Divergent High

Chapter 3

Tris's POV

"Beatrice, come down for dinner!" I hear my mother call from downstairs. 

"Coming!" I reply, sprinting out of the room and almost falling down the stairs. 

"Beatrice, you need to be more careful," my father says sternly. "I don't want to ever have to take you to the hospital after you fall down the stairs."

"Okay dad." i reply, slightly upset. Running down the stairs is my favourite hobby.

I walk over to the table and sit in my usual spot, across from my mother and next to my father. 

"Where's Caleb?" I ask between mouthfuls of food.

"Beatrice, don't speak with your mouth full!" my father scolds. i roll my eyes and swallow the food.

"He's at a friends house." she answers. At least one parent actually answers my question instead of scolding me constantly. 

'Don't run down the stairs, Beatrice'

'Don't speak with your mouth full, Beatrice'

'Don't do this, Beatrice'

'Don't do that, Beatrice'

I'm absolutely sick of it. For the rest of dinner my parents talk about the new mayor of our town, Marcus, but i just sit in silence, finishing my food.

After dinner, I wander up the stairs into my room and I fall backwards onto my bed. I'm so tired i could fall asleep right now. I change into a long t-shirt that goes to my thighs. i fall onto the bed again, but this time get under the covers. I pull out my phone and check for texts, I see a notification that I've been added to a new group chat?

Zeke has named the group chat 'THE MOST ULTIMATE EPIC GROUP CHAT IN ALL OF TIME AND HISTORY'. Zeke is great at naming things. I check and see that it's just everyone that sits with us and Four. i turn off my phone and go to sleep.

*time skip*

BEEP BEEP BEEP, I hear my alarm clock go off. I pick up my phone and turn it off, ugh. At least it's a Friday. I get up out of bed and have a shower, then i get changed into some high-waisted jeans and a white cropped top. I head downstairs and grab an apple, my usual breakfast. 

My father would be at work already and my mother would be out doing charity work, helping homeless people. I hear a loud crashing sound out the back of the house, probably Caleb sneaking back into the house and failing miserably. I run out the back and through the glass sliding door i see, Four?

Four's POV

I take a quick glance around the back garden that i just broke in to. i wanted to be more subtle, hopefully nobody is home. i hear the fly screen door open, i have no idea how i'm meant to explain this. 

"Four?" I hear a voice say, I turn behind me and see Tris standing there, her jaw is dropped. 

"Um, Tris, hi!" I say, I still have absolutely no idea what i will say to her to explain why i am in her back garden.

"What are you doing here?" She asks, a really confused, sort of creeped out look on her face. 

"Well, your boyfriend chased me down the street!" I blurted out. Her face turns less creeped out and even more confused than it was before. She raises her eyebrow questioningly.

"My boyfriend?" She asks. What, now i'm confused too.

"Eric came up to me and said 'stay away from Tris', i just assumed you guys were together. then he chased me down the street and i jumped over the fence to hide." I explain, her face returns to neutral. then she starts to giggle.

"You ran away from Eric?" she laughs, "He's all bark and no bite!" 

"Well he had his army with him, Peter, Drew and Max." I add. she giggles again.

"Well Four, you should probably go. See you at school?" She asks. I nod and walk over to the fence i jumped to get into the yard and open it. That awkward situation was totally avoidable. 

Tris's POV

"Well, that just happened" I whisper to myself as Four leaves the garden and closes the gate behind him. There is a lot for me to think about now.

I look around the garden to see what broke when Four came in. I see a terracotta plant pot shattered, It didn't have a plant in it yet, my mother was planning to plant something in it though. I don't think it will matter much, i'll just tell my mother that i went to move it up and i accidentally dropped it.

I also think again about why Four was at my house, Eric told him to stay away from me? Why, Eric has always been mean to me, he calls me Beatrice to annoy me and when he sat next to me in art last year he always drew over my work.

I pull out my phone and glance at the time. I'm going to be late, i rush out the front door and start running to school.

*time skip*

This day has gone so fast. I haven't told anybody about the 'four in my back garden' thing, i guess it's just going to stay between us for now. I hop out of Christina's car and thank her for dropping me off. I wave as she backs out of the driveway. I walk over to the front door and open it. I see my dad waiting in the lounge room looking very angry.

"What happened to the plant pot?" He questions, his mad eyes burning into mine.

"I went to move it out of the way and dropped it." I say, he looks at me with disbelief. "I'm sorry, okay?"

"Go to your room." he shouts at me. 

"For breaking a terracotta pot, they're so cheap. i'll buy a new one if it matters that much." I reply. i can't believe it, i break something worth nothing and i'm getting sent to my room.

"Go to your room." He repeats. I stomp upstairs and head to my room. This is completely unfair.

As i lay on my bed, i check my phone and see a message from Zeke in 'THE MOST ULTIMATE EPIC GROUP CHAT IN ALL OF TIME AND HISTORY'.

ZEKE: hey guys, wanna all hang out at my place

I'm definitely not staying in this room, so...

---END OF CHAPTER---

Hello everyone! thank you so much for reading, i'm going to try update as frequently as possible. I think Chapter 4 is going to be pretty exciting, these first few chapters were just introductory, this is when it's probably all going to start.

Thanks so much for reading this. Have the best day ever!