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Chapter 10

I try to go back to sleep for a little while after a long night of dealing with the incident. Max agreed not to address the initiates until after I had a chance to talk to some of them about last night. They might be more willing to come forward about what the know, if they didn't think they would end up factionless because of of it. Edward of course wouldn't have a choice in wether or not he was factionless, but I was surprised that Myra decided to drop out with him. She must really love him to choose that life over this one. I don't think I have ever loved anyone like that. I'm not sure that I am capable of loving anyone like that, really.

I lay on my bed, and even though I am exhausted, both mentally and physically, I can't sleep. I just stare at the wall reading the words Fear God Alone, over and over again. I painted that on the wall as soon as I moved in as a reminder to myself that I was now Dauntless. No longer the scared Abnegation boy that jumped into the net. My trainer, Amar, said those words to me right before my first trip into my fear landscape. I repeated them over and over in my head, while Marcus was beating me in my last fear. I think they are the only reason I was able to beat the simulation that first time.

I get up and head down to the dining hall. It must be about lunchtime now. I see Zeke, Shauna, and a few others sitting at our usual table. I walk over and sit down, trying to shake the exhaustion from me.

"So, first stage is over, you know what tonight is." Zeke says, a wide grin spreading across his face.

I know what tonight is, but there is no way in hell he is getting me to go zip lining. Even if he doesn't know I have a fear of heights, I wouldn't do that. It seems insane to me that anyone would willingly hurl themselves off a hundred story building. I just shrug at him and continue to eat.

"What's up with you today, bro? Long night? Come on what's her name." Zeke continues.

"One of the transfers was attacked lat night." Lauren interjects. "Somebody stabbed him in the eye with a butter knife." She shudders again, thinking about it.

"Harsh." Zeke says in a shocked tone. "Sorry, Four, I didn't know."

"No problem." I reply, flatly. "It will just make cuts that much easier. He was ranked first though. Too bad really. His girlfriend decided to be factionless with him, so none of the transfers are getting cut this round. We will see what happens after stage three."

"We are cutting two of the Dauntless born, but they don't have any family left. I think their parents are already factionless." Lauren says. She looks a little sad. Cuts have always been hard for Lauren. I don't know why they aren't for me, but I've never been very good at caring about people. Kind of ironic, since I was raised in Abnegation.

We finish lunch and I head out to find Max. I see Will and Tris walking around the Pit. I don't know why, but seeing her with him makes me angry. I'm sure that he is just trying to be a good friend, I think he has a thing for Christina, anyway. But, I still I don't like it. I want to be the one she is talking to right now. She seems shaken up. I'm sure about last night. I want to go over and tell her how amazing what she did for Edward was, but I don't. Instead, I just keep walking towards Max's office to tell him about how the cuts will work. I will find her later in the dorms when I go to talk to the others about what happened. I can find a way to work it in then, that way it won't seem so obvious that I am concerned about her. Molly already has Tris on her radar after the rankings and I don't want to give her or anyone else a reason to think I am showing favoritism towards Tris.

I find Max in his office. Eric is there too. He makes some remark about how brave it was for someone to attack Edward in the dorm with everybody else there. He seems almost impressed by it. Psycho. He would be impressed by something like that. He is probably sorry he didn't think to do it when we were initiates. I tell them how Edward leaving will effect everyone else's rankings and they agree to let Al stay at least through the end of stage two. He was supposed to be cut, but with two initiates willingly leaving, there is no reason to make him go.

I start to head for the dorms. As I am walking down the hall, I see a small form sitting alone against the wall. I would know that blond hair anywhere. Tris sits with her knees pulled up to her chest, her arms tightly wrapped around them. Her head is propped against the wall. Her eyes are closed, clearly lost in her own thoughts. What is it with her and being in dark places alone. Is she trying to make it easy for someone to attack her? I slow down slightly, not wanting to scare her. Here is my chance to talk to her, just the two of us. My heart speeds up a bit, but I try to ignore it. Why does she make me so nervous?

