After all the initiates drop down on the net and Lauren takes her Dauntless-born away, Four stands in front of them assessing the haul. He has a few Candor, Erudite, and one Abnegation. She already has him watching her closer without him understanding why. She would be easily hidden among the group due to her size but the way she holds her body, proud and straight, he knows she will make her presence known. Without a word he turns and walks out of the room, smiling when he hears the initiates struggle to catch up.

He stops them just outside the pit and turns back to the crowd. "Welcome to Dauntless. My name is Four-" "Four? Like the number?" Four hates when he is interrupted, especially by a Candor who think they can speak whenever their mind has a thought. "Yes, exactly like the number." He continues without another glance in her direction. "We are about the enter the Pit where-" "The Pit, clever name." Four steps into the girl's line of sight and towers over her, watching her slink back slightly. "What's your name?" "Christina." "Well Christina, if I wanted to put up with Candor smart-asses, I would have joined your old faction. Since you chose my faction, I suggest you shut your mouth." Four continued as if nothing happened. "Life in Dauntless happens. Follow me." He turns and walks across the path overlooking the pit. It has no railings and every time Four's stomach does a small flip but he's learned to control it.

The group stops quickly behind him by the chasm. "Here is the chasm. It is an example of the fine line between bravery and idiocy. Someone dies trying to find the bottom every year and it will happen again. Just know, no one ever comes back." He turns on his heel and marches off again. The group warily looks over the railing and quickly follows him. He walks through the hole in the wall to the cafeteria. "Find a seat." He sits down at a table and grabs food immediately. Seconds later, she sits next to him and he catches the fresh smell of her clothes. His mind gets a little hazy and he glances at her out of the corner of his eye. 'It's only because she is Abnegation, ignore it. You won't be here for much longer.' But he notices how all the others dig in to eat but she sits back and stares at the food. Not wanting to draw attention to herself, she doesn't ask what it is, but he can see her trying to figure it out on her own.

"It's a hamburger. Here, put this on it." He hands her the ketchup and her friends eye her oddly. "You've never had a hamburger before?" He immediately becomes protective and spits back at the Candor smart ass, "Stiffs eat plain food." Not sure why he felt the need to protect her, he goes back to his food and tries to ignore the way her arm brushes against his at the table, leaving a flashburn down his arm.

As they are eating, he notices Eric enter the room and immediately head in Four's direction. He groans quietly and puts on his respectful face, not wanting to start anything with Eric right now. Eric claps him on the shoulder and stares at him for a few seconds. Four returns the stare, refusing to be the one to break it first. "Well, aren't you going to introduce me?" For some reason, his stomach tightens at the thought of Eric knowing Tris' name. He has to get a hold of himself. 'This is Tris and Christina."

They both smile at him, but he just sneers and looks away. Four lets out a silent sigh of relief when he shows no interest in her. "So Max tells me he's been trying to meet up with you. What has been keeping you so busy that you can't?" Four looks up at him, gauging his body language and tone of voice. Having gone through initiation with him, Four knows Eric's defensive posture well. This was a challenge; Eric wants to know if Four is after his job.

"I told him I wasn't interested in working with him. I am happy where I am." "So he offered you a job, but you refused. Too good for it?" "Nope, just don't want it." With that Four turned away and continued eating. This may not have been the smartest move but sometimes with Eric you had to ignore him and move on. Eventually Eric wanders off to harass initiates at another table and Four exhales.

"Are you friends?" He turns sharply toward her and sizes her up. His initial reaction is that she is asking too many questions for a stiff but then realizes she must have left them for a reason, if not her curiosity. "I have to deal with all these Candors and now a curious stiff?" He says the last word with a little venom and watches her withdraw slightly until her eyes harden and that fire lights them up. "It must be because you are so approachable." She holds him with her stare, which is a new feeling for Four. Normally people tend to shy away from him when he is staring them down but she is not giving in. 'Fine, I'll give her this one,' he thinks and looks away but not before quietly muttering, "Careful Tris." With that he gets up from the table and walks away leaving her narrowed eyes burning daggers into his back.

As Four is leaving the cafeteria, he runs into Eric again. "I'll show them the dorms, you need to check in at control. Jared was asking for you." Eric walks away without a word and Four exhales and heads up there. Before he reaches there, his eyes focus on the tattoo parlor and he decides to talk to Tori first about her day testing.

"Hey Bud, is Tori in?" he asks the manager. "She's in the back." Four walks through the curtain and finds her washing her tools. "Hey." She jumps slightly and turns toward him. "Could you at least make some noise when you walk, it's creepy how silent you are." "Never know when it could come in handy. Any news?" Tori checks out the curtain before turning back to Four. "Only two, Uriah which we already suspected and some Abnegation girl. I told her to hide herself in a faction, we'll see if she listened." "What was her name?" "I can't remember exactly, something with a B. Beatrice I think." "Alright thanks. Gotta run." Four makes his way to the control room wondering if this Tris is the one Tori warned. He is going to have to keep an even closer eye on her than he thought.

Jared didn't have anything to report so he headed to Zeke's for a little down time. Zeke opened the door and handed him a beer immediately which he drained and grabbed another one. "I've missed you today. How are the newbies?" "Interesting, we have some Candor smart mouths but I think I've shut those down already. A few Erudite who seem to be trying to convince us all how tough they are. And….an Abnegation." Zeke looks up at him with worry. He also knows where Four came from and Four can see the wonder in his eyes if this is someone coming for him. "I have never seen her before in my life. She is small and frail looking, yet holds herself with a lot more pride than I would think, but has a quick mouth on her. I don't know how to place her. She seems stronger than she looks and her stares are almost as volatile as mine." While Four was talking about Tris, Zeke's smile got larger and larger. 'What man?" Zeke began to laugh, "I don't know. Maybe the fact that you have observed so much about this girl makes me happy someone is finally going to break down that hard shell you got going on. I've tried so many times with so many girls, I never thought to bring one of your own here." Four takes a big swig of his beer and gives Zeke a hard look. "What did you say?" "Just that these Dauntless girls have never caught your attention even though they throw themselves at you daily and now a stiff walks through the door and she has you making googly eyes at her." "Googly eyes?! How did what I just told you make you think I'm making googly eyes at her?"

Four could feel his temper rising and with the addition of alcohol in his system he couldn't promise Zeke's face would be left alone. "Settle down dude, I see that look, no punching. I'm just saying, you are noticing way more than you normally do. Be careful, you know how Eric is about you. If he thinks you like her, he will rip her apart." Four finished his beer and decided he shouldn't be hung over for his first day with the trainees. "Alright I'll keep that in mind, thanks for the talk man." Zeke laughs as he heads for the door. "Oh and Four, one more thing." "What?" Four turns to see his friend pretending to make out with someone. "Oh yeah Four just like that. You are so sexy and strong. Please wrap me up in your cold stone arms." Four throws his bottle at Zeke's head and narrowly misses. Zeke turns around with a fake shock on his face. "Four, I can't believe you would endanger another man's life like that." Just as Four gets to the door, he hears Zeke start a line of "Four and Tris sitting in a tree, K-I-S" and he slams the door shut. He hears Zeke's laughter as he heads back to his apartment to try to get some sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a long day, especially since he can still feel where her arm was touching his in the cafeteria.