Lane's POV

As I jump on the train I look back and see the black horse take off with it's rider. I smile to myself and sake my head and laugh a bit. I don't know what it is about Marley. I know I have only talked to her once but just seeing her makes me feel better. I take my hand and tousle my blonde hair and when the time is right, jump off the train. I land on my feet with little wobbling but do not fall. I walk into the dark dauntless compound and see Four standing at the entrance leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. He looks a lot like me but I had blonde hair and not as muscular but I was getting there thanks to training.

"Lane, you are not supposed to be out there without a member with you."He says as he nudged his head to the opening of the compound.

"I just needed to walk around and I only went along the train tracks so it not a big deal." I told him in a clipped tone. It is hard to talk to him because I want to scream at him everything I came here to tell him. He is the person I came here to find and now that I found him I find it hard to tell him what I needed to tell him.

"Just remember that if you get caught you wont be the only one who gets in trouble." He says with his deep voice. He then turns on his heels and goes off to who know where. I turn to go to the room where the initiate transfers stay. It is quite now because everyone is out for dinner but I just want to take a nap while it is still quite. This room is very loud and any quite moment I get I use it to think. I am called a Stiff from time to time but Tris gets it a lot more than I do. I try to stay as reserved as possible because I don't want to get on someones bad side. Especially Peters. He is a huge guy and tends to pick on Tris the most. I told him to stop once and I got told off for it. The rankings are going up soon and I know if Peter is not first he will flip. I am not good friends with anyone here but Al seems like a good enough guy along with Will but Edward and I have hung out from time to time when he isn't with Myra. Myra is nice and all but she is not fit for dauntless, anyone with eyes can see it. I think she transferred for Edward but could you really change your whole life for someone you love at 16? Molly has tried to flirt with me a couple of times but I cannot stand her. She and Drew are like puppets under Peter and I think she should be herself. I start to think of my family and tears threaten to leave my eyes. My mother was the only parent I have ever known. I have a father but he was never there and when he was it was not pleasant. To everyone else besides My mother, him, and me my father was the man whom my mother was first married to. He had die 2 months before I was born and up until 5 years ago I thought he was my real father. But my real father is a well respected man in abnegation who had a affair with my mother. I wish that the man who died 16 years ago was my real father. Maybe then my life you turn out different. I am waken up from my thoughts when all the transfers come into the room. Edward comes and sits on my bed while Myra sits on the bed across from us.

"Hey are you excited about the rankings?" Edward asked me. I know he will be first and he knows it too.

"Yeah I guess. I don't think I did too bad but you never know." I tell him. Myra nods her head in agreement with what I just said. We had finished the first stage of initiation and I had done pretty well. Tris has surprised me the most of all. She looks weak but she is strong and people underestimate her. It is free time now and I get up to go do something. I am not sure what but I just let my feet take me where ever. I end up at the tattoo place and decide to go get a tattoo. I have always thought of getting a tattoo but I am deathly afraid of needles. I here we have to get injected with them for the fear landscape and they will be in my fear landscape so I should get a head start on over coming them. I walk in to find a young women sitting at the desk. It is Tori who gave me my aptitude test. She is also the person who told me I am divergent and that I can not tell anyone. I see Tris and Christina getting tattoos as well. I walk over to Tris and see ravens now flying toward her heart.

"Nice Tattoo." I tell her as I walk over to Tori.

"Can I help you?" She asks me.

"I would like to get a tattoo please." She nods and ask me what I want. I tell her and she gets to work. As soon as I sit in the chair my palms start sweating and my hands start shaking. I also have a sick feeling in my stomach.

"Are you alright?" Tori asks as she picks up the needle to begin.

"Yeah...um...I am just terrified of needles. I wanted to get a head start on facing my fears." Tori shook her head and laughed.

