AN Okay, so this POV is Becca's. There won't really be any POV from the initiates other than hers, because she's the equivalent of me, and I've made her a fair bit like me, so I hope this is okay :)
Becca's POV
We'd been let out from training early, I don't know if the others realised this, but I did. Grace was walking alongside me, and she smiled.
"Nadia, Athena and I are going to the shops, would you like to come with us?" she asked. I looked at her, surprised. I'm used to people ignoring me, because I'm a stiff, or small or quiet, but I know that I'll need friends here to get in so I nod.
"Sure." I smiled. She looped her arm through mine, which was in my pocket, and grinned.
"Cool, come on," we ran to catch up with the others, and they tilted their head at me for a minute, but then shrugged.
"Hey," Nadia said, I smiled.
I didn't know what to say, so replied with a short "hi," which they accepted.
"Want a tattoo?" Athena asked all of us. We stared at her, and the other two nodded.
"Shouldn't we wait? You know, in case we don't get in?" I asked.
"It makes no difference. Some of the Factionless will have tattoos, when they've failed." I nod when Athena says that, and we all follow her into the tattoo parlour.
Grace follows me over to one book, while Nadia and Athena look at another one. "Why did you invite me?" I ask. I'd always been curious.
"You were alone, and I thought you could do with a friend," she replied, and I smile brightly at her.
"Thanks." We flick through the tattoos, some of animals, some of flowers, some buildings, even symbols. "I like this one," I say, pointing to one of a four lion cubs around their mum.
Grace nods, "Get it then?" she said.
"Which one are you getting?" I asked, and she pointed to the Dauntless symbol.
"This one, in the centre of my back," I smile, and we take the sheets over to the three people who are working.
"Take a seat please girls," a lady said, "I'm Tori, we'll be with you in just a minute." We both nod, looking for Nadia and Athena, and notice them still looking at the books.
"Do you think they'll get one today or not?" I asked.
"Nah, maybe drag them to get one on our day off?" she laughed, I nodded, laughing along with her a little.
"Did it hurt?" Athena asked as we went to the cafeteria for dinner. Grace and I both shrugged.
"Not really." We all sat around a table with Daniel and Emily, along with a few Dauntless born initiates, whose names I couldn't remember.
I put a burger on my plate, and cut through it, the others laughing a little, but I ignored them. "You can pick it up, you know?" Daniel said, swiping his dark brown hair away from his eyes.
I blushed and shrugged, "Sorry?" but they shook their head.
"Abnegation aren't used to this sort of food, isn't that right Becca?" Nadia said and I nodded.
"Makes sense," Daniel replied. I gave him a half smile, before he spoke again. "So what were all your old Factions?"
"I was Candor," Athena said with a sigh, I could tell she missed it already.
"I was Erudite," Nadia scowled, I couldn't help but to laugh. I could tell that I would get on well with her.
"Amity," Grace shrugged. I could tell, her Amity always seemed to show. "But you knew that," she added with a grin at Daniel.
"I was Candor too," Emily butted in, I tried to smile at her too, so that she didn't feel left out, but she just glared at me, her brown eyes narrowed dramatically.
"Well, a true mix there," Daniel said, his eyes wide, and a smile plastered to his face. We all nodded and fell into silence. I looked around and noticed Four and Six sat with Christina, Uriah and a few people that I don't know, but all of them must be older than me. There were a lot of bags around Six and Christina, and I wondered what they'd been buying. A lot of the table looked older than Six too, but I doubt that they are really.
"What do you think of our instructors?" I ask, after taking a mouth full of Dauntless cake. It was the most amazing cake ever, though I feel bad saying that, because my mum used to cook some awesome cakes.
"They're good. A little scary though," Athena says, I nod in agreement.
"I hate Six," Emily buts in, "But Four's hot," We roll our eyes at her, and she shrugs. "Just saying it like it is."
