I drive to school and park where I used to park. It's been a while since I've seen his Mustang but I brush that thought out of my mind, I don't have time to think of him. I'm here to finish my school year, get good results so I can move on to college and build a life for my kids. That's all that matters to me right now. Just another 12 months of this place. Shouldn't be that hard, right?
I walk over to the office and see Mrs. Matthews. She really my Aunty, my dads sister but they don't get on that well, and that's why I never really been close with her. Caleb is her favorite student and she is Caleb's favorite teacher and Aunt.
"Beatrice, your back, Caleb did mention something to me but I honestly didn't think you would." She says to me when I reach the front desk. I know she knows my history from Caleb's big mouth and is trying to aggravate me but I just brush it off. I've learnt to brush things off the past 2 years.
"It's Tris, remember. And yes, Mrs. Matthews, I wanted to finish here at Fraction high." I say. I have to stuck up to her as she is the school principle and was the one who structured the five fractions at this school. She believed the school should be based up on groups to avoid less bullying and help build friendships. Most of the school thinks it's a load of shit but they run with it.
"Ok then, I get one of the ladies to re-enroll you and print you out a schedule" She say to me as she walks off. "Its still Dauntless, right?" she stops and turns to me.
"Yes, there will never be another choice!" I say. When I first arrived here in my junior year I had received 3 equal results for Dauntless, Abnegation and Erudite. It was the first time ever this happened and Mrs. Matthews didn't know how the handle it. My dad suggested I pick out of the 3 and Mrs. Matthews has been trying to recruit me to join Erudite, which she is head council advisor.
"Ok then, enjoy your year here at Fraction High!" she walking off to speak with one of the office ladies.
After a few minutes the office ladies called me over. "Here is your schedule, your locker details and a map of the school!" She says
"Oh I don't need the map, Thanks" I say and walk off to go find my locker. I look down at the sheet and stop dead in my track, they gave me the same locker. Really, she couldn't have given me a new one, far away from my old one!
As I'm about to walk back to the office, I bump into someone. I look up to see my old goofy friend Uriah.
"OMG Tris, is that you?" he says to me as he gives me a massive hug and picks me up and swings me around. "God I've missed you, where have you been?" he said almost screaming in my ear. This make the whole hallway stop what they are doing and stare at us. So much for the low profile I think to myself.
"Hey Uri, its good to see you too, I've missed you." I say as he places me back down. And it was true, he was defiantly one of my friends who I have really missed. I've kept in touch here and there with Christina by email but always avoided her questions. After a while she gave up on me.
"Are you back for good or just passing through?" he asks.
"No, I'm back, can't you see!" I say holding up my schedule. He takes it from me and looks at it.
"Awesome, we have English first, and I see you have the same locker. Lets go." He says so cheery. I can help but smile, it really is good to see him. He always knew how to lighten up the mood.
"So how have you been, how's everyone?" I say as we walk to dauntless hallway.
"Yeah some old, I know they'll all be happy to see you." He say.
"Really, is that so?" I say while giving him a cheeky look.
"Well, almost everyone." He says laughing.
A second later I hear as scream from across the hallway and someone running up to me. Before I know it I'm knocked to the ground with Christina on top of me squishing me. "Chris, get off me!" I say in between laughing.
"OMG I can't believe it. Welcome back. Caleb did mention it but I didn't believe him." She says as we get off the floor. Way does everyone say that?
"Hey Tris." My friend Will says after Christina finishes. I give him a hug as well. "Good to see you Will." I say back. Next thing I know I am hugging all my old friends again, there's Marlene, Shauna and Zeke.
"Welcome back" "Good to see you" "Missed you" we all exchanged. I had never realized how much I had actually missed them until now.
"So, are you staying or leaving us again." Christina says to me.
"No, I'm back, you can't get rid of me again." I say to them smiling. In the corner of my eye I see movement and look over Zeke's head. In that moment I freeze, in the distance near my old locker I see him. His watching us, staring at me. I stare back at the deep blue eyes I've come to love so long ago. Then he turns slams his locker door and walks off in the other direction.
"You can't blame him." Zeke says looking at me.
"Really, I can't. Why is that Zeke?" I reply as I walk off from the group to my locker. I can feel all their eyes on me but I ignore them. I understand they've been placed in the middle and I've never wanted them to choose a side. We were all friends once. I'm sure we can all still be friends one day. I grab my books and head off to my English class. Once I entre the classroom I look around for a spot. All my friends are sitting at the back near him. There is an empty seat next to him but I can't bare to go sit next to him. I avoid Christina who I know is waving at me to sit near them. I choose an empty seat in the middle. Big mistake when I realized who I sat next too.
"Well hello there?" Eric says too me.
"Hey." Is all I reply with.
"Good to see you Tris." He says. I just stare at him in shock. He laughs and looks to the front. Since when is Eric nice.
Then in walks Nita, she is wearing the school cheerleading uniform. Really when did that happened. She walks right up to me. "Heard you were back." She says to me. "Don't know why you bothered showing your ugly face here again."
"Well I don't know what your ugly face is doing wearing that uniform, guess things got desperate when I left or did you just steal them from my trash bin when I throw mine out?" I say back to her smirking.
"You wish loser." She says to me walking right pass me to the back of the room. I turn my head and see she sits in the empty chair next to him. "Hey baby" is all I hear before I turn away.
Then the bell goes off and in walks Mr. Lewtous. "Ok class, welcome to your first day of Senior year. Now if you can get your books out we'll start on Chapter one. Oh, Miss Prior" He says when he realize I'm sitting here. "Welcome back, weren't aware you'll be gracing us with your presence again?" he says to me. "So tell us, where have you been the last few years."
"Um… Just transferred to Divergent High in San Francisco, stayed with my aunt while she was working there." I reply to him.
"Oh Divergent High, and you decided to finish the year here at Fraction High?" He asks.
"Well, no, I wanted to stay but my parents requested I return home and carry out the year here sir." I say. I can feel the hole burning through the back of my skull and know who's doing it.
"Well then your parents must of missed you a lot." He says. "Now back to Chapter one."
Class goes on and on. I can see Eric staring at me through the corner of my eyes. "What?" I almost scream but not loud enough for Mr. Lewtous to hear.
"Nothing, just trying to work you out?" He says.
"And, what have you worked out so far?" I reply.
"Your not so bad without your little group." He smiles.
Really, his hitting on me? Then the bells rings. And I start to gather my things.
"You can always come and sit with me at lunch time. Since there is no more room for you." He says referring to Nita now probably sitting with the group.
I don't bother to reply and I leave the classroom before the rest of class leaves. I try quickly to get to my locker and grab my things for my next class. But I'm not quick enough...
