Tris POV:
I turn around, lock my office door and head to the cafeteria, which is a whole two blocks away, in the main compound. My afternoon was ok, as there wasn't as much paperwork; I just had to fill out an authorisation form or two, for Will, so he can go with me to the next council meeting, as he wants to discuss some things and I went to the council, to drop off those forms. I sigh and continue walking to the cafeteria.
Tonight's dinner, is just steak with fries and pistachio ice cream. I hate nuts so much. I get my dinner try and walk over to my friends.
"Hey, guys" I say as a sit down next to Tobias. Everyone responds with "hi's" and 'heys"
"Hey, baby" Tobias says and kisses my cheek.
"Tris, I see you are wearing the jeans that make your ass look amazing" Chris winks, I blush and duck my head down to eat some of my fries.
"Also Tris, did you get to fill out these forms?" Will asks, chewing his steak.
I look up from my plate and swallow my fries "Yeah, and I sent them to the council" I smile at him,
"Awesome" he thanks and slices up some more steak.
"What do you guys wanna do tonight?" Zeke asks with his mouth full of fries, Shauna smacks upside the head for that.
"Ow, Shaun" Zeke whines, rubbing the back of his head.
"Stop talking with your mouth full" Shauna chasites, going back to her food
Tobias snickers a little but it doesn't go unnoticed by Zeke.
"Something funny, champ" Zeke sucks his teeth
Tobias raises his head from his food with his 'Four' mask on and looks at Zeke "Yeah."
"You wanna go?" Zeke asks cracking his kuncles. I shake my head, poor Zeke, I will miss him.
"Ohhhh, shits about to go down" Uriah laughs
Tobias eyes Zeke up and down, then chuckles "You think you can take me; that's humorous" he picks up a fry and he eats it, remaining eye contact with Zeke.
"Yeah, I can I ain't scared of you; you and me, arm wrestling match, let's go" Zeke pushes his tray to the side and puts his elbow on the table, getting into an arm wrestling position.
Tobias swallows his fry, he folds his arms onto the table and continues to eye Zeke up and down.
Zeke bangs his free hand on the table "Let's go, pretty boy, I ain't got all day"
Toabis rolls his eyes "Fine", he then gets into a arm wrestling position and clasps Zekes hand.
"Alright, on your mark," Will says
"One"
"Two"
"Three"
"Go"
Zeke starts to push against Tobias but has no luck, Tobias is hand is still and he is just yawning. Zeke tries and pushes harder and harder against him, so hard that I can literally see a vein popping out of his forehead and he is shaking.
"Come on" Zeke says in strained voice, pushing harder against him but Tobias isn't moving, he is just drumming his finger tips on the table with his other hand like its light work.
"Okay, time to put this fucker out of his misery" Tobias clasps Zeke's hand harder and slams Zeke's hand down on to the table with ease.
"And the winner is Four" Will announces, we all clap and stamp our feet. Tobias smiles and nods in thanks, taking his hand away from Zeke. Zeke is panting and sweat is collecting in his forehead.
" Well," he pauses "I have been humbled" he laughs breathlessly, taking a sip of water.
Tobias clicks his tongue and winks "Anytime" and he cuts a peice of steak.
"Shithead" Zeke rolls his eyes
"Asshole" Tobias fires back
"Dickhead"
"Asswipe"
"Jackass"
"Oaf"
"Bastard"
"Alright," Lynn interject, rubbing her temples "We get it you both like eschother, get a room. " Causing everyone to start laughing,
"You wanna peice of this, Fourr" Zeke wiggles his eyebrows, motioning towards his body.
Tobias scrunches his nose "I would rather jump of a cliff and partake in hand to hand combat with a fucking Yeti, than suck your dick. " Making the rest of us laugh even harder.
"Damn, Four" Zeke slaps his hand over his heart, pretending to be wounded.
"Its, okay baby, I will always the be there to help " Shauna calms her laughter and kisses his cheek.
"Ewww" Uriah whines "I don't want to hear that my brothers girlfriend is going down on him"
Christina snorts "Grow up, ya big baby"
"What? Would you like it if you where hearing your sister was giving head to guys" Uriah huffs
Christina thinks about it, then gags "Nah, I'm good". Uriah smirks.
