Chapter 4
Tris POV
We slam onto the net, still holding hands. Tobias stands, pulling me up with him. He was always the strong one. He always does the important stuff, he is the only thing that keeps me sane. He gets of the net, and helps me up, not letting the dauntless man do it. The man looks at me, his eyes zeroing in on me. I shudder, that's how Marcus would sometimes look at me. I gasp as the memories flood back.
Tobias notices, and puts his large hand on my back, supporting me. I smile gratefully up at him. He just smiles back. The man smiles slightly, "Hello, My name is Amar, I will be your instructor, what are your names?" I look down, and gently tug Tobias' arm, to let him know he should answer. "We don't use our names, but the other initiates call us 'He Stiff' and 'She Stiff'." Amar nods, and turns around "Tell them Zach!" the other man, Zach, I presume, turns and yells. "FIRST JUMPERS HE STIFF AND SHE STIFF!" the Dauntless burst into cheers.
We wait for the rest of the initiates to follow. When the initiates are all here. Amar splits us up. "Dauntless born with Zach, transfers, follow me." He says, before briskly walking down the hall. "This is the Chasm, beware it, someone always jumps off, once a year." The initiates all walk forward, but Tobias and I step back. It is so high. Amar sees us step back. "What? The happy couple not want to see the chasm." All heads swivel to us. I jump behind Tobias, and say, "We are not a couple." Amar narrows his eyes. "She's not lying." The girl from earlier says. "Well, I guess I have to trust a candor." He says, and walks away.
We finish the tour at the dorms. "This is where you will be sleeping. Both boys and girls will be sleeping here." I hear some gasps. "Oh, shut it, if you like this, just wait until you see the bathrooms." Amar says with a smirk. I sigh, at least I have Tobias. Amar walks out, but Tobias grabs my hand and pulls me out the door, towards Amar. "Amar!" he yells. Amar turns, and looks at us, one of his eyebrows raised. "Can we talk to you in private?" he asks. Amar shrugs, and gestures for us to follow him.
"What's this all about?" I hiss, Tobias looks at me, "I'm going to get us a private room, so you know, nothing happens." I smile gratefully at him. He smiles back. His smile is so cute. I stand up on my toe, and kiss his cheek. He looks down at me shocked. Crap, why did I do that. HE probably is really mad at me now. WHY TRIS? WHY!? I ruined our friendship, because I like him more than a friend.
Tobias POV
Tris stood, and kissed my cheek. I am shocked! I have liked Tris for a long time, and I mean as more than a friend. Does she finally like me back? I drape my arm across her shoulder. We walk into a room, probably Amar's apartment. "What would you like to talk about?" he asks, as he sits down in a chair. "We need a private room." I say. "And what makes you think you deserve that?" Amar asks, not harshly, or kindly. "Because of this is say." I turn, and lift up my shirt, showing him my scars. The long ones, from the belt, the small ones from the glass. His eyes widen. 'What about her?" he asks. I nod, glad he didn't ask for proof that she was abused. "Before I give you permission, what happened?" He asks. Surprisingly, Tris answers. "He would whip us with a belt, lock us in a closet and starve us, or make us hang off of 2 story buildings. Sometimes, he threw glass bottles at us." She says, her voice wavering.
Amar nods, and opens his desk, and pulls out two keys, one silver and gold. "Follow me." He says, and walks back to the initiate dorm. He enters the room, and all the initiates turn to look at us. Tris, hides behind me. Oh tris, sometimes so brave, but also so shy. Amar walks forward, and unlocks a door, at the back of the room. The door opens, revealing a room, with a private bathroom, a queen bed, a TV, and a small kitchen, along with some dressers, that match the ones in the dorm. The initiates gasp.
"Who gets to stay there? Can I?" Peter asks. Amar laughs, "Nope, He Stiff and She Stiff get too." He says, all heads turn to us again. "Why them? They are just stiffs." Peter says. Amar tosses the keys to me, which I catch. He walks up to peter, "Maybe, because they have a good reason, now don't question it, or you will be Factionless." He growls. Peter gulps, and steps back. Amar, says bye, and walks out. Tris goes into the room
I grab Tris' bag, as well as my own, and lug them into the room, but when I enter the room, I see Peter, Eric, Molly, Drew, and Al, being beaten up by Will, Zeke, and Uri. While Shauna, Marlene, Christina, Lynn and Lauren are comforting a crying Tris. I drop the bags and run to tris, who jumps into my arms, while the boys drag the people away. "What happened?" I growl. Christina speaks up. "Peter walked in, and started to do 'stuff' to her. So the guys beat them up. And we, stopped them coming any closer, but the whole time, she was crying, she was whispering 'He Stiff'. It was quite cute actually." She says quickly. I nod. "Thank you, but I need to put her to bed." Tris has stopped crying. The girls nod, and walk out the door. Tris whispers a quiet 'thanks', which causes the girls to smile.
I wrap my arms tighter around Tris, and pull her onto the bed. I pull the covers over us. Then I remember the kiss. "Tris?" I ask, her bright grey-blue eyes open, and look at me. "Yes Toby?" she asks. "About the kiss," I start, she looks down, "You aren't mad at me right?" she asks, her bottom lip trembles. "No, actually, I wanted to know, do you like me?" I ask. She looks up at me. "Of course I like you." She says. "I mean, like me more than a friend." She remains silent for a while, before whispering a quiet 'yes'. I smile widely. "That's good, because I like you more than a friend too." She looks up at me, a hopeful smile on her mouth.
I grab her face, and kiss, her gently. She kisses back. We kiss for a while, before, she falls asleep in my arms. I smile, and fall asleep next to her.
FOURTRIS! I JUST TURNED 13 TODAY (June 1st)! I AM SO HAPPY!
~SAI