Divergent High

Chapter 45

Tris POV

Oh no. I completely forgot that my father and Marcus worked together. They were very good friends as far as I know. Marcus looks at me, then Tobias, then back at me. I gulp.

"Ah, miss Prior, nice to see you again." He holds out his hand you can see the cruelty behind his smile. Not even a little bit of seriousness. I shake his hand stiffly, with wide eyes and a blank expression. My father tilts his head in confusion. I feel like my heart stopped.

"You t-too." I say uneasily. My father gives me a look. He has no idea what Marcus did to Tobias. No one really does, except for me and our friends. Tobias puts his arm around my shoulders, I can already see the flashbacks haunting Tobias's mind. I feel him tense up, and calm down, but tense up again.

"How have you been in school? I hope my son hasn't caused you any trouble." I notice him looking at Tobias's arm around my shoulders. He laughs and Tobias stiffens, and immediately removes his hand. I know what I have to do. Defend him.

"No actually," I stand up a bit straighter. "He's great, he's my boyfriend now." I grab Tobias's hand and give it a squeeze in reassurance, he squeezes back. Marcus raises an eyebrow. Caleb still looks shocked, even a little over protective you could say, but he knows to keep his mouth shut.

"Oh is he? Well... Wonderful then." Marcus says. His expression is hard to read. It's not blank. It's almost like a mix of pleasure, confusion, and anger.

"Son, can I speak to you somewhere else?" Marcus says grabbing Tobias's hand. My mind almost explodes, and I kind of go crazy.

"NO! DONT TOUCH HIM!" I slap Marcus and he falls to the ground, over reacting a bit. My dad charges at me.

"BEATRICE W-"

"DAD JUST PLEASE BE QUIET AND HEAR ME OUT FOR ONCE! YOU DONT KNOW HALF THE STORY! IF YOU COULD SEE THE HATRED AND CRUELTY BEHIND MARCUS MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE! YOU DONT KNOW TORTURE HE PUT HIS SON IN! BUT NO! I THOUGHT YOU WERE SELFLESS, WILLING TO HELP OTHERS! HMM?" I yell tears streaming down my face. But then I realize, I just screamed at my dad. What have I done. I'm a monster. My dads eyes widen and it looks like he's about to slap me but Tobias pulls me away and holds me in his arms. My mom looks off into the distance, making eye contact with no one. It looks like she hasn't heard a word of this conversation. A look of disappointment floods her eyes. Marcus gets up and whipes off the dust on his jacket that isn't there. I feel his eyes burn into my soul. He glares at me with his heartless soul taking over.

"Well Andrew, Natilie, I hope you don't mind if I introduce you to some of my other acquaints over there. I think we've paid our visit." He breaks eye contact with me and points to a big group of abnegation. They nod smiling politely and he leads them to the big gray blob of people. Caleb gives a death glare to Tobias before following my father. My mother stops at me and says,

"Nice to see you again Beatrice, Be brave, I love you." And with that she's gone, swallowed up by the gray blob of people. Tobias let's out a sigh and I look up at him with a worried look. He returns the look. I feel the tears still stinging my eyes. I haven't see my family in forever and I just acted like a monster. But I guess Tobias was right. He is my family now, that's all that matters to me now. Tobias takes my hand and we walk off to the dauntless cafe together.

hi so, tbh I have 50 chapters written, but I feel like my story has no meaning, and it feel like its weak. That's why I don't publish them when they get written. I have to edit them until My fingers fall off. IDEK. Ok well I hope you enjoyed this chapter! PLZ leave comments bc I love hearing from you guys! Bye😚