"Candor or Dauntless at 8?" Zeke shrugs slowly. We all shout yes or sure. I look at my ice cream and decide to be optimistic, maybe I like pistachios. I pick up my ice cream and scrunch my nose at the smell.
Marlene notices "What, you don't like pistachio?" I shake my head, Tobias puts is hand out and I give the ice cream to him.
"I don't like nuts" I explain
"You weren't complaining last night" Tobias mutters, however it is loud enough for the whole table to hear. I blush bright red and the whole table starts roaring with laughter, stomping the floor and banging their hands on the table. Causing a few heads to turn to us.
"Did-did I say that out loud?" Tobias stutters, looking at me with wide eyes. I nod stiffly at him and he goes tomatoe red. But I start to calm down and chuckle, then it turns in to laughter and Tobias joins in.
"Never in a million years, would I have thought Four would make such a joke" Zeke manages out still laughing uncontrollably.
"I have taught you well, my son" Zekw wipes the tears of laughter from his eyes, still chuckling lightly.
"Yeah, whatever dipshit" Tobias chuckles. I grab my phone out of my back pocket to check the time. Oh its 7, I need to go to Charlie's.
"Okay, I'm gonna go chat with Charlie, see y'all at 8" I smile and get up, I lean down and kiss Tobias, some of our friends wolf-whistle at us, I pull away and whispers in his ear "Bye, my love." He takes my palm and kisses it. I wink at everyone and leave to the bakery.
As I'm walking down to the bakery, I bumb into Amar.
"Oh, hey Amar" I look up at him
"Hey Tris, how's it going?" Amar is fucking awesome. He is funny and I'm glad he is a parental figure in Tobias' life. He is around 47 years old, so around my parents age, he has been married to George for around 15 years. He drops by every week at our apartment, just for some fun, we also just all go out together sometimes, we also go to their apartment too. He works as the chief of police.
"Eh, its going alright just the paperwork is mental" I shrug and laugh
"Yeah I can imagine but your are a great leader" he smiles
"Thanks, Amar" I blush slightly
"Your welcome; but I have to cut this short, I bought George some chocolates, so I don't want them to melt" he says pointing the brown brag
"Oh did you buy them from Charlie's?" I gush
"Yeah I did, the kid is fantastic, he is like a little Paul Hollywood" he laughs lightly
I chuckle "Yeah, he's my friend"
"Good choice in friend! But I gotta go back home now" he says looking at the bag.
"Okay, I will catch you later Amar"
"Bye, Tris, say Tobias I said hi" He smiles at me then walks off.
I continue walking towards the store, once I reach ther, I open the door and see Charlie wiping the counter down with a cloth.
"Hey Charlie, how you doin' " I shout in a Brooklyn accent, I kick the door closed, and saunter over to the counter.
"Heya, Trissy" he waves "Also I love you, but never do that accent again" he cringes.
I laugh "Anyway, I thought we'd have a catch up"
"Sure, let me make us some hot chocolates" he smiles, I thank him and he gets to work with making our hot chocolates. I smile and go an sit down at a two person table.
"Also remember the two marshmallows" I shout
"You got it, toots" he shouts in a New Jersey accent, making me laugh. As he working, I remember that I need to talk to him about how he is suspect of bring divergant; I don't know how to break this to him though, as it literally life and death. But I also don't want to stress him out, as his life seems to be going well, however, looks can deceptive. I don't think I'm going to talk about the Eric situation with him, I'm going to keep it between Tobias and I.
"Tris , the hot chocolate is ready" he says, pulling me out of my worries. He walks over to the table happily, with two white mugs with hot chocolate. I can see that one of them has two marshmallows bobbing on the surface. Yay, he remembered. He sets them on the table and takes a seat. I take my hot chocolate and put it infront of me.
"Be sure to leave it for a few minutes, its hot" he warns
"Thanks for the warning; anyway whats going on the little life of Charlie" I ask sitting back on my chair.
He takes a deep breath "Things are ok" but he looks down at his fingers and twiddles his thumbs.