"He's probably too old for you and in a relationship, Emily, don't try and go after him." Athena said, I was glad that she'd spoken up; I assumed she'd know Emily, because they're both from the same Faction. But Emily just shrugged.
"Ah well, doesn't mean I can't try," she keeps glancing over at him, and I shake my head knowing it would be a bad idea.
"What do you all think of Dauntless?" I ask, looking to the four around me, not including Emily.
"It's amazing, it feels just right," Daniel said, he smiles at me, and I smile back again, the others nod in agreement, with a few mutters of, "hard work," and "too new to tell."
There was a shout behind me, and all of us at the table turned to see Alex, Jay and a Dauntless born initiate called Dave heading towards us. "Hey Stiff, you going to be all selfless and give up your chair for us?" Alex asked. I looked round, everyone was facing us, Four whispered something into Six's ear, and I frown, noticing her clenching her fists so her knuckles where white. She didn't recognise the fact that Four had spoken to her, her eyes were fixed on Alex.
"I'm not in Abnegation anymore." I say after a few minutes silence, "So go find your own seat and leave me alone." He raised his eyes at me, and I felt a hand on my shoulder from behind, thankful for the support from my new friends.
"Move, Stiff." He said again. I stared straight at him.
"No!" I said loudly. I knew that to give in would mean that I'd always be seen as weak. Rather than speaking again, he advanced on me. I stood and saw Nadia, Athena and Grace stand next to me. I glanced and saw Daniel was also watching carefully.
"Oh, are you and your friends moving, Stiff?" he asked. I knew he was just taunting me, and I couldn't rise to it. Christina and Four had their hands on Six's shoulders, trying to keep her sat down.
"Get lost Alex, there are plenty of free tables, find one of them." Nadia said from next to me.
"I wasn't talking to you," he glared at Nadia. I was fed up of this now; I stepped forward and threw a punch at Alex's face, but he caught my hand and spun it round my back. "That all you got Stiff?"
I was about to retort, but felt a sudden jerk as Alex released me. I turned to see Six stood in front of me, and Alex holding his nose.
"What the hell!" He exclaimed loudly, "this wasn't about you, Six!"
"You made it about me when you picked on a student who's weaker than you." Six said, I felt a little annoyed when she pointed out I was weaker than him, but knew it was true. "Now leave Becca alone, or you'll be in a lot more pain than you're in now." Her eyes flickered between the three males, and slowly they backed down, mumbling as they went off to a table across the room. I heard one of them say that they hated Six, and they'd get her back, but obviously she didn't care. Six didn't say another word; she just walked back to her table and sat with Four, who was also glaring at Alex, Jay and Dave.
Tris POV
I shook as I walked back to Tobias. I was fed up of people picking on Abnegation, just because they tend to be the easiest to get at. Tobias takes my hand, prying my fingers away to stop me breaking my skin from my nails. I sigh frustrated. "Why do they always pick on Abnegation?" I mumbled as I sat again.
"Because they don't realise how amazing we are," he whispers back to me, so the others can't hear. I'm still the only one that knows where he's from, so he doesn't let anyone else know. I smile at him, and nearly kiss him before remembering that there are initiates in the room.
"Shall we go to an apartment?" I ask quietly, but he shakes his head and sighs.
"We ought to wait till one of the groups has left, just in case something else happens," I nod and sigh too, before turning to Christina.
"How were the initiates?" I ask, forcing a smile, which becomes more natural as Tobias slips his hand into mine, hidden under the table. He rubs small circles into the back of my palm.
"Not too bad," she shrugs, "A couple of idiots, but most are alright." I nod and she gives me a half smile.
We sit in silence for a while; Uriah grabs an extra bit of cake, which I steal some of. He glared at me when that happened. "Trissy! That was mine!" His lips turned into a pout, and all around the table, we laughed.
"It's your fifth piece already, Uri! Me taking that tiny bit shouldn't matter," I grinned cheekily at him. Zeke laughed at his brother, when Uri punched my arm.
