Chapter 25
Everyone gathers around the tracks, waiting for the next train to arrive. Tobias has his arms securely around my waist, rubbing gentle circles where my top has risen slightly at the front. He stands behind me so I lightly push my hips back trying to get a reaction from him, it works as he tightens his grip around me to hold me still.
He leans down slowly, brushing his lips with the cartilage of my ear, "I know what your doing Tris but your going to have to wait." I moan, not being delighted by the reminder we will probably not get home until the early hours of the morning. Tobias chuckles slightly before straightening up again.
There's eight of us here tonight, dare games normally have more people but we wanted just our close friends to come. Hopefully with less numbers tonight won't last too long then I can take my man back home to make long sweet love.
"Tris, hey wake up!" Shauna shouts getting my attention, "wow, I thought we lost you there." She laughs, "Zeke said the train is due now so get ready to jump." I nod, unweaving Tobias from me and lining up to get ready for the train.
Just like she said, we hear the sound of the train coming. Shauna is at the front with Zeke protectively behind her, he lifts her into the first cart and the rest of us follow. The familiar burn in my legs ignites as I quicken my speed to stay aligned with the open cart door. When it's my turn, I grip the handle and pull myself up with Tobias shortly behind me.
Us all slightly breathless, we take a seat on the metal floors, I sit beside Tobias, our hips touching and fingers linked. I lovingly smile up to him, wrapping my free hand around his neck to pull his mouth down. His moist lips touch mine aggressively, thrusting his tongue into my mouth quickly to savour this short time we have. We keep together as long as we can until we are interrupted.
Uriah coughs impatiently, "we are here to play dare not watch you two do it on the train." He says, making the rest of the group erupt with laughter. My cheeks heat up at our private display.
Marlene hits her boyfriends before saying, "oh let them be, it's the first time in weeks they've been without the kids." I smile gratefully to her, I'm going to enjoy this night even if I have to wait for some intimacy.
Zeke claps his hands together to get everyone's attention, "okay, listen up! You should all know how to play dare but I'm going to explain it anyway. Someone dares you to do something, you take a drink from the flask then you DO the dare, you can't swap, strip or forfeit." He holds up a large silver flask, "Shauna doesn't have to drink because of her being pregnant and if anyone gives her a stupid or dangerous dare then you dead, okay?" I shake my head, Shauna was right, he really is being overprotective. "Okay I'm going to start because I have the flask." He states, scanning the group for his victim. "Will!"
My best friends boyfriend immediately groans at the announcement of his name, I would too if Zeke was daring me. Zeke is known for his wild and testing dares and I have no doubt Will will be any exception. "Okay, I dare you to do spinnys." Everyone begins to laugh at the, I think, stupid dare. What the hell are spinnys? "Wait, I'm not finished! Then jump off the train blindfolded." Everyone gasps, including me, jumping off without your eye sight sounds dauntless enough for me, never mind these spinnys.
I look up to Tobias for help, maybe he knows what this dare actually means. He gets the hint and says, "spinnys is basically spinning around in circles while downing a drink. It's supposed to get you drunk faster but I think it just makes you feel dizzy a lot faster."
"So Will is going to be drunk, dizzy, blindfolded and jumping off a moving train?" He nods taking a deep breath. "Wow, Zeke sure knows how to start off a night of dare."
"So Will, are you ready." Will just nods his head slightly before taking a bottle of clear liquor. "You can have the weaker alcohol because I doubt you could down what's in this flask. People can barely sip it." Zeke says laughing, while handing the bottle to Will.
Will nervously looks at the liquor in his hands before bringing it to his lips, he tips it upside down before beginning to spin. We stand in a circle around him to make sure he doesn't fall over straight away. After about a minute he finally finishes the drink and by the looks of things it has made quite the effect.
He can barely stand never mind jump, Christina has to keep her arm around him the whole time. I guess I won't be able to tell him about Cara's baby shower tonight he'll never remember.
We wait until the train starts to slow so Will can jump off, Zeke takes a piece of cloth from his pocket and ties it around Will's eyes. "Okay, so me Shauna, Four and Tris are gonna jump first then Will then the rest of you can follow." Zeke announces.
