CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

TRIS POV

Lynn has come up with this crazy idea that she should sneak me into Dauntless for the day. I don't know how I let her talk me into this. Even mum has agreed that I could go. But we are keeping this from Dad, if he found out, well I don't want to think about that right now.

Lynn thinks that this will convince me that I should definitely be in Dauntless. All because I admitted that I didn't know if I could leave my family. Although I know I want to be with Tobias, there is still this little part of me that would like to stay with my family. It's stupid really, mum and dad have both said that they will still love me if I transfer.

So I am standing in the middle of my bedroom dressed in the dauntless clothes that Lynn gave me to wear. I just need to put my Abnegation dress on over the top until I get out of the house. I hear a knock at my door and my mums voice telling me that it is just her at my door.

I open the door and she quickly enters and shuts the door.

"Are you ready?" she asks.

"I think so," I say.

"Beatrice go and enjoy yourself for the day. Try to avoid seeing Tobias, I don't think he will be happy if he sees you sneaking around Dauntless. What I mean is, is that he will be happy to see you but he will also be worried. If you get caught it can cause a lot of problems for a lot of people," mum says. "Now put your dress on and let's get you to the train to meet Lynn."

"Thank you so much mum. I would never have thought of doing something like this. I am so excited to see Dauntless," I say.

"I know you are," Mum says.

We meet Lynn at the spot where we will need to jump on the train. I take my Abnegation clothes off and put them in the backpack Lynn lent me. Lynn taught me a few weeks ago how to jump on and off the train. So I shouldn't have any trouble getting on or off. Although when I first started I was terrible at it. I have the skinless knees to prove it.

Lynn and I are walking around the Pit. This place is amazing. There are people everywhere and it is so loud. I love it here, the thought that I will have to go home in a few hours makes me sad. There are shops. I have never seen anything like this. In Abnegation we are given the clothes we need, we don't have any choice on what we wear but here there is so much on offer.

I am sure my eyes are bugging out of my head with all I am getting to see. We walk past a tattoo parlour and it is out of this world. When we walk in I can see people getting an actual tattoo. After seeing mum's, I wish I could get one. Well if I transfer I think it will be the first thing I will do.

"Let's go have lunch," Lynn says. "I can't wait for you to try the cake."

"The cake?" I ask.

"Come on I will show you," she says.

We walk into the dining hall and I can't believe my eyes. There are hundreds of Dauntless in here eating. We don't have anything like this in Abnegation.

"Sit here," Lynn says. "I will go and get us some food. I think it would be too obvious if you go and try and pick something to eat."

I am sitting where she told me to sit. I probably should be trying to lay low but I can't help but to look around the room. Almost everyone has either a tattoo or a piercing showing. There are so many shades of hair colour here. It is different to look at here than at school. At school it just looks like teenagers rebelling but here they just blend in.

Lynn sits down and gives me a tray of food. I don't think I know half of what is on my plate. I have never seen it before. Lynn has a smile on her face and I can tell she is trying not to laugh at me.

I am about to have my first bite when a young man comes up to Lynn and I. His face is pierced in so many places I lose count and his hair is long, dark and greasy. As he looks me over I can see a coldness in his eyes that makes me look away.

"Aren't you going to introduce your friend Lynn?" he says.

"No," Lynn says.

"Why not Lynn? What's your name?" he says to me.

I have no idea what to say and before I can answer I hear a familiar voice. Tobias.

"What do you think you are doing Eric?" Tobias says.

"Nothing that concerns you Four," Eric says. He doesn't sound like he likes Tobias much.

"I think you're harassing dependants is my business," Tobias says. "Lynn take your trays and get Mason to put them into take away containers. Get me something to eat while you are there and meet us at the dining hall door."

"Come on you," Tobias says to me. "You are coming with me." He grabs my arm and drags me towards the door.

"What the hell Tris," Tobias hisses at me.

Lynn joins us and he says, "Follow me."