When I am a couple of feet away from her, I hear foot steps coming from the other direction. Uriah and a couple of other Dauntless born come around the corner. They practically run over her, before they notice her sitting there. I stop, hoping they don't see me in the dark hallway.

"Tris?" Uriah says. His voice sounds concerned. "You okay?"

I see some of the Dauntless born exchange looks, but Uriah just waves them on without him.

"I had a difficult night." Tris says, confusion and sadness clear in her voice.

"Yeah, I heard about that guy Edward." Uriah says looking down the hallway. I don't think he can see me, but I take a step back, farther into the shadows, just to make sure. I don't usually make a habit of eaves dropping, but I can't make myself leave this spot. I want to know what Uriah is going to say to her, or more to the point, what she is going to say to Uriah.

I see Uriah grin at her and she gives him a curious look. "Want to get out of here?" he asks, raising his eyebrows at her. Her face begins to brighten and I can tell she really does want to get out of here, with Uriah.

"What? Where are you going?" she asks, clearly intrigued.

"A little initiation ritual." he says, offering her a hand. "Come on. We have to hurry." He pulls her to her feet and drags her along with him by the hand. They disappear around the corner and I can hear them talking about where they are going. I hear Uriah say something about something dangerous and I know exactly where he is taking her. Zip lining. I suddenly regret my decision not to go, completely forgetting my crippling fear of heights at the thought of Uriah spending the whole afternoon with Tris. A feeling of anger starts to build in my chest and I punch the wall next to me. Pain shoots up my arm and into my shoulder. I shake out my arm and continue towards the dorms knowing she won't be there.

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I sit in the dining hall that night at my usual table, alone. Everyone went zip lining. I see them start to file into the dining hall laughing and high-fiving each other. Tris looks absolutely mesmerizing. Her hair is wind swept and she is smiling brightly, her eyes sparkle with that wild look. She looks truly alive in this moment. Beautiful.

I see Shauna wave to her and Uriah puts his arm around her, squeezing her shoulders before he heads off to his normal table. I realize I am staring a little too hard at her and look down at my food as the rest of my group approaches, but Shauna catches me before I completely look down.

"Staring awfully hard at something, there Four." she says, with a knowing grin on her face.

"What? Its a little unusual for one of my initiates to be with you guys. I was just curious as to how she ended up with you guys, thats all." I say, trying to cover.

"Well if you must know, Uri brought her. I think he has a thing for her. Can't blame him, she is pretty and fearless. She went down the zip line with no hands. I'm surprised he is the only one that has noticed." she says, watching my face for a hint of expression. I do my best to keep a straight face, but my eyes flashed at her when she mentioned the part about Uriah having a thing for Tris and I know she caught it.

"Uri has a thing for who?" Zeke asks sitting next to me.

"The stiff," Shauna says, smiling at me, then looking up at Zeke.

"I kind of thought so on the train back from Capture the Flag the other night, he was flirting with her pretty hard. Then when he brought her with him tonight, I knew he must have a thing for her. They were kind of cute you know, teasing each other and stuff. Mom would like her, being a nice Abnegation girl and all, not like you Dauntless girls." He gives Shauna a look to indicate she is one of the Dauntless girls he is referring to. She leans over the table and punches him in the arm.

"You should have gone with us, Four. That way you could have seen for yourself how well your transfer fit in with her new Dauntless buddies." Shauna says, trying to get a rise out of me. I know what she is doing, trying to see if I will react to what she is telling me about Tris and Uriah. She has suspected I have feelings for Tris for a while now. I talked about her a little to freely at lunch one day and she said something then about me having a crush on Tris. I punched her in the arm hard, but I didn't admit anything. Not then, not now.

I just get up and throw away my plate, waving at them as I leave. I catch one last look at Tris, as I leave the dining hall. Beautiful.