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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE (Tris 14)

"Tris, wake up."

"Go away."

"Come on, Tris," Lynn whines.

"Why are you so bright this morning?" I ask as I roll over.

"Start of school today, you know what that means."

"Why are you here so early then?"

"First day back at training. We are going for our run."

"Damn Uri for keeping me up half the night."

"Why would he do that?"

"He finally asked Marlene out, he has been hyper ever since she said yes."

"That's why Marlene was more happy than usual yesterday. She spent the whole afternoon giggling, it was really annoying."

"I think we are going to have to get used to it," I groan.

"You're not happy about it?" Lynn asks.

"No, I'm excited for them. I just don't know how much happiness we are going to be able to endure."

"I didn't think of that."

"Are you okay with it? I mean, you know, you used to really like Marlene."

"I'm happy for them. Jealous that all my friends are in relationships when my girl is stuck in Amity for almost two more years. But I think they are the perfect match."

"Now come on and get up, I want to get this day started," Lynn says as she pulls the covers off me.

"You slept in your workout clothes?" Lynn raises her eyebrow.

"I knew you would be here at the crack of dawn to get me up. This way I only have to put my shoes on."

I reach under the bed and grab my shoes. Quickly tying the laces and start to walk towards my door. "Wait!" I exclaim. "I have to brush my teeth."

"Oh, you are only doing that because Four will be there," Lynn complains.

"Well, would you rather I kiss you," I say with a smirk.

"Just hurry up," Lynn says. "At least he isn't all over you in public. Not like Zeke and Shauna. God, I hope Uriah and Marlene are going to be a little more discreet."

I walk out of the bathroom with clean teeth. "Marlene and Uriah are going to have to stop smiling at each other long enough to start any of that," I say.

"At least I can count on Eric to always look cranky. Four is scary as shit, so I won't have to worry about a smile on his face. Are you going to be looking at him with puppy dog eyes all the time? Coz I think that would just make me puke," Lynn laughs.

"Puppy dog eyes? What do puppy dog eyes even look like?" I ask.

"Well if you don't know then I am not showing you, that way I have a chance that you won't be like that," Lynn states.

"Finally," Amar says as we walk outside the compound and I see Tobias has joined us for our run. "I thought you weren't coming."

"Blame Uri, he wanted to talk the night away," I say.

"Hi Tris, Lynn," Tobias says.

"Hi," I say and can't help but smile. Lynn shoots me a dirty look.

"You two are adorable," Amar comments. "Looking at each other with puppy dog eyes."

"Puppy dog what?" Tobias asks.

"Amar," Lynn complains. "Don't let them know. We will have to look at them like that all the time now."

"Is someone going to explain this to me?" Tobias asks.

"No," Lynn shouts.

"Well hurry up and start stretching, then. I want to get this over with," Amar says.

"What's the hurry? And where is George?" Lynn asks.

"George is in bed with a cold. To hear him talk, you would think he was dying," Amar says with an eye roll.

"Maybe so, but you can't wait to get back home and spoil him," I tease.

I see Amar blush. I never thought I would see the day.

"That's why George is such a baby," Lynn says. "Amar spoils him way too much."

"Just you wait missy," Amar says as he puts Lynn in a headlock. "I can't wait to see what you are like when you get a girlfriend."

"She already has one," I spit out. I can't stop laughing at Lynn trying to get out of Amar's headlock.

"Tris," Lynn warns.

"Alright, let's start this run and you can tell me while we are warming up," Amar says.

"There is nothing to tell Amar," Lynn states.

"Sure there isn't, Lynn," Amar teases.

"If you don't watch where you are running, Tris, you are going to fall over," Lynn starts on me. I can't help it if I am watching Tobias. He looks really hot in his tight black shirt and shorts.

"Stop trying to change the subject, Lynn," I throw at her. "And Amar, her girlfriend is from Amity."

"Amity?" Amar stops running. "Amity? You are just pulling my leg."

"Nope," I tell him. "Sunshine Raindrop is from Amity. Well, you would hope she is, with a name like that."

Amar runs to catch up to us. "Have you told her that she can change her name when she gets here? She is going to be transferring, isn't she? I mean, I can't imagine Lynn in Amity. Can you get kicked out of Amity?"

"Oh, that is awesome, we can think up a new name for her. Something cool, very Dauntless," I say with a big grin on my face.

"Why did I ever think to wake you up this morning?" Lynn says as she tries to run ahead.

"You know you can't outrun us Lynn," Amar shouts. "We better pick up the pace or she will be outrunning us."

