Chapter 11

Tris

I wake up by someone kissing my nose. I slowly open my eyes, but close them again when the light make them sting.

"Morning," I hear a voice say. Tobias. "Ready for today?"

"Mm." I pull the bead spread over my head. Then I realize what he said and sit up. "Wait, what happens today?"

Tobias is standing on the side of the bed with a coffee cup in his hand. His hair is messy and the only clothing he wearing is a pair of pants. He's not the brawny type, like some of the other guys I've seen in Dauntless. When I think about it, without all of his muscles, he would almost go as scrawny. I stare at him, without realizing it.

He notices. "Tris?" He puts down the cup on the nightstand.

"Huh? What? Oh, sorry." I put my hand on my forehead. "Today, right. What happens today?"

"We're telling everyone about us."

"Oh right. Um, about that…"

"No, you can't back down now. We have to tell them. We can't sneak around like this anymore."

"Fine…" I stand on my knees and wrap my arms around his waist. "It's just, I like having you all to myself."

"And it will still be that way." He removes a stand of hair from my face and smiles. "C'mon, get dressed. Breakfast in ten minutes." He kisses my quickly, and then disappears into the bathroom.

I get up to put some clothes on. I choose a fitted black dress with sleeves, and my black boots. I put my hair in a ponytail and try the mascara Christina bought me. Not too much though, make up isn't really my thing. Tobias comes out of the bathroom and when I walk over to him, he stares at me. "What? What is it?" I say, brushing off the dress as if it was dirty.

"Nothing. You just look very nice."

I put my hands on his chest and kiss him lightly. "Thank you. You're not so bad yourself."

He smiles. "Ready to go?"

I take his hand. "Yes, lets go."

Tobias

We walk together to the dining hall, and this time we walk in together, still holding hands. Luckily it's only our friends there. Christina, Will, Zeke, Uriah, Marlene, Lynn and Shauna are sitting at a table, talking loudly. Everyone else must have left.

"Hi," Tris says and we stand in front of the table. Everybody stare at our hands, except Christina. She just grins.

"Okay, so. We have something to tell you guys," I say to break the silence. "Tris and I…" I clear my throat. "We have…um" This was harder than I thought. I squeeze Tris's hand and she takes over.

"Four and I have been seeing each other for a while now, but we've been keeping it a secret because of Eric and initiation and the fact that Four was our instructor. But now all that is over, so we're going public, at least for you guys. We would appreciate it if you didn't tell Eric or Max, or anyone else for that matter. They'll just have to figure it out them selves. Plus, I don't really think they would care."

Everyone is still quiet, until Uriah speaks up. "So, that's why you we're ranked first?" I'm not surprised that he asked that.

Christina kicks him under the table. "No you idiot! She was ranked first because the was the best!" I appreciate her standing up for Tris.

"Well, congratulations!" Shauna says, making less awkward.

I give her a thankful smile. "Thank you Shauna."

"We're gonna grab some breakfast," Tris says and drags me with her.

"That went okay right?" she says and takes a muffin from the buffet.

"Yeah, I think it did."

I look over my shoulder and I can see them all bending over the table and whispering.

"Shhh!" Christina hushes everybody when Tris and I walk over to the table again. I sit down next to Zeke, and Tris sits down next to Will.

"So, how did you guys get together?" Uriah asks.

"Uriah, save the questions till later," Christina says.

"What happens later?" Tris asks, but I might just guess.

"Well, I can announce it now I guess." Uriah stands up. "You guys here at the table are invited to my party tonight at 7. We're playing Truth or Dare." Exactly what I thought. "However, in Dauntless we just call it Dare. No one ever chooses truth."

"What is that?" Tris asks. We all start to laugh. "What? How would I know that?"

"It's okay Tris," I say and reach for her hand.

"It's a classic game in dauntless," Zeke says. He always loves to explain it. "We each take turns and ask each other truth or dare. If you pick truth the person who asks get to ask a question that you must answer. If you refuse, you have to take of a piece of clothing and drink two shots. If you pick dare, you have to do something. For example kiss a stranger. If you refuse, same rules apply."

"Sound fun," Tris answers but I can see she looks a bit worried. She doesn't drink, and taking her clothes off, well, no one really enjoys that.

"It is," Zeke answers with a grin.

See ya'll soon. Be brave! -s