Today is the day. The day I say goodbye and try to convince my friends we'll keep in contact even though I know that's not going to happen when I'm moving to another country. My name is Beatrice and I'm from a small town in England. Today I am moving to North America to live with my dad's boss. Exactly three weeks ago today, my mom and dad died in a car accident on their way to pick my brother, sister and I from summer camp.

FLASHBACK

I hadn't seen them for two months and I was so excited to see them again while waiting for them on the camp sight with my brother Caleb and my little sister Daisy. We were the last kids left to be picked up and the head counsellor of the camp was going to call our parents, but before he could a police car drove up. Max (the head counsellor) walked up to the car and spoke to the police officers. He looked up at us and I saw pity in his eyes. The somewhat nice officers came up to us and told us slowly and calmly what had happened to our parents. Right beside me Daisy burst into tears not wasting a second and before I could turn to hug her, I collapsed. My knees went numb and I couldn't hear anything. The last thing I saw before I blacked out was my mother and father. They were so close yet so far. They were there yet not there at all. I suddenly felt an emptiness inside me never know to me before this moment. And then it all went black.

The next thing I knew I was in my bedroom with a sleeping Daisy right next to me and a sad Caleb in a chair beside me.

"Beatrice, you're awake!" said Caleb. He squeezed in his arms me before returning to his miserable state.

"What happened?" I said while holding my head up.

"You fainted right after they told us the news…"he said with little enthusiasm. Then I remembered and I pulled my knees up to my chest and sobbed. Caleb sat beside me and hugged me trying to suppress his pain but I knew he was devastated. Why wouldn't he be? Our parents are gone and we're all alone. No family and we have a 10 year old little sister to take care of.

"Where are the police officers?" I ask Caleb in between sobs.

"I sent them away. I told them we needed time to grieve and they said that would be ok for the time

being." He said while stroking my hair.

I let out a whimper and he whispered to me the only words I needed to hear for now… "We're going to be ok. We have each other." And at that moment, I don't know why but, I knew it was true. We were going to survive this. Together.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Beatrice!" my brother screamed from downstairs waking me out of my reverie. "We're going to be late for our flight."

I didn't want to leave, but what was there left? Sad memories and a town that pity's us? I'm Beatrice Prior and I will not live that way. I loved my parents and even though they taught us to be selfless they would've wanted us to move on. So I'm going to live with my dad's boss in North America and I'm going to start fresh. New town. New school. New life.

As I'm walking down the stairs with the last of my boxes to ship to America, I see Daisy sat in her room staring at her wall. I gently put the boxes down and go sit right beside her on her bed to see what she's looking at. It's a picture. A picture of my parents and Daisy when she was just born in the hospital room that she hasn't taken off her wall yet.

We sit in silence like we've been doing for the past three weeks. Until she says something. Not long but its something.

"I miss them" she says with watery eyes. I know she's about to cry so I hold her. "I know" I say. I hold her until the cop car is outside waiting for us. They've been escorting us everywhere.

I take Daisy's hand and I kiss the top of her head. She smiles at me and we walk out of the empty room. With one hand in mine and the other one griping the picture with all her force, Daisy looks better than she did three weeks ago. Crying all the time and barely eating. She's too young to understand how to deal with the pain but she's old enough to feel all the pain.

We all sit in the back in silence until we arrive at the airport. We go through customs then board the plane. As I'm sitting there with Daisy's head on my shoulder and my journal on my lap, all I can think of is I've been staring at this blank page for three weeks now and I don't know what to say. The psychologist at the police station gave us each a journal so that we could write what was on our mind but I just don't know what to say. I just don't know how I feel. For the rest of the ride there that's all I think about.

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Once the plane lands, we are the first to get out. We find out bags and make our way outside the airport where Marcus (my dad's boss) is suppose to pick us up. As I stare into nothingness I think of what life will be like. The new British kid with dead parents. Harsh I know but that's kids these days.

A car pulls up right in front of me rousing me from my deep thoughts. A boy not much older than me gets out of the car and at that moment all I see are deep blue eyes that someone can easily get lost in. He must see me staring because he comes up to me and introduces himself.

"Tobias. Tobias Eaton." He says with a smirk on his face.

"Bea-Tris" I say hesitant at first, but then happy at my new name for my new life.

"You sure about that?" he laughs and I join in.

"My real name is Beatrice but I rather be called Tris." I say clearing up any confusion.

"Ok Tris." He says looking into my eyes.

We stay staring at each other until a man that looks like Tobias but is clearly older speaks up and I assume he's Marcus:

"Tobias help them with their bags." He says more sternly then I think he meant to.

He helps Caleb with his luggage as Caleb slips into the car with Daisy greeting Marcus and talking about our living arrangements I assume. I help Tobias with the last of our bags and get in the car. Caleb's now in the front since Marcus insisted and Daisy is leaning on Tobias. I mouth 'Sorry' to him and he just smiles down at Daisy then to me and I get lost in those deep blue eyes again.

