Hey everyone! Hope you all are enjoying the story! The Choice was awesome! I'm going to do a scene from The Choice in this chapter and use a few quotes from The Choice.

I own nothing. Everything belongs to Veronica Roth and Nicholas Sparks.

Angela's POV

I wake up to the sun shining through the curtains. I stretch and notice that everything seems too quiet. I grab my book bag and grab the gun I got from Alyssa's dad. I walk towards the front door and clock the gun. I'm about to turn the corner when I hear the wood creak. I get close to the wall and listen. The wood creaks again and I feel my heart start beating fast. I wait a second and close my eyes. I turn the corner and point the gun at the intruder.

I hear a yell and someone yell "What is wrong with you?"

I open my eyes and see Eric standing there. I'm so confused right now. "What are you doing here? How did you get in my apartment?" I ask him.

"I got the code from your file. I thought I would check on you. I didn't expect you to have a gun. Why do you have a gun? Where did you even get the gun?" he says.

I walk back into my room and uncock the gun. I put my gun back in my bag. I stand up and turn to Eric and say "My friends Alyssa's dad gave me a gun to protect myself from my parents."

"What dad gives a teenage girl a gun?" Eric asks.

"The kind that cares about what happens to you." I say sarcastically.

Eric shakes his head. "I can't believe you have a gun."

"Alyssa's dad went with me to register the gun. I'm probably going to reregister it here in Chicago." I say thinking for a minute.

"You were that afraid of your parents?" he asks.

"Yes. I thought that they would kill me in my sleep. I need it just in case they come after me and hurt me again." I say getting angry.

"Ok. I'm sorry I scared you. I was just checking on you." he apologizes.

"Why didn't you knock?" I ask.

"I did but you didn't answer." he says crossing his arms.

"You could have kept knocking until I woke up." I suggest.

"I thought you were awake or were out in the cafeteria." he says.

"I just woke up. Everything was too quiet so I was going to make sure no one was in my apartment." I say.

"Your parents messed you up big time." he says.

"Get out." I say.

He looks at me confused and asks "What?"

"I said 'Get out.' If you are going to insult me then get out." I say.

"Look I wasn't trying to insult you." he says.

"If you meant to be comforting then you're very bad at it." I say.

"Look I was going to ask you if you wanted to go breakfast." he says.

"Sure I'll go with you to breakfast. Just wait on the couch." I say.

He leaves the room and he shuts the door behind him. I go over to the dresser and get out some jeans and a cute top. I get dressed and go into the bathroom. I use the toilet and brush my teeth. I get out my converse and put them on. I brush out my hair and put it in a ponytail. I grab my bag and cross it over my body. I go downstairs and see Eric standing near the door. I make sure I have my key just in case the keypad doesn't work. I join him at the door and he opens the door. He walks out the door and I follow him and shut the door behind me.

I follow him to the cafeteria and walk over to Christina and the gangs table. I sit down next to Christina and start talking to her. After a while the others join us.

"So Angela how was your first night in your own apartment?" Christina asks.

"You got your own apartment?" Zeke asks surprised.

"Yeah. Max let me have my own apartment. My first night was fine but this morning was bad." I say taking a bite of my French toast.

"Why was it bad?" Will asks.

"Eric snuck into my apartment to check on me. I thought that it was too quiet when I woke up so I grabbed the gun I have and almost shot Eric." I say.

"Why do you have a gun?" Four asks curious.

"To protect me from my parents." I say.

Everyone looks at me confused. I sigh and tell them everything. My parents not caring about me, beating me and only caring about money. After I'm done, I stare at my plate. I don't want to see the pity in their eyes. I feel someone pull me into a hug and I notice that it's Shauna. I hug her back and for the first time in forever I feel safe.

"I'm so sorry your parents did that to you." she says.

"I'm stronger than people think." I say releasing her from the hug.

I turn to the girls and ask "Want to go shopping?"

All the girls say yes and we discuss what I need. We leave after we all finish eating. We walk from store to store and I get all the essentials I need for my apartment. We walk back to my apartment and I punch in the code for the apartment. I invite the girls inside and they come inside. The girls help me put all the things away and I suggest we have a sleepover. The girls want to but they all say that they have to work tomorrow. I say goodbye to the girls and go upstairs to shower. After I shower and out on my pj's, I make dinner. I'm eating a grilled cheese sandwich when I hear my neighbor blaring music. I walk to my door and put the door wedge in between the wall and the wall. I walk over to left and the music gets louder. I bang my fist against the door. I hear the music get turned down.

The door opens to reveal Eric. I look at him confused and ask "You're my neighbor?"

"Yeah. Why are you banging on my door?" he asks.

Your music is too loud. Can you turn it down please?" I ask.

A woman comes up from behind Eric and says "Eric, what kind of ice cream do you have?"

My face falls. He has a girlfriend. He has been leading me on to believe he was interested in me. The girl goes back inside. He turns back to me and says "I'll keep my music down."

"Ok. I'll see you around." I say walking back to my apartment.

Eric's POV

I can't believe she just walked away like she was disappointed. I shut door behind me and walk into the kitchen where my sister is eating ice cream. I open the freezer and look inside for ice cream.

"Do I not have ice cream in this freezer?" I ask.

"Eric, I'm eating the ice cream. Anyways who was that?" my sister says still eating ice cream.

I continue looking in the freezer and say "A new girl who showed up a few days ago; bothering the hell out of me."

I close the freezer doo and look at my sister. She looks down at the ice cream and says "Uh-oh."

I look at her confused and ask "What?"

My sister take the ice cream out of the kitchen and goes to the couch and sits down. I grab a spoon and go over to the couch and sit down next to her. We catch up for hours and then she leaves to go back to Erudite. I go to bed and fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.

Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. Angela will figure out that the girl was Eric's sister later on. Her parents will come to Chicago later.

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