Timeless- The Sequel To Dauntless: A FanFic Of Divergent

Chapter 13- Free

I am completely absorbed in my food once I get to lunch. Shauna chuckles "Where's the fire?" I guess I am eating kinda fast. I roll my eyes, chewing. "I haven't had real food in a while. You know, hospital and all." I say, mouth still half full. Zeke looks at me funny "It's a good thing you're cute." I glare at him and Shauna laughs. I glance around the room, and what my eyes fall on is not at all pleasing. Tori stands across the room, eyes trained on Zeke. I nudge Shauna and she follows my gaze. Zeke does too, unfortunately. He sighs "Really?" I give him a look. Tori does too, winking. Guess she was watching us too. "Yes really." I mumble spitefully. It's annoying, how nonchalant he is about the whole thing. He rolls his eyes. Shauna crosses her arms and gives him a glare, which he doesn't even see. I want to scream "See?! She gets it!" But I don't. That's what got us in trouble in the first place. Things only get worse when Tori makes up her mind to come over here. I swallow and prepare for a battle. Zeke places a hand on my shoulder. "Not allowed to punch things, remember?" he teases, still light hearted despite the tension. I make a face at him. Did anyone really expect me to follow doctors' orders anyways? This is Dauntless for god's sake. You can't just not punch things. My side is holding me back enough.

"So girlfriend is out of the hospital?" she says, smirking. "Yeah, glad to be, thanks for asking." I snap sarcastically. Zeke looks at me, exasperated. What's with him? "Hey Tori." He says, sounding tired. "Hey." She says, winking again. Does her eye ever stop? She's being purposefully nicer. Probably because Zeke is around. My stomach turns in fury. It makes it so much worse, to have the mean hidden behind a mask. I glance up at her, glaring slightly. Shauna is right with me. "What do you want?" she asks blankly. "Just visiting. No need to get touchy." She says coyly. I hate it. I really hate her. "Yeah." I say quietly, not wanting to set off Zeke again. More like 'Just harassing you and flirting with your boyfriend. Don't mind me.' "Anyways, I'll see you later. Zeke." She adds at the end, smiling and walking away. I take a deep breath, trying to calm myself for his sake. He realizes my frustration for once, putting an arm around me and squeezing gently. I wince. He lets go immediately "Sorry! I forget." I shake my head "It's fine. Thought counts." I say, trying to ignore the heat in my side. I hate not being able to do things. Not even being able to hug my own boyfriend. It's even worse than lying in bed all the time, because I have things to do, and I can't do them.

I do nothing but rest the next few weeks, taking the time to heal. It does help, a lot actually. There is something to be said for resisting physical activity for a while. I go to work, but I don't do much else. It does pay off. 3 weeks after my release, I am approved for normal activity. And I couldn't be happier. It was driving me insane to be stuck like that. I head straight to Zeke's apartment when the doctor signs the paper and smiles "Don't get shot again." Are his words as I leave the familiar hospital. Unbelievably Dauntless.

Zeke immediately notices the absence of bandages, a wide grin breaking across his face. It's probably my favorite expression of his. You can see his heart in his smile. It brings out the best in him. I can't stop a smile from spreading on my own face. I'm free. I'm finally free. I hug him tightly, and it doesn't hurt for once. It still twinges occasionally, but for the most part, I'm healed. I pull back and look at him for a moment, both of us smiling. Then I kiss him, harder than I've been able to for quite some time. And it feels amazing. It's possibly the worst thing for a Dauntless to be held back. But I'm not anymore. The new initiates arrive in a few days. And I will be training them along with Four. I'm excited. And best of all, I can shoot again. Zeke picks me up and twirls me around, eyes sparkling. We're both happy. Happy that we can really be together again. It's the best thing that could have happened for us.

I take a bit more time than usual to get ready the morning of initiation day. One year ago, today, I choose Dauntless. I came here to escape my mother and my prison. And I did it. I'm free now. And I can help give that to the new initiates. To train them to be like us. To be Dauntless. It's all I could have asked for. Also, it should be fun to scare them a bit.

A/n: GUYS THE DIVERGENT MOVIE WAS AMAZING. IT WAS PERFECT. They may have changed a few things, but it made it unique, in a very good way. I literally could not sleep for a few hours. So I just wrote.

Anyways, back to the story. Few things real quick-

1. I know Tori is not actually like this in the books or movie. But it make the plot more interesting, and she gets explained much better later on.

2. NEW INITIATES!! This means things get exciting again!! And Tris comes into it!!!! WOOOOOO!!!! And ya, I know Cal definelty was not an instructor in the real book. But I wanted to make her one. So deal:)

Lol, hope you guys enjoyed, and slap dat vote button! Stay Dauntless:)

-Argo