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Chapter XXVII. Operation Urilene
TRIS
"Aye yo Tris! Wake the heck up!"
My eyes crack open and I shoot up in bed.
I look at my watch. "HOLY SHIT, IT'S 12:30!"
A sharp sting impacts my face. "OW!" I groan out in pain.
"Shut it, training's canceled today!"
"Great!" I say. A part of me is sad because I don't get to… um… see Four.
"Aww, I chipped a nail!"
"Chris, really?" I complain. She scoffs and shoves her chipped index finger in my face. "See?! The whole freaking nail fell off!"
I roll my eyes. "Well that's what you get for having black fake nails with bright pink flames during initiation!" I rub my cheek with my fingers gently.
"Well we aren't doing anything physical this stage of training!" Christina glares at me. "Oh yeah, I chipped this finger too." She flips me off.
My jaw drops and I mock hurt. "F you." I say, flipping her off back.
"Well f you too, Trissypoo!" She grins, and we burst out laughing.
"No but seriously, get your ass up. I'm bored and I wanna do something." She says.
I groan. "Finneee." I swing my legs over the side of the bed and stand up. I change out in the open since we are the only ones in here. I change into a fresh shirt and a pair of cargo pants.
"So why didn't you leave with your boyfriend?" I ask, giving her a mischievous smile.
"I dunno. Sisters before misters," I burst out laughing. "Yeah, no." I tease.
"Will and Al got up around 9:00, so did I." She says.
I raise my eyebrows. "What have you been doing in that three hour period?!"
She shrugs. "Sitting on my bed. Trying on clothes. Watching you sleep."
I blink twice. "Chris honey, we may be best friends but don't do that." She laughs.
"You know you snore?" I give her a disbelieving look. "And you sound like a cute little bunny," She puts her hands up to her nose and makes hand motions imitating a bunny.
I glare at her.
"Shut up…"
-o0o-
"Heyyy everybody!" I say, sitting down at our usual table between Marlene and Christina.
"Hey," they respond. I notice Uriah and Marlene avoiding eye contact. Marlene looks at me in the corner of her eye. I give her a look. "So," she says, understanding me. "Why was initiation canceled today?"
"I dunno," the initiates chorus. Zeke shrugs. "Heard from Four that he, Lauren, and Eric were needed at the fence, and they couldn't find replacements in time." He says in between eating
Will's face twists. "Why? What happened at the fence that could've been too much for the fence guards to handle?"
Zeke looks at us. "Factionless. Trying to escape the fence."
"Huh," I say. "Interesting."
"Well, in the meantime, what should we do?" Christina asks, examining her chipped nail with a scowl on her face. I smirk.
"Candor or Dauntless? In a few hours?" Uriah asks, snapping out of Marleneland.
"Why not? We normally don't get days off anyway." Lynn says.
"Where?" Marlene asks.
"At Zeke's, of course." Uriah says.
Zeke frowns. "Why my place?"
Uriah looks at him while chewing a slice of Dauntless cake. "Because you are the only one with an apartment, my dear brother."
-o0o-
In that six hour timespan, Christina, Will, and I have been hanging out with Uriah, Lynn, and Marlene in the training room.
I get into position, and release the knife in a swift movement. I grin as the knife hits the center of the board in a nice 'thud.'
"Haha! I beat you Uricakes!"
"Dammit." He says, frowning.
"Okay. Now let's get on with your end of the bet!" I laugh.
I walk up to him, and on my tip-toes, give him a painful noogie with my right fist.
"Oww! MY HAIR!"
Everyone laughs as he looks up at his messy hair, eyes crossed.
"We should go. It's already 6:00." Will says in between laughs.
We exit the training room, leaving it in a clean manner. Eric would kill us if we didn't.
On our way to Zeke's apartment, I steal Uriah away from everyone, and linger at the back of the group. Marlene gives me a look. I just wink.
