You And Me Against The World | ✅

Chapter 1

I can't believe I survived initiation. All the initiates and the majority of Dauntless gathered in the Pit to wait and see the final rankings. I'm so nervous. I hope I made it. If not I truly have no idea what I'm going to do.

Max appears and the crowd of Dauntless start to calm down. He gives a speech, but I'm not really able to listen to what he is saying. My heart is pounding in my chest and I swear it tries to jump out. I take deep breaths in an attempt to calm myself, but soon realize that it's futile. Until I see my name on the rankings board telling me I made it into Dauntless nothing could calm me. I close my eyes unable to look at the board anymore. I failed. I surely failed and now I'm factionless.

I hear cheering and someone hugging me. I open my eyes and find Christina's face just inches away from mine. Her eyes are sparkling and she has the brightest smile plastered on her face I've ever seen.

"We did it," she shouts over the noise the other Dauntless make. She probably means she and Will made it. There's no chance I made it. But then I force myself to look at the board and my mouth falls open when I see my name on top of the list. I can't believe it. I ranked first. Christina congratulates me and then turns to face Will. They kiss, rather sloppily for my taste, and I turn away from them when I feel a light tap on my shoulder. I turn around to look up into Tobias' dark blue eyes and smile.

"Would it give too much away if I would hug you?" he asks smiling down at me.

"You know what?" I ask grabbing his collar. "I really don't care," I say before kissing him in front of the whole Dauntless crowd. When we break apart Christina turns me around to face her, shock all over her face.

"What? When? How?" she asks stuttering.

"I'll explain everything later," I assure her. Before she manages to say something Will comes to me and gives me a hug congratulating me and I do the same. One by one both friends and strangers walk up to me and shake my hand or give me a hug telling me that I did a great job.

After what seems like an eternity the crowd calms down and from my peripheral I see Eric glaring at me. I force myself not to look toward him, but end up doing it anyway. Our eyes meet and he suddenly gives me an evil grin. I shudder involuntarily and Tobias hugs me from behind.

"Are you alright?" he ask a little concerned.

"Yeah. I'm fine," I say not taking my eyes off of Eric. We still stare at each other and I know that he will do everything he can to make my life miserable.

"I'll put an end to this," I hear Tobias say. As he unwraps his arms from around me I grab his hand before he can walk over to Eric. I'm sure he would punch him, but Eric is one of our leaders and I don't want Tobias to get in any trouble.

"Just ignore him," I say and place my hand on his cheek. He leans in and looks down at me. I smile and he relaxes a little bit. He leans down and kisses me and we get carried away.

Suddenly the Dauntless become quite as Max explains that for security reasons we all need to be injected with tracking devices. It seems odd to do that and I think of a way to get out of the Pit, but unfortunately I get pushed forward and momentarily lose Tobias. I look around to see if I can get a glimpse of where he might be when I feel a sudden sting in the left side of my neck. I turn around and see Eric grinning at me.

"Everyone needs to get a tracker even you Stiff," he says glaring at me.

I put my hand to where the needle penetrated my skin and rub the place. Tobias finally appears seemingly out of nowhere and wraps me in his arms.