"Inez," I say yawning, "would you mind staying in the dorms tonight? We'll find you an apartment tomorrow."

Her eyes widen, and I realize she's probably never had her own place. "Dorms are fine," she says, looking around the Pit with an awestruck stare.

"Is there anything you need right now?" Tris asks Cara and Inez. "Any clothes?"

"It can wait til tomorrow," Cara assures us. "But then I'd like the full tour." Leo has his arm around her, hipbone to hipbone.

"Let's get some food," Uriah says, stalking toward the kitchens. We all follow him down, where we find plenty of leftovers from dinner. There is no discussion, no talking at all. Everyone focuses on the food.

Leo leans back finally. "I don't think any of us has had a real meal in a while," he sighs. Uriah belches loudly. Everyone groans and Tris throws a roll at him. "Sorry," he says, not sounding all that sorry.

"I haven't had a meal like that since I left Candor ten years ago," Inez says quietly.

There's an uneasy silence. "Well, that has to change now," I say, turning to Leo and Cara. "You'll make sure it changes while we're gone,
right?"

"I swear it," Leo says solemnly. Cara nods. Inez looks uncomfortable, but that lopsided smile pulls at the corner of her lips.

Uriah goes off to look for Zeke, and the rest of us take Inez to the dorm. It's unsettlingly empty.

"This was my bunk," Tris says, running her hand across the sheets, which are thrown back exactly the way she left them the night Marlene died.

Leo clears his throat. "Inez, Darius and Sam have a place just down the hall from me - it's empty for now. Why don't you just stay there tonight?"

"Okay," she says. Tris makes a bag of one of the sheets and piles what looks to be all of her belongings into it. My heart beats a little faster - maybe she's moving in with me after all.

"And where will I stay?" Cara inquires. Leo starts. "Oh, I uh, thought you'd stay, uh, with me..." he stutters, looking at her in dismay. "I'm so sorry!" he says. "I didn't mean to... There are two bedrooms in Sam's place... Where Sam used to live..."

Cara actually giggles.

"Oh," he exhales, as he realizes she was teasing him. "You're going to pay for that, sweetheart!" he says, laughing as she runs out the door and up the path. We follow as he chases after her, grabbing her and wrapping his arms around her from behind.

"I'm not scared of you, Dauntless," she says loftily.

"Just you wait, Erudite," I hear him whisper to her as we catch up. "I'll have you screaming soon enough."

"Are they always like this?" Inez mutters.

"Don't know," I say shrugging at her. "They've only known each other a couple of days." She raises her eyebrows at me.

Cara clears her throat, unwinding herself from Leo's embrace, but keeping a tight grip on his hand. "Actually, that's not true. We got to know each other when the Dauntless first started helping Jeanine" she says.

"Here we are," Leo announces as we reach the apartment, feeling along the top of the doorframe for the key. "Make yourself at home, Inez," he says, opening the door. "We're four doors down, on the left."

"Thanks ," she says taking the key from him.

"Sam's bedroom was the one at the end of the hall," he says quietly.

Cara pulls him away down the corridor. "Goodnight!" she calls out to us, without looking back.

"Will you be okay?" Tris asks Inez.

"Don't worry about me," she reassures us. "I can take care of myself - been doing it a long time. Anyway, I'm looking forward to sleeping in a real bed."

"See you in the morning," I say, putting my arm around Tris's shoulders and turning her towards my room.

As tired as we are, I think our need to be clean actually outweighs our need for sleep. I let her shower first. She's already asleep as I crawl under the covers next to her.

"Tobias," she says cracking one eye open, "this was a really, really long day."

"Sleep," I say chuckling. "I love you." She mumbles that she loves me, too, and I kiss her gently on the lips. That's the last thing I remember before falling into the first dreamless sleep I've had in a long time.