I awake to a slight shake of my body, I open my eyes to see mom. She smiles down at me and moves hair out of my eyes.
"Is it time?" I ask. She sighs and nods her head.
"Yeah, everyone's here" She says. I nod and sit up, I get out of bed and waddle to my dresser. I get out two shirts and two pairs of jeggings, I grab a little duffle bag and stuff the clothes inside, I turn back to mom.
"Am I going to be staying over night?" I ask.
"I don't know, the surgery might take longer than expected or something, I don't really know. I would pack anyway" I nod and quickly throw on a lose shirt and some sweatpants, I don't really feel like dressing up if I am just going to have to get into a hospital gown. I pick up one of my favorite blankets from when I was a baby and also stuff it inside my bag. Mom gets up from off my bed and we both walk out of my room and into the living room, I see Jace and Riley eating a banana and dad is making some bacon. It's still dark outside, I look to the clock above the oven and see the time. 5:15 Urgg, it's so early. I sit down on the couch and put my head into the cushion, I feel the couch get deeper and me being pulled into someone.
"Hi Ri, thanks for coming this early" I say into his shirt.
"Hi, and of course!" I snuggle into his chest until about 5 minutes later when dad asks me a question.
"Are you ready?"
I pull out of Riley embrace and shrug. "I'm scared" I say. I hear someone say a quick 'me too' and I look towards the direction. " Jace, I'll be fine" I say. He just nods. Mom comes out of her and dads room. She claps her hands together. "Alright lets get going family!" She says. I smile and get up, I lace my hands with Riley and Jace stands next to me. As we make our way down to the infirmary.
When we get there mom and dad go up to the receptionist to sign papers and stuff while Riley, Jace and I sit down in the waiting room chairs. A few minutes later Lance comes out into the waiting room.
"Talia Eaton" Everyone stands up and we follow him into a room with a bed, desk and a few things around the room, like and IV and heart monitor. I sit on the bed and Lance gives me the hospital gown, I groan, but get up anyway and walk to the bathroom.
While I'm taking my clothes off I hear a quiet conversation going on outside my door, I don't know if it is supposed to be a secret. I listen in and find out that it is just my parents talking to Lance about the surgery and if I'm going to stay over night, Lance answers quickly that he doesn't know yet, but most likely. I groan again. I walk out of the bathroom and walk over to Riley, he looks up at me with his bright blue eyes and smiles, I sit down in a chair next to him.
"Your tired, go home" I state, he shakes his head no.
"Nope, you can't get rid of me that easily" He says smiling, I smile too.
"I'm not trying to get rid of you, ya know" I say "I just know that your tired"
"I can make it, don't worry" He kisses my temple, I lean into him. Lance and my parents turn back to us.
"Alright Talia, can you get on the bed and we will start prepping you?" Lance asks. I nod, get up and walk over to the bed, then lay down. I turn on my side to get comfortable. Lance walks over and takes my right hand into his own. I sit up lightly while he pulls out the IV, he quickly puts it into my vein on top of my hand and puts the bandage around it. He hooks up something into the back and pulls away.
After setting everything up Lance says that nurses will come to get me in about 10 minutes, then I'll be taken to the OR. Mom and dad nod and I turn back onto my side and look at the wall that I'm facing.
"What job do you plan on taking honey?" Mom asks. I still haven't really thought of one that I really want, the only thing that seems like I would enjoy doing is Faction ambassador.
"Maybe Faction ambassador, I don't know" I say.
"You could become a leader" Jace says. I nod.
"I don't want to become a leader yet, maybe later" I say. Everybody nods and we just wait in a casual silence until the nurses come to get me. When they do, Riley, Jace and dad kiss my head and mom hugs me. Riley comes up to me again.
"I love you, I'll be here when you wake up" I smile and nod up at him. Nurses bring up the bars around the bed and start pushing me out of the room. They push me through a series of door until we get to a room labled OR 3. I gulp, everyone quickly transfers me to the table. Lance walks over to me in scrubs and has some gloves on. He sits behind me in a rolly chair, He moves my head a little then places a mask over my mouth and nose. I breath in the air and it smells like oranges.
"Talia, you will begin getting sleepy and eventually you'll go to sleep, then we will begin. You doing okay?" He asks. I nod through the mask, I start to hear the monitor beeping along with my heart. My eyes begin to feel heavy as I close them and drift off into sleep.
~~~ Time Skip... Hi!~~~
When I wake up I feel some pain in my shoulder, and I open my eyes. I see only Jace and Riley in the room right now, but here some quiet talking outside the door again. Riley looks at me and smiles from ear to ear.
"Jace" He calls, Jace looks my way and sees that I'm awake. He sits down to my left, because Riley is on my right.
"How do you feel" Riley asks.
"Sore, my shoulder hurts" I say. They both nod and Lance walks into the room with mom and dad.
"Well hello there, we have been awaiting your awake" Lance says. I nod and try to sit up. Pain shoots through my shoulder and I sink back down into the bed.
"Careful, the surgery went pretty good. The metal rod is implanted into your shoulder, and so far all is well, you also have stitches" He explains.
