Candor or Dauntless (Fourtris Style!)

The Talk (Not That One!)

AN: Hey guys! Before I go insane next week, I thought I'd post a chapter- and as for why I'm going crazy, I have 2 classical music concerts to perform at as well as three school concerts and an X-mas caroling gig. So yep, I'll be losing my sanity now, but enjoy the chapter!

Tobias POV:
Seriously? Three divergent? In our class alone? Why us? There's usually only one!
Back to instructor Four.
Hopefully they'll all come tonight with whoever Uriah and Christina found to be divergent- I taught them how to edit the footage.
As Tris and I wait for the train to come by, we hear a shriek and then running feet. We whirl around to find Brianne running for her life from...Ananya...and laughing? What the hell did they do now?

Ananya is shrieking, "I can't believe you tickled me in front of him?! I sounded like a banshee! I thought we agreed not to mess up each other's flirting attempts?"

Brianne giggled, shrugged her shoulders, and Ananya made to tackle her, when they started wrestling. Tris and I looked on in amusement, until the train rumbled in the distance. By now, Pete, Uriah, Christina, and Ryker (?!) showed up as well. Oh well, guess they'll have to share their news with their buddies and BF/GF, so at least no one will get hurt this year.

We all ran by the train as it passed, and grabbed on, with Brianne ending up holding hands with Ryker and jumping. When Ananya jumped, she ended up tackling Pete by accident and ended up on top of him. They blushed and backed away from each other. 🎶Awkward🎶.

Anyway, once the train had passed more than a mile away, Tris and I relaxed and turned to face the initiates.

Tris started, "First, I want you guys to know that we don't want to hurt you, but if you don't follow our directions carefully, there may be problems for you in the future."

I continued, "We're going to go around and share our aptitude results now- your actual aptitude results, not what was logged into the computer,"

They all visibly tensed, until Ryker stepped up and said, "Dauntless and Abnegation. And yeah, I know that's weird, but I chose to stay here, but incorporate my selfless qualities into Dauntless." I grinned at him and nodded, saying, "Finally, another one like me." He jumped, looking at me curiously.

Brianne stepped forward and said, "Dauntless, Abnegation....and Amity"
Tris gasped, as this was the first three way split since herself. She smiled and said, "Good, another three way split."
Brianne frowned and asked, "Who else had a three way split?"
Tris said, "You're looking at her."

Ananya stepped up grinning. "Well, add another one to the list, cause I'm one too- Erudite, Dauntless and Candor, but my test instructor said I have a hint of Abnegation. I just see selflessness as part of bravery though, so it's not pronounced enough to come up as a faction."

Everyone's jaws dropped. She looked around defensively, with a "What are you looking at? No biggie" but I could see that she knew what the implications of this were.

Pete stood up, and said, "Well, then I'm a bit boring. Dauntless and Erudite split. I was smart but not smart enough, at least not in the way they wanted it."

We told all four of them, "Well, you guys are divergent, and this means that you understand that a simulation is exactly that- a simulation. Therefore, you are able to manipulate it. This, when viewed on the video screens, is a clear indicator of divergence, and the leaders do not like divergent. If you are caught, you are as good as dead."

I noticed Ryker's arms tightened around Brianne and everyone paled. I reassured them by saying, "Instead of manipulating the simulation, calm down your heart rate, or make the fear worse. Face it head on. Once the third stage arrives, you can go back to the way you were doing it before, as everyone will be able to do it that way. Got it?"

They all nodded, and we all sat down in our own corners. Tris sat next to me, wrapped in my arms, while I played with her hair. She turned around suddenly, smirked, and said, "Remember when we were them? In love but awkward too? Ah, the good ol' days, huh?" And then she kissed me. I didn't argue either. Ah, the good ol' days indeed, but these days are so much better.

Brianne POV
"Well, now I guess I have even more to be worried about," I grumbled, until Ryker turned me around, gave me a hug, and whispered in my ear, "Hey, we'll help each other make it through. You'll see, we'll be the best dauntless around, along with Ananya, our friends, and Four and Tris!"
I love him when he's optimistic, and I went up on my toes to kiss him. We went back to a corner, just holding each other, where I eventually dozed off, but not after a few more kisses...

Ananya POV
Well, the two kissing couples left me no choice but to talk with Pete, and we sat down against the wall with each other.
I started off with, "Do you really like me that much?"
He smirked, then softened, and whispered, "You have no idea."
Then, he gulped, cleared his throat, and then stuttered a bit before saying, "Well, you've asked me a question, so can I ask you two?"
I laughed, and said, "Well, you get one more than me, but that's ok, go ahead and ask."
Then, he moved closer, and whispered, "Will you go out with me?"
I whispered back, overjoyed, "Yes, I'd love to!"
Then he moved even closer...and asked, "Can I kiss you?"

Tris POV
I saw Ananya and Pete moving closer to each other, and when he asked her a question, (I couldn't hear, awwww!) she smiled, grabbed him by the collar, pulled him down and kissed him for a good 5 seconds. Way to go! She's so much bolder than me when I first got with Tobias. They're good for each other. I like it.

Their moment was interrupted when Brianne, freshly awoken from her nap, cheered along with Ryker, whooping it up. To Ananya's credit, she smirked, (while Pete blushed) and said, "Next time I walk in on you two kissing, maybe I'll do the same."

Ryker turned beet red, and Brianne just replied back, chuckling, "I think we've found a way to keep our boys in line now, don't cha think?"

Ananya nodded, laughing.

The poor boys. They don't know what hit them.

AN: Yeah, hoped you liked it! It's a decently sized chapter, so hopefully it's enough until all this chaos dies down. I'm working on an original story. Not sure where it's going yet, but it is a dystopia, so probably going to be in a different world. Still working out the details, but I think I have a good idea, and it's different than most dystopias, so...I guess we'll see! Thanks, and DFTBA. (Nerdfighteria, anyone?) 😉