"Fuck sake, i actually liked that bloody top" Adam complained as i followed him through the tunnels. It was two days after we'd stayed out later, and we were doing our usual training, but i'd accidently ripped his shirt during fighting. He'd given me a bust lip, so i think we were bloody even.
"I'll buy you a new one, stop moping for fucks sake" I rolled my eyes. He'd told me to follow him, so my only guess if we're going to his apartment to replace his top.
"Why'd you have to rip my top? You haven't ripped my fucking top in the last two weeks"
"Oh my fucking god, are you actually this sensitive over a top?" He couldn't be this sensitive. Adam was a big guy and big guys don't have a hissy fit over a top. "What the fuck is wrong with you this morning?"
"Nothings wrong"
"That's bullshit because you didn't even get me any breakfast" I stated and he frowned slightly. He paused mid step, but then shook his head and continued. Obviously something was bothering him. "And you're letting me come with you, opposed to torturing me in the training rooms. Something happened?"
"Eric and Max fucking happened" He sighed running a hand through his hair. I frowned deeper and fell into step beside him. He glanced at a corner and i followed his eyes. A camera. Interesting. We continued walking in silence. We reached an empty corridor with one door and Adam unlocked it. He walked in and left it open for me after. I shut it behind me and glanced around. It was quite big in here actually. It was a big room, with a bed towards the back of the room with a door near it, and a wardrobe. To the left of me was a small kitchen and to my right a sofa and computer. Beside the computer was a bookshelf as well, how Erudite. I frowned slightly though as i looked closer and it was covered in files. What was it with files that he liked?
"So what have Eric and Max done?" I asked sitting down on the sofa, and facing him as he walked to the wardrobe. He took off his shirt and i blanched slightly. I know Adam is a muscly guy but fuck. Even his fucking back was muscly as shit. Holy shit. Dauntless had done wonders for him. I blinked out of my shock as he put on a tight black shirt, exactly the same as the one i'd ripped.
"As you heard Eric is Divergent" I nodded. "But he's working with Max trying to eradicate Divergents. Stupid idea, but he seems to have found some logic in it. Anyway, he tells me what happens in the meetings because of an old agreement, and in last nights meeting he decided that he was going to tell Max that he needed not to train the initiates, but i did" He spat opening the door, which turned out to be a bathroom. "So now i'm fucking stuck training your fucking class for another 4 weeks"
"Why is that so bad?" I asked. I know we weren't a great bunch, but we weren't that bad either.
"I don't work for four weeks, i get no pay for four weeks. I get minimum pay for this shit which is bullshit"
"You could just say no"
"And get myself killed? No thanks" He walked back into the room and sat down opposite me. "This also means that i have to train kids in something i don't fucking agree with" Okay, that was pretty shitty.
"Why would they kill you?"
"Because they bloody kill everyone who disagrees" He rolled his eyes, seemingly in a slightly better mood. "Anyway, that's enough of that. You were right, i haven't tortured you enough this morning. Let's run" Before i could even protest, he was already up and out the door. I groaned but got up and sprinted after him.
"I didn't mean you had to torture me" I laughed catching up with him.
"You love it" He smirked. I resisted the urge to smile.
"Fuck off" He winked at me before taking off into the mornings air. I had to pick up my pace to catch up.
"Alright. Suit up, we're going on a trip" Four announced and i dropped from the pole. "Meet at the tracks in an hour" I yawned slightly and rolled my shoulders.
"Be late and points will be deduced" Adam added, leaning bored against the wall. He really didn't want to be here. I picked up my jacket, my jacket not Adam's one, and threw it over my shoulder. I put my shoes back on and smiled at Uriah as he sided up beside me. We didn't train with the Dauntless born, so i didn't see much of him really. I'd barely spoken to him since he told me about the net, but he seemed nice enough.
"Are you free tonight Mae?" He asked. I looked sideways at him as i put my wet from sweat hair into a ponytail. Uriah was good looking and all, but he wasn't my type. He was sweet, but i liked them a little bit rougher. Not bad boy, but not sweetheart either.
