The gun felt heavy in my hands but I managed to lift high enough to aim at the target. I tried to stop myself from shivering but my hands just could keep steady. I locked my target and stared straight at it. I made sure I stood firmly on the ground before squeezing the trigger. The sound of the bullet flying out of the barrel was almost deafening and caught me off-balance. The recoil of the gun wasn't much help either as it hammered my cheek.
From my right I heard the laughter of Peter and his minions but I ignored it for the pain in my cheek. I felt a hand rest on my shoulder. I panicked thinking it was Peter and swung my gun, hoping it meet his face. The dark eyes of Four were caught by surprise yet he blocked the tip of the gun from whacking his face.
My cheeks immediately began to burn and I couldn't bring myself to look into his eyes,
"You shouldn't sneak up on people like that, Four,"
"And why's that?"
"Well, for starters, I have a gun in my hand and two, I warn you, I have perfect aim," I giggled,
"Well, we'll see about that," he smirked. For a second I believed that I was gazing at the darkening eyes of Tobias, not Four. The thought made me lighter than I had felt during the past day.
But all was gone when his taunting smile turned cold. His eyebrows furrowed to the point that they began to form wrinkles. A sinking feeling enveloped me as Four turned his back on me and began bugging Peter and his lackeys like the tiniest moment of friendship was all forgotten in a split second.
I wanted to scream at him till my lungs were raw but it was foolish and definitely not a Dauntless thing to do. Instead I swept all emotions of him back as I raised the barrel of the gun and locked on target.
Sleeping with a bunch of boys and girls wasn't ideal, especially with Peter bunking a few metres away. Not matter how hard I tried to close my eyes and enter the dreaming slumber of sleep, I just couldn't. I tossed and turned but the memories of life in Abnegation haunted me. I was soon falling asleep as the struggle exhausted me and the last thing that came to mind was the warmth of Tobias' arms wrapped around me in a cocoon of comfort. A yearned for everything we had back in Abnegation until my mind slithered away into darkness.
