Divergent: When We Were Young

Chapter Five

(This is Tris's hair)

Tris's PoV

I wake up with a start. I lift my head off the pillow, drool sliding down my lip. I wipe it away with my sleeve. I sit up and realize I'm on the couch. Might as well get up. I walk to the bathroom and turn on the light. I scream when I notice my hair. Taking a glance at my watch, I know my friends are at breakfast. I stomp my way to the door and slam the door on way out.

"CHRISTINA KRAVITS, WILLIAM LLOYD, FOUR, ZEKE AND URIAH PEDRAD, WHAT HAPPENDED TO MY HAIR!" I scream. They all jump at the sound of my voice. Christina stands up and carefully sits me down by her and Tobias.

"What happened?" I ask again.

"Honestly?" Says Christina. I nod.

"We don't know." Tobias chimes in."I went to do a dare and when I came back you were gone."

"So none of you did this?" They all nod. I sigh. "Sorry for getting mad at you guys, I just liked my blonde hair. It reminded me of my family."

"Well now we're your family. And this hair will remind of us. Your Dauntless family." Tobias says. I smile and side hug him.

"You always know what to say." I whisper in his ear.

"Because your around me." His husky voice whispers back.

"That's why I love you." I peck his lips.

"Awww you guys are so cute!" Christina shrieks.

"Chris calm down. You don't see me aww-ing over you and Will."

"That's just because your not girl."

"Then what do you call these boobs and this hair." I bark. Uriah, Zeke, Tobias, and Will chuckle.

"Extra." She bites.

"Thanks Honey." I say while getting up." At least we all know how 'extra' ranks in Dauntless." I air quote 'extra'.

All everybody at my table, except for Christina, yells " Oh!" Chris raises her hands up in surrender.

"I taught you well, young grasshopper."

"Thank you Sensei." We shake hands. We both get up and get our breakfast. After about twenty minutes of eating and laughing, we all leave to go to my apartment.

I unlock the door and throw the keys on the counter.

"Anybody want anything to drink?"

"Beer!" They all yell. Of course, why did I even ask? I grab the pack and haul it out onto the counter.

"Be right back guys." I go to the bathroom to actually check out my hair. When I saw it I just screamed and ran. My hair is a dark shade of indigo, sort of a combination of blue and purple. Whatever I took last night must've given me fashion sense. Tobias was right. This is way to show I'm truly Dauntless. This is my way of saying goodbye to Abnegation. Faction before blood, right?

No, not right. You can't betray your family. No matter what the circumstances, no matter the consequence, you never turn your back on family. Blood before Faction. Not the other way.

I walk out the bathroom and all my friends are sitting in the living room, chatting. I grab the last beer and sit on Tobias's lap. He conveniently sits on the ground.

"You know it feels like yesterday, I took my test." I say.

"Yeah, when we all said goodbye to our old lives." Says Will.

"Sometimes I miss my family. I miss my sister and my mom. You Dauntless borns are lucky. Your parents live here. Ours." Christina says, pointing to me and Will."We probably won't ever see them again. I probably sound like a freaking pansycake right now, but don't  care."

"How bout' tomorrow we all go see our families. To get it off our chest. They probably miss us." I say. They all agree.

A few minutes left I fall asleep in Tobias's arms. He takes me to my and sets me down. He grabs my cover and wraps it around me. Tobias kisses my forehead and leaves. He turns off all the light and locks the door with the set of keys I made him. I open my eyes and wonder how my life came to be. How I met a wonderful guy who taught me love. I realize now that I will always be Abnegation, no matter how old I get. But I am now Dauntless. I am Tris Prior. I have the love of my life down the hall with me. And I'm happy I left.

"Goodnight, Tobias." I whisper. I imagine him saying it back to me and I fall asleep.