A/N : I'm the type of person who gets excited over 6 reviews and all the follows and favourites I received for this fic. It's not many but to me it's a lot. I'd like to say thank you and give you guys an update. Also I do not own divergent.

Normally the food wouldn't be on the table, you would have to line up and serve yourself. But on rare occasions such as the choosing ceremony the food is in the middle of the tables. It's hamburger . I watch as everyone else digs in devouring their food . While tris just sits there pinching the meat between her fingers. I stifle a laugh , and nudge her with my elbow. "It's beef. Put this on it." I pass her a bowl of ketchup that was sitting in front of me.

"You've never had a hamburger before ?" Christina asks.

Tris shakes her head , while she puts ketchup on the bun of her hamburger. "No. Is that what it's called?"

"Stiffs eat plain food." I say to Christina.

Christina makes a face of disgust , and asks "why?"

Tris just shrugs "extravagance is considered self-indulgent and unnecessary."

Christina smirks and says "no wonder you left."

"Yeah" tris rolls her eyes. "It was because of the food."

I hold back a smile. She said it like she never joked before. Which was probably true.

Suddenly the cafeteria doors open , and in walks Eric . Great. All around me everyone quiets down. Probably because he looks intimidating and is a dauntless leader. He has facial piercings covering every inch of skin on his face , long, dark greasy hair , and cold hard eyes. He looks around the room.

"Who's that ?" Christina whispers almost hissing.

"Eric. A dauntless leader."

"Seriously ?! He's so young."

I give her a look. "Age doesn't matter here."

From the way her facial expressions look , I can tell she wants to ask : then what does matter ?

From the look on Tris's face , I can tell she is thinking the same thing.

I look around the room again scanning it for Skyler but instead my eyes find Eric . He is walking to my table. He sits down across from me. He doesn't say anything for awhile and I swear you couldn't cut the tension with the sharpest knife in dauntless.

He finally speaks. "Aren't you going to introduce me ?" He nods to the two girls.

"This is Tris and Christina." I say fighting the urge to punch him in the face.

He scans both the girls and his eyes linger on tris.

"Ooh, a stiff." He says with a smirk. "We'll see how long you last. "

Tris tenses up beside me . I to feel myself tense up at his words , I don't like the way his eyes lingered on Tris. Eric is a cruel person. His fingers tap on the table and I notice his scabby knuckles. probably busy punching little kids .

"What have you been doing lately, Four?" He asks strangely calm.

"Nothing really. Just the usual. Work. Kiss my girlfriend. Hang with my friends" I reply . I threw Skyler in there because Eric was infatuated with her , and my friends because Eric has no friends.

Eric glares at me as I mentioned sky . At the corner of my eye I see Tris's eyes going back and forth between Eric and I . Trying to make her brain understand what's between us.

"Max tells me he keeps trying to meet with you , and you don't show up. He requested that I find out what's going on with you." Eric says .

I look at him for a moment before replying "tell him it am satisfied with the position I currently hold"

"So he wants to give you a job"

"So it would seem."

"And you aren't interested" he says it like he doesn't believe me .

"I haven't been interested in two years"

"Well let's hope he gets the point , then" he stands and claps me on the shoulder harder than necessary and once again I resist the urge to punch him. I feel tris relax beside me.

"Are you two...friends?" She says curiously.

"We were in the same initiate class" I say. "He transferred from Erudite."

"Did you transfer too?" She asks.

"I thought I would only have trouble with the candor asking too much questions" I say coldly. "Now I got stiffs too?" I don't want her to know about my past . Only Skyler knows and even her can't fully stop the bleeding on the wounds , that still leave me crippled emotionally.

"It must be because your so approachable. " she replies flatly. "You know. Like a bed of nails"

Her bravery shocks me , but I keep a straight face and stare at her. She stares back.

"Careful tris" is all I say.

I hear Zeke's voice call me. I get up and follow his voice to a table filled with the gang. I sit beside Skyler . Since I left the remains of my burger at the other table , I grab another one and fix it how I like it.

Only Lauren was missing. She would be with Eric who will take the initiates to their dorms .

My table made small talk. I nodded my head occasionally to make it look like I was listening . My eyes fell on the table I just came from . And my eyes found her. Who does she think she is thinking she can ask me questions about my past ? What makes her think she can speak like that to me ? . I watch as Lauren and Eric signal the initiates to follow them. My work is done now for tomorrow. For the rest of the day Eric is in charge Of the initiates. He will show them to their rooms and explain initiation . Eric has volunteered to do this and oversee their training. I have no clue why he volunteered , and I think it's a stupid idea. But I can't do anything about it.

I wish I was there to see the shock on everyone's faces as he tells them only ten people will make it at the end. I can't help but hope tris makes it. I don't know why I feel this way , but apart of me will be crushed if she is factionless . Probably because we come from the same faction and I don't want to be the only stiff who succeeded in dauntless.

"Four!" Skyler snaps beside me. I snap out of my thoughts and look at her . "Huh?"

"We've been calling you for the past 5 minutes! " she says . "you okay?"

I nod. "Peachy."

Zeke gives me a look. Probably because of my use of words . "Peachy" doesn't usually appear in my vocabulary.

I lean in quick and give Skyler a quick peck. "I'm turning in early." I announce to the group. And with that I get up and walk away .

I was just about to the elevators when I hear footsteps behind me. I hear my name. I turn around to see Skyler.

"Tobias where you going?" She whispers . Careful not to say my name to loudly. The elevator door opens and I step in . She follows. The door closes and I press my floors button.

"Home" I say as I feel the elevator go up. She rolls her eyes.

"Are you okay?"

"Just tired." I say faking a yawn to emphasize my point.

"Can I come lay with you?" She asks.

I shake my head no. "I want to be alone."

I watch as rejection and hurt Contour her face. I instantly feel horrible.

"Sky you know I love you , but I need to be alone. You know how hard choosing day is for me and the memories it brings." The elevator opens .

She smiles sadly , but leans up to kiss me. I give her a passionate kiss before stepping out of the elevator and walking towards my room.

A/N: I'll probably update again today sometime if I ain't busy. So R&R . Reviews make me happy . But I don't require them to update or anything. I hate authors who say they need a certain amount of reviews for them to update. I write for me , because if I don't then the thoughts of the story won't get out of my head. But do what you want .

Be brave initiates :)