"All right but if it hurts tell me." I nod and she begins. "Just think of someone. A friend, family, or someone you care about." I close my eyes and think about the one person who has been on my mind ever since I met her. Marley. I had noticed her at the choosing ceremony but I did not say anything. I thought about her brown hair and her big green eyes the color of grass. I thought about the way she was easy to talk to and how I was excited to talk to her tomorrow. I felt the pinch of the needle and tried to calm myself down. Before I knew it she was finished and I got up and looked in the mirror. On my shoulder blade stood a dandelion with the seeds flying away from it. I chose the dandelion because it symbolizes me leaving my faction and 'planting' a new life in dauntless. I thanked Tori and went back to the room to get some sleep.

Marley's POV

I woke with the warm sun beaming down on my face and I saw Mary was waking up also from her sleep. I thought about telling her about Lane but I decided no to. I got dressed in my clothes and did my hair. I slipped on my brown bracelet ,that my mom gave me a few years back, and laced my brown boots. Today we will be working in the fields and we had to plant the plant of our choice. It had to be a food so I decided to grow edamame beans. They were one of my favorite beans and they didn't seem that hard to grow. Mary had decided to plant grapes which was hard and Robert was going to plant corn. Thanks to Erudite we are able to plant any type of plant at any time of the year. They also created something to speed up the process. We walked out of the cabin and Andrew met up with us.

"Ok guys we are going out to the fields after breakfast. You will plow you plot of land today using either the machine, which many of you will choose, or the horses." I knew immediately I was going to use Banjo to plow. Sure it took longer but I don't have a bond with a machine. Then after we will study our water system which will help you with your crop. Have a good breakfast." Andrew dismissed us and we split to go to the dining hall.

"MAR MAR! HI!" I heard a young voice shout. I looked over in the direction of the voice and saw Jace waving his arms around. My mother's face was beat red and my father was laughing. Next to me, Mary was softly laughing. I waved at him and followed Mary to the table.

"I will get the food." I volunteered. I went up to the kitchen window and saw the old women was there. I grabbed a tray of pancakes and some fruit.

"Want you food to go again tonight?" The women asked.

"That would be wonderful. Thank you." She nods her head and I take the food to the table. Robert is sitting a little too close to Mary and I can see from Alex's glare at Robert that he notices too. I sit down next to him and put the food in the middle of the table.

"Hello Marley. You look pretty today." Alex say very loudly to me. I was taken back by his comment because he was never this sweet to me. I looked at him and he was looking at Mary. She was engaged in conversation with Robert and when Alex complemented me she looked up at Alex.

"Umm...thanks." I reply. I did not know what to say but he didn't care if I replied or not. All he cared about was making Mary jealous and by the looks of it it was working.

"So Marley would you like to sit with me at dinner tomorrow. Alone. Just the two of us." At this time he was basically screaming and the whole table was listening on what he had to say.

"Well...I...um." I stuttered not knowing what to say. "I can't I have plans."

"Well maybe breakfast then."He suggest. I nod slightly and I can see Mary's face turn red with anger.

"So Robert would you like to sit with me at dinner tomorrow. Alone. Just the two of us!" Mary screamed, looking at Alex.

"Sure I would love to." Robert says after he takes a bite of bread.

"Good lets go out to the fields." Mary says as she gets up and stomps out of the room with Robert following her like a dog. The others followed them a few moments after and then it was just Alex and I.

"I am sorry I put you on the spot." Alex apologizes as he gets up to leave. "If you don't want to sit with me tomorrow you don't have to."

"I said I would and I don't like to go back on my word so if you still want me to I will." I say in all honesty.
"Thanks Marley. I need to talk to someone and you seem like just the girl to listen." With that he left. I am confused by what he meant by that but I did not question it. I get up and walk through the doors. I see Andrew standing in front of the group of initiates and I go to join them. I stand near the back and Mary moves to stand next to me.

"Why did you do that to me!" Mary says in a sharp whisper.

"I wasn't going to be rude and say no! It won't mean anything I promise." I assured her. She huffed and she walked away. I made a mental note to ask her if she was mad a little later now I had to pay attention to what Andrew was about to say.

"Ok raise your hand if you want to use the machine to plow." Everyone but me raised their hand.

"Alright, everyone except Marley follow me and Marley you know where everything is so meet us up at the south field." I nod my head and head up to the barn. When I get to the barn I go to Banjo's stall.