We all pick up the pace and soon we are neck and neck with Lynn.

"Thought of any good names while we were away?" Amar teases Lynn.

Lynn death glares Amar, which just makes him laugh more.

"Is it always this entertaining when you go for a run?" Tobias asks.

"Not so much. We are usually running flat out by now, but being the first day back with training we seem to be taking it a bit easier. So, it's easy to joke around when we aren't breathless. George is usually the one who keeps us on track. Amar likes to have a joke and a laugh when George isn't here."

"I thought after what I saw in initiation that Amar would be the tough one," Tobias says.

"Amar is tougher in the training room. When we go for our morning runs he likes to keep it light. If we have a run in the afternoon it is usually a little more serious," I tell him.

"Finally," Lynn says as we walk back into the Dauntless compound.

"Don't dash off just yet, Lynn. You still need to stretch," Amar warns.

"I wasn't going anywhere," Lynn tells him, as we all start to stretch.

Once we are finished we start to walk our separate ways. "See you at the train, Tris," Lynn shouts as she heads towards her home.

"See ya," I shout back.

Tobias and I start walking towards home.

"I thought we could have that date we talked about yesterday," Tobias says. "Or just hang out."

"I've never been on a date before," I tell him. "Do you want me to dress up?"

"I haven't either. What do couples usually do?"

"I suppose it depends on where we would be going," I say.

"I was thinking of cooking you dinner," Tobias admits. "Your mum lent me a Dauntless cookbook and she may have marked a few of your favourite dishes down for me. I would really like to try making them."

I just stand there smiling like a crazy person.

"Okay, so because we are having this date at home. I think we should just dress casually," Tobias says.

I nod in agreement; not having to dress up makes me relax. I'm not very good at this dressing up thing and well, Lynn and I still haven't mastered the art of wearing heels yet. We really need to practice more.

"I will see you tonight then," I say as I start to walk off.

"Bye, Tris," Tobias says as we both walk into our own apartments.

"That has to be the most boring school day ever," Lynn says as we sit down in the train.

"It wasn't that bad," Marlene chimes in with a grin.

"You only think that because Uriah was entertaining you all day. For the rest of us, it was boring as hell."

"I agree with Lynn, I am so glad it is over. I can't believe we have two more years of this," I say.

"There's no homework, so that is a plus," Lynn says. "I talked to Sunshine today, you know, about changing her name when she gets to Dauntless."

"What did she think?" I ask.

"She thought it was a great idea. She was going to start making a list of all the names she thinks she would like and then have us help her to decide."

"She is going to let us help her?" I say with a smile on my face.

"Yeah, she is."

"You did tell her that she needs to find a word that is very un-Amity. I don't think that Sunshine or Raindrop are going to be words that need to be spoken in the same sentence, especially in Dauntless."

"Synn," Marlene says.

"What?" Lynn and I ask at the same time.

"Synn, S-Y-N-N," Marlene shouts over the noise of the train.

"That would be a cool Dauntless name," I say smiling. I love the idea of this name.

"I will get her to add it to her list," Lynn says.

"Have you seen the list?" I ask.

"We started to write down different names in last period but old Mrs Jenkins kept getting angry with us for talking in class."

"Did you like any of the names?" I ask and she shrugs.

"So, you didn't, you just don't want to upset her," I say with a laugh. "First time for everything, I s'pose."

"What does that mean?" Lynn asks.

"You are usually first to speak your mind, Lynn," Marlene adds.

"I just don't want to lose her," Lynn admits.

"She couldn't be that shallow or you wouldn't be with her," I tell Lynn. "I'm sure she would rather you liked the name she chooses."

"I liked Marlene's idea. That would be a cool name, plus no one else would have it," Lynn says.

"Then tell her that when you see her," I say.

"I think I will."

I knock on Tobias's door and then run my hands down my pants legs. I can't help but to be nervous, this is our first real date. I know I cooked dinner for him for his birthday, but this is the first time he has asked me out.

"Hi Tris," Tobias says as he opens the door, a shy smile on his face. He looks as nervous as I feel.

"Hi," I reply as I am ushered into his home.

"I'm just finishing dinner. You can sit at the island and keep me company," Tobias tells me as we walk towards the kitchen.

"You really enjoy cooking, don't you?" I ask

"I do. It is one of the only happy memories I have from Abnegation. Plus, the food here is awesome. There is so much variety and you can get a lot of fresh produce. I had to break a fight up in the dining hall a few days ago. The cooks were so relieved that they said that if I needed anything to just let them know. Although they wouldn't give me the recipe for Dauntless cake," Tobias says with a chuckle.

