Chapter 4

Tobias POV

Another year of training transfers, thank God I stayed to train last year otherwise I would not have met the love of my life and old time friend. She doesn't know it yet but we were best friends back in Abnegation when I was eight so she was six, funny she's six now and eight is double four. I'm thinking too much. I have a couple pictures of us when we snuck out and bought a camera and took pictures together. Luckily my father never found the camera and I carried it everywhere I went so I still have it. Unfortunately my father found out that I snuck off with her and wiped me hard that night. I shiver at the thought of him and look at my beautiful sleeping Tris beside me. I love her so much, I lean down to kiss her cheek but she rolls over and our lips touch. No matter how many times we kiss, I still have a fire that burns through me when I touch her.

"That was nice; you should wake me up like that more often." She giggles and it makes me smile.

"It's time to go train some initiates, we start with guns today."

"Yay, can I threaten someone with a gun like you did last year?" She asks and I just laugh.

"Only if they yawn or do something incredibly stupid. And we are talking about 16 year olds here so you probably will get to."

"Hey, I was 16 when we fell for each other." She was right, from that moment on the Ferris wheel I know I loved her, I just didn't know when to say it. I don't regret anything, but tonight I will tell her I love her. At the same place we had our first kiss, the rock by the chasm. Perfect.

"True, come on, we don't want to be late." We crawl out of bed, take a shower, and get dressed. I wear a simple black shirt that is tight enough to see my abs and dark grey athletic pants. Tris looks beautiful in whatever she wears but she comes out in a black tank, dark green skinny jeans, her combat boots and leather jack that she takes everywhere. "Ready Six?" I ask and hand her a muffin.

"Ready Four, wait," She puts her hands on my abs and gives me a long sweet kiss and I don't want it to end but it does. "Now I'm ready." I open the door and head to the training room to set up.

Ari's POV

It's 7:50 when I get up, Shit! I'm gonna be late! I grab my tank top, pants and boots as fast as I can and take off in a sprint to the training room. Luckily I didn't get lost. By the time I get there it is 7:55 and I'm the first one there. Weird. Not even two minutes later everyone piles into the training room.

"Hey Ari where were you? We all went to breakfast but no one could find you." Carter asks.

"Well you could have looked harder because I was still in bed asleep and I missed breakfast, thanks a lot."

"Oh so that's why your shirt is on backwards." A voice says from behind me. I turn around to see who it is and I see Six standing there.

"Shit! I mean…"

"It's cool, Alright listen up!" She yells, I take this opportunity to go to the back of the group and turn my shirt around. "Today we start phase one of three, the first one is mainly physical, the second emotional and the third one mental. In phase one you will learn how to shoot a gun, throw knives, and fight."

"Wait, do we have to actually fight each other?" A big kid from Candor asks, I think his name is Dylan.

"Yes. Do you have a problem with that?" Four asks in a scary voice. You can hear the kid gulp and he shakes his head no very fast. "Good, now you will be trained separately from the dauntless born but ranked together so I sugest you try really hard because the dauntless born are already better than you." A kid starts to open his mouth but Six interrupts him.

"And before you ask about the rankings, yes you are ranked and some of you will not make it."

"What does that mean?" Dylan asks.

"It means that all of you, dauntless born included, will be ranked and at the end of stage one if you are one of the last four on the list, you will become factionless." My hand flies to my mouth and I start to worry. What if I don't make it? What will I do? I can't become factionless, I just can't and I will not. I will stay and I will fight my way to the top. If I had the courage to choose Dauntless and leave my family, I have to make them proud even if I am in a different faction. I think to myself. I stand my ground as Four and Six demonstrate how to load a gun and how to fire it. I watch closely, taking in everything. Four passes out the guns, its heavier how than I thought. "Now watch closely as Six shows you how to fire. I watch her instead of watching were the bullet goes. I watch as she breathes in, out, and pulls the trigger. When she finishes shooting I look to see where her bullet ended up. Dead center. "Make sure you watch for the recoil, it's more powerful that it looks and if you are not careful it will knock you on your ass. Now get to it!" Four dismisses us to go to our targets and stand with my feet apart. I was about to be the first one to shoot but someone else does and it startles me that I almost drop the gun firing it into the floor, I look around, thankfully no one saw that. I hold the heavy gun as far away from my face as possible, attempt to aim, I breathe in then out and squeeze the trigger the bullet nicks the corner of the target but 'm still the first one to touch the target, even if I did stumble back a little from the recoil.

