Chapter 1
Tobias' POV
Beep! Beep! Beep! I wake up to the sound of my alarm beeping. I slam my fist down to close the alarm. By now, my alarm has woken up all the boys in my dorm. Just great. Today the six of us from the Dauntless Boys Orphanage (Caleb, Uriah, Peter, Zeke, Will and I) are required to meet six of the girls from the Dauntless Girls Orphanage (Shauna, Lauren, Marlene, Christina, Beatrice and Susan).
This is an event that is held at many orphanage homes and the Dauntless Orphanage happens to be one of them. Its aim is to basically allow the dauntless boys and girls find a perfect pair so that they can move out of the orphanage. I find it as the cheesiest idea yet and I was never fond of the idea. I have no choice but to participate in this because it was part of the terms and conditions of being in this orphanage home.
I finally manage to get out of the bed and take a shower. When I come out of the shower, wearing a polo shirt and some denim jeans left on a chair with my name on it. I find five pairs of eyes staring straight at me.
"What!?" I manage to say.
Zeke walks up to me and grabs a hold of me.
"Don't just stand there, help us choose what to wear!" Zeke replies.
"Easy. Just wear a paper bag, its for your benefit Zeke."
"Ha-ha very funny. It was so funny I forgot to laugh. I am being serious here, Four."
Zeke was serious and by now, probably frustrated instead. I walk casually over to six chairs with our names on it and find Zeke's clothes. I throw them at him.
"Ta-da!" I joke.
"Oh." Zeke says and sighs. Making Zeke speechless is a pride of honor.
Uriah screams out with a strained face, "How come none of us, except Four here, couldn't see six chairs with our clothes and names on it?"
We all laugh. I guess finding our perfect pair is getting to our heads and surprisingly we are all making an effort even Peter.
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After all of us get dressed and groomed. Someone knocks on the door.
"Come in!" Caleb yells. Caleb yelling left us all confused. He was usually the keep calm and collected person but I guess the tensions of today got to him pretty well.
"Hello, boys! Ready to find your pair?" says Tori.
Tori is the Dauntless Orphanage manager for events like this. We all nod and she leads us to a room with a banquet table in the middle. We all take a seat on the table and now, we just have to wait for the girls. All of us are fidgeting and none of us has the courage to speak to each other, we are all nervous with anticipation.