CH 6: POV PETER:
Eric told me to meet up with him by the chasm at 7:00 pm. I have no idea why. I've never talked to him one on one before so I have no idea on how this will play out.
Today is the day after Tris got knifes flung at her head; that was what I call entertainment! It was even funnier because it almost seems like the trainer who threw the knives has a thing for her. It was truly hilarious to watch. Training is over for the day so I have the rest of the day off.
I walk towards the chasm to see that Eric already is there waiting for me.
"What took you so long?" He asks, his tone hinting that I should have been at least 10 minutes early, as if he deserves special treatment. Like that'll happen.
"Why do you care?" I ask back to him. He smirks, maybe he likes my attitude because he doesn't respond.
"I have something to discuss with you." He says. I'm annoyed with his lack of information.
"Well are you gonna say anything or just stand there?" I say letting venom seep into my words.
"Well I want to do something to the Stiff." I'm already interested. "I don't know what yet though, I'll need help planning it and I'm hoping it can happen soon."
"I'm in." I say. I was in the second the Stiff was mentioned. "When should we do our planning?"
"Now is fine. We can go to my office."
POV TOBIAS
As I walk through the Pit I see Eric in conversation with Peter. That can defiantly not be good. Sadly I am in no position to question it. I keep walking, picking up a few new shirts and pants and some groceries. I go back to my apartment to put everything back and head back to the training room for a short workout. On my way I pass Eric's office where I hear voices and have to resist the urge to barge in and see what is being discussed.
I'm right outside the training room, about to open the door when I hear voices. I pull my arm back and listen to the conversation. No one else comes in here after hours so I'm curious to see who is in there. I hear Tris's voice and another initiate, her friend, Christina.
"Oh get on with it. You said you brought me here to tell me something!" This is Tris.
"Yeah... so um- Will kissed me!" She says it so fast I can barely comprehend. I'm about to turn around and leave, I don't care about the initiates love life. But I can't bring myself to when I hear Tris speak again.
"That's fantastic! I'm so happy for you!"
"So what about you. I know you haven't kissed anyone but do you have any secret crushes, or better yet boyfriends?"
Although I can't see her, I can just imagine the blush appearing on Tris's face. Her answer doesn't come, but silence is a good enough answer for Christina.
"OHHHHH,come out with it! Who is it?!"
"Well... I'll give you a description."She clears her throat. clearly trying to stall. "He's awesome...tall, dark hair, obviously Dauntless... I don't know. He seems kind of... unapproachable but I feel like there may be a... softer side to him..."She pauses probably thinking. I can't even be sure if this is me. her description is too vague, Christina seems to think so as well.
"Well that was a crappy description! I have no idea who you're talking about!"
"That's the point." Tris replies. Oh well guess I'll have to find out some other way. I hear their footsteps come and I hurriedly back up and walk down the hallway away from the door.
POV TRIS
I can't believe I didn't come out with liking Four. I really thought I would. We're both teenagers and we have every right to share who our crushes are, I don't know what was holding me back. Partly my Abnegation and partly embarrassment. I hope I will be able to build up the courage to tell her, courage is the ruling characteristic of our faction- at least it's supposed to be.
I've come to a decision. I want to tell her, so we'll go out tomorrow and I'll tell her then.
I spit into the sink, looking at my reflection while brushing my teeth. I've noticed that I've filled out a bit. I'm becoming more muscular and curves are starting to appear. Christina even convinced me (I still don't know why I agreed) to buy a push up bra. It was said to 'increase your cup size by 2 whole sizes!'. I haven't worn it since I bought it.
I rinse my mouth out and go into the dorms, climbing into bed.
POV PETER
I've just come back to the dorms and everyone is asleep. I've been spending a lot of time with Eric to organize this plan for Tris. This should be pretty good. I go to sleep thinking about my plans for tomorrow.
POV TRIS
I wake up in the morning feeling refreshed. I'm pretty sure today is the last day of stage one of initiation. I hope so; all the physical training is draining. I get out of bed, yawn and re-open my eyes to see Christina in front of me holding the black lace death trap that is my one one only push up bra.
"You HAVE to wear this. You haven't worn it since I got it for you!" I walk away holding the bra as if I'm going to put it on.
"And if I find out you're not wearing it... I'll throw you under a train or something terrible!"
I snicker and roll my eyes. Might as well put it on, nothing bad could come from it right?
I walk into the dining room with Christina, with my 2x larger boobs. I wore the loosest shirt I could find. Christina was okay with that though. I think she has a plan to slowly convert me to look provocative. First bigger boobs then tight shirts. Then slowly move down the body, getting tighter as you go.
I stand next to Chris in line and we get our food. I see Four several people ahead. By the time I meet his eyes, they are already on mine. I look down trying to hide my blush. What is it about him that makes me like this?
We sit down and I watch Four go to a table with his friends.
"I think I should dress you more, Tris" Chris says.
"Yeah, I don't think so." I say rolling my eyes. She babbles on about boys and makeup and some shirt that she wants. What the heck is a lace peplum?
