I actually swear next chapter will be Friday... S/o to my friend Aislinn (pronounced Ash - linn ) for telling me how to describe boys.. I don't know many straight people who can describe boys except John Green is actually pretty good at it in fairness... Sorry distracted...
Melly's POV
My night is sleepless, tomorrow is visiting day and nightmares come to me from all places inside of me. I never thought I'd have to see my mother again face to face. I'm woken by Steffi who claims we were woken an hour ago, we are going to see our parents in twenty minutes. I see Avery hobble across the dormitory, his purple nose is almost comical. Everyone else dresses in silence, we all know that we might not see the faces of our loved ones today. I run my fingers through my hair and smoothen it into a bun. I check my clothes - do my family care about what I would wear? Probably not.
Steffi grabs my hand as we walk towards the pit. We stop just before the hallway ends. Clusters of families stand on the pit floor, most of the dauntless families are with dauntless initiates. They still all look strange to me as a wholesome family unit. I spot Elin standing alone at one end of the room, I frown and begin to walk to her. "Melly!" a boy shouts. I turn around and see my brother, I don't even flick a switch in my brain and I feel him in my arms. "How are you?" I ask him. "Is she treating you well?" I ask referring to our mother. That's when I look around. "Wait where is she?" I ask. "Uh, she said had plans, but she didn't want to come", Just as I expected. "At least you came" I smile. "How is school?" I ask him, of all questions I should ask, but I'm too busy thinking about my mother. My math teacher still despises me" he yells me. "Just don't annoy her" I smile. Suddenly, someone taps my shoulder "Who's this?" my brother asks. I turn around and see Amar "My trainer Amar" I reply. "He is bloody terrifying" he says. Amar just laughs.
He begins to talk to my brother, "What's your name?" "Matthew, but that's irrelevant, are you one of those stupid, risk taking dauntless", how candor of my brother to just cut to the chase. "No, he's not" I reply. I think Amar blushes. While Matthew and Amar begin to talk, I look at the other families. Nasti is talking to her mother and she acts like the old abnegation girl. Andromache talks to his mother, father and sister. Steffi stands talking to a pretty blonde woman and a little girl who I assume is her sister. Avery and Elin exchange a few silent words in the corner. Watching her is unbearable, "Elin!" I call her. Quickly she stands up and makes her way towards me. "They didn't show up" is all she says. "I'm sorry Elin" Amar says. "I must talk to Steffi, take this opportunity to convince your brother." I completely forgot about this. "Coming with me, Elin?" Amar questions her. She quickly realises that she's supposed to leave and follows him over. "Convince me about what, go on, tell me" my brother says. Suddenly I feel nervous, am I choosing the best path for my brother. He'll be safe, I remind myself. "We're all planning to escape the city" I admit.
He stares in awe at me for a moment. "But we can bring mo-" he starts, "No, we can't" I but in. "Won't it be suspicious that we all disappear at once?" he asks. "Yeah but they're going to fake our deaths" I tell him, "Oh" he replies. "Why are you going?" he asks me. That is also a question I ask myself, but I try to answer as honestly as possible. "My friends are in danger" I reply. This seems like it is heading towards an argument like at home, pointless and never resolved - "You don't have to go" I whisper. I never even thought of the idea that he wouldn't agree to come. "Listen Melly, I may be three years younger than you and you've had a lot more training but I must protect you" he pauses for what seems like an eternity "So yes, I'll go."