"So," I begin. "How do you intend on asking Marlene out?" I whisper.
He looks at me, and his eyes quickly trace back to the floor. He kicks a rock with his boot.
I give him a concerned look. "That bad, huh?"
He nods stiffly. "I j-just don't know how to ask her…"
I contain a hysterical laugh. I'm trying to get two of my very good friends together, and if I mess this up, I could jeopardize everything.
"How do you want to ask her out?"
"I don't know… romantic, but not cliché. But something that will be a fond memory." Yes! I scream in my head. Those two are really perfect for each other.
"Okay. Where did you guys first meet?" I question, using the same survey for Operation Urilene.
He doesn't miss a beat. "Age 3. Top of the zipline tower. Why?"
I grin. "Trust me." I lean over and whisper into his ear. "All you gotta do is…" I can't help but grin when a lip-tearing smile forms on his face.
"You're the best, Trissypoo." He squeezes me in a bear hug. Marlene looks back, uncertain, but I give her the ok over Uriah's shoulder.
She grins widely, and squeals quietly.
-o0o-
We all sit in a circle in Zeke's living room. I sit in between Marlene and Christina, Will, Zeke, Lynn, and Uriah at their sides. Across me is Uriah, who is grinning wildly.
"Same rules apply. Alright, let Candor or Dauntless commence!" Zeke exclaims.
"I wanna go first!" Christina says. "Tris, Candor or Dauntless?" I suppress a groan.
"Um… Dauntless." I'm not going to risk being asked about Operation Urilene.
She smirks. "I dare you to draw a circle with a marker around the physical feature you're the most self-conscious about." My ears heat up.
I think about it for a moment, not wanting to draw anything around my bust or any area past the equator. I decide on my eyes. I hold my hand out to Zeke, who tosses me a marker.
I carefully draw a thin circle around my left eye. Everyone bursts out laughing as Christina's smile fades. "Well, what was I expecting? You're practically perfect!"
Perfect, my ass, a voice inside my head says. I shake it off with a smile. "Hell nah."
I look over my options. "Lynn."
"Dauntless, naturally." I grin mischievously, and she almost looks frightened for a moment. "I dare you to recruit another player to play the rule of your boyfriend and then stage a major, dramatic break-up."
She shrugs. "It's not the worst. Uh… Uriah, with me."
He stands up and follows her out the door. "Coming with?"
"Yeah."
Everyone stands up and follows the two to the Pit. Marlene glares at Lynn. I elbow her lightly, chuckling. "Chill, you really think Lynn's interested in him?"
Marlene frowns. "What? Are you saying that he isn't good enough for her?"
I sigh. "Mar, this is Lynn we're talking about."
She puts aside her jealousy. "You're right. I'm sorry."
"It's okay,"
I look over to where Lynn and Uriah are standing, holding hands.
Marlene and I rejoin the others. I stifle a laugh, seeing Lynn's obvious discomfort. "What?! What do you mean we're through?!" she rages, releasing Uriah's hand roughly.
"You cheated on me! WITH MY OWN BROTHER!" Uriah glares, while Zeke bursts out laughing.
"Well because you cheated on me first! You are a—" By now, most people have stopped to follow Lynn's long line of profanities.
Suddenly, in the midst of their arguing, a women walks by and hands them a pamphlet. "I think you two need couples counseling. Every Wednesday in the infirmary. Don't worry, I'll arrange an appointment for you."
She walks away, and we all burst out laughing.
Back at Zeke's apartment, we continue the game. "Okay, Will, Candor or Dauntless?"
"Um… Dauntless?"
"Was that a question, initiate?" Lynn says.
"Dauntless!" Will yells.
She smirks. "I dare you to speak in rhyme for the next 3 rounds. Complete rhyming."
Will frowns, looks at his shirt, then looks back up. "Okay, I am not afraid."
"Starting now."
"Holy shit, I'm already getting tired of this."
