When two worlds collide

Chapter 11

WTWC

Recap:

Peeta is back from the capital. He choked Katniss. Tobias knocked him out. Katniss is still recovering. Tris paid a visit to Katniss trying to give her hope that Peeta will go back to who he was before.

{ Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle."-unknown }

Chapter 11

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Tris POV:

My eyes drift open. I'm instantly aware of the body pressed softly against me. Tobias's arm is draped across my waist. I breathe in his familiar musky scent, with a single long breath I relax back deeper into his chest. With a sigh I move to remove the covers from my side of the bed to get up, but his arm automatically stiffens, pulling me impossibly closer to him. He kisses the back of my head, and I turn to face him, his eyes are closed and I can see the smile he's trying to hide. I give his lips a quick kiss before escaping his grasp to get up. He gives a small moan of protest and turns to fall back asleep.

I quickly make my way to the bathroom, but just as I'm reaching for the handle it swings open revealing a very wet and surprised Christina. The steam from her hot shower hovers around her head. She cracks a smile.

"Careful there, I could've dropped the towel! You would have seen the goods before taking me out on even a single date!" she says with a wink, brushing past me.

I let out a soft laugh and roll my eyes. After taking a shower and combing through my hair I exit the bathroom heading to the small closet to pull out the gray outfit of district 13. The outfit never fails to make my heart ache just a bit, the familiarity hitting a little too close to home; a little too close to my life back when I had a family.

Tobias and Christina already have changed into their clothes as well. Together we exit our compartment. Our footsteps and the soft chatter of the citizens of district 13 fill the silence in the halls. Tobias's hand brushes mine ever so slightly as we walk, until one by one our fingers intertwine. We finally enter the cafeteria for our morning meal the chattering of the others doesn't quiet down as much as it did the first couple of days, Although our clothes covered most of the visible tattoos, it was also the way we carried ourselves that made us distinct from other new comers.

We take our food and join the others from our group. Jeanine is nowhere in sight, so the Factionless seem a lot less rigid. Their posture is noticeably more relax and their conversation seems a lot lighter. I still have not learned all of the ex-amity and Factionless' names, but even here it doesn't take too long to distinguish them apart. Although they sit at the long tables together the dauntless are on the far right sides of the table. I take a seat next to Uriah, and Tobias sits to my right with Zeke dropping into the seat next to him. They immediately immerse into conversation. At the sound of a loud clank, we all turn our heads, 2 tables away a think girl scrambles to her knees, her braided blonde hair falling onto her shoulder as she slouches and lets out a huff as she observes the mess of untouched food that is now scattered around her on the floor. She looks up around her, her eyes wide and cheeks crimson red of embarrassment. I swing my legs from out of under the table, but when I turn back to see her, someone from my left has already grabbed a rag and is jogging up to her and helping her up, and handing her a second rag. She gives him a grateful smile. It takes me a while to recognize him as one of the people from amity. His light brown hair falls in what seems to be long twirled braids, reaching his mid back. Someone comes up to take the tray and the food that had fallen. Nothing gets wasted here.

Everyone had more or less gone back to their conversations but the table quiets down a bit as the man, now being referred to as Cazdin, sits back down into his seat. Some of his friends ask him who the girl was, and he smiles and says her name was Delly. Just as he says this he turns to where shes sitting, now giggling and smiling with a little boy who looks similar to her. When she catches his eye she waves and smiles wide as if they had been friends forever.

After finishing our food were given half an hour to go back to our dorms or go to a training room, basically do as we wish just as to not cause any trouble. Christina and I go back to our dorms, she passes our door toward prim's room after mentioning she promised prim she would check on buttercup. Tobias had decided to go check out the training rooms and the main weapon rooms.

Katniss:

"Come on" says Haymitch "we need you back up at the hospital."

"What for?" I ask.

"They're trying something new on Peeta," he begins explaining the experiment to me as we walk to the hospital. When we round the next corner though I see a tall man walking in our direction, sense we're in the hall that connects the research room and the hospital there isn't many people walking around. His step falters for a second as he recognizes us, but then continues until we meet halfway.

"What are you doing here Four?"

"I was on my way to see if I could help out Beetee with anything." My eyebrows raise; I had not taken him for the tech type.

"What about you?" he asks.

I study his face closely, and look over to Haymitch, unsure if I should give him an honest answer. Haymitch shrugs.

"We are on our way to see Peeta."

His face turns into a grimace for a second before turning back into his neutral expression, "Could I come?"

Once more I glance at Haymitch. His eyes narrow slightly, "Why do you want to?"

Four's lips open slightly, but hesitates a moment, he churns his head toward me in a small smile. "I just thought Katniss would like a friend around, even if it's just me."

His voice comes out sincere. Different from other times I have heard him speak to others. At first I want to shake my head no, but he falls into step with us, and I can't seem to bring myself to object.

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A lot of loose ends in this one, this chapter was very necessary for setting up the next couple of chapters. So sorry if it felt like a filler.

(I have the next 2 and half ready to go!) Which I will try to get 1 posted every week.)

Stick around, there's still a lot more I have planned for this story *rubs hands together evilly*

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