Divergent UNIVERSITY ✅

chapter 51

I own my ideas, but I don't own the characters. Just in case you weren't sure.Chapter 51Marlene, Lynn, Christina, Will, and Uriah all arrive at Bud's house that evening and find everyone out on the deck looking out at the beach."Hey what are all of you guys doing here?" Tris asks."We just wanted to come visit," Marlene tells her. "We were worried about you.""I'm fine. Never left alone really," she scoffs looking at Four, Zeke, and Zia. "And now I have a little sister who's up my butt too," she says gesturing toward a girl sitting next to Zia."You know Tris, I could just go home and pretend that I was never here. I'm quite the actress you know," the girl says.Tris laughs, "Everyone, this is Zienna. She's Zia's sister and the sister that I never really wanted.""Whatever Tris. You know you love me. Besides, I make life interesting," Zienna says. "You and Zia would have been bored out of your minds without me when we were kids. Especially when I found new and exciting ways to mess with Caleb.""Keep telling yourself that, Zie," Zia says. "Although messing with Caleb was kind of fun.""Messing with me was fun?" Caleb snickers walking outside. "Thanks Zia, I'll remember that the next time you and Tris want to hide from Zienna and I lie to her and occupy her time so you two could go do whatever it is you were doing. Wow, we've got a full house for the weekend don't we?""Caleb, you weren't supposed to tell her," Tris complains through a laugh."So you two made him distract me so you could get away? How nice. Do you know how many times I had to listen to him explain planetary motion or evolution to me growing up? It was torturous!"He sits in a chair next to Zienna. The four of them were always close growing up since they are all so close in age. Caleb puts his arm around her and hugs her, "You loved learning about that stuff with me," he teases."Um, no. Not really.""So what are we going to do tonight since we're all here?" Zeke asks."Probably just hang out here since Tris can't do much and she's too stubborn to let me carry her around," Four says."I'm not too stubborn, I just don't like to be babied. Besides I can walk, it just takes some time.""Stubborn," everyone says at the same time."We could go down to the man cave and watch movies. It's already set up with mattresses. We could all just curl up on mattresses and the couches and watch some scary movies," Zeke suggests.Everyone agrees and they raid the kitchen for snacks and drinks before the group of them go down the steps.Four scoops Tris into his arms and carries her into the house."Tobias, I can walk just fine.""If you walk, we'll miss the movie," he complains.She doesn't say anything, just slumps into his chest. Regardless of her stubbornness, she loves when he carries her and she can snuggle into his chest like this.They all take their places around the room, Zia, Zeke, Tris, and Four all take one couch because they are the ones that won't be staying in the man cave tonight. It was decided that Four would sleep in Tris' room and Zia and Zeke would take the second guest bedroom. Everyone else would be sleeping in the man cave.As the lights go out and they begin the movie, Lynn finds herself sitting with Zienna."So you're Lynn, right?" Zienna asks."Yes.""I heard you're a dancer, that you spent time in New York dancing.""Yes I did.""Why'd you come back here?""Bad breakup.""What did he do to you? Stalk you?""Kind of, she cheated on me then when I broke things off with her, she started following me around.""She?" Zienna asks.Lynn looks at her wanting to know where this is going. She's not going to explain herself to a stranger. She's finally found accepting friends and this girl isn't going to change that."Yes, why?""Oh, I just knew I liked you for a reason. Now I can see that it's more of an attraction than anything.""Wait. What are you talking about?"Zienna doesn't say anything, she just takes Lynn's hand and laces her finger into Lynn's. She looks at Zienna, it's been a long time since someone showed her any interest like this. Zienna then does something bold, she places a gentle kiss on Lynn's lips.Lynn looks at this girl completely shocked. "What are you doing?""Do you have a problem with it? I think you are beautiful, I want to get to know you better," Zienna whispers in Lynn's ear. "I have never met anyone that I felt an instant connection to before, don't you feel it?""Yes, but we just met.""Well, now we spend time getting to know each other better."The two of them talk quietly while the others all curl up together and watch the movies. When they have watched two movies, Four and Tris decide it's time to go up to their room. Zia and Zeke follow.Zia notices that Zienna and Lynn and sitting together in a secluded corner talking and holding hands. Zia likes Lynn; she just hopes this isn't going to be another relationship where Zienna gets hurt because some girl is either insecure or fake. When she and Zeke enter their room, she asks him about Lynn."Lynn is like my little sister. She is definitely not insecure. She's been through a lot of torture and teasing by narrow minded people, especially in high school. But that made her strong and independent. She doesn't pretend for anyone. If she's showing interest in your sister, then it is real. Her last relationship didn't end well, so she's probably going to be guarded. But let them get to know each other, I think they'll find that they have quite a bit in common."Zia smiles and nods her head. Zienna deserves to be happy, that is all she wants for her.~oOo~Tris wakes in the middle of the night, screaming. She's been doing this a lot lately. When Four shakes her awake, Tris is crying hysterically and is terrified."I remember. I remember what happened. I was getting a drink. I saw you and the guys in the dining room playing a game. I turned and bumped into someone. When I looked up it was Eric. He was standing over me smiling. He said he wanted to talk to me. Then he got a really confused look on his face.""Shh... It's okay Tris. You don't have to relive this,""Yes I do. I have to know if this is a real memory. Someone came up behind me and hit me in the leg and I screamed. I turned and saw Sam just before she swung something and hit me in the head with it. I remember falling into someone's arms and then your voice telling someone not to touch me, and that's it.""That's a real memory. After you were hit the first time you screamed and I came running into the kitchen. By the time I got there she had already hit you I the head and you were slumping into Eric's arms. I took you from him and told him not to touch you.""You actually remember seeing Sam hit you?""Yes, she had on a red shirt and her hair was pulled back. She had a look of pure hatred on her face, like I'm evil or something.""We need to call Brian in the morning. He needs to know that you remember."She nods her head. "What do you think is going to happen? I don't want to deal with any more drama. I don't want to do this anymore." She starts to cry out of frustration and annoyance. "Why does this keep happening? Life isn't supposed to be this dramatic. It's not supposed to be like this.""Tris, it is just life. Things happen and it is how we handle those difficult times and our reaction to those times that shows us who we really are.""Fine, but I think I've proven that I'm pretty strong. I don't want to be tested anymore. I just want an uneventful, easy life.""It will come eventually," he pulls her back to him and wraps his arms around her. "Try to go back to sleep." He kisses the top of her head and rubs her back to sooth her.

