Be Brave

Chapter Four

EDITED*03/02/16
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I wake up to the sound of my alarm blaring in my ear. I slam the off button and just lay there for a couple of minutes, thinking of how stressful this day is going to be. My headache is all gone. I get up and walk to my closet, I pick out a pair of black shorts and my black over-the -head hoodie. I walk to my bathroom and take a quick shower. I get changed quickly, but when I start to do my hair I stare for a couple minutes in the mirror. My face looks worse than yesterday. The bruises have now gone purple and the cuts all have scabs on them. I don't bother curling my hair, I just brush out the knots and leave it to hang. I grab my black converse and my backpack and head downstairs.

I grab a muffin and walk outside closing the front door after me. It's foggy and damp, but hardly raining. I pull my hood up and begin to walk. My car was taken to a repair shop, but isn't done yet so I decided to walk. As I walk on the sidewalk with my hands in my pockets and my hood up, I think of how people are going to react. As I near the school, I realize I'm just going to have to deal with it.

I walk into the school and go straight to my locker, I'm 5 minutes early so no one is really near my locker. I just decide to go straight to class. I find a seat at the very back in the corner. I still keep my hood on and my hair evenly divided on either side of my face hiding the bruises and scabs. I put my head down on my desk and just wait for everyone to come in. As soon as I hear my teacher walk in I lift my head up just enough so only my eyes are visible.

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Surprisingly the morning goes by really fast and it's already lunch. So far no one has really noticed that's it's me, which I'm grateful for, because once someone knows, the questions just start pouring in and I don't want to have to deal with that right now. I grab a tray of food and find an empty table where nobody usually sits and start eating. I see Four walk in through the doors to my right and he starts towards the table on the other side of the cafeteria. As he walks past me I duck my head down even more so he can't see me. When he looks in my direction he stares for a few seconds. My eyes meet his and his expression changes to realization. He opened his mouth to say something, but quickly shuts it when he hears Lauren call him over. He gives me an 'are you okay look' and I just nod and he gives me a small smile and walks off.

I decide to head back to my locker a few minutes before the bell goes so no one sees me. As I close my locker and turn around, my head down, I bump into someone. My head jerking up for a quick second.

"Sorry" I mutter.

"It's okay" she says.

I'd recognize that voice anywhere, it's Lauren's. She try's to get a good look at me, wondering who I am. I just start to walk past her.

"Do I know you?" she questions.

"No I don't think you do" I say, not looking at her.

"Tris?" she asks.

"I don't know who th-" I begin to say, but stop once I feel my hood being taken off my head by her.

"Tris!!!" she screams.

"Shhhhhh" I whisper to her.

I grab her arm and drag her to the girls washroom.

"Tris what happened?" she asks observing my bruises and scabs.

"I-I was in a car accident yesterday" I say tears forming in my eyes.

"What!! How did it happen?" she asks.

"I went and visited Luke after school to surprise him, b-but when I walked through the door, h-he was k-kissing another girl. I left right away and while I was driving my phone slipped and" she cuts me off.