We jump once the train has slowed, once I'm out of the cart, I quickly turn to watch my friend complete his dare. I can't quite see him clearly but I do know that the landing was not very peaceful. Me and Tobias run towards Will, who now lies face down on the dirt ground, unmoving.
Christina jumps next and as soon as she's on her feet, she's running to Will's side. Tobias crouches down near his face and quickly turns him over, I immediately grimace at the sight. Blood runs, no pours out from his nose, soaking in the mud and in his clothes. He must of literally jumped face first!
Christina rips the cloth from his eyes and starts pinching the bridge of his nose with the material and tries to stop the blood flow, Will just lays there while groaning in pain while Zeke stands to the side snickering. "Man I never realised this dare would be that good."
"Oh shut up Zeke." Christina snaps annoyed, Zeke just holds his hands up in surrender, backing away.
Will's nose eventually stopped bleeding so it was his turn to dare someone, because of his current state from the drink, it's either going to be a boring dare or a really good one. He keeps blinking his eyes searching through us for someone to choose, after analysing us for about a minute, Uriah finally breaks.
"Come on Will, we haven't got all day!" He complains impatiently.
"Okay, okay. Uriah I dare you to dye your hair platinum blond and keep it like that for at least two weeks." He replies. Blond isn't really a unusual colour but when you have Uriah's skin tone, it's going to be a strange mix.
Uriah actually looks nervous and he's never nervous, when it comes to dares he is always confident. "What's wrong Uri, is this dare too much for you?" I comment taking a sip from one of the smaller flasks, we have all been taking little drinks through the night to loosen ourselves up.
He starts to frown glaring at me, he shakes his head and quickly grabs the large flask off Zeke before taking a huge drink. "Of course its not too much, I'm no pansycake!" He says smirking, I shake my head snickering.
"Okay let's get back to dauntless so we can buy some hair dye." Tobias says leading me to the other side of the tracks. When we got back to dauntless, Uriah went through with his hair and is now the bright light that stands out in a shadowed group. Up until now I've had the lightest hair colour but it looks one of my best friends has took that title from me, although I do think he'll give it up in two weeks.
It's now Uriah's turn to dare someone, obviously he picks the person we all know is difficult to break, Four. He just stays calm smirking at Uriah, humoured by his attempt to scare him, it's obvious he'll do whatever dare he is given, I just hope it's not too dangerous.
"Four I dare you to go to the top of the Hancock building and stand on the ledge." Oh shit, maybe there is a dare that he definitely won't do. There's no way he'll go up there just for a dare. "You've never come up there with us before or come zip lining so I'm starting to think I know one of your four fears." Uriah eggs Tobias on, trying to get past the firm mask that he has in place.
Everyone else must think Tobias doesn't seem bothered by the dare, his face is stern, unchanged but I know that he's shaking inside. This is his frst fear, the place where he actually has to face it in his fear landscape but this time it's not a simulation. "Fine." He says before taking my hand and walking is to the tracks.
As we make our way up to the Hancock building, Zeke and Uriah go to the control panels and turn the elevator on for us just like my time in initiation. I take the opportunity to talk to Tobias. I pull him into the shadows so we are out of sight. "You don't have to do this."
He breaths heavily before answering, "yes I do Tris, I can't let them know I'm afraid of heights. I'll be fine as long as you are there." He says cupping my cheek into his rough hands. He pulls my face closer until our lips touch. We don't let the kiss escalate with our limited time, he pulls away, his eyes fading into the darkness but still glistening with lust. "Come on, we better get this over with."
I don't know how Tobias is coping, he is facing two fears in one night. To say the elevator is cramped is and under statement and I can already see the shine of sweat appearing on his forehead. "We aren't even at the top yet Four." Zeke laughs. I spin my head around to give him a piercing glare, he quickly looks away, avoiding my stare.
Christina and Will stayed at the bottom of the building, Will was already dizzy enough without the added movement of the elevator so there is only six of us to watch Tobias' dare. I'm sure he's glad his past initiates don't have to watch him weak though.
