As promised, chapter 10 is finally up. However, I do apologize, again, that this is up a little later than intended. This chapter will include the aptitude tests, and everything that people wanted to see.
And by the way, I am only I high school girl that has a lot of stuff to do: homework, take of my dog, etc., so I can only do so much updating at a time. I'll stop rambling now, that way you all can get back to reading. *hides from angry waiting readers who just want to continue reading…I hope*
By the way, again, I made the chapter longer than the others in order to make up fir the shortness of the others and for being really late to update. Enjoy! :)
*I do not own Divergent
Chapter 10
Tristan's POV
At around 7:00 a.m., I went to Aria's cousin, Talia's apartment. When I arrived there, I heard a movie playing, but I guess the girls were sleeping because no one answers the door. So I wrote her a note telling her to meet me at our special place, the Net, at 8:10 a.m. That is the place where we shared out first kiss.
It's now 8:05 a.m. and Aria still isn't here. I sigh, thinking that it might take her until at least 8:10 a.m. until she actually gets here, so I decide to get a drink from the dining hall. But just as I'm about to get off the Net, someone falls right on top of me from the hole above me.
"Ow! What the heck is your prob-" I say before I come face to face with just the person I've been waiting to see. "Aria, it's about time you got here." I say jokingly while laughing. She laughs with me and then gives me a quick kiss on the lips. "Well, then I guess I should be late more often, if the look on your face is what I'm going to get every time. Because I find it, very," she stops then leans close to my ear. "Very,… attractive." She says in a seductive voice that makes me want to stay here with her for as long as possible. She smirks at me when she goes to lean back to face me.
"So what did you want to tell me that it had to be in here?" she asks. I smirk. "Well, I actually wanted to tell you something very important. And It.. has to deal with your dad and us." As I say that, the smile on her face starts to fade. "What did he say? Wait, let me guess. He said that we couldn't be with each other can we?" "Aria, he said yes. We can continue to be together. That is, if I don't do anything that would get you hurt or in trouble." I say smiling and she gives one in return.
Suddenly, she leaps forward so fast, that she almost knocks the wind out of me. We just sit there laughing until me watch beeps. "Aria, it's almost time for the trains to be here. Remember, we have to be at the school at take the aptitude tests?" I say and she slightly nods. I know what she's feeling and thinking. She is nervous about what will be on the test, and she is worried that she won't qualify for the faction that she wants to be in. I pull her closer to me and she leans the side of her face on my chest and we just stay like that for a little while until we have to leave to catch the train.
PAGE BREAK
Once we get to the train tracks, it doesn't take long for it to come. We hop onto the last cart in the back, away from all the other kids, that way we can have some alone time before we go to our classes, and the aptitude tests. It is a ten minute ride, so we just sit against the wall. Aria is sitting between my legs, her back against my chest. After a couple of minutes, I start thinking, again, about a way to show Aria how much a truly love her. After a little while, I came up with an idea.
"Aria, I have a surprise for you." She leans to the side and turns her head to face me. "A surprise? What for?" I smile. "To show you how much I love you." She smiles back and kisses me. Since it's really just a song for singing, we just stay the way we are and I just take out my iPod and play the song, "Be Your Everything" by Boys Like Girls.
"Four letter word
But I don't have the guts to say it
Smile 'til it hurts
Let's not make it complicated
We've got a story
And I'm about to change the ending
You're perfect for me
And more than just a friend
So we can just stop pretending now
Gotta let you know somehow
I'll be your shelter
I'll be your storm
I'll make you shiver
I'll keep you warm
Whatever weather
Baby I'm yours
Be your forever, be your fling
Baby I will be your everything
Baby I
Baby I will
Baby I will be your everything
We used to say
That we would always stick together
But who's to say
That we could never last forever
Girl, got a question
Could you see yourself with somebody else?
'Cause I'm on a mission
And I don't wanna share
I want you all to myself right now
I just wanna scream it out
I'll be your shelter
I'll be your storm
I'll make you shiver
I'll keep you warm
Whatever weather
Baby I'm yours
Be your forever, be your fling
Baby I will be your everything
Baby I
Baby I will
Baby I will be your everything
No matter what you do, yeah,
Oh, I'll be there for you
And every time you close your eyes
I will be by your side
'Cause every time you make me sing
Baby I will be your everything
I'll be your shelter
I'll be your storm
But I'll make you shiver
I'll keep you warm
Whatever weather
Baby I'm yours
Be your forever, be your fling
Baby I will be your everything
Baby I
Baby I will
Baby I will be your everything
Baby I
Baby I will
(I'll be your storm)
Baby I will be your everything
Baby I
(Yeah, yeah)
Baby I will
Baby I will be your everythin"
I stop singing, and see that she has tears in her eyes. I lean forward and wipe the tears away. "Hey, didn't you like the song?" I ask her. She nods, and clashes her lips to mine. But after a few minutes, my watch tells us that we have to get off the train and start heading to school.
