A/N- chapter 13 was the last chapter I had pre written, so now I am just going to update as I complete each chapter. Some days will have more updates than others now.
Sound good?
anyway, I just almost cried. I was on Instagram a minute ago and this one racehorse I really liked, Dancing With Fate, got in an accident and died a few days ago. I was just getting over that when this one account I'm following posted a picture of his empty stall.
THAT IS NOT OKAY
Also, don't hate me if this chapter sucks. I wrote most of it with a writers block.
Just warning you.
one last thing, thank you for the almost 8.5K people who took the time to read this story and the 19.2K who read Afire Love. Thank you all.
I'm done now.
Disclaimer- I own nothing.
Tris' POV:
The next morning when I wake up, Tobias is not on the floor where he slept last night. I didn't want him to sleep on the floor, but he insisted and I eventually gave in.
I get out of Tobias' bed and walk over to the mirror hanging on his wall. I stand on my toes to look at my reflection in it. I look awful. The cuts on my neck and cheek are all red and swollen. The bump on my head is awful and painful too. I look terrible.
I hear the bathroom door open and Tobias walks out, his hair still glistening with shower water. He smiles when he sees me up.
"Hey." He walks over to me and kisses my forehead. "How are you feeling?"
"Awful. I look even worse too." I reply with a sigh.
"That is not true. You still look beautiful, Tris."
I laugh at that statement. "Yeah right. I'm not beautiful. I don't know why you like me when you could have any girl in Dauntless that are so much prettier and better than me."
"Oh yeah, and Tris?" Tobias asks and I look up at him. "I'm pregnant."
"What?" I ask.
"I thought that we were stating things that are impossible." I lean over and wrap my arms around Tobias. He wraps his arms around me and rests his head on mine. "I really don't like it when you put yourself down like that, Tris. You're beautiful to me. I don't want any other girl. I want you. You're beautiful and selfless and brave. I couldn't ask for anyone better."
"I'm not brave." I shake my head and look up into Tobias' blue eyes. "I'm a coward. The only reason I came to Dauntless is because I had to get away from my father who I was too much of a coward I didn't even try to stand up to him for ten years. I don't belong here."
"You're not a coward. No one here has been through a fraction of what you have. You're the bravest we've got."
"You're still doing the impossible thing?" I ask. "I thought we stopped that."
"No, I thought you were." Tobias looks at me confused.
"No. You are."
"I'm not. Listen, you're not going to win this argument."
"Ugh." I groan. "Let's just go. I'm hungry."
Tobias nods. "You go first. I'll be a few minutes behind."
I nod and walk out of Tobias' apartment. I don't know where it is, so I wander around until I can find the Pit. When I get there, I go into the cafeteria where I grab a muffin and go over to where Christina and Will are sitting.
"Hey." Christina says without looking up. Will sees me, though.
"What happened to you, Unnamed?" He asks. Christina finally looks up and gasps at the cuts on my cheek and neck. My hand instinctively covers it.
"Umm, nothing. I just tripped on a rock in the Pit. That's all." I reply, looking down.
"I used to be a Candor. I know when people are lying." Christina eyes me suspiciously. "You didn't trip over a rock in the Pit."
"Fine." I sigh. "It was in the chasm."
"I still don't believe you. You have a giant bump on your head that you wouldn't get from tripping over a rock." Will really has to start loosing his Erudite traits.
Christina ignores Will. "Where were you last night?"
"Fine. I didn't trip over a rock. I'm not telling you what happened to me though. Or where I was last night."
I don't wait to listen for a response. Instead, I go down to Tori in the tattoo parlor. She looks up at me and sighs when she sees the cut on my face. As usual, she takes me into the back.
"Again?"
I nod. "Me and Tobias were in the chasm and Tobias went to get a drink. He was gone for two minutes. Marcus came and cut me then held me over the chasm. Tobias beat him up and took me to his apartment because I went unconscious because he hit my head into the wall."
"We have to find a way to keep him out of Dauntless Compound."
I nod in agreement.
Tori glances at the clock on the wall. "You should probably get going. Don't you have more training today?"
I sigh. "Yeah. I'll see you later, Tori." I get up and leave the parlor. I am the last initiate to get to the Stage 2 training room, so I don't get a seat. It doesn't really matter. I am the first to be called in.
"You ready?" Tobias asks once I've entered the room and shut the door. I shake my head. "It's okay. You'll be fine. Just remember to hide it." Tobias whispers the last part as he hands me the black syringe. I inject myself and put the syringe back in the box.
"Be brave, Tris."
The blackness opens up to a room in the Dauntless Compound. I look around and notice a woman sitting, pointing a gun at me. I am confused at why she has not shot me yet. Then I realize the gun and a single bullet on a table nearby. I know what I have to do. I don't want to, but my Divergence might show if I don't.
My shaking hands reach for the gun. I load the bullet into the chamber and give one last look at the woman. She is only sitting there, not moving. Her features are plain and she is very simple, like me.
I slowly raise the gun and my finger finds the trigger. I look away and a gunshot rings out. My eyes open and I drop the gun as I see the woman's body slump to the ground.
Then everything turns to blackness again.
I jump out of the chair into Tobias' arms the second I wake up.
"It's okay. That was fine." Tobias whispers to me. I nod into his chest, but still don't let go.
"How many more times do we have to do that?"
"Two. Tomorrow and the next day. The day after that, you will have your final test before you can officially be a Dauntless member. You'll be fine though. Okay?"
"Okay." (A/N- I put a lot of depressing TFIOS references into my writing. I should just write a TFIOS fanfiction. Oh well.)
I pull away from Tobias. "I'll let you torture the others. I'll see you later."
Tobias nods and I walk out the back door and Tobias goes to the other door to let the next initiate in. I head to the Pit, not knowing what to do, so I just go to Tori again.
