The next morning, I woke up still in the training room. I kept staring at the wall. In less than 3 hours I will have chosen. Do I stick with my original plan and go to Dauntless or do I stay in Abnegation where I know I'm safe. Eventually I stood up and started walking to the Hub. I saw my parents walking on the other side of the road. I saw them smile and nod, but my mother's eyes filled with tears. They knew that I had plans to leave. I couldn't help but wonder if what my father had done in my sim was real. I looked at him and couldn't bring myself to believe that he was bad. I looked at Caleb and thought about what I had seen in the sim. He had always answered the teachers questions in class and he was always reading my father newspapers. I had always though he was preparing to be the best possible Abnegation leader he could be and help as many people as possible. But now… I realised how obvious it was. Caleb was going to change and I couldn't bear to hurt my parents like that. Not after how I imagined they were horrible, even though they weren't. I was choosing Abnegation.
Jeanie Matthews takes the stage and I'm prepared to hear her speech about how the future belongs to those who know where belong. But then she does something that shocks me.
"For years, the Erudite has been hunting people who are divergent. This means that they have an aptitude for more than on faction." Several people in the audience gasp loudly and I almost wonder if they were payed to do that for effect.
"We have come the conclusion that we will never be able to kill all divergent's. So we, the leaders of the factions, have decided to stop hunting you. Divergence is now just a normal thing in our society. We ask that divergent's thing carefully about their faction choice because you may not be happy if you aren't in the right faction. Thank you." Matthews sits down and I'm in shock
"Beatrice Prior." I heard Marcus call my name. I walked up to the stage and took the knife. I raised my hand over the bowl and saw Marcus smile I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw my parents grinning evilly to each other. Then I saw it. I was about to join a faction where a child was abused and no one even noticed. They promoted selflessness and yet they weren't selfless they were letting a child be hurt by giving people privacy. Jeanie's words float past my memory, I wont be happy in Abnegation, my best shoot at life, its in Dauntless, with or without Tobias. And when I remembered all the hurt that Tobias had gone through… I swung my hand over the Dauntless coals and let my blood fall. I walked tall and proud over to the Dauntless sector and stood waiting for the last people to make their choice. When they did I ran to the front, and was the first one on the train. I sat in silence waiting for our arrival at the Dauntless Compound and as I did I thought of Tobias. In the sim this is where I found him again and where I started been brave again. I'm not even sure how I got onto the roof but suddenly everyone else had jumped and I was left with Max and tears were pouring down my checks.
"Jezz Stiff are you that scared?" He asked
"Not scared just… memories." I said Max looked at me strangely but jumped. I counted to 10 and then followed him over. When I looked up out of the net I smiled. It was a beautiful. I felt the net move under me and a set of arm grab mine and pull me to the edge. I looked past the person and saw all of Dauntless standing before me. Then I looked at my instructor. His eyes were locked on my face and tears were gathering in his eyes. His eyes were the darkest blue I'd ever seen, but I thought I'd never see them again.
"Tobias…" I whisper. He pulled me off the net and into his arms. My legs wrap instantly around his waist as he pulls me in. He kisses me softly at first, just brushing his lips against mine, like he's afraid touching me will break me or make me disappear. As soon as his lips touch mine though, he kisses me harder with more passion and desire. I kiss back entwining my fingers in his short hair. His hands are spread wide on my back like he's trying to touch as much of me as possible. I can feel our tears running down both of our faces and eventually pull back to breathe. I look at his eyes and smile. I un wind my legs from his body and stand on my own feet. He kisses me on the forehead and wraps his arms around me. I smile and close my eyes. Even in the sim when I found Tobias again, I didn't feel this alive or in love. We're interrupted by a loud cough. I pull back and Tobias turns to face the Dauntless, his arm still firmly wrapped around my waist.
"Four, Explain." Commands Max. Tobias looks down at me, silently asking how much to tell him. I nod slightly and he turns back to Max.
"Tris and I were best friends in Abnegation. We started dating a year before I left. A little while after initiation, Tris's father came and told me that she had died getting on a train to come see me on visiting day."
"My father told me that Tobias had been coming to see me and had missed the train when he jumped and died. And then when I had my aptitude test, my administrator let my simulation run wild and Tobias was alive in Dauntless and we got engaged and our fathers tried to make us return to Abnegation and it was really weird. And then when I woke up, I realised that Tobias wasn't alive and I was going to stay in Abnegation but then I remembered something and I decided to come here." Max looked strangely at us.
"Well… I can't really stop you two being together if the relationship evolved prior to initiation and Tris doesn't get any unfair advantages. "We grinned and Toby picked me up and spun me around, kissing me softly.
"Half the reason I'm letting this happen is because you made him, smile and cry in less than 10 minutes. I don't know if I've ever seen Four smile or cry."
"The ones you love and do that to you." Tobias said.
"Come on initiates. You're all sharing a dorm this year so Lauren and I'll show you where it is." Called out Tobias. He moved his arm so that it was over my shoulders and he kept leaning down to kiss me on the forehead. When we arrived at the dorms, they were exactly as I'd seen them in my sim. Everyone dashed in to find beds. I didn't really care so I took a bed close to the door. Soon after, Tobias led us to the dining hall. We both walked towards the array of hamburgers and Dauntless cake. We sat at our table eating when Christina, Will, Uriah, Marlene and Lynn came over. Uriah looked confident and casually sat down. The others looked nervously and stayed standing.
"Your sim was let run wild to?" I asked Uriah. He nodded and I laughed. The others all sat down upon seeing our ease with each other.
"So you saw the future?" Asked Christina eagerly
"Not exactly. I think it was a possible future. In it I didn't recognise Tobias until after the first stage of training. The places were the same and people looked the same but the events and the order they happened in were different." Christina smiled and nodded. We talked about mindless things like our families and things that didn't relate to mine or Uriah's sim. That night when I went to bed, I had the same feeling I did before I woke up from the sim. But this time I knew that it was real.
Thanks to everyone who is still with this story even after my very extended break! Thanks to everyone who reads, reviews, follows and favourites! ILYSM
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Lizzy
