It was neck to neck again until Four was in front of me. I could not believe he had come before me and was now in the lead. How did he do that? I thought to myself. Four won the race and were brought back to Dauntless before me. I huffed and walked to Four, and said,
"How did you do that?"
"Do what? I just ran." Four stated.
"But you were behind me, and then you stopped. Then, somehow, you were in front of me. Did you cheat?" I asked.
"No, you need to learn that there are no rules for a Dauntless race. I just tricked you into believing that you were winning and then sprinted in front of you to win." Four explained how he did it.
I ignored Four and returned to the Dauntless compound to prepare for visiting day. I walked into my room, and Chris waited for me like she did daily.
"How was your run? I heard that there was a race. What do you think of your first Dauntless race?" Chris asked.
"My run was fine, and yes, you are right that I had my first race. It was me against Four. Four won," I explained.
"Of course, he would win. He knows how to manipulate people to win." Chris stated.
"Yeah, I learned that. Let's get going. The parents should be here soon." I said, walking out to the Pit.
Everyone gathered around the Pit to wait for Max to give us a speech before visiting day started.
"Listen up, you know the rules. We have to go by them while visiting day is going on. So that means, when you fight, go by the rules and not your way. It's the school's way today. Now go and greet your families." Max said, walking away from everyone.
I walked with Chris out of Dauntless to catch the train. We all started to run to the train. I watched everyone get onto the train swiftly. I knew I had to do that so that everyone would no longer tease me. I started out in a run and jumped to grab the bar to pull myself up into the train. Everyone started to cheer for me, and then I heard Lauren say,
"You did it without the help of Four. Now let's see you land it."
I looked around and noticed that Four was not there. Why doesn't he come? Doesn't he want to see his family? I thought to myself.
"What Four doesn't come and see his family?" I asked Chris.
"He never comes. He stays at the Dauntless compound, and then he comes out when we bring our parents back to Dauntless. He stands with Max as the teacher's assistant. I don't think I have ever seen a family member come to see Four." Chris explained.
Before I could say anything or ask Chris another question, I heard the warning,
"Get ready!"
Everyone started to jump off the train onto the pavement or grass. I started with a sprint and jumped off the train. I tumbled onto the grass and hit my shoulder on the pavement. Chris helped me, and I began dusting off the dirt from my clothes.
"How did you do?" Eric asked, placing his hand on my shoulder, which I hit.
"Alright." I said through my teeth.
Eric walked away, grinning with a few snickers. I looked over my shoulder to see if he was far enough away before saying,
"Oww."
"Beatrice! Over here!" A male screamed from the crowd.
I looked at the crowd and saw Austin there. I ran over to him and gave him a hug. It was great to see him again. I turned to face my parents.
"Mom, Dad!" I said, giving them a hug.
"Beatrice, look at you. You look good." My mother said.
"I guess we know what faction you pick." Mother joked.
"Yeah, I'm Dauntless." I said.
I looked over toward my father. He had not said a word to me yet. He just stood there staring at me. I don't think he was happy that I chose Dauntless over Abnegation. But I knew that I would not fit into Abnegation. I feel free and myself when I am at Dauntless.
"We better be going, Stiff." Lauren said, walking past me and hitting my shoulder.
I cringed at the touch. I now know that I did hurt my shoulder, but I don't think I broke anything.
"So, how is this going to go?" I asked, looking from my mother to my father.
"Well, I will be going with you until dinner, and then your father will come, and I will be going to see Caleb." My mother commented.
I walked with Austin and my mother to where we would get onto the train. Everyone started to run, and I watched as half of the parents stood there. They reminded me of the first time I ever jumped onto the train. I started to run and turned around to the parents and screamed,
"RUN!"
I jumped onto the train and watched as the parents jumped onto the train. I watched as some of them stumbled over themselves. So that is what I looked like when I tried to get onto the train for the first time, I thought. Everyone started to chat as we waited for the warning.
"Get ready!" Lauren screamed.
"Wait, we just jumped onto the train. Now they want us to jump off. Are they trying to kill us?" Austin asked.
"You would think that. But no, they are not. Wait until you see what is next." I said with a smirk.
I jumped off the train and landed on my side. I ignored the pain and walked to the group onto the roof. All the new parents were looking around. They were confused about why they were on a roof, not the Dauntless compound.
