CHAPTER 41

FOUR POV

We are lying on our bed talking. "So leadership? Do you think you will take up dads' offer?" I ask.

"I don't know, I hadn't really thought about it. With everything that has been going on I can't believe I have finally got through initiation. I feel like, I don't really know how I feel there is so much buzzing around in my brain. I s'pose it would be cool if I got an apartment like yours. That would be nice."

"About that," I say. I am so nervous right now. I don't know if I will be able to get the words out. "You already have all your stuff here. It would be a pain if you had to move it again."

"I don't have that much stuff," she says. We are both silent for a minute. "Wait, what are you saying?"

Okay Tobias time to be brave I think. I look into her eyes and I am sure she knows what I am about to say but it doesn't make it any easier to ask.

"I want you to stay here," I say. "I mean, I want to know if you would move in with me?" There I said it.

"Yes," she whispers.

"Yes?" I say but it comes out more as a question. I have a smile on my face hoping that I heard her correctly otherwise I am going to look like a complete idiot.

"Yes!" she says much louder this time.

"Yes," I say back. I hug her and then I give her a soft kiss on her lips. I think I am the happiest guy alive right at this moment. Tris is giggling and I start to laugh too. I am so relieved that she has said yes.

We walk into the dining hall; this is where they will be announcing the rankings. The room is packed as we try to weave our way over to our friends.

"So here is our perfect ten," Shauna says.

"What?" I ask.

"Well you have four fears and Tris here has six. Add it together and you are a ten. And seeing you are a couple I have decided you are the perfect ten," Shauna says.

Tris groans into my shoulder and hides her face from everyone and I just shake my head. Everyone is laughing. "I can't believe you thought of that," I say.

Zeke holds up a bottle to me but I wave it away.

"Don't tell me you're not drinking?" he asks. "Come on you have to drink, imagine all the crazy shit we can get up to tonight. Maybe we can string Uriah up to the rock climbing wall again."

"Hey, there is no way you are coming anywhere near me tonight bro," Uriah says. We all start laughing.

"Uriah you only become a member once, you will just have to hope it isn't as crazy as our initiation party," says Zeke.

"Why? What happened?" asks Christina.

"It was one of the craziest nights in Dauntless history," I say. "Or so they told us the next day."

"You don't remember?" Tris asks.

"Not a clue," Zeke says.

"I woke up falling off the top of Four and Zeke who were spooning on one of the beds in the dormitory," says Shauna. "But that was probably the best part."

Everyone is looking between Shauna, Zeke and me. Christina, Will and Tris haven't heard any of the stories about my initiation. "So Shauna woke up with a tattoo on her arm expressing her love for Zeke. The thing is they weren't even together at the time. Zeke had a broken leg with a note on it to go to the infirmary when he sobered up so they could take x-rays because they couldn't get him to sit still while he was drunk," I say.

"So what happened to you?" Tris asks.

Shauna and Zeke start laughing their heads off. I think everyone must think they are insane.

"He got a haircut," Shauna says.

"That's not that bad," Christina says.

"Oh yeah, it was," says Zeke. Laughing even more.

"Shut up, I liked my hair," I say.

Tris is looking at me confused when Shauna says, "Four used to have long hair, not long like yours Tris. Maybe about Christina's length. It was really beautiful hair all curly, the girls used to love it." I scrunch my face up at the thought of those girls who were always trying to touch my hair. It was yuck!

"Anyway someone dared him to cut it Abnegation short and being the drunken dumbass he was, he did it," says Zeke.

"I can't imagine Four with long hair," says Will.

"I like your hair just the way it is," says Tris quietly so I can only hear her.

"I thought you would have grown it back out," says Marlene.

"I couldn't be bothered," I say. "This is so much easier to deal with. Plus I don't have girls trying to touch it all the time." Everyone laughs at this. I don't think it's funny, I am deadly serious.

"Maybe next dare we should dare him to grow it long again," Zeke says. "I'm sure Tris will enjoy it."

"Zeke," I say.

I see dad waving me over. "I have to go and do the whole official thing. Good luck I will be back as soon as they announce your rankings," I whisper shout into Tris' ear.

"Okay, thanks," she says. And I walk over to where the other leaders are standing. Ready to announce this year's new members. I almost forget that I am leader when I am training the transfers. It has been the most intense few weeks of my life.

