Hey guys. Sorry I haven't updated in forever. I still never found a beta to help me even though I was given some suggestions about writers, no one wanted to. Anyway, I'm really sorry and I know there's no excuse. Tomorrow is my dance recital so I won't have time tomorrow to update because the high school it's at has suckish wifi. So, onto the chapter!
Disclaimer: I own nada. Only the intelligent mind of Veronica Roth does.
I walk out of Max's office with Tobias trailing behind me. We pass Eric and the initiates and they have astonished looks on their faces.
Eric comes up behind us and says, "So, what did Max say?"
When I turn around I see he has a smug look on his face, so I say, "He said he gives us his blessing. If you want to know more, why don't you just go ask him yourself?"
He looks at me and Toby with total disgust before he has an angry look and stalks back to Max's office. The initiates are still staring at us like we're some sort of new creatures just discovered. I notice that they are staring down and up until now I didn't know that the two of us are holding hands.
"Alright initiates, stop staring and lets get to the training room." Tobias says with an annoyed tone. We start walking and about ten feet away, we realize that they aren't following. "Are you deaf or something? Come on and start walking!"
"Hey, calm down." I say in his ear while I rub soothing circles on the top of his hand. I really don't know why he has a clipped tone. I'll have to ask him later.
"Sorry, just a lot on my mind. I'll tell you later." He responds. The rest of the walk to the training room is silent.
Eric pov
I walk into Max's office and all he'll breaks loose.
"Don't even start, Eric. You have been torturing the poor boy for so long that I can't stand it anymore. He deserves to be happy and every time he has the chance, you have to go and ruin it." Max all but yells at me.
"Fine, whatever. But don't you think that one second I'm gonna be okay with this." I respond.
"I don't care if you're okay with it or not. It's not your decision. Take the rear of the day off, you need to blow off some steam."
"No. I quit." I say flatly.
"What do you mean' you quit'?"
"I mean, I quit. I'm sick and tired of everyone treating him better than me. I'm done working with him."
"Fine. Hand in your keys, I'll find another job for you." I hand Max my keys and leave his office without another word.
Tris pov
"Today, you will be learning how to shoot guns. Watch my motions and stance. It'll help you learn how to properly shoot a gun." Toby says as if nothing happened less than ten minutes ago.
As I'm watching him shoot, I take mental notes on his positions and breathing patterns. He breathes in, poses to shoot, shoots, then exhaled. "Its that simple. If you just stay calm and act like you won't get harmed, than you will be perfectly fine. But if you act like you know what you're doing or that you show signs or fear, well... that's gonna be a problem." He explains. "Everyone, get a gun, pick a target and start shooting."
We all pick a gun off the table, get some ammo and choose a target. I pick a spot between Christina and Will. I'm almost directly in the center of the room and I feel self conscience for almost no reason at all. I get in the correct stance, close my eyes, inhale, shoot and exhale. There's a kick back from the trigger that I was not expecting and I almost fall. I feel two strong and loving arms wrap around my waist before I make impact with the ground. Tobias gives a small chuckle and brings me back to my feet.
"Be careful of the kick back." He says.
"Could of said that earlier." I say and shoot a glare his way.
"Oh please, you're fine." He says with a teasing grin. I roll my eyes and stick my tongue out at him.
I get back to my target and I hit close to the center this time. I try a few more times and I'm up to my last round of ammo. I repeat the same steps and hit the bulls eye. I feel accomplished.
I know I'll pass initiation.
So, how did you like the chapter? I tried to make it longer to make up for missed time. This was going to be two chapters but it seemed like they were too small so I added them together to make a big one.
So anyway, how have my pearls been? I'm going to an Imagine Dragons concert on the 29th and I feel like I'm going to cry tears of excitement! I might go to an Ed Sheeran concert if my friend's cousin bails on her (hopefully she does lol). I made a friend at Hot Topic and she said that she could get me tickets to Comic Con so I had a mental break down in the middle of the store lol. You guys probably aren't even reading this... oh well
If you guys know anyone who would be willing to help beta my story or just let alone give me ideas, please pm me or review. I NEED TO KNOW!
Til next time,
Pearlfever