"First shot and first one to hit the board, nice job. Next time make sure you watch for the recoil. Stand your ground firmer and am a little lower so if you hand goes up when you shoot you are more likely to hit the center." Six says as she puts her hand on my shoulder. I nod my head and try what she said. This time the recoil isn't as bad and I hit the board about an inch away from the edge, hey it's not the center but still better than last time. I look over at Carter who is beside me and struggling a lot, so I help her.

"Watch for the recoil and aim down." I tell her what Six told me and in ten minutes she hit the edge of the target. We work for another hour and the closest I have gotten to the center is two inches away.

"Lunch!" Six yells, "Be back in an hour and a half." And with that Carter and I race down the hall to the cafeteria.

Tris POV

Once all the initiates leave, I turn to Tobias who is examining the targets.

"So what do you think about the initiates?" I ask.

"I like them, none of they seem like jerks or idiots."

"Yet, I really like Ari. She's really nice and she still has that touch of amity in her, but it's almost Abnegation-Amity. You don't think…" I trail off knowing where this conversation is going.

"God I hope not, do you know how worried I was for you when I found out?"

"I don't know you have me the cold shoulder." I say and turn away from him.

"I'm sorry; I just didn't know how to deal. I was really hoping you weren't because then my Tris wouldn't be in danger, but now I wouldn't want you to be anything else. I like how smart, selfless, and scary brave you are. I wouldn't wish for anything else." I couldn't believe what Tobias just said.

"Oh Tobias," I can't think of anything else to say so I kiss him. Just like our first kiss, slow yet passionate.

"Let's take a walk." Tobias says when he pulls away for air. I take his hand and he leads me out of the training room.

Tobias POV

I decide not to wait any longer to tell her I love her, I would have done it in the training room but I wanted the place to be special. I take her down into the chasm, taking the same path we did when we first came down here. I find the flat rock and I pull her into a hug.

"You know, I really meant those things. I don't know how I would continue on if I found your body in the chasm by the hands of Eric. I never told you this but ever since I helped you out of the net I knew you were something special, and when we climbed the Ferris wheel I knew you would be mine. You were my Tris and if anyone wanted to hurt you they would have to deal with me. That's why I was so pissed when that night at the chasm…you know..." I trails off. "Anyway, I wanted to tell you, that I love you. I don't care if you say it back I just want you to know that I love you so freaking much and I don't know what would happen if I lost you." After that she looks speechless, I just hope im not the only one who feels this way "Tris? At least say something."

"Sorry," She snaps out of it. "But I don't understand why you would choose me. There are so many other girls that are so much prettier than me and I'm short and skinny-" I cuts me off because I cant stand it when she talks like that.

"Didn't I just tell you in the training room that I love the way you look, how deadly smart you are and that you don't pity me?" I pause, "Does this conversation sound familiar to you?" And i'm right, it just like the one when we sat in this very spot and had our first kiss. "I don't care if you don't say I love you right now, but I just want you to know how I feel."

"Tobias, I love you more than you will ever know. I love you more than I love myself most of the time. The point is that I thought I was the only one who felt this way, because maybe you thought I needed your protection because I'm small and that you stayed with me because you cared about me not getting hurt not because you love me."

"Tris, do you even hear yourself right now? You're not even making any sense." I stop and take her hands in mine. "I don't care about what you thought, I want to know how you feel now, you know I love you so much. Don't over think it."

"I love you too, Tobias Eaton, I love you so freaking much."

"Really?" A smile spreads across my face.

"Really." She smiles too. I pick her up like a bride and spins her around. She laughs so hard that she almost chokes on air. When I finally set her down I stare into her eyes and I guess we were thinking the exact same thing because we say I love you at the same time. Within a second her lips are moving against mine. It's a passionate kiss, slow and filled with love. I know that I want to spend every moment of my life with her.

HEY GUYS, So just wanted to ask if you could review it cause this is my first fanfiction ever. Like I just got into reading it in like December when I refused to accept the way allegiant ended when I read it for the 10th time. So yeah- bye