TRIS POV

I am standing with our group of friends watching Tobias walk over to the other leaders. Do I want to be a leader too? It is definitely something to think about. It would mean I would get to work with Tobias but then I wonder will it be too much working and living together. I don't know. I have a lot to think about. I just hope that whatever we get up to after the banquet isn't as crazy at Tobias' initiation party was.

I am broken from my thoughts when I hear a microphone squeal. I look across to see Max standing on a table with the microphone in his hand. He taps the microphone with his hand and the room has gone quiet.

"It is a new year and we have a new group of members to welcome to Dauntless," he says. The crowd cheers. "We offer our new members our congratulations." The room erupts again but this time with pounding of fists on tabletops. The noise vibrates in my chest and I can't help but grin.

"We believe in bravery. We believe in taking action. We believe in freedom from fear and acquiring the skills to force the bad out of the world so that the good can prosper and thrive. If you also believe in those things, we welcome you."

"Tomorrow, in their first act as members, our top ten initiates will choose their professions, in the order that they have ranked," Max says. "If you are out of the top ten we will discuss what your options are tomorrow as well. We all know how the rankings are determined, so let's get to it. The rankings will appear on the screen behind me."

As soon as he has finished the names appear on the screen. I look up and see that next to the number one is my picture and the name "Tris". I can't believe what I am seeing, not only am I a member but I have ranked first. Will's arms wrap around me and he gives me a bear hug. I hear cheering and laughing and shouting. Christina points at the screen, her eyes wide and filled with tears. I look back at the board to see where my friends have been ranked.

Tris

Uriah

Lynn

Marlene

Edward

Will

Christina

I don't know the other people on the list they are Dauntless-born. Myra isn't a member yet but I am sure she will make it eventually. I hope so for her and Edward's sake. I smile and Christina hugs me. Someone grabs me from behind and shouts in my ear. It's Uriah. "Congratulations!" I shout.

"We did it," he says. "Now it's time to party!" Before I can respond he is running into a crowd of people.

Will and Christina kiss. All around me is the pounding of Dauntless fists. Then I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn to see Tobias standing behind me. I turn around and he says, "Congratulations Miss first." I can't help but smile as he leans in and kisses me. It is the best feeling in the world, now that I know that I am staying in Dauntless it makes it all real. I kiss Tobias back and think how lucky I am that I found him again. We are broken apart with Zeke jumping up and down beside us yelling, "Party time!" He is like a little kid who has had too much candy. I hear a groan escape Tobias's lips and I just laugh.

I wake up with a pounding head. It feels like someone is bashing out their heartbeat with a drum. I slowly open my eyes to see that I am lying on top of Tobias and it is actually his heartbeat that I can hear. I close my eyes hoping that this feeling will go away if my eyes are shut. Not that I don't like hearing his heartbeat but today is not the day for it.

I hear a groan coming from across the room and I wonder where I am, at least I know I am with Tobias. Tobias starts to move and I know he is awake. He can't move much because I am on top of him. "Tris," he says.

"Please don't talk," I say. "I feel like my head is going to explode."

He starts to laugh and this brings a horrible feeling to my stomach. I sit up too quickly and the room starts to spin a little. "Are you okay?" he asks.

I shake my head and ask, "Bathroom?"

He points to the bathroom; I can now see we are in the Dauntless-born dormitory. I haven't spent much time in here so once I see where he is pointing I quickly get up and start running. I make it just in time and start throwing my guts up into the toilet. I feel someone grab my hair and move it away from my face and feel a large hand rubbing my back. I look up to see Tobias standing next to me with a grin on his face.

"Why are you smiling?" I ask.

He just starts laughing and says, "Welcome to Dauntless."

I groan and next thing I know I have my head back in the toilet. I had no idea my stomach could hold so much. Well it obviously can't at the moment and I keep retching. I am never drinking again I think to myself. Tobias is still laughing and he says, "Yeah you will."

"How did you know what I was thinking?" I ask.

"Because it is the same thing we all think the first time we have our heads stuck in the toilet."

I finally stop throwing up and I get up. Tobias hands me a bottle of water which I am very grateful for right now. I take a sip and it feels good. Tobias gives me a hug and says, "Did you enjoy yourself last night?"

I try to think about what we did last night before I answer him. I am coming up blank. "I can't really remember anything after Christina asked me to dance with her," I say.

"Probably better that you don't," he says.

"Oh no, what did I do?"

