Note: I made chapter 15 really similar to the book on purpose because I wanted that important Fourtris moment to be like the book! Also, let's face it, that moment was too perfect in the book. I most likely won't do that much anymore :)
I wake up with what is probably the stupidest grin on my face. I actually don't mind waking up early to do my jobs. When I go to the Prior's, I don't really pay attention to whatever they're saying, but I do try to act well enough in front of the Prior's. Who knows what might happen?
I can see Marcus narrow his eyes at me, giving me a dirty glare, but I ignore him. He can't hurt me anymore.
I run over to the Dauntless faction and find Tris waiting for me. Unlike other times, she has a shy smile on. I walk over to her and pull her in for a kiss. When I pull away, I find her blushing. I take her hand in mine and walk with her. Now that I think about it, I really don't know all that much about her. She knows about my fears, but that's pretty much it. "Tris?"
She looks up at me with a wide smile. "Yeah?"
I tell her, "You know I like you, but now that I think about it, I really don't know much about you." Tris thinks about it for a moment and nods.
"What do you want to know about me?" Everything, but I'm pretty sure that's not an answer she's looking for.
I ask, "How about your life before choosing Dauntless?"
"Hmm.." she says, "well I have a brother, Caleb, but you probably know that since you're in Abnegation. I don't really know what else to say because you know why I left."
"Okay, then how did you feel when choosing Dauntless and leaving your family?" I ask.
"I was obviously nervous about leaving my family, especially since Caleb decided to change to Erudite; I actually almost decided to stay. But I changed anyways because I felt I belonged in Dauntless," Tris answers. That answers my question, but I feel hallow inside. I could've gotten out of Abnegation and joined Dauntless. But Tris actually belongs here; I didn't. It's too late now.
I shake the feeling off. There's no going back now, unless… I take my mind off of the idea and ask her, "What was initiation like?"
She stops short, and I look at her with concern. "You know that the initiation is competitive, right?" It's a rhetorical question, but I nod anyways. She continues, "Well, it causes people to do despicable things to stay in the top ten."
I narrow at my eyes at her. What despicable things?
She continues, "Anyways, people constantly picked on me because I'm from Abnegation. I wasn't first in the first stage, but Edward was, and Peter stabbed him in the eye because of it." How can anyone be capable of that kind of harm? Maybe if it's an Erudite… "But when it came to the stimulations…he came after me."
I feel anger running through my veins. Someone came after Tris!
She says, with a bitter voice, "A friend of mine, Al, wasn't capable of hurting anyone. He even pretended to lose during the fights in the first stage. But he started becoming afraid of being factionless. He helped Peter and his friend try to kill me. Luckily, Tori, a friend of mine, came to help me. Al claims to not want to kill me and tried asking for my forgiveness, but there are things even I can't forgive."
"What happened?"
She starts choking up. "He killed himself; jumped over the chasm."
She had to experience that?! I pull her in for a hug, and she wraps her arms around my waist. I tell her, "It isn't your fault." It really isn't.
"But I should've forgiven him."
"Maybe. Maybe there's more we all could have done," I say, "but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time."
She starts smiling and says, "Spoken like a true Abnegation." I should feel proud, shouldn't I? After training with Tris for the past few months, I honestly don't feel like I belong in Abnegation. I never did, but I feel like I can actually belong in a faction, Dauntless, with Tris. That took a lot of her to tell me, especially shown with her tears.
She blinks away her tears and says, "Come on, it's getting late." I give her one last kiss for the night before returning home.
I'm done with chapter 18, but not 17...I write in the weirdest order :)
