Athena's POV

I wake up to the sound of my alarm going off. When I open my eyes I see the calming blue walls of my room. While getting changed I remember it's only 2 days till the aptitude test. How amazing.
"Athena! Get down here! Your food is ready" I hear my mother call to me. When I get down I see my breakfast of a blueberry parfait, eggs and green tea. All great brain food. As usually in my house both my parents are reading while eating. Always trying to increase there knowledge. And of course like the majority of the erudite faction they wear fake glasses. I don't wear them because I'm already smart enough, actually I have the second highest IQ, the highest is Jeanine. In the Erudite the smartest person is the leader.
"Athena! Day dreaming does not increase intelligence and you have to get to school. Go. Get going" and with that I leave the house and head to the bus. As usually I am the first in class even before the teacher. I take this quite time to study and get ready for class. As time goes on people start to file in. Erudite first followed by a mixture of Amity and Abnegation. Candors are mixed I with everyone. And lastly as a pack the Dauntless enter. Well not lastly Alice walks in last. Yes I know her name. Jeanine says I have to learn everyone's name and information.
"What are you looking at Nose?" There she goes using worthless nicknames.
"The idiot who was late for class. You look as if you just woke up. " I'm not known for my kindness.
"I had to run all the way here" if she just learned how to get up on time she wouldn't of had to run.
"Why?"
"Because I don't want to take the bus."
"That's stupid. Why would you walk when you don't have to?"
"That's none of your business." with that she turns away from me its out of the cantor character to avoid answering question. She is going to end up faction less or in another one. Probably Dauntless she seems reckless enough, but its time to stop day dreaming I need to get to my notes. Unfortunately, before I get the chance she catches me staring at her.
"If you want to say something then say it." She says to me rudely.
"Why would you use your notes page to draw? Your supposed to take notes." I ask her, not understanding how her simple brain could possible function correctly.
"I don't need notes."
"Why not?"
"Because I have this amazing thing called memory. Ever heard of it?" Now she is getting on my nerves.
"What are you drawing anyway?" I ask her to change the subject since she should never do that, her being Candor and all.
"What's your name again?" She asks me. Wow. Apparently she will change the subject. Definitely not Candor.
"Athena." I tell her with pride.
"Athena? Like the Greek Goddess of Wisdom?" I nod. "Wow. You Noses are actually naming your children after something that means being smart?" Okay, two can play at this game.
"Your one to talk. Alice is supposed to be a truthful name."
"What does that even mean? How can a name be truthful?" Of course she is too stupid to understand that names have meanings behind them.
"I don't feel like explaining this to you right now."
"Alright. So what other Noses have 'smart names'?"
"My brother's name was Cato." I say quietly, as if mentioning him will get me in trouble like it does at home.
"Cato?"
"Yes. Cato means wise in an ancient language."
"Why do you say was?" I give her a weird look, what does she mean? "You said 'my brother's name was Cato'. Why do you say was?"
"Because he probably changed it." I explain, still not being very comfortable with talking about him. "He disgraced us all by switching to Dauntless last year." I can remember the day like it was yesterday. His name was called and all the Erudites had showed up to watch this proud day, where my brother would give his blood to the glass and officially become one of us. He was the pride of the faction. Highest IQ, he even surpassed Jeanine, that was the day that he was to become the leader. But he didn't. He walked up to the bowls and dug that horrid knife into his skin. He look at our proud smiles and postures and he poured his pure blood into the coals before taking his seat with dumbest faction of all.
"'Disgraced you all'?" Alice says angrily, snapping me out of my flashback. "He was just doing what was best for him. It's not his fault that he isn't a genius." She couldn't be more wrong.
"He was a genius." This time shegives me a weird look. I roll my eyes. Theres no way she could ever understand. " I'm not talking to you about this."
"Actually you are." She says, being a smart-ass.
"No, I'm not." I argue.
"Yes you are." She should just stop.
"No, I'm not." My anger rises.
"Then stop talking."
"You stop talking."
"Ladies!" The teacher yells, staring the two of us down. "Are you two done yet?"
"Yes ma'am. I apologize." I say immediately, regretting letting my emotions show. All she does is roll her and eyes and focus back on her drawing.

Once class is over, instead of going back home I walk to Jeanine's main office to help her work on our latest project. This is one that my brother had started, but left before he could finish. I liked the idea and managed to convince Jeanine that we should continue it, as a sort of show of respect to his once Erudite mind. So I walk into Jeanine's office and get ready for our newest experiment on Copper. Our spy dog.