Dauntles Black Heart

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Christina has transformed Tris and Four's apartment, pillows, blankets, popcorn, movies, make up, nail polish, shoes, clothes, candy, and a lot more. We watch a movie, then we do each other's nails.
"Tris, remember how nervous you were before your wedding, I didn't understand why you were, but now I know" I say.
"Everything is going to be fine" she says.
"I just have this feeling, like I'm going to mess up," I pause, "I can't dance."
"We will teach you" they say. Then we clear a place on the floor, I put on my heels and Christina and Marlene demonstrate.
"It's that simple" Christina says grabbing me. We waltz around the room, I trip and step on her feet.
"I think you improved some" Christina says as she sets down and Marlene takes her place.
"You really think so?" I ask.
"Sure" she says. We then do each other's hair and do what girls do at a sleep over. Then something hits me in the back of the head, I turn around and get hit again, then I see I'm being hit by pillows.
"Why are you hitting me?" I ask.
"Pillow fight!" Marlene yells and hits Tris in the face. Tris grabs a pillow and goes to hit Marlene but hits Christina instead.
"Oh no you didn't" Christina says and hits Tris. I use my pillow as a shield, until someone rips it from my hands, I grab anther and start swinging. Fathers are flying and they are squealing. Someone opens the door.
"What is going on in here?" a man I don't know asks. We stop dead in our tracks.
"Umm... pillow fight" Marlene says.
"Oh... can I watch?" he asks.
"No" she says then throws a pillow at him. he doesn't move so we start throwing more pillows at him, when we run out of pillows we throw whatever we can get our hands on, popcorn, blankets, water bottles, coke cans.
"Okay, okay, I'm leaving" he says and leaves.

"It's 8 o'clock, time to sleep" Christina says.
I lay down in Tris and Four's room, I can't sleep.
"Tris," I whisper, "are you up?"
"Yah, can't sleep" she says.
"Yah" I say.
"Here take this," she hands me some pills, "it's to help you sleep. Four was supposed to give it to Thomas also." I take the pills.
"I was so scared Thomas was going to break up with me when he started to avoid me." I say.
"Yah, he was worried he would slip op or something. He can over all the time to practice. I remember how nervous he was when he asked Four if it was okay with him if he asked you to marry him." she says.
"Thomas asked Four if it was okay?" I ask.
"Yah, Thomas knows how close you and Four are" she says. Then I get sleepy.
"Night" she says then walks out.

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In in the corner of my apartment, on the floor. Thomas is standing in front of me with a belt.
"This is for your own good" he says then starts to hit me.
"Thomas stop please" I say crying, "stop" I'm now screaming. I press the charm on my bracelet. When Four walks in he takes off his belt and joins Thomas in hitting me.
"This is for your own good" they repeat over and over. Then they grab me by my shoulders and violently shake me.

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I wake up with all the girls around me.
"Emerald what's wrong? You were screaming." someone asks.
"Tris, it happened again" I say, she hugs me and I start to cry.
"It okay, it just a dream they would never hurt you" she says. The others don't know about my nightmares, but they don't ask any questions. I finally go back to sleep.

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"Emerald wake up" Christina says.
"Five more minutes" I say sleepily.
"No get up" Marlene says. I put my head under my pillow. Why do I have to get up, I'm tiered.
"Emerald you don't want to be late for the wedding." Tris says.
"Who's wedding" I ask still not fully awake.
"Yours" they all say in unison.
"My wedding?" I say sleepily, then my eyes fly open and I set up, "my wedding, today is my wedding" I say now fully awake. I jump out the bed.

I set in a chair as Shana curls my hair and pulls back my bangs and Christina does my makeup. They are already dressed. I then carefully get into my dress that is the correct length.
"Breath" Tris reminds me.

In just a few minutes I will marry the love of my life, the man I'm so deeply in love with, my seven year old little kid trapped inside a nineteen year olds body, my James bond, my Romeo, my Thomas.