We are one (#Wattys2016)

Chapter 10

Tris POV
I get in the que with Tobias. We've just had science.
"Hey dude!" I hear Uriah say. They come and talk to Tobias.
"Hey Tris." Zeke mutters. I nod a hello to him. They come and push in front of me and talk to Tobias. I can't hear what their talking about. They all laugh about something. They grab their lunch and start to walk over to the rest of the group. I grab whatever. I'm not hungry. I'm tired. I walk over to an empty table and start to pick at my food. I thought he would stick by me. Help me. This is why I don't trust anyone. Because I know that if I tell anyone any thing about my past. They will judge me and become scared. I sigh. I finish and go to  the library. On the way there I get hit against the lockers.
"Hey watch were your going stiff!" Peter calls at me mockingly. Eric and Drew laugh. I shrug it off. I keep walking and sit in the library. I flick on my old MP3. There's a large crack that runs down the middle of it...
"Ow!" I yell. My best friend Cody is helping me sponge off my new bloody scars.
"It's ok." He says reassuring me.
"It fucking hurts!" I say. I don't cry.
"Why'd he do it?" He asks, dunking the sponge in water. The bucket is now red from my blood. I look back to last night.
"He said that what I got him last him night wasn't good enough. We need to go bigger." I say. We are supposed to be school, but we're too tired. We're always too tired.
"Bigger?!" He exclaims. I nod. At least he doesn't get beaten if he doesn't get enough. Well not badly any way. Out of my whole group. Me and him suffer the most. He currently has a large black eye covering his right eye.
"Hey, what happened here?" I ask and run my thumb under his right eye. He winces slightly.
"Bottle." He replies. "Hey you its your birthday in 1 month ish." He says
"Yeah, I know. Won't getting anything spectacular. Nothing out of the norm." I say. He begins to bandage my arm up.
"Well this is kinda of an early birthday present." He says he finishes my arm and pulls something out of his baggy jeans. An old MP3 player. A large crack runs down the middle. I flick through the some of the songs and albums. Old songs like Oh-oo child and Brightside. I love it! I don't care how old the songs are or how old the model is. I so thankful that some one put the thought into getting me something. He's got me more than my parents ever got me.
"Thank you!" I say and hug him "but I can't take it." I try to hand him back the present.
"No! It's yours. I purposely didn't put it in because I wanted to give it to you!" He says. I love it. It's already becomes my best possession. He hands me the charger and headphones.
"There you go. I grabbed everything I thought it was gonna need."
"Thank you!" I say and pull him into another hug. I look down at the floor.
"We need to go bigger." I say
"Yeah I know." He says
"There's a mansion at the edge of town." I say
He gives me a nervous look.
"Yeah but a mansion like that is gonna have a hell of a lot of security!" He says. The rest of the group show up with a basketball.
"Hey what happened to you?!"a boy with dark brown hair says.
"Shut up Rudy" Cody says
"Ha I'm just asking what happened to Tris." He says
"You know what happened, jackass" I say
"We need to go bigger." Cody announces. They all gasp.
"Are you kidding me!" A small girl says
I nod.
"I'm sorry, I really hate your dad." A boy with red hair says
"Me and you both Rob." I say
"We're going to the mansion at the edge of town. Tonight." Cody says and they all nod.
I snap out of it when someone pulls out my earphones.
"What is this?" Lauren says and holds it by the earphone wire.
"Hey give it back." I say and try to grab it off her.
She tuts "now now. Didn't your mother ever teach you about snatching. Oh wait you didn't have one." I feel my blood boil. Peter and Eric start to laugh behind her. Stay calm Tris. Stay calm. I glare at her. She opens it and looks down the songs.
"This is a pretty old model, isn't it? Oh my god look at the songs!" She shows Peter and Eric. They all start to absolutely wet themselves. "Don't you have anything modern!" She exclaims. She throws it back. They all walk away laughing. Tobias comes into the library. I put my headphones back on.
"Hey." He says
"Hey thanks for sitting with me at lunch." I say sarcastically.
"What you listening to?" I shift away from him. I don't wanna talk to him.
"Hey come on what are you listening to." I shrug. He pulls out his iPod. He starts to play something. I pull out my earphones. I look over his shoulder to see he's listening to an album by an Imaginary dragon.
"What's an imaginary dragon?" I say loud enough for him to hear me. He pulls out one earphone.
"What! You don't know who imagine dragons are?!" He asks. I shake my head. Who are they !!!! Why are they named after an imaginary dragon?!
"Here. Listen." He slips the earphones onto my ears. A new song comes on.

When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood's run stale
I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There's nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
At the curtain's call
It's the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you made
Don't wanna let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don't wanna hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I wanna save that light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide.
The song finishes. I loved every second. It's gonna be the song stuck in my head, like forever.
"I like that song." I say. He smiles at me.
"Do you actually know any current songs?" He says. I shake my head. That's if it was in the radio which I've never really listened to, as we couldn't afford one. We didn't own a car either so I've never really listened to the radio in the car. I've only ever been in a car a couple of times. To where I moved when I was 5. Then to the court and Juvenile centre. Then to the home and then here. My schools were all within walking distance. That's if I ever went.
"Ha! What's meant to mean?" I almost laugh.
"Come on, look at the songs" he flicks through the fifteen songs I have in there.
"Although I do like this one." He says and points to Mr Brightside. I almost smile. That's my favourite one as well. The bell goes. "What have you got next" he asks. I hand him my time table.
"Music. Same. Let's go." He pulls me to my feet and sends sparks all over my body. He tugs me to music and we sit at the back.
"Oh, here I never gave it back." He hands me back my MP3 player.