If Tris and Four Met Before Tobias Chose Dauntless

Chapter 1

     Chapter 1

Tobias:

I have always dreamed of leaving Abnegation, and now I have the chance too, but how can I? I know that I belong here. If I don't then I will never be able to escape my father and all the pain he has caused me. I need to leave. It is that simple.

When I start to go down stairs I hear a knock on the front door and wait. My father doesn't like me to be around when he has company. I expect that my father will just leave with whoever is at the door, but instead he lets them in.

"Marcus, I hate to bother..." It's Andrew Prior, I can tell by his voice. "....you but my family and I were walking to the choosing ceremony and Beatrice fell and hurt herself. She is bleeding pretty badly, would you mind if she used your bathroom to clean up a little bit."

"Of course." My father says. He has always been good at hiding his true self to other Abnegation members. When I hear Beatrice start to climb the stairs, I start to go back to my room before she sees me but I am too slow and she sees me.

"Hello." She says, in a small quiet voice. I turn around to look at her and the second I do my heart starts to race. I have seen her before in the halls at school and walking down the street, but I never really looked at her. She is so beautiful. Not in the way most girls are, but in her own unique way. I realize that I am staring and that I should say hello back.

"Hello." I look down and see that her knee is bleeding pretty bad. "Do you need help cleaning your knee?"

"No, thank you." She looks embarrassed. "But, could you show me where you keep the band-aids?" I nod and walk into the bathroom and grab the band-aids from under the sink. I go back to my room and shut the door. My heart's still racing. This morning I was so sure that I would leave Abnegation, but now I can't. I don't know what I am feeling, but I know that I want to get to who Beatrice Prior really is.

Beatrice:

After I clean up my knee I go back downstairs half expecting to see Tobias sitting with my father and Marcus. When I saw him upstairs he seemed nervous and shy. But that is probably because it is his choosing day or was it something else? I have seen Tobias before, in the hallways and at lunch in school, but he has always kept to himself and never talked to anyone. I never realized how handsome he was or how strong he seemed.

When we leave the Eaton's home, I can't stop thinking about Tobias. As we walk to the Hub, where the choosing ceremony will take place, I am distracted. I don't see the person in front of me and I run into them. "Sorry." I say.

"Beatrice, are you okay?" Caleb says giving me a worried look.

"I'm fine." I smile and try to forget about Tobias. I have never felt this way before and I'm not sure what I am really feeling. Anyway it's not like anything would happen, he is two years older than I am and he may not even stay in Abnegation. So I need to forget about him, but deep down I know that I can't.

Tobias:

I walk downstairs and see my father standing in the living room waiting for me. I stiffen and stand up straight. My father hates when I have poor posture. For a moment we just stand there and facing one another.

"What were you thinking? When I have company you need to stay in your room." He must have heard me talking to Beatrice. I knew it was a mistake, but I couldn't help myself.

"I'm sorry. It won't happen again." I don't try to argue with him because that would just anger with him and I don't want to be beaten. I am still healing from his last beating. He unfolds his arms and walks toward the door.