"Hey big boy we have to work today." I say as I run a brush over his coat. "But tonight we get to go see Lane again." I get almost giddy at the mention of his name. I began to put the harness for plowing on Banjo and led him out of the stall. I hooked the plow to him and led him down to the south field. When we got there everyone was there and had their machines.

"Ok everyone get started!" Andrew shouted. People started up their machines and I gently tapped Banjo on his back with the whip to get him going. The plow cut into the ground and pushed the dirt aside. Banjo pushed all of his weight into the collar.

"Good boy!" I shouted to him. Soon my forehead was beaded with sweat and Banjo's coat was darken with sweat also. I looked over at the others and they were almost done. I pushed Banjo to go even faster and he responded by pushing more. After a few more minutes we were done and so were the others. I walk Banjo back to the barn and began to cool him off. I untacked him and put him in his stall and kissed him on his nose. "See you later boy." I made my way down to the 'class room' where we would be learning about the water system. I already know about it but we will be tested on it so I must pay attention. When I arrive in the room everyone had already sat down and Andrew was about to start talking.

"Only a few more hours." I say to myself. I look at the clock on the wall and see it is 2:00 and Andrew's lesson will only take a couple hours and I am supposed to meet Lane at 6:00 so I will have to wait awhile.

"The water system works with the wonderful technology from Erudite. With it our water systems are monitored and regulated to help our faction thrive. It is a delicate system that only a person whom has studied it can manage it. You will be taking a test in a week or so that will decide what job you should take." Andrew's face lit up at certain parts of the speech. I zoned out for the rest of lesson and began to doodle on a sheet of paper. When the lesson was over I looked down and my boots and clothes were spotted with mud. I went into showers and stripped down to nothing. The showers only last for 5 minutes and they are freezing cold but I am ok with them now. I take the bar of soap and run it over my body and then lather it into my dark hair. I was excited to see Lane again. There was something about him that makes my world brighter and I have only talked to him once. He was easy to talk to and maybe he would make my life easier here easier. I jump out of the shower and towel dry my body and my hair. I changed into the same clothes but I whipped them off. It would be a waste of water to get new clothes so I had to keep the clothes I had on. I dried my hair and let it fall loose on my shoulders. It was almost time to meet Lane so I went out of the shower room and to the dining hall. I had to clean dishes after dinner so I couldn't stay late with Lane. I went to the window and the old lady was there to greet me.

"Here you go. I hope you have a lovely evening."

"Again, Thank you so much." I say to her. I leave and go through the door and see Mary walking towards the dining hall.

"Hey Mary. Can I talk to you for a moment?" I ask her.

"Yeah sure. What's up."

"You know that breakfast tomorrow means absolutely nothing you know that right." I want to make sure that she is not upset.

"Yeah I know and I am not mad. Plus you are not his type. He likes a girl who is fun, flirty, and someone who is pretty." She gave a smirk and flipped her hair and walked away. She knew that what she said would hurt me and it..it did. I had to fight the tears back that were threatening to pour out. She knew I was insecure about my looks and yet she still hurt me even though I apologized to her and she said she was ok with it. I guess this is her revenge. I tried to shake the tears away as I made my way to the barn. I went into Banjo's stall and I began to brush him. The tears seemed to fade away as I tacked him and mounted. I pushed Banjo into a canter and we made our way to the train tracks. When we got there I saw Lane sprawled out on the ground.

"Hey you didn't ditch me!"He says as he gets to his feet.

"I said I would come didn't I." I say with a laugh. I took the food out of a bag I had brought and handed it to him. "Here is your food." He takes it and sits down on the grass. I sit down next to him and take a piece of bread from the container.

"Are you ok?" He asks me. I nod my head and try to hide my face when the tears threaten again.

"Yeah, there is just drama and it is hard to deal with sometimes." I confess.

"Ok who do I need to beat up?" He says as he flexes his arm which are toned with muscle.

"No one!" I laugh and lightly punch him in the arm.

"What happen?"

