The next morning Sky woke up 2 hours earlier than she was supposed to, angry and frustrated. She was still annoyed at the fact that Four thinks he knows anything about her. Everyone thinks they know her, how could they not? She was beautiful and strong and brave, so obviously everything in her life is perfect. If they knew as much as they think, would they still like me? She shook the thought out of her head as she laced up her shoes to go for a run. Running has always helped her cope with the stresses of life; it's always been her favorite way of relief. Once she was outside the Dauntless compound, she took a left and ran her usual loop through the streets of Chicago. People watched as she passed by, but she was used to that. A group of abnegation kids heading to school gawked at her, being abnegation they're obviously not accustomed to seeing someone running in so little clothing. One of them recognized her, gasping "Sky?! Is that you?"
She stopped and turned around; it was her friend Hailey who chose to remain in Abnegation. "Hailey!" She cried, walking up to hug her. Hailey's shying away reminded Sky of Abnegation's distaste for physical contact. She stopped mid step and just stood in front of Hailey, "How have you been? I've missed you so much! What's new?"
Hailey did a poor job hiding her disdain for Sky's running attire, "Sky don't you think people are going to get the wrong idea about you? You're wearing nothing but shorts and a sports bra…."
Sky laughed, "It's not like I'm naked Hailey. Besides, you know I've never cared what people thought of me."
"Well," Hailey said, shifting uncomfortably, "I think it is extremely improper for you to run around that way, Sky. I thought you were better than that." With a sniff of her nose, she turned the whole group of gawking Abnegations back on their path and walked away.
Sky stood there in shock for a few minutes, blinking away the tears in her eyes. Hailey was her best friend, the closest friend she ever had besides Tobias. Hailey got her through the last two years without Tobias, and now she's just turned on her. I guess I should've expected that, she thought remembering the look on Hailey's face when she chose Dauntless. Hailey's face was a complete mix of betrayal and sadness. Sky started running in a dead sprint; I'm dauntless now she thought. After sprinting two miles, she returned to the dormitory where everyone was just now getting up for their morning run. She walked to the pit to stretch her muscles out while waiting for everyone to join. She felt like they took forever, but it was only five minutes. She was itching to get running again, she just kept replaying the interaction with Hailey. She was so upset about it, she almost forgot entirely about her irritation with Four; until he began the run leading the initiates.
He was running at a normal pace, but Sky was so frustrated she wanted to sprint and leave everything behind her. Gradually she started to faster and faster until she was sprinting ahead of the entire group, Four either couldn't catch up with her or he didn't want to. Either way, Sky didn't care. All she cared about was that burning in her legs that replaced the burning of tears in her eyes.
She beat everyone to their training room, but instead of waiting for them to catch up she started kicking and hitting at the bags hanging in the dark room. It only took about 5 minutes for the group to catch up so she wasn't alone for long. She continued to kick as they stretched out, not paying any attention to Tobias' stare.
They all grouped up to practice their form some more, everyone kept glancing at Sky noticing her irritated demeanor. They weren't used to this quiet angry Sky, usually she was happy and upbeat cracking jokes here and there. Everyone froze when Eric walked in. "First fight: Peter against Sky."
Tobias glared at Eric, while Sky just looked at Peter-who was laughing.
"He's just trying to punish you for yesterday," Rae whispered. "It's a totally uneven match, is he trying to get you killed? Peter hates you…"
Sky laughed, "Thanks for the vote of confidence Rae."