Divergent: The Story of Sam
Chapter 7
What the heck happened? It feels like I got hit by a train. I think to myself.
I open my eyes and lift my head to my right, which is extremely painful, and see Zeke with his head on the mattress asleep and he's holding my hand. I look to my right, now I'm biting my lip to ignore the throbbing pain in my head, and I see Eric unconscious with bruises all over him.
I try to move into a more comfortable position and painfully fail.
I hear Zeke grunt and then I see him lift his head and look into my eyes.
"Sam, are you ok?" He asks sleepily but with concern all through his voice.
"Yeah," I say painfully. "How long have I been asleep?"
"About two days."
"Wait, what?" I exclaim with a silent groan. "What happened to Eric?"
"Lily went nuts on him once he kept on punching you in the head. She punched and kicked him a lot and I threw a few good punches before I brought you here. You doing alright?" He asks as I give a brief nod and get out of bed. "Hey hold it. What do you think you're doing?"
"Getting up. I can't stay in bed forever." I say as I groan in my mind. "What time is it?"
"A little after six. If you're feeling good enough to get out of bed then I guess we could go to dinner." He says with a sigh.
We walk out of the hospital and go to the dining hall. He puts his arm over my shoulders protectively and we walk through the doors to the dining hall. We go to our table where Four and Ash are in their normal seats and are laughing at something that I can't hear. We sit down in our normal seats as Four and Ash look at me surprised.
"What?" I ask as I put a confused look on my face.
"I'm just surprised that you're not still in bed." Four says as he looks me from head to toe, probably to see if I'm still in pain.
"And just why are you surprised?" I say a little too defensively.
"Because Eric went all out when he normally doesn't. He could also see how his first punch in the training room affected you."
All I can say is "hmm" and then I grab something to eat.
As soon as the four of us are done eating, we go and find something to do and soon we come across the tattoo parlor.
"You know what; I'm going to get a tattoo." I say and catch the other three off guard.
"Hmm, why not? I'll get one too." Ash says with a smirk.
We walk in and Lily comes over to us.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here?"
"Why do you think?" I say like a smart mouth would, I still haven't lost my Erudite attitude.
Lily just rolls her eyes and motions for us to follow her.
"What tattoo are you wanting and who's getting them?" She asks.
"Ash and I are getting one." I say. "I want the Dauntless tattoo on my left arm and Ash wants the same thing, correct?"
Ash nods as someone else walks in but she comes over to us and says, "Ash?"
"Hey Tori." Ash says as a woman in black walks in.
"Did I just hear your getting a tattoo?" She asks as she puts on a surprised look.
"Well I can't look bad for not getting one when my twin is." He says as I roll my eyes at him and give him a punch on the arm. "Hey!"
"And who's your twin?"
"I am. The names Sam." I say.
"Sam as in the first jumper and the person who beat up Eric in the hallway the night the initiates arrived?" Tori asks as I feel a blush creep up to my cheeks.
"Yes and both of them are my siblings." Lily says.
"Lily! You didn't let me say my line!" I say looking all innocent.
She just sighs and says, "Then say it."
"Fine. Guilty as charged." I say, then we all start laughing.
Once we're all done with our laughing fit, Lily motions for me to follow her and Tori motions for Ash to follow her. Lily leads me to a chair and I sit while she grabs the tattoo necessities.
It took her about 15-20 minutes to do the tattoo, but it was worth it because the tattoo looks better than I expected.
"Wow, aren't you looking sharp?"
"What do you want Eric?" I snap as I turn around to face a bruised Eric, but that only makes him look even more menacing than he actually is.
"I want to talk."
"Like I'd ever talk to you." I snap back looking even fiercer.
"What's going on Sam?" Lily asks as she turns around and faces us. As soon as she turned around her face is turned into a frown and she walks up between us. "I'm not going to say fight as much as you want because that's not the point, if you two can't get along like normal people then stay away from each other."
"That's kind of hard to do since Eric is supposed to watch Four train us." I say.
"How did you know that pipsqueak?" Eric growls and almost lunges at me if it wasn't for Lily.
"Simple, why would a Dauntless leader watch the initiate transfers training unless they were supposed to." I spit out with a cocky grin.
Eric just growls and then leaves, passing Four and Zeke in the process, and I almost laugh at their surprised and angry faces.
"What happened?" Zeke asks as he looks me over to see if I have any more bruises.
"Nothing, he just came to annoy me as usual." I say with a grin, "But that backfired on him."
"Now I can tell that you've grown, Sam." Lily says as she puts her hand on my shoulder.
"It's about time you realized it." I say.
"What's all the commotion about?"
"Nothing." The four of us say as Ash walks up to us.
"Hmm, fine. Come on, let's go." Ash says enthusiastically.
I sigh and we all walk out of the tattoo parlor. I find myself walking beside Four and he looks down at me and gives me a grin and then locks his arm around my neck, lightly, and then ruffles my hair.
"FOUR! FOR THE THIRD TIME, QUIT THAT!"
"Why? It's fun to watch you struggle and get annoyed." He says with his grin widening.
I sigh, roll my eyes, and mutter "Boys," under my breath.
"What time is it?"
"About eight, why?" Ash says.
"Just wondering." I say.
I hear Ash do his signature "Hmm," and then I walk up to Zeke for him to say, "Sam and I are going to leave and be alone. See you later."
He puts his arm around my shoulders and takes me through corridors I don't know and then leads us to a dead end. He turns to me and pulls me into him. He leans his head down and kisses me on the lips, I kiss him back and I'm leaning up against the wall. I feel the concrete against my back and run my hands through his hair while he runs his hands through mine. His arms go around my waist and he lifts me into his arms while still kissing me.
"If you're going to have a make out session then go to your barracks."
We stop kissing, I'm still in Zeke's arms and feel my cheeks light up embarrassingly, and look to where the voice came from and see none other than Eric.
"What do you care? We're in a dead end corridor, so go away." I say annoyed.
"It matters to me because it's after 10." Eric says with a scowl.
"Fine, Jeeze."
Zeke puts me on the ground and puts his arm around my shoulders as he walks on the side of the corridor that Eric's on. Zeke walks me to my barracks and kisses my forehead before he says goodbye and leaves to go to his barracks.
I go in to find everyone asleep, so I decide to change into a pair of black sweats and a black sports shirt and go to bed.
AN: Sorry this is soooooooooo late, but I've been seriously busy with school. I know, that's not a very good excuse, so say what you want in the review. please R&R.