Sky stepped onto the mat and got into her defensive pose, glaring holes in Peter's forehead.
"Awe, what's wrong stiff? You mad because you gotta fight a real man?" Peter said this right before he threw a right hook at her jaw, which she narrowly ducked. She grabbed his arm and twisted it behind him, moving much faster than him. "Last I checked," she breathed into his ear, "you're still just a little prick that got his ass beat by Edward for spray painting my bed." She looked at Edward who burst out laughing as she said this. Peter started getting angry and swept his leg under Sky's, causing her to fall. This gave him the chance to land some kicks into her ribs and kidney before he grabbed her hair and slammed her face into the mat. She elbowed him in the throat as he bent over her, causing him to fall back. She was up in time to land on his lap and head butt him, while continuing to punch him in the face. The initiates loved watching this fight; they knew it was a long time coming between the two. Again Peter grabbed a handful of Sky's hair and yanked hard enough to roll her off him. He stood up and dusted himself off, "You always did like having your hair pulled." Sky was shocked. She never thought he would bring that up, or even admit to it. She aimed a kick that he blocked while punching her side. "What's wrong Sky? You look upset? Was it something I said?" She ignored his comments and continued dodging his hits, landing a hard right hook in his jaw. "Is this anger? Or is this embarrassment?" Peter continued egging her on, while the initiates looked confused.
Rae shouted, "Sky what the hell is he talking about?" She punched him a few more times before replying, "Nothing, he's not talking about anything."
Peter laughed twisting Sky's arm behind her back painfully, "Nothing? I'd hardly call it nothing. I mean, I was your first…." Sky flipped him over her back and kicked him in the stomach, "Yes for a fucking bet." Peter yanked her feet out from under her, straddled her and pinned her arms above her head. "Well thanks to you, Princess, I won $100." He sneered as he laughed at her infuriated expression, "I always thought it was cute how you scrunch your nose up like that when you're angry…Am I making you angry talking about our past?" She struggled against his group, but could not get out from under him. "You're a piece of Shit," she growled after spitting in his face.
As he kept her pinned to the ground, he turned to the initiates and continued, "This little one here was a wreck after her precious Tobias left. So one day I befriended her, then I flirted with her, then we started dating." He turned to her, "For a year. If I had known that those three words were all I needed to get into your pants, I would've said them from day one." At this moment, Sky snapped. Somehow she wriggled loose and kicked him off of her. They continued throwing kicks and punches, landing a few here and there until she tripped him and straddled his lap. She grinded her hips into his while pinning his arms above his head, exactly how he had her earlier. "Well, I always thought Candor's told the truth" she exclaimed angrily. "Stupid me trusting a Candor." She took a moment to realize their position and laughed cruelly, "your favorite position. You seem a little…excited. Do I make you excited Peter? Don't worry, I'm smarter now. I won't be making the mistake of trusting you ever again." With that she head-butted him and threw more punches until she felt herself being dragged away by Four.
"What the hell are you doing?!" she yelled as she kicked to get out of his grasp. He threw her over his shoulder, "I'm keeping you from killing him, you won the fight, now you're done."
"Fine!" she yelled, pounding on his back. "I'm done! So put me down!" He kept walking, she pushed herself up a little and turned towards him, "I will fart in your face Four, put me down!" Upon hearing her threat he dropped his shoulder, causing her to roll down. Right before she hit the ground he wrapped his arm around her waist and continued carrying her like a ragdoll. "Four!" she shouted, "I can walk! Put me down!" She heard a door open and they were outside when he finally put her down. She straightened her clothes out and glared at him. He just laughed waiting for her to feel the rain on her skin. "Let's go for a run Sky." Before she could reply, he was off. It was pouring rain the whole time they were running. They took turns jumping into puddles and splashed each other. After about 20 minutes they were exhausted and laying on the roof of the dauntless compound. Sky turned to Four, "Thank you." He smiled and sat up, "Come on, we both need a shower and some hot tea so we don't get sick." She nodded in agreement and allowed him to help her up and lead her into the compound.
"Why don't you shower at my apartment?" he asked, "it might be too soon for you to see Peter and not kill him. She laughed and followed Four to his apartment. It was nice, one whole wall was windows and there was a balcony. He had a big bed against the wall with some bookshelves and a desk across from it. His kitchen was neat, probably because he didn't use it very much. He threw her a towel and pointed her towards the bathroom. "I'll grab some sweats and a shirt for you to wear and then I'll start the tea."
