Author's Note

I'm really really sorry, the past few weeks have been crazy, from exams to projects to detention, I haven't had time to write. I'm leaving for March break to Paris and won't be able to update, so I'm going to try to post and write as much as I can during the next few weeks, although finals are coming up and I've got to keep up my grades.

In this chapter, there are a load of things that happen, from fluff to excitement.

Enjoy!

*Kate P.O.V.*

I start to sprint and my legs immediately recoil from the intense discomfort. I grit my teeth and keep going. I can not, will not accept defeat. Accept that I was beaten by someone else. I keep going, feeling the muffins in my coat press against my body as I run. Charlotte and Blaze are catching up to me and I throw myself sideways, my back hitting a cold, hard wall. A crushing sensation encompasses my lungs as I gasp for air. Will jumps in after me and crouches near me.
''All right there initiate?'' Initiate. A cold word said in a cold tone. Will he ever forgive me?

''You know my name, Will. At least you seemed to know it this morning.'' Ouch, low blow. Maybe Lola and I are more alike than I thought.

He gets up as Blaze chucks himself in elegantly. Well, as elegantly as someone jumping on a moving train can be.

''Did it hurt? Jumping in, I mean. You looked... uncomfortable.'' He doesn't think twice about how he could've just died a second ago, no. He thinks about me. Maybe there is a little Abnegation in all of us.

Acting on a gut feeling, I take his hand.

He smiles and leans in.

Suddenly, an ununsual feeling passes through my body. I have the urge to press myself to him and just stay in his arms for as long as humanly possible.

I can feel his breath whisp around me. Suddenly, nobody else exists but he and I. His lips are so close to mine.

So close.

I gasp as he gently fits his mouth to mine. His lips are chapped and rugged, probably from picking at them too much and he smells like mint. He presses slowly on my lips and I ball up his shirt in my fist, pulling him closer than before. I'm gasping for air as I hear Lola tell us to get a room and protection, because God knows what our babies will look like. I turn around and see Will talking to Melanie, his knuckles white as sheets.

He must be pretty pissed off.

Good.

That'll teach him to be an ass in public. I kiss Blaze on the cheek just for good measure and turn to Sky talking about the new tattoo paterns in the parlor. I tune it out as Blaze grabs my hand and I feel fluttery inside. It's a nice feeling. I like it. He hands me my muffins and coffee. The chefs have outdone themselves yet again; the raspberry chocloate muffins smell like heaven. I sip the acid beverage and I recoil immediately from the taste. Blaze just smiles and hands me sugar packets and cream. I add the cream and five packs of sugar and now it doesn't taste so bad.

My head is in the clouds until I hear a loud voice yell,''Get off the train NOW!'' I stumble to my feet, hand in hand with Blaze and see Lola smirk as I jump off. I didn't even plan my jump ; I could've died. Instead I land on grass. Well, not exactly on grass; more like on Blaze. He's a nice cushion to land on. Suddenly, I feel self conscious about my weight. Do I weigh too much? Am I crushing him? I roll myself off while his chest rumbles underneath me and I smile. James makes a fake throwing up sound and Jace just scowls. Can he do nothing else?

Lola lands neatly on her two feet but her boyfriend stumbles on her, making her fall. Blaze outright laughs at her ass while everyone else discreetly smirks. She's pushing off Jake and telling him what an idiot he is when the trainers call us up.

We start walking around and an imposing fence guard tells us it's not too bad of a job, that it can even be fun sometimes. He keeps talking but I can only gawk at the fence. It stands 8 feet tall, with barbed wire and very menacing spikes standing out on random parts of the fence. I try to look beyond the fence, but I only see a marsh and dead trees, rotting in the distance.

What could the fence be there for? There's evidently nothing on the outside. Or is there? I think grimly to myself. What could be beyond? A burning desire sparks up deep within me to ask what's outside. I don't, because I would look stupid.

And scared.

And if there's one thing I can't be, it's scared and pathetic.

We return to the compound just before lunch, so the Pit is squirming with life. My senses are alert as I see kids run around playing tag around the fenceless chasm. I don't like it; something bad is going to happen.

I see a little kid push a blond haired one too hard and he stumbles around. I don't think; I just act. I'm running towards him and the stupid voice in my head says I won't make it, he's too far away, he's as good as dead by now. I don't relent one bit and grip his flailing arms before he falls. Unfortunately, my momentum almost me over too. The kid is flailing and screaming, and everything seems frozen. I'm slowly tumbling over and about to greet death in the eyes. Should I be excited? Nervous? Scared? I don't know what to think or do, so I scream instead.

I'm weightless for an instant, then a thickly muscled arm pulls me and the kid away from the chasm, away from danger. I look up and see... Will.

I jump up to his neck and thank him. I hug him for a second, then let go. I'm Blaze's girlfriend, not Will's. Why didn't Blaze save you? the annoying voice in my head nags.

Blaze is petrified, where I last left him before I ran to the kid. He's livid, and suddenly his lips are crashing down on mine. This kiss is different ; it's rough and passionate. I pull away reluctantly as the kid I saved tugs on my arm. He musn't be more than nine. He has spiky blond hair and blue eyes. Suddenly, Lola runs up to us and she's hugging the kid and muttering that he's okay, that everything's okay, that nothing will ever hurt him again.

Why would Lola do that? She doesn't even know the kid. She turns around and whispers into my ear, ''Thank you. I don't know how you knew, but thank you. So much. I've never done you anything but harm and you save my brother. Thank you.''