Sorry, this one took a bit longer to write. It was my birthday yesterday so didn't manage to write any then!
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Exhale, throw. The knife hits the centre of the board.
"Not bad, Stiff." Tobias says in his instructor voice.
I turn to face Tobias and when I exhale again I throw the knife so it pins his t-shirt to the wall.
"Better than 'not bad' I'd say! Wouldn't you agree?" I say smirking.
"Still not as good as me though." He answers mischievously, removing the knife from the wall.
He moves to stand next to me and we throw our next knives at the same time; both hitting dead centre. I smile to myself: I am pleased with the progress I have made so far. I started out hitting the centre only around once out of fifteen throws. Now I rarely miss.
"Time to train with a gun now, I think."
Tobias brings over two guns. He teaches me through it again, repeating what he told me when I first came here. I press the trigger and, even though I have done it before, the force still shocks me and I stumble back a bit.
"Here. I'll help you." Tobias moves behind me and covers my arms with his. His chest is pressed against my back and I can feel his legs on either side of me. He bends down slightly, resting his chin on my shoulder. All I can hear is our breathing before Tobias places his lips to my right ear and tells me to pull the trigger when I exhale. Just like when I throw the knives. I try to concentrate on aiming, instead of his body surrounding me. I close one eye slowly and aim. I take a long breathe in when Tobias does and when we both exhale I pull the trigger. This time I am ready for the impact afterwards, and so is Tobias, so we both stay rooted to the spot. I take a look at the board and grin ecstatically when I see we managed to hit nearly dead centre.
I turn around and Tobias' arms fall down to rest on the small of my back. "Look how well we did!"
"How well you did, you mean? I just held you steady." He smiles proudly. "Congratulations Six. All you need now is practice."
"Six?" I ask quizzically. Then I remember that that is how many fears I now have. I remember him calling me that once before. I like it. "Six." I say confirming the nickname this time.
"Maybe people could call us Ten!" Tobias jokes. I give him a questioning look, not fully understanding. I mean it's been a fairly long, exhausting day... "You know, because Four plus Six makes Ten? Honestly, Tris! Can't you count?" Tobias chuckles at his own joke.
Realisation hits me. Oh. "Ha, ha." I say sarcastically.
"I'm sorry." Tobias apologises, "That was mean. See, I told you I struggled with being kind like the Amity." He advances towards me with his arms open, aiming to embrace me. I try to keep a blank face as I duck under one of his arms and use my foot on his shin to trip him over. Catching him off guard causes him to fall flat on his face. I stare wide eyed for a second before I double up with laughter. As if Tobias being tripped up by girl wasn't enough, his face was. I collapse to the floor overcome with laughter which earns me a stitch. Out the corner of my eye I see Tobias crawling over to me. I begin to move away but I don't manage to be fast enough as I'm still in hysterics.
Tobias straddles my hips and grabs both my wrists and pins them above my head with one hand. I finally stop laughing when he advises, "You should say sorry Tris." His expression tells me he's serious but his eyes tell me different.
"What if I'm not sorry?" I say, a smile playing around my lips.
"Then I'll have to make you..." Before I have time to process what he has said, he uses his free hand to tickle me. I gasp and choke on the laugh that threatens to break through my throat. I try to keep it in for as long as possible before I can no longer help it and I start to giggle uncontrollably. The pain in my chest increases again. Too much laughing for one day, I think.
"Okay, okay! I'm sorry! Tobias, I'm sorry!" I practically cry. I relax into the floor when he stops tickling me. He releases my arms and bends down, kissing me on the lips. I kiss him back.
"Mmm. I forgive you." Tobias whispers, his lips brushing against mine as he talks.
The door bursts open and Uriah and Zeke stand in the doorway. "Woah. Sorry guys! I thought this was the training room... Oh wait. It is the training room!" Jokes Uriah. I practically push Tobias off me, scrambling to get up. Tobias sniggers; apparently not as embarrassed as I am. When I've recovered I ask what the brothers are doing here.