When the elevator opens to the roof, we exit and start walking to the edge of the building. Tobias begins to tighten his grip on my hand, numbing it slightly but I don't say anything, I know this must be hard for him. All too soon we get to the edge where I must let go.
I slowly drop my hand from his and give him a reassuring smile, I don't know if I'll be able to watch him do this. The first time was hard enough, at least then I knew it wasn't real, but this is real. When he turns away from me and begins to walk closer to the edge, I can't bare to watch, I look down to the ground.
I keep my gaze there for the entire time, just listening to the soft breeze and the anticipating whispers of my friends. My heart speeds up, the pounding blocks out all the other sound so I just focus on that. Trying to match my breathing, this is like I'm in my own fear landscape but I can't seem to calm down. Could this be one of my fears? I haven't been in the fear landscape room for seven years, a lot can change in that time.
Before long, arms are wrapping around me pulling me into his warm chest. I look up and see my brave man, safe and alive. "Oh thank god your okay." I say.
"I'm fine." He whispers holding me.
I've never been so happy to be away from the thrill of that roof, the first time I went it was wild and enjoyable but all I could feel travelling up their this time was fear. I can't wait for the next time I go and there's no need for any worry, just to relax and be free.
Tobias chooses Shauna next, thankfully it was him who chose her because we all knew he wouldn't do anything to put one of his friends or her unborn child at risk, being a father himself. "Shauna I dare you to steal peace serum from amity, I heard it's safe for pregnant women so you can still get tipsy with us without drinking alcohol." Smart Tobias, always looking out for his friends.
Shauna smiles gratefully at him but Zeke just looks wary, "are you sure it's safe because I swear if you hurt my girl or baby, your dead dude." He threatens.
"Don't worry, I checked with the amity council earlier, they said they actually use it on women when they go into labour to help with the pain so it must be pretty strong stuff. I was planning on daring Shauna anyway. I knew she probably felt too sober around everyone. " Speaking about being sober, I definitely need to not be it.
"Okay, because Shauna can't take a drink for her dare, I'll take it for her!" I announce and everyone starts to whistle and cheer. Yup, I am absolutely no longer abnegation. Yes I love my family but my old life was way to restricting, I could never go back to that.
Shauna hands me the flask, I bring it to my lips quickly and take a big gulp. I start to splutter and cough at the burn flowing down my throat, that's certainly stronger than the other drink I took earlier. We laugh for a few minutes at my fail attempt to take a big drink before going to amity. I assume all the serum is kept in the kitchen where they can easily put it in the bread, so we head there first.
Amity is pretty open without many walls so it most hard to get into the cooking area, we all stand outside guard while Shauna searches for the serum. She has been gone for ten minutes now and Zeke won't stop pacing. "Will you stop for one minute, your giving me a freaking headache!" Uriah shouts at his but once he realises what he's done he immediately whispers "shit" under his breath.
A few lights in the distance turn on at the commotion and nearby neighbours start to venture out their homes to see who has invaded their faction. "Well done idiot." Zeke comments before we start to shout for Shauna to stop looking and just come because we've been caught. In no time she appears and we all begin to run, amity men and women shouting in our direction. I snicker, enjoying this recklessness that the alcohol has finally brought.
We jump on the next train that heads for the city. "How the hell did we get caught?" Shauna asks breathless.
"Guess who decided to shout in the middle of night waking everyone one up." Christina hints. Shauna just looks to a sulking Uriah, we all nod at her guess.
"So did you get it?" Marlene asks.
Shauna looks to he ground disappointed and everyone sighs in defeat. She then lifts her head smirking, that little liar, she brings out six vials of peace serum, holding her victory in the air. We all cheer patting her on the back and congratulating her.
"Okay so I got as many as I could but to be honest I think Tris should donate half of hers to me because she's so small." She teases waving the glass container in front of me, I roll my eyes and snatch it from her. I pop the lid off and drink only half of it, I might want to have fun but I'm not going to get myself hurt.
