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"Let's see..." he says slowly.
"Will? Please?" Tobias- who must act as Lynn's slave until his next turn- begs. Lynn now has him acting as a human foot rest.
Will sighs. "Only because you're my instructor and you'll probably bump me down a rank if I choose somebody else." Tobias smirks as Will says, "Candor or Dauntless, Four?"
"Yes! Thank you!" he shouts, as he removes himself from underneath a scowling Lynn's feet. "Dauntless."
Will pauses to think. He bites his lip, moving his gaze to the top of his ceiling. Christina leans in closer to Will and whispers something into his ear. Will grins and says, "I dare you to let Tris throw knives at your head."
"Wait. What?!" Shauna exclaims.
"When we were learning how to throw knives, Eric made me stand in front of the target while Four threw knives at me. He nicked my ear," I say nonchalantly, moving my hair to reveal the mostly healed cut on the top of my ear. Shauna, Zeke, and the Dauntless-borns stare at Four, mouths hanging open.
"Eric made me," he says defensively. "It's not like I wanted to throw knives at Tris."
"Where are we doing this?" I ask. "Training room, or here?"
"Your actually going to let an initiate throw knives at your head?" Zeke asks Tobias in disbelief.
Yeah, well, I'm a little more than just an initiate, I think. "You didn't see her throw knives that day," Tobias responds, "She was by far the best at it." Christina and Will nod in agreement, and I smile at them.
"We can do it here," Zeke says. "Four can stand in front of the dart board. I have some throwing knives you can throw at him."
"Throw three. That's how many he threw at you," Christina suggests, shrugging her shoulders.
Zeke nods and walks into his room to retrieve the knives. Tobias stands up and walks in front of the black and green dart board that hangs next to Zeke's door. A minute or so later, Zeke comes back, three knives clutched in his fists.
He hands them to me and jokingly suggests I be careful and don't murder Tobias.
I stand the way Tobias taught us too. Smirking slightly, I throw the knife. It lands about two inches away from the right side of his chin. Breathing deeply, I throw the next knife. This one lands two or three inches from his right cheek.
Last knife. I inhale deeply, exhale, and throw it. It seems to be going in slow motion. I bite my lip hoping it lands where I want it to.
It does. It nicks the very top of his ear. He steps away from the board and gives me a very sexy half smirk. "Ha ha. Very funny," he says sarcastically.
I turn around to face the others. They all have looks of shock on there face. Then Marlene begins to clap. Christina and Will join in, followed by Uriah, Zeke, and Shauna. After being elbowed in the ribs by Marlene, Lynn joins the clapping too.
I curtsy, laughing, and Tobias takes a bow. Once we've all settled down, we resume our game.
"Candor or Dauntless, Shauna?" Four asks. When Shauna decides on Dauntless, Four says, "I dare you to propose to the first person you see who's not part of this game."
"Whose coming?" asks Shauna. Tobias and I immediately agree to go. We plan on walking down to the Pit, but as soon as we leave the apartment, Tori walks by.
Shauna stops Tori, takes her hands, and gets down on one knee. In a overly-dramatic voice, Shauna says, "Tori," she then pauses and, in her normal voice, asks, "What's your last name?"
"Wu," Tori says patiently.
"Tori Wu: I have loved you since the first time I saw you." Shauna continues in the oh-so-theatrical voice. "I don't remember when that was," she mumbles. "But I remember I loved you! Would you," Shauna reaches into her pocket and pulls out a gum wrapper. Holding it out to Tori, she whispers, "Will you marry me?"
Tobias and I can't take it any longer; we burst out laughing.
"Candor or Dauntless?" Tori asks calmly, as if random teenage girls propose to her every day.
Shauna nods and stands back up. "Yep," she chirps.
"Well nice proposal," Tori says with a laugh. "See ya." And with that she walks away.
"Candor or Dauntless, Marlene?" Shauna asks once we're back in Zeke's apartment.
"Let's change it up; Candor."
"Pansycake!" Uriah accuses, but Shauna and Marlene ignore him.
"What fears have you faced in stage two?"
Marlene's sweatshirt is over her head and discarded to the side of the room quicker than the blink of an eye.
"Uriah," Marlene says. "I dare you to-"
"Hey! I don't even get to choose between Candor or Dauntless?" he asks.
"Your just going to choose Dauntless- you never pick Candor," Marlene counters.
"Well maybe this time I will choose Candor," Uriah says stubbornly.
Marlene sighs in defeat. "Fine, Candor or Dauntless?"
"Dauntless," Uriah states.
Marlene looks agitated. "I thought you said- Ugh. Never mind..." she says, rolling her eyes. "I dare you to let me turn you into a PB&J sandwich."
"I have no idea what that means," Uriah declares. "But I'll do it anyways," he adds with a devious smirk.
Marlene holds her hand out for Uriah, and together they head into the kitchen. "Any idea what Marlene is going to do to Uriah?" I ask. My question is greeted with I dunno's and No idea's and one As long as he doesn't end up dead, seriously injured, or emotionally traumatized I okay with it from Zeke.
A couple minutes later Marlene an Uriah return. Marlene has a triumphant smile on her face, and Uriah has two pieces of bread on his face- one attached with jelly, one with peanut butter. So that's what Marlene meant...
"Candor or Dauntless, Christina," Uriah asks.
"Dauntless," Christina replies.
"I dare you to talk in a British accent for the rest of the game," Uriah says.
"Very well," Christina says with her accent. "Tris, darling, Candor or Dauntless?"
"Candor, my dear friend," I answer in an accent similar to Christina's.
"Excellent choice, excellent choice," she says. "Who do you like?"
"Four," I say giving him a small smile. He smiles back. Our friends make an "oooooooo!" sound.
"Well, Four," Uriah asks wiggling his eyebrows. "What do you think about that."
I look at Tobias, silently asking if we should tell them about our relationship. He seems to understand what I'm asking, because he gives his head a slight nod, indicating that he's okay with telling the people in this room.
"Hey, guys?" I say, getting everyone's attention. They all look at me, waiting to see what I have to say. "We're kind of already dating," I mumble, a slight blush creeping onto my face.
"What?!" Christina exclaims, momentarily forgetting to speak in her accent. "When did this happen and why did I not know of this?!"
"Hey! Violation! You're not talking in your accent!" Uriah points out.
"All dares are temporarily suspended," Christina says, waving Uriah off. "Tris: When did this happen and why didn't I know?!" she repetes excitedly. Everybody else is apparently wondering the same thing, because they all stare at me, waiting intently for the answer.
"Okay, okay..." I say. "Remember that night we were throwing the Erudite reports into the chasm and I said I had to talk to Four." Christina nods and I continue. "Well that's when it happened. You didn't know because we didn't want anybody to think us dating is the only reason I get whatever rank I get tomorrow."
Christina nods in understanding, but the huge grin plastered to her face doesn't leave. "Alright, back to the game," she says, using her accent once more.
I scan the crowd of my still somewhat shocked friends. "Will: Candor or Dauntless?" I ask.