CHAPTER 6

TRIS POV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I heard talking. Is there someone in here?" I hear a deep voice say.

It sounds exactly like..... No it can't be. It can't be.

Father and son talk a little bit and then Fo-- Tobias tells me I can come out. He locks the door and tells me that I have to keep my voice down. He lays down and I lay down next to him.

"Tobias what is your dads name?" I ask him.

"Andrew, why?" He whispers.

I sit up and turn to look at him.

"Andrew. What's his middle name?"

"Nick. Why? Tris what's going on!"

I ignore him.

"What's your moms name?"

"Natalie. And before you ask, her middle name is Taylor. "

I put my head in my hands.

"Tris what is it!"

I just shake my head.

TOBIAS POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tris is rocking back and forth on my bed and she seems like she is going insane.

'I can't let that happen.' I think to myself. 'But Tobias, you don't even know her yet.'

Finally Tris looks up at me.

"Tobias, your parents, they're names are the same as my parents. Your dad that came in and talked to you has, well had, the same voice as my dad. That's why I started asking questions. What do they look like?" She says.

I quickly pull out my phone and go through my camera roll. I find one of them and show them to her. She just stares and stares. I am about to pull my phone back towards me, when she extends her hand and touches my mom's face.

She look up at me and says, "These look exactly like my parents did."

She stands up quickly and starts to run to the door.

I quickly jump up and put my arm around her waist and pull her back towards me.

"I have to see them," she whisper-yells.

"I have, too!"

"Tris, they don't know you're here! What if it's not them? What then!" I ask.

She stares up at me and then smirks.

"I have a plan."

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TRIS POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I run in the shadows of Tobias's house and make my way to his front door. I ring the doorbell and wait for someone to answer.

After a few seconds the door opens revealing my dad. Well Mr. Eaton. When he sees me, his mouth falls open, but then he quickly recovers.

"Hello." He says.

"Hi, you must be Mr. Eaton. Tobias's dad."

He smiles and extends his hand out for me to shake. I quickly do and he welcomes me into his home.

"Who might you be?" He asks.

"I'm Tris-- well Beatrice. I just moved in next door. I'm a friend of your son." I say.

I see my mom, or Mrs. Eaton walk in and I takes all my effort to not run and jump on her. When she sees me she stops dead in her tracks.

"Oh my. Bea---" she gets cut off by Andrew giving her a look.

I go through introductions again and they call Tobias down.

"Hi Tris." He says.

"Hi, um I was wondering if you could help me with my science homework." I lie.

He nods and motions for me to follow him. I do and when I get to his room I collapse on his bed. He quickly closes his door and walks over to me.

"Well?" He asks.

"They recognized me, that's for sure. You mom almost said my name, but your dad have her a look." I say.

He rubs the back of his neck.

"Does this mean were sibilings?" He asks.

"I don't think so," I say slowly getting up. "I'm going for answers c'mon." I say.

I walk downstairs and Natalie and Andrew ask me if I figured out the science. I nod and then I can't take it any longer.

"Are you my mom and dad." I burst out.

"Oh Beatrice you remember!" My moms cries. She runs over and embraces me in a warm hug. My dad comes next.

Tobias walks behind me and puts his hands on my shoulders.

"I.... How..... What?"I ask my parents. They look at each other and nod.

"I guess it's time we told you." My father says.

"Beatrice, Tobias, sit down. We sit on the couch and they sit across from us.

"I guess we should start from the accident." My mom says.

"We were taken to another hospital and the doctors their said we weren't going to make it. We decided to just make them tell you and Colby that we had died. We didn't want to give you hope and then it get crushed. We got out a few years later and were going to get you, but decided against it we didn't know how you would react. We moved here and yeah." My father says.

"Wait. Then where do I come into all of this?" Tobias asks. "I mean we're the same age."

