I OWN NOTHING BUT THE STORY
Christina soon discovers that she actually doesn't have all of her classes with me. She pouts as we leave AP Biology.
Four has been in all of my classes all day. All he has done is glare at me and make annoying comments.
My last period of the day is Gym. We have a choice of what we take. We can take Amity, which is slow paced, easy, and calm gym, or Dauntless, when we climb rock walls, swing across ropes, and build trust and teamwork.
Naturally, I have a sense of adventure, and wanted to take Dauntless.
After I change, I spot Christina's friends, Shauna and Lynn.
"Hey Tris!" Shauna waves me over. We are the only girls in the class.
"Where is the rest of the female population?" I ask as I laugh.
"They took Amity because they're afraid of sweat." Lynn laughs harshly. "It's so stupid."
I nod. I look across the gym, and sure enough, Four is standing in the far corner with his sidekicks Uriah and Zeke.
"Shauna if you keep staring at Zeke I might actually hurl all over your sneakers." Lynn hisses.
"Wait, you like..." I say.
"Yes. She does." Lynn interjects.
"ALRIGHT WIMPS!" A voice booms. "I'm Max, and this is the student teacher, Eric."
We all instantly quiet down when we hear the severity in his voice.
"We will start by picking groups of three." Max yells.
My eyes flick up to Lynn and Shauna. We all nod and sit in a circle.
"Now, we will set up team versus team challenges."
They put a few teams up against each other.
"Team of princesses?" Eric calls, mocking us. "You're against these guys."
My eyes narrow as he points to Uriah, Zeke, and (ugh) Four.
"Hello Beatrice." Four smiles.
I stare daggers at him.
"Beatrice? Wow tough chick." Uriah tries to contain his laugh.
"Hey Shauna." Zeke smiles.
"Hi." Shauna looks down and smiles.
Lynn pretends to gag and I giggle.
"TEAMS! FOLLOW US!"
They take us out to the back door to the field.
A huge obstacle course is set up. I am awestruck.
"Okay here is how it's going to go.
First, go through the tires, then swing over the water pools with a rope, climb over the rock wall, go through the puddles of mud, then up onto the platform and zip line to the end of the finish line." Max says, as if it's so simple.
"As you can see, there is one obstacle course per rivalry." Eric says. "If one of your players fails to complete a task, you must all return to the starting line. We will give you two minutes of strategy."
We form a group.
"Okay. I say we go one at a time, Tris in front cause she's the smallest. We will tie our shoes together to get the rope to swing, then when we get to the mud we rig traps,, and then we get to the zip line first and win this thing." Lynn says.
"I'm down." Shauna says.
"Me too."
"TEAMS, TAKE YOUR POSITIONS!" Max yells.
We run to our course. I realize Four will be running first for their team.
"READY, SET, GO!" Max yells and blows a whistle.
I sprint through the tires as fast as I can, but Four is quicker. He jumps over the ledge and grabs the rope. He slips and falls into the water and I burst out laughing.
Zeke groans and runs back to the start. Four's attempt left the rope swinging so I quickly take off my shoe as Lynn gets to the platform.
We tie our shoes together and lasso the rope.
It takes a few tries, but with Shauna's long arms, we get it.
I swing across just as Uriah makes it to the platform. I see Lynn try to tackle him and push him into the water.
"KING OF THE HILL!" He yells while laughing. Too bad for him, Shauna sweeps his legs out from under him, and Lynn pushes him over the edge.
They high five as Uriah plunges into the water.
Zeke curses at his brother and Four shakes his head.
I throw the rope back to Lynn and her and Shauna get over to the rock wall.
I scale it and tell them to follow me. I make it to the top and slide down the back.
I hear a scream. I look over the edge and see Shauna dangling.
"HANG ON!" Lynn shouts. She makes it over and then pulls Shauna. She slips again and screeches.
Zeke just made it to the wall, and seeing how far behind Four and Uriah were, he boosts Shauna up quickly. Shauna blushes and scrambles up the wall.
"Thanks!" She mutters.
Zeke smiles.
"Barf!" Lynn groans.
We rig a few mud bombs with a rope and buckets on the other side of the wall.
"Zeke! Careful! Mud bombs ahead!" I yell as my way of thanking him.
"Thanks Tris!" He yells back. "I won't get hit. Not sure about those goons."
"Who you calling goons?" I hear Four's voice.
"GUYS RUN ACROSS TO THE PLATFORM!" I scream.
We trudge as fast as we can through the waist high mud.
The guys just make it over and get catapulted with mud bombs, except Zeke.
Four and Uriah screech and Zeke just rolls on the floor laughing.
Lynn and Shauna pull me up to the platform and secure me in the Zip line. I am flying through the air.
Soon after, Lynn crashes into me and we both crack up. Shauna is flying towards us too. Zeke is on the other side hooked up.
It comes down to those two to determine who wins.
"Come on Shauna!" I yell.
She is flying, and because of her weight, she goes faster than Zeke and we win by a second.
We all cheer and hug.
Four glares at me, covered in mud.
"What's wrong Four? Did you get a wittle dirty?" I say acting like a four year old.
He starts running after me and I shriek.
I run off the platform and around the length of the Zip line.
I stop at the mud.
"Oh no."
Four pushes me into the mud laughing.
He coats my hair and dunks me.
"FOUR!" I scream, flailing.
He lets me up laughing.
"What's wrong Beatrice? Did you get a wittle dirty?" I scowl and splash him with mud.
"I hate you." I laugh.
"Do you though?" He smirks.
"Shut up!"