"Nothing bad. Well nothing bad by Dauntless standards anyway," he says. That doesn't help; Dauntless standards aren't really that high when it comes to drinking and partying. We walk back into the main part of the dormitory where the beds are and if I didn't think it would make me sick again I would probably laugh.

Christina is lying face down on Wills chest with just her underpants on. Zeke is sprawled out on the floor. Marlene and Lynn are spooning on one of the bunks and Shauna is sleeping on a bed with one arm and one leg hanging over the side. I am sure if she moves even an inch she will fall straight off.

"Where is Uriah?" I ask.

Tobias shrugs and then moves over to where Zeke is and gives him a soft kick to his side. "Shauna leave me alone, I'm not in the mood," Zeke whines.

Tobias and I both laugh at this. I walk over to Christina and Will. Before I wake Christina I put a blanket over her. Before I can wake her I hear a loud banging, just like when Tobias would come and wake us up during initiation.

There are moans and groans coming from different people as they slowly wake up. We are all really a funny sight to see. We must have had one hell of a party last night. "Come on get up," Tobias says. "We have to try and find Uriah."

Zeke sits up and rubs sleep out of his eyes. He looks at Tobias and he starts to laugh. "You know where he is, don't you Zeke?" Tobias says.

"Yep," Zeke says and he starts to laugh again.

Shauna sits up and says, "You didn't did you?"

Tobias starts to laugh now and I am feeling a little left out. What have they done? Tobias grabs my hand and starts to drag me out of the dormitory and into the pit. We get into the pit and there is a group of people standing around the rock climbing wall. Tobias points up and I am shocked to see Uriah hanging from the top tangled in a harness. Amazingly he is still asleep.

Zeke and Shauna come over and they are both laughing hysterically. "How did you get him up there Zeke?" Tobias asks.

"I told him that there was a Dauntless cake waiting for him up there. My initiation present for him," Zeke says.

"And he believed you?" I ask. I didn't think Uriah would be that stupid, but we are talking Dauntless cake here.

"He sure did," Zeke says. "But first I spiked his drink with a sleeping tablet, so when he got to the top he passed out."

"You are extremely cruel to your brother Zeke," I say. But Zeke doesn't seem to mind he is just laughing at what he has done.

"What in the world did you lot get up to last night?" Max asks. We all nearly jump out of our skins; we hadn't heard him come up behind us. This makes Max laugh.

"I see Uriah found his bed for the night, again," Max says. "I hope now that you have all become members that this will stop happening to him. Hana is going to have a fit if she sees him. Better go and find someone to help get him down. I just hope he doesn't wake up first."

Tobias, Shauna and Zeke start to laugh. Tobias can see the confusion on my face and says, "Last time he was up there. He woke up and started screaming, it was so funny and it took them over an hour to get him down because he was so hysterical. It was the funniest thing ever." And they start to laugh even harder.

We are all laughing when Christina, Will, Marlene and Lynn arrive. When they see what is going on they all start to laugh as well. "Come on let's go and get some breakfast," Zeke says.

"Don't you want to watch them get him down?" Will asks.

"If he wakes up then we should be able to hear it from the dining hall. Trust me; you don't want to be anywhere near him when they get him down. He is going to be so pissed."

We walk into the dining hall and everyone starts to cheer. I look at Tobias who has a smile on his face. "What did we do last night?" I ask. Not really wanting to know the answer but still wanting to know anyway. It must be bad to get such a reaction from Dauntless.

We all sit at our usual table. Marlene and Lynn have just walked in and they are getting a cheer as well. I finally take a proper look at them and see that Marlene has pink hair. When did that happen? I think to myself. They plop down on seats both looking like I feel. Green.

I look around the table and I am finally really looking at everyone. "What happened to your arms?" I ask as I point to Shauna and Zeke. Zeke has a plaster cast on his arm and Shauna has a bandage on her arm.

"I have no idea," says Zeke. "I woke up with a note from Doc Simon on my arm saying it was broken but unlike last time I don't need to get it x-rayed." Shauna and Tobias start laughing.

"What is so funny about a broken arm?" Christina asks.

"When we had our initiation party Zeke woke up with a cast on his leg with a note saying he had to go and have it re-x-rayed because he wouldn't stay still enough to let them get the x-ray," says Shauna.

"So what about your arm?" Christina says pointing to Shauna.