Tobias quickly grabs me and turns me around with a shocked expression, "I don't think that was a good idea Tris." He says but I don't listen to a word, my mind is already clouding and all I can care about is those beautiful eyes. I bite my lip, slowly trailing my fingers up his pulsing chest.
"No it was a brilliant idea." I whisper close to his ear, I jump back giggling at his silliness. How can this be a bad idea? I feel great, amazing actually. "Come on, everyone it's your turn." I shout, throwing my arms in the air.
I go to take a leap in the air but suddenly the floor seems much more fun, I fall to the ground laughing at my clumsiness. Some long arms wrap around me and place me upright once again, but he doesn't let go, weird. I creep my fingers up his bare skin, tickling it quickly, trying to get him to let go. For some reason he doesn't though, but why?
"Oh god, what have we done?" Tobias says.
I smile devilishly, "we haven't done anything yet." I hear laughter around us but I don't care, I'm completely serious. I feel people rushing around, crowding around someone before taking drinks of stuff, the stuff that's making me so happy. Well at least they've got some sense. "Please baby, have some fun, have fun with me."
"Someone has to keep everyone alive." He says, trying to peel my hands from him but I don't loosen my grip, trying to pull us closer. "Tris, not now, I'm not taking advantage of you while your drugged."
"But your not taking advantage if I want to, I just want to kiss those amazing lips." I whine, tugging at his short hair, trying to pull him close enough to me.
He takes my hands and pulls them from above and puts them by my sides, keeping me in place. As I'm about to try again someone shouts my name.
"Tris!" Shauna giggles across the train, she wobbles to me and we end up holding onto each other to stay standing. "I dare you to go to the erudite public computer room and flash your chest." She giggles close to my ear.
"Really, in front of everyone?" I question, I'm excited to finally do a dare but stopping bare wasn't what I was thinking.
"No way is she doing that." Tobias states pushing me protectively behind him.
"It's okay Four. Anyway, you can't not do a dare." I say, jumping up and down a little.
"She's right Four, she has to do it." Uriah says, swinging his arm around my shoulder.
Tobias just rolls his eyes before saying, "whatever but don't expect me to watch horny men staring at my girls chest." He lets out a low scoff before taking a seat on the floor. I walk over to him, lowering myself next to him.
"What's wong?" I ask, sticking out my bottom lip.
"Tris there's no point in me talking to you when your like this, just do the stupid dare then we can finish this game and once that serum has whore off we can finally go home together." He says, more to himself than me.
"Sounds like the perfect plan."
As we near the erudite building, I feel less like I'm floating and more like I'm on hard ground. My head's still a little fuzzy but the realisation of what I have to do is finally dawning on me, I'm still going to do it of course. The peace serum and alcohol haven't whore off yet but that careless feeling has suddenly started to shrink. I can't back out of it though, no one refuses a dare so I can't be the first.
Soon enough it's our stop, I take a drink from the flask before jumping. We all walk towards erudite where the light are still shining bright even though it's way after midnight. We go to the entrance that leads to where all the public computers are, looking through the glass windows, I see well over fifty people still typing furiously without breaking. I guess a lot of people are going to receive a show.
I begin to hesitate when it's time to go in, my peace serum has worn off a little because the amount I took but everyone else is still high as a kite. They all stumble and giggle, pushing me closer and closer to the white building. I look around to find Tobias but see that he's nowhere near us, he must have stayed at the tracks, if he was flashing his goods to random girls I sure as hell would not want to watch.
My friends make me strip from my bra first, to make sure that I fully complete my dare, Christina takes good care of it while I make my way to building.
Once inside, I get many curious and confused stares, some even begin to whisper. I ignore them though and make my way to the centre of the room, to get everyones attention I clap my hands and shout. "Hey, watch this!" I quickly pull up my shirt for a few seconds before letting it hang, both women and men gasp but most of the boys keep their eyes fixed on me. My cheeks flare at my intimate show and the perving stares.
Needing to escape the situation, I bolt for the door, not wanting to be caught by any security they have but as I reach the handles, I hear an all too familiar voice. "Beatrice! What the hell do you think you are doing?" Shit.
