"Maeve. Maeve! Wake up!"
A firm hands shakes me shoulder back and forth. Felix.
"Felix..", I start.
"Get up Maeve! It's aptitude day today, remember?"
"Go away..", I moan. He chuckles. I slowly open my eyes, squinting in the bright light.
"Well, I'll leave you to change in peace.", he smiled and walked out of the room.
I reluctantly get out of bed and trudge over to the clothes drawer. I open it and pull out a baggy yellow frock top and a pair of red denim shorts. Ugh. Red and yellow. I slip off my nightdress and put on my clothes and leave the room.
I enter the kitchen, trying to pull a happy face. Peace and happiness; how gross..
"Morning Maeve.", my mum says.
"Hey.", I reply.
"Come have something to eat. You're going to need it for today. You know, to keep your courage up."
Courage. Dauntless. An image of the Dauntless leaping off the train and lightly landing onto the platform flashes across my mind.
"Ah, Maeve, you're finally up. You ready for the aptitude test today?", my dad asks.
Oh no. This is the day I had been dreading for the past week. I suddenly don't feel so hungry, but I sit down anyway and pick up a piece of buttered toast.
"Maeve, you look nervous. Are you okay?", Felix asked.
I slammed my piece of toast down onto the plate.
"What do you think?! This test is gonna change my whole life. So yeah, OF COURSE I'M FINE.", I shouted, and stormed off to the bathroom.
I lock the door behind me and walk to the sink to rinse my face. I sigh as the cold water slaps my face. After finishing in the bathroom, I grab my school bag from my room and leave the house.
The bus ride was a whirl. I sat at the back, listening to some Erudites debating, and not understanding any of it, trying not to catch anyone's attention.
I finally got to school and was greeted by my best friend, Hugo. Me and him had been friends ever since the first day we started lower school.
"Hey Maeve. You nervous about today?", he asked, smiling his usual cute grin.
"Yeah. Are you?"
"Course I am. Who isn't?"
"Felix.", I snorted.
"He's not scared of anything. C'mon, let's go upstairs."
After lunch, we were ushered to sit on 5 benches, one for each faction. I sat and watched as the Dauntless jumped onto the table and started doing some incredible stunts. How great it would be to be Dauntless..
"From Amity, Maeve Holcombe and Felix Holcombe.", one of the volunteers announced.
Uh oh.
I stood up and walked towards Room 7, my mind shutting down. Just before I walked into the room, I turned to see Felix nodding at me. I stepped in.