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Tobias
After we jump off the train, we quickly make our way to the little shed that we discovered a few years ago. It has been abandoned for a long time, and is the perfect place to change into our Amity clothes. She is wearing a yellow sundress and red sandals and I have red pants with a yellow shirt. It is amazing how different we look out of our normal grey clothes. We leave our Abnegation and Dauntless clothes behind and head towards the orchards.
As we reach the tree line, she stumbles on a rock, and I take her hand to steady her. She smiles at me and we continue walking, hand in hand. We stay along the back edge of the orchard, picking a few apples and pears as we go.
We always feel so relaxed when we are here. We stroll along, taking about everything and nothing. There is nothing we don't know about each other, we have no secrets. She knows all my faults, yet she doesn't judge me. She knows about Marcus' anger and abuse, but never pities me. She is always there for me when I need her, even when I won't admit it. I don't know how I am going to be able to leave Abnegation without her, but I have no other choice, I can't stay here.
We have been in Amity for just over an hour, which means that the next train should be by in about 30 minutes. We head back to the shed and change into our Dauntless clothes, black head to toe. We shove the other outfits in Tris' bag along with the scavenged apples and pears and head to the train tracks just in time to jump on. We sit quietly on the way to Dauntless, but I can tell she has something on her mind.
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Tris
Sitting on the train with Tobias, I can't help but think about how things are going to be after he leaves. I don't know what I am going to do without him. I have seen him every day for the past 4 and a half years, since he had the flu and missed school for a week.
Tobias never missed a day of school, he would have been severely punished if he did. So, when I saw that he was not there, I was worried that something had happened.
I went straight to his house after school. I knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I could see the light on in his bedroom window, so I sneaked to the window and peeked in. He looked so weak, and he was all alone. I knocked lightly, and he looked surprised as he turned towards me. His face lit up when he saw me and he slowly walked to the window. He opened the window and I climbed in. I had never been in his house before, in Abnegation you don't go into each other's homes.
I spent every afternoon that week doing the same thing, going to T.J.'s house right after school, fixing him something to eat, and sitting with him until just before his father was due to be home. I made sure that everything was in order before I left, because even though he was sick, Tobias was still expected to keep the house cleaned and have dinner ready by 7 when Marcus returned. We have never gone a day without seeing each other since then, even if it's just for a few minutes.
We have never been the typical well behaved Abnegation citizens, we always seem to be breaking the rules, yet we never get caught. Today's adventure is far from the first time we have decided to sneak out to the other factions. We often go to Amity, since we like the orchards, and Dauntless when we want to just want to have fun and be free. We don't often visit Candor or Erudite, there is not much we like to do there.
We snack on pears while we ride. I lean back against the wall of the train car, and the next thing I know, I am being softly awakened by T.J. I had my head on his shoulder and must have dozed off for about 15 minutes. We are close to our next stop, time to get ready to jump. Tobias grabs my bag, slings it over his shoulder, and takes my hand.
We leap off the train and run towards "the Pit", it is where the best stuff in Dauntless happens, and is one of our favorite places to be.