Chapter 2-
*Tris' POV for the entire book*
I reach the pit, and I hear Tobias' breaths behind me.
"You're not going to beat Me." says Tobias. He surges ahead. I pump my arms faster and my legs move more. I dodge people and forget to apologize. I finally reach the train tracks. Tobias is sitting on a bench and is starijgn at me.
"What?" I ask.
"You look so pretty when you run." Tobias says, and he kisses me. I pull back a little.
"When is the train coming?" I ask.
"About 10 minuets," Tobias says.
"Good, that gives me enough time to do this," I say, pulling Tobias' face down to meet mine. I kiss him hard, and passionately. We pull apart for a breath and then kiss again. I feel Tobias' arm on my back, pushing me into him, and my hands stroke his hair.
"Tris," Tobias moans, "I hear the train." I sigh and pull back. Tobias and I were going to meet the initiates at the bottom of the net and then train them. Eric and the Dauntless leaders made the training a little harder this year.
They decided to make an entire day completely centered on strength: The initiates would have to go through an obstacle course that was very tiring. I would know. I tried it first.
I pull Tobias towards the net, and hold his hand. He starts to breathe heavy, and I look him in the eye. "Breathe, T, breathe." I say softly, "We are going to jump on 5, okay?" Tobias nods.
"One…Two…Five!" We jump, and I feel like I am flying. We hit the net, and I laugh. I hear Tobias suck in a shaky breathe, and I hug him close.
"That was…terrifying." He says, laughing into my neck.
"Yup." I say. We climb out of the net and I hold onto Four's hand. We here max above us, talking to the initiates.
I hear a yell, and look up, just in time to see a little Amity girl fall into the net. I grab her hand, and ask, "What's your name?" She looks startled, but her eyes blaze with energy. She processes the question, and before she can answer, I say, "You can only choose once, think about it."
She stares me straight in the eye and says, "Mattie." I turn to Tobias.
"Make the announcement, Four, you pansycake." Tobias smiles, then shouts, "First jumper…Mattie!" The Dauntless come out of the shadows and cheer and pump their fists. I smile at Mattie and help her down. I hear another yell, and see a Candor boy fall next. I back away and hold Tobias' hand as all the transfers jump into the net.
After the transfers jump, the Dauntless-borns go. They have been waiting their entire lives for this, so they jump in pairs. I boy and girl, presumably a couple; three girls that have the same tattoos, the same hair, the same clothes: triplets; then a group of six Dauntless-born boys jump and fall onto one another.
I shake my head, grab Tobias' hand, and lead the initiates onto the dark, narrow path that leads to a fork in the tunnel.
Lauren, the Dauntless-born instructor in my year, is overseeing the Dauntless-borns again. Tobias and I are taking the transfers. I can't wait to scare the living daylights out of them…
"Dauntless-borns, you're with me," Says Lauren. "I assume you don't need a tour of the place." She smirks, and I hear snickers.
"Ready to be mean, lean, training machines?" whispers Tobias in my ear.
"Ya, I can take these transfers," I whisper back playfully. Tobias grins, then puts a scowl on his face and addresses the transfers.
"Listen up!" He says loudly. "I'm four, your trainer for Dauntless initiation. This is Six." He points to me and I scowl as well. We decided to use my fear number when we were around the initiates. I don't think the transfers need to all know I was a Stiff.
"I usually work in the control room, and Six is usually a Dauntless Representative."
A girl in Amity red asks, "Wait. Are your names numbers? Like, isn't that weird?" I step up to the girl, and get into her face.
"You think there is something wrong with my name?" I hiss. I was having too much fun. "My name is S-i-x. This is F-o-u-r. What is your name?"
"Carey." She chokes out. This girl was terrified of me, and I enjoyed it.
"You will listen to us, or we will break you. Got it?" I could see the girl shaking her head.
"I see Four finds this funny." I say, backing up and playfully punching my boyfriend in the arm.
"Ow." He says, faking an injury. I laugh and lead the initiates to the Chasm and Pit. No one else makes any remarks about the Pit, or the Chasm, or Tobias' or I's nicknames.
We lead them to the dining hall and to the bunk room. I shudder when I enter, and I think about Edward and Peter. Peter. I have not seen Peter ever since initiation. Good Riddance, I think happily.
As the initiates get their binks together, I look at Tobias.
"Can we skip dinner?" I ask.
"Sure sweetie." He says, mocking me. I laugh and head up to our apartment with him, hand in hand. When we reach our apartment, the door has been kicked off of its hinges. What the hell? I think. Tobias nudges the door open, and I see someone inside my room.
