Four," Will says. I almost forgot that he is in this class with me, we never talk or anything because he is always studying.

"Oh, hey," I say.

"I just thought that I'd let you know that Tris wasn't in Creative Writing eighth period, I think she might've gone home for the day," he says. That's odd, it isn't like Tris to skip. As far as I know, she hasn't missed a class since we skipped gym together on the first day of school.

"Thanks for letting me know," I say.

"No problem, I thought that you might want to check up on her afterschool," he says, and I thank him again before we go back to our work.

I am now distracted, though. I spend the rest of the day thinking of what I could do for Tris, I've been wanting to take her on a date after all of this drama.

Soon the school day is over, and everyone is already at Christina's house when I arrive. She pulls me aside once I walk in, not going into the living room yet. "I am freaking out, Four, I don't know what to say," she blurts out, "She gave me permission to tell them what I feel they should know about her, what does that even mean?"

I don't really know how to respond. I'm not exactly comfortable with this whole situation to begin with, the fact that we're talking about Tris without her being here makes me queasy. "Just tell them everything, it will all be easier that way," I decide on finally, "I'll help you."

"Thank you," Christina says after she sighs in relief. We walk into the living room, and everyone looks at us, waiting.

"I don't know how to start," Christina says looking at me.

"Katie?" I suggest.

"Right, Katie. Well, you all know that Tris transferred from DAA, right?" Christina starts, and they all nod, "This girl, Katie, was her best friend. They were friends until, wait give me a second to remember…"

"Robert," I remind her.

"Right! Robert, there was a rumor that Tris and Robert were dating, which wasn't true. And Katie… I'm pretty sure she liked Robert, and hated Tris because of that dumb rumor. So basically they started to push her around, pick on her, make her feel like nothing, those awful misinformed bitches," Christina says, now getting angry.

"Well Katie got a new boyfriend, Al was his name. They were in high school at this point, and Al started to like Tris, flirt with her, and that just made Katie and her possy hate Tris even more. On the last day of freshman year, Tris told Al that she didn't have feelings for him."

"Then sophomore year started…" Christina starts, and my fists clench. I hate this part, I hate what they did to her.

"Robert and Al shoved her into a closet, tried to assault her and probably would've raped her if she wasn't able to fight her way out." I see Lynn getting visibly angry, I can tell that this part feels personal to her.

"They hated her after that, they started to beat her every single day. She of course would try to fight back, but… god I hate this. The insults just got worse and worse, they spread nasty rumors about her, Tris ignored it all and stayed strong until…"

"Until her dad left. What was it… the rumor was that all of the bruises and cuts that she got from Robert and Al were because her parents beat her, which wasn't true. But her dad left right after that, and she blames herself."

"After that… I can't do this Four," Christina says, and breaks down crying. I never realized how strong their friendship was, it is obvious that she truly cares for Tris and hates that all of this happened to her. I hate it too.

"After her dad left, everything started to get to her. She started thinking that all of the words they said to her were true, she felt worthless and became really depressed. She never told anyone and fought it all herself, but it broke her," I say.

"Then, they called her fat, and on the track she was, she believed it. So," I take a deep breath, "She stopped eating." I can feel my eyes watering, but I won't cry in front of them.

"She became anorexic until her mom noticed by the end of the year and had her transfer here," I finish. Everyone in the room is tearing up, and Christina is full out sobbing at this point. I still won't let myself cry.

"Oh my god," Will says.

"I'm sure you can guess why she didn't want to tell you all, or be here," I say.

"I feel awful," Marlene says, "I was so stupid, I shouldn't have called her out or bothered her about it, ever."

"So now you all know," I say, "Just don't tell anyone of course, and don't mention it to Tris tomorrow. I'm sure that she wouldn't want to hear it either."

"It all makes sense now," Uriah says, stupidly obvious as always. Then I realize that I haven't checked up on Tris at all yet. I take out my phone to give her a call. It rings for a while, but then goes to voicemail. I hang up.

Then the idea comes to me all in a blur. "Hey guys, do you want to help me do something special for Tris," I ask. They all agree, and then I explain to them my plan.

A/N: A shorter chapter, yes, but I wanted it to end before the surprise that Tobias is planning. Eep! Any guesses? The rest of the gang now knows about Tris's past as well, it was bound to happen eventually.

I might as well address this before I get questions about it in the reviews. Yes, I chose to break up Sheke, I know, I know. Things weren't working out between them, and their relationship just didn't fit into this part of the storyline. I'm not promising they'll get back together, but maybe that can be another little vote in the reviews…

Hope you all enjoyed! :)