Repost for Minor edits: 10/18/2020

I hear the alarm go off next to my head and grumble, "No, I don't want to wake up."

Tobias chuckled, "But we get to start acting like we like each other now that you don't have a 'boyfriend' anymore." He kissed my shoulder and trailed kisses up my neck to my ear.

"You keep that up and we'll both be late for work. And I think it would be best if we go about this part of the plan slowly," I roll backwards so I can look at him, and he kisses me again but this time on the lips.

I push him away laughing, "You need to get up."

His lips quirk, "that's kind of the problem. I am."

I look at him confused and he laughs, "You're so innocent. I mean, I don't know a lot, but you're pure."

"Not anymore," I grump.

"Yeah, you are. And I love you for it," he said tweaking my nose. He rolled out of my bed and went in search of his clothes. This meant I got to watch him in all his glory. He turns to see me staring and I see that part of him grow and lift higher, "OH!" I say realizing what he meant earlier and I throw the covers over my head to hide my embarrassment. I hear him laugh again. "Don't laugh at me," I said as I laughed at myself under the covers.

By the time he sat on the edge of my bed he had his lower half covered. "I'm sorry; I don't mean to laugh at you. It's just that you could kill a man with a knife between the eyes but seeing me naked still bothers you."

I uncover my face, "I'm more embarrassed that I didn't understand. But watching you does not bother me in the least."

He smiled happily, "I wouldn't mind watching you too. But Dauntless Tris doesn't seem to be awake yet this morning."

That did it, "Fine," I said throwing the cover off and getting out of bed. I try not to run towards the bathroom but it was very difficult. Things seemed different in the early morning light. When I got to the bathroom door I turned to see him just a few feet behind me. "Dauntless enough for you?"

He took the few steps left and grabbed my hand pulling me towards him, landing a kiss on me that curled my toes. Then he pulled away, "Very Dauntless. Just remember, today, that your 'boyfriend' just broke up with you. You're not supposed to be grinning from ear to ear." Then he snuck out the window and I had no idea how our act would play out today but I was going to have a hard time 'not' being in a good mood.

"Tris," Di said from her office door, "I need to see you for a minute."

I look at Shelly with trepidation, and she shrugged and said, "Good luck."

When I walked into Di's office she sat down behind her desk and said, "Close the door, please."

Oh, this did not sound good, but I did as she asked and waited.

"Have a seat, Tris." She said. So I sat.

"Great job on Monday," she said with a little grin.

"But…" I said waiting for her to chew me out the same way Max did.

"But nothing. That thing with Four, I heard the audio from the surveillance. You were in the right, Tris. These men, here, think that the only way to get things done is by force. And that's just not true. I didn't get to where I am without a few fights of my own. You can be tough and nice. Fight when you have to but a lot of times you don't have to."

I smiled with relief, "thank you."

"You're welcome. I like you. You're taking this seriously and I appreciate that. Some of the people here just use it to get off the compound but you actually DO the job, and look the part." She added, "Now on to a slightly related topic. You're on Team B I hear?" I nod, "Shelly will be taking you're place at Amity and Candor for the two weeks you need for what is formally being called 'Elite Candidate Training.' I need you to sit down with her this afternoon and catch her up. She hasn't been in the field for awhile."

"Okay, and thanks again," I said as I left with grin on my face. She likes me.

I sit back at my desk and Shelly gets called in to the office next but when she comes back out she gives me a frustrated look and says, "What have you been up to? You have a 'special project' with Max and Four and suddenly I'm taking your job for two weeks?"

"Sorry, it wasn't my choice. I got orders," I say deflecting this to someone else. I really didn't need her mad at me, "I would much rather be here, trust me."

She did a double take, "Oh, well, that kind of sucks."

"Yeah," I say starting to pick up my tablet to pull up information she would need.

"Can you tell me what's going on?" she asked

I shake my head, "I'm not allowed to. At all." I added before she decided to start hounding me.

"Oh, wow, okay. Well, I guess, let me know what I need to know."

We spent the rest of the day going over reports, who she would need to meet, and what notes I would need from them. Four stopped by about 4:30 to walk me to Max's office, and Shelly just stared at him for a second and mouthed at me, "Yummy" which made me laugh. She had no idea.

I walk out of the office after catching Diana's attention to tell her I had a meeting with Max. She nodded and waved me on while her attention was on something else.

As we walked down the hallway Four didn't break his act accept to say, "You seem to be in a good mood."