"It's my second, not my fifth!" he continues pouting, I shake my head at him and stand up, going round to him and wrapping my arms around his shoulder.
"I'm sorry Uri," I fake an apology, and quickly grab an extra bit before running back round the table and shoving it in my mouth before he can react. We all sit there laughing, except for Uriah who stands and moves to a different table. "You won't stop me Uri!" I should after him, grinning at him still.
We slowly fell silent again and all just sat comfortably with each other until Becca walked over with Nadia. "We just wanted to say thanks," she said quietly, I smiled at her.
"It's no problem. If he does anything else, let me know," I say. They nod and head out of the room, so I turn to Tobias and grin, "I've got a great idea for punishment if they annoy us tomorrow or them again." Tobias stands and I stand with them. "If anyone wants us, we'll be in one of our apartments," they nod, and Christina stands to go with us, handing me the bags so I don't forget. We head out of the room, and Tobias had quickly grabs mine, I smile up at him.
"You okay?" he asks me, I nod again. "And your fist?" he asks, I laugh a bit.
"Yeah, he's not that solid yet. I hit Molly harder last year." Christina and Tobias laughed, and I couldn't help but smile along with them.
"You're mad girl," Christina laughs, and I shrugged, still smiling, but didn't reply. "Anyway, I need to go find Will, he should've finished his shift by now, so have fun love birds. Don't do anything I wouldn't do," she winked at me over her shoulder. I went red and Tobias chose that point to look down at me. He laughed while I glared at Christina's back.
"If looks could kill, your best friend wouldn't be around anymore," he laughed at me, and I sulked off quickly, but Tobias grabbed my waist and picked me up, carrying me to my apartment, since it was closest. I slap his back several times, trying to get him to put me down, but he doesn't, he just moves faster.
"Tobias!" I say, slightly louder than I mean to, and he gives me a quick glare, before ignoring the fact I've spoken. "Let me go, I can walk!" I said, but we'd already reached my apartment. I glared at him as he carried me to the sofa, lying me down on it. He grinned and climbed on top of me, fitting his lips quickly to mine.
I let out a breath as he does so, and he slips his tongue gently past my lips. My hands slide up his top, and we break apart for a minute so he can take his shirt off. He fits his lips back to mine again, continuing the kiss.
There was a bang at the door, and Tobias pulled away, pouting. "Why are we always interrupted?" I shake my head and move out from under him.
"Because we're unlucky," I said simply, neatening my hair and making sure my clothing was neat enough before opening the door. I ignore Tobias behind me when I see a panicked Grace in front of me. "What's wrong?" I ask quickly.
"It's Becca," she says shakily, "Alex started fighting her, and we can't stop him!" Her eyes glance over my shoulder, and she says, "Oh, er, Hi Four."
Tobias just nods in greeting, and the both of us start running towards the transfer dorms, with Grace lacking behind a little. Tobias beats me there, and quickly heads over to where Alex is kicking Becca, though it does look like he's taken some hits too. Tobias pulled him off, pinning him to the wall and I went straight to Becca.
"Four, we need to get her to the hospital." I said quickly, checking her pulse. "We can sort the rest out tomorrow," I said, trying to get him to move. He nodded and punched Alex once in his temple, and he collapsed on the floor.
"He'll wake up in the next few hours," Tobias said, "The rest of you get to bed, we'll take care of Becca and check on her in the morning." There was a sense of finality to his voice, and everyone rushed off to finish. He knelt down and picked Becca up bridal style and immediately headed out of the room.
I walked over to the girls who were with Becca earlier, "Thanks for coming to find me. If anything else happens, you'll be able to find me; I'll make sure to be in my apartment all night. We'll sort Alex out tomorrow." They all nod, and I notice a few bruises starting to form on Athena's cheek. "Make sure to look out for each other. You'll need it," I said, before turning to walk out of the room.