"Are you even listening to me Tris?"Christina asks although I doubt she even cares.
"Oh Yeah, and I might want one of those pee-plum things too." I'm pretty sure I said the name of the shirt wrong but she seems pleased in my answer and doesn't notice.
In the training room for the last day of the first stage we get to fight one of the members. About 13 have volunteered.
Time goes by slowly as the transfers and Dauntless born fight the members. Some of them do quite well. Some don't.
Christina, Will, Edward and Peter all beat their opponents, along with a few Dauntless born I don't know. I see that my name is next on the list, however it is time for lunch.
We come back from lunch with relatively full stomachs. I didn't want to eat to much in case my food decides makes a reappearance. In the training room all the members aren't back yet. Apparently they told Four that they wouldn't be back for a while.
After Four explains this he says, "So Tris, you're up next. Since your opponents aren't here, I can fight you." I take a deep breath but nod. I walk forward towards the rink where Four stands.
"I'll go easy on you." He says quite enough for no one else to hear.
I scowl at him. "You think I need you to go easy on me?"
"Of course not, but I was told to tell anyone I had to fight that... by Eric." He's not lying but he still didn't need to say that.
I take the first punch. I'm quick enough that I catch him by surprise, so he's only able to move slightly before my fist connects with the far right side of his abdomen.
He punches next, catching me in the shoulder and unbalancing me. He swipes his leg under mine making me fall. I get up before he can do anything else. I throw a fake punch, run to his back and kick his back then his knees. He stumbles so I kick him again. He whips around managing to stay on his feet and punches me in the side. I think I see him wince even though I'm not touching him.
His swipes his leg under mine making me fall. As I try to get up he kicks me right below my neck. I fall over landing awkwardly on the side. I'm slightly dizzy.
Four's hand extends down to me. I take it feeling embarrassed. "Thanks." I mumble walking away.
"You did really well!" Chris says to me
"Yeah considering who you were up against, you did really good." Will says. I just nod. Did anyone else notice that he didn't kick at my head or neck or any other actually good spots that would take down an opponent? It seems like I'm the only one who noticed.
We sit there for another 30 minutes before everyone is finished.
"Alright. You all have the rest of the day off and tomorrow off before the start of stage two. The ranks will be displayed tomorrow." This is told by a girl I don't recognize by name. I think she's the Dauntless born instructor.
Everyone files out of the room. Will and Al say they're going to get tattoos. I'll have to see it to believe that. Guess I will later today. Christina drags me to the shops. She is going to get me one of those lacy peplums. I guess she took what I said earlier to heart. She finds one my size and has me try it on. It is a little tight but a lot better than many of the Dauntless clothes. It accents my slowly coming curves and is pretty comfy.
Christina gets her own. It seems to look 500x better on her though.
We go to jewelry stores and get earrings and necklaces, mostly for Chris. She couldn't find anything that suited me. I find that hard to believe, I think she just needed a break from my constant negativity towards shopping.
We go to a shoe store where I get some cute heels (it took one of the employees and Christina to convince me that I looked good in them) and several pairs of flats. I'm actually happy with my selection. I didn't think that would happen.
We go to a dress shop "For the grand finale" as Chris put it.
She picks out at least 10 dresses and me and her go into a dressing room. Chris tries on a fabulous black dress. It is flowy and goes down to her knees has a glitter waist band and is a sweetheart neckline. I have no idea when she would wear it but it is gorgeous.
"There is a time for every dress." She says noticing my skeptical looks.
"So.." I say I'm going to try to tell her about my crush on Four."You have shared with me your love life and I think it would be a good idea to tell you mine."
She looks like she just heard the best thing on the planet. Her eyes light up and shes jumps up and down excitedly. "OH MY GOD TELL ME!"
"Okay, so I kinda" ha understatement of the year, more like 'I have accumulated an intense feeling that I can never get out of my system', "have a crush on the instructor..."
"EW! Eric?"
Why would she even think that! "Of course not!"
"Good! So that other really hot one, Four?"
"Yeah..."
"This is so exciting Tris, we HAVE to find a dress for you now!"
She finds me one that has sleeves, is soft, and not skin tight. Somehow it is actually very pretty. We go out of the store with a dress each.
We drop off our new stuff at our dorm and go to the dining hall. We get in line. I get a potato and Chris gets pasta. At the end of the line a server I've never seen before is handing out free samples of cake. It looks super good and we both take the piece handed to us.
I eat quickly and become extremely tired really fast. I head down to the dorms to get ready for bed. I hope I don't pass out. Chris goes to take a shower and leaves me alone in the room.
I sit on my bunk looking at my new clothes and brushing my hair, putting it into a ponytail. I hear the door open. It should be Christina.
"Hey I'm just gonna go to sleep so.. goodnight." I lay down with my eyes drooping. There is no reply. Strange. I hear footsteps come my way. I doesn't sound anything like Christina's. I try to open my eyes. But they don't open. My head is fiercely thrust up and a tight cloth is tied around my mouth, I can't make any noise. I try moving but I can't before this awful fatigue takes me under.