"Depends on why you're asking?" I asked. It wouldn't hurt though would it?
"I was going to go and check out the club with a couple of the group. Feel like joining?" He offered. Thank God. I don't have to let him down. A club? A club sounds great.
"I'll be there, definitely. Who else is going?"
"A couple Dauntless born, invite Tris and Chris is you want" He grinned. I smiled slightly.
"I will" I frowned slightly when i heard someone make a bang behind us. I turned around and saw Adam punching a bag. He could knock someone out with one of those punches. Uriah put a hand on my shoulder and i turned back to him. "I'll catch up with you" I muttered and he frowned, but then gave me a smile and exited the room. I kicked my shoes back off and walked towards the bar again, which was in Adam's eye line. I jumped up and easily hung there.
"You're like a bloody monkey" Adam said glancing at me before punching the bag.
"You like referring me to animals" I observed. "First a mole and now a monkey"
"Because you're a bloody animal"
"You don't know the half of it" I winked and he shook his head with a laugh. "What sort of trip is this?"
"A shit Dauntless tradition. Like capture the flag" I nodded slightly. "We'll split into two teams and both try and get the others flag"
"Sounds pretty shit" I muttered swinging my legs. "What shoes should i wear? Boots or just normal dolly shoes?" I asked.
"Boots. It'll be muddy. Dress warm as well. It gets freezing"
"Got it" I nodded letting go of the rail. I landed on my feet and put my shoes back on.
"I heard you're going to the club" I looked up at him, but he continued punching the bag.
"Yeah. Uriah invited me. Why, you going?" I don't have a clue what the club was like, but if the Dauntless born were going, then it must be pretty good.
"Why want me there?" He smirked at me and i rolled my eyes.
"That isn't answering my question" I said in a sing song voice.
"You didn't answer my mine"
"I asked first"
"I don't care" Adam snickered.
"Just answer the question you child" I laughed.
"I might be there. I'll see if i get any better offers. I think a load of the lads, including four, are going down" He smirked. I scoffed and gave him a look.
"I'm the best offer you'll get. I might even put a dress on, and you can't resist the thought of me in a dress" I laughed wiping my sweaty face. I must look stunning right now, sweat covered and all.
"I've already seen up your skirt"
"You didn't see up my skirt!"
"Whatever helps you sleep at night" He winked.
"I'm leaving" I laughed walking towards the door.
"Piercings showing" I flipped him the finger as i walked out the door. He was a bastard. I smiled as i walked to the room. I found my bed and kicked off the trainers and changed them for the short ankle boots i had, for trips like this one. I then put the jacket on my bed and picked up my coat. I'd brought my own, but i still kept his.
"Hey, i'm going to the club tonight if you guys want to come" I said as i faced Tris, Chris, Mia, Al and Will.
"Yes!" Chris grinned excitedly. "Oh my God, this will be amazing"
"Some of the Dauntless born are going, Uriah invited me" I smiled.
"Even better! We'll need to buy some dresses!"
"We've got to go on this trip, but we'll have time after, go around 7ish" Mia hummed, seemingly excited as well.
"I guess it'll be good to have a night off" Tris smiled.
"I heard Four's going" I muttered lowly and Tris blushed red. It was cute how she liked him. By the way he acted around her, i'm guessing he liked her as well.
"Who'd you hear that off?" Tris asked through the blush.
"Um" That caught me off guard. It wasn't common knowledge that me and Adam were.. Friends, but it wasn't a secret that he favoured me over the others. "Adam told me"
"Adam the trainer?" Al frowned and i nodded. "You can actually have a conversation with him?"
"He's a wanker most of the time" I laughed putting my hair up more securely. "Shall we grab something to eat before going?"
"Yes, i'm starving!" Will muttered hooking an arm around my shoulder. I laughed and walked out with them to the dining hall.
"I would die for a bar of chocolate" We found seats and i picked up an apple. I was trying to eat healthy, and Dauntless not having chocolate except from in the shops was helping. I bit into the apple and chewed slowly. I liked fruit, but it wasn't chocolate.
