Some ideas are mind. Others are entirely from Veronica Roth.

We finished our tour and headed to the dorms. I decided to take the bed in between Lily and Joseph.

But, I still couldn't shake the events of today. Everything that happened. I needed to do something to clear my head before I went to see my parents.

"Do you want go get a tattoo with me?" I asked Lily and we were putting our clothes away. She looked at me like I had six heads. "I thought you said you hated tattoos,"

Shit. I did say that.

"But I want one that will only be seen if I have my clothes off," That was true. I knew exactly what I wanted to get for my first one. "And I want more piercings in my ear," I wanted 8. I already had 3. She thought about it for a moment.

"I want to get another tat, so sure," She stretched her arms out and fixed the shoelace on her boot. "Good, let's go,"

"Mom!"

We entered the tattoo parlor and were greeted by the group of transfers, waiting to mark their flesh. Paige, Ky, Logan, and a kid I remember as Trevor, were sitting in the waiting room of the parlor. Ky waved and I waved back. Paige sat looking through a book of designs, acting like I wasn't there. I rolled my eyes at her.

"Jesus Lil," Tori came out of a room, latex gloves on, hair tied back. She was working on someone. I knew it.

"Theo wants a tattoo," Lily said to her flustered mother. Tori raised her head I look at me and smiled. I can tell she's been waiting to tat me up since I was little. She did all of my mom's tattoos and it would only be best if "Tris's little girl" got inked by her as well.

"Finally," She said as she cleared the open working area across from the waiting room. I nodded and removed my jacket. Lily looked at me as if she was waiting for me to say something.

"A phoenix," I answered her unasked question. There was meaning behind getting a phoenix. It symbolized rebirth and immortality. It was my kind of tattoo.

"Where are you gonna get it?" She asked, taking the seat across from the one that I sat, waiting for Bud.

"Across my lower back," Suddenly, Bud came out of a back room, pen and paper in hand. I explained my idea to him and he sketched out a beautiful design that would extend from the lower left of my back to the underneath of my right rib. I could tell the transfers were watching when I had to remove my shirt to get the picture put on my back as a guide.

After I had the sketch on my back, Lily and I walked towards the back room, ignoring their stares. When we opened the door, I saw who I did not expect behind the door.

Nash.

He didn't have his shirt on as he got up from the chair, I could tell Lily was staring. Well, she had a reason to. I didn't. I was more worried about the fact that was practically naked from the waist up. When Nash saw me, his face turned from shock to having a small smile. I smiled back and watched as he pulled his shirt back over his head.

"Theodora," he acknowledged, walking near me to the door. Why he used my full name, I don't know.

"Nash," I responded, heading towards the chair near Tori. She was busy cleaning her equipment to see what just went on in 10 seconds. Lil was still reeling. When the door shut, and I knew he was gone, Lily screeched. It was a high pitched squeal and Tori jumbled some of her stuff.

"Damn it! Li-"

"Did you see him?!" She stabled herself against the wall and looked as though she was experiencing euphoria. Nash is good-looking, but I would never react to him the way she did.

"He's just a guy, Lily," I said, taking a seat as Tori looked at my sketch. She nodded in approval.

"I love how you can ignore the fact that a gorgeous boy, who did I mention was shirtless, was looking at you like every single girl wants to be looked at," Lily cried out, taking a huge breath at the end of her sentence. I rolled my eyes. He was looking at me like he looked at everyone else. Which is actually a kind of a sarcastic look. Now that I think about it, he gave off this cocky kind of vibe.

Eventually, after a few minutes, Tori was finally able to start my tattoo. Lily kept going on and on about everything from Dauntless cake to that one Candor boy who can't keep his eyes off me. I learned to tune out some of her rambling.

"There," Tori said with one last swipe against my skin. I got up and faced the mirror. It was beautiful. The tail was made out of black flames and the traveled upwards until the head of the bird was at the bottom of my ribs.

"It's stunning," I breathed, unable to look away from it. It represented everything I was. Everything I believed in.

"My turn!" Lily chirped. I shook my head out of my daydream. Tori patched me up and I took a seat by the door.

"You can go get your piercings in the front," Tori offered as she began cleaning her tools. It hit me that I couldn't put on my top, so I settled with just dragging on my jacket. I tied my hair back and exited the room.

"What did you get?" I looked up and around to find the source of the voice that came up out of the blue. Then, I saw Ky sitting two seats to the right of me. He's still here? I spotted Trevor getting a tat by Bud on bicep.

"A phoenix," I said, hoping he was the one who asked. He simply nodded and continued to look aimlessly through the book of designs. I returned I my original position: sitting quietly and trying to resist turning my new piercings. I got my second hole pierce and two more cartilage earrings on my right ear, underneath the one I already had. I got one more in the middle of my left ear. It was really hard trying not to touch them. They didn't hurt, I'm just a very curious person.

"How many do you have?"

I guess I'm not the only one.

I looked back at Ky. He still was looking down at the book. And oddly enough, he has been on the same page the whole time.

"As of now, I am no longer a tattoo virgin,"

He snorted and then tossed the book on the table and finally turned to face me. He cocked his head and looked confused. I don't know what he could possibly be confused about.

"So you've been living here for 16 years and it never crossed your mind to get a tattoo?"

"Oh, it's crossed my mind. I just never knew what to get," I swatted my hand down when I reached for my right ear.

"Why did you get a phoe-"

I cut him off. "Are you sure you're not a Erudite? Because you ask way too many questions," I narrowed my eyes at him. A piece of his blonde hair fell in his eyes and he refused to move it. He just looked at me with a blank expression that I wanted to punch off his face.

But, I'll save that for training. Right now, OCD was kicking in overtime and I got up and watched his every expression as I walked towards him and squatted right in front of him. He simply looked at me with that same dumb face he had the first time he saw me. It was amusing.

"Ky, right?" I asked, placing my hands on the armrests of his chairs. He nodded, not breaking my gaze. I slowly raised my hand to his face and moved that annoying hair out of his eyes. I smiled, feeling satisfied.

Leaning to his ear, I whispered, "Much better," as I got up and looked to the door where Lily was exiting.

"You're Theo, right?" I looked back at Ky and notice he was smirking, a sly little smile. I put on the warmest, most fake smile I could muster up.

"Eaton," I started as I grabbed my shirt and walked with Lily towards the door.

"Theo Eaton,"