This chapter kinda sucks...ehh you'll get over it.
I kinda made and error in the last chapter but eehh get over it.
Btw love you guys...
I push through a crowd of initiates with Christina. I don't see Tris. She wouldn't be here. There were to many people. Drew and Molly would be somewhere more secretive, somewhere she could do something bad.
I turn the other way. She wasn't at Dauntless Headquarters. My heart rate sped up. She could be anywhere.
I look for the exit and run towards it once I have found it. Cool air hits my face as I do. The city is quiet when I do. The lights shining bright, and the scent of rain. It would have calmed me if I wasn't searching rapidly for my girlfriend with someone I greatly despised. I shrugged, maybe I was overreacting. Maybe I didn't despise her.
But that wasn't the point.
I run to the train track, seeing the train leave. I see a figure sticking out of it.
I run faster, chasing the train, Christina following after me. Two figures jump off.
I am at the back of the train, the last car. I see Christina falling behind so I sigh and hold out my hand.
She takes it willingly and we climb into the last car, where I see Al.
"Al?" Christina gasps from behind me. "How could you?"
Tris is lying on the floor, curled into a ball, looking unharmed, other than the slight bruise on her cheek. I ran to Al and grabbed his collar. "What's wrong with you?"
He doesn't respond, a look of guilt on his face. I grip his collar tighter, my fingers burning against the fabric.
He looks at Tris, beginning to speak. "Tris, I'm so sor-"
"Don't talk to her!" I yell, grinding my teeth together. "You coward!" (I love saying that)
He looks at me apologetically.
I want to shove him off of the train. I do.
But I don't.
I shove him onto the train floor, releasing his collar. "Leave."
He quickly scurries to his feet, and heads for the door.
"I'm sorry, Tris."
And he jumps.
As soon as he is gone, Christina helps me pull up Tris. As soon as we do, I am the first to wrap my arms around her. "Where are Molly and Drew?"
"They jumped off before you came." She says.
I am surprised at the sternness of her voice, at how she is not crying. I pull her closer to me.
Christina looks at Tris worriedly. "Are you alright?"
She shakes her head.
I kiss her forehead and stroke her hair gently. "We should get back to Dauntless."
I make sure to keep Tris in my arms as I fall asleep that night.
I dream about Drew, Molly, and Al. Kidnapping Tris, and bringing her on the train, to do things I could only imagine; all out of jealousy. When I wake up, I remember something.
They are factionless. They can't hurt her.
But, I was sure to hurt them if I was to ever see them again.
I am awake now. And I am not tired. My sleeping patterns were officially destroyed.
I put my feet over the edge of my bed, onto the floor.
It was hot. Very. The air smelled like something was burning. Just like in the simulation. I ignored it and breathed through my mouth. I wiped a layer of sweat off of my forehead and stood up. I pressed my face against the coolness of a wall. I sighed. This felt familiar. I thought about it.
The night of Eric's death.
I shuddered as the thought came to mind. The night that I should have figured out Tris's Divergence. Then again, how could I? I barely know what it is now.
I looked at Tris. She slept silently on my bed peacefully, breathing in and exhaling lightly. I smiled.
Why was Divergence such a big deal, anyway? Tris was fine, she was like everybody else.
Okay, maybe I shouldn't compare my girlfriend to everybody else.
But why was it dangerous? Why was she dangerous? My eyebrows furrowed.
I did want to think of her as a threat. Not Tris, who spent a whole day with me instead her friends, who cuddled with me on a moving train for what felt like an eternity.
I didn't push the thought down as I always would. I allowed myself to consider the possibility of her being hazardous.
But I couldn't. I couldn't picture the thought of Tris hurting me. Not emotionally like in the simulation, but physically.
She had before, in the first stage of initiation. But it wasn't real. She had done it out of selflessness, out of love.
I thought of how she took Al's place when she stood in front of the target.
My mood changes as I remember Al, Drew, and Molly.
Molly.
It then struck me. Tris was capable of violence. When she beat up Molly out of anger. I remember seeing Molly in the hospital, a look of disappointment in her eyes when I came late. Molly, who was probably with Winter, in the factionless sector.
I closed my eyes. I couldn't picture her like that. A nobody. I barely recognized Winter the last time I saw her. And I knew for sure that I wouldn't with Molly, Drew, and Al.
There are four initiates in our room. Tomorrow we will be members.
I hadn't decided what job I wanted yet. Maybe one near Tris? Or maybe it wasn't such a good idea. She was dangerous. Maybe I should stay away from her.
I grimace.
Did I just think of my girlfriend that way? She wasn't risky. She loved me. I loved her. It was as that simple.
