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CHAPTER 10
PAM POV
By eight o'clock we are all sitting on the dark hallway leaning against the cold wall, waiting to be called in for our simulations. I couldn't sleep thinking about my simulation yesterday. I remember all those rats around, one of my biggest fears.
After some waiting, Tris opens the door and walk outside. She looks at the crowd in front of her. I see the shiny ring in her finger and smile a little to myself. I think it's something beautiful they are getting married. Her eyes land on me "Come in Pam" she says. She turns on her heel and walks back into the room, with me following.
I already know what I have to do. I quickly say good morning to Four, who is arranging some things in the computer, and sit down on the cold chair in front of me. I close my eyes because I already know what follows, Tris injects me with this strange serum and I drift off.
TRIS POV
Pam is sitting in a small stool in a big stage, with a huge crowd around her. She is holding a small paper. A woman in the public yells at her. "Start with the presentation. We don't have much time." Pam stares at the paper in her hands and shivers. After a moment she starts to speak "My name is Pamela Adnis…" she says in a shaky voice. Suddenly she starts crying and every time she tries to continue she stares at the crowd and shivers. She has stage fright. After some time of Pam trying to read and the people in the crowd yelling mean things at her, Pam finally wakes up.
She is not crying, she is shaking and her teeth are clenched. She quickly stands up and slowly walks towards the door. I call the next person, Charlotte.
Her fear was kind of boring. It took Charlotte ten minutes to wake up. When she finally did, she didn't cry, or shake or breathe heavily; she just left as quickly as she entered.
When it's finally lunch time, Tobias and I leave the room hand in hand. We pass the drugstore and I see Florence leaving the room with a small blue box in her hand. I recognize what it is immediately. A pregnancy test. Oh my god. Is she pregnant? I can't believe this. But anyways I shouldn't jump to conclusions so easily. I push the thought of my head and walk into the cafeteria with Tobias.
FLORENCE POV
I'm waiting for the results to show. This crap takes too long. I just want to know if I'm pregnant or not. I stare at it, like I have for more than three minutes now. I can't believe I was so irresponsible. I do like Uriah but I regret sleeping with him. A lot. Finally the results show up. It says positive. I'm having a baby?! With Uriah?! This can't be happening. Before I know I'm crying. I drop to the floor and I cry until I ran out of tears. When I calm down, I stand up and throw the fucking pregnancy test into the thrash can. I leave the bathroom and head for the cafeteria. Now I have to tell Uriah and my mom and my dad and my brother. Great.
I walk into the cafeteria and the first person I see is Uriah. I don't know what to say, so I just keep walking towards the table were my friends are sitting. I'll figure a way to tell him during lunch.
URIAH POV
I leave the cafeteria after eating a double cheese burger. Christina and I have to continue with the simulations. I turn the corner to the simulation room when I hear some footsteps behind me. I turn around and see Florence. She is not wearing her though expression. She looks sad. "Hey" I say causally. "Uriah I have to tell you something" she answers in a serious tone.
"Yeah, what sup?"
"Well, Today… I realized I'm… pregnant" she says slowly looking at the floor, and I see tears in her eyes.
"What?" Is all I manage to say.
"Don't play stupid!" she says as she cries "I slept with you the night of the party! And you know that, so if you are trying to convince me this baby is not yours then fuck you cause you and me both know it's true!" she adds still crying. I'm surprised how she can be so though while she cries.
"Well Florence I know it's true and I'm not trying to convince you of anything"
"Then you will help me with this thing or what?" she asks aggressively pointing at her stomach. She called the baby a thing. I know she is just nervous and she didn't mean it so I pretend I heard nothing.
"Of course I will, Flo" I say as I hug her. She stops crying and hugs me too. Before I know it, I am kissing her. And she is kissing back, which makes it better. When we pull away I see she is smiling. Even tough it was a shock and I am not ready, it makes me happy to know I'm going to be a dad.
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TOBIAS POV
The next morning, I wake up really early. Tris is sleeping quietly next to be, je beautiful blond hair all over her face. I kiss her cheek and get up to take a shower. When I'm done, I hear someone knocking on the door. I open without checking who is it.
Zeke. "Hey man" he says in a serious and not-so-Zeke tone. "Hey" I answer.
"You heard about my brother? That idiot got an initiate knocked up!" He says with frustration. Wow that girl is pregnant? I can't believe it, but I decide to keep it casual, otherwise he might become more frustrated.
"Well, that's a big thing" I say trying to act natural. "I know. They will keep it a secret until the end of initiation" He says shacking his head. "Well at least Uriah is doing the right thing, I mean take responsibility" I say shrugging. "You are right, but he is still and idiot" he answers more relaxed. I laugh a little and hear a noise inside the apartment. Tris must have woken up. "See you later then, and good luck with Uriah" I say. He laughs "See ya, go take care of your lady" he answers; he must have noticed I want to see Tris already.
When he leaves I close the door and walk into the apartment. Tris is sitting in bed, stretching. "Good morning" I say as I kiss her cheek. "Morning" she answers between a yawn. I bring her some coffee and head of to the simulation room to get some things ready while I wait for Tris and the initiates to arrive.
TRIS POV
After I take a shower, fix my hair, brush my teeth and dress up, I am ready. I leave the room and look at my watch. I have ten minutes before the initiates arrive. I walk to the simulation room quickly. When I get there I see some of the initiates are already waiting outside the room. I enter and give Tobias a kiss. I take out a box with a syringe and call the first initiate in. The first one today is Mark. His simulations are always really creepy. He walks in the room like a robot and lays down on the chair. I inject him with the serum.
Mark is standing in a classroom. He is dressed as an erudite, blue shirt and jeans. He is also wearing glasses. I notice he is the only person in the room. Suddenly a bunch of boys and girls enter the classroom and start picking on Mark, throwing him pencils, pulling his hair. This goes on for some minutes until Mark abruptly wakes up and rushes for the door.
Next up is Monic. Her fears are long and boring, so I don't pay much attention. While Tobias arranges some things in the computer before we call in Monic, he tells me about Zeke telling him that Uriah got an initiate pregnant. Florence. Oh my God. This is shocking. I was right. I'll go over and talk to him after lunch. I wonder what he thinks about this.
Monic walks into the room, and after I inject her with the serum, the simulation starts. Monic is standing at the pit, suddenly I appear, holding hands with Four. What?! Suddenly we kiss and she starts yelling and trying to push us apart, but there is a glass wall that appears between Monic, and Four and I. Suddenly other pople appear, they all are doing something that makes Monic nervous. But she can never reach the person because a glass stops her. She is afraid of other people getting what she wants, and me having Four is an example. What a superficial fear. After some minutes of this she wakes up. I notice she is kind of embarrassed. I would make a comment like nice fear or did you enjoy watching the simulation kiss? But I know simulations are hard for initiates. So I don't say anything.
At lunch time, we leave the room and head for the cafeteria like everyday. Only this time we see Uriah and Florence kissing, they are probably trying to hide, but they didn't pick a good place. I can see them. I am happy for Uriah; he's got a girlfriend and is going to be a dad. Probably not what he planned, but I know he is happy anyways.