"We came to find you two. We knew you were supposed to be training, ready for the initiates. We came to ask if you wanted to join us: we're going to go swimming! So, are you in?" Zeke explains excitedly.
"Really? Swimming?" Tobias Teases.
"Well, I'm in!" I exclaim whilst shooting Tobias a look.
Tobias caves, "Well I am too then."
"Okay, be at the train at 5pm. Don't forget to bring a towel and swimwear. Especially you, Four, we're not going skinny dipping!" Zeke taunts. I stifle a laugh after seeing Tobias' face. "Woah, chill Four. It was just a joke. I was just mess-" Zeke is cut off as Tobias tackles him to the ground. Uriah takes this oppertunity to jump on top of them both and join in. I saunter out the room calling a 'seeya later' over my shoulder.
At 5pm I stand waiting for the train along with many others, most of them I know the names of. I have a bag slung over my shoulder with a towel each for me and Tobias and some underwear since I have my bikini already on underneath my clothes. Christina, Will, Marlene, Lynn and Uriah stand along side me. I look to the right of me and see Tobias surrounded by his friends: Zeke, Lauren, Shauna and a few others. I take note of how close Shauna is to Tobias and I feel jealousy rise up inside me, which is unlike me. I must be more attatched to Tobias than I thought...
They picked a good evening for swimming. The air is humid and I'm ready to jump in to the water right now. I feel sweat covering my forehead and wipe it off with the back of my hand. I hear the train approaching and ready myself to jump on. As an empty carriage passes me I use one of the handles to swing myself up and into the train. I hear a thud to the left of me and turn to see Uriah has joined me in this carriage. I walk to the corner and watch as a few others join us, however non of them I am great friends with.
Luckily the train ride is quite short and before long I jumping of the train. I land fairly graciously, Uriah grinning beside me.
"Excited?" I ask, his mood beginning to rub off on me.
"Hell yes! Are you?" He exclaims.
"I am now." I aswer truthfully.
I scower the area for Tobias. I find him easily but his expression perplexes me. It's half outraged, half embarrassed. When his eyes meet mine his expression turns to one of concern. He jogs over to me, taking one of my hands in his.
"What's wrong?" I ask slightly worried now.
"It's..." He glances behind him. "I'll tell you when we're alone. I promise." I accept this for now.
"Okay."
"Come on then." We set off, following the crowd. I can feel Tobias' hand sweating, he briefly removes his hand from mine to wipe it on his shorts before gavering my hand in his again. I am troubled now, grasping desperatley at anything that might have upset him. When I come up with nothing I conclude that it must have been something that happened on the train. He was fine before he boarded it.
When we reach the beach, I lay our towels down next to each other and sit down on one. Tobias sits next to me, his shoulder touching mine.
"Tris. You have to promise to hear me out first. And don't freak out."
"Okay..." I say hesitantly.
"Remember that I love you." He says softly. "Okay, so first, I missed the carriage that you are boarded. So I jumped onto the next one. Along with Shauna." Jealousy rages inside me, threatening to take control, as I guess where this story is leading. However I keep it down as I promised I would hear him out. "So I sat down and Shauna came an sat down beside me; closer than I expected. We talked for a little while before all of a sudden Shauna made a move on me. She... Kissed me." I feel a tear run down my cheek. "Tris! Tris, don't cry! No. I didn't kiss her back! I swear Tris. Please believe me. You have to." I nod trying to comprehend this. Tobias reaches over to wipe my tears away. I let him, my face staying emotionless. I try to absorb his words.
"Tris, please." He begs. That's when I break down, callapsing against him. He stays quiet for a while, just stroking my hair. This soothes me and I regain control myself. I nod against Tobias' chest. He sighs as he realises that this means that I trust him. That I believe him.
"I'm sorry." I apologise, "I don't know what came over me."
"It's okay, you've been under a lot of stress recently. Let's just forget that happened. How about we go swimming now? I can see Uriah and Lynn are already in the water."
"O-OK." I stutter. I remove my clothing and Tobias removes his t-shirt. Tobias begins to jog towards the water.
"Come on slow poke!" I run after him into the cold water.
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