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We get to the house and take our bags inside. When Marcus speaks:

"Tobias will you show Beatrice and Daisy to their rooms please?" he said more like an order than a question.

Tobias just nods and walks up the stairs with us just behind. I drop Daisy onto her bed in her room and follow Tobias out and close the door quietly. We walk down what seems like to be a never ending hallway then Tobias breaks the silence. "How do you like America?" he says hesitantly, like if he said something wrong I would break.

"I haven't seen much yet, you know we just landed right?" I say with a smile at my face as he stops in front of a door.

"Yah I know I just wanted to make conversation." He says with a smile.

We stare at each other until I break the silence: "So I'm guessing this is my room?"

"Yah um… so if you need anything I'm down the hall." He says while dropping my bags in my room.

"Thanks, I just have a question for you." I say.

"And what might that be?" he says with a smirk on his face.

"Do you know what school I'm supposed to be going to? Because I haven't really had the time to look anything up or even think about it and school starts Monday" I say with a curious look.

"Well Marcus has taken care of all of that so you and Caleb will be going to my school which is Faction High." He says and continues when he sees the confusion on my face. "It's called Faction High because there are five factions in the whole school. Each faction represents something different. I'm in Dauntless for the brave. There is Erudite the intelligent, Candor the honest, Amity the peaceful and Abnegation the selfless." He says.

"Wow, do we have to pick which faction we are in?" I say with interest.

"No, you get tested and placed" he says while walking to the door.

"Well thanks, seeya!" I say with a smile and close the door.

I decide to unpack right away so I won't have to rummage through my close for an outfit later. I start with my pictures and books then go to my clothes and shoes. I finally finish after an hour and decide to take a nap. As much as I miss my parents I'm glad I'm here and not in an orphanage. We have no family so that would've been our only other option. As I drift off to sleep I find myself thinking about those deep blue eyes. The one's so easy to get lost in. The one's that seem to be in pain but don't show it. I wonder if anybody else has ever realised this and with that I drift off the sleep.

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The next morning I wake up at 10 which is unusual for me. I get up and go downstairs to the kitchen. Tobias is the only one there so I assume Marcus has left to work already and Daisy and Caleb are asleep.

"Good morning" he says when he sees me come in. "Want some eggs?"

"No thanks, I'm not that hungry this morning." I say as I make my way to the kitchen table.

"So I was thinking maybe you'd want me to show you around today, you know around the city and maybe to our school for a bit." He says hesitantly. "I mean if you want to"

"Yah, of course. Can Caleb and Daisy come to?"

"Caleb actually went with Marcus to work and Daisy decided to tag along." He says.

"Why do you call your dad Marcus?" I ask curiously immediately regretting my question.

"Umm…" and at that moment the phone rings.

TOBIAS'S POV:

I want to tell her why I really do. I don't know why but I feel vulnerable around her, like I can't hide or disguise myself in any way around her.

"Umm…" I say before the phone rings and I thank whoever it is calling.

"Hello?" I say into the phone.

"Hey bro! It's me, just wanted to know if you were free to hang out today. The girls are coming and Lauren might come." Zeke says like I want her to come.

"Dude I don't have a thing for Lauren! She's a freakin psychopath and I don't know about you but I don't date psychopaths." I say with annoyance. "And I can't come, remember I told you about the three kids that my dad is taking in, I'm showing one of them around the city today"

"Just bring her here."He says like it's the most obvious solution. "I'll be good, you can just show her around the city tomorrow."

"Give me a minute" I say while turning to Tris who seems to be in her own world. I wonder what she's thinking about. "Hey Tris?"

"Yah?" she says suddenly awake from her daydream.

"Do you want to hang out with me and some of my friends today instead of going out? There will be some girls there that are really nice so you could already start making new friends." I tell her. "Only if you want, of course"

"Sure, I'll go get ready" she says before walking out.

"Ok Zeke, see you soon" I say. "Oh and don't forget to disinvite Lauren"

TRIS'S POV:

I walk out of the kitchen so I could go get ready for today. I'm honestly glad we're not going to see the city. Chicago is a great city don't get me wrong, but moving is already hard enough. If I go out there and officially make it my home, that means I'm letting go, and I'm not ready for that.

I walk into my room and get out a simple outfit. A black leather skirt stopping at about mid-thigh and a black and gray crop top. I put on my combat boots, add some light mascara and head downstairs.

Tobias and I leave the house and he shows me to his car. Their house or should I know say my house, is pretty big. Including the gigantic garage that holds about six cars. Tobias leads me to the black convertible. I get in and he pulls out of the garage into the hot summer air.

"I've never actually rode in a convertible before" I say.

"Really, well get used to it. We drive to school like this every morning. Except in the winter time." He says with a frown. We pull up to a house slightly smaller than his but still pretty big. Before I can get out he pulls me back into the car by my arm.

"They don't know my real name is Tobias here, so I would appreciate it if you called me Four while we're around them" He says. "Four is my number on the football team at school." He says, he must've seen the confusion in my eyes. We get out of the car and walk to the front door. I decide not to ask any more questions, I don't want to push him.