I slept in Tobias' bed that night. The twins slept in a crib that he had bought while out buying the stuff for me.
He woke me up really early the next morning. "Get changed and go back to the dorms. Leave the boys here. I'll get them ready. I'll be along in a half hour to wake you up, come here to pick them up while the others are getting changed. Be back in the dorms 10 minutes later, I'll be there then to bring you all to training. Got it?"
I nod, knowing that I got about half of it and that I could work out the rest.
I change quickly, Tobias had bought me some nice clothes that were now lying out at the bottom of the bed. They were much nicer than what I had yesterday.
"Thank you," I smile as he walks out the bathroom. "They're lovely."
"I'm glad you like them." He says and grabs some small clothes from his bottom drawer and goes through to the twins. "You need to get a move on!" He calls out.
"I'll see you soon!" I yell before swiftly heading towards the dorms.
The lights are still out but I manage to quietly slip into bed, without waking anyone else.
I lie still for a while, thinking about the day ahead. What will the twins do while I'm training? What will we be doing in training? I feel like I should have asked Tobias these questions last night, I guess I'll find out today though.
"Everybody up!" Tobias yells, his voice startling me. "I'll be back in ten minutes, you better be ready!" He marches out the same way he came in, though the noice is muffled by the sound of the other initiates running around like headless chickens so they can be ready on time.
I quickly escape through the entrance, hoping nobody notices me and run towards Tobias' apartment. He told me that he didn't lock the door but the key was left on the rail for me to lock it on the way out. I gently pick up Leo and Fraser before heading back to the dorms.
I sit on my bed with the twins on either side of me. I rest my head in my hands and close my eyes, trying to imagine sitting on my abnegation bed, knowing that Tobias is downstairs making breakfast or vacuuming the front room.
"What would you do if I dropped him?" A candor boy behind me, Peter, laughs, holding Fraser at arms length. I quickly breakout of my daydream and spin around to face him. "What would you do, Stiff?"
I stand there trying to hold back tears. I hate being helpless.
"Give the kid back or I'll shoot." Tobias says behind me. My whole body relaxes and I just want to fall into his arms. Peter puts Fraser back down on the bed before walking back to his small group of friends.
"Thanks." I whisper as I pick up Leo and Fraser and begin to follow Four down the dimly lit corridor towards the training rooms.
"Welcome, welcome, welcome all." Eric greets us slowly. We all stand in a huddle, Four stands behind Eric but off to the side a bit, he doesn't ant to be seen with a man like him. "My name is Eric, I am a Dauntless leader and I'm going to be watching over your training, just to make sure everything goes as planned."
I look over to Tobias, he is obviously annoyed that Eric is here.
"Today we will see you fight, we want to know where we should start with your training. How about the Stiff and you," he says, pointing to Peter.
"No." Four says. "You're picking on the small, weak ones. You need to let them get stronger before you make them fight." He winks at me when everyone else looks away.
"The Stiff and you." He says, pointing to Molly, who is basically a tank. I stare at Tobias, trying to get him to stop the fight. He just smiles helplessly at me and signals to the ring. As I step up Leo begins to cry. "Go!" Eric yells before walking over to Leo.
"I'll get it." Four says, pushing Eric out the way and picking up both of the twins. When Eric returns to watch the fight I'm already on the ground with blood gushing out my nose. Molly continues kicking my side, over and over, harder and harder.
"Mummy!" Fraser squeals and slips out of Tobias' grip to come and see me. "Mummy!" He says, bouncing on my hip.
Molly kicks me again and Fraser slips off of me onto the floor.
"Should I stop?" Molly asks Eric.
"Did I tell you to stop. And don't worry about the kid." He cluckles a bit as he says it, probably hoping Fraser gets hurt.
"Stop it." Fraser says, tugging on Molly's trouser leg. "Mummy's hurt."
"Fraser, Mummy's Okay." I groan, "go back to Leo."
"No, I don't want to." He says and lies down next to me, in the worst possible position. Molly's next kick forces his body right into mine. I use all my energy to pull myself up to my feet and I reach down and lift Fraser up.
Molly's next hit comes straight to the side of my head, knocking me down again, this time I see Fraser hit the ground and fall uncontious. All this could have been avoided if I fell uncontious that easily.
"Stop!" Tobias yells and pulls Fraser out from between Molly's swinging foot and me.
Tobias reaches down and pulls me up over his shoulder. "Let's get you two to the infirmary." He says to the uncontious Fraser and I. I don't think we even reached the infirmary before I was just as gone as Fraser.