Divergent-Survive

Chapter 24

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Tris's POV
We walk across the road, the night sky concealing us into darkness. I suddenly hear footsteps that don't belong to Four. I stop pacing and turn around, there's nothing there, just the road. I must be paranoid.

Until I hear a gun load, on instinct, I grip my dagger, my hand latched onto the leathery handle, I could feel the imprints of my nails on the handle from where I previously grabbed it when I was nervous. Like it was some sort of a weird tic.

"Tris. Stay near me baby," Four muses, he didn't hear the gun. I pivot and find him staring at me with a confused look on his face, I shake away what I heard and start walking next to Four again.

I still can't believe that Al tried to hurt me. I used think he was a bit peculiar, but I never thought he'll do something like that. It's crazy how wrong you can be about a person, how they can instantly change personalities. How quick you decide to not trust them.

My mind snaps back to a memory and I sink it in.

My mother ambled into my room, her blond hair was pulled back in a ponytail, she was wearing plain abnegation clothing. (A/N Btw Tris and Four never switched factions, they both stayed in Abnegation.) Her lips were pressed into a tight line, I could tell she was upset.

"Tris, did you ditch school?" She asks; I glance at my homework sheet, algebra. I shrug, I didn't feel like going to English. "Don't shrug! Tris! If you want to get into a good college-"

"Shut up, mom, shut up!" I snap, throwing my binder to the floor, it landed with a thud. Her eyes flash hurt, but that was instantly replaced with anger.

"Don't speak to me like that. Why did you ditch? School is very important-" I interrupt her again.

"Stop, mom! I don't want to go to college!" I yell. Her eyes soften.

"Why? You have-"

"Or maybe I will go! To get away from you!"

Tears brimmed in her blue eyes but she blinked them away, "I'll be so happy that you'll be glad to get away from me." She says, before pacing put of my room.

After a few days, I said I was sorry. But things weren't the same. It was like there was a large hole, that couldn't be fixed.

I miss her, I still feel so guilty telling her the things I said. Tears cloud my vision but I hold them in. I snap out of my dreading thoughts when I hear Four speak, "Tris, did you hear that?" Four whispers, I stop walking and look at him, he seems distressed.

"No." I respond, before I can ask. A gunshot is fired near our old shelter, I glare at Four and he gives me the look we used to give each other. We have to follow the sound. We dash through the alleys until we reach the building, Four opens the door and gets out his gun; so do I.

What I saw was Al with a gunshot to his head, he leaned against the wall, blood was smeared onto the walls.His hand held the gun. And the other held a note, which said,

"I'm so sorry Tris, I was drugged. Someone drugged me to hurt you. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry."

He killed himself. I let out a shuddery breath, and it's as if the world went underwater. Four's voice becomes blurry and shock and dread rips through me. I don't understand. Who drugged him? Jeanine? Did she return? Is this all a trick?

All I know is that it's all my fault.