Lynn looks at me with a raised eyebrow and mouths the word 'sorry' to me. 'It's okay,' I mouth back to her. I haven't been taking any notice to where we are going but we are now in an elevator moving up towards I don't know where. I didn't even know that there was an elevator in Dauntless. There must be so many things hidden within the rocks and caves.

We step out of the elevator and go down some hallways until we are in a corridor with numbers on the doors. These must be apartments. Tobias must be taking us to his apartment. He puts his hand on a sensor and after a red light scans over his hand the door unlocks.

"Wow," says Lynn

I just look at her. "We just have a key with a lock on our door," she says.

We walk into Tobias apartment and as soon as he shuts the door I know I am going to be in trouble.

"What were you two thinking?" Tobias says with a raised voice. "Do you know how much trouble you could be in? You could have both been seen. Of all people to had seen you it had to be Eric."

"Four it's okay," Lynn says.

"No Lynn it's not. If you are caught both of you could be stopped from choosing Dauntless at your Choosing Ceremony," Tobias says.

"What?" Lynn and I both say at the same time.

"Yeah it could happen. The fact that your dad is on the council Tris would work against the both of you. What would you do then? How do you think Shauna would feel Lynn? Or Hector?"

"And you" Tobias says pointing to me. "What were you thinking? Do you have any idea how it would make me feel if you couldn't choose Dauntless? And damn you look hot in that outfit."

Lynn starts to laugh and all I can do is blush. I can't believe Tobias just told me I look hot in this outfit.

"What?" Tobias asks Lynn.

"Way to woo a girl Four," Lynn says. She is still laughing and has tears streaming down her face.

I look at Tobias and the anger has left him and he is smiling at me. He just shrugs and as usual I blush again. He walks over and gives me a hug and I can't stop myself from hugging him back. "It is really good to see you," he says.

"Let's eat this food before it gets cold. Then I will have to try and sneak you back out of here," he says shaking his head.

TOBIAS POV

I want to be angry with Tris right now but I can't. Although I would rather if Lynn wasn't here but if it wasn't for Lynn Tris wouldn't be here.

"So this is how the leaders live," says Lynn as she is looking around my apartment. I know that this place is a lot different from the apartment I first had when I got here. But I hadn't really thought much about it.

"Oh my goodness!" Tris exclaims. I look at Lynn and we can't help but laugh. Tris has just taken her first bite of Dauntless cake.

"Okay I am transferring here just for this," Tris says. "How am I supposed to go back to Abnegation now?"

"This is why you shouldn't be sneaking in here," Tobias says.

"Mum knows where I am," Tris says.

"Mum knows? And she let you?"

"Yes," she says.

"What about dad?" I ask.

"Do you think I would be here if he knew?"

"No, I don't," I say. "When you finish that I am going to have to make sure you get home."

"You're not going to tell dad are you?" I ask.

"How come you call her parents mum and dad?" Lynn asks me.

"It's complicated Lynn," I say.

"I get that. Why else would I ask?" she says.

"I stayed with Tris and her family when I was younger. I called her parents mum and dad," I say.

"That's not complicated Four," Lynn says.

"I don't even like people to know that I am from Abnegation," I say.

"Is that because of your dad?" Lynn asks. "Not Tris's dad but you know Marcus?"

"How did you know that?" I ask.

"Four if it wasn't for you liking Tris I would never have worked it out. How else would you two know each other if you both weren't from Abnegation? And you don't have to worry I won't be telling people," she says.

"Thanks Lynn. I would really appreciate it," I say.

Tris got home safe. I made Lynn come find me once she had got back. I don't know what I would have done if she had been caught and to run into Eric like that. Shit. It is only three months to her Choosing Ceremony, I just need to hope that Eric doesn't recognise her if she chooses Dauntless. I need to stop thinking like that. It's not if she chooses. I need to think about when she chooses.

Jeanine has started preparing to give our members their tracking serum. She wants to administer it the day Dauntless initiation finishes. I'm not sure about all of this but I'm not entirely sure where else to look.