Chapter 10: Pretty Much Perfect Day

We bike to the Lincoln Park Zoo together. It's a gorgeous day. The birds chirp and the trees sway in the light breeze. There is not a cloud in the sky. I sneak a glance over at Tobias. I've been with him since six o'clock this morning and I don't think I'll ever get tired of being around him. He can make me smile whenever I'm near him. It's like he sends off some electric shock through me and I just feel happy when I'm with him.

I spend the day laughing with Tobias. At the zoo, we milk the cows and we head over to the Koyler Sea Lion Pool and we feed and play with the seals. One of the Harbor Seals splashes us and Tobias' pants are soaked. The trainer jokes about how it looks like he had an accident. He looks pretty chill about the whole affair. He just laughs it off and he splashes me so I am just as wet.

"Hey, Tris?" Four starts

"Hmm?"

"I know we are having a fabulous time together, but could we maybe play a game of capture the flag with the rest of the force? I promised Zeke and it would just be one game and then we can continue our date in peace?" he pleads.

"Tobias, don't ever start a sentence like that ever again," I say as I playfully smack his shoulder. "You were about to give me a heart attack! Of course we can play capture the flag! But I don't really remember what that is so you'll have to explain it to me slowly…"

We take the subway and then walk some to an old park. It has boards and obstacles everywhere. I look over and see Zeke, Uriah, Marlene, Lauren, Lynn, Will, Christina, Shauna, and Al all standing by a tire swing next to a giant box that sits in the mud.

"I don't remember using paint balls in this game," I say clearly perplexed.

"Tris, this is Dauntless Capture the Flag. Not quite the same game you played at your twelfth birthday party," Zeke states completely serious.

I've never had a birthday party so I'm not quite sure if I should be offended. I casually laugh. I remember some version of this game from elementary school when Tobias and I played with our class one afternoon. We definitely didn't use paint pellets.

We split up in to two teams, Zeke and "Four" captains.

Tobias picks me first for some reason. I guess it's just one of the many perks of him being in love with me. I laugh at my thoughts and everyone shoots me a questioning glance with a look that implies they think I've completely lost it. Maybe I have.

Both teams go separate directions and I follow suit. My paintball gun feels sort of heavy compared to the police gun I usually carry.

"Where should we hide the flag?" Will asks.

"Over there in that tree!" Uriah points towards an old weeping willow.

"Okay. I'll climb it," I suggest.

I take the flag from Tobias and I start up the tree. It's about thirty feet tall so I climb all of the way to the top. I tie the flag on a nearly visible branch. While I am perched, I gaze across the field. I can easily spot the other team's flag. I call it out and I start to climb down.

I place a foot on a branch that breaks loose and I'm falling.

When I think I will hit the ground, strong arms catch me. We topple over and I see that I am now sitting on Tobias.

"Oops…Thanks, Four."

"Uh huh," he grumbles. I must've knocked the breath out of him.

I smile at him and I help him up.

We walk hand-in-hand back to our team. We tell them what we figured out and we hatch a plan.

Tobias, Christina, and I sneakily run for the flag while the rest of our team distracts the other team. They attack them with paint balls and we hear cries of triumph and wails of defeat. Christina reaches for the flag instead of letting me retrieve it. I am a little offset because it made her the hero of the day.

We hose off and change back into our clothes from earlier this afternoon.

"Ready to continue our date Ms. Prior?" Tobias asks in a gentlemanly manner.

"Why yes, or course, Sir," I whisper in reply. I wrap my arm around his and we go off to resume our celestial day together.

We arrive at a boating dock and I start to get suspicious.

"Tobias, where are we going?" I ask just as a beautiful wooden boat comes into view. Somehow he managed to get about thirty candles lit and rose petals arranged so they are encompassing the little boat.

"After you, Madame," Tobias says in a low tone.

OKAY I'M SORRY THIS IS SO TERRIBLE. I NEEDED TO UPDATE BECAUSE I FELT BAD. I'VE BEEN SO STRESSED AT MY SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL BUT IT'S ALMOST OVER THANK YOU JESUS. So here is half-finished chapter. I promise a lot of action scenes to come!

Divergent is by Veronica Roth. My name is not Veronica. She would've finished this chapter.