Divergent - No War

Chapter 8

A/N: This is dedicated to truetributes for giving me the idea for this chapter. Thanks!

Tris POV

     We let the initiates have the second half of the day off because we are going to be playing paintball later tonight. I meet Christina for lunch and she starts talking about how she wants to go shopping for her things with me today and we walk to the pit. She gets a dark purple dress that ends just above her knees and some silver strappy heels. I don't know how long we're in the Pit before I head back to the apartment.
     "Bye, Tris! I'm gonna stay down here for a bit!" Christina calls as I exit the store.

Christina's POV

     I tell Tris bye and walk into the center of the Pit to wait for Lynn, Marlene, and Shauna. Tori couldn't make it. We walk into the lingerie store for Tris's bachelorette gifts. She might hate us, but Four certainly won't. I get her a matching pink bra and underwear and a sheer babydoll dress. Lynn gets her a black and red polka dotted babydoll. Marlene and Shauna don't get anything in this store. We walk out and go into a beauty and accessories store. Marlene gets Tris quite a bit of makeup and Shauna gets her a few small necklaces. I feel giddy as I walk back to my apartment and the long wait to the bachelorette party begins.

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Tris's POV

     This is the night before my wedding. The night of my bachelorette party. I am actually quite exited for it. "Hey. I'm going to miss you tonight." I say as Tobias comes out of the bedroom into the kitchen.
     "I'll miss you, too." He says giving me a kiss. He breaks away. "If we keep this up, we're both going to miss our parties." He laughs.
     I walk towards the door, grabbing my jacket on the way, and say, "I'll see you tomorrow. Don't be late." I give him a kiss and walk down to Christina's apartment.

Tobias's POV

     I watch Tris walk out the door and smile. Tomorrow, I will be married to the love of my life. I'm not allowed to see her until she walks down the aisle tomorrow, and I'm going to miss having her beside me all night. I walk to Zeke's apartment and walk in. Zeke pulls out the alcohol.
     "I'm not going to get drunk, Zeke."
     "I know, but you are gonna drink." He says with a smirk. I sigh and take the bottle he hands me. We play truth or dare, and I fall asleep around midnight with thoughts of Tris in my head.

Tris's POV

     I get to Christina's apartment, and she opens the door. The front room is decorated with pink and purple streamers. I'm surprised she found pink in Dauntless. I'm surprised she found pink anywhere. She drags me inside.
     "Come on! Come on! Come on! You have to open your presents!" she screams. I laugh and follow her to the purple couch in the middle of the room. She hands me a black bag, and I pull out...underwear. They're pink and have a sheer dress that, I assume, is supposed to be worn over them. It was from Christina. I open another bag and it also has a dress. This one is black with red dots all over it. That was from Lynn.
     "Did you guys all go shopping at the same time?" I ask and they nod.
     "I didn't. Couldn't get out of work." Tori says. I laugh. I open the next bag, from Marlene, and see that it is filled with makeup. I tell her thanks and move on to the next bag, from Shauna. This bag is smaller and has three small necklaces. One is silver with a heart in the center. Another is black beads. The last is a black choker.
     "Thanks, Shauna. They're beautiful." I'm not lying. They are beautiful. I grab the bag from Tori and open it. It has a beautiful picture frame with Four + Tris engraved within a heart in the bottom right corner. Inside the frame is a picture that someone must have taken of us without us knowing. "Tori! This is amazing! I love it!" I am afraid that I'm getting emotional when I begin to tear up.
     There is a knock at the door and I get up to answer it. It's Edith.
     "What are you doing here? Are you alright?" I ask. She looks terrified. She shakes her head and I make her come in. "Girls, could you start making the pizza? Thanks." I say, hinting that I want some time alone with Edith. "What's wrong?" I ask.
     "I was getting out of the shower. I forgot my clothes and went out to grab them so I could take them back to change, but Brianna and Bella were there. They're so mean to me. Before I could grab my clothes, Brianna took my towel off of me. It wouldn't have bothered me as much if Mark hadn't walked in at that moment." she started to cry. I remember that Brianna and Bella were from Erudite and Mark was one of the boys from Candor. Her story reminds me of when I was an initiate and Peter took my towel. I get mad, and she continues. "I just... I didn't know what to do. I ran out with my dress wrapped around me. I hope that they don't make it into Dauntless. If they make it in, I don't know if I'd want to become a member." I don't remember being this drastic. Maybe I was, though.
     "Hey. It's okay. Do you want to stay at the party? We're going to have pizza and cake. Believe me, the cake is going to be my favorite part of the night." I say, and she immediately smiles. "You know what? Come to the wedding tomorrow. We'd love to have you." She looks down. "What?" I ask.
     "I don't have anything to wear."
     "I'm sure Christina has something you can wear." I say, and she smiles and nods her head. "Is the pizza in the oven?" I call to Christina.
     "Yeah! It's gonna be twenty minutes. We can have the cake now while we wait or after we eat the pizza." she says coming into the front room.
     I look at Edith and say, "Now!" She laughs, and Christina gets the cake. She and the other girls walk and sit down on the floor with Edith and me on the couch. "So Edith. Now comes the time for gossip. Are there any boys that you like?" I ask, and Christina looks up from cutting the cake expectantly.
     Edith looks at her feet and quietly says, "Mark." and I don't know what to say. That's why it was such a big deal. I probably would have ran out crying, too. "I don't think he likes me though."
     "I don't know. I mean, I liked Four the first day I saw him, and here we are." All the girls laugh and Edith smiles. I see her beginning to cheer up as we eat the cake and pizza. We fall asleep around 11 o'clock, and I couldn't wait for tomorrow.