~oOo~

The next day they wake and Tris insists on calling Brian immediately to tell him that she remembers. What he tells her is not what she wants to hear."I'm glad you remember Tris, but the most they can do is what they've already done. There is a restraining order against her and she is on probation. She isn't allowed back on campus and she is going through court ordered counseling. There aren't going to be any further files charged against her right now. If she violates the restraining order or her probation, she may see some jail time, but beyond that, she's free.""So it's okay for her to hit me with a bat? She just gets to do whatever she wants?""It's not that. But that is what the district attorney had to do because they were threatening to file charges against Zia.""For what?""Zia punched her in the face and broke her nose after Will and Lynn caught her."Tris laughs, "Zia did that?""Yes she did. You have some pretty good friends there, you know that?""Yes, I do."She hangs up the phone as Four walks back into the bedroom from the shower."Did you call him?""Yes I did. He said that he's happy I got my memory back, but that it's not going to matter. They had to cut a deal for probation so that they didn't file charges against Zia for breaking Sam's nose."He laughs, "She did do that. It was funny too. She was so pissed.""So what's the plan today?""Well, I think we were just going to hang out since you really can't do much and you refuse to be helped. I know that Chris, Mar, Lynn, and Zienna are already outside on the patio. Will and Uriah are playing pool or something and Zeke and Zia left a while ago with your parents. He had to go to the shooting range and she had an early client today. They both said they'd be back later.""Don't you have any practices or games you have to be at today?""Actually, I do. I have to go to the track meet since the football team is at home. Dr. George is already at the stadium so I need to go to the track meet. I should only be gone a couple hours though. So why don't we get you dressed and I'll take you down to the girls.""Do you have time to help me in the shower?""Absolutely." He picks her up and carries her to the shower. He takes the brace off of her leg and helps her to undress. Then he gently sets her into the shower on a chair so that she could shower. When she's finished he lifts her out, helps her to dry herself, get dressed, and replaces the leg brace. Then he picks her up and carries her out to where her friends are sitting and talking.Four kisses her gently, "I'll see you later."She smiles and kisses him again before he leaves. She feels like the luckiest girl in the world. How many guys would be so loving and gentle? He makes her feels so loved, she can't imagine her life without him. She hopes that their talks of the future are real and that he is her future.