As the hour reached a close, we all made our way to the tracks. Adam was stood, eating an Apple as well. I hadn't quite finished mine yet either. We all stood in front of him, waiting. Four and Peter and his group weren't there yet.
"I don't think i want a dress" Mia spoke up and i turned to her.
"Neither do i. I'm thinking skirt and top" I shrugged and she nodded her head in agreement. "Maybe like a leather one"
"But then do i go for a dress because they're easier to wear"
"Or easier for Al to take off where ever you decide to shag" I smirked and she blushed yet. I laughed. They were all shy about talking about sex. "It's cute that you've moved to the same faction" Al isn't going to make it, and i'll miss him and Mia, when he's cut. She'd never let him becoming factionless without her. It was cute that she's risk it all.
"I couldn't leave him" She smiled as she looked over at Al, who was talking with Will, close by. "You'll find love one day Mae"
"One day" I chuckled. "I'm young. I'll shag a few a frogs before i find the prince" Mia laughed.
"Have you all got flashlights?" Adam asked looking at us all.
"I don't" I muttered. He didn't tell me i needed a flashlight. He rolled his eyes and threw me one over. I smiled in thanks and attached it to the hook on the vests we had to wear. "Why do we need a flashlight?" I asked. It was still light out.
"Because at night, it gets dark" He said in a babying tone. I gave him a glare. He was being a wanker.
"No shit. Are we going to be out there that long?" He just nodded. "We'll have to run in the shops and quickly get ready then" I said to Chris and she pouted slightly, but nodded her agreement.
"Alright, now everyone's here. We can get going" Adam said, obviously directing the jibe at Four. I smirked slightly and saw Tris frown. She had it bad. A minute later the train arrived and we all jumped on. Just as the train was at that point when it would be too hard to jump on, someone jumped on. I frowned slightly at Eric. Why was he here? "Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" Adam asked, clearly pissed off.
"Is there a problem?" Eric smirked. He obviously liked pissing Adam off. Eric may have been a big guy, but Adam was obviously the one not to mess with. I'd be careful if i was Eric.
"I wouldn't have had to come else" Eric just shrugged. "The aim of the game is to capture the others flag. You'll be split into two teams. Four you choose first"
"I'll take the stiff" I raised my eyebrows as Tris blushed. He had something planned.
"The stiff? You've got something planned" Eric chuckled slightly, not in a nice way.
"Something like that" Four smirked.
After everyone was chosen, all except me. I leant against the wall between them both, waiting. There was an odd number of us, so they didn't really know what to do. Fucking great. "Get another flag" Adam said, frowning in thought. We all turned to him. I don't even know why i was last to be chosen, i so wasn't the weakest. Probably because neither Four or Eric liked me at all... It wasn't my fault, well not really.
"Why?" Eric asked.
"We'll change it up. Three flags. First team to get the others two flags" Adam explained.
"Who are you going to have on your team?" Four frowned. They'd moved closer, as the teams stayed where they were. I stayed against the wall, staring at the trio.
"Mae" He shrugged. I smirked slightly.
"You won't win with only her on your team" Eric laughed.
"You're both stupid not to pick her" Adam chuckled. "We'll win, no doubt in my mind"
"If you say so" Four smirked. "What happens if we get Erics flag, are you aloud to get it off us?"
"Yes" Adam smirked. "Eric you'll get off first, then Four and then i'll get off last" The two nodded and walked towards their teams. I stayed where i was, looking at Adam. He winked at me.
"Us against everyone else?" I asked amused. How the hell would we beat everyone else.
"So it seems. We've won this anyway"
"You can't be so sure we're going to beat everyone else" I muttered as he moved closer to me.
"Yes i can. Where do you wanna hide the flag?"
"We should bury it" I hummed.
"Not aloud" I just shrugged. "We're going to cover it in leaves. Strictly speaking, that's not cheating"
"Alright" I chuckled.
