A/N - Hey guys. I was just wondering, are people liking this? Wow. Starting off on a not-so-good term! (Unusual for me. I'm a mentally happy person.) But, I was just wondering. Nothing big. I would really like people's opinions on this though, instead of just the usual 'update!'. I'd like to give a big thanks to KK8-Four-and-Six, thank you so much! It's so nice to know someone is enjoying my writing! Seriously though, you are awesome. Go check her out! :)
Anyways, onto the story. Sorry about that rant! Oh, you know the drill. Don't own nothing.
I wake to see someone bursting into the room. I lift my head groggily and squint at them though half-lidded eyes. "Christina?" I ask when I recognize her figure. I flop back down onto the bed, groaning. "What do you want?" I ask, to tired to sit up. Everything that's happened, going zip lining, has worn me out and all I really want to to is sleep. I glance at the clock. Still half and hour until I'd have to get up to go to dinner. "Let me sleep, woman."
"Tris! Get up, no time to explain!" Christina shouts, ignoring me. When I don't move, she rips the blanket off me and drags me onto the floor, kicking.
"Hey! What's the big deal? Can a girl get no sleep here?!" I yell, scrambling to me feet, now wide awake. She stamps her foot in frustration, grabbing my wrist and hauling me along out of the rooms and into the hallway. "Okay, okay I'm awake! Gee," I mumble, annoyed.
We stumble along the corridor, and I rub sleep out of my eyes. "Christina, what's going on?" I ask, still aggravated about how she had to wake me up.
"Just... come on, Uriah got into a fight with Four!" She yells over her shoulder.
We push past a crowd of Dauntless. I have to shout over the noise at her, "What?!" I push past people, muttering 'sorry' here and there when I shove some random over, before we reach the center of the Pit.
I brush Christina's hand of my arm. "What?" I huff, heated. "Did you just say..." I look up and take in the scene around me for the first time. I was so concentrated on myself that I didn't realize what was going on around me. Selfish, I think with dismay. You're selfish.
Four had Uriah pinned up against a table, things were everywhere and the place was trashed. There was a circle of Dauntless around them, and I was standing staring in horror at the edge of the crowd. I push past someone, breaking through the mass of people and stumbling into the center of the Pit, where Uriah and Tobias were. Uriah had just taken a swing at Tobias's head, who jerked backwards, avoiding the blow. Tobias got a punch in when Uriah let his guard down and looked over at me. He doubles over, clutching at his stomach where Tobias punched him.
"Uriah?" I yell, and the crowd backs away leaving a wide space around us. I rush towards him, but before I get to him, he gets up off the ground, wiping the back of his hand across his mouth where a trickle of blood was forming. I gasp. They had really been fighting. Over what? I though. Then I shook the thought from my head. The aim was to stop this.
Uriah swung his fist and Tobias again, feinting to the side when Tobias lashed out and elbow in response. Ducking and twisting around Tobias, Uriah kicks him in the side.
"Stop!" I scream, as Tobais falls forward. He lands chest down on a nearby table, quickly righting himself. "Tris?" He says, eyes widening. "Stay out of this," He says as Uriah comes forward once more.
"No, I'm not going to watch you beat each other up!" I say, frustrated. I shove my way between them in attempt to stop the fight. "What on earth were you doing?" I yell.
Uriah glares at Tobias over my shoulder, although he lowers his fist. Tobias points at him. "Well, ask him why he decided to start punching me," He says coldly.
Uriah folds his arms over his chest. "He provoked me." He says stubbornly.
I sigh. "Fine, whatever. Just... seriously?" I say, exhausted. Uriah drops his arms to his sides. "It's nothing. Forget it, okay?" He says. I look at him. He looks away.
I decide to drop it. "Okay. Okay. You know what? I'm just going to go." I say tiredly. As I walk away, back in the direction of the rooms, Tobias catches up with me. "Tris?" He says.
I don't look at him. "What?" I reply bluntly.
"Are you... mad at me?" He asks, sounding out of breath.
"For beating up Uriah?" I think for a bit. "Not really."
He bursts into a nervous laughter. "Okay." He stops walking. After I realize he's not following me, I stop and look back at him. "What?" I ask irritably.
"Tris," He says again. I love how he says my name. He walks forward and take my hand in his. He stares into my eyes as his other hand tilts my chin up to look at him. He lets out a shaky breath, and I run my other hand though his hair. He leans down to kiss me softly on the lips. He tastes like sweat, metal and blood. Like he just had a fight. Like the Dauntless.
I pull away suddenly, as a thought strikes me. A puzzled look crosses his face. "Tris? Everything okay?" I nod, tugging on his hand. "Good, actually." I respond. "Come on. There's something I want to show you."
A/N - Intense. But I wanted to try out a little bit of a fight scene - what did you think of it? Too... obvious? I don't know. I guess I just wanted to see how it turns out - truth is it just fits into the story line. So yeah. Likes? Hates? REVIEW! I really love advice and stuff - even just the casual 'update please' supports me and makes me want to write more for you! I hope people aren't starting to lose interest and i'd love to know what you think... :)
Oh yeah, I forgot to say at the start sorry for not updating for a while... I was busy with shit and stuff and I kinda lost inspiration for this story. You know. Just didn't want to continue. But i'm back... so you can celebrate! Joking. :) Anyways, reviews make me happy! :D
Sorry for the long speech, those who actually read it :/
Yours faithfully, DauntlessTheBrave