I smile, "I am."

"That's odd since you and your boyfriend broke up last night." He glanced at me reminding me again that I'm supposed to be upset, "I saw him eating lunch with Brandy today," he added.

I frown a little, "Well, like you said last night, it probably wasn't going to work anyway. I hope they're happy, but I've more important things to deal with and work helps keep me happy." I laugh, "Especially with Shelly's comments."

He looked at me curiously and I just grinned. He shook his head, "Well then this project should make you ecstatic, because three weeks with constant work should keep your mind off of a lot."

I look at him slyly, "That depends, do I get to hit you again," I say with a flirty grin, "I mean, for training purposes, of course."

His lips quirk up, "We'll see." He said as we got to Max's office. He put his hand on my back to usher me in the room and I smiled bigger. It was a completely innocent move but Max did look up at us in surprise.

Since Eric was not at this meeting we were able to discuss the training without commentary from the dickhead. Apparently he had to be sent out to the fence to deal with another problem which I guessed was probably because of Peter.

Four grabbed the chair in the corner and brought it over offering it to me while he grabbed a box to sit on. Which also caught Max's attention but he didn't say anything.

We decided that the first week we would go back to basics on hand to hand refresh those who had not gone through it in awhile and then go back to shooting and throwing knives again. Through the second week we would focus on team work and conflict resolution which Diana and I would be working on. Specifically, least force necessary kind of stuff.

Third week we would go back to the fear landscapes but working into doing it where a group goes into one person's fear and they would have to all work their way through it. This would work on weakest link in the group and also how to work through and resolve weird problems. At the end we would have a team one way or another. I just hoped we would have 15 people to end it.

Max looked up from his computer and nodded, "Well, it looks like you two finally figured how to deal with your problems. Good. Now Four, you've been through your landscape recently but I want Tris to go back through hers again so we can get that sorted before the others go back in there. We'll need to know which fears for everyone would be good for tactical groups."

I sigh and glance at Four, "Sir, I would rather not get that started again."

Max looked at me, "I can't ask anyone else to do it if leadership isn't willing, Tris. And, who knows, maybe it will be different this time."

Four and I walk from the meeting to the dining hall in silence. The situation was really awkward. All I really wanted to do was go back to our rooms and have a repeat of last night, but I also needed to take care of some business.

I stopped him before entering the Dining hall and said, "I need to do the fear landscape after supper. I need to get it out of the way. If I wait I'll get too worried about it."

He nodded, "Okay, we'll get it done." He then entered the dining hall first and I followed him over to the table we usually sat at. Will and Christina were there but Uriah wasn't so I looked around and found him sitting with Brandy. I remembered just in time that I was supposed to be getting over a breakup. I see Brandy look over and grin smugly. Well, good for her for thinking she got something from me. I sigh like I'm resigned to the situation. Four sat down next to me but not too close and looked over at Brandy. He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "I'm acting concerned for you right now. She needs to know that you're moving on." He pulled away and gave me a concerned look.

I nod, "Yeah, I'm okay." I say and look back over at Brandy. She's looking back at us and doesn't quite look so smug. And I shouldn't have felt better about the whole thing but I did. She then turned her attention back to Uriah and grinned big at him. Good for her for finally figuring out what she wanted.

Christina and Will know the breakup wasn't real but they don't know that Four knows that. So I have to play the part so Christina and Will don't find out that I've been seeing Four all this time. And how I started seeing Four was because I'm divergent. So much lying and I had to play it all to keep two other major secrets quiet.

Christina looked between us with a bit of a grin. I know what she is thinking because she would love for Four to get it together and start liking me which he already did. "So, Tris, We haven't been to the training room in a while. You want to go tonight?"

"I can't tonight; I have to take care of some business for Max before tomorrow. But it's a good idea if you go." I say tiredly and with a meaningful look.

Four nudges me and gives me a shake of the head.

She looked curiously at us, "You're still not going to tell me, are you?" she asked.

Four spoke, "We're under orders. You'll find out tomorrow."

Just then Zeke came up, and sat down on the other side of Four. "Why is my brother over there?" He asked.

"He and Tris broke up last night," Will said.

Zeke looked at me and then to Brandy. I have no idea if he knew the real story or not. But what he said then really got me to laughing, "He's and idiot. I think Mom dropped him on his head when he was a baby."

I chuckled and snorted at the same time, "It's okay. It wasn't going to work out anyway. I think we were more friends than anything."