A/N- I do not own Divergent or any of its characters. All rights go to Veronica Roth.
Tris POV
Niles looks at me. "Come on then, we haven't got all day."
I take one last look at Tobias and he gives me a reassuring smile. I walk up to Niles and he hands me the antiseptic wipe. I copy what I saw Tobias do, but when I see Niles get the needle ready I freeze and I can hear my ears ring. I've never had an injection in my neck before and I am terrified. Niles comes up to me with the needle but instinct makes me flinch and back away. Then I feel a mans arms clamp around my shoulders to the point where I can't move. I am scared. I start to whimper and hear Tobias shout "Hey!" Someone grabs him and keeps him in place also. Whilst I am distracted, looking at Tobias, I feel a sharp pain in my neck and realise Niles is plunging the needle in. I start to feel foggy and heavy, but thankful that the whole ordeal with the needle is over. The man that was keeping me in place drags me over to the chair, I am not steady on my feet.
"What is your name?" Niles asks.
"Beatrice Prior." I want to get this over with as quickly as possible.
"What are the names of your parents?"
"Andrew and Natalie Prior." The words are falling out of my mouth and I can't control them. Tears streak my face.
"Okay, lets get this over with." Niles says, sounding uncomfortable. I know that he will not have questioned an Abnegation before.
"What happened on the day of the attack?"
"I was eating at my parents house, and my dad came running in. He said that there was an army coming, so me, him and my mother started running. I followed them to an abandoned building where a few Abnegation were hiding. Then my mother planned on stopping the attack since she knew her way around Dauntless. I followed her because I thought it would be selfish of me to let her go on her own. We were making our way to Dauntless and," Sobs wrack through my body. I would be surprised if he couldn't even tell what I was saying. "S-she didn't make it. She got shot. I was on my own when Tobias and Uriah found me. They said that they were also planning on shutting down the simulation. Then my father turned up, and we all headed to Dauntless. Zeke was still under simulation when we got there, so we had to work our way round him and stop the program."
Niles nods his head. "We saw some footage of you and your group questioning a Dauntless boy." Peter. "We saw him get shot, but the image wasn't clear. Did you shoot him?"
Oh no. If I admit that I shot someone, what will they do to me? Shooting someone is a terrible thing to do, and they might punish me. Sweat breaks out on my forehead and I feel like I'm holding in vomit. Then with great difficulty, I let out a quiet and strained "No." How did I do that?
There is a pause, and then Niles says "Thank you for your honesty."
The rest of the Candor repeat him in monotonous voices. "Thank you for your honesty."
I shakily get out of the chair but I am very unsteady on my feet. I walk over to Tobias and he wraps an arm around my waist, supporting me. We leave the room, instead of staying to listen to Zeke and Uriah. We know that they will give the same answers that we did, so everything will be okay and they should be released with us.
…
We stand in a hallway filled with carts that hold various cleaning supplies. Tobias leans one shoulder against the wall, looking at me.
"How did you do that?" He asks me, his voice is quiet and unsure.
"Do what?"
"Lie, say that you didn't shoot Peter whilst you were under the truth serum."
"Honestly, I don't know. I was just able to control what I was saying."
He sighs and continues to look at me, studying my face. "What were your aptitude test results?"
My face turns blush red. He thinks I am Divergent. "Abnegation." I reply. He frowns and looks to the floor.
"And Erudite, and Dauntless." I continue. His eyes spring back up to meet mine. He looks shocked.
"You're Divergent." He breathes.
"The woman said that my results were inconclusive." I look at him and stand closer to him, I would say that we're about six inches apart. "What does it mean?" I say desperately. "What am I?"
"You don't conform." He replies. "You can't be just one thing, you have many different personality traits and most importantly, you are aware during simulations, and clearly able to control yourself even when you have been injected with serums." I have heard about the simulations before, they used them during initiation at Dauntless. "But I have never heard of someone with an aptitude for three factions before." He continues. "Never seen someone control themselves like you did. Your divergence must be extremely strong."
I gulp and nod my head. This is bad. I need to keep it to myself.
"I should avoid telling people, shouldn't I?" I ask.
"Yes, if you can. Don't trust anyone."
I pause. "Can I trust you?"
He leans in close to me, we are breathing the same air. "With your life." He whispers.
Then, his lips are on mine. My heart flutters and I tense up because this was so unexpected. I don't know what to do. He pulls away slightly and looks into my eyes. I smile at him shyly and he smiles back. Then he takes my head in his hands and he presses his lips against mine again, this time firmer and more confidently. I start to kiss back, and put my hands on his arms.
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