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[1 week later]
Bella's hand was still healing, so she was not allowed to spar until it healed. She fractured it, so the healing wouldn't take as long. Peter did have a broken nose, and he was scolded by Max, the Dauntless leader, but that was it. Just a slap on the wrist and told never do that again.
Everyone was doing some target practice with throwing knives.
Eric walked over towards Bella, his hands behind his back. His eye was still darkened from her blackening it the week earlier. "You're not throwing knives."
Bella looked at him. "Are you captain obvious now?" She picked up some knives and without looking at the target she threw all three of them with her left hand, the hand that wasn't broke. She hit her target.
"Smart ass." Eric grumbled.
Bella walked towards her target, while everyone was still throwing their knives, and grabbed her knives from her target and walked back, staring Eric down. She took the knives in her right hand, and then threw them, using her wrist to sling them, and with her thumb and point finger for aim and grip. "Happy?"
Eric made a hmph sound and walked away from her.
Bella blew out a breath and then looked up at Four when he walked over.
"Pressing his buttons still?" Four asked, his arms crossed.
"His face just pisses me off." She muttered lowly.
"How's your hand?" Four asked, nodding at it.
Bella held it up. "Fractured still. I'll be okay."
"Alright. Last testing is tomorrow. You'll enter your fear landscapes. Your time will be calculated, and points will be given on a scale. The results will post after the last person runs their landscape." Eric announced.
Bella looked at the board. She was still second, with Tris at twelfth. Her sister was strong, she knew she was, and she was proud at all the progress she was making. Even in sparring, she was doing great against other recruits. A lot was thanks to Four taking up extra time with Tris on the side.
Later after lunch, Bella and Jasper were walking back towards the training room when Tris snagged them.
"What's wrong?" Bella asked frowning.
"Come with me." Tris said in a hushed voice.
Bella and Jasper looked at each other and followed Tris to meet Four.
"What's going on?" Jasper asked.
Four pointed towards the Dauntless rigs that were parked out back, and some Erudite and Dauntless were unloading stuff. He held up a tube with an amber serum in it. "I'm not sure what's going on, but they're unloading these by the crates." He explained.
Jasper took it from Four and turned it over in his hands. "Some sort of new serum? Erudite is crafting these?"
"Looks like it." Four said.
Bella was thinking. "Eric has been quiet lately. He hasn't been coming at me as hard as he's been."
"Well, you did destroy him in the ring. Max told him that he was asking for it. That's why we don't challenge recruits like he did." Four said. "This is the first year that there's been a line, or a threshold. We've never had recruits kill themselves."
"Are we the only Ascendant in Dauntless?" Bella asked.
Four thought it over. "You, Tris, Me, Jasper, Magnus, Damon." He said. "That's all that I have noticed. I suspected that maybe Jace was too."
"It's possible." Jasper said. "But I'm not sure. What was his aptitude test?"
"Dauntless." Four supplied. "He moved through his fear landscape like Dauntless too."
Jasper shook his head. "I don't know. Right now, we know who our allies are. If something is about to happen, we need to stick together and just keep moving forward. Final test is tomorrow, and rankings. We get through that, and figure out what they're going to do with these." He said holding up the serum. He handed it back to Four.
Later than evening, Bella and Jasper went up to their spot. He found blanket in the room up there, and he lay it on the floor. He was so gentle with her, all week because of her ribs. He pleasured her, but never himself.
"I need you." Bella murmured against his lips. "I'm okay, I promise." She kissed him again, her hands going to his pants, unfastening them.
"Mmm. But I don't want your ribs to get worse." Jasper pulled back to look at her, he smoothed her hair back away from her face. "You need to heal."
Bella frowned. "It will heal me."
Jasper chuckled. "Oh really?"
"Yeah. Being with you heals me Jasper." She murmured, her dark eyes staring up into his amber pools. He leaned in and kissed her, and shifted, pulling her shirt off, and unzipping her bra. His hands moved over her breast, and she moaned against his mouth. Her nipples were already erect, waiting to be toyed with. He moved his hand down her body, going to her pants, and with her help, slipped them off her. She pulled his shirt off, revealing his incredible buff, body. Her hands sent shivers through him, and he would be lying if he weren't incredibly aroused right now. He paused, looking at her. "If you hurt, you have to tell me Bella. I'm serious."
