Tris' POV:

I arch my back and yawn. I open my eyes and exhaled slowly. I smile when I realize how tired I am. I roll over to look at Tobias.
His eyes flutter when he sleeps. I lay there watching him for 5 more minutes. I grin, knowing that he is mine, and I am his. I roll off the bed and land on my feet softly.

"Morning, Tris," I hear Tobias say. I groan. He has keen ears. I hear the bed creak as he gets up and wraps his arms around my waist. I lean into the shape of his body and we stand there.
"Come on, we have to get ready," I say, pulling away from him and walking into the bathroom. The new initiates needed training.
"Today they start fighting eachother, Tris. Are you sure you're up to it?" Tobias says, his voice still sleepy. I walk back out of the bathroom and straight up to him.
"Of course I am! I'm not weak," I say, insulted. This seems to snap him out of his sleepy state as he tries to recover from what he said.
"N-no, I didn't mean it like that. I mean will you be able to watch without interfering?" He stammers. I raise my eyebrow at him, and nod. I hear him exhale with relief as I turn on the shower.

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"So who's fighting who?" I ask Christina. She helps with the initiation too. She flips the board around and I look at the pairings. I nod.
"I tried to pair them up evenly," she says. I smile at her. I leave the room to gather the initiates. We have 11 from other factions.

A boy named Jed and a girl named Daisy from Abnegation. A boy named Dane and three girls I don't recall the names of from Erudite. A girl named Allana and her twin brother Cory from Candor. Two more boys and a girl from Amity.

"Everyone, when you come in you'll see a board that is telling you who you will be fighting. Seeing that there are eleven of you, one of you will have to fight Four," I say. At my words, the group all look around at each other in a panic. I laugh at them lightly.
"Only joking," I assure them, "you will just sit out today and fight tomorrow." They all laugh nervously. I nod to myself and lead them in. They all scatter around the board, some of them high-fiving their friends, others sharing sympathetic glances with them. A Erudite girl with bright red hair and piercing green eyes pushes her way out of the crowd to sit down, looking both relieved and worried. She must be sitting out today. I smooth out my leather tights and walk over to sit next to her.

"I didn't catch your name" I say.
"Jackie," she says. I nod.
"Are you nervous for tomorrow?" I ask her. She shakes her head, feigning confidence. I smirk at her.

"I'll use the moves that Four taught us yesterday," she says. "I memorized them." I roll my eyes. Of course she did. I get up and shout at the initiates to quieten down.
"Okay!" I yell. They all stop chattering and look at me. "Today is serious. Some of you will get hurt. Some will get injured."
"If you need to, you can call a time out. That means you forfeit the match," Christina adds. They all nod.
"Alright, Danika and Karen, you're up first," I say reading off the board.

Tobias' POV:

"Hey, how is everything going?" I ask Christina as I walk into the training rooms. My eyes search the room for Tris, who is on the opposite side of the room from me, watching the initiates fight intensely.
"They're going great! We have a really potential batch this year," Christina says. I smile at her.
I watch the kids fight. A small,thin but fast boy from Candor and a small, stocky but slow boy from Erudite are fighting. It's pretty even. Finally the Candor boy throws a punch and hits his opponent straight in the temple. He falls the the ground.

"Alright!" Tris yells, walking in between them. She pats the Candor on the back and offers her hand to the Erudite boy. He looks at her in disgust and rolls away from her.
"I don't need your help, you filthy stiff," he says, sneering at her. I begin to walk over to him but Tris has beat me to it. She grabs him by the throat and slams him into the wall with such force that the wall rumbles slightly.
"Excuse me?" She says, inches away from his face. He coughs, trying to escape her grip.
"S-sorry! Sorry!" He stammers. She releases her grip and he rubs his neck. He holds his head down and walks over to the group of initiates.

"Okay, that's all for today! Nice work everyone," I say, entering the room fully. I walk over to Tris and put my arm around her shoulders.
"You have the rest of the afternoon free, now go. Do remember that dinner is at 5:30," Christina says as they file out of the room. She follows and stops at the door.
"I'm going to Will's for a bit, I'll see you later Tris, Four."
"Have fun," Tris says, smirking at her friend. Christina pokes her tongue out at us. I laugh and slide my hand down Tris' arm to join to her hand and pull her out the door.

"Where are you taking me?" She asks me. I shake my head.
"Not telling," I say. She opens her mouth the ask another question but I shut her up with a kiss. She stops walking to kiss me, but I pull away. I tug on her arm and she follows reluctantly.