Tris' POV
I groggily look at the illuminated numbers on the clock that read 7:46 and realize that initiation starts in about 15 minutes. I quickly look over on the left side of the bed to wake Tobias when I realize he isn't there and hear a stifled chuckle by the doorframe.
"Why didn't you wake me up?" I ask him, glaring.
"I didn't want to wake the Sleeping Beauty," he teased, a smirk growing on his face.
I quickly jump in the shower and throw on some black skinny jeans and a tight black tank top. Then I do my makeup, brush out my long blond hair and examine myself in the mirror. I decide that I look intimidating enough and walk out of the bedroom to find Tobias sitting at the kitchen table practically inhaling a muffin. As I open the door he throws a muffin at me and we walk towards the Training Room, hands laced together.
Christina and Uriah are already there when we enter the Training Room.
"What took you two so long? Were you up late last night?" Christina asks, throwing a smirk our way.
" I just slept in," I say, blushing because I know what she was implying.
I guess she realizes that I'm not lying because she simply turns away looking towards The Net. I turn towards Tobias and he gently brushes his lips with mine, until I deepen the kiss. Although, Uriah, hollering at us to 'get a room', soon interrupts us.
We both turn towards The Net, waiting for the first jumper. Not much later we hear a scream and an initiate clothed in grey plunks into The Net. Abnegation, I think to myself as I reach to help the initiate out. She stands in front of me and I notice she's only a few inches taller than me, but could use her speed to beat her opponents.
"What's your name?" I ask her
" Um." she says, thinking for a moment
"You can change it if you like, but make it good, you don't get to choose again," I tell her, remembering what Tobias told me.
"Okay, then my name is Avia," She says, speaking the 'A' a bit unsurely.
"First Jumper, Avia!" I yell, as all the Dauntless around us scream and clap.
Soon after , a blue blur falls from the sky, Tobias helps her out of The Net and she sends a flirtatious wink at him as he looks away in disgust.
" What's your name?" I ask her, sending a death glare at her.
" Natalia," she says, her voice oozing confidence
I count how many transfers are from each faction, 3 Erudite, 2 Amity, 4 Candor and 1 Abnegation. 10 Transfers. Altogether there are 25 initiates; the ones I am most confused by are the 2 Amity transfers and the Abnegation transfer.
Transfers:
Cassie – Amity
Emma- Amity
Mason- Erudite
Natalia- Erudite
Jason- Erudite
Aaliyah- Candor
Hadley- Candor
Liam- Candor
Joshua- Candor
Avia- Abnegation
Dauntless-born:
Alivia
Emma
Mia
Hazel
Cassandra
Taylor
Althea
Madelyn
Aiden
Lucas
Carson
Asher
Even
Noel
Cameron
" Dauntless-born, follow us, we assume you do not need a tour of the compound," Uriah shouts, as he and Christina lead the initiates away.
"My name is Four and this is Six," Tobias says, glancing at me as I stare back at him a little surprised because we had not discussed my 'new' name.
" Four and six? Like the numbers?" an initiate asks, Joshua, I think
"Exactly," I say trying to make my voice as menacing as possible " Do you have a problem with that?"
"N-no," he says, blushing a red so deep, he would look like a tomato from far away.
" Let's go," Tobias says, motioning for the Initiates to follow him.
Tobias' POV
" This is the Pit, the center of life here at Dauntless," Tris says, raising her voice a bit over the noise. Watching the initiates as most of them stare in amazement, others looking completely bored.
" The Pit? What a clever name," Aaliyah says, her voice dripping sarcasm.
I walk right up to her and say, " If I wanted to hear Candor smart mouths, I would have joined their faction" after that she nods slowly, her cheeks burning.
We lead the initiates towards the Chasm and I yell over the rushing water " The Chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy," I pause, choosing my words carefully, " every year one of you jumps, it has happened and it will happen again," I finish, glancing at Tris to make sure she's okay, I know she's still touchy about what happened with Al.
"These is where you'll be sleeping for the next few weeks, find a bed and get changed," I say, glaring at all of them when they don't move, " We will be back in 5 minutes to take you to the Cafeteria,"
As soon as the initiates are busy changing I lean down and softly kiss Tris' lips, her hands sliding into my hair. We make out like this until I remember the initiates and as I pull away, she gives me a disappointed look.
When we get to the Cafeteria, I tell the initiates to go find a seat and start eating, there aren't enough seats so our group of friends that consists of Uriah, Zeke, Cristina, Marlene and Lynn ends up sitting with the Abnegation transfer and the two Amity transfers.
"Were you a transfer too?" the Abnegation transfer asks, Avia I think her name is, "Or Dauntless-born?"
" What makes you think you can talk to me?" I say, steadily glaring into
Her eyes.
"Well, who says I can't?" She replies, staring right back into my deep blue eyes.
We glare at each other for a while until she breaks her gaze away, instead staring at the hamburger placed in front of her.
"What is this?" Avia says to no one in particular, flipping it over a bit with her fork.
" Hamburger," Tris supplies, "Stiffs eat plain food,"
Tris' POV
After we finish eating lunch, Four and I, tell the initiates that training starts at 8:00am tomorrow morning and that they have the rest of the day off. We are just staring to walk back to his apartment when he stops us, changing our direction so we are heading towards the Chasm. When we get there, he stops and gets down on one knee. I look at him confused until he pulls out a box from his pocket and my eyes go wide.
"Beatrice Prior, I have been in love with you since that day when you fell into the Net, and I have been in love with you since our kiss right here, in the Chasm, so what better place is there for me to say this. Will you marry me?" he finishes and my eyes are watering as I tell him yes. We kiss again and it feels just like our first kiss, like I am falling in love with him all over again.