I knock on the small, black door. 'Come in,' a voice calls from inside. Four. I walk into the apartment, seeing gray clothes folded up neatly on his bed. I can't help shooting them a disgusted look.

Four looks at me reproachfully, but I don't feel guilty for criticising Stiff clothes in a Dauntless place. 'Hello,' he says uncertainly. He's probably wondering what I'm doing in his apartment.

'Sorry to interrupt,' I say, although I'm not sorry at all. I look around the room. No other beds, no signs of anyone else living here. 'I'm surprised you didn't choose to room with your fellow former initiates.' Suddenly I'm slightly worried. 'You did make some friends, didn't you?'

'Yeah,' he says. 'This just feels more normal.'

I sigh. He needs to get rid of old habits, let go of his old faction faster. 'I guess it'll take you some time to let go of your old faction.' I skim the counter with my fingertip, collecting a ball of dust. I know he's only just moved in, but this place could definitely do with a clean-up. 'This afternoon you'll pick your job. Did you have anything in mind?'

He frowns. 'I guess it depends on what's available.' I want to laugh. First ranked initiate, talking like that? All the other first-ranked initiates I've talked to have been sure of themselves, almost arrogantly so. 'I'd like to do something with teaching. Like what Amar did, maybe.'

'I think the first-ranked initiate can do a little better than initiation instructor, don't you? I came because an opportunity has opened up.' I pull a chair out and sit on it. If he already has that in mind, this will be harder than I thought; now I have to dissuade him from going that way. 'To be honest, one of my fellow leaders of Dauntless is getting a little old for the job. The remaining four of us think it would be a good idea to get some new blood into leadership. New ideas for new Dauntless members and initiation, specifically. That task is usually given to the youngest leader anyway, so it's a good fit. We were thinking of drawing from the more recent initiate classes for a training program to see if anyone is a good candidate. You're a natural choice.'

Everyone wanted Eric for leadership, even Jeanine. I still think she's prejudiced, that she favours Eric because he was an Erudite. Either way, I still think Four would make a better leader. He's a lot more likeable than Eric, although neither of them are particularly sweet, and he's less brutal. He was first ranked; above Eric. If he wasn't a Stiff, and if he wasn't so explosive, I think that he could be one heck of a strong leader. That's what we need. And that's what I want to prove.

Four winces, and I wonder what's going through his mind. I remember the conversation that we had a few days ago, at Amar's funeral. I know it wasn't the place, but there was nowhere else to do it.

You all right, Four?'

'Yeah,' he replies.

'I know Amar took a particular interest in you. I think he saw strong potential,' I say. I see strong potential, even though he's a Stiff.

'I didn't…I didn't really know him,' Four answers vaguely.

'He was always a little troubled, a little unbalanced. Not like the rest of the initiates in his class.' I remember that where the other Dauntless-born initiates were friendly, funny and carefree, Amar was often a loner, preferring to punch a bag in the training room than to go out with friends. Georgie was the only friend he had.

That's it; maybe he took an interest in Four because they were just like each other. 'I think losing his grandparents really took a toll on him. Or maybe the problem was deeper. I don't know… It could be that he's better off this way.'

'Better off dead?' Four scowls at me.

'That's not exactly what I meant. But here in Dauntless, we encourage our members to choose their own paths through life. If this is what he chose, so much the better.'

I put my hand on his shoulder, hoping to comfort him. 'Depending on how you do in your final examination, you and I should talk about the future you'd like to have in Dauntless.'

He looks at me, confused, and I continue. 'You're by far our most promising initiate, despite your background.'

I know a lot more about his background than he thinks.

Four still looks confused, saying nothing. I'm about to tell him, 'We want you as a Dauntless leader,' but I see Zeke coming and walk away into the crowd like nothing passed between us. I don't want anyone suspecting anything, especially before anything is confirmed.

'The training program will last at least a year.' Mine lasted a year and a half. 'It will be rigorous, and it will test your skills in a lot of areas. We both know you'll do just fine in the fear landscape portion.'

He nods absently, and I smile. 'You don't need to go to the job selection meeting later today. Training will start very soon; tomorrow morning, in fact.'

'Wait,' he says slowly. 'I…I don't have a choice?' I'm puzzled. 'Of course you have a choice. I just assumed someone like you would rather train to be a leader than spend all day standing around a fence with a gun on his shoulder or lecturing initiates about good fighting technique. But if I was wrong…' I trail off, knowing that if anything will make him want to prove himself, it will be this.

He hesitates, then shakes his head. 'No, you weren't wrong. I want to do it. Thank you.'

'Excellent,' I say, feeling pleased. I get up and shake his hand, noting absently that Four really doesn't like shaking hands. Maybe it's a Stiff thing.

The next thing I do is go to Jeanine. 'I think we have another candidate for leadership…'

A/N: Hello again! Sorry about the lack of updates; we had exam week. I've just got my results - A* and A all round! So now I have more time to write fanfiction. Thank you for everyone who's reviewed and faved and followed, it really keeps me going :)

Okay, now for some numbers. I've been doing some calculations, and I've worked out this: I have 1 review for every 422.73 words that I write, 1 fave for every 1729.3636 words that I write, and one follow for every 1119 words! There's also an update every 4.64285714286 days on average, which happens to be 401142.85714310396 seconds! I was so bored I worked this out with a pen and paper in the middle of a Chemistry lesson…

ToastCookies, the poll is on my profile page, right at the top. To anyone else that wants to know, Amar is way in the lead…

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