Divergent High

Chapter 7

Tris's POV

I hear knocking at my bedroom door. I pick up my phone and glance at it, the time is 8:13 in the morning, so i got about an hour extra sleep.

"Come in!" I call, sitting up on my bed. Caleb walks in and sits at my desk chair.

"You got father really angry." He states, my eyes go to the floor. I nod.

"I did, didn't I?" I say, looking back up at him.

"Just go and talk to him Beatrice. I don't know what you did but he's really angry." He says, looking straight in my eyes. "You might want to do it before he gets any madder." 

I sigh and nod. I know that's true, so i stand up from my bed.

"I will." I say, opening the door. "Now get out, you snoop!" I add, shoving him out the door.

I exit the room with him and go downstairs. I see my mother on the living room couch, sipping her coffee and sobbing. As soon as she notices me, she runs over and hugs me.

"Beatrice, please never do that again." She says softly through her sobs.

"I won't." I say, returning her embrace, "Where's father?"

"He's in his study." Say says softly. still sobbing. I give her another hug to calm her down and walk towards my father's study. I knock at the door.

"Come in!" I hear him call from the inside of the room. I slowly open the door to see him drowned in paperwork, staring at his computer screen. He looks tired, working for the mayor must be a tiring job I guess.

"I'm sorry," I say as I walk into the room, pulling a chair out and sitting in it. "I shouldn't have run away."

"Do you know why I'm mad?" He says, his glare heavy with disappointment. I shake my head. "I may value selflessness most, but honesty is important too." He turns around his computer screen.

On the screen, I see security footage of when Four jumped the fence and broke the terracotta pot. I'm in even more trouble than i thought. My dad pauses the security footage.

"You installed security cameras?" I ask. "Are there more, are they all over the house?" I say, my voice sounds extremely stressed.

"Just one in the front garden and one in the back garden." He answers. "Anyway, who is the boy in the footage?" 

"How did I not see them?" I ask, now i'm extremely stressed. 

"I hid them very well," He's starting to look mad, "Beatrice just answer my question. Who is the boy in the footage?"

"Why should I tell you?" I retort back. "You didn't tell me that you've hidden your cameras in our house!"

I stand up out of the chair and walk out the study door. I slam it behind me. I run up to my room, passing my baffled mother and lock the door behind me. Ugh, coming back here didn't fix anything. 

I need someone to talk to. Lynn isn't that sympathetic, I don't think Marlene and Shauna could help me much, Zeke and Uriah wouldn't take me seriously and Will would just tell me some facts about something. I'm considering Christina, but i know what she'll say. 'You should have told him the truth', and that isn't really what i want to hear right now.

Four.

Four's POV

I'm sitting at my desk with a piece of paper and a pencil. What could i ruin with this party that Marcus would get annoyed at. He has abused me for years, and i guess I've finally decided to stand up for myself. Even if i don't have this party, planning it makes me feel like I have the power to get back at him.

RING RING RING. My phone goes off. I pick it up and see a number i don't recognise.

"Hello?" I say, trying to figure out who is calling me.

"Hey, um... Four." It's Tris. Her voice sounds soft and cracking. Is she crying? 

"Tris, are you okay?" I say. "What happened?"

"Can you pick me up?" She asks, her voice still soft and weak. "I'll tell you then."

"Okay, I'll drive over now." I say, grabbing my car keys, walking downstairs.

"Can you park down the street?" She says, her voice sounding more nervous than sad. "I don't want my parents to see you." 

"Sure, I'll talk to you when I get there." I say, walking out the front door.

  "See you then." she responds and hangs up the phone.  

In my driveway, I see the woman from last night, obviously just about to knock.

"Is Marcus Eaton home? she asks. She must be a co-worker of his or something.

"No, not at the moment." I reply. "Look, i'm really in a rush."

"Good. I really need to talk to-" She says before i cut her off.

"It can wait. I'm a bit busy right now." I say, pushing past and ignoring her.

I hop into the car and start driving away towards Tris's street. I stop at the end of her street and wait for her. A minute or two passes and I finally see her walking in my direction. When she walks over she hops in the passenger seat.

"Hi..." Is all she says. I can see her eyes are red and puffy from crying. 

"Are you okay Tris?" I say, looking straight into her eyes. "Where do you want to go?"

"Just drive me anywhere that's quiet and we can talk." She says, her voice so quiet that I can baerly hear her. I nod and start driving.

Where am I going? No idea, but I have Tris in my car. 

We keep driving for a few minutes and I see a small, quiet looking park.

"Is this good?" I ask. She nods, so i park in the parking lot and we get out of the car.

Tris points out a park bench and we sit down.

"What happened?" I ask. She looks me straight in the eye.

"My dad has security cameras set up and saw you 'breaking in'. I'm in a heap of trouble for lying to him." She responds, so fast i almost didn't understand.

"Is that it?" I ask, a little too unsympathetically. She glares at me coldly. 

"My dad is spying on me! he probably has been my whole life!" She screams at me. 

"It's better than him abusing you!" I scream back.

Did i really just say that aloud. Wow, I've really messed up.

---END OF CHAPTER---

Thank you so much everyone. 65 views and 10 votes? When i started writing, i didn't think anybody would read, but i guess i was wrong. Sorry about the cliffhangers, I try write around 1000 words each chapter so it always ends up on a cliffhanger. Also,  percy1twilight2 has an amazing divergent high that you should totally read, I love it!

Thank you so much for reading and have an excellent day!