Emergent (Divergent 4)

Tris

Chapter 6

I hobble towards Tobias, trying to reach his arms. I haven't fallen yet, but I've stumbled. "Tris, you shouldn't be walking." He walks to me, and I get dizzy and fall, but he catches me. I hug him, and I cry into his shoulder. "Tris, everything is going to be fine." He kisses me, and I realized how lucky I am to have him in my life, in my arms.

"I love you, Tris."

"Love love you too, Tobias."

A week later, I can walk and run again, and I don't get dizzy. I still stumble, so Tobias stays close to me in case I fall. He's been protective to me ever since Edward nearly killed me.

We have decided to train initiates together, and today they come from the Choosing Ceremony. We get ready to go, and he smiles at me, saying,"You look beautiful, Tris." "You look amazing Tobias." I reply. We head off to go see the jumpers.

We get to the net, and I remember this is where I first met him. We kiss, and I say,"Remember when I first jumped? You pulled me out of the net, and-". He cuts me off. "You looked terrified?" We laugh, and I nod. He holds me up, making sure I don't fall, while we wait for the jumpers.

Finally, an Amity transfer jumps, screaming at the top of his lungs, and lands in the net. I glance at Tobias, and we are both stifling a laugh, trying to look serious.

I pull the jumper out of the net, and ask,"What's your name?" He hesitates and Tobias says,"If you don't like your name, you can change it. But you have to choose now." He hesitates, but says,"My name is Drew." I yell,"First jumper, Drew!" then say,"Drew, welcome to Dauntless."

After everyone jumps, we give The initiates a tour of Dauntless. I say, "This is the chasm, it reminds us that their is a line between bravery and stupidity." We show them the Pit, their rooms, and we finally get to the initiate training rooms.

Tobias and I are training the transfers. Tobias says,"You will be ranked on how well you are doing in Dauntless training. The bottom initiates will become factionless." Mouths drop and Tobias continues,"There are two stages, physical and mental." I say,"This is Four, and I'm Six."

We teach the initiates how to throw knives, and Tony, a Candor transfer declares,"This is so boring, we need more of a challenge!" I look at Tobias, and he nods. "Like a moving target?" I say. Tony nods. "Tony, go stand in front of the target. Four will throw knives at you." "What?" Tony exclaims. I continue,"And if you don't, you become factionless."

Tony has fear in his eyes, but walks to the target. Tobias picks up a knife and throws it. It missed Tony's forehead by about two inches, and he shudders. Tobias picked up a second knife, and I watch his way in throwing. He inhales, moves the knife to his right hand, and exhales while throwing. This knife missed Tony's neck by an inch.

I say,"Four, why don't you take some off the top?" Tobias nods, and smiles at me. He throws the knife, and it slices through Tony's tall, spiky brown hair.

The rest of the initiates laugh, and Tobias says,"Okay, you guys are done for today. Met here at six tomorrow.

I meet Tobias in his room, and I can tell he is nervous. I look into his eyes, and I ask,"What's wrong? Tobias, are you okay?" He nods and says,"Tris, I've been meaning to say this for awhile....." He trails off, searching for words, but unable to find them.

After a few seconds of hesitation, he says,"Tris, I love you. You are the love of my life, and you are also my best friend. You're my second half, you are the only one whole can complete me. Tris," he pulls a box out of his pocket and leans down on one knee. "Beatrice Prior, will you marry me?"

"Tobias...." I stare into his eyes. "I love you, and you make me whole. I don't know what I would do without you." Crying, with tears of joy, I say,"Yes, of course I'll marry you!"

I run into his arms, still crying. "Tobias, I-I love you." He leans down, and we kiss. He slides the ring on my finger. "Wow, Tobias! It's beautiful!"

"Not as beautiful as you, Tris. I love you."