Mother's Daughter - Divergent

Chapter Fourteen

A/N: Six chose to work in weapons so this is around a week since the last chapter took place. 

I twist the final screw into the Assult Rifle's casing and place it alongside the other ones that have been made. As I pull the protective gloves away from my hands, Jack walks over to me.

"I'm busy." I mumble. 

"You've said that for weeks. Six, I'm starting to get wor-" He began to speak. 

"Don't." I snap and begin to walk off. He grabs my arm, pulling me around to face him. My body starts to tremble. He pulls me along with him and drags me outside of the weapon shop and into the tunnel extending from the pit.

"You have something to tell me and I'm curious as to what it is." He states. 

"Well, that's very Erudite of you." I retort as I am not in the mood for his queries. Jack rolls his eyes and then locks his eyes onto mine. 

"Fine, you win. But I'm not explaining this to you here." I accept defeat. 

"I have to go. Meet me at my apartment?" Jack asks, as if he's in a hurry to get away.

I realise that there is no way that he is going to let this go. After all, as a former Erudite I should know.

Running my fingers through my hair, I let out a sigh. If I tell Jack too much, I will never forgive myself. On the other hand I don't think withholding it would exactly be beneficial either.

***

"So you're telling me you are going to tell this guy about your past?" Four asks me whilst scanning through security footage. I chew the inside of my lip - the thought of telling him makes me anxious.

He turns his chair to face me and the desk that I'm sat on. For a few minutes he glares at me.

"Six. Is it necessary for you tell him?" He questions whilst looking at the ground.

"He saw my mother a few weeks ago when we happened to be outside of the compound together." I begin to explain to him.

"As much as I hate it, Jack can read me like a book. Soon enough he will figure me out by himself and he won't like me for not telling him before." I sigh again.

There's a moment of silence before the city surveillance manager walks in.

"Four your friend shouldn't be here." He says sternly, and stares at me.

I jump off the desk and make my way out of the surveillance centre.

***

From the many corridors leading from the pit, I finally arrive at one of the many Dauntless apartment blocks.

Dauntless apartments are built within existing factories, each of them different sizes and unique in its design. They are a gentle reminder that the Dauntless base themselves on survival.

I wander across to the large flimsy staircase and make my way up to them at a continuous pace.

As I raise my head I notice that Jack is leaning over the stair rail looking directly down at me. He pulls a weak smile my way.

I finish walking up towards him.

"You made it. Honestly, I wasn't exactly sure you would." He chuckles whilst I glare at him in disapproval.

"Don't flirt with me Jack." I snap. His eyes open slightly wider.

"What did you expect? You want me to tell you and, Jack, for that to happen I need you to be serious." I explain gently this time to ensure that he is fully understanding me. Jack nods and this time smiles for my comfort.

"Come on in." We make our way into his apartment.

***

I pace across the living area of Jack's apartment in the moments of horrific silence since I let my secret lose. Silence is something I can't cope with and haven't been able to cope with for a while.

"How did I never see her in you?" Jack chocks out.

"Physical features? Well I guess I managed to somewhat cover them up with my initiation reputation." I shrug my shoulders. I have never asked myself that question.

My eyes travel to look at him. He's laid back on the couch and behind his brown, hazelnut eyes I see him processing the pieces of information in his possession.

The haunting silence between us continues its course. I start to become fearful at the thought of Jack looking at me from an entirely different perspective and my pupils are covered in a blanket of tears. I immediately pay more attention. I'm standing here being vulnerable just like I was when I saw myself as Jen.

Suddenly I feel someone's hand on my waist. My breathing slows and I rest my head on his shoulder. I'm exhausted now.

"Sh. It's okay I understand." He hushes me and I let loose and cry. I try to keep my composure but my emotions take over me.

Jack brings my body around to face him and embraces me in a hug. I break down, releasing the waterfall of emotions that had built up in the moment.

It takes me a full fifteen minutes before I realise that he and I are both showing compassion. I pull away from his grip.

"I have to go." I mumble and slowly jog out of his apartment whilst wiping the tears from my face.

Sprinting down the staircase and out of the building, I go to my own apartment.