Dauntles Black Heart

ch17

I set on the floor of a bridle store, Marlene, Shana, and Kayla set on the couch, Christina and Tris are in a changing room, Tris is trying on dresses. Christina walks out "here come the bride" she sings and Tris walks out. She is stunning, she all ways is, she has on a big ball gown with many beads.
"It's pretty." Marlene says.
"It's not me." Tris says looking into the mirror.
"Yes it is silly." Christina says.
"I agree with Tris, it's not her." I say. Tris turns around and points at me "thank you, see she gets it."
"Okay let's try on another." Christina says pushing Tris back in to the room.
"Would you girls like some Champaign?" a woman that works here asks.
"No thanks" I say, and she walks away after poring some for the others.
"How many dresses has she tried on?" I ask.
"I don't remember, a lot I guess" Kayla answers me. I stand up and start walking around to give myself something to do. There are so many dresses, I get lost in a sea of white, beads, sparkles, and fabric. The way Four talks about Tris, I know they are more than perfect for each other. He told me about their kiss deep in the chasm, the fairs wheel, and how nervous he was around her. I think Four and I are getting close, he told me of his fear of heights, and why he is called four, only four fears. He won't tell me anything else about Marcus, I understand the only people I tolled that Marcus hit me is Four, Tris, and Thomas, I have been hiding the bruise and scar on my wrist, the others are gone. I wear my glove so no one sees the scar or the bracelet. I set down in a corner and look at it. This simple piece of metal means so much to me, the fact that I still do have family, or he truly does care, he is my older brother, I am his younger sister, I love him, and he loves me.

"Emerald what are you doing?" Kayla, Shana, and Marlene say to me, I jump up and hide the bracelet.
"Just thinking." I say.
"Come on Tris is about to come out with another dress." They say, I follow. Although I am afraid of being alone, I like to be, I don't feel alone because I'm not. Thomas is always with me in my knife, Four is always with me in the bracelet, but Marcus is also with me in the scar on my wrist, and so is Payton with the scar on my face. Tris comes out in anther dress, it is very short, and is cut low, I can see the abnegation part of her coming through as she tries to cover her body some with her arms.
"Where is the rest of the dress?" I ask, Tris laughs "I wish I knew." They go back into the room and I wonder off again.

I walk up some stairs and find the boys.
"That didn't take long." Zeke says, I role my eyes.
"So how is the suit hunt going?" I asks
"Almost done Thomas is the last to get measured and he should be out in a few." Uriah says, I look over and see Max.
"How is dress shopping going?" Will ask.
"It's taking forever, and we still have not looked for bridesmaid dresses."
"You are going to wear a dress?" Zeke asks.
"Christina is making me." I say and lean on the wall next to Zeke.
"I can't wait to see you all dressed up and girly." He says in a girl voice, I glare up at him, he binds over to get in my face, and I give an innocent smile then kick him in the shin, not to hard but enough to get out my message. Turn and face the others with a smile on my face.
"Don't be so cocky, you don't know what a fist bump is." He says.
"Do you want a fist bump, in the face?" I ask, he rolls his eyes, he knows I'm joking but Max doesn't, Max stands up from the couch, "you're going to let this little girl push you around?"
"I'm not the one who grabbed her collar can threatened her." I fire back before I can stop myself.
"You do not treat a dauntless leader that way." He yells.
"Dude calm down she is just joking around." Zeke says.
"This does not include you.' He says then turns back to me "you're lucky I didn't turn around and say something to you, I heard what you said."
"Wait what did she say what happened?" Zeke asks.
"I heard Max yelling at Emerald then when he came out she said something over the speaker." Uriah says then pulls out his phone and plays a recording of me saying the thing about Max's coffee. Max then walks away, the guys let out the laugh that they were holding in.
"He grabbed you by your collar?" Tyler asks after they stop laughing, I nod. Then Thomas and Four walk out the dressing room. "That didn't take long." Thomas says standing next to me.
"What happened to Max?" Four asks.
"Emerald is what happened." Zeke says. I then hear the girls calling my name.
"Hide me." I say jumping behind a mannequin wearing a tux.
"Have you seen Emerald?" Christina asks. Thomas points to where I am, smiling evilly.
"She is going to hurt you, Thomas." Uriah says as Christina pulls me away.
"You better watch your back, I'll get you when you least expect it." I say.
"You might want to start sleeping with one eye open." I hear Four say.
"Do you think I'm scared of her?" Thomas jokes back.
"Yes" Four says.
"I think everyone should be a little scared of her." Thomas says.
"You should be." I yell from the other side of the store.

"Since Emerald ran off she will be the one molding the dresses." Christina says, and pulls me into the changing room. She hands me a black dress and helps me get into it. The dress is to long for me, it has a lot of fabric on the ground, Christina hands me some heels, and I put them on. She leads me out, I nearly fall multiple times, but I manage to get to the little stage in front of the couch. Then I hear the boys laughing "run, run while you still can." I say they don't move, I take off the heels hold up the dress and run at them, they start running but Christina catches me and drags me back to the changing room. I try another dress and some other heels, this in this dress it stops in the middle of my shin.

"She needs some practice in those shoes." Shana says, as I nearly fall holding onto Christina trying to catch my balance. "No kidding." She says. I try on some more dresses, Christina said that she can cut the dress to the right length for me. I wear a strapless black dress that should go down go to my knees, it stops in the middle of my shin, it has a silver belt with a bow tied in the back. I walk out.
"That's the one." Tris says, everyone agrees. After I change back into my black jeans and black jacket Christina makes me walk in different heels to practice.
"Tonight is the bachelorette party, Tris that means you can't see Four for twelve hours." Christina says.
"If I can't see Four, then none of you can see the boys" Tris says crossing her arms.
"Fine" Christina says, and we make our way to her apartment.