Divergent: Unleashed | ✓

Chapter 22

A/N: This chapter is more going to be about Tris. This takes place the day after the previous chapter.

Tris flops backwards on her bed with a sigh. It's been two days since she hacked into the lab. They haven't let her leave her room. They do bring her food- and it's actually pretty good- and stuff to drink- who knew soda tasted so good?- but she's basically been under room arrest for two days.

Ugh. Divergence can suck.

But on the up side, she knows a lot about the Ritter family. She'd looked up Prior in the system, and it confirmed that she's related to the Ritters. And the best part- her parents are alive! She's so bored though. She'd already read all three of The Hunger Games books- five times each, she's counted- and has gotten pretty much everything possible in Ice Cream Jump on her phone.

She hasn't replied to anyone's texts. Not even Lynn, who she was so sure hated her. Tobias has called her so many times in the past month or so that she's lost count. Every time his name appeared on her screen, calling her or texting her, her fingers have itched to reach out and grab her phone.

But she didn't. She can't. Not until this whole thing has blown over.

Maybe not even then. Maybe she'll never be able to pick up the phone when he calls, in fear of hurting him even more than she already has. One day, it'll stop. She reminds herself. And one day it will. One day all of her friends will move on and stop calling. One day, probably long after everyone else has given up, Tobias will stop calling her and texting her. And she'll probably get a text that was sent out to all of his contacts, saying that they'll be getting an invitation to his wedding soon. His wedding, with some pretty girl from Pennsylvania or somewhere.

Or maybe they'll all get the same news that her family got- that after Visiting Day, after Caleb went to New York she got sick and died, that they had a small funeral but that they didn't invite anyone, since it was her last wishes. And they'd all grieve for a while, but they'd move on with their lives. Then she'd really be alone.

Or maybe not. Maybe none of that will happen. Maybe they'll still be as stubborn as they always were, not stop calling and texting until she finally replies. Tobias might even come out here himself and talk some sense into her.

That sends a pang of guilt through her. Tobias. She should be thinking about him in the past tense. They're done. He shouldn't be trying to contact her- he should be ignoring her, trying to push her from his life for good.

But of course he isn't. He's one of the most stubborn people she knows- although Uriah comes pretty close, he's tried to contact her almost as many times as Tobias- and he's not going to give her up so easily. 

Her phone rings then, and when she looks at who texted her, she smiles. The only person that knows about this beside her. This whole thing's almost done. Call Marlene maybe?

She sends a quick reply, a smile taking over her face. Then she scrolls through her contacts and clicks on Marlene's name. Marlene, who had always greeted her with a smile. Who she'd chosen Hector over. Was she being trusted with their secret?

She gets her answer when Marlene picked up. "Hey, Tris. I was wondering when you'd call."

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Bryn is enjoying Disney World, like always. It is her sixteenth time coming here- the same with her sister- and it never got old. Sixteen, not counting the two Disney cruises and one trip to Disneyland in California.

It was raining, so they couldn't do the Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom thing. It's fun. You get cards from the old Fire Station and go around the park fighting the Disney villians.

They walk out of Pirates of the Caribbean, Four and Ashlyn both laughing about who-knows-what. They were really close. She wasn't that close to Four, not really, but she was okay with that. He's nice, and he's someone to talk to.

They look around the store, and then agree to head over to Tomorrowland. "Space Mountain!" Ashlyn grins.

"Nooo!" Bryn replies. "People Mover!"

Four looks at them. "I don't know what either of them are, but we can do them both." He laughs.

"As long as Space Mountain's Standby time isn't like, 70 minutes." Ashlyn adds.

"Is that the normal wait time?" Four asks.

Bryn nods. "And that's in the spring and fall."

"Not always." Ashlyn makes a face at her sister, jokingly. "Just...sometimes. It's been like ten minutes, once."

"Popular ride?"

She sighs. "Sadly. But let's go."

They all start off for Tomorrowland. Bryn smiles. This is one of the best Disney trips ever, humid or not.