Bella nodded, and moved her lips back to his, her tongue tasting his as he took his pants all the way off. Jasper was taking it slow for her, his mouth traveling from her mouth to her breast, his tongue lapping around her nipple, teasing her, and she sighed with pleasure. His mouth crept lower, over her naval, and then to her hip, where he kissed her gently, before his mouth found her moist center. His tongue lapped around her clit, stroking her alive like she was a fire. She moaned, ever nerve ending alive at the same time, the carnality of his mouth over her clit made her hungry inside, for him. Her hips moved, rolling up to meet his mouth, and then he slid two fingers inside, stroking fast, until she was spilling over, moaning his name out. He moved up her body, his mouth back on hers as his swollen cock fit neatly inside her. He drove in slowly, thrusting in deep, letting himself feel every inch of her, and her feel every inch of him. Her hips begged him to go faster, and he obliged, watching her face for pain, or discomfort, but all that was there was pure bliss. He felt her rise again, tightening around him as he moved until he exploded within her, moaning as he kissed her deeply. He kept pumping, milking himself until he was done. He stayed still like that, catching his breath before sliding away from her, and rolling on to his side. He pulled her in his arms, and she fit perfect against him. She kissed his chest, right above his nipple, and he kissed the top of her head.
"I'm all yours." Jasper spoke. He remembered the words Will had said earlier in the week. "Bella, I'm completely yours. I don't want anyone else ever. You're it for me."
Bella shifted, propping herself up on her elbow to look at him. "What do you mean?"
"Exactly that. Bella, if I don't tell you now, there's never going to be a chance to. I'm in love with you." His breathed out the last bit, and his eyes searched hers.
Bella smiled, and reached a hand over, cupping his face. She felt the first growth of stubble, where he hadn't shaved in a couple days. Her heart was beating fast. Hearing him say that felt so right. She was happy. "I'm in love with you too." She murmured.
Jasper blinked, a look of surprise flashed over his face, but then he smiled, leaning up, and kissing her again. "Really?"
"Really. I'm yours Jasper. Only yours. There could never be anyone else. You're it for me too." Bella repeated his words.
Jasper felt his heart swell, and he kissed her again, the passion clear in the way their mouths moved over each other, he was sitting now, and she straddled his lap as his arms came around her completely, holding her against him. She felt his cock spring to life under her, twitching with excitement, so she shifted, positioning him back at her entrance and slid down over him again, moaning a little as she did. She felt his face wet with tears, and that made her open her eyes and look at him.
"What's wrong?"
Jasper shook his head. "I just…you've made me emotional. I'm sorry."
Bella smiled, framing her face with her hands and kissed both cheeks, and then wiped away the tears.
"I love you Jasper." She murmured, and then she rode him, their mouths pressed together, and their tongues dancing together like a wildfire. She couldn't ever be without him, she realized. She would do anything for him, and she knew that he would do anything for her.
Bella and Jasper returned to their cots, looking over and seeing Will laying on his cot, which Cristina snugged against him. Cristina looked up at Jasper and Bella as they walked in.
"Oh hey, Tris was looking for you Bella." Cristina relayed.
"Is she okay?" Bella asked.
"She seemed fine. She may be by the catwalk." Cristina said.
Bella nodded and looked at Jasper. "I'll be back." She said and left to find her sister.
She found her sister sitting, crosslegged by the wall that overlooked the pit. She looked up at Bella when she walked up. "Oh hey."
"Cris said you were looking for me." Bella said and sat next to her sister.
Tris nodded. "I went to see Caleb."
"You did?"
"Yeah, he's…changed. Erudite has changed him. I don't know why he doesn't think that there's some sort of problem." Tris said and sighed. "Jeanine's driver drove me back. She said that if there's anything I need, just let her know."
Bella frowned. "I'm sorry."
"It's fine." Tris said with a sigh. "Faction before blood, right?"
Bella smiled. "You know that's not how I feel right? Even if you weren't Dauntless, or I wasn't Dauntless, I would still come for you if you needed me."
