Hey Y'all!

Long time no see.

This is a shorter chapter but it's important to introducing everyone.

Hope y'all like it.

Peace & Love

-Kat

"Alright, listen up. Today we are going to learn how to shoot a gun." As Four says this he walks down the line of initiates and hands each of us a small gun. I take it into my hand and realize right away that it is heavier than it looks. I look around and there is only one of us who actually looks like he has held a gun before. A former candor boy with shaggy blond hair and green eyes who is tan and on the shorter side stands with the gun comfortably in his hand while he looks at me. It's a kind of dreamy stare.

BANG!BANG!BANG! I look from the candor boy to where the noise comes from. Eric just shot three gun shots perfectly into the center of the target opposite him. He turns to the candor boy and sends him a glare that could kill. Well, I guess Eric is excellent at shooting a gun. "… And that's how you shoot a gun. Go." Wait, what? How do you shoot a gun? I take the next minute just to stare at my gun and once I finally get the courage to shoot it, everything goes wrong. I am hit with the recoil and my bullet doesn't even hit my target. It doesn't even hit close.

Eric comes up to me immediately and takes in my completely confused expression. "If you weren't busy staring at Josh over there then you might have learned a thing or two from my demonstration, ya know." If I didn't know better, I'd say that Eric was jealous of Josh. But we weren't even dating and I'm not sure if I'd want to, to be honest.

"Can you show me again, please?" I ask knowing full well that he will agree. Instead of just showing me again like I thought he would, he turns me around and tells me to get into position. I have no idea what that means so he has to nudge my legs apart and straighten my arms. Next he tells me that I'm too tense, that I need to relax a bit. I breathe in and out, and in and out. Then he tells me to shoot. I do and this time I'm ready for the recoil. It hits just below and left of the center of the target.

I can't believe I just did that! I feel so powerful! I squeal and turn around to hug Eric making sure to keep the gun pointed at the target so it doesn't hurt anyone. I feel him relax into my arm and his chin comes to rest on my shoulder.

I suddenly realize that all shooting has stopped and realize what a scene we must have created. Looking around I see that not 1 but 2 pairs of angry eyes are on Eric and I. Those eyes belong to the candor boy whose name seems to be Josh and Omar. When my eyes find Omar's he looks at me like I've betrayed him. I have no idea why he would feel such a way.

"Did I tell you all to stop? Keep shooting!" Eric commands such an authority that I can see why he's going to be a leader.

The first one to start shooting again is Josh and he hits the center every time he pulls the trigger. Damn, he's good. Slowly everyone starts shooting again until it's time for lunch.

At lunch time all the transfers sit together. I learn that the other candor transfer's name is Tony and he is almost like a brother to Josh. Tony has buzzed black hair and brown eyes. He's tall and muscular and has olive colored skin. All in all he's ok looking. The two erudite transfers are Amy and Beth, they aren't the nicest people in the world, but that's mostly Amy. Amy has bright red hair that is styled in an asymmetrical bob. She has brown eyes and pale skin and is very tall. Beth on the other hand has brown hair that is pulled into a high bun and blue eyes. She is average height wise and has very pale skin. She looks super pulled together, like an erudite in dauntless clothing. I also learned that Amy's mom and Beth's dad just got engaged back in Erudite. According to Amy, "It took them long enough."

Through this whole time, Maria was talking to Omar. About what, I don't know. He doesn't seem to be too into the conversation either. He looks down or at me, rarely at her. I had finally started to listen to Maria trying to talk to Omar when he completely interrupted her sentence on families. "Krista, can I talk to you for a minute?" I know it must be important. Omar wants a family more than anything else so if he's not paying attention when the girl he likes is talking about families then something must be bugging him.

"Sure." We stand up from the table and go out to the hallway. Once we get there I ask what's on my mind. "What's up Omar? You've been distracted today."

"I think I've realized something that I've been missing has been right in front of me all along." He looks down as if he doesn't know how to put what he feels into words.

"Oh please don't say you want to go back to Amity. I don't know what I'd –" I'm cut off by a pair of soft lips on my own. Omar is kissing me. My best friend Omar, my crush, the boy I think I'm in love with is kissing me. I'm too shocked to do anything before he pulls away. Do I want to do anything? I mean initially yes but last night he was kissing someone else and what made him like me in the first place?

"It's you Krista. You're what has been missing." Now I know my answer. Even though I think I'm in love with him, I can't do anything with him.

"You're wrong. I've never been missing. I've always been here, waiting for you. And now that you're here, all I can think is why now? Why now years ago when we both first started dating other people? Why weren't you attracted to me then?"

He chuckles. "Its got to be the new clothes. They bring out a confidence in you that you never had in Amity. It's hot."

I laugh along with him. But part of me wonders, does he only like me because he thinks I'm hot?