"Oh this. Well when our initiation was over I went and got this tattoo but I didn't remember getting it. It had Zeke's name on it in a heart. Anyway I was really lucky that Tori only used a pen to put Zeke's name on here. So last night I thought as an anniversary present I would get it put on permanently," says Shauna. She pulls off the bandage and we can see that the word Zeke has been put onto her arm.

Zeke pulls Shauna into a kiss and we all give them a clap. "Finally, I thought you were never going to put me there," says Zeke.

"Lynn are you wearing a dress?" Shauna asks her sister.

"Yes," Lynn mumbles.

"How did that happen?" Shauna asks.

"I gave her a makeover," Christina says with just a little too much enthusiasm in her voice.

"Well I think you look really nice, you should wear a dress more often," I say.

"Thanks Tris," Lynn says.

"So Marlene did Christina colour your hair as well?" Shauna asks.

"I have no idea," Marlene says. "I just hope it washes out later. If not I think I will have to go to the salon and get them to try and fix it."

"You could always keep it that way," Zeke says. "We all know that Uriah loves the colour pink."

We all start laughing at Zeke's comment. Then we hear someone screaming, it sounds a bit like Uriah did when we went zip lining, like a strangled cat. "Sounds like Uriah is awake," says Zeke.

We all start laughing again but even over our laughter you can hear Uriah cursing Zeke. Next minute we see Hana coming towards our table. "Now you're in for it," Tobias says.

Zeke looks up just in time to see his mother's fist connect with his jaw and he is out cold. Hana is the most loving beautiful Dauntless woman you will ever meet. "Tell him when he wakes up that he has a lot of explaining to do," says Hana. With that she walks out of the room. And we all start laughing again. I can't believe she just did that. I have never even heard her raise her voice before.

Uriah walks in and you can see the anger in his eyes. He gets to the table and we are all still laughing at what just happened to Zeke. "Who got to him first?" he asks.

"Your mum came in and punched him in the jaw and knocked him out," Tobias said.

The anger is gone from Uriah's eyes and he starts laughing. "Mum did that? How awesome is my mum. Zeke is never going to live this down," Uriah says.

"Aren't you mad at him?" I ask.

"Not anymore. Man, I am going to be able to tease him about this forever. I will never forget it. Do you think I could go up to the control room and watch it?" Uriah says.

"I will make sure they make a copy for you Uriah," Tobias says. And we all start laughing again.

"So did we do anything else really embarrassing last night?" I ask.

"Well Tris the way you and Christina were grinding on each other on the dance floor I thought we were going to have to tie Four up before he beat up every guy in Dauntless," says Will.

"I wasn't that bad," Tobias says.

"Yeah you were dude," says Uriah. "Tris and Christina were smokin' hot out there dancing; if I was single I would have been straight on to it."

"Hey!" Tris, Christina, Will and Four all say at once. Then Marlene clips him on the back of his head.

"What? It's true, they had everyone's attention," Lynn says.

I just moan and put my head in my hands.

"Don't worry Tris it wasn't that bad," Marlene says. "Plus that is the only thing you got up to last night. By Dauntless standards you had a really tame night."

I look up at my friends and say, "I wish my head was telling me differently." Everyone just laughs.

Zeke starts to stir. He looks up at us and he sees Uriah and he points to him and says, "Did you knock me out?" Everyone starts to laugh again.

"Not me big bro, it was mum," Uriah says.

"NO!" Zeke shouts. He looks at us and we are all just nodding. "Oh no, I'm never going to live this down am I?"

"We were just going to go up to the control room and have a look at it on replay," Tobias says.

"Are you kidding me?" Zeke asks.

"Nope, do you want to come with us?" Tobias asks Zeke.

"Yeah I really can't believe my own mother knocked me out until I see it," Zeke says.

We are now standing in the control room and Gus who is in charge of the control room comes over to us. "I know what you are all here to see," he says whilst laughing.

"Uriah you might want this," Gus says and he hands Uriah two discs. "I made a copy for your mum too."

"Gus I thought you were my friend," Zeke says.

"I'm your boss first Zeke and seeing what your mum did had me in hysterics. I had to record it for everyone to see," Gus says.

"So show me the damage," Zeke says.

Gus pushes some buttons and next thing we have Zeke being punched by Hana on ten large screens. But it isn't just once that we see it, Gus has put it on a loop and it just keeps replaying over and over and over again. We are all laughing our heads off and Zeke has just sat down on a chair and put his head in his hands. Which just makes it all the more funny to everyone.