"How long was I out?" I ask.
"The surgery was about 4 hours and you were asleep afterwards for about 7 hours, it is now 5:05" Wow, I was asleep for that long? I wonder.
"Yup you were, we are going to keep you over night, just to make sure your shoulder doesn't hurt to bad or something like that" Did I say that out loud?
"Yes" Jace says. I nod. Lance leaves the room.
"I'm hungry" I say. Jace says me too and smiles, he is always hungry.
"Come on Jace, we'll go get you something to eat Tal" Mom says, dad gets up too and soon it is just me and Riley alone in the room.
"Hi" I say. He smiles at me.
"Hey"
"What did you do while I was out?" I ask. He smirks and shakes his head.
"I told your dad about us moving in together, it's a good thing we were already in the infirmary or else he might have killed me" He says laughing.
"Did he hurt you?" I ask. He shakes his head
"No, but I think that was just because he didn't want to cause a scene. He got over it though, in the last few hours" I nod.
I move over slightly and nod my head towards Riley, then the bed. He gets up and lightly lays down next to me, wrapping his arms around me, not too hardly. I put my face into his chest and get comfortable around the one I love. After a few minutes I hear his breathing evening out, I know he is tired. He woke up early to come to my apartment and most likely hasn't gotten any sleep since then. The door opens and I peer over Riley's body to see mom holding a bag of food I smile. She walks over to my left and gets the moving table and positions it in front of me. I remove myself from his arms and sit up slowly, with mom's help. She puts the bag on the table and sites down, I open it and see a burger and cake. Yes! Cake!
"Thanks mom!" I say.
"No problem honey. Jace and your dad are in the dining hall by the way, I told them to stay there and eat" I nod while stuffing my mouth full with my cheeseburger. Mom smiles at me, then looks to Riley.
"He loves you. I can see it in the way he looks at you. I know because it's the same way your dad looks at me" She says. I wipe my mouth and nod, then look down at him, sleeping peacefully.
"I love him too" I say. I take out my cake and take a little bite out of it with my fork.
"He's 17" She says, I look up at her confused.
"What?"
"He's 17, he just turned it yesterday. Great birthday right? Fear landscape? The only reason I know is because Uriah said something about it" She says. I nod, I wonder why he didn't tell me it was his birthday.
"Why was his choosing ceremony not last year?" I ask
"He was 15 then, turned 16 during last initiation, then 17 during this one" I take the last bite out of my cake the put all the trash into the bag, then pass it to mom. She throws it away then comes back.
"I don't want to stay here all night, I feel pretty good actually" I say. She nods and says that she'll be right back with Lance. He comes in and smiles at me.
"If you can get up, then stand up, you can leave" He states. I nod and try to move the covers off of me, I move my legs off the edge and grab onto the bed rail, then stand up. I look at Lance, he nods and walks out of the room, I sit down on the bed and Riley stirs, then his eyes flutter open.
"Good morning" He says. I snort.
"Riley, you've been asleep for like 10 minutes" I laugh. He gives me a weird look then smiles.
"Opps" He states getting out of the bed.
Half an hour later all of the forms are signed and I am allowed to leave. Jace and dad came back about 15 minutes ago and were surprised to see us in the waiting room signing stuff. Riley laces his hand with mine and we walk to the dorms. I sit down on my bed and he sits across from me. His hair is longer than it usually is, it is most of the time cut short, like dads.
"You need a hair cut" I blurt out laughing. He smirks.
"Says the girl with bed head" I grab my pillow with my good arm and throw it at him. He catches it and laughs.
"Shut up, I just got out of the hospital" I smile. I look at him again and see all of his features. Light brown hair, bright blue eyes, and a spare upper lip. He looks light Uncle Uriah. He has a muscular build, you can see it in the way he sits up, his muscles showing a little through his shirt. He's 17.
"Why didn't you tell me about your birthday? Your like almost a year older than me, I just turned 16 right before the ceremony" I ask. His mouth goes into a line.
"I'm sorry, I just didn't want to put more stress on you. Also, maybe I like that I'm almost a year older than you" He says. I nod.
"I forgive you, just know that it wouldn't have put stress on me. I am totally getting you a present too" He nods.
"Come on, lets go" He says pulling me up.
"Where?" I ask
"You will find out" He states pulling me down some hallways.
Guys I'm really sorry for not updating in over a week, I was doing pretty good with my schedule, then it just went to...Crap. I don't really have a reason for not updating except that I was sick and wasn't really in the mood to do anything, at some points I didn't even want to read, which if you know me is crazy! Because I basically read everyday. SO I kinda made up for not updating... this chapter is over 2,000 words! This is the first chapter that has been. Okay, so I really want your guys feedback, I really want everyone to tell me what they want to see in this story. For example, do you want Ethan POV? Some people have been saying that they do. Or do you want Talia and Riley to train initiates. OR OR OR do you want Talia to get pregnant? She is young, but this is Dauntless! Lol idk. Just tell me what you guys want, and I'll do my best to follow it!
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