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Chapter 17

We get inside the cafeteria and most of Dauntless is already eating and chit-chatting about their day. We walk over to our regular table and find our friends there. We sit down and fill our plates.

"Did you guys go to Candor?" Uriah asks us. Right, they read the sentences of the conspiracy criminals today.

"No, we worked until now in my office," Tobias answers.

"Did any of you go?" I ask.

"No," Christina says practically answering for everybody.

"How's life as Dauntless leaders?" Shauna asks us.

"You know, all party, booze and tons of other goodies," I say. They all start laughing.

"When did you get so funny?" Lynn asks.

"I always was. I just had to hide it," I answer taking a bite from my burger.

"Under Abnegation grey?" Uriah asks.

"Under a lot of grey and then black. You think Eric would have allowed a Stiff like me to have fun. I actually had tons of bald jokes for him," I say, taking another bite.

"Really?" Tobias asks me raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, really," I say trying to look seriously.

"Tell one," he dares.

"Alright. What do you call lice on a bald man's head?" I ask and look around to see if anyone answers. "Homeless." They burst into laughter.

"Geez, that was so un-Stiff-like," Lynn says.

"Why do you think I left? They couldn't have handled me."

"You have any more?" Marlene asks.

"Sure. I had tons of jokes whenever Eric behaved like an asshole."

"Go ahead, tell them," Zeke encourages and even Tobias smiles.

"Okay. Why do bald-headed men never use keys? Because they've lost their locks." I continue telling another few and then each one at our table tells one or two of their own.

"What do you get if you cross an idiot with a watch?" Lynn asks. "A cuckoo clock."

"What did the stupid ghost do?" Marlene asks. "Climb over walls."

"My turn," says Tobias. "Two men were knocking in nails to the sides of a house, one of them kept throwing them away. Why do you keep throwing nails away, said the other. Because they have the point at the wrong end, he replied. You fool, we could use these on the other side of the house." We laugh even harder and by the time we are done telling jokes most of the people in the cafeteria left.

I look around and see only a few tables with one or two Dauntless still eating. I scan the room and see Peter at the far end of the room. He seems to be distracted by something he's reading, not paying any attention to anything. I look away and return my attention to my friends.

"We need a party," Zeke says.

"Absolutely," Shauna agrees.

"We should wait after the interrogations," Tobias says.

"Yeah, no problem, but after that we have a party Dauntless style," Zeke replies.

"What's a party Dauntless style?" I ask.

"Lots of music, lots of booze, lots of dancing... you'll see," Shauna explains.

"Sounds great," Christina says.