p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 24.48px;"Alice's POVbr /br / We ended up going to some club that is a neutral area among the factions. Some drunk Erudite guy was flirting with me while Lexi and Dylan got drunk and started dancing. I only pushed the Erudite guy away when he tried to kiss me. Once midnight came around I dragged the two lovebirds away from the club and made sure that they got home safely before getting myself home. I sneak quietly into my house, making sure not to wake my father who is passed out on the couch. When I get to my room I drop my stuff down next to the door and lay down on the black and white bed. It doesn't take me long to fall asleep. br /br / When I wake I stare up at my plain white ceiling and. One more day. I sit up and get a style="color: #003399; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: #003399; font-size: 1em;" href=" alice_candor/set?id=171095468" rel="nofollow" data-cke-saved-href=" alice_candor/set?id=171095468"dressed/aspan style="font-size: 1em;" before going down stairs and grabbing a bagel. I leave the house before my parents get into the living room, I don't want to have to deal with them today. I take my time getting to school, but I end up being the second one in the classroom, not counting the teacher. I take my seat next to the Erudite girl, Athena, and ignore her strange looks. The class goes by quickly and as soon as it's over I leave. In the next class I decide to take out the drawing that I was working on yesterday and finish it. About halfway through the class the teacher notices and yells at me. /span/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 24.48px;""Alice, now is not the time for coloring."br /"Oh, I'm sorry for working on something that could actually get me somewhere in life instead of paying attention to your boring lectures that none of us will remember once we get to our new factions anyway."br /My comment gets some "oooh"'s and snickers form the Dauntless and some glares from the Erudites and the teacher who mutters something along the lines of "inconsiderate" and "disrespectful", but she left me alone for the rest of class. I go through the rest of my classes without much happening besides finishing my picture. When school is finally over, I meet Lexi and Dylan in the spot I always meet Lexi in. br /"Hey girl!" Lexi says as she approaches. "You wanna go out with us again tonight?"br /"No way. I'm not letting you get drunk again."br /"Oh come on. You're no fun! Fine. We'll just go back to my place. Sound good?"br /"Yeah. Let's go."br /Lexi turns to Dylan, "What about you Dyl? You wanna hang with us?"br /"Sure. I don't have to be home any time soon."br /"Great! Follow me!" Lexi says before skipping off in the direction of her house. Dylan laughs and shakes his head as the two of us follow. A few minutes later we are standing in front of her house. She spreads her arms out to her sides dramatically and says,br /"Welcome to mi casa." She turns and throws open the doors before leading us inside. "My parents are gone for the week so we dont have to deal with them and Peter is spending the night at his friend Drew's house so we don't have to deal with that little brat either." She says as Dylan and I take in her house. There is no color, it's all black and white like all standard Candor homes, the only difference is that her house is huge compared to the others. Her parents are highly respected amongst the other members of our faction and are relatively high up in the chain of authoritative figures. To our left is the living room, to our right is a staircase and right in front of us is the kitchen and dining area. I cant see it from the door way, but I know that around the corner in the right side of the dining room is her parents huge, luxury, master bedroom. Her brothers room takes up most of the basement level and her's takes up all of upstairs level. Every time I come here I am in awe of all the Gothic decor. They've got a Gothic style couch, coffee table, rug, paintings, and from past visits I know that all of the beds are done in a Gothic theme as well. br /"Cool." I hear Dylan say beside me. br /"I know. Her parents are huge on all that Gothic stuff."br /"My parents are just boring. There is nothing special about our house at all." He /"Mine are all about that modern black and white stuff. I much prefer Lexi's house style."br /"That's because you're insane, Alice. Your house is so much cooler than mine. If only this faction allowed color. Then hour house could be truly beautiful." Lexi says to me. "Come on. Let's go up to my room." The three of us walk up the stairs to Lexi's room. It's got an elegant white, Gothic style bed that looks like it was make for a queen and random sewing stuff and mannequins and sketch boards and whatever else an aspiring clothing designer might need is scattered around the room. The entire wall that faces the city is made of glass so from up here I can see everything. She keeps all of her clothes in the large black wardrobe that covers up her closet. She's never let me see what's in her closet, but this time as soon as she closes the door she starts to move the wardrobe out of the way. br /"I'll be honest with you guys." She says as she dusts herself off. "I've ever shown anyone what's in here. Not even my family."br /"Yeah. I know." I say, not quite sure what she's getting at and kinda scared about what might be in it. "What's this about Lex?" I /"Without answering, she turns to the closet and opens it. Inside is about everything that has never been in my life, besides in pictures or at school. Color. Lots and lots of color, along with lots and lots of clothes. I've never seen so much color in one place. br /"Holy clothes." Dylan says beside /"Holy color." I say as Dylan and I look at each other, the closet, and then /"I want to be a clothing designer." She tells /"Lexi, why are you telling us this?" I /"I'm not staying in Candor." She says. "After the choosing ceremony I'm leaving, probably to Amity. I just wanted you two to know that." She /"I'm not staying here either." Dylan says. "I'm going to Dauntless, unless the test tells me otherwise, but I doubt it will."br /"What about you Alice. What are you going to do?" Lexi asks /"I'm not sure." I admit. "But I'm not staying here, and I'm not