"Dean! Ryan! In the ring!" I shout over the top of the noisy initiates punching the bags or each other. The boys, both originally from Candor, slowly move towards the fighting arena. The other imitates gather round to watch the fight.
"Go!" I shout and the boys start to fight. These are the biggest of the transfers this year, both of them have a strong build and a bit of muscle.
Dean knocks Ryan out cold within the first few hits. I walk in and help Ryan up to put him on the bench at the side. Dean looks smug about his win, typical Candor transfer if I'm being honest.
A few fights later, it's time for lunch. We all head towards the dining area and wait in the queue. I grab some sandwiches and juice and head back to the apartment to eat with Tris.
"Hey," she mumbles as I come into the bedroom, where she still lies.
"Hi," I say and sit on the bed next to her. "I got some food."
"Thanks," she smiles and gets up.
We sit silently and eat for a while, not really having anything to talk about.
"Who won the fights?" She asks once she's finished.
"Dean, Olivia, Erin, Harriet and Michael." I say.
"Who did Harriet beat?" She questioned.
"Innis, the amity boy."
"Oh, I thought he'd do quite well." She sighed
"It is only the first day, there's plenty of time for improvement." I smile and she cuddles into my side. I take a closer look at her eye. It's still cut and swollen so I think it'll just be me for the training this afternoon. "You keep on resting, Eric is coming to 'Monitor' the training. I guess that means I'll be throwing knives at someone's ear again today." I roll my eyes and look at her.
"Point's for bravery, Stiff, but not as many as you just lost for opening your mouth." She giggles, quoting Eric from the year before.
"I'll see you later, Tris." I say, kissing her lightly on the cheek.
"Bye Four!" She yells at me as I leave through the window. I just wanted to switch things up a bit.
~XxX~
"Stiff, your late." Eric mutters to me as I walk into the training room. I glare at him for a moment before turning towards the initiates, I don't have time for him.
I show them how to throw the knifes before taking a step back and watching them closely as they all give it a go. Michael hits the target first, a big grin quickly shoots to his face. It doesn't stay there for long because after a moment his brother his the target, closer to the centre. The two of them compete to reach the middle, each one hitting slightly closer every few knives they throw.
"Get a move on!" Eric yells to them. "You can't let the stiffs be the first to reach the middle."
I walk up to him and whisper, "You let the stiff be the first to reach the middle, even now he'd still beat you." Eric glares at me but I've already turned around to help an erudite girl who seems to be struggling.
~XxX~
When I reach the apartment I decide not to go in. Instead, I go down to the control room and take a seat, searching for one of my friends to spy on.
"Four!" Someone says, coming in from behind me. I spin around in my seat and see Zeke there. "How are you, how's Tris?"
"We're doing alright, How are you?" I smile to him.
"I'm good." He pauses for a moment. "I thought you weren't required to work during the initiation stages, why are you here?"
I shrug, I don't really know why I'm here. "I just thought I'd check in, you know."
Zeke nods before turning around again, "I'll see you at dinner, right?"
"Yeah." I say before logging off the computer and heading back to see Tris.