I love you guys. Like honestly. Your reviews make me feel like my writing isnt crap.
Tris POV
I was walking by myself down the hallway with a lollipop in my mouth. I'm not quite sure what kind though. Christina is supposed to meet me at the tracks. She promised Tobias last night that she would. After we'd gotten off the train, Tobias had brought me me back to the apartment to sleep because Christina had told him I was supposedly dehydrated still. He'd been running back and forth, kitchen to bedroom, all night because of me. I feel really bad. Nightmares about the baby dying or Tobias ditching me.
"Good morning, Trisy-Poo!" Christina shouted over the uproar of the wind.
The train had already started going by when I arrived. We picked up a jog that turned into a run and jumped onto one of the train cars. I landed on my side next to Christina, who was laughing.
"What's so funny?" I asked, sitting up.
Christina pointed to the side of the car. Peter and some girl were staring at us. They must have been making out because they stared at us in disbelief. He's probably thinking, Just my luck that Stiff jumped into my car. I hate this guy so much.
"Stiff." He sneered.
"Peter." I mimicked his tone.
He got up, fists clenched, narrowed eyes. How can this be my fault? Why am I going to get beat up for something I can't control? Tobias isn't going to be too happy if something happened to me. Christina jumped up and guarded me.
"Don't protect the Stiff. It can fight for itself."
I rolled my eyes. "Four isn't going to be too happy with you."
Peter flinched when I said Four. He remembers what happened last time. Peter ended up getting beat up pretty badly. "He's not here now is he?"
"No, but Christina is."
"Lay off her, Peter." Christina said.
"It's not like she could have known we were in here." The girl he was with stood up for me.
"Not you too!" He complained.
"You can't go around trying to beat Tris up every time she does something."
"Why not?"
"Because you can't."
Peter seemed to listen to her. He turned away and when Christina began to sit, he threw a punch. It hit me square in the chest and I skidded backwards, hitting the other side of the train car. Christina ran over to me and the other girl screamed. My chest feels like there's a hole in the middle of it. Besides the pain, it was hard to breath.
"Shit, Tris! Four's going to kill us! Peter especially." Christina said.
I took a deep breath, as deep as I could anyway.
"You're lucky we're jumping, Peter, because I would beat the crap out of you."
"I'm coming." The girl who'd ran over a second ago said.
They helped me stand and we jumped. Nobody ended up on the floor. How? Oh, well. No time for questions. I leaned against Christina and we walked into Abnegation. Missy rushed over.
"Are you OK? Do you need a doctor?"
I waved it off. "No, just point us to the station."
"It's over there." She pointed to Tobias's old house.
Such a coincident don't you think? We walked over. There were about two dozen kids in here. Instead of bringing me to the kids, Christina brought me to the kitchen. She sat me on the counter.
"You're wearing a bra, right?"
I nodded. She cut the shirt in half so it was easier for me to take off. The was a huge bruise already forming the the center of my chest, next to where my heart should be.
"Does it hurt?"
"Of course it hurts. Is there something I can take?"
Christina looked at my stomach and shook her head. She doesn't want me taking anything because of the baby. All right, fine.
"OK then. I'll definitely need a new shirt. What about Tobias? What's he going to say?"
"He'll probably never let you out of his sight again until you give birth. Every time he leaves you, you manage to get hurt in some way."
"It's not my fault that Peter punched me. Do you think we could hide it some way?"
"No." She laughed and shook her head.
I sighed. "Great."
"Tris?" Tobias came jogging through the door.
"What are you doing here, Tobias?"
"Cathy called me. Said Peter punched you. I-" He stared at the huge bruise on my chest.
"I'm just going to leave." Christina slipped away.
Neither of us said anything. Tobias walked over to me and lightly touched the bruise. I winced in response. His eyes found mine and his hands grabbed my bare waist. I was almost as tall as him now. The counter was pretty tall. He chuckled.
"You should watch yourself, Tris."
"Yeah." I leaned forward and kissed him. He tasted like coffee and tooth paste.
He stepped closer so I was against his chest. I wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. He chuckled, again, against my lips.
"There are children in the room next door."
I frowned.
"Later."
I shook my head. "I have kitchen duty."
"I'll figure it out." He says.
"Go back to the compound. I'll be fine."
"You said that last time."
This time I laughed. "So? I can say it again."
"Put on a shirt. I don't want any of the older boys getting any ideas." I laughed again and he shut me up with a kiss. "I wasn't kidding. You're mine."
"I don't have a shirt."
"Have my shirt then." He pulled off his shirt and placed it over my head.
I put my arms threw the sleeves. The shirt was huge, but it smelt like Tobias so I don't care that it's huge on me.
"Thank you." He helped me off the counter and I hugged him one last time.
He looked really hot without a shirt. "I'll see you later." He kissed me again and walked away.
"Are you ready to come back?" Christina asked, walking back to me.
I hugged myself and followed her out to the children. Tobias wasn't kidding. There were four fifteen year old boys, ten toddlers, four fifteen year old girls, two babies, and four seven year olds.
"Since there a number of fifteen year olds, we will be sending you to the faction of your choice. That's where you'll live for the rest of your life."
Six of the eight wanted to go to Dauntless which surprised me quite a bit. The other two wanted to go to Amity.
"OK, well, I'll take the new Dauntless initiates back with me later and Christina, you can get Marcus to bring them to Amity."
"Sure."
"What do we do about the little ones?"
"Try to find them homes I guess. "
I picked up a baby and Christina picked up the other. We took the other little ones, with the help of the eight older kids, to Missy. She was going to instruct us to where we should take the kids. A bunch of the kids were going to the same house. Looks like that family wants a lot of kids. Can they even have five kids? Seven of the kids were going to Amity because there weren't enough families looking for kids. The other four, including the two babies and two seven year olds, were coming with me back to Dauntless. When Christina was sure that Marcus had a hold of all the kids going to Amity, she helped me get everyone onto the moving train.
"Christina, do you want to take them to the net or should I?"
"I will. You can take the babies into the compound using the steps. I don't even think Four wants you to be using the net entrance."
"You're probably right. It's time for you to get off anyway."
Christina handed me the other baby and jumped from the train being followed by the eight kids. I'm surprised all of them made it across to the building. This means Tobias and I will have to train them separately or wait until next year. When it was time for me to jump off, I did and didn't roll on the ground. Landing on my feet took all of my will power. I didn't want to get the babies hurt. I quickly walked down the steps and met Christina in the Pit.
"Where do we take them?" I asked.
"I don't know. Oh, wait. Over there. See Uriah waiting with a bunch of families? That's where these four belong. Alright you two, go with Six here. She's going to take you to your new home."
The two seven year olds followed me to Uriah. Two families were waiting.
"Who's going with who?" I asked Uriah.
"One toddler and one baby."
I did as he said and then watched them walk off as two happy families.
"Uh, Tris, why are you crying?"
"What I'm not- Oh, shit." I was crying. Stupid hormones. "I don't know. Tell Tobias I'll be in the kitchen."
"Um sure."
