Chapter 17

Tris POV

I hop off the train, not waiting for Tobias to follow. It's lunch time so I go to the pit. I see Peter and Molly sitting at a table. I don't think, I just run up behind Peter and drag him out from the table with one arm. He falls on the ground and tries to get up. But I don't let him. I rest a knee on his neck not allowing him to breath. Molly pulls me off but I just elbow her in the nose. I punch him repeatedly with my left arm. Although it's my non-dominant hand I feel the pain prickle through my arm as I punch his face. I feel his body go limp beneath me. I don't care. My hands turn red. I punch him again, until in one motion I am pulled away. I elbow the hard but soft object. I turn to see Eric holding me back.

I wiggle free from Eric's grasp and head towards Molly who grips her nose with both hands, blood dripping from her hands. She is curled up on the ground, like she already surrenders. I kick her in the stomach. Air hisses from her mouth. I go to kick again but Tobias steps in front of me.

"Move, Four!" I shout at him. He looks alarmed, but I have too much adrenaline to stop now. "I said move!" He just stares at me. A patronizing look.

I push him aside and start towards Molly. Before I can reach her Tobias grabs me by the waist and flips me over his shoulder carrying me out of the pit.

I punch at his back. "Put me down!" I thrash. It's no use though, he's too strong. "At least tell me where you're taking me!"

"You need to calm down," he says sternly.

"I am calm!" I say kicking the air.

"No," he says putting my down. "You're not." He slams the door in my face, and I hear the key lock. I look around, I'm in his apartment. He locked me in his apartment!

"Four! You better let me out of here or I'll kill you too!" I say slamming my fists into the door and kicking it.

"I'll come get you for dinner," he says before I hear his footsteps walk away from the door.

"Ugh!" What do I do now?

Four POV

When I get back to the pit, There is just blood on the ground. Molly is sitting with ice on her head, but there is no Peter. He must have been sent to the infirmary. I should get dinner for Tris.

On my way to the kitchen a hand grabs my arm. I turn to see who it is and as soon as I see I fling my arm back.

"Thank you for pulling her off me," Molly says. Tris must have hit her head hard. I lift Molly up and pin her against my the wall, resting my forearm on her neck to stop her from moving.

"If you think I did that for you, than you must've hit your head harder than I thought," I spit. "I did that for Tris, no one else. So if you ever lay a hand on her again… next time there will be no one to stop her, or me for that matter."

I see her face going blue, "Do you understand?" I say. She nods. I drop her and she coughs for air.

I think Tris will be calm enough to come to dinner. They won't bother her so she won't bother them. I hope.

~ P A G E B R E A K ~

I open my apartment door and to my surprise Tris is on the floor doing sit-ups.

"You going to stop me from killing them?" She asks through her sit-ups

"That depends, do you want dinner?" I ask.

"That depends, is he dead?"

"Close. He's in the infirmary."

"Rather him in the morgue, but that works too."

"Come on," I say taking her hand to lift her to her feet. "Can I trust that you can contain your anger for dinner?"

"Fine, but if they so much as make eye contact with me I'll-"

"Brush it off and eat your food," I say cutting her off.

She rolls her eyes and smiles. I love it when she smiles, it makes me smile just looking at it. I think I've been staring too long.

"What?" She asks laughing.

"What?" I say back.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" She asks.

"Because you're beautiful," I say smiling.

"I am not beautiful," she retorts. But she is.

I open the door for her and we walk to the pit for dinner.

Tris POV

We walk down to the pit for dinner. Tobias and I sit beside each other at our regular table. I keep my hands on my lap. I go to reach for what looks like a potato, when I spot Peter walking into the pit. He has a blue bruise on his cheek, but other than that he seem unharmed.

Our eyes lock and he give me a wink. All the anger comes flooding back. I go to stand up but before I can, Tobias grabs my hand. I feel relaxed as he moves his thumb back and forth across my hand.

Uriah lifts his head out from under the table with a fork in his hand. Tobias and I stare at each other. Did he see our hands under the table?

"Why were you under the table?" Asks Tobias.

"Oh, I dropped a fork," Uriah says, "also, Marlene is wearing a skirt."

Marlene closes her legs and shoves Uriah.

"Why? Worried that I might have seen something?" He says eating his food. Marlene slaps Uriah on the back of the neck.

"Ow!" He shouts, "I wasn't talking about you! I was talking about-" I kick Uriah in the heel. "Ow!" He shouts again. "Okay, I'll shut up! Just stop hurting me."

"You're not hungry?" Tobias asks me.

"No, they gave me something at the hospital." I try to get out, even though I haven't eaten anything today.

Tobias doesn't listen he just grabs a potato and cuts it down the middle. He puts half on my plate and half on his.

"Maybe you were cut out for Candor, Tris, because you're a terrible liar," he says laughing at me.

I end up eating the potato, which was really good. In Abnegation we never seasoned our food.

Tobias and I have our own conversation as we eat. Laughing with him makes me feel good.

When Tobias gets up to get cake, Christina and Will both give me the same look.

"What?" I ask them, still smiling from Tobias.

"Aren't you afraid of him?" Christina asks.

"Who, Four? Why would I be?" I ask confused. Why would I be afraid of him? He's not scary.

"You're joking, right?" Will says.

"It's that quiet voice he uses, scares the shit out of me," Christina says to Will. "At least he's hot."

Will looks shocked and confused, obviously jealous. "What? It's true!" Christina says. I find myself nodding without noticing. We all laugh. Will coughs, nodding towards Tobias walking over to us. We all go silent.

"What?" Tobias says sitting down. I stare at Christina who stares back at me. I kick Christina's shin to get her to talk.

"We were talking about your hotness," she says it as if there is no embarrassment. You can tell she was from Candor.

Tobias looks at me and smiles.

"Attention!" Shouts Eric from across the pit. "Tomorrow is Visiting Day. If for some miracle your family actually comes, it will be held here in the pit at eight am sharp!" I forgot about visiting day. I'm not sure whether to be nervous or excited to see my family. Well everyone but Caleb. Who will go to see him, my mother or father? Will they even come at all? My face goes hot. I beat up two people today. I can't see my parents, they would never approve of me.

"You alright, Tris?" Uriah asks.

"Yeah, just… tired. I'm going to head back to the dorms to sleep."

"You're not going back to the dorms." Tobias says in his 'Four voice'. "You can sleep at my apartment again. That way Molly and Peter can't get to you."

"I'll be fine, Four." I say.

"I'm sure you are, but you can't protect yourself when you're sleeping. And I'll sleep better knowing that Molly and Peter have to get behind a locked door, and me to hurt you."

"Fine, but only if you give me half your cake." I say eying the piece of chocolate goodness on his plate.

"Nevermind, you can sleep in the dorms," he says eating one side of the cake. I grab a fork off the table.

"Whoa, what's that?" I say pointing in a random direction. Tobias looks over and I grab a piece of his cake and fit it into my mouth.

"Wha- Tris!" He shouts.

I smile at him. He turns and guards his plate with one arm while eating with his other.

Once Tobias finishes his cake we start to walk towards his apartment. Christina grabs my arm.

"Come with me to get a tattoo, please!" She says excitedly.

I look up at Tobias. "If you don't get back by seven I'm coming looking for you," he says sternly.

I nod and run with Christina to the tattoo parlour.