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Tomorrow is my final exam. Wish me luck. After that I should be updating more often. Yay!
Here's the next chapter. Hope y'all like it.
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-Kat
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Divergent Characters. I only own my OCs.
RAES POV
During gun practice I try to talk to Alex. She ignores me for the longest time. I'm worried that I might have lost her as a friend.
Eventually (after much pestering on my part) she turns to me, gun in hand, and tells me that we'll talk at lunch. I take this as a good sign continue with gun practice.
I'm not very good at aiming. The power of the gun when it goes off feels great but I'm worried that I might shoot someone who's not my target.
I hear footsteps come up behind me and all of a sudden Tobias is right by my side. "You're not very good at this are you?" I shake my head and look up at him with pleading eyes. "Don't worry Lia, we'll change that. Now the first thing you have to do is spread your feet a bit more." He kicks my feet open a couple inches and moves so he is directly behind me. He snakes his arms around mine and feels down my arms as he goes for the gun. "Now you have to relax. I know you are holding a loaded weapon and that might make you nervous but you are too tense." He presses his chest against my back and I can feel his muscles through our two layers of thin fabric. "Think of something that relaxes you and then try again." What he doesn't know is that what he is doing is relaxing me very much. I take in a deep breath and take in his scent. He smells of man and metal. I tilt my head to the side and shoot. The bullet hits the outermost ring on the target. It's not the best I could have done but it's a huge improvement.
Tobias rewards me immediately. He gingerly pulls my hair away from my neck and places a kiss where the hair used to be. I can feel the blood start to rush to my cheeks. I'm not sure that we should act like this in front of the rest of the initiates. I'm not sure that I'm ready to act like this at all. I mean I love him and all but I just got out of abnegation yesterday, I'm still not used to this kind of affection.
I take aim and shoot another time. It hits the next ring in. Only two more rings until the center. Tobias wraps his arms around my stomach and sways a bit. I feel his lips touch my ear. His breath makes me shiver as he speaks. "You're getting better. When you hit the center I have a surprise for you." I don't know what his surprise is but if it is anything like how he has been behaving during training, I'm not sure I'm ready to hit the center target.
Luckily Tobias tells the group that it is time for lunch. He takes my hand (which I am completely comfortable with) and we walk towards the cafeteria. I spot Alex and Ryan at a table and lead Tobias over to them.
Once we get over to Alex and Ryan's table we sit down. Alex looks super mad and Ryan just looks plain confused. "Alex please forgive me. I know that this is probably really confusing and I must look really bad right now but there is a reasonable explanation for everything. I swear."
"Really. You really think you can explain how you got a boyfriend the first day we are in Dauntless and the second day you're with someone else. And not only that but those two people are our trainers!" I hope the truth is enough to make Alex forgive me.
"I know I can explain it. Well, all except them being our trainers, that was just a fluke. You see, Four was my boyfriend in Abnegation. We are in love." I turn and smile at Tobias and he kisses me on the forehead. "He transferred a year before I did and I didn't know where he transferred to. I chose dauntless yesterday on my own. When I got here and saw that he had gotten another girlfriend I just about lost it. I hated him for replacing me. But most of all I hated myself for being able to be replaced." At this moment Tobias takes my hand in both of his and kisses it. He then rubs little circles around my hand with both of his. "Eric could see that something was up so we went and talked. He found out who I really am and we came up with a plan to make Four jealous. We would pretend go out. What we didn't know is that while we were doing that Four was breaking up with Lauren so he could get me back. I just found that out this morning when Ryan told me. Right after he told me, I went to Four and we made up and he's my boyfriend again." Alex seems to be a little calmer and Ryan seems to understand everything now.
"So what you're saying is that our trainer is your boyfriend from Abnegation and you're back together with him now." I nod. She smiles a genuine smile. "Oooooh. I'm so happy for you!" She takes my available hand and squeezes it. I got my friend back.
As we eat and talk Tobias slips one of his hands around my waist. I rest my head on his shoulder and he constantly gives me little pecks here and there. I am seriously in love with this man. Maybe I am ready to go a little further with the relationship. Not a lot further, just a little.
"You replace me with this little slut!" Lauren must have finally found Tobias. She comes over to our table and tries to force herself between Tobias and I.
"She is not a slut." Leave it to Tobias to stick up for me. "She is a better person than you will ever be." I smile at him and he kisses me. Lauren stomps away. I have a feeling this is not the last I will be seeing of her.