I turn around slowly to see the shocked and disgusted face of Caleb, he has that disapproving look he always gave me as children, scolding me for not being selfless. "Caleb, it was a dare I had to do it." I try to explain quickly but he just speed walks over to me before grabbing my arms. He hold my face with one hand before examining my eyes closely.
He grits his teeth before leaning in close, "how fucking stupid are you? Drinking and by the looks of things high and then committing a crime in the middle of my faction!" He spits through his teeth.
I shove him off me, disliking this lecture I'm receiving. "I'm not a kid anymore, you can't tell me what to do. I've only had a little to drink and the amity serum is wearing off any.."
"Where the hell did you get that serum?" He cuts me off.
I struggle for an answer, my thought clouding together. "Um my friend had some." I lie. "Caleb, I've really got to go because they are all waiting for me." But obviously he doesn't let me leave.
"Where the hell is Four, shouldn't he be looking after you. I knew he was no good.."
"Caleb, he tried to stop me but I couldn't not do the dare, he didn't want to watch so he stayed by the tracks. It isn't his fault but I've really got to go."
"Fine, but mom and dad are hearing about this." What?
"Oh my god your so childish, I can't believe your telling on me!" I shout turning around and leaving but before I exit I hear, "whatever, at least I'm not stripping like a slag."
I just clench my fists and keeping walking, taking deep breaths. When he's like this, it's hard to control my anger, all I want to do is to introduce him to my fist. I know all siblings fight but this isn't right, when he stops being a twat, then I might start to think about having a relationship with him.
I storm past my curious friends -who seem like they've all taken lessons from candors- and head straight for Tobias. He's sitting on a piece of grass, staring at nothing in particular. His head moves up to see me approaching, he jumps up quickly seeing that something's wrong.
I start to run, I need him close. I jump straight into him, burrowing my head in his chest, trying to hide the tears that are starting to arise. He folds me in his hold, mumbling words in my hair, when I've calmed a little he pulls back. "What happened?"
"I, I um did the dare b-but Caleb was there. We had an argument and he c-called me somthing disgusting." I stutter through the tears and runny nose.
"What did he call you?" He asks.
"A, um... a slag." I say, not wanting to speak that word, it's a vile and horrible term for someone. Tobias tenses up around me, protectively.
"How dare he, I swear next time.." I stop him before he can finish that sentence with a kiss. He tries to pull away at first but the need I'm already feeling must over come him.
"Forget about my brother, please just take me home." I plead, needing to desperately to end this game of dare.
Tobias looks from me and to our friends, trying to decide what to do. "I would be more than happy to go home with you but I doubt everyone else will." He says.
"Who's cares what they say? I certainly don't, let's just hop the next train and go home. I need to be close with you and once his night is over, I can see my babies." I haven't thought about the kids tonight but now that I am, I'm surprised Amar hasn't called. "Has Amar called you?"
Tobias looks like he was just about to ask me the same question, he takes his phone from his pocket and as he does, his eyes start to widen. "Oh shit, I've got six missed calls from him."
I quickly take my phone from my pocket also and to see I've got numerous missed calls also but I've got a couple off Tori as well. Weird. "Yeh I've got them as well, I'm guessing Blake didn't have the best of time, it's nearly two o'clock now so she's got to be asleep."
"Come on, we'll just head back to dauntless and go to Amar's apartment." Tobias says taking my hand. I hope there's nothing too serious with the kids.
"Should I ring Amar?" I ask and Tobias nods, it only rings a couple of times before he answers which is strange because I thought he'd be asleep. "Hi Amar, I'm sorry .."
"Oh Tris thank god, I've been trying to ring you for ages, you better come back. Blake started freaking out maybe half an hour after you left but I thought I'd give her some time and let you go out. I put them to bed around ten but maybe a couple of hours later, she started screaming and crying. Basically I think you should come home because she's still awake and scared." Oh god, my poor girl, she must be frightened to death.
"Of course, we are on our way." I say before hanging up. "Tobias we have to go home, Blake is awake and not settling."
"Come on then love, lets go." He answers before walking us towards our friends to explain why we need to depart.
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