I couldn't believe it I came 3rd… And I turned around and saw that Elis, Brooke, Meg and Liv were all grinning at me. "I'm soo happy for you!" Meg squealed, pulling me into a hug. "Thank you, congratulations you did really well!" I smiled. That's when I noticed… Elis was holding Shane's hand… Elis must of seen my gaze because she pulled back her hand and blushed. "You two together?" I asked wiggling my eyebrows. "Yeah…" Shane grinned. "We were waiting till the end of initiation, in case one of us didn't make it. But we did!" Elis laughed. I turned around to congratulate Liv but before I could even say 'congratulations' she pulled me into a massive bear hug. "Thank you, thank you for being such a great friend. I was scared I would be alone in initiation. But thanks to you and Meg I wasn't." Liv whispered, my eyes watered. "It's ok. I am glad I made any friends at all, I struggle with that kind of stuff anyway!" I laughed.
We all sat at a table in quite an awkward silence with some of Shane's new friends. I glanced around the table and noticed that everyone except Elis and Shane were talking. "So, happy you're not factionless?" A boy with Blonde hair and caramel eyes said. I think his name was Darren. "what a way to start a conversation…" I smirked. "Sorry, well at least I'm trying to make conversation." Darren shrugged. I chuckled silently. "Tasha Isn't it? What job are you going to pick?" He asked me. "Erm… I don't quite know yet. I thought about working in the tattoo parlor. That seems cool enough." I shrugged. "Yeah, that sounds nice… If you do I want to be your first customer." Darren beamed. "Well I'm sorry but, I'm afraid I have already decided that I'm going to be her first customer." Liv smiled. "That's not fair!" Darren exclaimed, knitting his eyebrows together. "Well for starters I've known her longer." Liv explained. "Well you were both transfers and I was a dauntless born so I can't help that." Darren sighed, he turned to look at me. "Please…" Darren whined looking into my eyes. But before I could promise him anything Meg interrupted him. "Darren could I speak to you for a minute… Somewhere private." Meg grinned. Darren nodded getting from his seat and followed Meg out the cafeteria. "What does Meg want to tell Darren that she doesn't want to tell us?" I wandered out loud. "Maybe she likes him…" Brooke smirked, and we all burst out laughing. "What? Elis asked, curiously. "Well Brooke recons Meg likes… Darren!" I said in between giggles. And then Elis and Shane both began to laugh.
It was hard to keep a straight face when Meg and Darren came back in and Meg noticed as I silently chuckled. "What?" She asked dubiously. But before I could answer someone grabbed me by the shoulders. I jumped out of my seat and stood before Christina who wasn't holding back her laughter. "Did I make you jump?" She asked, although I think it was pretty clear she did. "Just a bit…" I said. "I just wanted to congratulate you for not becoming factionless!" She cheered, pulling me into a hug. "I wouldn't want to lose you again." Christina whispered into my ear. "You're the only family I have right now; I wasn't planning on letting you go that easily!" I grinned. "We are your family. All of us, Dauntless is your new family." She smiled. "I love my new family!" I smiled. "Oh and by the way there is a party at Uriah's tonight, and you and your friends are all invited." Christina squealed. "A party?" Meg asked. "Yeah!" Christina laughed, as Meg nodded at Darren. I had to balance on the table for support because I was laughing that much. "You ok Tasha?" Meg asked. "Yeah." I said avoiding her eyes as I knew I would start laughing immediately when I saw them. Meg got up and walked over to Christina and whispered something into her ear, making Christina's eyes widen as she stared at Darren. "Ok, the party is in an hour… And I'm stealing Tasha…" Christina beamed. What was going on between Meg and Darren, didn't she trust me enough to tell me?
I walked with Christina into her apartment, and as I walked through the door I waved at Will who was talking to Tris and Four. Christina took me into her room and plunked me in front of the mirror and began Brushing my hair. "I love what you did with your hair!" Christina grinned. "Thanks." I smiled. After a few minutes Christina put my hair in a fishtail plait at the side of my head leaving my side fringe skimming my eyes. Tris came in and Christina whispered something into her ear and then she handed Christina a black bag. Which she peeked into and gasped, "It's going to look amazing on her!" Was I missing something? Before I could ask Tris set to work on my makeup and left Christina digging through her wardrobe. "Well done on coming 3rd. Do you know what job you're going to pick?" Tris asked. "I'm not sure yet but I was thinking of working in the tattoo parlor." I told her. "That sounds cool, don't you want to be an instructor?" She asked curiously. "Yeah but they already have you, Four, Christina and Uriah. And you're all really good at it." I said. "But what If I told you that Four was becoming a leader?" Tris smirked. "I don't know, it would be fun but there will be other people that want to be an instructor." I said. "Well the people ranked the highest get first pick, and most people choose to be Leaders and stuff like that… And it would be cool, me, you, Christina and Uriah!" Tris laughed. "Maybe." I smiled, admiring my makeup. I had smoky eyes and a dark red lipstick. Christina emerged from her wardrobe with a pair of cute black flats. "Here take this and get changed. They are for you." Christina grinned handing me the black bag and shoes.
