One Year Later

Chapter 1

It's been one year since my initiation. I moved in with Tobias about 9 months ago. A little while after the rankings were put up. Not much has changed over the past year. Uriah is just as weird. Zeke gets drunk just as much. Christina loves to shop, but now she makes money so she buys even more clothes. Will is the exact same in every way possible. Peter is a terrible as during initiation. He has tried to kill me 2 more times since the night during initiation. His attempts were unsuccessful obviously.

I lay in bed. Tobias has an arm around me. I look over at the clock. 5:25. The alarm is going to go off in 5 minutes. I wiggle my way out of Tobias's grip and head for the bathroom. I lock the door behind me. I turn on the shower and wait for the water to warm up. Once it is warm I hop in. after about 2 minutes. I hear the alarm clock go off then a thud. Its most likely Tobias throwing the clock at the wall. Again. I laugh to my self. The handle to the bathroom door shakes.

"Tris?"

"Yes?"

"Unlock the door! I have to pee!"

"No can do. I'm in the shower."

"Please!"

"You will just have to wait." I yell back.

"I hate you!"

"No you love me!" hold in out the "o" in love.

"Hurry!"

"The more you tell me to hurry the longer I'm going to take."

After I said that there was silence. I laughed. I finished up and turned off the shower. I grab a towel and put it around myself. I open the door the bathroom and Tobias bolts in and closes the door behind him. As I laugh I begin to get dressed. I'm wearing a black shirt that comes off my shoulders and shows off my ravens. I also have on a pair of yoga shorts Christina got me. I hear the bathroom door open.

"That was so mean." Says Tobias as he wraps his arms around me. "Well…" I'm cut off by a knock on the door. "I got it you go get dressed." I walk to the front door and open it. It's Eric. "Hey Tris. Can I ask you a favor?"

"What it is?" I ask. Raising my eyebrow as I do so.

"I have some paper work I have to have done by noon."

"I'm not understanding what you want me to do,"

"Will you cover for me at the Choosing Ceremony today?"

Crap. I totally forgot that was today. "Um…let me check with Four." I close the door and walk into the bedroom. Tobias is standing shirtless by the dresser. "Hey Babe. Who was at the door?" "It was Eric. He wants me to cover for him the choosing ceremony today." I watch his face for a reaction the never comes. He finally speaks "I will come with you." " Are you sure? I don't have too. I'm sure he could find someone else. " "No. I want you to go. I want to go." I knew it was not worth arguing. "Okay." I walk back to the door and open it. "I will do it." "Oh thank you so much." "Is there anything I need to know?" "I usually wing it every year. Just be intimidating." "Okay."

_Time Lapse_

After breakfast we all head outside to catch the train. I hear it before I see it. I look it Tobias. "You sure?" he merely nods. As the train comes nearer we begin to run. Finding each other's hands in the process. Once everyone is on the rain. I look around. We are in a car with Christina, Will, Uriah, Marlene, Zeke, Shauna and a guy I don't recognize. Everyone is excited and loud. Tobias loosens up after a bit and begins to joke around with Zeke. I'm talking to will and Cristina when I notice Uriah and Marlene are making out and have yet to come up for air. I look at Christina and I immediately know we are thinking the same thing. Leaving a confused Will. Christina and I creep up behind Uriah and Marlene. By now everyone in the car is watching us, but the two lovebirds. With my fingers I slowly count down from 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Christina and I scream as loud as we can in their ears. They spring apart. The whole car erupts in laughter. Marlene turns a deep shade of pink. Christina is the first to be able to speck "Sorry guys, but it was too easy." Zeke came over and gave me a high five and said " that was great you two".

By this time we were approaching our destination. Dauntless was hosting, but since you cant get in to dauntless with out jumping of a building we are hosting it at Candor. People begin to jump off. "Ready?" says Tobias. I nod. We jump. I land and do a back handspring for the fun of it. Uriah shouts, "show off!" "You're just jealous!" I shout back. " I am not!" he says in a pouty voice. "You so are!"

As always Dauntless is the last to arrive. We run into the building with out any concern. The other fractions mutter comments like "Disrespectful" Or "hooligans". This just makes me smile wider. More things are sad but I can't hear them over the cheering of my fellow Dauntless. As we enter all the attention goes on us. We take our seats, but sitting down does not quite us.

I look over to see Abnegation giving us a disapproving look. I used to be on the other side of those looks. That's when I saw them. My Parents. My smile must have dropped because Uriah comes and sits next to me. "What's wrong Trissy-poo?" he turns his head to see what I'm looking at. "Is that?" he doesn't need to continue for me to know who he is talking about. "Yes." "Do you want me to give the speech for you?" "No. I'm not a pansycake!" I shout with a smile. "I did it! I brought it back!" he shouts while jumping up and down. In unison we all shout, "NO YOU DIDN'T!" "You don't have to be mean about it." He says with a huff. By now all the attention is on us. "Its not mean if it is the truth. Right Candor?" I look the group of candor girls a few feet from us. They all nod in agreement. I turn to Uriah and give him a smile that says, "I told you so."

"BULLY!" screams Uriah. If everyone wasn't already paying attention they were now. "I am not! Just because I beat you during initiation does not mean I am bulling you. " I yell back. "Oh Burn!" Says Tobias. "Shut up Four!" "Sorry man, but I have to agree with Tris." "Seriously you cant be that whipped?" a chorus of laughter came from the group. Shauna interrupts the laughter "Okay okay. Its official Uriah is a bigger pansycake than Tris. Now can we start?" "Hey!" says Uriah. "Yeah. Let's start."

I walk towards the stage where the 5 bowls sit. I stand in front of the table. I remember Jeanine standing right here 1 year ago. I look around everyone but Dauntless and Amity are paying attention. I remember what Eric said, "Be intimidating." I take a deep breath. "Listen up!" I yell. It gets everyone's attention pretty quick. "I'm not very good at speeches so I'll keep this short. I am Six. I am one of the dauntless fraction ambassadors and also an initiate trainer. So lets move on. Choose the place that is best for you not for others because you have to live with your choice not anyone else. Everyone has a place its all a matter of who finds his or her place first. If you are choosing today I want you to think about one thing before you choose. Your family will get over it and move on if you decide to transfer. The question you should ask yourself is if you will be able to get over it and move on and not linger on the idea of your family. Make a place for yourself in this world cause not one is going to make it for you. So Lets get to it." I walk behind the table and grab the paper with all the names.

"Holly Abbott" a small Candor girl stands up and gives her parents each a hug. She walks shakily up to the table. "Choose for your self not anyone else." I whisper to her. She cuts her hand barley winces at the pain. She is about to hold it over Candor but instead moves in over Dauntless just in time. "Dauntless!" I shout. The Dauntless erupt with cheers. While the girl's mother lets out a shrieking cry.

The rest of the names went by in a blur. There was a lot of cheering and crying. Everyone finally settled down after the last name. "Hey! Your initiation starts now for everyone. Good Luck." I stepped down from the platform. Tobias pulls me in to a kiss. I smile in to the kiss. He smiles back. "Hey lovebirds. Get a room!" "Shut up Will!" We all laughed. "Beatrice?" I turn to see Caleb…