You look different." His words, normally crisp,are now sluggish. "So do you," I say.And he does-he looks more relaxed,younger. "What are you doing?" "Flirting with death," he replies with a laugh. "Drinking near the chasm. Probably not a good idea." "No,it isn't" I'm not sure I like Four this way.There's something unsettling about it. "Didn't know you had a tattoo," he says, looking at my collarbone. He sips the bottle. His breath smells thick and sharp.Like the factionless man's breath. "Right.The crows ," he says. He glances over his shoulder at his friends, who are carrying on without him, unlike mine. He adds, "I'd ask you hang out with us, but you're not supposed to see me this way." I am tempted to ask him why he wants to hang out with him,but I suspect the answer has something to do with the bottle in his hand. "What way?" I ask. "Drunk? "Yeah...well,no." His voice softens. "Real,I guess." "I'll pretend I didn't." "Nice of you." He puts his lips next to my ear and says, "You look good, Tris." His words surprise me,and my heart leaps. I wish it didn't,because judging by the way his eyes slide over mine, he has no idea what he's saying. I laugh. "Do me a favor and stay away from the chasm,okay?" "Of course." He winks at me. I can't help it.I smile.Will clears his throat,but I don't want to turn away from Four,even when he walks back to his friends. Then Al rushes at me like a rolling boulder and throws me over his shoulder. I shriek,my face hot. "Come on,little girl," he says, "I'm taking you to dinner." I rest my elbows on Al's back and wave at Four as he carries me away.
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VERONICA ROTH I have a scar - a faint gouge in my knee from when I fell down on the sidewalk as a child. It's alwa... VERONICA ROTH In them we find administrators and teachers and counselors and leaders and protectors. In them we fi... VERONICA ROTH I have to get out. VERONICA ROTH Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your ... VERONICA ROTH she sighs, then breaks a piece off the muffin in my hand. 'Hey. There are plenty more just five feet... VERONICA ROTH Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming f... VERONICA ROTH His eyes search the crowd until they find my face. My heartbeat lives in my throat; lives in my chee... VERONICA ROTH If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'... VERONICA ROTH Tris," Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow. There is too much I ... VERONICA ROTH You die, I die too. VERONICA ROTH Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you pe... VERONICA ROTH I fit my mouth to his and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. I drag my hand from his ne... VERONICA ROTH Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you. VERONICA ROTH Why is your heart racing Tris? VERONICA ROTH You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't... VERONICA ROTH Your daughter is doing well here. I've been overseeing her training." Since when does "overseei... VERONICA ROTH I'll be your family now," he says. "I love you," I say. (....) He stares at me. I wait wi... VERONICA ROTH People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought. VERONICA ROTH Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something ab... VERONICA ROTH Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actua... VERONICA ROTH I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken. VERONICA ROTH In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay. VERONICA ROTH All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can... VERONICA ROTH I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave ... VERONICA ROTH Simulation Tobias kisses my neck. I try to think. I have to face the fear. I have to take... VERONICA ROTH He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and... VERONICA ROTH Okay, okay.” I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. ... VERONICA ROTH Resisting is worth doing. VERONICA ROTH Someone shouts, "Enough!" and I think too much and nothing at all. VERONICA ROTH I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest. VERONICA ROTH One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol. VERONICA ROTH I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of... VERONICA ROTH It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without... VERONICA ROTH One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you. VERONICA ROTH It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please... VERONICA ROTH Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most... VERONICA ROTH My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem. VERONICA ROTH And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experien... VERONICA ROTH He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make ... VERONICA ROTH Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried ... VERONICA ROTH Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something." "Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your h... VERONICA ROTH You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn'... VERONICA ROTH I release the trigger of my gun and drop it. Before I can lose my nerve, I turn and press my forehea... VERONICA ROTH We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for anothe... VERONICA ROTH Now i remember why I chose Dauntless. Not because they were brave or anything. But because they were... VERONICA ROTH The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over. VERONICA ROTH Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is. VERONICA ROTH