Flower Crown ❀ (Divergent)

Hooky

I have to change the timelines in order for the plotline to actually seem viable. I don't like it but at least its not a drastic change to the plot.

Things were fine for the first few weeks, Tris and I had been regularly conversing with each other. Four had been sort of "territorial" when it came to me ever since he knew and it was OK to me until he started making me reduce my already minimal movements.

Now I had to resort to backdoor exercise just to keep myself fit and ready for duty. I'm sure exploding like a watermelon won't really affect my boot camp mode.

The nurse seemed worried about the strain that the tests are putting on my body, but I really don't think it would hurt the baby. Heaven knows, its the child of Eric Coulter. It would survive come hell or high water.

Things got a bit overwhelming with most of the Dauntless compound taunting me for seducing my faction leader. I knew it would come to this  and I was thankful that I had my handful of reliable friends. Tris and I had decided however to take a break from all of this pressure and stress and go and visit the Erudite compound. I needed to go to the library there in Erudite to translate what Eric had put onto my hand. The "forever" word had grated my curiosity.

I had taken a quick shower and pulled on my gear, noticing that the stomach area was a bit tight. I knew I couldn't hide it any longer, yet I knew that I still couldn't blurt it out to Eric. I refused to move in with him so I stayed in the tranfer dorms.

We both went incognito and caught the train. I'd had to tell Tris somehow and she was surprisingly accepting of it. She was actually really excited untik she remembered what she was going for. She suspected a war was going to break out between Erudite and Abnegation and they were going to use Dauntless as their soldiers. The idea didn't comfort me in the slightest. Whatever my plan was then had to be scrapped because now it was full priority protection for my unborn child.

Unwanted looks and sneers came our way from the erudite compound. I genuinely felt out of place in my supposed best match. I guess its the hair. I did try to hide it by putting it in a bun and hiding it with one of Eric's beanies but did that work?

Nah.

My strand of hair that Eric oh, so graciously sliced stuck out of it. It made me really look like I didn't belong amongst these blue, bespectacled masterminds. Tris and I separated and as soon as that happened, I became hyper aware of my own footsteps against the pristine toled floors. I knew my way around this place, how could I forget it? Erudites only moved it around if it was practical for them to shuffle.

I reached the library and I was glad to see the old librarian still there in her chair doing her job. She was a pudgy lady with a pair of glasses that would make you think she was as mean as anything, but that was the complete opposite. My body automatically walked toward Miss. Destein.

"Hey Miss. Destein, long time no see!" I greeted like I usually did.

My hands cooled against the blue granite countertop. She looked up at me and adjusted her glasses further down her nose.

"Mia? What are you doing here? This is dangerous!" She whispered to me.

"I know. I just needed a bit of a break from the dauntless lifestyle, so I came here. You know how this library was my home." I told her looking up at the towering shelves, all sorted by A-Z through author surnames.

"I know that all too well. You slept in here as a kid most of the time. It was suck a catastrophe what happened to your parents under our care dear." She still didn't know what really happened.

I smiled at her, remembering that I couldn't do anything rash due to the small, but visible body in my womb. My main priority in all situations.

"I'll give you half an hour in here dear, but then the guards are going to do their rounds and I can't promise anything. I still have a job to do Mia." Mrs. Destein forewarned.