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- Not Paying Any Attention (5 Days Later) –

Tris P.O.V.

I don't want to get up today. I don't know if it's because we are cutting more people today or if I am just over getting up early, either way, I don't want today to start. I look over at Tobias, who has a small smile on his calm face as he sleeps, he looks happier, more carefree compared to when we are training the initiates. He looks more like the man that I am in love with, compared to the man that I first met during initiation.

"Tobias. Tobias." I whisper close to his ear, "We have to get up now." His eyes open slightly, and as soon as they land on me his smile broadens.

"mmmm, what if I say no?" he asks me. I stare at his deep sapphire blue eyes, soon I get lost in them.

"Then I will make you say yes." I say, smirking slightly.

"Oh yeah, how will you manage that?" he questions. I don't bother replying instead I roll over the bed, off the mattress, onto him and straddle his hips, leaning down so that our lips are millimetres apart. He breathes out, looking at my face, suddenly awake, he leans in towards my lips, I pull back at the last second, teasing him. I brush my lips against his, eventually I stop and he fits his lips to mine, our bodies fit perfectly together as I run my hands through his hair, he holds me close, with both hands on my waist, pulling my body even closer to his. I pull away after a while remembering that we still have to train today, urgh, well not really train we just have to give them their rankings, and, kick four more of them out. I roll off of the bed and walk towards the bathroom, grabbing my clothes before I shut the door and turn the water on. I see Tobias putting on some pants and a top, he is going to go down to the cafeteria to get us some breakfast before rankings at 8.

Uriah, Lauren, Tobias and I stayed up late again last night discussing the rankings. We decided that we should not only base their rankings off of how quickly they got out, but also how they got out, if their fears were reoccurring or not and if they dealt with each fear the same way or not. We stayed in one of the training rooms until almost midnight deciding upon how the combined rankings for stage 1 and stage 2 should look. To say that it was exhausting, confusing and annoying would be an understatement. In the end we finally all agreed on the rankings and went straight home to sleep.

Uriah and Lauren are going to write the rankings on the board this morning, so that Tobias and I can come in later, much like we did for them during the stage 1 rankings.

Tobias P.O.V.

I can tell that Tris hates cutting the initiates, she drags her feet, walking slowly all the way from our apartment to the training room. I look at my watch, it is 7:58. We walk in to the training room side by side, I scan the room for Lauren and Uriah, finally finding them at the front of the room, with the chalkboard behind them. As we move towards them I survey the initiates they all look nervous, but to my surprise less nervous compared to stage 1. We stand next to Uriah and Lauren, I mentally do a head count of the initiates, 25, who are we missing? I turn around to ask Tris, who we are missing as Lachlan bursts through the door, everyone's heads turn to look at him, he turns bright red he says,

"Sorry I'm late." Lauren steps forward,

"Now that everybody is here," she says looking at Lachlan. "We will show you your rankings. Just like last time, those who are in the bottom four you have failed Dauntless initiation. Please go to your dorm rooms, so that we can come and collect you in about 15 minutes and escort you out of the Dauntless compound." Uriah turns around and flips the board, just as Lauren is finishing. Tris and I step to the side so that all of the initiates can see their rankings.

1. Noah

2. Alex

3. Anna

4. Mackenzie

5. Eliza

6. Liz

7. Nate

8. Piper

9. Ryder

10. Charlie

11. Harrison

12. Emmett

13. Stella

14. Zander

15. Luci

16. Ivan

17. Lachlan

18. Kat

19. Ethan

20. Oscar

21. Chloe

22. Finn

23. Blake

24. Dakota

25. Rose

26. Willow

This time Blake, Dakota, Rose and Willow will be factionless. The initiates are squealing, crying, laughing and talking with each other, none of them are paying attention to their ranks, other than seeing if they are getting kicked out or not.

"Shut up!" I yell, they slowly quieten down, all looking towards me, confused as to what else I have to say. "None of you are paying any attention to your rankings. You all looked to see if you are staying and that's all any of you care about. But none of you are paying any attention to your biggest competitors, Noah, Alex, Anna, Mackenzie, Eliza, Liz and those people who are the closest ranked to you. You have to beat the people standing around you, or you will end up factionless and that isn't a threat, that's a fact. You have to ask yourself, what are these people doing that you're not? Why are these people better than you? In the end it doesn't matter how well you do today or who your friends are, tomorrow is a different day, and by the end of it, only 16 of you will remain. None of you can be certain that it will be you. Think about everything that I have just said, you'll need to know the answers if you want to pass your final test, Tomorrow."

"You have the rest of the day off, however Four, Lauren, Uriah and I will be in the fear stimulation rooms all day if you want extra practice." Tris says.

"Now leave." Uriah finishes. All of the initiates look at us, then the noise starts up again as they all leave.

Once we escort the Rose, Willow, Dakota and Blake out of the compound, Uriah, Tris, Lauren and I go to the fear stimulation rooms, ready for the next few hours.

The rest of the day consists of almost all of the initiates going through their fears with an instructor of their choosing. We then explain to them what they could do better. Uriah, Lauren, Tris and I all take shifts, none of us want to be there all day. By the end of the day I am again exhausted. Tomorrow the initiates will sit their final tests, the day after six people will be leaving the compound for good, and the rest will make it into Dauntless. Tris would have completed her first initiation as an instructor, I smile inwardly, I can't wait for the days where we get to sleep in together, without having to get up to train. As leaders, we have to sit in on all of the fear landscape stimulations so that we can make our own assessment based on how well they go. Later on we will converse with Uriah and Lauren who will also be watching the fear landscapes. Together we get to decide how 22 sixteen year olds will spend the rest of their lives, will they be a proud and brave Dauntless or will they be a frowned upon factionless.

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