A/N- Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted recently. I'm currently working on FOUR stories. I don't know how writers do this, but expect some new stories soon. Well my name is Shelby :) I think two people guessed that xD And yes I named my main character after myself because I'm writing this Eric X OC relationship how I would want mine to be if you know, I was in Divergent. I am fourteen, shocker right? I'll private message the reviewer who guessed my name correctly and took a shot at my age soon.

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We continue shooting for the rest of the morning and when we break for lunch Mya is the only initiate who hasn't hit the center of the target. Justin and I hang back massaging our fingers while Four talks to her. When she joins us we head to the dining hall which I almost refuse to do because Mya is on the verge of tears, but she insists.

We sit at our normal table and start eating. To my surprise, a few Dauntless born initiates walk into the dining hall and straight to our table. Four of them.

"Hey newbies. Mind if we join you?" asks who I assume is the leader of their little pack. I look to Mya and Justin who seem to be okay with it so I smile.

"Yeah, sure. My name is Sh-"

"Shelby, we know. You were the first jumper," the boy interrupts me.

"And let me be the first one to say, you look much better in our color than blue," the other says. I look between the two and do a quick double take. They both laugh and the girl with them speaks up.

"I'm Whitney. Those two are the not so famous loud mouth twins on the Dauntless born side of the compound."

"I'm Dante," says the boy on my left, "and Jace is the less hot version of me on your right."

There's one more Dauntless born boy sitting across from me. He hasn't said a word yet.

"Hey, what's your name?" I ask.

He looks up but still doesn't acknowledge me. Whitney introduces him as Bryson.

"He doesn't really say much if you haven't noticed."

We make light conversation until it's time to head back to training.

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When we walk into the training room new targets line the wall and a new weapon is layed out. Knives.

Eric calls attention to the front of the room, "Listen up initiates! Most of you did better than expected this morning while shooting. Now we're going to step it up a little. Everyone grab three knives and pay attention! We will only demonstrate once."

Eric and Four both face a target and get ready to throw. I look to Eric, taking in every inch of his posture. His feet shoulder length apart, the way he follows through with his arm, which his bicep is most likely bigger than my head. He breathes out before he releases the knife, I watch the rise and fall of his sculpted chest… what the hell!

I did NOT just check him out.

"Now get a target and get throwing," says Four.

I choose a target between Justin and Mya and get working on my form. I pass the knife between my hands and conclude that because of the weight, I will need to aim a little above the bulls-eye if I intend to hit it.

After a while Eric and Four start walking down the line evaluating us. When I look around I realize I'm the only one who hasn't thrown a knife. Caleb is the person closest to hitting the center.

Alright, here we go. Inhale, aim, exhale, and throw. When I release the knife it soars through the air and hits the outer circle. It doesn't stick. Damn.

I'm pulled out of my thoughts by a sigh of relief from Justin.

"Finally, damn."

I look at his target and smile. His knife is sticking out of the center. He grabs another knife and continues to throw as do I. My next one hits the ring closest to the center but still doesn't stick. I sigh and almost ask Justin for help, but Eric and Four are almost to us and I don't want them to think I can't do this. I know I can.

Four watches Justin throw and Eric walks behind me and leans against the wall.

"Let's see what you got initiate."

I face my target and ready myself. When I throw my knife I try snapping my wrist to get more power behind it. The knife fly's and sticks in the ring just outside the bulls-eye. At least it stuck.

"Not bad. It still needs work. I'd practice this if I were you," commented Eric. Then he walks away to watch Mya throw.

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"I wanna get a tattoo," says Mya as she sits with Jace, Dante and I.

"Wait a minute! You've been here for two whole days and you haven't permanently inked your body yet?!" shouts Jace in false surprise.

"I thought you wanted to wait Mya?" I question. She looks down at her plate.

"Well I had planned on it. But I think I need the motivation. We just started training and I'm already not doing well."

I feel bad for her. She's from Amity, I don't think there has ever been an Amity to pass Dauntless initiation.

"Let's go get you some ink then shall we, Shelby, you coming?" asks Jace. I play with my lip ring. I've been doing that a lot lately, especially when I think.

"No thanks, you guys go ahead. I think I'll just wander a bit."

Jace frowns, "Okay, well we will see ya later then."

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After dinner I wandered around the pit for quite a while. There weren't that many people around which surprised me. I noticed Dauntless had one bar. It was a nice size too; you could probably fit half the compound in there.

When I walk past it I see Four and Eric having drinks discussing something. Eric's eyes meet mine and I keep walking.

I end up near the chasm and slow down. I hate this damn thing… I slowly walk across the bridge, my hand sliding against the rail. Halfway over I decide to stop and look into the water. The noise is loud, yet comforting. Four had said something about people jumping into the chasm. The thought alone makes me shiver.

I become so relaxed that I don't hear the approaching footsteps. I almost jump when I feel someone grab my waist.

A/N- So what did ya think? I originally had this chapter half written when I posted chapter seven but I ended up hating it so I restarted the whole thing. I'm trying to decide how to do the timing in this story because I feel like at the rate I'm going this story is going to be way too long and I want to get to the drama already :) And I have a baby cousin named Bryson and I absolutely love his name so that's where it came from. I named every OC in this story after someone I know in real life XD Please review and give me thoughts, I love reading them.