Sorry about the language in the last chapter, I probably should of gave you a warning
I roll over and almost fall off my bunk. "Aaaahh!" I slide back in and rub my eyes. I hear George sit up in the bunk underneath me and I hear him curse as he bangs his giant head against the bottom of my bed.
"Are you alright?" I ask laughing.
"Yeah. How about you, I heard you scream."
"Yeah I almost fell out of the bed."
"Hey will you two shut up?" I hear Milo the guy across from me say. "It's like six in the morning!" I look at him questioningly and then realize that he must not be used to getting up early like us Erudite are. I look down at Emma's bunk and see her reading a book. She looks up as she smiles and waves at me. "Good morning Tori!" She says with a yawn.
This time Trinity tells us to be quiet. "You guys really need to shut it. I was having a really nice dream!" she groans into her pillow.
I decide to shower and grab some breakfast since I cannot fall back asleep. The shower Is cool and refreshing, and when I get out I feel clean and ready to start my day of training. I get into my sweats and tank again and go down to the pit to grab some clothes and food.
I pick up a stretchy black shirt, jean shorts, leggings, and a Blazer for my new clothing collection at the pit. I wear the shirt and leggings right now because they are easy to move in. I grab three doughnuts some bacon and a large cup of coffee to eat before the day starts. I realize that I am not exactly being healthful, but it's early and honestly, who gives a damn here?
I have just finished my first doughnut when a tall guy with tattoos and a thin face sits next to me.
"Initiate?" he asks in a friendly way. I think he's trying to be nice, but his piercings and tattoos intimidate me, and something in his eyes remind me of the reptiles I have seen in my science books.
"Yeah, hi my name is Tori." I say.
"I'm Bud," he says and smiles with his lips pressed together. "I do the tattoos for all the Dauntless. Have you ever got one?" He asks and he shows me his arms full of blue and black ink. They are strange, but somewhat beautiful, it reminds me of my sketches back when I was in Erudite. It must take a lot of talent to be good at this.
"I love art!" I say. I realize how dumb I must sound and blush. His tattoos look like art to me.
"So do I Tori," he says, his voice is smooth like silk. "You should come by the tattoo shop once in a while, I could show you how it works," he looks at me questioningly. "Will you come? You have the look of a true Dauntless, and us Dauntless love our tattoos." I nod and sip the end of my coffee. It creeps me out how he can tell these things.
"I should probably be going now Bud, nice meeting you though," I say and start to walk towards the dorms.
As I am crossing in front of the dorms of the dauntless born, I see Drake open the door, in his shorts, obviously just out of bed. He bumps into me sleepily.
"Wha-? Oh hi Tori," he grins and leans against the wall. I can't believe he is comfortable standing here without a shirt or anything, must be a Dauntless thing. "Hi Drake. I was just going back to the dorms," I stammer. My uncomfortableness makes him smile even more. He looks down at his abs, "Are you checking me out?" he says with a playful grin. I roll my eyes.
"Totally! You know since I'mthe one who's so creepily infatuated with you!" I say sarcastically. He smirks.
"Well I don't know what you just said, Erudite, but when I find out, I'll have a stinging come back waiting for you." I laugh and he grins.
"Infatuated means obsessed with, for future reference," I say in a fake know it all way. We laugh. "I really should be going though Drake. You don't want my brother to catch you anywhere near me." He frowns, offended that I don't think he can look after himself probably, but after Georgie beat him up the first time, I'm not taking any chances.
"Well nice seeing you. You look great!" he says and waves goodbye.
"Thanks! Bye," I walk away.
When the initiates from the other factions are finally up, we go on our way to the training room. It's large, with mats to fight on and a shooting range to practice your gun skills. There is even one mysterious room to the side that is dark, with screens and wires. Probably for our fear simulations.
Carina stands there, and hands us guns as we walk in. She walks so confidently, even though she has a small build. It's strange how much it makes me admire her.
"Just so that any of you idiots don't shoot each other, I will warn you that these guns are real, and loaded. She stops in front of Ryan and Henry who are both looking into the barrels of the guns, probably trying to find the triggers. I snicker at them.
Tristan, the girl from their former faction, pulls the guns away from their faces and says something to them angrily. I can hear Henry's slow deep voice from over here. "We were not making Candor look like fools! I was just doing a dare from Ryan! Gosh you are obnoxious!" he says. Tristan just rolls her eyes and scowls. "Your muscles won't do you any good if you are stupid enough to shoot your head off you dumb lumps! Besides, you should be grateful that I'm here to think for you or face it, you would never have even made it here!"
It seems like she might be the leader of their group, I'll have to watch her, she certainly seems to know how to get what she wants.
We line up in front of targets. Carina shoots a target to demonstrate. She hits the middle and everyone whoops. She smiles and takes a little bow, then gestures for us to start shooting.
The gun feels strange in my hand. Cold and heavy, and as I lift and shoot, loud. It rings in my ears and I shake my head. I shoot again, this time I hit the outer ring of the target. I guess I'm actually pretty good at this!
We shoot for the next hour, and I am one of the best. My keen eyesight helps me hit the target right in the middle almost every time.
We break for lunch and I grab a giant piece of chocolate cake, chicken, grapes, and a soda. I am about to sit with Trinity when I feel someone pull me aside. I breathe in the smell of cinnamon and cloves, and turn around and see Drake. I feel a warm feeling growing inside of me as I look at his soft brown eyes. "Hey Drake." He nods to me. "Hey Tori," and tilts his head in the direction of an empty table.
I walk with him and we sit down. "Look Tori, we need to talk." I'm suddenly confused. "About when I kissed you." Oh no, my heart sinks into my stomach. Oh no now he is going to say something terrible like, 'don't get the wrong idea about us, I don't like you.' Or 'I really don't want to be your boyfriend, so leave me alone.' A million terrible scenarios play over in my head. I hate that I feel this way because I've never been one of those stupid annoying boy obsessed girls. It shouldn't even matter that he's going to say he doesn't like me, because I have more important things to think about. Much more important than Drake.
"I feel really bad about it," Oh no, I groan inside. He is going to say something terrible. "You are such a nice girl and I feel like because of that stupid dare I might have made you think that I'm just a douche" I smile forgivingly. "Oh, no, no I definitely don't think you are douchey at all! Honestly, it's fine," I say. I didn't realize he thought that.
"Oh good, because I really thought I'd screwed up!" he says. I smile and Trinity sees me, she raises her eyebrows and makes a kissy face to tease me.
"I have to go. My friend wants me."
I kiss his cheek and walk over to Trinity.
"Ooh girl! Who was that?" she says to me with a giggle. I smile back.
"That is Drake." I say confidently.
"Well I don't understand how someone can be here for one day and already be so close with someone."
"We know each other from before."
She smile and crosses her arms. "Fine, hold out information on me, I didn't want to know anyways you flirt!" I push her lightly and she sticks out her tongue.
"Whatever Tori! I know you want him," she teases. She puts on an innocent face and says, "We Amity know true affection when we see it checking out our friends."
"Ew, stop!" I say, but I think she's right, I do want him to be more than a friend.
I just have to get up the guts to tell him.
Hey guys! Review and tell me if you like the story so far! Sorry this chapter is all romantic and stuff, usually I do not write like that. I had to edit my entire story thanks to the new information in Allegiant. Anyways, I'll really try to update more often! Sorry for the long wait