I put my hand on his and stroke it slowly "Charlie," he looks at me "Whats going on, you can talk to me you know"
I retract my hand and he sucks in a breath, "Okay, its Brandon, I don't know hes being a little off lately, just always coming home late, or on the phone and when I ask he's like don't worry. I'm beginning to think he's cheating on me" He hangs hid head. Brandon is Charlie's boyfriend, who is tall and lean with brown hair and green eyes. Maybe he's cheating and if so I will break his windpipe, but Brandon loves Charlie a lot, maybe its something else.
"Brandon loves you a lot and I don't think he is the type to cheat, he seems like the all or nothing type. Maybe, its something else so I suggest talk to him, he might have some issues going on."
He rises his head and nods "Yeah, I thought of that but I'm scared"
I pull my eyebrows together "Why are you scared?"
"Because what if he is actually cheating," his voice breaks at the end "I love that man so much, I would do anything for him, I can't lose him Tris-I can't." He runs his hands through his hair. I feel bad for him, I don't think Brandon is cheating but I can understand his worries, as if I found out Tobias was cheating- hell, I don't even want to finish the thought I would go fucking mental.
"A very smart man once said, that 'Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up.' You being scared can actually save your relationship, as now you know that there needs to be communication is your relationship and you guys need to work on trusting eachother more. If he is cheating, which I highly doubt, then this fear wakes you up to see that your not good enough for his ass." I finish with a hearty sigh.
He smiles lightly at me and nods "Thank you, for the wisdom; I will try and talk about it to him tomorrow, so that gives me sometime to fight any remaining nerves and plan what I'm going to say"
"No problem, I love helping others and that is a sensible plan" I chuckle
"You sure your not Divergant" he jokes. I feel my palms get a little slick. I rub my palms against my thighs to clear it.
"Hahaha, good one" I say with forced laughter, but it can be believable. Shit that has reminded me, Charlie is being scrutinised be Eric.
"Charlie, you just reminded me about something I need to talk about with you" I pick up my mug, lightly blow on the top and take a sip of hot chocolate.
He also drinks his hot chocolate "What about?"
I clear my throat "Prepare yourself, " I start "So, I was in a meeting with Max and Eric this morning, and in that meeting the topic of divergants came up via Max's request. When we were discussing the two divergants subjects, you came up," I inhale a deep breath. Oh boy. I have basically told a person that they have themselves a death sentence,
He pales a little "Continue"
"Right, so Eric thinks your Divergant as you have a fear of hurting people; which is Amity behaviour. But I quickly suggested that it could be the fear of hurting innocent people, the people you love. As you are apart of noble Dauntlessm, I'm assuming."
He looks at me blankly, white as a ghost, a few seconds later he clears his throat and takes a sip of his hot chocolate, he puts his mug down and looks me dead in the eye. "Can I trust you?"
"Yes" I take a sip of hot chocolate, keeping eye contact.
"Tris, Eric is right, I am Divergant; my aptitude test was Amity, Dauntless and Erudite" he says hesitantly. I mean it all makes sense, the guy is one of the best at languages, as he can speak Spanish, German, Latin and French. He is one of the most sweetest souls and he is from Amity. Finally, Charlie can fight like there is no tomorrow, if you challenge him in a boxing ring, I guarantee he would knock you out in a minute, well except from Tobias.
"It makes sense" I smile
He looks at me, scared "Promise you won't tell Max or Eric", his eyes pleading with me.
"Dude, I just said that you can trust me and of course not." He relaxes and takes a sip of hot chocolate. Maybe I should tell him about my divergence, I mean he did tell me about his, so its only fair that I tell him about mine. I'm a little unsure, as I have only shared this with Tobias. But I don't want him to feel alone, I know how it is to feel like your the only one being targeted. I don't want that feeling for anyone. I decide to be Dauntless and tell him.
"Charlie, I'm also divergant, in my aptitude test I got Dauntless, Abnegation and Erudite" I smile, trying to comfort him
He just smirks and sets down his mug from his mouth "Yeah, I figured that out long time ago"
I raise an eyebrow, I thought I was so careful.
"Your very articulate and so fucking selfless, also your a firecracker, getting 1st in final rankings" he winks "And also earlier when I made that joke about you being divergant, I was trying to catch you out to see if you'd crack" he laughs.