Or was it?
I bit my lip.
She was only capable of being awake during a simulation. She wasn't a crazy witch or something. She was just...different.
I sighed. I knew that already.
Suddenly, the lights came on.
I moved my head from the wall and turned toward the switch. Standing there was Christina, in a large t-shirt with no pants, her bare legs exposed. Her hair was a mess, sticking out in odd and random places. Let's just say, she didn't look the prettiest.
"Dude," She said in a tired and raspy voice. "Go to bed."
I roll my eyes. "Check yourself, maybe?"
She rolled her eyes and walked back to her bed, the lights still on. She rummaged through her dresser and pull out a pair of sweatpants.
I smirk.
"Why are still up?" She asks, puling on the sweatpants.
I pick at my nails casually. "Some bitch messed up my sleeping patterns."
She rolls her eyes. "Really, Peter."
I sigh. "Just...thinking." I bit my lip. "Why do you care?"
She sat down on her bed and sighed again. "I don't." She says. "You disturbed my sleep."
"I didn't make any noise!"
She clears her throat. "Shuffling."
I roll my eyes. "Whatever."
I sit back on my bed next to Tris, and fold the ends of my pants up. I flinch. Something was there. I looked at my leg. There was a slight purplish bruise. I felt my lower lip stick out. I hadn't noticed it before. Maybe I had gotten it when I tripped over people when I was searching for Tris with Christina. I snickered. Even after saving someone we both cared about, and working together to get out of the simulation, we still couldn't get along.
Then again, the simulation wasn't a choice, and it was for our own benefits, not for each other's.
Christina sighed. "I'm going back to bed." She said, laying in her bed and covering herself with the blanket, not turning off the light switch.
I scoffed. She wanted me to turn off the lights. Well, I wasn't and that was for sure. I thought about lying down, just as she did, leaving the lights on, and saying "Me too". It seemed petty, and tempting, but I didn't. I headed for the door, which the switch was located next too. I was sure I led Christina to believing that I was going to turn the lights out. Instead, I opened the door, and stuck my head out.
"Where do you think you're going?" I hear Christina ask.
I groaned. God, she was annoying.
"None of your business." I snapped before stepping out of the dorm into darkness.
The truth is, I didn't know. I felt the need to escape the dorm, just as I did on the night of Eric's death. Instead of shuddering again, I gulp. I didn't know where I would be if I were to get caught be the Dauntless members. In trouble, actually.
I did not want to be caught.
I heard the door open. Christina.
I sighed and turned around to look down at her. Did she insist on following me around the rest of the night?
She looked up at me with a straight face. A look of distrust in her eyes.
I got it. She didn't trust me. She didn't like the idea of sleeping around me while I was awake. After all, she did think that I was the one to shove a butter knife into his eye. She should have figured out that it wasn't me who did so. That is was Drew and Molly. She saw what they did to Tris. And why would I hurt anybody now? Initiation was over. I could call myself a member right now.
Then again, the Christina I knew had absolutely no brain.
"I thought you were tired." I say, raising an eyebrow at me.
She brushed past me, as if I had said nothing, and stood behind me from a distance. I could feel her staring into the back of my head. I stay in the same position, not turning around. When I do, I don't give her a glare, but the look Four gave me when I called out a comment when we were out of the simulation.
"This isn't the simulation," I say. "You aren't deaf."
She raised her eyebrows. "Really?" She asks sarcastically. "I had no idea. That's why I'm talking to you."
I glare at her and shove at her chest. She shoves back, only harder, making me stumble. I clutch her shirt, and spit in her face. Before I can release her, she kicks me in the groan, and I am forced to let go. When I do, she wipes her face, and gives me a look of disgust.
"Euggh!"
I glare at her, and suddenly, she stops fighting me. She stares at something, and smoke surrounds us. I stiffen as the scent of something burning becomes stronger. I turn around to see what it is, and as I do, my mouth opens, and I am frozen with fear. The light comes towards us and I can't move.
The Dauntless compound was on fire.
Ohhhh...What's gonna happen? Sorry about the ending to all of you cliffhanger haters, but as I said at the beginning of the chapter
YOU'LL GET OVER IT!
Anywho, I hope to update soon like I used to, but it probably won't happen. My father is making me run around with him for school supplies, and let's not forget, SCHOOL ITSELF!
Plop. Also, THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE IT! I really love that you guys love my story! :)
Hehe I'm supposed to be cleaning my room right now... don't tell anybody because I'm updating for you guys. :D This is quite a long authors note don't you think? I'm gonna stop typing now, just thought I would get a few things out there...
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