I walked into the bathroom and pulled out a black midi dress with a gold belt from the black bag. I slipped off my clothes and got changed into my new outfit, it was amazing. But it wasn't complete without my leather jacket so I kept that on over my dress. The flats fitted perfectly and looked amazing with my outfit, I walked back into the bedroom where Tris and Christina had now changed clothes and were applying their makeup. Christina stared at me, "You look amazing!" And broke out into a fit of giggles and her and Tris exchanged glances. Well It was obvious that they knew something I didn't, and I think it was about what Meg said to Christina at lunch. "Is there something I should know?" I asked, trying not to sound too curious. But neither Tris nor Christina told me what they knew, they just walked into the Living room with me. "Well done on getting 3rd place." Will smiled. "Thanks." I grinned. "So we're ready to go?" Four asked. "Yeah!" Christina squealed.
We all walked down the corridor to Uriah's but before we saw his apartment we heard it. Music was playing and I think it was 'Beating heart' By Ellie Golding. When we walked in we were greeted by Uriah, I spotted Meg so I said goodbye to Christina and Tris and made my way to Meg. "Hey. You look nice, trying to impress anyone?" I said wiggling my eyebrows. "No…" Meg started. "Come on I want to dance, these lot aren't really dancers…" She laughed, dragging me and Liv onto the dance floor.
I had lost track of the time whilst dancing and I hadn't realized that Brooke and Elis were gone. But I didn't mind, tonight was the best time I'd had in a long time. Me, Meg and Liv went and got something to drink. "That's the most fun I've had in ages!" I laughed. "Yeah, me too." Meg grinned. "Same here but its nearly one, we should go…" Liv said. "Ok, 1 sec let's just go say bye to our friends." I smiled.
I walked over to Christina. "I'm going now, thanks for everything" I grinned. "It's ok!" She giggled. "I'm going now, Bye Tris!" I smiled. "Bye!" She called after me as I walked out the door with Meg and Liv.
"Thanks for a great night." I smiled at Meg and Liv climbing onto my bunk. "It's ok." Liv smiled. "Night." I said. "Night." She and Meg replied.
Tonight was the first night I could sleep peacefully, without having to worry about anything. And it was a good feeling. I sat upright and was confused at the scene in front of me. Everyone was packing their things into bags, and people were asking each other where their things were. Meg was packing all her stuff too. "What's going on?" I asked. "We are moving into our new apartments today." She beamed. "Oh…" I nodded, getting out of bed. I shoved all of my clothes into a bag and quickly got changed. Just in time, because before I knew it Tris and Four were in here. "We have your apartment keys and we need to ask you what jobs you want, because we are meant to be taking them in this morning." Four announced.
Tris handed me keys to apartment 204 and I told her that I wanted to work in the tattoo parlor. She took her time writing it down; it took twice as long as it should've taken…
I moved my bag into my new apartment and unpacked quickly running to breakfast. God I was hungry. I grabbed some bacon and eggs and slumped down next to Darren. "Like your apartments?" I asked. I got smiles of everyone. I guess that was a yes. "Is anyone apartment 203 or 205?" I asked. "Yeah. I'm apartment 205." Liv smiled. "That's a relief oh I was worried I'd be miles away from my friends!" I sighed. I finished off my breakfast and Tris walked over. "Hey guys. You will know what jobs you have tomorrow morning, because that's when you start them." She announced, and walked off. "Anybody want to come round to mine?" I asked. And everyone decided to come.
I let everyone in. "Welcome… To my haunted house!" I laughed hysterically. "Wow… Your apartment is way bigger than mine…" Liv noted. "Oh… I didn't know that." I said. I walked into the living area and noticed that there was a shiny object under my Television. "What's that?" I asked. "It's an x-box. My brother had one when he passed initiation, I can set it up for you if you want." Shane offered. "Sure." I grinned.
After Shane had set up the x-box we all took it in turns to play black ops, there were only four controllers. We spent the entire day crowded round the Television playing on the x-box and I must of fallen asleep, because I woke to a loud knock on my door.
I sat up and saw that everyone was asleep, in the positions they were last night. The knocking got louder and then there was a shout. "Open the door! Wake up!" I ran to the door and opened it to Tris. "You will be working in the tattoo parlor with me, and Training initiates…" She grinned. "But I didn't say I wanted to train initiates." I whined. "Don't worry you'll be fine." She smiled. I let her in and she told everyone their jobs and where they had to be.
I followed Tris to the tattoo parlor, "Wait you work here?" I asked. "Yes, with Tori." She smiled. "I didn't know that." I said. "I guess I'll have to show you the ropes" Tris said.
Let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions for the other initiate's jobs ) I hope you liked the chapter - T