Tris smiled. "Thanks." She said and she looked at her. "I'm in love with Four."
"I know." Bella smirked. "It's clear how much you two care about each other."
"He said I love you last week, and I just froze." Tris said. "I'm an idiot."
"You're not an idiot." Bella bumped her shoulder with hers. "Just tell him. You never know how much time we have left in this world. We picked some pretty dangerous jobs if you didn't notice."
Tris snorted. "Yeah, I didn't notice with Eric trying to kill me for almost a month. What about you. You and Jasper serious?"
"We are. We said I love you to each other today." Bella smiled.
"Well, he's seen you naked, so it's easy for him to love you." Tris teased.
Bella laughed. "You and Four haven't…"
Tris shook her head. "I'm afraid."
"It doesn't hurt." Bella pointed out.
"Wait, you and Jasper have actually…"
"Yes, many, many times." Bella said with a smile. "The shower incident with Peter wasn't his first time seeing all of me."
Tris smiled. "You're way braver than me."
Bella shook her head. "I'm not. I'm terrified all the time. Since I got here, I've been terrified."
"You're number 2 on the board. You kicked Eric's ass, and broke Peter's nose." Tris pointed out.
Bella nodded. "Those aren't things I'm afraid of. I'm afraid of losing you." She reached out and grabbed Tris' hand in hers. "That's what's in my fear landscape."
"You have four fears, just like Four." Tris said.
"And you have six." Bella said. "And Jasper has five."
Tris nodded. "Tomorrow is going to go okay, right?"
"I hope so."
"Do you feel like something bad is going to happen?"
Bella sighed. "Yeah. I'm uneasy, but I'm sure everything will be okay. But you need to rest up. Go snuggle up with your man, who I'm sure is waiting on you. And tell him how you feel." She said and kissed her sister's cheek before standing. She reached out her good hand and helped Tris to her feet. "Love you."
"Love you too." Tris said and hugged Bella before walking away, up to Four's room.
Bella sighed, and walked onto the catwalk and looked down into the pit. She looked up to see Eric walking her way, and she sighed. "What do you want?"
Eric raised a brow. "Did I say something?"
"Every time I see you, you have some sort of smart ass remark." Bella retorted.
Eric made a hmph sound. "Right. Tomorrow is the last day of the first round. You'll be going in the order you are on the board, so you're second. I suggest you get a good night's sleep before tomorrow comes."
"That's what I was doing." Bella said.
Eric nodded, and then looked at her hand. "How's your hand?"
"Do you really care?"
Eric sighed, reigning in his temper. "Good night." He opted to say instead and turned around and walked away.
Bella narrowed her eyes as she watched him walk away. He was up to something, and it bothered her that she didn't know what that was.
She walked back to her cot, and Jasper looked up at her. "How's Tris?"
"She's fine. Just wanted to talk." Bella said with a smile. "You're up first tomorrow."
"Am I?"
"Yes. I just saw Eric."
Jasper frowned. "What was he doing slinking around here at night?"
"Probably to torture me more. He said that we're going in the order we are on the board. So, you're first, I'm second, Cris, you're fifth." She explained.
"You get to see my fear landscape for the first time." Jasper said, smiling.
Bella nodded. "And you'll see mine." She smiled at him, and then lay back in her cot. She shifted a little, trying to get comfortable, but couldn't. Jasper sat up, and then stood.
"Sit up." Jasper said and Bella listened. He sat on her cot, and pulled her into his arms, and snuggled against him like Cristina had with Will. She rested her head against his chest. He kissed the top of her head, and she closed her eyes, sleep finding her faster than she thought it would.
[The Next Day: Final Test]
Everyone gathered in the large presenting gallery in Dauntless. All the leaders from other factions were there, including Bella and Tris' parents.
Jeanine saw Bella and Tris standing together, wearing their Dauntless gear, and walked over. "Good morning you two."
Bella looked at Jeanine. "Good morning Ms. Matthews."
