• 𝙳𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 •

7 - Visiting Day

I hold Peter against me and my good friend Ben glances at us. He over heard the entire conversation. He takes this as a favour for me and he nods before heading out the door. Violet won't be bothering anyone else for a good while and if it's possible, we can try get her cut from Dauntless early. I bring Peter over to my infirmary bed and lie down, he lies on top of me in a comfortable position and hides his face in my neck. I wrap my arms over his, play with his hair with one hand and trail my fingers along his back with the other. He hums in comfort against me.

A soft feeling on my neck brings me back to my senses. "You're gonna get us in trouble." I hiss with a small smirk. "I don't care." He affirms, his voice gruff and low. Before long we're both giggling like little kids at a sleepover. He looks into my eyes before he kisses me softly. "Peter, what is this for?" I ask.

"I saw you and I told myself I'd kiss you at some point. I need you to stay in Dauntless. Here with me. You actually make me feel like all this bullshit is worth it." He mutters. His forehead rests against my chest. He smiles, genuinely. I shake my head at his honesty and kiss him again. Being with Peter just feels right. It feels soft and safe and every good emotion envelopes me all at once. It's a place where I want to be forever.

He's always there for me when no-one else is. Even though these moments will probably be scarce from now on due to training, they still happened and they still make me feel the happiest I've been in a long ass time. I know I've only known him for about 2 weeks now but we're two 16 year olds in a short world compared to some. I don't know what you want me to say. I'm a damn teenager. It all leads back to the fact I don't care I've only known him a little amount of time that doesn't change the fact that he's done more for me than certain people have my whole life. Ahem Eric.

Cut all the formalities out of this and you're just simply left with two kids who are entirely comfortable with each other. And in a scary place like Dauntless? That's exactly what you need. We fall asleep in each other's arms and I end up being on top of him considering I'm smaller. Molly came in to look for him after a while and mocked me in the doorway. I flip her off with a smile and she waves as she leaves. Probably to go copy what we're doing with Drew. I'm sure the other transfers won't mind.

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I slowly wake up. I stretch my shoulders and sit up. Peter's gone. I look at the time and curse. 14:42. Its visiting day in three minutes. I scramble out of the bed and run for the hall. I slam through the doors as my parents and my older brother are all stood in the corner. My Dad catches sight of me and jogs over. I nearly get knocked over as he hugs me tightly. "Well hello there." I yawn as I hug him back. "Please tell me you haven't been caught drunk on the curb yet?" My Mom walks over. "Oh, please. When have I been sober?" I chuckle and insert myself into a group hug. Four and Kadei walk over. They're counted as family. Sam pats Four on the shoulder and wraps his arm around Kadei. We get ready to leave for some dinner when I turn around and Peter catches my shoulder.

"May I steal her for five minutes?" He asks my Dad. He eyes Peter wearily before nodding. I smile and he leads me to a rather firm looking Man and welcoming Woman. "Jaydan, my parents. They wanted to meet the person who has welcomed me to Dauntless." He introduces. "Nice to see Peter has a good influence in his life." His Mother smiles and gives me a warm hug. I reciprocate before shaking his Dad's hand. "Hey, would you like to join my family for some dinner? We're going to a restaurant nearby Erudite. We made sure to buy the whole thing so we have the restaurant to ourselves." I ask, politely and show them my family by the door.

"May we join you?" Peter's Dad asks. My Mom smiles warmly. "Of course! Four tells me your boy needs some time out of the Pit anyways." She holds Peter's Mom's arm and they walk away to gossip more or less. Our Dad's begin speaking as we walk and Peter, Four, Sam, Kadei and I all go running up to the rooftops to get to the restaurant before the adults.

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We burst through the door and land in the chairs breathing heavily in a fit of laughter. Four decided to invite Tris who turns up shortly after. After Tris comes Chris, after Chris comes Will and after Will comes Al. 

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Jaydan's whole family is here. She smiles and once the adults arrive the party starts. The music starts up, the drinks are handed out and the food is passed around. Jaydan sits next to Peter and her family whilst the friends sit on the opposite side of the table. 

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I dig into my Sunday roast and smile at the full meal for once. We all fall into a nice conversation and soon the adults are drunk. Apart from Four. Sam is almost falling asleep from how much alcohol he's consumed, my parents are being loud and Peter's parents find it hilarious because they're three sheets to the wind too. I let Kadei have some of my Manhattan and she too looks a little drowsy. Tris, Chris, Will and Al all left about 5 minutes ago to do some training. Four, Peter and I are the only sober ones. "Okay, so this is depressing and they're embarrassing me. We have a busy day tomorrow, why don't we head home?" Four stands up. "For sure." I nod and hug my family and Peter's (surprisingly) goodbye.

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𝙰/𝙽: 𝚂𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢/𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 <3

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