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The next morning, I wake up before Tobias. Strange. I better make the best of it and grab breakfast for us. I slide out of bed carefully, trying not to wake Tobias.
I jump in the shower, washing quickly. I dry my hair and apply my makeup, adding more than usual. I change into a nice outfit- A black tanktop, black skinny jeans, and my combat boots.
In the dining hall, I run into Christina. She is wearing almost the exact same outfit I am.
"It's going to be kind of hard to scare the initiates if we look identical, Christina!" I say jokingly.
She sighs, "I'll change. I have way more clothes than you do."
"Thanks, Christina." I grab our food and head back to the apartment.
"Tris, where did you go?" Well, so much for getting back before he woke up. Tobias is fully dressed, and he looks like he is ready to go.
"I got us breakfast. You always get it for us, and since I woke up before you for the first time ever, I figured I would get it for us."
"Thank you, Tris. You could have just stayed here and rested, though. I would have gotten it after I woke up."
"We need to talk, Tobias." His face drops quickly, almost as if he is scared of what I have to say. I keep a straight face. "You need to learn to accept things. Gifts. You were right when you said you would fit into Abnegation."
"It's just hard, Tris. I don't want people to go out of their way for me."
"Learn to deal with it." Before he can respond, I reach up to kiss him. He grabs my waist, puling me closer.
"You look great, Tris." I smile, reaching back up to kiss him.
"So do you." I wrap my arms around his neck, bringing his mouth to mine. We kiss, but I pull back.
"We should meet Christina and Uriah by the net. They are probably waiting…"
"Later?"
"Later. After we go through my Fear Landscape tonight."
At the net, we start to make bets on the initiates.
"Five points says an Erudite will be the first to fall."
"I'm with Tris." Says Tobias.
"Well I say Candor." Argues Christina.
"I vote Dauntless Born." Says Uriah.
"There's Max. Get ready!" Tobias exclaims.
After Max is through with his speech, it is dead silent. Finally, we see the blur of grey falling into the net. Grey?
"I win!" Shouts Christina. The rest of us sigh. Ten points from Tobias and I, all because a stupid Candor had to be daring
"What is your name?" Tobias asks.
"F- F- Faith."
"Hard one, I know. It only gets easier from here on out." Uriah says, smirking.
As the rest of the initiates come down, we have fifteen Dauntless born, four Candor, one Amity, and four Erudite.
Landon Jones- Erudite
Jonsthin White- Erudite
Shawn Davenport- Erudite
Africa Porter- Erudite
Cole Spencer- Amity
Tyler Maita- Candor
Esther Manning- Candor
Letitia Pointed- Candor
Faith Longing- Candor
When the initiates are all off the net, Tobias yells, "I am Four, this is Tris, Christina, and Uriah. We are your trainers."
"Four? Like the number?" A Candor snickers. Tobias walks up to him, putting his face right in front of the Candor's, just like he did in my initiation. Christina laughs, moving next to Tobias.
"The first thing you will learn with us," she says. "Is to keep your mouth shut. If we wanted to deal with Candor smart mouths, we would have joined their faction."
"Got that?" I ask. The initiates look scared. We are a pretty scary group, I must admit.
"Dauntless Born, come with me and Christina. I hope to god you don't need a tour of the place. Transfers, go with Four and Tris." We separate, Transfers heading to the pit, Dauntless Born heaing who knows where.
"This is the Pit." I say. Tobias finishes for me with, "You will learn to love it one day."
"Follow us," I yell. "We will show you the chasm." We walk toward the railing, willing the initiates to follow us.
"The chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy! A daredevil jump off this ledge will end your life. It has happened before and it will happen again." I have to stay strong. I have to. Stop thinking about Al. Stop it.
We lead the initiates to the dining hall; where upon arriving the Dauntless stand, applaud, stomp, and shout. Tobias gets our food and I move to sit with our friends.
"So, how are your initiates, Christina?" I ask.
"Smart asses. They think they know everything. Uriah had to punch one who wanted to start a fight with us."
"It's true! He was getting on my last nerve, so I punched his jaw. That put him in his place."
"I am really glad we have transfers. They are pretty scared of Four."
"And you, Tris." Tobias says, arriving with our food.
"Thank you for getting it. I'll take next time."
"Ah, but Tris. Now you are being hypocritical. You just told me that I need to learn to accept other people doing things for me. You have the same problem." I burst out laughing at the looks on everyone else's face.
"Was… Was…" Uriah can't talk; he's laughing so hard. "Was Four being kind and giving and nice?"
"No, he was being annoying." I say, glaring at Tobias in a playful manner.
