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RAES POV
I am beyond pissed. And having to take a tour of Dauntless led by Tobias is NOT helping. We went into the stupid pit, passed the stupid chasm, and ended up in the stupid cafeteria. And to make matters worse, Alex was chattering the whole time about how cute she thought Ryan was. At least I found out that my replacement's name is Lauren and I won't have to see her a lot because she's training the dauntless born. Poor Ryan. What am I saying, Poor Ryan. Poor me! Tobias, or "Four" as I have to call him in public, is out trainer! I have to see him EVERYDAY!
Once we get to the cafeteria Alex and I immediately spot Ryan sitting with some of his Dauntless friends. There is lots of room at the table so we go sit down.
Ryan and his friends welcome us and we talk for a few minutes before the worst thing happens. Lauren and Tobias come and sit at our table with us.
"But Fooooour… Why do we have to sit here?" I can't believe she just said that. Is she oblivious to the hatred the dauntless born (and some others of us) are going to harbor against her because of that. "I want to go sit with my friends." Tobias gives her a look that I have never seen on him before. It's a cross between annoyance, anger, and frustration. That look was super-hot on him.
The room goes quiet and a man with short blonde hair that's gelled into some kind of weird hairdo that is shaved on the sides comes into the room. He commands attention. He looks around the room until he spots our table. He walks over to us and sits down between Tobias and I. Thank god.
"Another year, another dramatic entrance, right Eric?" Tobias tried to make a joke, cute.
"Another year, another batch of initiates to train, right Four?" They laugh. "Well are you going to introduce me or am I going to actually have to ask them their names." Lauren introduces the dauntless born initiates first but Eric doesn't seem to care. He's too focused on me and Tobias looks mad at that. Why would he be? I'm not his property anymore. Tobias introduces Alex but fails to introduce me. Fine, be that way. I'll do it myself.
"And I'm Rae." I shoot Tobias a death glare for not introducing me and then turn my attention back to Eric. Both Eric and Lauren look confused but Eric also looks intrigued.
"Well, Rae. Would you like to go somewhere and talk?" I have to admit that having someone to talk to would be nice. I've been through so much shit in the past day that I really need to talk things through with someone. I send one last look at Tobias. He shakes his head just enough that if you were looking directly at him you would see him trying to tell me not to go but not enough that anyone else would notice.
"Sure." I say it while staring directly into Tobias's eyes. "I'd love to." I get up and follow him out of the cafeteria and down a bunch of twisty turny hallways. We come to a dead end and he does something surprising. He actually talks to me.
"So what's up with you and Four? Why were you looking at him like you wanted to rip his head off?" He's either very perceptive or I really wasn't doing a good job at hiding my hatred towards Tobias. Maybe both.
"Four was my boyfriend back in abnegation. He even told me that he wanted to marry me but it looks like our whole relationship was a lie because now he is with someone else."
"So you're Aurelia." I nod. "You were all he could talk about during initiation. How much he loved you and how guilty he felt for leaving you. He wasn't sure where you'd end up after your choosing ceremony and he didn't think you'd choose here." Shows how much he knew about me. "He was so depressed leaving you and thinking he'd never see you again. Lauren kept coming on to him and he decided that if he wasn't going to ever see you again then he might as well try to be happy."
"Yeah, well now he's with someone else and there's nothing I can do about it."
"Yes there is. You can make him jealous." I think I know where he's going with this. I'm not sure I like it but it's worth a shot.
"Eric, would you like to be my pretend boyfriend?"
TOBIAS'S POV
I can't believe it. Lia is here. She chose dauntless as her faction. I can actually be with her again. I can be with the girl that I love so dearly.
Lauren slid her arm around my waist. "What was all that about?" Oh crap. That was why she had been giving me all those dirty looks. That was why she acted like she didn't even want to be in the same room as me, let alone the same faction. I have a girlfriend now. And she's absolutely nothing compared to Lia. I have to make this right, and there's only one way to do that.
"Lauren, we have to talk."
"I'll say. Why was that bitch glaring at you like that?" That was the last straw. This whiney, self-obsessed, little whore is no longer my problem.
"No Lauren. That's not what we have to talk about. I'm through with you. We're done." God that felt good.
My cheek starts to sting and I realize that I was just backhanded by Lauren. She starts to cry and sulks out of the room. Well, at least that's over and now I can be with Lia again. I smile at the thought but it soon turns into a scowl at what I see next.
Lia walks into the room holding hands and giggling with Eric. I thought that bastard was my friend. Now he's holding the hand of the love of my life and I'm furious! They sit down at the table and Alex speaks up. "What's going on? Are you two a thing now or something?" Lia and Eric nod. I can't stay here. I'm worried that if I see this for one more minute that I might do or say something that I'll regret later.
I storm out of the room and go straight to the training room. The rest of the night is spent beating the living hell out of a punching bag that I have now named Eric.
