Chapter 7: promises and paranoia

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Maggie's POV:

"So...." Jackson says, sipping his drink "tell me about yourself...." I shrug "not much to tell really... I don't get out much...." He raises an eyebrow "really? Why not?" He asks. I sigh "I don't make it a habit of going out in public.... I don't like being recognized..." He nods in understanding "yeah.... I guess I get that....." I nod and look down at my food. He must be able to tell that something's wrong because he takes my chin gently in his fingers and lifts it up to look at him "Maggie? What's wrong?...." I sigh and look into his eyes "I.... I know it's stupid or whatever..... But I really miss my brother.... I've never been away from him for this long....." He raises an eyebrow "really? Never?.." I nod "well... When your a twin and you don't go out much, you spend a lot of time together...." I shrug. He nods "true.... Wait... Why did I never see you at school?....." I sigh "we were homeschooled....." His eyes widen "wow..... I didn't even know you could do that!" I chuckle slightly at his expression "yeah.... You can do that.... My parents took turns teaching us...." He smirks "your dad, four, big scary guy, was your TEACHER???" I roll my eyes "he's not scary... Well, he's terrifying to most people.... But not to us...." He nods "wow.... My dads terrifying... Even to us...." I look up to him and nod "yeah... Your dads pretty scary.... I heard what he did to my mom..... But then he made up for it by saving her life...." I shrug "personally, I think he kind of liked her....." He chokes on his water "what?!" His eyes widen. "Oh... Sorry, sorry.... That's just what I thought...." I say quickly. He nods "well.... You thought right...." He says. I nod but my eyes widen "wow... She has no idea...." He nods "yeah... And don't tell her.... My dad would kill me...... Promise me you won't tell her?..." He says quickly. I nod "alright..... I promise...."

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James's POV:

What have I done? What have I done?? What. Have. I. Done?! I left Maggie all by herself. I am a total jerk. A pathetic excuse of a brother.
We get led to our dorms and I sit down on the bed in my hands. I can't believe I did this. As soon as initiation is over, I'm going straight to dauntless to see her. Maybe even sooner. I miss her so much. I wonder what she's doing......

Maggie's POV:
I'm walking back to the dorms with Jackson. We're just making idle conversation when he steers me off in another direction, away from the dorms "Jackson?.... What are you doing?...." I ask nervously as he takes me down a dark, empty hall. One that's completely free of witnesses.... Call me paranoid, but my dad has taught me to be wary of such things....
"Shh...." He commands in his deep voice that absolutely terrifies me at this moment. I nod slightly and keep quiet. My heart starts pounding. He leads me into a room that is almost completely dark and then he does something I wasn't expecting at all. He kisses me. My eyes widen and my face turns bright red but I kiss back. He slips a piece of paper into my hands then turns and walks down the hall like nothing just happened. I stand there, completely frozen for a long time before getting my wits together and turning on the light to read the note:
Maggie,
Would you like to go out with me? If so, meet me in the pit, tomorrow after training.
- Jack.
P.s. sorry about the kiss.

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