"Listen up! This is the only way through the Dauntless compound." Lauren said, standing on the ledge.
You could hear the gasps and murmurs from the adults. I smirked at their reactions. I knew what Lauren was going to say next.
"These are the rules. You have to go down this way. There is no other way. Initiates or transfers parents go first. Now, who's first?"
"Who is going first, I wonder?" Christina lends over to ask me.
"I don't know. But someone better go now before Lauran gets annoyed and picks someone." I said.
"I know, right. There are going to be a lot of people getting pushed." She said.
"I will go first." I looked over to my mom, saying it. I watched my mom go up to the ledge.
"Okay then. After she goes down, who else comes with her? Then, the Dauntless, whose parent this is, goes next." Lauran said.
I pushed Austin near the front of the group. I looked at Lauran and smiled at her. She had this smile on her face.
"Okay, I am surprised." Lauran said.
"Oh, shut up." I said to her.
"Okay. Mommy stiff." Lauran said to my mom. Then, I watched my mom jump off the ledge. I then gave Austin a push to let him know he was following. Austin got up there and looked over.
"What is down there?" He asked Lauran.
"You will find out." She said. Then she pushed him off the ledge. I couldn't help but laugh. You could hear him scream. I then got up there. "Please don't make me push you."
"Don't worry." I said when I stepped off the ledge.
I hit the net, and then I heard,
"What did you get pushed?"
I saw Four standing there to help people off the net. I slid over to the edge, and he helped me off.
"No." I said. I then walked over to my mom and Austin. Then we watched everyone come down. Everyone came down, and we went our separate ways. I waited Four walk away. I wonder where he is going.
"Hey, Tris, come back to Earth." Someone said, snapping his fingers. I looked over to see Chris.
"What?" I asked her.
"You were in la la land again." She said.
"So." I said.
"Who was in la la land with you?" She asked me. We just forgot our families were there, and we were just talking.
"No one." I said to her.
"Hey, ladies. If you don't mind. You might want to show your parents around." Lauran said.
"Right. But Tris, you are totally lying to yourself. Someone was there with you. Lauran, you have to agree with me." Chris said.
"Oh yeah. Someone was there with you. Are you going to introduce them to him?" Lauran said.
"No. Mom, Austin, come on, you can follow me, and I will show you around." I told them. They followed me. I showed them around the place. We ended up in the Pit.
"Who is that?" Austin asked me.
"Who?" I asked him.
"Oh, that is Four." Chris said, nudging me.
"Oh, he is a teacher's assistant." I told them.
"Tris, you didn't tell them the most important thing." Chris said.
"What is that?" My mom asked us.
"He just helps me out a lot." I told them.
"Like how?" Austin asked me.
"Really, Austin. Nothing like that." I said, hitting him on the back of the head.
"What?" He said.
"Mom, what are you doing?" I asked her as she walked away.
"I think she is going to go talk to him." Chris said. I quickly caught up to her.
"Hi, I am Tris' mom." She said, putting her hand on it.
"Nice to meet Mrs. Prior." Four said, shaking her hand.
"It is nice to meet you too, Four." My mother said.
"What kind of name is that? What was one, two, or three already token?" Austin asked him.
"Really, Austin." I said, giving him a glare.
"No. Just my name." He said to him.
"Okay. That is different." Austin said.
"So I go by Tris here than my full name." I told them.
"Yeah. Tris is an excellent student. I have been helping her in defense class for dauntless." He told my mom.
"Yeah, she told me that. You must be an excellent tutor." She told him.
"Thank-you. Well, I will leave you guys to catch up. I will see you around Tris." Four said, walking away.
"He seems nice." My mother said.
"Oh yeah. Just to her." Chris said, coming up to us.
"Hahaha." I looked at her. "No, true. He is nice to Lauran and Edwards." I said.
I hung out with Austin and my mother until it was dinner. Then my mother left to be with Celeb. I hung out with Austin.
"Hey, you coming to dinner?" Chris asked me.
"I am waiting for my father. But Austin, you can go with them. I will be there when my father gets here." I said to him.
"Okay. Don't take long." Austin said and walked away with Chris.
I was waiting for my father for a long time. What is he not showing? Where is he? I then got up and went outside to see if he was lost or confused about how to get in. But he was nowhere. I then went back to the Pit. Is he even coming?