I snicker.
"Zeke, my mate, please choose your fate."
"Dauntless, of course."
"I dare you to perform 3 yoga moves. Those moves we will judge, as we must." Will must be getting tired of rhyming.
"Fine." Zeke goes into a dog-like position. I don't know anything about yoga, except that the Amity practice it. And occasionally, Erudites do, to clear their mind. "Hmm… I give it a four." I say.
Everyone agrees.
He then stands into a tree position. "Two." Christina says.
Then, he lays on the floor. "Must I remind you, that you have only done two?" Will says.
"This is a yoga position." Zeke reasons.
Everyone bursts out laughing.
"Okay, Chrissy, Candor or Dauntless?"
"Candor."
"Pansycake!" Uriah yells.
"Shut it!"
"Okay Chris. Name all your boyfriends and crushes."
She blushes a furious red and looks at her single layers. "Um… let's see. Jonathan, Nathaniel, Bobby, Matthew, Jason, Evan, Tyler... Um…" She continues to name crushes, at least I hope they were crushes. "And uh… no boyfriends, but Willy." She kisses him on the cheek, and he sighs in relief.
"Okay, Uriah. Candor or Dauntless?"
"Dauntless!"
"I dare you to do ten pushups in front of a food, and take a bite of it every time you do a pushup."
"Deal! As long as it's Dauntless cake."
He goes into plank position, and Marlene places a slice of Dauntless cake in front of him.
We count as he does clapper-pushups, taking a bite every time he goes down, chocolate smudging on his face.
At number ten, he underestimates his force and all you hear is a "SHIT!" before he falls face-first into the cake. He slowly looks up, frosting all over his unamused face and hair. I go into hysterics, and everyone else follows. "Oh my god," I wipe a tear from my eye.
We resume our positions, and Uriah returns from the bathroom, free of chocolate. "YES! NO MORE RHYMES!" Will shouts, a little too happily. I give Uriah the signal. He gulps.
"Marlene," he begins, attracting Lynn's attention, who has noticed the tension between the two. "Candor or Dauntless?"
I blink three times and roll my eyes.
"Dauntless." Marlene says, trying to contain her excitement.
After all, she doesn't know what's going to happen, but she can tell that he's going to make a move.
"I dare you to let me lead you somewhere, and you have to be blindfolded." Uriah stammers, blushing. Everyone has confused looks on their faces.
Marlene blushes and nods. He gets a black blindfold from Zeke's party closet and ties it around her head.
The two leave, and I mouth to him, 'Good luck.'
"Wait, we'll come too!" Christina says.
"Chrissy, no!" I say, panicked.
Lynn raises an eyebrow. "Why?"
I fidget nervously. I'm practically Candor when it comes to secrets. I mean, the ones that I'm actually excited about.
Zeke narrows his eyes at me, and I will myself to avoid looking left and look at him in the eye. "What's going on? You three are up to something."
I would rather be interrogated then spill Operation Uriline. I bite my lip. "I can't tell, bro."
"Why not?" Will asks.
I sigh. "You guys will figure out sooner or later." If Uriah isn't a pansycake, I finish in my head.
URIAH
I keep my hand on the arch of Marlene's back. Electric shocks through me. After walking for a bit, attracting the stares of some of my Dauntless friends, I lead her into an elevator, and I click the button for floor one-hundred. "Uriah, where are we going? You're not some serial killer, are you?" she grins, making my heart flutter.
I chuckle. "Certainly not." I hope Trissy's plan goes through.
The elevator stops roughly and there is a small 'boom.' I place an arm around Marlene, keeping her from falling. The touch burns but I look at the number displayed above the buttons.
There isn't one.
I gulp.
Uh oh, Operation Urilene isn't going well so far!
Poor Uricakes and Marmar!
People don't really write about Urilene in their stories so I decided to. ITS SO CUTE ISEOIHFSHSFRH
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