***I DON'T OWN DIVERGENT! ALL RIGHTS TO VERONICA ROTH***

"You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says.

"You know," I say "I really don't care."

I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his.

-Veronica Roth (Divergent)

Chapter One-

I pull away and see Will and Christina staring open-mouthed at us. I look at Tobias and he just laughs at them.

"What?" Christina asks flustered.

"I'll tell you later." I say and look back at Tobias.

"Nice job Six." He says and Christina looks confused. I just laugh.

"Thanks Four." I say laughing and he smiles.

I hear footsteps behind me in The Pit and I know exactly who it is before he speaks.

"That's why you ranked first. I mean I knew it was suspicious that a Stiff ranked first but I never expected this." Peter says and I turn around and look at him.

"This has nothing to do with her ranks, it's more like the fact she has ten fears less then you." Tobias says and Peters jaw drops. He quickly tries to act casual.

"Whatever." Peter says walking away. I turn to Tobias again.

"Peter has sixteen fears?" I ask and he smiles.

"I have no idea I just made that up." He says and we both laugh.

"You should probably deal with that." He says motioning to Christina and Will who are standing, frozen, staring at us. I laugh.

"Okay." I say and he walks away. I turn to Christina and Will.

"Details!" Christina yells in shock.

Christina grabs my arm and drags me away from Will, away from the chaos, away from Tobias. She stops at the transfers' dorm. She sits me down on her bed and she takes a seat on Al's. Al's empty bunk. Al. My friend. My attacker. I push the thought out of my head and look at Christina. Her face looks expectant and then I remember why we left the Pit. She wants me to explain. This is going to be a long afternoon.

I tell Christina about how he saved me when Peter, Drew, and Al attacked me and how he showed me his fear landscape and how he kissed me in the chasm. And by the time I'm done she's just staring at me with wide eyes. I'm not sure whether it's shock or jealousy or awe or something else but it makes my stomach churn. She's been silent too long. Silence is dangerous. That is something I learned the hard way with Four. I don't know what to do. I feel her eyes turning me to stone. I have to break this tension, but I can't speak not matter how hard I try no words come out. Suddenly Christina squeals and hugs me.

"Oh my gosh Tris you're turning into a girl!" She says hugging me so tight she might break my rib cage.

"I've always been a girl." I say and she pulls away and she throws her head back laughing.

"Do we really need to have this conversation again? I thought we covered it when I told you Will kissed me." She says and I laugh too. It feels good to have a friend like Christina even if she annoys the crap out of me.

"Anyways I should go congratulate Uriah." I say before getting up. I don't know where he is but I don't want to spend another minute of my life by Al's empty bunk.

"Hey," Christina says grabbing my wrist and I turn "We're Dauntless now." We both smile and I walk out.

I get down to the Pit and after a while people start to recognize, though for some reason I wish they hadn't. I've never really liked attention but I'm a Stiff and I just ranked first. People cheer and clap my shoulders but I just keep making my way to find Uriah. After a little while I spot him and manage my way through the crowd and over to him.

"Congrats number two!" I shout over the chaos around us and he smiles. Lynn, who stands beside him with Marlene, scowls.

"You too!" Uriah smiles at me and Lynn can't help but smile a little bit.

"I guess I can't hold you being Abnegation over your head any more considering you ranked higher." Lynn says scowling at the last part. I can't help but smile at her.

"You know what? You can call me Stiff whenever want." I say and Lynn grins widely. I've never seen this side of Lynn but I kind of like it.

"Sounds good, Stiff." She says and I feel good.

"Okay so what jobs do you guys want? I need to know so I don't steal it." I say and Marlene laughs a little.

"Uriah wants to train the Dauntless born, Lynn wants to guard the fence and I want to be a Dauntless nurse." Marlene says confidently and I smile at her.

"Well I want to train transfers so I think we're good here. I'll see you guys tomorrow?" I see Uriah smile and I walk back to the dorms.

Everyone else has already packed their things to move into our new apartments tomorrow but I've been too busy. I walk in to see Peter lying down on his bunk looking at the ceiling. I walk over to my bunk and open my drawers to pull the clothes out of the bottom drawer. I turn around to see Peter standing right in front of me. I jump back and he smirks.

"You scared Stiff?" He asks and I roll my eyes.

"Nope." I say and his smile fades.

"Sure you weren't." He says and he scoffs.

"Back up or else." I say and he smiles cruelly.

"I'm not scared of you Stiff." He says and I smile.

"That's your mistake, I ranked four above you." I say smirking and he scowls.

"That's only because Four favors you. I have no idea why I mean look at you but nonetheless he does." Peter says and my smile fades.

"Shut the hell up Peter." I say and I kick him in the stomach.

He wasn't expecting that, he suspected I would back down. He stumbles backwards and then lunges at me but I'm too fast. I jump to the side and he falls to the ground. I kick his side and he groans out of anger. I hear the door open but I don't look because I don't care who it is. I kick again and he scrambles to his feet and tries a sloppy punch at my face but I grab his fist in air with one hand and punch his nose. He kicks my side and I groan. I try to punch again but he grabs me but my hair. I can't help but smirk when I see who's standing in the door way; Christina and Will have wide eyes. I kick him in his stomach and he stumbles. Before he can hit back I kick his side and he falls. I kick his side repeatedly as he cowers on the floor. I kick his shoulder before blowing a kiss to him and walking out. I can feel his eyes on me as I walk away.