"They aren't allowed to give that recipe out. Uriah has been trying to get it out of them since he could talk. Once when we were kids, Zeke, Uriah, Amar and I held the kitchen staff hostage with paintball guns just so we could steal some cakes."

"That's why the kitchen is fenced off?" Tobias asks.

"Yeah, it was the only way to calm them down," I tell him.

"You and your cousins have gotten up to a lot of crazy things growing up. Abnegation children don't get to have any fun."

"I nearly grew up in Abnegation," I tell him. He looks surprised. "Mum was going to transfer to Abnegation with the sperm donor. They had it all worked out. Then Mum got pregnant and wanted to stay with her family. So, here I am."

"I'm glad that you didn't. You would have felt trapped. There is too much life in you to be stuck in that faction."

"We may have met."

"I doubt it. Marcus wasn't one to let me socialise. I have talked more to you over the years than I did to anyone in Abnegation."

"I'm sorry he treated you that way. It's good that you are here now and can experience so much more."

"Let's eat," Tobias says as he serves the food onto two plates. He pushes a plate in front of me and walks around the bench to sit next to me.

We sit in silence eating for a few minutes. The food is delicious.

"You are really good at this cooking thing," I say.

"I remember you are pretty good yourself."

"Maybe, but I don't really enjoy doing it. We have so many parties at our place that you need to dig in and help with all the cooking. I don't mind that, but I don't know if I would enjoy doing it every day. I suppose it is good that we have the dining hall to go to."

"I like having the dining hall there too. But it's nice to sit and have a quiet meal, it can get so loud in the dining hall. It's a bit hard to get used to sometimes."

"I could never imagine that. But I do like this, it's nice to not have interruptions, or people taking food off your plate."

"Taking food?"

"Uriah and Mikey both like to take food off people's plates. I think it must be genetic or something, they are always doing it. Just wait until you see Tarni lose it, she gets so cranky. When Tarni gets annoyed then there is usually a boil over and she will throw a fit. Plates have been known to get thrown. It is chaos really."

"Does it happen often?"

"No, Dad put a stop to the boys annoying her. It is only if she has upset one of them that it happens now. Maybe once or twice a year. Although she has been good for a while."

"I enjoy the quiet. It has been a little overwhelming here at times."

"You don't regret your decision, do you?" I ask, totally starting to panic that he isn't happy here.

"No, of course not." He assures me. "I just need to find some balance, I suppose. Zeke and Eric are good about it. They have worked out when I need a break, well most of the time."

"Zeke would find it hard to process, he thrives on the noise. Mum was telling me that as soon as he could stand that he was dancing on tables, clapping his hands at all the noise."

"I could imagine Zeke doing that. Would you like some dessert?"

"Maybe in a little bit, I am so full from dinner."

"Tris can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"What is that?" Tobias asks pointing to the television.

"You haven't seen a television before?"

"So, that's what it is. I thought it was like some huge computer screen. Like Max was going to come to me and make me work from home or something."

"No, it's a television. I'm sure you could put your computer to it. No one has tried that. Let me show you. Do you have the remote?"

"Remote?" Tobias asks looking totally confused.

I walk over to the cabinet below the tv and open the drawer, there sitting in there is the remote. I walk back over to Tobias and then sit on the couch next to him. We then spend the next ten minutes with me showing him how the remote works and how he can watch movies.

"Would you like to watch something? I ask Tobias.

"Yeah I just don't know where to start with it all."

"I think we better start with something simple, that I'm sure you will enjoy. We will watch an action movie."

We sit back and watch the movie. I spend more time watching Tobias, his eyes lighting up at what is happening on the screen. It's fun to watch him and it feels good to show him something new. Abnegation have a lot to answer to, I reckon. The way they bring their children up should be classed as abuse, not to mention what Tobias had to endure with his father. They really should make it mandatory that the children get at least a few hours a day to play like normal kids. Whatever that is, Dauntless isn't exactly what you would call normal, but at least we get to run around, have fun and laugh.

It is still early so we decide to watch another movie, I move closer so I am right next to Tobias. He then stands up and I look at him confused and hurt must be written all over my face. "I'm just going to get a blanket and some pillows," he says.

I just nod my head, I thought he was getting up to get away from me. But I was wrong and Tobias comes back into the room with a blanket and pillows and we snuggle up together under the blanket and watch the movie.