Hey! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. School started again and I have a ton of chapters to read in different textbooks. I also have exams to study for. I'm debating if Eric and Angela should have the wedding before her parents come or while they are in town. I would really love to hear your ideas for this story.
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Angela's POV
Two weeks later
For the past two weeks, I have been so happy to be with my family and friends in Dauntless. I moved into Eric's apartment and we have been trying to plan the wedding. I have no idea if we are going to have the wedding in a month or after my parents come. I leaning more towards before they come because it will make them angry and Eric can beat up my father.
We told Dauntless about our engagement and everyone's excited and happy for us. I also told everyone who I was and why I was here. After I told everyone that I had been abused, people came forward and said that I wasn't alone anymore and I didn't have to handle it by myself anymore. I feel like I'm officially part of a family that will protect each other from anything.
We told Eric's parents and sister about our engagement and they couldn't be happier for us. Erin is so excited and she has been helping me with wedding planning. She knows when to cool it on the planning and I'm grateful for that. Eric father has officially welcomed me into the family. I'm glad that I can go to him with a problem and he won't yell at me or hit me because I don't know what to do.
"What about having the ceremony here in dauntless?" Eric asks pulling me out of my thoughts.
"No, I don't want our guests to have to come to a faction where they feel out of place." I say.
"Who would be coming to our wedding that would be out of place?" Eric asks.
"The council members, Jack Kang and his girlfriend, your family. Tris wanted to know if she could invite her family. I'm close with her dad because he's on the council. What do you think?" I say walking towards the kitchen to get a drink.
"I don't know. I guess it is up to you." Eric says from the bedroom.
"She's my friend Eric and her father did invite me over to dinner sometime. He wants to get to know me. I think Tris might have told him about my past." I say drinking my bottle of water.
"Why do you say that?" he asks coming out of the bedroom.
"I ran into her mom and we had lunch. She told me that no child deserved to be abused by their parents. Then she told me about Marcus abusing his son. She didn't want to believe it but after Tris introduced her to Four, she realized that the rumors were true." I say walking back to the couch.
Eric walks over to where I'm standing and wraps his arms around me. "Four's abuse might have been worse than yours but it does not matter." he says kissing my cheek.
"My dad would sometime beat me while he was drunk." I say sadly.
"I want to beat that bastard to death." Eric saying squeezing me.
I get out of his embrace because I can't breathe. I go back to my plans for the wedding.
"I want to look at the wedding dresses they have in dauntless." I say looking at my plans.
"Yeah about that-" Eric says.
I look at him confused. He looks at me and says "When it is a leaders wedding, they wear ceremonial uniforms like the one I'm wearing right now. The colors are different though."
"I'm wearing a white wedding gown on our wedding day. You can argue all you want but I want a traditional wedding." I say looking at the guest list.
He groans and I say "Shit."
"What did you finally realize that having a traditional wedding was a bad idea?" he asks.
"No. I put my friends from home on the guest list but I have no idea how we are going to get an invitation to them." I say looking at him.
"We can figure some way to get an invitation to them." he says walking over to the couch and sitting next to me.
"Yeah. So now we need to figure out a date. I'm voting that we get married a month from today." I say looking at a calendar.
"Do you know what special occasion is a month from tomorrow?" Eric asks.
"Our ten-month anniversary?" I ask.
"Yep. Why don't we get married then?" he asks.
"We can but will that be enough time to plan a whole wedding?" I ask.
"If everyone helps with getting everything ready, then we can have the wedding in a month."
"I'm sure your sister would be more than happy to help." I say looking sadly at my feet.
"What's wrong?" Eric asks.
"I don't know. I might just be overwhelmed by everything." I say.
Eric then picks me up bridal style and take me to the bedroom. He sets me on the edge of the bed and goes into the bathroom. I hear water running and a bottle being squeezed. Eric comes back into the room a few minutes later. He holds out his hand for me to take. I take his hand and he leads me into the bathroom where I see a bath has been prepared and the tub is almost overflowing with bubbles.
I smile at him as he starts to undress me. After he takes off all my clothes he leads me to the bath and helps me get into the bath. I sigh and sink into the hot soapy water. I feel all the stress I was feeling leave my body.
I hear footsteps and towards the door of the bathroom. I see Eric bring a table with a book and my phone.
"You need a break from all the wedding planning. I will talk to everyone and my sister to see if they will help with the flowers and everything. I'm going to go to work. I'll have my cell, so call me if something is wrong" Eric says kissing the top of my head.
Eric leaves and I stare at the wall. I feel so relaxed and I just want to stay in the bath and forget the world. I close my eyes and fall asleep. I wake up to knocking at the door. The water is cold and the bubble are all gone. I must have been in her for a while. I get out of the bath and grab a towel. I dry myself off and then grab my rope. I put my robe on and go to the door.
"Who is it?" I ask.
"Open the door bitch." a voice I recognize so well says.
I gasp and realize that the voice belongs to my father. My parents are here in Dauntless and are a few months earlier than they were supposed to come. I run back to the bathroom and grab my cell. I call Eric's cell.
"Hey babe." he says.
"They're here." I say getting my gun.
"Who?" he asks concerned.
"My parents. They are at our door." I say just as a pounding at the door is heard.
"Stay in the apartment. I'll be right there." he says.
"Hurry." I yell/whisper into the phone.
I hear the door fall then I know that my father beat the door down. I hear footsteps coming towards the bedroom. I look up and see my father's legs in front of me. He grabs my hair and drags me into the living room.
"You thought you could hide from us, didn't you? You will never be able to hide." he says hitting me.
I fall at his feet with a stinging feeling on my cheek. I try to crawl away but I feel my father's foot come against my stomach. I groan and try to crawl away again. My father kicks me again and grabs my hair. He slaps me again and this time I hit my forehead on the edge of the table in front of the couch.
I feel something trickle down my forehead. I can't move anymore because my head it absolutely killing me. I try not to close my eyes and I can't keep them open anymore. I close them.
"Angela? Angela! Angela!" a voice screams.
I open my eyes and everything is blurry. I blink a few times and see Tris' mother's face.
"Mrs. Prior?" I ask weakly.
Eric comes into view and picks me up bridal style. "We have to get her to the infirmary now! he exclaims.
I close my eyes and hope everything will be ok.
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