'So, Shauna, what do people wear to go swimming in the Dauntless pool?'

'Oh we don't. Skinny dipping y'all'. She bursts into loud laughter once she sees the look on our faces, 'I'm kidding, I'm joking I promise. God Kaily, you just showed your Stiff side then. Girls tend to go for plain bras and like sleep shorts, but it's best to get some new stuff'. That's why she leads us through the Pit and towards the clothes shop, 'Be quick girls, the boys want to be down there by eight'.

Kaily pokes her head around a rail of clothes, 'What's the time now?'

'7:32'.

I yank some black shorts of the rail and head over to the underwear section and grab a plain black bra, 'I'm done guys'.

'Yes Jasmine. Come on Kaily, we haven't got all day'.

'Oh shush, I'm sorted now'. We pay for our swimming clothes, and leave, heading off to mine and Kaily's place to get changed, also lending the bathroom to Shauna for her to get ready. I pull the shorts on and put a baggy t-shirt over my "swimming top" and wait for the others in the living room, as Shauna emerges from the bathroom, I dash past her a grab my box of medication and chuck it in Kaily's bag before we go to the Pit to meet the others. 'Better to be safe than sorry, I don't know how long we'll be and I don't particularly want to faint again, it wasn't fun'. Shauna just smiles in reply. We're lead down many corridors and then twelve flights of stairs before we come into a clearing, essentially a cave, in which we walk through into a massive cave, and there, in front of us, was the Dauntless pool. It was insane, the water was so clear and blue we could see the bottom of the rocky, brown cave floor through it.

'How deep is it?' Kaily asks, apprehension clear in her voice.

'I'm six foot four' Answers Freddie, I was wrong I thought he was shorter, 'I can't stand up in the middle'

'Oh shit'. Hunter wraps an arm around Kaily, 'It's okay, you can go on my back, piggy back style, I'll keep you safe', I look towards them and smile at their cuteness together, and their happiness.

'What about you Jas, you need me to keep you safe?' I glance towards Freddie, 'Never'.

'Well, sweetheart, that's good', I turn towards him, only to be met by his arms wrapping around my waist and pushing me into the pool, with him as well, turning us before we hit the surface of the water so he took the sting of the landing on his back. In the water, I turn to face him and wrap my legs around his waist, putting my arms on his shoulders, 'Smart move baby', I quickly peck his lips before unhooking my legs and pushing down on his shoulders, immersing him in the water. I feel him hitting my legs and I let go of his shoulders, he quickly rises, wipes the water from his face and proceeds to push me under. I feel the water rushing into my ears, looking at an image disrupted by the clear water, which made everything slightly blurry, I put my hands on Freddie's thighs, tickling slightly, through the water I can hear him laugh, his signature deep chuckle which is completely Eric. He lets go and I push myself back up to the surface in time to see Zeke and Four cannon ball into the water, I look at the male members of our little swimming party, all without shirts, except Four, I turn to Freddie, 'How come Four's wearing a shirt?'.

'Always does, never takes it off'.

'Hey, Jazzy', I turn and see Shauna calling in my direction, 'What's your tattoo?' .

'It's the Amity tree symbol encircled with the Dauntless flames. It represents the unity of my inner personality and how the two factions are combined inside of me', I half yell across the expanse of the cavern.

'Christ, that's the most well thought out tattoo ever' from this distance, I can clearly see Shauna looks impressed.

I laugh loudly and I can feel Freddie laugh beside me, 'It's all bullshit, I thought it was pretty'. As I'm saying this, I can see Zeke leave the water and scale the stairs which have been carved up the side of the cave wall.

'What's he doing?' I ask.

'Just watch. Knowing you, you'll want to try it soon'. I watch in rapture as Zeke throws himself off a ledge and into the water and minutes later I'm climbing up there myself. I pause as I get to the top, it's a lot higher than it looks. Still, I close my eyes and let myself free fall into nothingness, hitting the water and going down into the depths of the pool. I rise to the surface, wiping the water from my face, smiling.

'That was exhilarating'.

'Did you enjoy that?'

'Yes I really did Freddie'. He laughs, put his hand on the side of my face and wipes a drop of water off my cheek with his thumb. For a moment, it's just us in the cave, none of the others are there. He presses his lips to mine and I completely lose myself, both in him and the kiss. Seconds or minutes could have passed, I have no idea, until I register Zeke whistling loudly at us. 'Guys, really? There are innocent eyes here'. I look around in confusion, looking for a group of kids, when Zeke laughs, 'I meant Four'. Everybody turns to look at him, I'm expecting for him to be scowling or at least annoyed, but for once, he's smiling, 'If only you all knew'. I can tell he's joking but it's clear the others don't pick up on this because there are a chorus of 'What?' and 'Who?' and 'When?'.

A little while later, Eric and I are sat by the side of the pool when suddenly he gets up and goes over to the black backpack he brought with him and starts fiddling with his tablet. He comes back, hands me a bottle of water and the little blue pill and tells me its nine o'clock. I swallow the pill, and he sits back down satisfied and I lean into him a bit.

'Are you tired?'

'A bit. You?'

'I'm okay. Whenever you wanna leave, I'll leave with you'

I nod okay, and rest my head on his shoulder.

A little while later, we are walking up the path by the Chasm, the scary part with no barrier, nothing to stop you from failing to your death. I pulled my top back over my head, but I'm well aware how much of my legs are on show. We pass a group of elder members, early thirties if my predictions are correct, all clearly drunk and standing to close to the edge to be safe. As we pass, I can feel their eyes boring into me, and I can hear their conversation.

'Damn, look at that one. I fucking would'

'So would I. But which way would you do it?'

'I'd bend her over, she wouldn't know what hit her'.

I am about to turn towards Freddie, roll my eyes and tell him they probably have buttons for dicks, but as I do, I hear shouts of protest and fear and see Freddie dangling the leader of the drunk crew of the side, directly above the Chasm.

'What the fuck did you just say?' He sounds murderous, eyes black with rage and his hand closed around the guys throat.

'Mate, it was just harmless banter, she's just a nobody'.

This only fuels to make Eric angrier, 'She's my girlfriend. Now what the fuck do you think you're saying about her?'

I try shouting his name but it's no use, he is too focused on making him pay for his comments. Just as I am praying for another leader, Max comes around the corner and surveys the situation. His murmurs few quiet words in Eric's ear and he drops the drunk sleaze ball, who turns around to his friends and laughs. That's the last straw for Eric, who goes after the man, breaks his nose and slams his head into the wall.

'Eric! Leave!' This is the first time I've heard Max raise his voice and the jokey leader I knew became an fierce and scary one. Freddie's eyes are still black with anger as he turns towards me, grabs my hand and pulls me away from this scene.

He's silent with me all the way back to his place and as I follow him inside, I voice my opinion that it may be for the best if I sleep at my own place tonight.

'Jas, please don't go'.


Oh my word, it's been so long since I've updated this, you have my sincerest apologies. It's so weird to think this was started so long ago, its gotta be 2014? I was 15, i cant even remember what that felt like. Anyway, I don't own anything recognisable and I hope you enjoyed. Night night my lovlies.