"Just Jeanine. I wish you both the best of luck with your fear landscapes." Jeanine said with a smile. She was a little taller than Bella and Tris were, and her hair was short above her shoulders, and was blonde. Her eyes were a brilliant steel blue, and she was dressed in a nice, blue Erudite suit, with a pencil skirt, instead of pants. Her blouse was a bright white under her bright blue blazer. She looked professional, elegant. She moved away from Bella and Tris and stood beside Max, the Dauntless leader. Eric was standing there, his hands behind his back. His eye wasn't as shadowed, so it was healing up good.
Bella and Tris fought the urge to go and talk to their parents, and just focused on each other.
There were hundreds of people gathered to watch each of them go through their fear landscapes.
Jasper walked over, bringing his hand up and rubbing it over Bella's back. "Everything is going to be okay. You girls have been practicing for this." He said lowly.
Tris nodded and looked over at Four, who was standing next to Eric now. Max was talking and Four nodded, like he was understanding something.
Tori was there, ready for the tests to begin. Jasper looked at Bella, and winked. "I'll be done in ten minutes or less. Love you." He murmured, and resisted the urge to kiss her, and walked up on the platform, the chair sitting there in the center. He sat down, and looked a Tori.
"Good luck," Tori said with a nod and then placed the sensors on him, and injected him with the serum. His eyes drifted closed, and on the massive screen, his fear landscape came alive.
Bella watched the screen. It was like they were watching through his eyes, as he made it through his first fear landscape, which was actually a storm. She remembered something about a tornado in the city, out on the Amity farms. He had to rescue a kid. She watched his second fear landscape shift and change. He was up high, and she remembered that Four was also afraid of heights. She had watched in the tiny room before, as Tris and Four went in together to do the landscape.
Magnus walked up and stood beside Bella. "Are you nervous?" He asked.
"Not really." Bella lied.
Magnus smiled. "You're going to be fine. Just do what we practiced. You'll be golden." He said and patted her back gently.
Bella smiled back at Magnus. "Thank you."
"Of course."
Bella focused back on the screen and he was already in his fourth landscape. She glanced at her watch. It was going on eight minutes now. He entered his fifth landscape, and it was of being buried alive. The contraption he was locked in had tubes that filled with dirt steadily, until he would suffocate. He ripped the front of his shirt, stuffing the tube with it, stopping the flow of dirt.
He woke up from the chair, sitting up, running a hand through his hair. His time was ten minutes fifteen seconds. He stood, taking a deep breath before trotting down the three little stairs on the stage. He walked over towards Magnus and Bella.
"Good job." Magnus said, and fist bumped Jasper.
Bella smiled. "I'll see you when I get back." She said and then she walked up and took her spot. She glanced over, seeing her parents holding hands tightly, as they watched. Her dad looked tense, but her mother was smiling, calm. That was how they normally were.
"Good luck," Tori murmured before injecting her with the serum.
Her first fear, was Eric, telling her to choose between herself and Tris. The room started filling with a mist, and she looked around the room for exits. She looked at the door, it was locked. "Tris, your hair. Bobby pin." She said, and Tris rushed over, handing her the bobby pin. She used it to pick the lock, the door swinging open, and they escaped the gas filled room in time. She was blindfolded now, Tris calling for her in the distance. Her hands were bond in front of her, and so she lifted her hands up, her mouth biting at the rope, finding the knot, and loosening it so she could wiggle her hands free. She pulled the blindfold off, and then she was rushing over towards her sister, as she was tied to the post, the fire erupting all around.
"Tris!" Bella called out to her and looked around her, spotting a small stream. Bella quickly pulled her shirt off over her head, wearing just her sports bra, and went to it, and doused her shirt in the water, and rushed over to her sister. She ripped her shirt in half, wrapping her hands quickly before reaching to her sister, and pulling at the ropes. She got her free, and had Tris leap towards her, and Bella caught her, tumbling back onto the ground.
The landscape changed again, and she was staring at Charlie, the gun in his hand, Renee cowering before him. They were in a house in Abnegation. "No!" Bella called to him.
Charlie was too far gone. She looked around for something, finding the knives on the counter that Renee had been using to slice bread. He raised the gun and pointed it at Renee, but Bella was fasted, throwing the knife and it hit him in the hand, making him drop it. Bella flew at him, side kicking him in the chest, knocking him off balance, and then she grabbed the gun, aimed it, and did not hesitate, did not look away, and shot him four times in the chest. She lowered her arms and sucked in a breath as her landscape changed to her last fear. It was Peter, and she was in her towel. He stalked towards her, that evil look on his face, and he tried to pull at her towel.
