Be Brave

Chapter Two

(PICTURE OF LAUREN)

EDITED*03/02/16
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I knock on the open door and look at the teacher.

"Well hello there, can I help you?" she questions.

"Uhm yes I'm Tris, Tris Prior, I'm new here" I say.

"Oh yes Ms. Prior come on in, your our new transfer, I'm Ms. Matthews".

I smile and walk in, up to where she stands. I sneak a glance at the students and see that they're all staring at me so I look away and stare back at the teacher.

"Class, this is Tris Prior our new transfer student" Ms. Matthews says, gesturing to take a seat.

I give a small wave to the class and make my way to an empty seat at the back of the class beside a girl. She has long brown hair and green eyes. I sit down and glance over at her, she smiles and I smile back.

"Hi, I'm Lauren" the girl says.

"Tris" I say.

The rest of the class goes by really fast, with us talking to each other about ourselves and a bit about where I used to live. I walk to my second class of the morning with Lauren, seen as she has the same classes as me in the morning but not in the afternoon. We basically just keep talking and getting to know one another since it's the first day of school and we don't really do much in class. Before I know it, it's already lunch and I'm walking out of class.

I walk to my locker and put my books away. Closing my locker, I walk up to Lauren who is just round the corner from me. She's still putting her books away. I know I've only just met Lauren but she seems really nice and we have a lot in common.

"Can I sit with you at lunch today?" I question.

"Yeah sure, I'll introduce you to all my friends at the lunch table. Come on, let's go" she says closing her locker.

We walk in to the cafeteria and get in line to get our food. I grab a tray and take a hamburger, chocolate milk and a slice of cake. Lauren takes the same as me. She leads me to her table where a group of people sit, laughing and giggling. Lauren takes a seat beside a boy with short brown hair and dark stormy blue eyes. I sit beside her and as soon as I put my tray down they stop talking and stare at me.

"Everyone this is Tris, she is new here. Tris this is Uriah, Zeke, Christina, Shauna, Marlene, Will and my boyfriend, Four" Lauren tells me.

As she introduces me I look at each person carefully. Uriah is light-brown skinned with short brown hair. Zeke looks a bit like Uriah. Are they brothers? Christina has brown hair that comes just at the shoulders and has a nose piercing too. Shauna and Marlene are both very pretty. Will is light-skinned and has short brown hair. Four is tall with light tan skin and has dark stormy blue eyes.

"Hi" I say with a small smile.

"Are you dating anyone?" one of the boys ask me, I think his name is Uriah.

I'm a bit startled at the question he asked me, not that I don't want to tell any of them, but the fact that it was so random and from someone who I just met, literally like 10 seconds ago.

"Uh,  yeah I am, his name is Luke. We've been dating for a year and a half now" I say a smile creeping across my face.

"Oh that's cool" Uriah says.

"Four and I have been dating for a year and a half too" Lauren says.

"Lucky for you, your boyfriend doesn't live 3 hrs back where you used to live" I say.

"Yeah that does kind of suck" she says.

"So are you going to be joining any sports teams?" Marlene asks.

"You look like someone who works out" Shauna says.

"Probably just volleyball, maybe even use the gym for a workout after school, I don't want to take on too much for my senior year. Just want to relax and enjoy my last year" I say truthfully.

"That sounds like a plan, us girls use the gym as well occasionally after school, you could come with us if you'd like." Marlene suggests smiling at me.

I rest of lunch is them just asking a whole lot of questions about volleyball, Luke and my life before I moved here. The time goes by really fast and lunch is already over.

I head back to my locker and grab my gym bag as I only have fitness then a spare. I walk into the gym and don't see anyone I know. I read what's on the board that tells us what we are doing this class, it reads 'Volleyball'. I walk into the girls change room and change into my black volleyball shorts and a baggy black t-shirt.

As I walk out and look around again to see if anyone else has walked in, and right in front of me stands Four. He's looking at the board before he turns around and catches my eye.

"Hey Tris" he says and stands beside me.

"Hey, Four right?" I ask even though I already know it's his name.

"Yeah" he chuckles.

Right then our fitness teacher walks in.

"Hi I'm Coach Amar the fitness teacher this semester. Before we begin, I have 2 simple rules that I expect everyone to follow when you are in this class. One: you will respect each other and the equipment used and two: you will try your best at whatever we're doing. Also, remember you are only competing against yourself, don't pay attention to others and what they can do, you do your best."

I could already tell I liked our fitness teacher, most teachers don't care about that and expect everyone to be able to do everything how it is explained to them. When the truth is we can't, we excel in different areas and no one can change that.

"Today we are playing Volleyball, so I need two captains and we can get started" he says getting right to the point.

The two captains are Four and this guy named Peter. I stare at the ground knowing that I'm probably going to be the last one to be chosen, seen as nobody knows me except for Four. But I know he isn't going to choose me because he doesn't really know me and he probably already has a team in mind, knowing who are the good players and who are the bad.

"Okay, who's going to pick first?" Coach Amar asks.

"Peter can go first" Four says.

"If you insist Four. I pick Drew" he speaks in a sickly sweet voice, they must not like each other.

Four scans the crowd of people and when his eyes land on me, he stares for a few seconds and then continues to look at the rest of the people.

"I pick. . . . . . Tris" he says.

My eyes widen at his words, shocked at what he just said. I stare at him and he gives me a look that says for me to come and stand beside him. I walk through the crowd of people and to the front and can tell people are staring at me, but they don't know how good I am and by the end of this class they will. I change my expression from being shy, to determined and not afraid. Four notices this and smirks. After the teams are chosen we start the game!

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So the game was really boring. Peter's team would just bump or volley it over and we would just set it and I would hit it back. They were all to scared to try and go for it and the game was over in about 15 minutes. The rest of the class we just did a bunch of different drills until class ended. I went back to the girls change room and changed back into my clothes. When I walk out the bell goes so I leave the gym and start to walk to my locker.

I check the time on my phone as I head out to the car park, 2:30. If I leave now I could make it to Luke's apartment for around 5:30, he should be home by then. I start my car and reverse out of my parking spot.

I figured now would be a good time to visit my boyfriend, since I have no homework and I can beat the traffic. I miss him so much and I know he'll be so happy when I surprise him. 
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