"Everyone take a gun" Eric grunted and we all moved forward to take a paint ball gun. I grinned slightly and checked it out. I'd read about them in a book, but i'd never held one before. "Come on then my team" Eric said jumping off the train. Five minutes later Four followed and after them me and Aaron jumped off. We immediately turned off the flashlight.
"Eric always takes defence while Four prefers advancing. We'll go for Four's flag first" I nodded and Adam got out the bright pink flag. We put it on the ground and then covered it.
"Let's go" I grinned and we walked through the dark fields until we saw Four and Tris climbing the Ferris wheel. She put the flag in one of the carts and then they got down. I gave Adam a look and started climbing silently. Adam kept watch. I saw the bright orange flag and crouched down in the cart, to keep it hidden and myself hidden. I stood back up and looked around for Eric's flag. I found it in the building, shining. I put the flag in my jacket and then climbed back down. I was almost invisible in the darkness. "Got it" I whispered. "Eric's at that church place, thing" Adam nodded.
"I'll distract them. You climb the building and get it. Don't go inside, they'll have people protecting it" I nodded and we both moved towards the building. Adam nodded to a path behind the building. I nodded and we separated. I heard the guns begin to fire as i continued through the shadows. They had no one protecting it round here. I saw the flag on the balcony and began climbing. I slipped slightly but caught myself on the windowsill. I stilled, expecting someone to hear me, but no one did. I climbed over the windowsill and saw Molly, she had her back to me. The stair well door started to open, but i jabbed a piece of wood underneath the hatch. That's all i needed was someone from Fours team coming in.
Molly, obviously, heard me then and i quickly shot her. Pink paint splattered all over her chest and face, and i took the distraction to grab the flag. Molly didn't go down without a fight though, as i put the flag in my jacket with the other hand, i felt about six paint balls all hit me in the back and one hit my ass. I winced at the pain of it, but turned and used all of mine to shoot her. She fell to the ground and I walked back out onto the balcony. Adam was shooting someone. He looked up at me expectantly. I pulled both flags out and grinned. He laughed as everyone stared shocked.
"We won" I muttered climbing down the balcony and jumping the last bit. Fuck, my back and ass hurt. I chucked the flags to Adam and he grinned smugly at Eric, as he stared shocked.
"How the fuck did you two win?" He asked.
"Skill Eric, some people have it" Adam laughed and i chuckled slightly. My back really was killing me. Everyone started walking back to the tracks, some limping and some holding various body parts. We'd all be bruised tomorrow. "Come on" Adam said taking a right away from the tracks. I frowned and glanced at the others, but no one seemed to have heard him. I took the same right and followed down the hill.
"Where are we going?" I asked. "I'm supposed to be going shopping with the group"
"You can go with them if you want" He shrugged walking down a path into the closed down city. I glanced back at the tracks and then continued on. He was deliberately not telling me where we were going. I huffed slightly but continued following him. "We're walking back"
"Why?" I asked putting my hands in the jacket pockets.
"You're so fascinated with the city, i thought we'd take a walk through it"
"Like go into the buildings?"
"If you want" He shrugged.
"We've got till 7" I said giving in. I was too fascinated with the closed down city to pass up this opportunity. I fell into step beside him as we started into the city. "Do you walk through here a lot?"
"Not all the time, but i have done" He shrugged.
"It's just interesting to think that our ancestors used to live in all these buildings. They'd travel miles to go to a similar building and work all day, before driving back. Like everyone had a car. It's weird to think how much the world has changed purely because of one war" I rambled and Aaron chuckled lightly.
"You have a weird addiction to the city"
"I just like it. I liked the loneliness of the place"
"The loneliness?"
"It makes me feel a little less lonely" I admitted.
"Why are you lonely?"
"Name one person who loves me?" I asked. I wasn't deeply lonely. I got over it most of the time just by distracting myself, but sometimes it got to me. I liked the city because it made me realise i'm not as lonely as i could be. I could be factionless and living in a world where i was starving and had no one around me. I at least had a bed and food i could eat, and a job in the future.