"Well, my friend Mary and this guy who likes her named Alex got a bit crazy at breakfast today. She has a new friend named Robert and Alex got all jealous and ended up asking me out right in front of her. I was put on the spot and I stupidly said yes. Mary got upset but she told me she understood when I told her we where just friends and nothing absolutely nothing was going to happen but she still wanted to hurt me." The whole time Lane just nodded his head at the right moments and seemed interested.

"How did she hurt you?"

"She said that I wasn't Alex's type because he like fun, flirty, and pretty girls. I know it is stupid to let her get to me but she knows I am insecure and yet she still hurt me. Some friend huh?" I say as I finish.

"1 she is the worst friend ever, 2 that Alex guy would be lucky to have a girl like you , 3 you are one of the nicest people I know and I have only known you for a day! And 4, you are beautiful and don't let anyone tell you otherwise." I try to hide blush but it doesn't work.

"Well thank you." I say. "Now it is your turn to confess. Did you ever find that person you were looking for?"

"Yes I did. But I haven't told him who I am yet. I found out a couple years ago that my mother had an affair." I could tell it took a lot for him to tell him. I lightly took my hand and rubbed his back.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"I do. It is just hard. The person who my mom had affair with was Marcus Eaton. He is my father and I wish he wasn't." His eyes watered with tears. "When ever he would come over he would beat me and my mother would just stand there and let it happen because she loved him. My half brother could have gone through the same thing and I need to talk to him. See if it gets easier. Maybe we could help each other. I ran away from Marcus because I needed freedom and I needed to find Tobias. Now I believe I found him but I don't know how to tell him. I don't just want to go up and be like ta da you have a new brother. You are the only person I have ever told this." He finished and whipped the tears from his eyes. I was at a loss for words. Nothing I could say could comfort him.

"Lane. I am so sorry, no one should ever go through what you did. I think you where brave to leave. And with Tobias I would just sit him down and tell him. He needs to know and maybe it will be easier for the both of you to know that you both have been through the same thing. If you ever need someone I will always be here waiting and again I am so so sorry."

"Thank you for listening. And I think it is a good idea for Tobias I just need to pick the right moment." He says. "Ok lets talk about something else."

"Ok, hows initiation going?" I asked.

"Good. Next stage is the fighting. I have to fight someone till one of us is unconscious." The look of horror on my face must have been funny because he started laughing. "You should have seen you face!"

"Sorry I think fighting someone is horrific. Now I am happy I didn't join Dauntless." I laugh along with him.

"Like I said yesterday I would have been there to protect you." He says as he puts his arm over me out of the corner of my eye I see a dandelion seed tattoo.

"You got a tattoo?" I ask.

"Yeah I got it last night." He tasks he shirt off reveling his abs and a dandelion on his back with the seeds flying away.

"Does it symbolizing anything?" I ask.

"It is supposed to symbolize freedom. Me flying away from abnegation and my family."

"I like it. I would be afraid of tattoos plus my parents would flip out." I say. My faction does not have tattoos and it is only a dauntless thing.

"At Dauntless you aren't cool till you have one. The ladies dig it." He jokes as he puts his shirt back on.

"I bet they are all over you." I poke him in the ribs.

"Well what about you. The Amity boys are probably lining up just to talk to you."

"Oh yeah you are lucky just to have 10 minutes of my time! But no, Mary is the 'it' girl here."

"Well I think you are pretty awesome. I am pretty quite at the compound. It is good to stay on the down low there. It is better to not have any friends at all then have a few friends and enemies. The people there are a bit scary."

"I bet. I think the people at Amity are a bit better then that but not by much." Lane and I laugh and talk for another 10 or so minutes before the train lights start to appear.

"Dammit." Lane says under his breath.

"I will be here tomorrow." I reassure him. He gets up and gives me his hand to help me up. When I get up I loose my balance and Lane catches me. His face is inches from mine and I can feel his breath on my face. What he does next shocks me. He takes his hands and takes my face into his hands. He lightly presses his lips on mine and I felt like I was on cloud nine.

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And here are pictures of what Marley and Lane are supposed to look like.

Marley Lane