Even When You're Crying You're Beautiful Too || Peter Hayes

Invincible

At the end of the ceremony, the Dauntless leave first. We run down the stairs of the hub and to the train tracks, which are elevated. I climb up one of the pillers and stand on the platform in the middle of some Dauntles born. I know what we have to do, we have to jump on a moving train. The train approaches and we all start running. One of the Dauntless born opens the door to the train car. After a bit more running, I jump on.

I spot Peter, Molly and Drew on the other side of the train car, and walk over to them.

"Hey guys." I say. Peter smiles at me, so does Drew. But Molly just glares.

"Hey Charlotte." Peter says. Peter and Drew engage in there own conversation. And Molly pulls me away from them.

"I don't know why you chose Dauntless. You are never going to make it, and once Peter sees how much of a weakling you are, he'll drop you." She seethes.

"I am going to make it in Dauntless, just you wait, Atwood." I say, angrily.

"Watch your back, Jones." She says. I turn around on my heal, swinging my braid around so it hits her in the face, and walk back to Peter and Drew, who are now sitting on the ground. Just to piss off Molly, I sit on Peter's lap. He smiles and wraps his arms around my waist. I kiss his cheek and can see Molly getting redder from anger.

"Get ready." A dauntless member says.

"Drew help me up?" I ask, considering he got up right away. He holds out his hand and I grab it. He helps me off Peter's lap, and Peter gets up after. I look out the train door, and some of the Dauntless born jumping off.

"Uh, Peter?" I say.

"Yes Love?" He says.

"They're jumping." I say.

"What do you mean they're jumping?" He says, looking out the door. His eyes go wide as he sees.

"Peter I don't think I can do this." I say, backing away from the door.

"Yes you can Char, I'll hold your hand if it makes you feel better, we will jump together." Peter suggests.

"Okay." I respond.

"What if you don't jump?" Another Candor transfer, Al, says.

"Then you become factionless. " Peter says. "Good luck, Al."

Peter grabs my hand. And we get a running start, and jump of the train. We land on the roof and fall into the gravel, our hands now disconnected.

"You good?" Peter says, with a smile. I smile back and nod. I stand up and dust myself off. Peter does the same. After about a minute, all the other initiates make it onto the roof.

"Listen up!" A Dauntless member says. "My names Eric, I'm one of your leaders. If you want to enter Dauntless, this is the way in. And if you don't have the guts to jump, then you don't belong in Dauntless." Eric says

"Is there water at the bottom or something?" An Erudite transfer asks.

"I guess you'll find out. Or not" Eric says. "Well someone's got to go first whos it going to be?" After a few moments, someone pipes up.

"Me" comes a female voice, to my suprise, and probably everybody else's, a stiff walks forward.

She looks over the edge. She begins to take off her grey cardigan.

"Yeah Stiff, take it off!" Peter shouts. I slap his chest. Maybe in jealously, I don't know. "Put it back on." He mumbles after. I have a satisfied smile on my face. The girl looks over the edge once more.