Sorry I took such a long hiatus! No promises for any further postings, but I found this chapter half-finished on my laptop, so I had to post it.
Chapter 41
I walk quickly to catch up with Tobias. I won't tell him about Max's warning. I want him to take this job, and if he's worried about me, he might not. We walk in silence to the initiate's dorm, where he leaves me with a promise to meet me at lunch.
The moment I enter, Christina sprints up to me. "What happened? I heard Max call you and Four back to his office! Are you two in trouble for being together? What did Max say?"
"Calm down! Nothing bad happened, he just wanted to make sure Four didn't use his position to… um… yeah. But we told him we're dating and my ranking has nothing to do with Four, so it's all good," I say, blushing.
"Oh my god I was so worried. I thought you two were in trouble!" Christina yells. Peter and Will look over. Great. The last thing I need is Peter finding out about Four and I's relationship. I walk to my bed and start piling up my miniscule amount of belongings. This is all I own in the world now, but it's still more than I had in Abnegation. Christina follows me over and sits on the bed.
"So I was thinking about what Eric said about sharing an apartment being cheaper. Do you want to share, so we can both save our money up?" she asks, "Unless, of course, you and Four are already planning to share."
I roll my eyes. "You know me better than that. We haven't even been dating that long. Of course I'll share with you!"
"Okay good, because I like Will and all, but I don't want to share an apartment with him just yet. I think he's going to talk to Uriah about sharing."
Hearing his name, Will walks over and wraps his arms around Christina. "Talking about me?"
"Just about living arrangements. Still going to talk to Uriah about sharing?" Christina says.
"Yeah, I think I'll bring it up over lunch." Will replies.
"Speaking of lunch, if you're both packed up, I'm hungry. It's almost noon," I say.
Christina and Will nod, and we head down to the cafeteria together. Once we're there, we get our food and find a table. Uriah, Marlene, and Lynn sit down a few minutes later. Talk turns to who's going to have the worst job training. Uriah insists that with his luck, Eric will be the leader he assists. I change the topic, unwilling to say anything about Tobias's job offer.
"So who's sharing apartments with who?" I ask, munching on a carrot.
"I'm moving in with Shauna," Lynn says, not looking up.
"I don't know what I'm doing," Marlene says, "Uriah and I aren't going to move in together yet, but neither of us have the money to live alone."
"I could live with Zeke, but I don't particularly want to," Uriah adds.
"I need a roommate. Wanna room together?" Will takes the opportunity to ask.
"Yeah, that'd be great but what about Marlene?" Uriah says.
"She can live with me and Tris. Based on the size of Zeke's apartment, I think there's room," Christina says. So it's settled. Marlene, Christina, and I will live together, Uriah and Will are roommates, and Lynn is staying with her sister. That works out nicely.
"So we have the day off until tonight. What do you guys want to do?" Marlene asks.
"We could always go back to Zeke's," Uriah replies.
"And do what, get drunk?" Lynn says, then points the carrot she's eating at him. "I do not have time to babysit you, young leader."
"I promise to behave! But seriously, let's go. I have a key." Uriah fishes in his pocket for a second than triumphantly holds up the key. So we all stand up and file out of the dining hall after him.