"Tris! Tris, are you coming! Hurry up we're gonna be late!" Christina is jumping up and down in the dormitory. Today initiation is finally over, we are officially Dauntless members from now on. I couldn't be more relieved and I'm glad it's over. I'm also very happy to finally begin my life, my life in Dauntless, with all my new friends and of course Tobias.
"Yes I'm coming, now shut it Christina! It's not like Dauntless is known for punctuality." I growl at her and slip my feet in my combat boots.
"No, but I am!" she sneers and I laugh while I get up and run after her to the pit.
We get there and the Dauntless leaders aren't even there yet.
"See, I told you." I grin at Christina and feel a pair of strong hands wrap around my waist. I instantly know it is Tobias and smile.
"Hello there gorgeous." He whispers in my ear and I blush. Christina notices and runs off to find Will. I mentally thank her for giving me a few minutes alone with Tobias. I turn around in his arms and fold mine around his neck. He bends down and gives me a long, passionate kiss. We don't stop until I hear someone clear his throat. It's Eric. Tobias gives me a pat on the back and walks off to the side while I meet with Christina, Will and Uriah. The rest soon joins us.
"Hmm okay, we Dauntless aren't known for our great speeches so I'll make this a quick one. We welcome our newest members today." Dauntless cheers, foot stomping and yelling breaks out.
"Since Tris is ranked number one she will be picking her job first. Tris if you will come up here?" he asks and I get nervous. I never really liked Eric and intent to stay as far away from him as possible. I take a deep breath and decide to get this over with. I am Dauntless now, so I have to be brave.
I walk up the stage and Eric sighs.
"A little faster, Stiff." He scolds and within a second I am in front of him and my fist is against his nose.
"Don't call me that." I snap and look him dead in the eye.
"I'm Dauntless now, not Abnegation. No need for demeaning names anymore." He looks at me while there is cheering from the crowd. I feel myself grow a little. This felt good, really good. I belong here. I just punched a Dauntless leader in the face because he insulted me. I barely recognize myself.
"Well, now that Tris sees herself as a true Dauntless," He spits my name out while wiping the blood coming from his nose
"What job do you want?" he growls while setting his nose again, I probably broke it or shifted it out of place. Good.
"I want to train initiates." I answer. I thought this through. I want to help the initiates get through the first weeks of Dauntless, I also know Tobias trains them every year and want to spend some time with him.
"That's fine, but it's only a couple of weeks each year, you'll need to pick another job too." Eric says and looks at me questioning. I nod.
"Hmm okay, then I want to be a tattoo artist." I look in the room and find Tori smiling at me. She gives me a thumbs up and Eric shouts.
"Tris! Tattoo Artist and Initiate Trainer!" all members shout and stomp their feet. I feel euphoric once again. I love the spirit of the Dauntless and it's one of the reasons I chose to be here.
Eric hands me an apartment key and some other stuff, then I wait for the rest to pick their jobs and get their keys. Tobias finds me and hugs me.
"You'll do a great job." He smiles at me.
"And I'm glad you're gonna help me train the initiates. They can be a pain in the ass." He grins and I punch his arm.
"You might fall in love with one of them." He continues with a look in his eyes.
"Seems unlikely, my heart only belongs to one person and that person is already in my arms." He smiles bright and hugs me even tighter.
We turn around just in time for Christina to get her keys. She also chose training the initiates like me and Uriah, but wanted to work in the control room. Uriah decided he also wanted to guard Dauntless, Marlene went to the infirmary, Lynn will also be in the control room and Peter chose to be a fence guard. Uriah called him a pansycake for that and we all laughed. Will also picked working in the infirmary and nobody was really surprised about that. Christina and Will decided they wanted to live together right away.
We are all packing the little possessions we have in our dormitory and heading to our new apartments. Tobias is helping me though it really isn't much I have to take with me. Some clothes and toilet stuff, the rest will all be in my apartment.
"You ready Tris?" he picks up the bag with my stuff and wraps his other arm around my waist.
"Yeah, it's just really weird. A few weeks ago I was in my house in abnegation, thinking about what to do and now I'm here, made all these new great friends and I'm officially Dauntless. That's weird right?" I look up to him and he laughs.
"Yeah, it's a little weird. But good weird." I nod and we walk our way up to my new apartment.