I start laughing and clap my hands slowly "Fair play."
"But we both need to watch our backs, Eric is like a big fat wolf and will stop at nothing to find the divergants." I warn, he nods.
"At least I can fight" he smiles, trying to lighten the mood again
"At least you can fight" I agree with a laugh. We continue to talk about random things until I ask for the time.
"Hey Charlie, what's the time" I become time conscious as I don't want to be late for Candor or Dauntless.
He checks his watch "Its 19:30"
Damn, I need to go as Zeke's place is a whole block away and I don't want to be late.
"I have to go now, but thanks for the hot chocolate and the company" I say with a grin, getting up from my seat,
He also gets up "No problem, always hear for you Tris, and I should thank you for your kind words" he smiles.
"Anytime, also can I get some dauntless cake from the road" I chuckle
"Yeah, sure" he walks over, to behind the counter to get the Dauntless cake slices.
"How many?" He calls
"Just 5" I shrug
"Okie, dokie" he puts them all in zip lock bags and puts them collectively into a brown bag, he walks over to the table and hands the bag to me.
"Thanks, Charlie, I will pay you back" I offer
He waves his hand dismissively "Nah, its on the house"
"Thanks" I smile at his Anity shining through. I pull him into a hug and he hugs me back. I break the hug after a few moments.
"Right, see ya Char" I say walking to the door
"See ya, Tris" I open the door and head out to Zekes house.
I get to Zeke's house, I knock and Teddy Bear opens the door.
"Hey, Trissy Poo" he grins, opening the door wider to let me in.
"Don't fucking call me that" I glare playfully as I walk through the door, he laugh, then shuts the door.
"Got some goodies?" Zeke points at the brown bag in my hand as he leads us to the living room
"Maybe, but I ain't sharing" I snort
"Ugh, I knew it" he pouts playfully, we get to the living room where everyone is sat in a circle, discussing something and by the sounds of it its pretty heated. I tune them out, wanting nothing more to be in Tobias' lap. climb into Tobias' lap and he wraps his arms around me and sighs. I set the bag beside his thigh.
"Hi, my love" he buries his face into my neck
"Hi, Handsome" I lightly squeeze his hands which are around me.
"How was it with Charlie?" He asks pressing a kiss to my neck.
"It was good, but I will give you details later" I reply, I feel him nod againt me.
"Whats in the bag?"
"Some Dauntless cake for a special person" I smirk
"Is that special person, by any chance, me?" he grins agasint my neck.
"Some of it, the rest of it is for my mum and dad, since they are sugar deprived" I laugh
He chuckles against my neck and kisses it "I don't blame you, darling"
"What's everyone arguing about?" I ask looking around the circle, at their annoyed faces, breaking our little bubble.
He chuckles slightly "They are arguing about which gender is more obsessed with sex" Oh that's easy, the guys for sure!
"Thats easy, guys" I shrug, Tobias retracts his face from my neck, I turn my head around to face him and he looks at me with a confused facial expression.
"What?" I shrug
"Why do you think guys are more obsessed with sex?" He pulls his eyebrows together.
I roll my eyes "Well its kinda obvious, guys are always staring at girls, always making sex jokes. And so and so forth."
He is about to reply when he is cut off my Christina "Yeah I agree with Tris, guys are always making sex jokes and gawking" I turn my head to face the circle.
"But who's to say girls aren't gawking at guys" Zeke raises his eyebrows
Marlene rolls her eyes "Guys are totally more obsessed with sex, look at the porn industry, most of the viewers are men."
"Okay, but girls watch it too" Uriah fires
"Did I ever deny that?" Marlene spits
"Yeah, but you women are always gushing over how hot male actors are; take Damon from Vampire diaries for example" Will argues
"Facts. But when men do it all of a sudden the world turns on us" Zeke exaggerates and all the guys nod in agreement.
