Dauntless High

Chapter 43: Ultimate Tag and a Food Fight

Tobias walks with his hand intertwined in my own, smiling as we pass by the other rowdy students. "I'll be right back." He tells me, walking to his locker. 

I go over two rows to my own locker, and grab my textbook. Before it's even in my hand, my shoulder get's slammed back against the locker, and I cry out. "What the hell stiff? You got me fired!" Peter spits, actually spits in my face. 

I wince, "Back off, you were a pervert to a bunch of us. You deserved it!" 

He groans in frustration, pushing me harder, "How am I supposed to get a job now?" 

"Don't be a dick!" I hiss, stomping his foot. 

Peter throws me onto the ground, where I land on someone's backpack, "Watch your back, I'm going to get revenge stiff." 

I stand back up, ignoring the stares from the other people that watched. 

"What are you doing on the ground Bea?" Tobias asks, startling me. 

"Nothing, I just tripped and fell." I fib, walking back to my locker. 

He shakes his head, "I'm not stu-"

"It's fine!" I interject, shutting the door. 

"Well, the last time you said that, you ended up in the hospital," He mumbles, "I'm just looking out for you." 

I sigh, "Just, drop it. It's not a big deal. I'm clumsy, you know that." 

He shakes his head, "You know you don't have to hide things from me, but if you don't want to tell me, then that's up to you." 

I walk away, irked by his overprotective manner. This is what drew us apart after my fight with Lauren, and I don't want it to drive us apart again. Still, if he knows, then Tobias might actually end up in jail. 

I'm pulled away from my thoughts from a certain pansycake tackling me to the ground, "Watch out Tris!" 

I scream, pushing Uriah off of me, "What the hell?" 

Zeke runs by, laughing like a constipated walrus, and slaps Uri on the head, "Tag! You're it!" 

Uriah helps me up, "We've been playing tag since last night, I had to sleep in the pantry. We're trying to play the longest game of tag ever." 

"Well, just don't tackle me anymore, alright?" I sigh, pulling at the hem of my shirt. 

"No promises!" He calls out, running back to his brother. 

I grab my bag from the floor, and head off to History. 

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"So he tackled you too? How many people are playing at this point?" Christina groans, while applying another layer of lip gloss.

 I lean against the sink, just wanting to get back to lunch, "I think it's Zeke, Uriah, Will, Lynn, Four, Eric and Al. Lynn is beating all of their asses." 

She laughs, packing her makeup back up, "I guess it's fine, as long as they don't ruin my face again."

We walk back to the lunchroom, where it's just starting still. The first time we tried to walk in, both of us were tackled by our boyfriends. I grab some pizza, a cheese breadstick, two slices of Dauntless cake and a water, pay, and get to my seat. Tobias makes me sit in between him and Zeke, and Christina sit's on the other side between him and Will. They are kicking each other under the table. 

I take a bite of the pizza, which as always, is greasy as hell. "Do they fry this in olive oil or something?" I complain, setting it on a napkin to get the grease off.