( all characters are based off of the the films) (as per usual all rights to the lady Veronica Roth)
I grab myself a bag of chips and some chicken strips and head back to my apartment to get changed. I pull on my sweats and running shoes and grab a bottle of water from the fridge. Gym bag in hand I lock up and head to the training room. There are a couple of people checking out the list but other than that it's relatively quiet. I stretch and do from free weights when I feel someone standing behind me. I turn around and am face to face with Four.
"Hey." He says to me. "I just wanted to say thank you for covering for me today, do you want to go have a beer or something after dinner?" I look at him dumbfounded we have hated each other for years. "Sure." I say and he walks away leaving me to complete my reps. I wipe my facce and begin to run. It feels so nice to be on the track... I internally remind myself to change my alarm back to 6 because running and working out makes me feel alive, and I need that when I wake up more so than in the middle of the day.
I go back to my apartment and shower and get dressed for my night out. I don jeans, a dark grey t-shirt, my leather biking jacket, and my black converse within minutes I am out the door heading to dinner. I grab myself a steak, baked potato and 2 pieces of corn on the cob and make my way to a table when I hear my name being called. I turn my head in that direction and Four and Zeke motion for me to come over to their table and sit with them. I roll my eyes and go over to them only just remembering that I promised Zeke and Shauna that we would have dinner together tonight.
AS soon as I sit down I feel a heavy weight on my shoulders. I look around and Shauna is currently attached to my back like a monkey. "You never sit with us!" she yells in my ear and then proceeds to punch me in my arm. "I told you I was going to have dinner with you guys tonight, remember last night when you were at my apartment. Which reminds me, I love you but please do not touch my alarm clock again." At this Zeke starts laughing I should have known it was him.
"Anyway, " I say. "Four and I are going to go for a drink or two after when we are done here, you guys should join us." I hear "Okay." come towards me in stereo and they both starts laughing. We finish our dinner and make our way to the pit where the bar is located. I tell Four to find us a pool table and make my way to the bar to get us a pitcher and some shots of Jameson. After finding the pool table that they have choosen I set down the alcohol and we all take a shot and then Shauna pours out the beer. "Alright, who has first game?" Four says. At this Shauna jumps up and says, "Ooh, Ooh we should play doubles." Four and I immediately look at each and in unison say, "no way."
Four tells Shauna and Zeke to take first game and he will play the winner and then I can play the winner of that game and so on and so forth. After 5 or 6 games, by that point I was a little tipsy so I lost count, I look at the clock and see that it is like 11:30 so I tap the table and say, "I'm out!" Four is also done by this point so we walk back towards the living quarters together and I must say it is nice not fighting with him.
As we are getting close to the chasm, we look at each other as we hear a scream echoing off the walls and immediately sprint towards the sound. What we see causes my stomach to drop. There are 3 people holding Tris over the chasm, she is blindfolded but Four and I can clearly see the perpetrators. Peter has his hand on her breast and is trying to do more. Al has his arms around her waist holding her over the ledge and Drew has his hand over her mouth, she bites him and screams again.
Four and I finally get there and I punch Peter in the back of the head taking him by surprise. He turns to run and yells, "I'll get you, you fucking bitch, and don't you forget it." Four is following him as he runs. I turn back to the scene before me and Al has pulled Tris back over the railing and dropped her on the floor where she is hyperventillating. I turn to him and punch him square in the jaw and he rises and quickly follows Peter towards the dorms. Finally, I approach Drew as he tries to hide in a corner.
I drag him up to eye level and am currently taking all my anger out on him, when he falls to the floor I kick him until he is no longer moving. Four comes back at this time and I tell him to take Drew to the infirmary and inform him that Tris and I will be at my apartment. I pull her into my arms and head that way. She is gasping for air trying her hardest to remain calm, but is having a very hard time. We get to the hallway and I unlock the door and deposit her onto the couch and go and get her a glass of water.
I hand it to her but she completely bypasses the glass and grabs my wrist and pulls me down to the couch with her. I put the water on the coffee table and pull her into my arms. She climbs onto my lap and buries her face in the dip in my neck. At the exact moment there is a knock at the door. I know it is Four but I put her back on the couch as carefully as possible and get up to answer the door. As I predicted it is Four so I look at him look back at her when I realize that her clothes are torn. I turn back to Four and say, "Does Lauren happen to have some clothes that she can borrow for the night, she is going to staying here until we can get things sorted out?" He nods his head and says, "I'll ask." and turns to go talk to his girlfriend.
Five minutes later he is back at the door with everything she will need. I look at him and say, "tell her thank you for me please." He nods at me and turns to go but abruptly stops. "If you need anything else you know where I am." I say thank you and close the door. I hand the clothes to Tris and show her to the bedroom/bathroom area. While she is doing whatever she is doing I grab my communication device and message Max and let him know about what happened and that we will both be taking a recovery day. He says okay and that he will have some meals sent to my apartment as he knows how sparse food is in my place. At that I kind of laugh. I plug in my comm. device to charge.
I turn because I hear the door open and she is standing before me in sweat pants and a tank top. I am about to tell her that she is beautiful when she falls to the floor and starts sobbing. I rush over to her and hold her to chest running my fingers through her hair all the while telling her that it is going to be okay and that she is safe. I pick her up with me and take her to the couch so we can sit together or whatever she needs to do to feel that she is okay. After a moment she says, "I don't understand, Al was my friend." with that another round of tears start. I pull her chin up so that she is looking me in the eyes and say, "he was threatened by you, by the fact that you are doing so well in Stage 2 and he is doing the worst. I bet Peter talked him into though preying on his insecurities. The fact of the matter is that you were born to be Dauntless and he is too soft. Max is going to take care of things in the morning but, you can stay here as long as you want. I cleared my schedule for tomorrow and you are not expected at the fear sims either so we can just stay here together if that is what you want to do."
I look down at her and smile and out of nowhere she looks back at me and the next thing I know she is kissing me, a soft gentle kiss. I have had many kisses in my time but this is the first one that reaches deep into my soul. I don't want it to end. She pulls away a little bit and says, "I've wanted to do that for week, that is the best first kiss a girl could ever ask for." I smile at her and lean my head in for another but she breathes into my neck, "let's not go to too fast okay?" I pull away and look at her. "Okay." I say and move away from her. She grabs my arm and attempts to slide me back over. "I didn't mean that part." she says and we both laugh. I lean in and kiss her cheek and then draw her into my lap.
"Do you want to watch a movie?" I ask her. Her eyes light up and when I ask her why she says that she has never seen a movie before. I pull Kill Bill out of the cupboard because I know she will appreciate it the way that I do and put it in the player. I stretch out on the couch with her tucked into my side and about a quarter of the way through the movie her breathing has evened out and I know she is asleep. I lift her into my arms and stand up. The movement wakes her and for a second her eyes widen but then they soften as she remembers where she is. I lay her down on the better assuring her that I will sleep on the couch. Her eyes get sad for a second and she shakes her head and pats the bed.
Admitting defeat I remove my shirt and crawl into my bed beside her and immediately she wraps around me like a snake looking for a warm stone. As soon as the rise and fall of my breathing lull her to sleep I lay there beside her stroking her back and humming slightly so she stays in her dream world. After hearing her adorable snores and smiling to myself at how I got so lucky, I myself drift off to sleep.