"I'm okay, really Tobias"

"Tris, you go into a fist fight with Peter."

"Your point is?" Tobias looks up from my bloody knuckle and smiles. I feel his hands meet my cheeks. There rough but gentle. Hands that have been put to work over the years but are gentle enough to assemble a fragile piece of art. Our lips meet. I can feel his warm breath on my lips. We break apart.

"Oh, I almost forgot." Tobias says as he turns around to go to his fridge. When he turns back around he's holding a chocolate cake with a candle on top. "Happy birthday. I managed to sneak a chocolate cake." I stand there memorized by the tiny flame on the top of the cake. "Well Tris, are you going to make a wish or what?"

"What? What do you mean?" In abnegation we never really celebrated out birthday because it would mean that we were self-indulged.

"You blow out the candle and make a wish." I look up at Tobias smiling. Once I make my wish I blow out the candle.

"Let's dig in!" I say grabbing hold of Tobias hand. We walk to the table in the middle of his room. "Now that I'm really a dauntless member do you think we need to keep our relationship hidden from everyone still?"

"Honestly I don't care what anyone thinks anymore."

"Good" I say. "Neither do I" Once I take my last bite of cake I look at the clock. '8:56' I stand up and push my seat into the table feeling the slick wood underneath my palms. "I have to go to training." Tobias turns around to face the clock. Since I was ranked first for initiation I got offered a position as leader. But I wasn't too fond of the idea of bossing people around with Erik by my side all day. So I picked to be a trainer for when the new initiates come. In till then I have to train every day to build up mussel and strength.

"Well, I'll see you at lunch then." Says Tobias as he turns back around to face me.

"Yup." Is all I say before I head down to the pit for training.

Training goes by smooth and fast, that is in till I see Peter come from behind a pillar out of the corner of my eye. "Come to pick another fight?" I say without looking up from my punching bag.

"No, I just wanted to see if you were still going to training. Because you know, I beat the crap out of you this morning." I look up from my punching bag to see that Peter has a black eye starting to form, a small cut on his lip and bruised knuckles.

"Have you looked it the mirror? Either way I would still come, I'm not some scared little child!" I say in an annoyed voice. I go back to my punching bag. Out of the corner of my eye I see Peter roll his eyes.

"Also I was looking for Erik. You don't happen to know where he is?" I had seen him about five minutes ago but I wouldn't tell Peter that.

"No." I say annoyed. Peter walks away.

By the time lunch rolls around my knuckles have started to bleed again. When I reach the lunch tables Christina, Will, Lynn, Marlene and Uriah are all sitting down talking and taking the small bites of food. I sit down so that to my right is Christina and to my left is an empty space. As I start to eat my food I realize that all conversation has stopped and everyone is looking at me. "What?" Everyone starts to laugh; Christina nudges me in the arm.

"So, what are you going to do tonight?" she asks with a wide smile.

"What do you mean?"

"Come on Tris, we all know that it's your birthday." Uriah says.

"Wait, how do you guys know?" As I finish my sentence I look over at Christina who is giggling.

"What?" She asks still giggling.

"You told everyone?"

"Tris, it's not some big secrete that Christina has to keep. It's just a birthday." Says Lynn

"I guess you're correct."

"Anyway." Says Uriah "Do you want to come with us tonight? We're all going zip lining." I think about it for a couple of seconds.

"Sure, sounds like it would be fun."

"What sounds like fun?" Asks Tobias as he sits down in the empty seat next to me.

"Oh, they just wanted me to go zip lining with them tonight."

"Four, you want to come?" asks Uriah.

"No thank you. It's not my kind of thing." Says Four. As he says that I think about the time I went into his fear land scape. He's scared to heights. I remember when all the initiates played capture the flag. He didn't want to clime the fairs wheel because of his fear, but after wards he followed me, all the way to the very top.

"Okay then, you're going to miss out on some fun." Says Uriah shrugging his shoulders. Everyone goes back to eating and chatting. I nudge Tobias with my elbow.

"I see that when you said you didn't care what anyone thought you really meant that." I say with a smile

"Well now, why would I lie?" Asks Tobias with a smile.

"I like not caring what anyone thinks."

"So do I." Says Tobias as he grabs hold of my hand under the table. Once I finish the last bite of food from my plate the buzzer that signals that lunch is over goes off. It's loud and annoying I am used to it now but sometimes it takes me by surprise. After lunch I go back to training. When I'm training I see Peter from behind a pillar again.

"Peter! What do you want?" I ask half annoyed for being here again half angry for spying on me. Peter has a surprised look on his face. "Well? What do you want?"

"T-Tris…" Peter is stuttering. "I-I…" Peter stops to think for a second. "I think I love you."

I walk up to him and slap him across the face.

"How dare you say that!" I'm yelling before I realize I made the decision to yell.

"What?" Peter asks confused.

"Last month you tried to kill me, you tried to beat me up this morning, you don't go a day without tormenting me! I hate you!" Peter face turns from sad to angry.

"W-Well…" Peter doesn't know what to say. After a couple seconds of silence he just walks away. I am no longer in the mood for training so I go back to my room to relax. Now that I'm a full dauntless member I have my out room. It's plan, planer than Tobias. A though pops into my head. Tobias, what am I going to tell him? Will I tell him? I think for a second, I have to we made a promise to each other that we wouldn't keep secretes from each other. Tonight, after I go zip lining, I'll tell him. I get a cold glass of water and sit down on my bed, that's when I hear a knock at the door.

"Come in." I yell. Tobias walks into my room. "Hey, aren't you suppose to be working in the control room right now?" I ask confused.

"Yes, I saw what happened with you and Peter."

"How?"

"Tris, I monitor all the cameras." He smiles. "I see everything." I can't help but frown. "So, Peter loves you…"

"I don't know what got over him. I know he really hates me." Tobias looks at me.

"I'm not too sure of that."

"Whatever, it doesn't matter, I love you, I hate him, and I slapped him witch felt pretty damn good." Tobias putts his hands on my face and kisses me.

"I love you." Says Tobias with his forehead pressed to mine.

"I love you too." I say in a soft voice.