When we get there, Aria and I stop before the doors, and she turns to look at me. "Tristan, I… uh…" "What is it?" I ask and she just shakes her head slightly. "Never mind, it's nothing. Just… good luck on the tests." With that, she gives me one last kiss before she leaves to go to her classes. "What the heck was that all about?" I think to myself.
Connor's POV
(a little bit before Aria and Tristan's Net scene and while Tristan and Sienna are talking at the net)
In the morning, I leave from parents apartment, because it was always theirs and I et my own, hopefully, in a month or so, and go to Sienna's apartment. When I get there, I hear crying and start banging on the door. "Sienna! Are you ok in there?" No answer so I take out the spare key she gave me and rush inside. I shut the front door, and here her throwing up in the bathroom. I run into the bathroom and find her leaning over the toilet. I go to her side and start rubbing her back and mover her hair from her face, like I did the other day.
"Sienna, are you ok now?" I ask once she's finished and leaning against my chest. She nods but doesn't say anything. However, after a few minutes, she begins to talk again. "Connor, I called my parents earlier." And that's when my heart almost stops. "Did you tell them that you're…" I left the rest unsaid because it's still hard for me to believe that she is pregnant. And it's all my fault.
"I had to, Connor!" she yells at me. I'm kind of shocked into silence at the moment. She continues though. "There are coming back tonight, tonight Connor! What was I supposed to do? Have them wake up and find me in the bathroom puking my guts out for the next… I don't know how long? I had to…" she says and starts crying into my chest. I just sit there and rub her back trying to calm her down so she doesn't get too stressed out and possibly harm the baby.
After a little while, I ask her something that has been on my mind since we found out she was pregnant. "Sienna, look at me." When she doesn't, I take my finger and bring her chin us so she has to face me. "I want to ask you something. And I think it's a question you might like." She smirks. Not a full one, but it's a smirk nonetheless. "Do want a boy or a girl?" I say with a smile, and she finally gives me a full one in return. "I want… a boy. What do you want?" "I was thinking a little girl. With her mom's bright green eyes, and an attitude to match." I smile. She laughs and hits my arm lightly.
"Come one, let's get you something to eat real quick so we can get to the trains on time. Or else we will miss them and be really late for school." She nods and we head to the dining call and grab a couple of muffins. We eat them on the way to the tracks and arrive just in time to see the train coming around the far corner. We start to run and I see Aria and Tristan jump into the last cart in the back before I jump in behind Sienna. There are a lot of people on our cart, so we sit in the back corner so no one can hear our conversations.
PAGE BREAK
We finished out first two classes, and start heading to the lunch room where the aptitude tests are being held. On the way there, I see Aria and Tristan walk into the lunchroom hand-in-hand and sit at the Dauntless kid's table, and I also see Sienna talking with some of her friends. She looks kind of nervous, and the whole time she has her arms wrapped protectively, but discreetly, around her stomach, as if trying to keep our baby hidden and safe. I take this as my chance to go up behind her and wrap my arms over hers and put my head on her shoulder.
"Hey, Sienna. Are you ready for the tests now?" she turns her head, slightly smiling, and lightly kisses my cheek. "Yes." She turns back to her friends tells them good bye and that she will see them tomorrow at the choosing ceremony. After they leave, it's just me and her in the hall outside the lunch room.
"Connor, we should start heading in now. Your name is going to be called way before mine, so I'll meet you back at the compound after my test." She says but I just shake my head. "No, I'm staying here until both of us finish our tests, and we can go back to my parents apartment together. Understand?" she nods and we go our table with our Dauntless friends.
After a short time of waiting, I hear mine and Aria's names being called by an Amity volunteer and a Candor volunteer. I turn to Sienna before I get up and lightly squeeze her hand before I leave the table. Aria and I stop in front of two rooms that are right next to each other. She turns to face me and I do the same. "Good luck." She mouths to me. I nod and we both go into our assigned rooms for our tests.
I enter a brightly lit room full of mirrors. There is a metal chair, like the ones at a dentist's office, and a computer on one side of the chair. "Please take a seat. My name is Sarah, and I will be the one admitting the test today." she says with cheerfulness in her voice. I do as she says and sit in the cold metal chair. Not fifteen seconds after I sit down, Sarah tells me to drink this orange, tinged, colored liquid.
"The simulation will take effect in about 60 seconds, so just sit back and relax." I nod and start to doze off and I guess that means the simulation is beginning.
Ok, I'm sorry that I ended it here for you guys. But I figured that that is already a really long chapter, so I decided that I will put the rest of Connor's test and Aria's aptitude test in the next chapter because, like I said before, this chapter will be way too long if I have hers in here as well.
I will probably update later tonight, or tomorrow, OR Thursday. Sorry for the waiting, but hey, I get distracted and I have things to do. Later! :)