(Tris POV)
I feel a hand on my arm. Without opening my eyes, I know whose it is. "Hello Christina." I grumble.
"Morning pleasant!" She teases.
"Come on!" I complain, "I'm tired, just let me sleep!"
Christina sighs, "All the others are up, I'm excited Tris! Its our first days as Dauntless members." As soon as she says that, a burst of energy shoots through me. I decide to conceal it because knowing Christina; she'll think that she successfully persuaded me and will try to do so more often.
"Fine" I mutter and throw my legs off my bed. I walk across the room and open my drawer. I chose whatever shirt's on top, skinny jeans and sneakers. By chance, my favorite shirt's on top. (Probably because I wear it so often…) It is a tank top cut low enough to show my birds, but modest. I guess the Abnegation in me still affects my wardrobe.
Once Christina sees that I'm fully clothed, she's already halfway out the door. I yell to her, "Hey! Slow down! I have shorter legs than you!" She giggles and obeys. Once I catch up to her, she asks me, "I know that we are about to become Dauntless so we probably shouldn't talk about our former factions, but I just wanted to ask you one thing: will you miss Abnegation and your family?"
I know the answer to her question not even seconds after the words come out of her mouth. Yes. Undoubtedly. Uncontrollably. But then I remember that little Abnegation girl who was weak and couldn't protect herself and decide to limit my answer to "A little bit. What about you?"
"Oh my goodness! I am going to miss it so much!" She opens the doors to the cafeteria and continues, "I know that they say faction before blood, but I can't bear just to leave them behind. I think about them constantly, and even though I have Will now, they are my family you know?" I was going to nod and add an 'uh huh' but she didn't leave any time for it to escape my mouth. "They do say faction before blood, but that was my faction and it is a part of me."
Christina is exactly right. What she has described is so similar to what I've been feeling lately. I feel like the principles of Abnegation are imprinted deep inside of me and I cannot get rid of them. I wouldn't want to anyway. I return from my thoughts when it is my turn to get food. It is hamburgers and I think back to my first day in Dauntless when I had my first hamburger.
I sit down with Christina and Uriah and Will comes shortly and joins us. "What do you think your jobs are going to be?" Will asks. Unlike Uriah, who often, if not always starts with a joke, Will always starts off with a question, very Erudite of him.
"Initiate trainer." I say without thinking.
"I want to either work in the infirmary or in the one of the Dauntless stores." Christina replies.
"I think you would be a good nurse." I add.
"Very kind and nurturing." Uriah says sarcastically. Christina slaps him hard on the shoulder.
"Hey! I was only joking!" Uriah protests gingerly rubbing where she slapped him. Will drones on and on, complaining about how he doesn't want to work outside of the fence. I tune him out and all I can think about is Tobias walking over to our table with Zeke.
"Hey" Tobias says.
"Hey" we all chime. More people sit down at our table and join in the conversation but what capture my attention are Tobias' eyes. They change from pale to bright when he sees me looking at him. He makes sure he has my attention and locks eyes with me. Then he nods towards the door and I know what he is telling me.
I get up from the table and walk towards the door. I wait in the hallway. Peter passes me and says, "Get lost Stiff."
"Go away Peter." I retort and flick his arm. He pushes open the doors as with an air of utmost importance. Tobias soon after passes through the cafeteria doors apologizing. "I didn't mean to keep you waiting, but I didn't want this 'meeting' to seem suspicious. Are you still hungry?"
"Not anymore." I reply.
"All right then." He kisses the top of my head and wraps his arm around my shoulders. We start to walk towards his apartment when he mentions that he has something to talk about, although I don't really listen. I lean my head on his shoulder and breathe in his scent. It is soapy and lemony, with an underlying manliness. The combination of these is what I would define as his scent. It comforts me and I know that no one else could be able to replicate it or it's effect.
When he opens the door, I burst through it and collapse on his bed. He tickles me slightly and I roll over. Through laughter, I ask him to stop. He listens obediently and flops down beside me. "What are you doing today Tris?" Tobias asks.
"Nothing much," I reply, "Just after lunch Christina wants me to go shopping with her. I can think of nothing I want to do less, but Will spending time away from her is going to break her and as a friend I should probably comfort her."
"You don't have to Tris," he coos, trying to be persuasive. I roll my eyes.
"I know, but Christina isn't exactly a person I would want to have on my bad side. And anyway that's not the only reason. Why did you ask in the first place?"
"I was hoping you would spend some time in the control room with me." he admits blushing, "I miss spending time with you."
"Awwwww" I mock.
"Shut up." He says embarrassed. And at that I roll over onto him and put my mouth on his. It feels good to know that I mean so much to him that I am not thought of as a little sister, but a romantic partner. The kiss deepens, like it often does but soon he pulls away gently.
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I sit up and stare Tobias in the eye. He is so handsome and perfect and he's mine. Unfortunately Tobias breaks the silence and brings me back to reality. "So before lunch will you come up to the control room?"
"Yeah" I say. We get up and walk over to the control room with linked arms. We walk past the chasm and I think of Al. Tobias asks me a question and without knowing it "What?" flies out of my mouth coldly.
"Geez!" he says, "I just asked you what you are going to do before the initiates arrive."
"I don't know" I say. It's the truth; I guess I never really thought about it that much.
"You should consider being an ambassador. You have always been so good at finding someone's true feelings about a situation." He says flattering me so much that he seems to mock me. "You have even been able to decipher my feelings." The words, 'that I have been able to hide from most everyone else', seem to be said without him even saying them.
I answer him by saying that I couldn't stand to be away from him for long and gaze into his eyes. Continuing I say, "Also I like to have a home-base." Especially when it is with you Tobias. After I think that I mentally giggle.
In the control room he starts typing away on the keyboard and talking at the same time. His brow furrows in concentration and I sit down in the chair next to his. I gaze at him and spin around. I love these kinds of chairs. I soon get dizzy and giggle. He starts to laugh at me. Soon we are both laughing so hard our chairs are shaking and clutching our heads. I really have never seen that much of this side of him before and think about our initiate/trainer relationship from initiation. We sure have changed a lot since then but yet have stayed the same. We seem to be enjoying ourselves so much that we don't notice another figure walk through the doors. "Enough love birds" The figure scoffs. It's a voice I know so well and have learned to hate.
"What are you doing here Eric?" Tobias asks. I gulp.
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