Those Five Words

17.

Chapter 17

FOUR POV

I still don't know what I want to chose for a job. I keep thinking about what mum said and I know what dad wants me to do. I'm just not sure what I want. I get to the door of dads' office and give a small knock on the door. Dad looks up and sees me there, he is on the phone and he waves for me to come in. I walk in the door shutting it behind me and I take a seat in front of his desk. He puts the phone down and sits down.

"How are you feeling? Still hung over?"

"I'm okay, probably better than I deserve," I say with a smile. Dad laughs. Which is a relief, I didn't know if I would get in any trouble for everything that happened last night. Just sitting in the dining hall and hearing from others what we had got up to was scary enough.

"Well you are truly a Dauntless now with what you, Zeke and Shauna got up to last night. You three are the talk of Dauntless this morning. The stories that have been coming through are really funny."

I blush at this. I have always tried to keep low key, maybe it's those first nine years in Abnegation that have made me shy away from attention. But I have it now.

"So you need to pick your job today," dad says. I nod my head I don't really know what to say. "What is really stopping you from wanting to take the leadership position? You know you can talk to me. Let me in Four, we haven't kept secrets before please don't start now."

I know what I need to tell him but I don't want him to think I'm a coward. Dad has always been here for me. I don't want to let him down now.

"Is it because of him?" he asks.

I nod. My elbows are resting on my knees and I put my head in my hands. Dad gets up from his chair and walks around and puts a hand on my shoulder.

"It's ok Four. I understand," he says. I lift my head up to see that Max is crouching next to me. "You won't have to deal with him, not until you are ready. Even then it may not be often. There is enough work to be done around here without you having to deal with the leaders from the other factions. I can't promise that you won't have to deal with him but for now I will be able to limit it."

I stand up and give dad a hug; I have a lot to think about. As I'm about to walk out of the room dad says, "Four you are going to want to confront him yourself one day. You may not think you are ready but I have watched you grow into an incredible young man and I know that there is nothing you can't achieve."

"Thanks dad, I'll see you soon," I say.

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I walk down into the pit and find Zeke and Shauna kissing. "So does this mean you two are finally together?" I ask. I hope so. Shauna has had a crush on Zeke forever and Zeke being the man whore that he is had no clue. Hopefully this will fix that. It will also mean I don't have to go on any more double dates with Zeke. The memories make me want to throw up.

"Yes we are," says Zeke with a big grin on his face.

"Is the tattoo staying?" I ask.

"I talked to Tori and she said that she painted Zeke's name on. The rest of the tattoo is real just not the word Zeke. So maybe one day I will make it premanent but for now it should wash off in a couple of days," Shauna says.