Caleb P.O.V

2 weeks after Tris left

This is the first Christmas that we wont be together.

After...IT happened we were no longer a family, I was 14 when she passed and I have never been the same since. Tris was only 12 , a kid basically. But when we got Emily home, Andrew was ready to give her up for adaption, he thought that she was the reason for moms death. Tris wouldn't let that happen, she took Emily and cared for her like she was her own. She changed her diapers, fed her, clothed her, she did everything a mother should have been doing at the age of 12. Andrew even started beating her, setting Emily right in front of them to watch her get beat. Andrew always hopped that she would go unconscious so he could kill Emily, but she never went the entire time she was getting beat she would look at Emily and smile and reassure her that mommy was all right. Tris made sure Emily was token care of, she even stopped going to public school and did home school from the computer. And Tris tried so hard to bring the family together , she tried making us dinner so everyone would sit at the dining room table, but we just took our food to our separate rooms, she ended up downstairs with Emily feeding her and singing songs to her.

I stayed up late at night, waiting for Tris to crack and realize that she was just a kid and couldn't take care of a baby, but she never did. Tris stayed up as late as Emily did making sure she was ok, And when Emily woke up in the middle of the night Tris was by her side doing whatever needed to be done. I was so mad at her because she acted as if moms death never happened, she took care of Emily and that's all she did.

I remember when she turned 16, she didn't even celebrate it, or ask us for anything. All she did was take care of Emily as usual but around 5 in the morning when she thought I was sleep, she slipped in my room. She quietly put a chair right next to my bed and sat down. She grabbed my hand and kissed it, the way princes do to princesses and cried by my side. Then she started talking and it scared me because her vo ice came out so hoarse from crying. "I'm so sorry Caleb. I have tried so hard to bring us back together but I'm not strong enough. I'm trying to keep Emily safe and innocent but I'm not a mom Caleb, I need your help so much. But you hate me, and I don't know what I have done wrong. I'm hurting Caleb, I can hardly walk most of the time. My back is scared, from the beatings, Caleb if something ever happens to me you have to take care of Emily like she's your own, don't give her up. I love you Caleb, but I have to leave this place, I'm not going to endanger Emily." She was still crying, but she got up and kissed my forehead and cheek the way mom used to do, she gives me a hug and I want to hug her back but I don't. "I love you Caleb" she says this and leaves but before she does she turns around and looks at the moon, with the moon light cascading over her she looks like my mom, an angel.

I remember silently crying , because I finally realized what a jerk I was being towards her. Since she was 12 she had been taking care of Emily like she was her own, I remember her jumping in front of Emily when Andrew was about to beat her, and taking it all while looking in Emily's eyes smiling as best she could. Her buying the food for the house, making sure everything stayed clean and all I have ever done was glare and hit her, but she took it and still loved me at the end.

Now that its just Andrew and I, everything's been a bit more happier, Andrew even stopped drinking and I actually started getting out and putting the books to the side. Its like when there is no one here that reminds us of her everything is better, happier. But I hate that, that's the way it is.

The last time we had a conversation it ended in me screaming at her and telling her she was a no good dog and that she was a shame to this family and I hate her. Once I was done saying that she just fell apart, she had sunk to the ground and started to cry and I was so full of rage, I just started punching her on the back where I know it hurt bad. When she let out a cry that sounded like she was about to die Emily came in there, wondering what was wrong. She looked at me and screamed when she saw her mother figure, she ran to where Tris was and started crying and knelt down to where she was. Tris turned towards her with tear filled eyes and smiled through the pain. "Its okay baby, mamas all right , don't cry" she wiped away Emily's tears. I saw the blood coming through her clothes but she comforted Emily until Emily decided she wanted to go play. She got up and I tried to help her, but she called me an arse and got up by herself, slowly but surely.

I hate that I was so mean to her. I miss both of them so much. I wonder how she would feel about me visiting.

Authors Note: Hey! I hope you liked it, I thought that I would show how Caleb thought about Tris and Emily, I know that it was short but I wanted a lot of calm before the storm. Review and follow if you liked it.

~Liyah