Divergent high

chapter 12

i wake up and do my morning routine i grab my bag but then stop short i slip my ring on and walk to school the day passes like a blur i go to my favorite tree after school and start singing

I'm just trying to be a father

raise a daughter and a son

be a lover to there mother

everything to everyone

Up and at it bright and early

I'm all buisness in my suit

yeah i'm dressed up for sucess

for i'll head down to my boots

i don't do it for the money theres bills that i can't pay

i dont do it for the glory i just do it anyways

providing for our future my responsibility

yeah i'm real good under pressure

being all that i can be

I can't call in sick on Monday when the weekends been to strong

i just work straight threw the holidays sometimes all night long

you can bet that i stand ready when the wolf growls at the door

hey i'm solid and i'm steady and i'm true down to the core

and i will always do my duty no matter what the price

i've counted up the cost i know the sacrifice

but i don't wanna die for you but if dyings asking me

I will bare that cross with honnor cause freedom don't come free

(CHOROUS)

I'm an american soilder

an american

beside my brothers and my sister i wil prodly take a stand

when libertys in jepody i will always do whats right

im out here on the frontlines sleeping peace tonight

(CHOROUS)

American soilder i'm an american soilder

yeah an american soilder an american

beside my brothers and my sister

i will proudly take a stand

when libretys in jepody i will always do whats right

i'm out here on the frontline sleeping peace tonight

American soilder I'm an american  american soilder

(AMERICAN SOILDER BY TOBY KEITH)

I wipe tears from my eyes that was a song my dad sang to me efore he went to fight in the war the last song and words he ever said to me by this point i'm balling i pick myself up and go back to campus i sit at my desk and do my homework

Later that night Chrissy comes in "Tris there you are we've been searching all over" I smile weakly "here i am" she looks at me "come on dinner" i nod and get up she stops me and looks at my cross "your religious?" she asks i shrug "sorta" we walk to the cafeteria i was lost in my own world i remember what my dad said to me

Flashback

Tris age 6

"Daddy please don't go" we where sitting under our favorite tree he had just told me he had to go again he gets his guitar and sings i join in our voices combining he finishes and looks at me he had his army jacket on his grey eyes soft but strong hia dog tags rattling with every movement he hears the siren the alarm letting the troops round up he stands up amd we walk to where he was taking off i was standing at the gate he crouches down and hands me his cross "I wear this everytime i go into battle it's my goodluck charm but now it's not that song is all the memories of us singing it is" he slips it over my head along with a locket it had dogtags connected and a picture of him and i "i will come back don't worry" in a quick geature i grab the bracelet he made me and slip it on his wrist he hugs me quickly  the final siren goes off and he ets up and walks to his plane i clutch onto the gate screaming in sadness for him his plane takes off i watch after it's long gone i read the dogtags one read 'my girl' another read 'i will bare this cross with honour cause freedom don't come free' our favorite line the last one read 'i always knew one of my kids would take up after my job'  a few weeks later our troops come home i run trying to find dad his second in command kneels before me with his army jacket and hat "i'm so sorry"

end of flashback

I feel a hand on my back Tobias "Tris are you okay your crying" i wipe my eyes and run off i never understood that final dogtag till now i'm meant to serve my country just like dad....

AN

CLIFFHANGER MUCH I WAS SOBBING WHILE WRITING THIS YOU ALL NEED TO LISTEN TO THAT SONG IT'S BEAUTIFUL