"What was that?" Will asks and I smirk.

"It was necessary." I say and they look at me in shock.

Why are they shocked? Then it hits me and I feel anger bubbling inside; they're shocked because I beat Peter. They're shocked I won that fight. They still me as a weak little Abnegation they need to protect even after all that's happened. I push past them before I punch one of them too.

I wander with no sense of purpose. I don't know where I'm going but after a while I reach my hidden hallway. I sit down and pull my knees to my chest and put my head down. They still pity me. I understand completely now why Tobias never tells anyone his name; because no one will ever look at you the same. Although I was never abused my friends still feel they need to protect me. They see me as a weak innocent little Abnegation girl. I don't even know what to think. I decide to just tune the world out and think about nothing.

After about an hour I hear footsteps. Not just one person but a couple people coming towards me. I silently pray it's not Will and Christina coming to chastise me or something like that. The footsteps stop in front of me but I keep my head in my knees. I feel a foot hit my side, not hard but hard enough for my instincts to kick in. Before I even know it I'm on my feet punching Uriah in the jaws.

"God Tris! I was just seeing if you were alive, you didn't have to break my jaw!" Uriah says and I laugh still in shock from punching Uriah. His jaw is starting to swell a little and my fist aches. I put my hand over my mouth still in shock.

"I'm so sorry Uriah! I didn't know that was you." I say and Marlene giggles a bit, Lynn just smirks.

"It's okay, I just heard Peter had to go to the infirmary after another initiate beat him up, I assumed it was you. I wanted the whole story and I knew just where to find you, you're always in this hallway." Uriah says and I smile.

"He just got in my way, wait, he had to go to the infirmary?" I ask shocked. I only kicked him a couple times; maybe he's just a coward and couldn't take the pain.

"Nice job Stiff, I like this side of you." Lynn says smirking.

"Wait the side of me that can beat the crap out of you, or the side of me that will beat the crap out of you?"

"Both." She says and I look back at Uriah who's now bleeding.

"Um, we should probably take you to the infirmary." I say and Uriah nods. We start walking and Lynn laughs a little.

"God Stiff, you put two people in the infirmary in one day." Lynn remarks and I roll my eyes at her.

We get to the infirmary and I can't help but notice how Marlene's been silent. Lynn goes to check Uriah in.

"Marlene are you okay?" I ask and she just smiles.

"Yeah, just exhausted from my fear landscape." She responds and I look at her closely and she smiles lightly; she isn't lying. I look over as a nurse looks at Uriah's jaw. It's swollen and purple. I decide to go over to him.

"I'm so sorry Uriah; again I didn't know it was you. I thought it was like Peter or Drew or something." I say and he smiles wincing from the pain.

"It's okay; I know you didn't mean it. I should've like said your name instead of kicking your side." He tries to sound casual but I can hear the pain in his voice.

"You did this to him?" The nurse asks looking shocked.

"Yeah, I punched him." I say and she looks at me weird.

"It's a long story." Uriah tells her and she just shrugs. Lynn laughs a little.

"Is his jaw broken?" Lynn asks.

"I'm pretty sure it's just sprained, I'll need to get the orthopedic doctor to be sure but it probably isn't broken. I suggest you don't talk; that'll hurt." She says to Uriah and he nods. She turns to me and stares at me a while.

"Are you an initiate?" She asks.

"Yeah, I'm a transfer." I respond and I see a flicker of recognition in her eyes, how could she know me? I don't recognize her; her dark brown hair is twisted into a bun, her features are soft and plain. I have no clue who she is.

"Your Tris aren't you? The Stiff, the first jumper, you ranked first. You beat up the other initiate, Peter's his name right?" She asks and I'm shocked she knows this much about me.

"Word travels fast around here, huh? Yeah that's me." I say and she looks almost frightened.

"What? You really think Stiff's going to punch you too?" Lynn asks smirking. I want to glare at her but I did give her permission to call me Stiff so that would be hypocritical.

"No, I just, never mind." She says and I feel a little offended because she is scared of me. I keep my face blank though.

"It's okay if you are; I mean she scares a lot of people." Lynn says and the nurse rushes off to get the other doctor.

"You can go Stiff." Lynn says and I look at Uriah who shrugs.

"Okay, I'm sorry Uriah; if it's broken I'll let you punch me back." I say and that makes Uriah smile.

I walk back to the dorms to see Christina cleaning blood off the floor by my bunk. I'm assuming its Peter's. She looks up at me expectantly, like she did after I kissed Four. She wants me to explain why I beat him up. She wants me to confirm I was the one who beat him up. She still doesn't believe in my strength no matter how many times I prove it. She puts a hand on her hip as if saying 'hurry up and tell me' but I just flop onto my bunk and sigh. I look at the clock and see it's already nine 'o' clock. It's a little early but I close my eyes anyways and drift off into a dreamless sleep.