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Iris
I heard Jenna gasp behind me, but something in Tobias' appearance told me all was off. His eyes widened with fear, for some weird reason, and he quickly pushed me off of him. My mouth was still hanging open, he REALLY WAS ALIVE! But why did he act so jumpy?
Even though I seemed to be thrilled, he clearly wasn't. He raised his eyebrows. 'What are you staring at?' He snapped. His eyes weren't the usual blue, loving colour... They were black, and distant. I felt goosebumps all over my body. Had something happened to him? He was wearing black clothes, where did he get those? His name had been called but he wasn't there.. What was happening, didn't he recognize me? He grabbed my arm tightly, bringing me back to reality.
I cringed when he did, and his eyes softened slightly, but not much. 'I said, what are you staring at,' he said firmly. I couldn't believe it, Tobias was alive. I had cried for three days, including that day even... And then I finally found the "love" of my life, and he pretended like he didn't know me at all. I felt my face froze, and my gaze turned cold. 'No one, really,' I said, looking into his eyes. 'Watch it,' he said.
I huffed a sigh and turned around. 'Let's go,' I said to Jenna and Rick. They wanted to follow me to the next carriage, when the guy who'd called us "stiffs" spoke up. 'Great, the group of stiffs actually has a leader,' he said, laughing. Tobias didn't look up, he stared at his hands. 'You are feisty though, you might make the cut,' the guy said, smiling at me. 'What do you think, Four?' He said, looking at Tobias. Four? What? Jenna and Rick looked confused, and my face was probably looking the same.
"Tobias looked up from his hands, and looked at me from my head to my toes, then his eyes went back to my eyes. 'I can't imagine a girl like you making it,' he said finally, and smiled at me. His smile was nothing like his usual smile, it wasn't sweet, or playful... His eyes didn't show any emotions. It was like he didn't acknowledge the past two years, us being together... 'Well I think that she'll rank higher than you,' Jenna snapped, and stood next to me. 'Fóúr.' She grabbed my arm and pulled me along. Rick glared at Four and followed us.
We walked over to the next carriage, where I broke down. I didn't break down into crying, but my mental health got pushed towards the edge. 'What the hell was that?' Rick asked angrily. 'I don't know, but thanks, J,' I said softly, shaking my head. 'Four? What happened to,' Jenna said, then leaned towards us. 'Tobias,' she whispered. I was still shaking my head. 'I don't know, but if this is the new him, I'll smuggle some peace bread into Dauntless and try to forget about the past two years,' I said.
Jenna raised her eyebrows. 'You drama queen, just ask him what happened!' Rick grinned, 'yeah, Ris. You said you'd never be as dramatic as our parents.' I smiled, because even though James and Laura were typically Abnegation, they were dramatic as hell. I nodded, 'you're right, guys. I'll ask him later, it's not like he's so approachable at the moment.'
Jenna and Rick laughed and we leaned against the walls. I was thinking about the choosing ceremony, apparently Tobias was there, but his name was now Four, and he pretended to be Dauntless-born. I sighed, there was a lot to find out. Then I remembered something that had happened during the choosing ceremony as well. 'Rick,' I said, raising my eyebrows as I looked at him. 'Hm?' He questioned.
'Why did you grin at us when you had to choose? And what did you say to your parents? They looked shocked, which is an understatement. And also, they glared at me when I smiled at them later on?' I said. Rick burst out into laughter. 'I told them that I was leaving Abnegation for Dauntless and that they should chill out some more.' 'What?' I called out and Jenna and I almost fell over from the laughing we did.
'You actually said that to your parents? My mom would flip!' A guy, who was standing next to Rick, said. He looked a bit cheeky as he grinned, and he had dark blue eyes with brown flecks, dark hair and his skin was slightly coloured. I immediately eyed Jenna, as I knew she'd eye me. She did, and we smiled. This guy was completely her type, and he was a Dauntless-born!
'Yeah, I did. Our parents are so traditionally Abnegation that I couldn't hold it in,' Rick explained. The guy grinned at Rick, who shrugged his shoulders. 'We're happy to be free,' he said, laughing. The guy nodded. 'I get that.' Then he came closer and stuck out his hand. 'I'm Zeke,' he said, introducing himself. Rick shook his hand. 'I'm Rick.'
I shook his hand next. 'Hey, I'm Iris,' I said. 'Ah, the feisty one. I heard Eric be cruel to you, which is probably his true nature. Don't pay attention too much, he's an obnoxious ex-Erudite. I know him from my faction history class at school,' Zeke said with a smile. Then he looked at Jenna and stuck out his hand. 'Hello pretty lady.' His smile was cheeky, and Rick raised his eyebrows. I giggled when I saw that and Jenna's cheeks flushed. 'I'm Jenna,' she smiled and shook his hand.
'My SISTER,' Rick added. Zeke's eyes widened. 'Whoa, dude, I'm sorry!' He said, and set a step back from Jenna. I glared at Rick, causing him to sigh. He knew that he was being overprotective, it was a tendency of his when it concerned Jenna, and me as well. 'Just common knowledge, I didn't mean anything with it,' he said.
Zeke gave him a small nod. 'We're about to jump, guys,' he said, pointing at the nearing rooftop. 'Onto that?' I asked, my voice breaking at the end. 'What's that, Iris, afraid of heights?' Zeke grinned. I sighed as I saw people jump out of the train. 'Yes,' I whined, but started running towards the exit and jumped as hard and far as I possibly could.
During my jump, I made the mistake to look down at which height I was jumping... Shouldn't have done that. I landed on the rooftop with a pounding heart and a stiff body as I fell down and scraped my knee. I had just jumped 12 stories! Zeke landed next to me, onto his feet and helped me up. 'You got guts, Iris. You'll make it.' Jenna and Rick helped each other up, dusting off their clothes.
I looked to my right and saw Tobias standing a few metres away from me. He was looking at me as well, until his eyes were pried away from mine by Eric. He said something to Tobias, and they started a conversation. I looked around to where we were supposed to go when all of a heave... I saw Amar! 'Brother!' I called, and ran up to Amar. 'Sis!' He grinned, ignoring the stares of most initiates. 'Mom and dad said hi,' I told him softly as I hugged him. He smiled gloomily. 'You'll feel better, Ris.' I nodded. 'I will.' He grabbed my wrist. 'We'll catch up later, okay? I have to be my bad ass self to those initiates now.' I saw him only three weeks ago, but we had a lot to tell each other, always. I grinned and nodded. 'Scare them, bro.' He gave me a small nod, and jumped onto the edge of the rooftop.
'INITIATES,' he called out, receiving immediate attention. 'Welcome to the way to Dauntless. If you want to reach Dauntless, you have to jump off of this roof. Who wants to go first?' He asked. 'I do,' Zeke and I said in unison. We glared at each other, laughing as we did. 'I'd say let the stiff go first,' Eric chimed in from behind.
Amar jumped off the roof and within two seconds, Eric was pushed down on the ground. 'I loathe people who feel better than others. Please, be my guest and jump first,' he growled. He pulled Eric back up and pushed him towards the edge. Eric stared at me as he walked past me, muttering barely audible words... But I heard them.
"Make sure you keep your guards around, stiff."
My eyes widened, and in an act of automatism, I immediately looked at Tobias. His eyebrows were raised, but once he saw me looking, his eyes grew distant again. I couldn't bear looking at his now loveless eyes, so I turned away. When Zeke proceeded and jumped, I followed him quickly, just to get way from Tobias.