As she showered she couldn't help but realize Holy Shit. I'm showering in Four's apartment. I'm showering naked. I'm naked in Four's apartment. Four is extremely hot. I'm naked. She started laughing but stopped abruptly when she heard Four knock on the door. He opened it slowly with his back to the shower and set clothes on the counter before walking out. Four just walked into the room I'm naked in….
She walked out of the bathroom still drying her hair, wearing baggy black sweats she rolled up four times and a ribbed tank top that was kind of loose. Four saw her and smiled, she couldn't help realize she was slightly nipping. Fingers crossed he doesn't notice. He hands her a cup of tea before announcing, "My turn!"
As he showered, she took the time to snoop around his apartment-which was surprisingly clean for a boy. Tobias' room was always a disaster except for the nights his parents decided to inspect it. She checked out the titles on his bookshelf while braiding her hair. She was impressed; he had some really good books here. He even had The Great Gatsby, it was a book from before the war and it was her favorite. He also had Hamlet, which she also loved. She never took him for the reading type. She stood up when she heard the bathroom door open. He walked out in black pants and his shirt in his hand. He laughed, noticing her expression holding a book, "Surprised I can read?" She rolled her eyes and returned the book to the shelf, "Not surprised you can read, more surprised that you DO read." He laughed while pulling on his shirt. And I wasn't surprised by that, she thought, eyeing his toned physique. I was more surprised by how much I like you shirtless. She hadn't realized she kind of zoned out until she heard him snapping front of her face. "What?"
"I asked what happened with Peter?" he said quietly sitting on the bed. "You guys obviously have some serious history; you two nearly kill each other when you're in the same room."
She sighed, instantly exhausted thinking about her past with Peter. She shrugged and sat on the floor in front of his bookshelf, "I was stupid, he was a jerk, the end." When Four just looked at her waiting for more, she huffed before beginning. "My best friend in the whole world had just left for initiation after his choosing ceremony. I was devastated. One day I was walking to school and accidentally bumped into Peter, who was in Candor at the time. Instead of getting angry at a stiff for getting in his way, he apologized to me. He started talking to me and asking me about myself, which no one ever did at that point. Most boys never talked to me, they just stared thinking I wouldn't notice. And the few that talked to me said stupid or gross pickup lines; he was the first to ask me anything about myself and I liked it. We started talking every day as we went to school and eventually started dating. Of course we had to sneak around because our parents would kill us, mine especially. He treated me like a princess, was always showering me with affection. About a year into our relationship, he told me he loved me…and I believed him." She looked up to see if Four was still listening, he was watching her expectantly. She rolled her eyes before continuing, "And I, stupid naïve little girl from abnegation, believed him and we…you know did that whole thing. A few weeks later, he broke up with me. He said his parents found out and threatened to tell mine if he didn't break up with me. But one day when I was walking, I overheard him and his friends. They were making fun of him for being with an Abnegation, and he told them the only reason was because he had a bet with someone to see how long it would take to get in my pants. And we've hated each other ever since." She felt a tear fall before angrily wiping it away, I WILL NOT cry over Peter. And NOT in front of Four. She stared at her hands until she felt him sitting next to her, putting an arm around her.
"I'm really sorry that happened to you, Sky." He shook his head, "Just one more reason for me to not like that guy." She laughed and looked at him, "Why would that bother you?"
He took a long breathe before replying, "Well for one, love is the worst thing to be lied to about. But mainly because I care about you." When she arched her eyebrows in confusion he sighed, exasperated. "Why is it so surprising that I care about you?" She shrugged her shoulders and whispered, "Why should you care about me? You don't even know me."
He stood up and paced the room a few times before leaning against the wall looking at her, he looked angry. "Sky, you don't seem to get it. I DO know you, I know EVERYTHING about you. You just haven't figured out how yet."
This reminded her of why she was irritated about Four earlier, she walked up to him until their faces were inches apart. "You don't know a single thing about me Four. Not a dammed thing." She turned to walk away but he switched their positions so she was against the wall with his hands on both sides of her face. He leaned in closely, "I know that you love running in the rain. I know that you cut your eyebrow by falling onto the corner of a coffee table. I know that your favorite smell is lavender and your favorite view is from the top of the abandoned capital at sunset." She was shocked at how much he knew about her, but infuriated that he still wasn't telling her how he knew all that information. She ducked under his arm and walked towards the door. "I don't know why all guys seem to want to play fucking mind games with me today, but I'm sick of it." Before she walked out the door she turned around, "Talk to me when you're done with this stupid little game and ready to tell me how you fucking know me." Slamming the door behind her, leaving Four to glare at his door. She infuriated him, and he loved it.