I am back.

We are back.

We are all back.

We are all greeted with thunderous applause. We were finished. It was over.

I sit up in the chair, remembering the dread of being in the simulation.

We did good, better. I was sure that I wouldn't be factionless.

As soon as I was able to see again, I get out of my chair. Tris is the first person I hug. I observe every inch of her when I pull away. Everything that I could not see when I was inside of the simulation. I pull her into another hug. "Good job, Triscuit."

I feel her laugh. "You too, Pete."

I pull away. "So you think I'm a Dauntless man?"

"Shut up." She says, blushing.

I kiss her lightly on the lips.

"Good job!" I hear Christina yell. She runs towards us and hugs Tris. When she pulls away, she turns to me. "Err. You too."

I nodded. I didn't want to hug her either. "You too." I say.

She runs back to her chair to hug Will and Al.

I look at the board in shock.

1. Tris

2. Peter

3. Uriah

4. Marlene

5. Lynn

6. Will

7. Christina

8. Shauna

9. Al

10. Dustin (Idk let's just pretend he's a Dauntless born, okay?)

11. Molly

12. Drew

I smiled. I would be staying. Tris would be staying. We were members.

I picked her up and swung her around gracefully. "You made it!"

She smiled down at me. "You too!" She pulled me into a deep kiss, stroking my hair gently. I kissed back. When we broke apart, I was smiling widely. She was no longer an Abnegation girl. She was a Dauntless woman.

I kissed her again.

When I pulled away, Christina was next to us, tears in her eyes, smiling. Will and Al followed her, Will smiling brightly and Al looking sad.

He was factionless. And so were Drew and Molly.

My smile slowly faded. Molly would be leaving. I didn't get to build up my relationship up with her again, after our fight. Even when shooting together, I remember feeling tension between us.

I looked around for her. She was nowhere to be seen. Odd.

"Congratulations!" Tris yelled to Uriah, who hugged her from behind.

"You beat them!" He yells back.

I can't help but smile at them.

Will and Christina kiss sloppily, and Al has disappeared.

I look around for him. He was here only a few seconds ago. Where could he have gone? Where did Drew and Molly go? Possibly back to the dorm, to pack up their things and live factionless. I pictured Al, Drew, Molly, Winter, Edward, and Myra in the factionless sector, sharing a bag of sliced apples.

I shudder.

Tris walked back up to me and gave me a hug. I tried to forget about the initiates that would be leaving us, and hugged her back. She grabbed my waist and pulled me closer to her.

"Wanna go back to the dorm?" She whispered into my ear.

I shook my head, thinking that is where the now factionless are. "No."

She pulls away and looks me in the eye. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

She gives me a look. "I may not be Candor, but I can tell if my boyfriend is lying."

I laugh lightly, and peck her lips. "It's really nothing, okay?"

She sighs and nods. "Okay."

I kiss her again and attempt to bring back her bright expression. It works and she smiles brightly.

"Great job, loves!" Calls Marlene. Tris and I turn to her.

She waves at us from a distance, tears streaming down her face. I wave back, giving her a wink. "You too!"

She smiles at us and pumps her fists in the air. "We made it!"

I laugh and cheer with her. "Woo!"

I end up heading to the dorm with Tris anyway, even when I said I wouldn't.

When we enter I take a deep breath.

Nobody else was there. I release it easily.

I instantly grabbed her legs, carrying her bridal style into the dorm, just as I did on the night of Eric's death. I placed her on my bed, and lied next to her.

"I'm proud of you." I say after a while.

She grabs my hand and puts her head in my chest. "I'm proud of us." She says.

I peck her lightly on the forehead.

We lay there for a while, feeling content, and not saying anything.

I look at her tattoo on her waist, I place my hand there, and stroke it gently. I feel her smile in my chest.

As I start to fall asleep, she pulls away. "I have to use the bathroom." She says.

I nod and push myself up, so that I don't fall asleep. "Okay." I mutter.

When she exits the room I try to keep myself awake. I knew that I would pay for it later; my sleeping patterns were already messed up.

I think of the simulation.

I remember Tris not speaking to me, because she couldn't. We made sure not to lose each other by touch, holding each others hands most of the way; the whole way.

I grinned, but stopped when my family came to mind.

Alzas, annoying, but understanding at times. My father, honest, but cruel. And my mother, who did not visit me on visiting day because she was ashamed of me, who thought of me as a traitor, along with my father.

I groaned. When would Tris be back? I checked the clock. It had been 2 minutes. It wasn't until then that I realized that how impatient I was.

As if my mind had been read, the door opened. I instantly sat up.

It was Christina.

"Uggh."

I lied back down.

She rolled her eyes and stepped in, her hands on her hips. "I'm not here for you," She said. "Where's Tris?"

"Like I'd tell you!" I say. "So you can keep her for yourself?"

Christina scoffed. "She's my friend." She said. "I'm just concerned."

I rolled my eyes. "In the bathroom."

"She's not," She shook her head. "I checked before I came here."

I sat up.

Did I mishear her?

Tris said that she was going to use the restroom. Where could she have been, if she wasn't there? I felt sweat collect in my palms.

"What?"

I am out of my bed now, standing in front of Christina.

"She's not there." She says, her expression changing into a confused one. "What's up?"

I scoff. "Like you care."

"You're right." She shrugs "I don't."

Something comes to me.

Drew, Molly, and Al were missing.

And so was Tris.

I grabbed Christina's arm and lead her downstairs.

"I think I know where she is."