"You know what let's settle this matter" Shauna suggests. How can we solve this?Hmmm? Wait, I have an idea
"Guys," everyone turns their heads towards me "I know how to solve this, ok guys vs girls, who can go without sex the longest and which ever gender folds first proves they are more obsessed with sex" I smirk. Everyone shouts "yes" and "yeahs"
"Great idea, love" Tobias kisses my cheek
"Whats a fold?" Uriah asks scratching the back of his head
"Its when you give in first" I explain and he nods in understanding
"Rules?" Will asks
"Okay, so we are allowed to tease eachother, to make it even harder. But you cant touch eachother intimately" I blush slightly, Abnegation habits die hars, but I continue "you can kiss eachother and kiss necks, but nothing further and if the other person is teasing you and you give in, you have folded, not the person who teased you, as you gave in, not them " I say
"Sounds alright" Marlene agrees, everyone nods in a agreement.
"What happens when a gender loses?" Lynn asks
"Whoever caves first, has to be on cafeteria cleaning duty for a whole two weeks and they have to spend a night in the sweaty gym" Uriah smirks
"Thats fucking awful" Four comments
"You men are going to hate it there in the sweaty gym" I snicker. Once I had to go into the gym after hours, to collect my waterbottle I forgot, and it smelt like a scunk had eaten an onion and died in there.
"Oh yeah? You women are going to hate your manicures getting ruined when you clean the cafeteria after dinner." Zeke says in a girly high-pitched tone.
"Right people, let's start this game." Four shouts
"Sure, Four, candor or dauntless?" Will asks
"Dauntless"
"I dare you to talk impersonating a women, through out the whole game"
"Fine" he says in a nasly voice, making us all snicker.
"Zeke, Candor or Dauntless" he says in a bad women impersonation voice.
"Dauntless, obvy" he says in American girl accent, rolling his eyes. Making us all laugh.
"I dare you to make a drink; however it includes onions, garlic, tomatoe juice and pickles" Four smirks
"You sick,sick man" Zeke shakes his head at Tobias, narrowing his eyes at him. He gets up and walks to the kitchen, we all follow. Shauan goes to the fridge and gets out, an onion, a clove of garlic, a carton of tomatoe juice and a jar of picked, she kicks the fridge closed. She carries the ingredients in her arms to the island and dumps it on there, Zeke has worried look on his face.
"Something wrong, Zeke" Will snorts, as Shauna starts to put the ingredients in the blender.
"Shut it, know it all" Zeke claps back, Shauna blends it all together, after a few moments its blended and she pours it into a glass for Zeke and hands it to him.
"Here ya go, honey" She smiles at him sweetly
"Gee thanks, babe" he rolls his eyes and takes the cup. And I immediately get my phone out and press record This is going to be great!
He shuts his eyes and takes one quick swig of the cup. He swallows drops the cup, luckily its plastic, and starts running around the island with a disgusted expression, the hell juice trickling on his chin, making us all crease with laughter.
"Oh my God," he gasps and stops running, he grips the table for support "What the fuck was that?" he pants out, he suddenly grips the table harder and he looks like he is about to be sick.
Uriah stops laughing "Dude, you good?."
"No" he burps, the deplorable aroma of his mouth reaches us, and we all stop laughing and gag. That stench is close to the analogy of a skunk eating onions, I'll tell ya that.
"Oh my God, that's fucking disgusting" Lynn gags
"Guys," Zeke breathes "I think I'm gonna-" with that he runs over to the sink and throws up. Shauan immediately runs to him patting his back and rubbing circles. He stops yacking up the contents of his stomach and lifts his head, and faces us, still gripping on the sink.
"That was the worst fucking thing I have ever experienced, initiation is a close second at this point" he laughs lightly
"Four," he points at him "You better watch your back, you motherfucker"
Four just laughs and rolls his eyes "Yeah, okay." And he yawns, I take my phone out of my back pocket to check the time its 21:00, we should be retiring home now.
Its like he can hear my thoughts "You wanna go home?" He asks. I nod.
"Okay assholes, its 21:00, me and Four are going to go home now, see ya" I take Tobias' hand in mine, and we walk towards the door.
"Bye, guys" Will shouts, along with the rest of the group. Tobias and I walk home hand in hand, talking about movies.
Me and Tobias get through the door and we immediately take a shower, separately, both tired out from the day. We get into our pajamas, get into bed and sleep soundly in eachothers arms.
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