The True Reality

Food and fears

**** Mac's P.O.V. ****

    I follow Zeke to the kitchen and ice we arrive I quickly wash my hands. After that I get all my ingredients together. Now that is a cooking trait I got from my dad. He would always get so frustrated whenI did not have everything planned and eventually it became second hand nature for me to do so.

    On the counter I had my ground beef, two onions -one to mix in with the beef to give it more flavour and the other for toppings- condiments, -such as mustard, relish, ketchup, mayonnaise- cheese and pickles. Quickly, I mix the meat onions and other flavourings and made them into thick but not to wide circles that looked more like ovals.

    As I start up the stove I ask the group staring at me in awe, "who wants cheese on their burgers?" Everyone raised their hands and I turn to the stove only to turn back to them telling them one more thing, "I'm putting what I usually put on my burger witch is everything for everyone except for my friends, no ifs' ands' or buts'."

    With that I turned around and cook the burgers. When I am done with my master pieces I put them in front the Dauntless, and Caleb. "The burger is ground beef just with added flavours to make it more moist, the buns are toasted and the cheese is melted onto the burger." I took a breath and continued, "there are pickles, onions, ketchup, relish, mustard, mayonnaise, and tomatoes.

    Everyone is staring at the burgers cautiously while the rest of us ate. Finally Tris had enough and took a bite causing everyone to gasp,  after a few seconds she swallows and says, "this is actually really good." Tris takes another bite and one by one everyone except Caleb begin eating. By now I was done and Caleb was eyeing me strangely,

    "What?" I ask.

    "Two things," he starts off pushing his plate away, "why should I trust you and eat this, and second of all where does all the food you eat go. I mean that was a pretty big burger and you ate it in less than ten minutes. To be able to do that you must eat food like that regularly. Yet you are one of he most petite girls I have met at your age."

   I just shrug, everyone asks me that question. With my small but sturdy build you would expect me to be training 24/7 and eating nothing but salad. Truth is I would never be able to do that. I'm a very lazy child when I want to be, also I have a full Italian background. I have learned to eat large quantities quickly to please my grand parents and older relatives. I get up from my seat and put my dish into the sink along with all he other dirty dishes.

    "Also you saw me make it and everyone else is fine." I look at him from across the table adding, "or are you afraid of little girl."

    This gets him angry and to prove his point he takes a bite. Everyone stares at him, he chews thirty times then swallows. Next thing I know he is finished. My excellent chef skills have once again touched the tung of the tasteless and made them taste again.

      We were all laughing at Caleb as we left the kitchen and head back to our dorms.  I really don't know what'I am going to do in the days to come. I had expected us to have been called on a mission or for me to have had more dreams. Maybe even have thought of faking our deaths yesterday but I really want to stay.

**** Four's P.O.V. ****

    After dropping off the initiates Caleb left for his assigned room and Zeke and I continued walking going to no particular direction. There was no conversation between us two so my mind wondered to the girl. Mac, it really is a beautiful name but I really want to know how she knows?

    "Knows what? and who?" Zeke asks me.

    "Did I say that aloud?"

    "Ya and that to so are you going to explain."