Candor or Dauntless

Chapter 7

I stand in position, my hands clutched and one of my arms protecting my face, whilst the other is lowered above my chest. I look into Four's eyes, to see determination in them. Not determination, to beat me. But to ... help me?

Four calls out, "Go!" And with that, we start circling each other. I know better than to get the first punch in, only because that will give him the opportunity to get me back; and he could also dodge my punch. After a few moments of just staring at each other, he realises that neither of us are going to punch first. He rolls his eyes, and swiftly lurches forward.
His fist is millimetres away from the left side of my head. Whilst he's lost his balance, I turn and kick him-more like push him with my foot-on his tailbone. Four falls forward, and I take the little amount of time I have to come up with my next move.

Four gets up, a small smirk playing on his lips, and charges at me, tackling me to the ground. I squirm under his body, dodging the light punches he's throwing. I manage to wiggle myself free, probably because he hasn't got a strong grip on me ... and because he's lightly laughing. During this moment, I push him, and he falls backwards into the mat. He lies on his back.

I crawl on top of him, and just as I'm about to hit him, I lower my hand; an idea popping into my head. As he waits for the-not coming-blow to him face, I tickle him. Catching him off guard, and by surprise.

Four grabs my hands after a moment, and flips us. So now I'm on the bottom. He starts to tickle me now, and I let out ugly huh pitches giggles whilst mumbling, "S-s-stop. Hahahaha. "P-pl-please!" And he does.
The only thing I can hear is the panting on our breaths and his-or my-heartbeat, pounding again my chest. He looks at me straight in the eyes. Heat rushes to my cheeks. For a moment, we just look into each other's eyes.

He leans forward. Our lips just a centimetre away from touching- voices are coming from down the hall, and I pull away. He quickly rolls off of me, and stands up. Eric enters, along with Max, just as I grip Four's hand, him helping to pull me up.

I left the transfer's dorm at about 4:30am. And it's exactly 8:05am right now. Which means, that Four and I were training for 3 hours and 35 minutes. "Well, well. What do we have here?" Says that cold voice, that I've grown the hate.
"I just managed to find Tris training in here, but as I walked in to train, myself." Says Four.
"Why was she on the ground?" He asks, an eyebrow up.
"Because I was practising moves, and accidentally fell." I say. "Four just helped me up, that's all."
I think I heard him mutter "Whatever" before he continues saying, whatever he was saying, to Max.

I look at Four from the corner of my eye, and I think I see him nod his head, before I leave the training room. I make my way back to the transfers' dorm and grab a fresh set of clothes. I hit the showers, and it feels so good to get this sweat off of me.

After putting on my underwear, black leggings, black tank top and black dauntless jacket, I put my hair in a high pony and then tie my shoes. Christina has  woken up and is ready by the time I get back to the dorms. Without letting me protest, she applies mascara to my lashes and gloss to my lips. We then make our way to the cafeteria, and let our day begin.

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Hi Guys !! First off ..

Yes, I know ... I'm the worst person alive. No need to go gorilla on me !!! I'm so sorry I haven't updated in forever :(. I shall have no excuses and I promise I won't make any.

But I won't be updating regularly-meaning like ever day/week/month. Only because I have work, school and then homework on top of it. So I'll most likely update whenever I can, this applies to every single book that I am currently writing of.

So anyways, I'm really sorry-because I've been the most slack person ever. But I promise, that if you jus just hang in there and bare with me 😁, that I will get this story finished. Thank you everyone for continuing to read and support every chapter of Candor Or Dauntless !! I love each and every one of you !!

Remember to stay Dauntless !! 🔥

ILYSM

- Piper 💗