I have no future though. We all grow up, we all get a job and we never-hardly-leave our factions. That isn't a life. Our ancestors used to travel the world and explore all the little things, everything they could! I want to do that! I want to travel, but we have the fence and we're not aloud.
"Do you need people to love you to not feel lonely?"
"No. I don't need anyone to love me, but i need people i can rely on. I don't want to live this life singularly"
"You want to get married?"
"No. I just want a friend or boyfriend. Someone who actually gives a shit about me. Not someone who uses me for information. Not someone who's stuck with me. Someone who willingly gives a shit"
"Why do you think i offered to help you?"
"Because i was lonely"
"Yeah. I willingly gave a shit" I smiled slightly and looked sideways at him. He smiled slightly in reply.
"You're the first" I chuckled. "Let's break into a building"
"Choose a building" I walked forward, walking slightly in front of Adam, and walked towards the office like building.
"This one" It was tall and we'd be able to see the whole of the city if we climbed a few floors. Adam nodded and kicked open the door. A puff of dust blew out and we both put a hand to our mouths and walked in. I looked around the floor we were on and saw nothing but desks. I easily located the stairwell and walked up a few flight of stairs. Adam right behind me. I kicked down the emergency door and found us on the roof. I smiled slightly and stepped out. The city looked amazing from up here. Nothing was moving and everything was silent. The only sounds were our breathing.
"I don't see your amazment" Adam said quietly. I turned my head slightly, he was stood right beside me. "It's empty"
"That's the point. Which brings you more peace, this? Or the busy factions that never sleep?" I whispered and he looked over at the city. I smiled and put a hand on his chin. I moved his head towards where lights were shining from Dauntless. "Look at it. Even now it stands out in the darkness and you can practically smell the sweat of movement"
My eyes caught his, his voice so low as to not disrupt the silence of the city. "You're quite something Mae" And then, as I felt the need to question him, he reached out and wrapped his hand around my neck, pulled me to himself, and kissed me. It wasn't a gentle, tentative kiss either. No, this kiss tasted of desperation and the loneliness we both felt deep inside. It tasted of his need and as he pulled me tighter, i needed him right wrapped his arms around me, i moved mine around his shoulders and i let myself kiss him with everything i wanted, deepening the kiss and forgetting how infuriating and moody and sensitive and –
"I'm sorry." He broke away and i immediatley missed the contact. I cleared my throat slightly and Adam brought a hand up to rub the back of his neck.
"Don't apologise. When someone apologises, they regret their actions" I muttered taking a step back. He better not bloody regret kissing me.
"I take it back then" His lip quirked slightly and i couldn't help but smiling. "We better be heading back, it's almost half 6" I nodded and followed him back down the stairs. We were silent on the walk back. Not an uncomfortable silence, the silence that you barely notice because you're so at peace. I was at peace in the city, and it helped i had Adam there. I pushed the kiss to the back of my mind. I wasn't going to dwell on it yet, despite think about it.
"See you at the club" I said as we neared the two pathways. One would take me to the room and the other would take Adam to his apartment.
"That you will" He smirked. I shook my head, amused, and walked down the path to the room. I reached the door just as the Tris did. She smiled at me, looking completley happy.
"Where'd you get to?" I asked and she smiled wider, pushing her hair out of her face.
"I went back with some of the dauntless born. What about you?"
"I went back with Adam"
"Oh?" She smirked slightly, nudging my shoulder. "You seem to be spending a lot of time with him. I see you in the mornings sometimes" I chuckled slightly.
"And you seem to be spending a lot of time with Four. I see you in the stimulation rooms sometimes" I knew he was helping her, but i didn't mind, i had Adam helping me.
"Is he helping you?"
"I could ask you the same question" I shrugged one shoulder. I liked to always have the upper hand. "Keep my secret, i'll keep yours"
"Deal" Tris smiled.
"Good. Now let's find the girls and make ourselves look hot" We both laughed as i opened the door. Chris, Mia, Al and Will were all sat waiting.