about to go be a stiff or a nose either."br /"So you're either gonna be with me or Dyl?" Lexi asks /I hesitate. "I couldn't go to Amity Lex. I'm sorry, but that's not me. I guess that leaves Dauntless for me, unless the test says otherwise."br /Lexi's eyes tear up. "I'm gonna miss you guys." She says and opens her eyes wide for a /"Yeah." I say sadly as Dylan and I go in for a hug. br /br /Dylan and I stayed at Lexi's house until late that night. He lives near me so we walked back home in an awkward silence, only talking to each other once, when he was walking into his house and we said goodbye. When I get home I find that my dad is still awake, so I sneak around him and run up to my room without him noticing. I lay down in the bed, exhausted and fall asleep with one word in my mind. Tomorrow. /p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 24.48px;""Alice, now is not the time for coloring."br /"Oh, I'm sorry for working on something that could actually get me somewhere in life instead of paying attention to your boring lectures that none of us will remember once we get to our new factions anyway."br /My comment gets some "oooh"'s and snickers form the Dauntless and some glares from the Erudites and the teacher who mutters something along the lines of "inconsiderate" and "disrespectful", but she left me alone for the rest of class. I go through the rest of my classes without much happening besides finishing my picture. When school is finally over, I meet Lexi and Dylan in the spot I always meet Lexi in. br /"Hey girl!" Lexi says as she approaches. "You wanna go out with us again tonight?"br /"No way. I'm not letting you get drunk again."br /"Oh come on. You're no fun! Fine. We'll just go back to my place. Sound good?"br /"Yeah. Let's go."br /Lexi turns to Dylan, "What about you Dyl? You wanna hang with us?"br /"Sure. I don't have to be home any time soon."br /"Great! Follow me!" Lexi says before skipping off in the direction of her house. Dylan laughs and shakes his head as the two of us follow. A few minutes later we are standing in front of her house. She spreads her arms out to her sides dramatically and says,br /"Welcome to mi casa." She turns and throws open the doors before leading us inside. "My parents are gone for the week so we dont have to deal with them and Peter is spending the night at his friend Drew's house so we don't have to deal with that little brat either." She says as Dylan and I take in her house. There is no color, it's all black and white like all standard Candor homes, the only difference is that her house is huge compared to the others. Her parents are highly respected amongst the other members of our faction and are relatively high up in the chain of authoritative figures. To our left is the living room, to our right is a staircase and right in front of us is the kitchen and dining area. I cant see it from the door way, but I know that around the corner in the right side of the dining room is her parents huge, luxury, master bedroom. Her brothers room takes up most of the basement level and her's takes up all of upstairs level. Every time I come here I am in awe of all the Gothic decor. They've got a Gothic style couch, coffee table, rug, paintings, and from past visits I know that all of the beds are done in a Gothic theme as well. br /"Cool." I hear Dylan say beside me. br /"I know. Her parents are huge on all that Gothic stuff."br /"My parents are just boring. There is nothing special about our house at all." He /"Mine are all about that modern black and white stuff. I much prefer Lexi's house style."br /"That's because you're insane, Alice. Your house is so much cooler than mine. If only this faction allowed color. Then hour house could be truly beautiful." Lexi says to me. "Come on. Let's go up to my room." The three of us walk up the stairs to Lexi's room. It's got an elegant white, Gothic style bed that looks like it was make for a queen and random sewing stuff and mannequins and sketch boards and whatever else an aspiring clothing designer might need is scattered around the room. The entire wall that faces the city is made of glass so from up here I can see everything. She keeps all of her clothes in the large black wardrobe that covers up her closet. She's never let me see what's in her closet, but this time as soon as she closes the door she starts to move the wardrobe out of the way. br /"I'll be honest with you guys." She says as she dusts herself off. "I've ever shown anyone what's in here. Not even my family."br /"Yeah. I know." I say, not quite sure what she's getting at and kinda scared about what might be in it. "What's this about Lex?" I /"Without answering, she turns to the closet and opens it. Inside is about everything that has never been in my life, besides in pictures or at school. Color. Lots and lots of color, along with lots and lots of clothes. I've never seen so much color in one place. br /"Holy clothes." Dylan says beside /"Holy color." I say as Dylan and I look at each other, the closet, and then /"I want to be a clothing designer." She tells /"Lexi, why are you telling us this?" I /"I'm not staying in Candor." She says. "After the choosing ceremony I'm leaving, probably to Amity. I just wanted you two to know that." She /"I'm not staying here either." Dylan says. "I'm going to Dauntless, unless the test tells me otherwise, but I doubt it will."br /"What about you Alice. What are you going to do?" Lexi asks /"I'm not sure." I admit. "But I'm not staying here, and I'm not about to go be a stiff or a nose either."br /"So you're either gonna be with me or Dyl?" Lexi asks /I hesitate. "I couldn't go to Amity Lex. I'm sorry, but that's not me. I guess that leaves Dauntless for me, unless the test says otherwise."br /Lexi's eyes tear up. "I'm gonna miss you guys." She says and opens her eyes wide for a /"Yeah." I say sadly as Dylan and I go in for a hug. br /br /Dylan and I stayed at Lexi's house until late that night. He lives near me so we walked back home in an awkward silence, only talking to each other once, when he was walking into his house and we said goodbye. When I get home I find that my dad is still awake, so I sneak around him and run up to my room without him noticing. I lay down in the bed, exhausted and fall asleep with one word in my mind. Tomorrow. /p