Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Obviously, I can't have been the genius Veronica Roth. She owns the characters!
AN: Let's have some fun! Told you I can't stop writing! They keep getting longer!
Tris POV
We end up sitting in a huge circle. I am across from Christina. Sadly, I sitting between Four and Uriah from the beginning, considering we were the first here. I begin getting extremely nervous. Zeke is on Four's left, then Shauna beside Zeke. Uriah is beside of me on the right and Marlene on the other side. Beside Marlene is Lynn, who's beside Peter, and then Lauren. Beside Lauren is Christina and then Will, whose also beside of Shauna.
Zeke begins; "We all know the rules of-" Four bumps him in the side and whispers in his ear. Zeke scowls and nods his head. "Of Truth or Dare, but I'm going to explain again. You have to do what you're told or asked. If you chicken out, then you must take off an article of clothing, only shirts, shorts, underwear, and bra's count. Let's begin with…" Zeke stood up and got in the circle, spinning while holding his finger out toward people. Somebody yelled for him to stop and his finger landed on Uriah.
"Okay, who wants to be the lucky winner? Nobody? Too bad, let's go with good ole Christina! Truth or Dare?" Uriah asks. I wonder if they play this often, because people were cringing when his look landed on them.
Now, Christina pales but tells him, "Dare." She is one brave soul.
"I dare you to go hit on one of the Abnegation girls. You have to make it sound that if she goes out with you, it would brighten your day," Uriah says. My jaw drops, along with Christina's.
"Why you little ass wipe! I should chuck you over the Chasm! Fine, I'll do it," she grumbles at him. I am surprised she's going to do it! This will be hilarious. We all follow her across the yard, to the little building with the Abnegation children. "How about that one?" Uriah nods his head.
"Wait, no! I know her. She lived on my street. She will say no, I'm sure of it. Do that girl, the one feeding bread to the birds. Make sure you seem depressed!" I tell her. She gives me a death stare, but she heads out. We can barely hear them speaking.
Christina walks up to the girl. "Hey babe. So I've had this huge crush on you and I was wondering if you'd like to be my girlfriend. I've been really sad lately and I think you would cheer me up! What do you say? Want to be my boo?" She is a surprisingly good actress! The girl stares at her uncomfortably.
"Of course, anything to help cheer you up," the girl says. She offers Christina her hand. I am taken back! I suspected all Abnegation kids were raised to follow God! This is hilarious.
"Okay, one second," Christina says. She turns around and looks at us. She mouths the words, what do I do? Uriah must be telling her something because soon she turns to the girl. "I'm sorry, I don't get to see you up close much. I'm afraid I've been mistaken. Wrong girl. You are a wonderful girl, thank you. I have to go." And with that, she dashes to us. We are all laughing so hard my stomach is killing me. I finally stop laughing as soon as we sit down.
"Uriah, that was the worst dare I've done! Okay, let's get some revenge. Marlene, choose truth or dare?" Christina finally says.
"Dare, but how does this get revenge on Uriah?" Marlene says. I think I can see where this is leading.
"Oh, you will see here in about five minutes. I dare you to take you to eat five chips, separately, off of Uriah's crotch," Christina says. That girl has a dirty mind; I think that one is worse than Uriah's dare!
"Barbeque or plain?" Marlene says. Uriah's eyes bulge of his head.
"Do I not have a say in this?" Uriah demands. Both girls shake their heads. Marlene begins with the first chip. Somehow, she keeps her face serious. Uriah's, however, is as red as a tomato! On the second chip, her teeth snag his pants for a second. "Hey, watch it!" By the fourth chip, I am rolling on the floor with laughter, as is everybody else. Finally, on the fifth chip, Marlene meets Uriah's eyes and she grins.
"How was it, Marlene?" I ask her.
"Eh, kind of stale," she replies seriously. Finally, after what feels like ten minutes of laughing, we all settle down. "Tris, truth or dare?" I whip my head around. What did she just say?
"Erm…-," I say. I wonder how I can squirm out of this one. "Dare." Before she can tell me what to do, Uriah comes over and speaks in her ear. She grins and looks at him.
"I dare you to get totally drunk," she says. I shoot daggers at Uriah; no doubt this was his idea.
"Well, you see this…" I trail off, realizing nobody is buying my story. "I don't see how this is a dare! What if I get so drunk I end up falling off the Chasm?" I ask them. I want almost any other dare than this.
"Well, since you are new, I can give you another option. You have three options. Take off a piece of clothing, do the first dare, or do the second. I cannot tell you the second one. If you choose it, there is no backing out, not even doing the clothing rule. FYI, your tank top would come off with your shirt as well," Marlene says. This is even worse! I decide to be full-out Dauntless this time.