She pulled it off herself, using it as her weapon, and tangled it around his wrist, and with quick movements, she spun him, tangling him up. She pulled his pants to his ankles and kicked him out of the shower into the open so everyone else could see him, being vulnerable.
Bella sat up quick on the table, and looked around. She ran her hand through her hair, and got up, walking off the stage and towards Jasper. Her time, six minutes, two seconds.
Jasper smiled at her when she joined him. "Very good."
They waited, watching everyone else go, and even Tris, who escaped her fear landscape in eight minutes. It was because they practiced a lot together with Magnus and Four.
By the end, all forty-four recruits went, and it was getting dark out.
Max took the stage, looking around the room. "Before you, you see Dauntless recruits. They have finished their last test. They are the ones that oversee our safety, of our city. They still have a long arduous rode ahead, but stage one, is complete." He said and looked over at Jeanine.
The board changed, the points tallying up, and the names flickered on the screen.
1st Bella 9th Clary 17th Izabell 25th Marlene 33rd George 41st Jack
2nd Jasper 10th Peter 18th Uriah 26th Lynn 34th Dillon 42nd Ethan
3rd Jace 11th Stefan 19th Tyler 27th Nikki 35th James 43rd Matthew
4th Cristina 12th Emmett 20th Andrew 28th Davon 36th Paulina 44th Kelly
5th Alec 13th Jacob 21st Alice 29th Maize 37th Erin
6th Tris 14th Ed 22nd Molly 30th Sarah 38th Elaine
7th Caroline 15th Noah 23rd April 31st Jessica 39th Alison
8th Will 16th Lukas 24th Mike 32nd Thompson 40th Tracy
Bella couldn't really believe she was first. That blew her mind a little, and then Tris' name was sixth. She worked hard to get there, and it made her happy to see. She glanced over at the crowd; her parents were standing to leave. Seeing Natalie Prior, made Bella emotional. It had been a long hard time without her parents, and she just wanted to hug them, tell them she loved them, that she didn't run away from Abnegation because of them.
Jeanine walked over smiling. "Congrats Bella. You're top of your class."
Bella nodded. "Thank you, Jeanine. I worked hard to get here."
Jeanine nodded and then motioned for Natalie and Andrew Prior. "Just a moment. Quickly, before too many notices." She said with a smile. Natalie and Andrew approached. "A few minutes, with your daughters, Natalie and Andrew." She said, like she was allowing them visitation. She walked away, to talk to Max.
"Mom, dad." Bella murmured, and then she hugged her mom, while Tris hugged her dad.
"Oh, you girls did excellent." Natalie said, a smile still pasted to her face. "We're very proud of you."
"Thank you." Bella murmured, and then looked at Jasper. "Mom."
Natalie looked at Jasper and smiled. "I'm Natalie."
"Hello Mrs. Prior." Jasper said with a nod.
"This is Jasper. He's my boyfriend." Bella introduced.
Andrew about choked, but he didn't say anything, letting Natalie talk. "That's wonderful. Nice to meet you Jasper. I'm afraid I won't see you again, likely, but do take good care of our daughter. Even though, it's clear she can take care of herself."
Jasper smiled. "Of course."
Jeanine glanced over, and Natalie looked her way, before looking back at her girls. "You two, be brace, and all that is Dauntless. We love you." She said, and tears came to her eyes as her and Andrew left, Andrew's arm around his wife's shoulders.
Bella blew out a breath and looked at Tris. "At least we got to see them."
Tris nodded. "Yeah. At least there's that."
Eric waltzed over. "Alright. We start round two tomorrow. Line up. Due to some new administrative rules, everyone is receiving a tracker." He said and him and Max and a few other guards got out the syringe guns, and the amber serum was loaded into them.
Bella and Jasper exchanged looks, but they lined up anyways. They were injected, and Bella ran her hand over the spot they injected. It was smooth. She was worried about what they were up to, but she didn't say anything. She would talk to Four, Magnus, and the others later when everyone else was sleeping.