"Oh. Um. See your parents couldn't take care of you anymore. You were at the age of 13. They met us and asked us if we wanted to take care of you. We said yes and they gave you a memory serum that erased all memories of them and filled us in there."

My mother explains.

"So I have 13 years of my life, that went away!" He asks dumbfounded.

"No, they're all real memories, just instead of your parents, it's us." My father says.

We all just sit there in silence. I can't believe they're really here.

I decide to break it.

"Does Colby know?"

"Yes."

"What!"

"We found him on FaceBook and met up with him. We all agreed not to tell you because he claimed that you sometimes get a little too dramatic." Mom said.

"I do NOT get dramatic!" I yell standing up.

"Honey, you sort of are right now." Dad says.

"You don't get it, do you!" I yell through clenched teeth. "First, my parents who were dead for 7 years of my life show up at my friends house, claiming there his parents! And then I get the fake parents who live next door, planning to kill me tonight! Yeah that's right! I said KILL! They have beaten me since I was 10! Uh huh! With a belt! Yeah! So that's the kind of life I'm having! HOW ABOUT YOU!" I scream. They look at me with shocked faces.

They open their mouths to say something, but before they can, I interrupt them.

"No! You don't get to say a word!" I yell tears stinging my eyes.

I turn around and lift up my shirt so they can see my back. I hear them gasp and I feel fingers on one of my latest beatings. I quickly turn around and let my shirt fall.

They don't get to touch where it hurts. Only Tobias does.

"It hurts!" I say quietly.

"Beatrice turn around and just show me one more time."

I show my mother one more time and that's when the tears start to fall. This is just too much to handle right now. I glance at Tobias and he is rubbing his temples. He looks up at me and sees that I'm crying.

He opens his arms up wide and I gladly jump into his lap, leaving my mothers hand outstretched where she was feeling my scars. I bury my head into Tobias's chest and cry silently. He wraps his arm around me and pulls me closer into him.

I can hear my parents whispering, but they seem far away. The only thing I feel is Tobias stroking my hair and rocking me. I feel my eyes begin to droop as sleep overcomes me.

Suddenly, I hear a banging at the front door and I get so scared that I jump out of Tobias's arms and onto the ground. I glance towards the front door and through one of the windows lining it, I see him. I cover my mouth and stifle a scream. I get up and start to back up. I back up right into a wall-- or Tobias. I look up at him, and he says,

"Don't worry, we're all going to protect you." Motioning to my parents.

"Beatrice is Marcus, your 'father?'" Dad says.

I just nod.

My mother rushes up to me and starts giving me instructions.

"Tobias take her upstairs to the guest bedroom. Inside the closet, to the right is a panel. Push it to the right and hide her in there. It's a little room. Tobias come back down here immediately after and act as if she never came here. Do you understand." Mom says.

We nod.

"Okay hurry!" She commands.

I run after Tobias to the guest bedroom. He quickly finds the panal and moves it and pushes me inside.

"Don't worry, you'll be safe in here."

And with that he closes it.

I look around at my surroundings. It is a little room, shaped like a rectangle. It has a little carpet and a couple of blankets.

I start to hear talking and try to focus on what is happening.

"She..... Missing........ Ran........ Home." I hear Marcus say.

"Horrible...... Hope....... Okay......."

"Goodnight..... Find........"

I hear the door close and a pair of feet come near the door. I instantly scoot over to the back of the room afraid that's it is Marcus.

The panel slides open and I see Tobias.

I crawl over to him and take his hand helping me up.

"He's gone?" I ask hopefully.

"Yep."

"Good." I say sighing in relief.

We walk down stairs and mom and dad tell us that it's time to go to bed. They tell me that even though they love me and Tobias, they are not letting us share a room. They tell me to go to the guest bedroom and Tobias to go to his room. They tell us to be ready tomorrow, since it's our second day of school.

We nod and go upstairs.

"Goodnight Tobias."

"Goodnight Tris."

He leans and kisses me on the cheek and we go our separate ways.