If I had met you in grey

Chapter 79

(A/N: Hey all! I altered Caleb's character just a bit to fit the scene, the scene is different too but please have faith that it will work! (: ❤️ thanks)

Tris POV
We're all at lunch, me in between tobias and Christina. Everyone's having conversations and laughing, but I just feel quiet today. "Hey you okay?" Tobias asks nudging me. "Yep. Just feel quiet." I tell him with a small smile. Im not sure that he really believes me but for the moment he does. After awhile I decide to go back to the dorms, tobias joined the others in the pit.

I walk over to my bed and grab my sweater since its a bit chilly, I turn around to head out when someone walks to me. Someone I would have never in a million years thought I'd see again or in dauntless for that matter. Caleb. "Caleb?!" I exclaim. I run to him and hug him, "What are you doing here?" I ask still shocked. "I came to see how you are, how you're doing." He says. "How'd you get in?" I ask knowing he'd never jump off a building or train even. "Brought an erudite car." He says. I nod. He's in his blue suit, hair slicked back, plain expression. My brother really is erudite.

"So how are you?" He asks. "Oh! I'm good. I like it here." I say. "Making friends?" He asks. "Yes. Many." "Have you seen mom or dad?" He asks. "Dad, no. But mom came to visiting day." I say. When the words come out I can tell they hurt him. "Have you?" "No." He says. "Neither of them?!" I ask. "None." "I'm sorry caleb." It's probably because he choose erudite, even though I left at least I didn't choose the faction that our parents could barely stand.

"Hey tris!" Tobias calls for me. I turn around to see him running over to me. "Hey." He says kissing my temple. "Who's this?" Caleb and tobias say at the exact same moment. "Four, this is caleb. My brother." I say remembering to call him four. "Caleb this is four. My um.." "Boyfriend." Tobias says shaking the hand caleb had held out. "Yeah." I sigh lightly. "Boyfriend?!" Caleb exclaims. "Oh beatrice! What are you doing?" "What?" I ask confused. "You can't have a boyfriend." I scoff at what he just said. "Why can't i?" "Because you're too young and I highly doubt that mom and dad would've approved of this." He states.

I eye tobias telling him to give us a minute. He leaves but I don't think he's going far. I cross my arms and bite my lip. "I can't believe you said that!" I say. "What? The truth?" "So what? You're candor now too??" I ask pissed as hell.

"No but-" "But nothing! You can't say something along those lines and then speak for mom and dad!" I say. "If anything, they'd be more upset with you!" I say. "Why?" "Wow! For erudite you're really not that smart are you??" He stays silent. "You betrayed them!" "So did you!" "But at least I didn't choose the faction they hated, the faction they knew was up to no good!" I say. "Dad was originally erudite." He says.

"How do you know that?" "Research." "Even if it's true-" "which it is." He cuts me off. "Shut up!" I scream. "Even if it's true, he was Abnegation. Anyone could see that." I say. "You know why they haven't visited you?? Hmm?? Because you're a backstabbing traitor, who chose erudite!" I scream at him. His face changes and I feel a pang of guilt, I'm angry though, and I'm not apologizing.

"Alright. Well, I'm going to go. It was nice to see you again beatrice." He says. His voice, his face, his body filled with hurt. I stand there, alone in the dorms as my brother makes his way out of dauntless. I take a seat on my bed, head in my hands, when Tobias's footsteps fill the room. The bed dips down as he sits next to me, wrapping an arm around me. "I hurt him. My own family." I say. "I know but you were speaking how you felt." He says. "I know but it was mean." I say. "Truth. The truth can be harsh sometimes but sometimes people just need to hear it." I pull back and look at him.

"Thanks." I say pecking his lips lightly. "Anytime." "I'm surprised he didn't recognize you." I say. "Yeah." He says. "All my family now.. Ugh!" I give up on the sentence. "Hey." Tobias says turning my head to look into his bright blue orbs. "I'll be your family now." He says.