"Duuuudeee, thiiisss issss awwweeesoooommmeeee!" I exclaim as Uriah and I continue riding our golf cart over the uneven ground.
"IIIIIII knoooooowwwww!" That's when things go wrong. Remember that invention? Called walls? We must've overlooked them. We go crashing right through our room wall. Zeke barely looks up, and you won't believe what his reaction is.
"T'sup. Nice ride."
"Uh, thanks. MY DARTS BOARD! Oh wait, It's on the other wall. Phew."
"So… shouldn't we start fixing this up? People are gonna come soon." I point out.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?" Christina. Always dramatic.
"We may or may not have crashed this golf cart into our room wall. Or we have mice. Big-ass mice."
"Why are you so calm!? We have to fix this!"
"We? Don't worry about it, Chrissy my dear, we shall, how you say, fix this." I respond in my best Dracula accent.
"You better!"
"Since when were you telling us what to do? We said we're gonna fix it, so we're gonna fix it! Don't worry!"
"Hhmph. Fine."
"Well, I'm assuming we should get started right about now." We back up the golf cart and return it to the Dauntless Storage Placement Room, where we found it. The room is filled with all sorts of cool stuff. And to think, we have it all to ourselves! Once it's returned I tell Uriah to take a break and I'll fix everything up. I make some design plans and trim the hole so it would be easier to fit a block of wood in there. I make some measurements and do my thing. Once I place the wood in the hole, I apply a fresh sheet of sheetrock that matches the color of the rest of the hallway. Little did I know there was an audience. Half of them had their mouths gaping open, half of them an awed look in their eyes. "Err.. hello everyone."
"Cole… you're an engineer?" It was Lynn. That's when I realize everyone is impressed.
"Well, uh. I prefer the term architect." I say, brushing some dust off my shoulder. Why are they impressed? Especially Lynn. Why is she impressed in something as dumb as a wall? It wasn't hard. I just found the area of the hole and rounded down, then trimmed the hole and cut off a piece of wood that exact size and did some measurements and – I'm not helping my point, am I? "Nothing to see here, move it along." I have other things to worry about, anyways. I wasn't fond of the idea of starting in our underwear next time we play truth or dare. Especially after Christina had some good ones in store for me. Maybe I can wear 2 boxers. That would help. No, I couldn't do that. That would be cheating. I'll just have to stick through it. It might give me a chance to prove myself as Dauntless. The rest of the day passes by way too quickly. Tomorrow comes in an instant, and it sure makes up for yesterday's time. Tomorrow is the Truth or Dare match. I wake up to the gentle feel of someone plugging my nose and covering my mouth. Very, VERY gentle. I could barely feel it when I almost suffocated. It was Lynn. What did she want?
"Hi." Well hello to you to. You could've just shook me until I was awake.
"Hey. What is it?" I check my watch to discover it's 6:30 a.m., meaning nobody else is awake. Probably.
"Come with me." She then proceeds to literally drag me out of bed without giving me a chance to put on some pants. What is so urgent? I continue to be dragged until we reach her room. She let her hair grow out since we finished initiation, and I have to say she looked flawless in the hazy sunlight of dawn. She steps in and tells me to help her pick up Marlene. We bring her back to my room, where she is set next to Uriah on his bed. Both of them are pretty deep sleepers. We put the covers over them and smirk. Why did she have to wake me up for this? Of course, she needed help. But why me? Why not her sister? Oh well, it was pretty funny to see the prank happening. I can't wait to see Uriah, Marlene, and Zeke's reactions later. But she doesn't let me get back to bed. She drags me into her room. I guess she had to talk to me and figured she'd make a prank out of it. Alrighty, then.
"Cole, we have to talk. You know tomorrow's Truth or Dare is going to be special, right?"
"Yes."
"You know everyone is going to start in their underwear?"
"Yes."
"Well, everyone made a rule yesterday. It would be team truth or dare."
"Yes."
"And I need you to be my partner."
"Yes."
"Also, the way you did that wall in under 15 minutes was pretty cool."
"Yes."
"You have a weird look in your eyes."
"Yes."
"Are you not paying attention?"
"Yes."
"Is your name Anthony?"
"Yes." She then slaps me. That sure starts me up. "Ow."
"Why were you not paying attention?" I start to blush a bit. The truth was, I got lost looking at her face. Would she be OK with that? Would she slap me again? Would she just appreciate the truth? Or maybe she would – … My thoughts are interrupted when she leans in and starts to kiss me. It's not the first time, but this feels more genuine. Last time, it was just a silly dare we both agreed to do. This time, it was real.
"Ahem. Well, I was a bit lost looking at your face." She laughed and gave me another kiss. We stayed in her room for a bit and talked about anything. Just name it. Bananas? Ok, we didn't talk about bananas. That's flat-out weird. Why would you guess that? Time sure flies when you're with Lynn. Before we know it it's already 9:30 a.m., and Uriah and Marlene should be waking up soon. And what's really funny? Uriah sleeps in just his undies, and Marlene sleeps in her underwear too. Before I leave with her camcorder to record the reaction, I ask one last question.
"Does this mean we're together now?" She responds with another kiss.