"I'll go for dare two, it's the most dauntless, and I'm sure." I say, trying to convince myself of that as well. I look to Four, who grimaces.
"Okay, I get to pick to two people to help me out on this, newbie! Christina, I'll pick you, but you can't hold back. She did make you dare worse you know. Of course, Uriah too," she says. I flinch. So far, they've been the only two, but I know it will be bad. "And, for the new girl, we will add in Zeke, the Dare King." I whip my head to her to find all four of them ginning. I fall against Four, groaning. Then, I stand; ready to take what I chose. After some time, they finally speak.
"We dare you, Tris, to streak across the lawn in front of the school, butt naked, singing to We Can't Stop," Zeke says, grinning evilly. I want to collapse, I want to cry, but more than anything, I want revenge.
"Consider it done, but you all have to be far enough away that you only see my silhouette. Christina will be the one to be close enough to see that I am naked. And, after this, no more calling me a newbie. I am pretty sure most of you wouldn't do this," I say sternly, not letting them change it.
"Wait, this doesn't count for her initiation does it?" I hear somebody say; I think it was the boy named Peter.
"What initiation?" I demand.
"No, it definitely doesn't. You see Tris, we all had to go through initiation process. That's where people from the grade above you, that's Four, Lauren, Shauna, and me vote on the most Dauntless dare for you. Don't worry; we will do that another night," Zeke explains. I roll my eyes and stomp toward the lawn.
"Christina, who thought of this? Be honest, if it was you then I'll cut you some slack." I ask her. We are standing behind a bush, about to take my clothes off.
"Who else other than Zeke? We just made minor improvements and lead him on into the idea," she says, almost sympathetically.
"Fine, let's get this over. I have some revenge to do," I say while taking off my outfit. I'd rather Christina not look but I can manage. I take a deep breath, do my best to cover my personal areas, and run.
I didn't know how huge the lawn was until now. The wind is whipping around me and is frightfully cold. I focus on getting across to the bush. Thank goodness I am fast enough that they can't really spot me. When I run past a window, heads whip, but I am far in the distance. The only reason I agreed to do this was because it is so dark I doubt anybody could really make out anything. I make it across to the bush and motion for Christina to come with my clothes. The entire time I was singing loudly to the song. That drew the most attention, I'm sure.
She is motioning for me to come to her. I didn't know I'd have to come back! Now people will be ready and looking! Oh dear, I can't believe I'm doing this. My parents would not believe if they ever found out. I stand and break into a sprint, pushing myself harder than before. I try to imagine that I am just on a daily run. It doesn't work. When I am halfway across, I hear the guys doing catcalls. I look at the bushes, seeing that they have all moved down there now. I panic and stop in my tracks! I can't simply stroll to them, revealing myself. I see an object flying towards me and catch it. It is a walkie-talkie.
"Sorry, Tris, but this is you initiation. You have two options. Option one; come to us naked and retrieve your clothes in front of all your friends. Option two; walk, not run, to the Dauntless building. Walk, not run, up to the top floor. From there you must scale down the building. The gear is up there, and Christina will help you assemble it. I recommend option two. Christina will leave your clothes at the bottom of the building. She will also stay behind you and report to us whether you are walking or running. Let it be noted that this is you initiation, which means, if you are to choose option one, and then you fail. Failing means you become what we like to call, Factionless. Factionless means you are shunned for the entire year here from all factions. Your life will become miserable. Next year, you will be given a new initiation, sure to be much worse than the first. I strongly recommend you not to fail. If you choose option two, we will move so we won't see you," Four tells me.
I had dropped to the ground, trying to cover as much of me as possible. Anger bubbles in me. I can't believe my supposed friends are making me do this. I'm sure they are expecting me to fail, but I am going to prove them wrong.
"Give me one reason option two would be better, minus the part of initiation," I demand him. I can't believe Four is telling me this!
"We won't see you naked. I won't. You would rather have strangers see you naked instead of you friends, trust me," he says.
"Alright. Option two it is. By the way, I hate you!" I say. I don't know if I really mean that, but I say it in a teasing tone anyway.
"Be brave Tris," and then the connection drops and I lay alone, readying to do the impossible task. Stupid faction.
AN: Hahaha! I like this chapter! Fun, fun, fun! Poor Tris! Would you do option one or two? I had to include his saying! I promise this is about Four and Tris together! It will happen. Later. Review! I don't think the truth or dare game will be over after this though! I need a dare for Peter or Will, or Four. Tell me some good ideas! There can be truths as well! Three reviews this time!
