Forever 10♥ {Book 1}

Chapter10

Chapter 10

"So," Christina asked between bites of her hamburger. "How was the game?"

"Tobias' team got slaughtered," I said laughing at his frowning face. He didn't say anything, just stared at his burger. "He's a little upset about it."

Christina laughed. "Who do you think is going to fight you guys later?"

"I'll definitely have Tesa," I answered. "And Four will most likely have Jordan. Other than that, I'm not sure." Christina just nodded.

"I'm surprised Will isn't doing the same thing with the Dauntless-born." She said. "Usually he loves to show off his skills." I was wondering the same thing. Tobias started to get up.

"I'll see you later," he said, kissing me on the cheek. He walked away, leaving Christina and I alone.

I looked at the clock. There was still ten more minutes before I had to be back in the training room, so I decided to stay and talk with Christina. "So," I started. "How are you and Will doing?"

Christina smiled. "Will and I are doing great!" she said brightly. "This baby is making us closer than ever! You can obviously see that he is super excited to be a father."

"How far along are you?" I asked. She didn't tell me that night at her apartment, so I was a bit curious to know.

"A little over two months." She answered. Apparently I had a surprised look on my face, because she soon added, "I would've told you sooner, but I had just found out myself that day." I just nodded. I was getting nervous. I was sure that since we were talking about babies that Christina would ask me when I was having one. When I looked up and saw her looking at me, I knew the question was right on her lips.

"What?" I questioned.

"When are you and Four going to have a baby?" she asked. Crap.

"Christina…" I started to say.

"Come one!" she said. "My baby is going to need someone to grow up with."

"I don't see myself having children," I explained. "I never have. And I don't think Four wants to either."

Christina wouldn't hear it though. "Well I think Four would love to have a kid. Hasn't he ever talked to you about it?" In that moment, it was like realization had slapped me in the face. Hard. Christina's words swirled around in my head. I had just figured out what Tobias hadn't wanted to talk to me about last night.

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When I walked in to the training, I saw that Tobias was already in there. I wasn't mad at him for not talking to me about this, but I sure wasn't happy about it. This is a big thing. This is about bringing another life into the world. I think that this is worth talking about.

When Tobias saw me, he frowned. he must've thought that I was going to say something about the game. But all I did was lean against the wall about a foot away from him. When he realized that I wasn't going to say anything, his expression softened.

"What's wrong?" he asked cautiously.

"We need to talk." I said bluntly. He just nodded. He knew me well enough to know not to bug me when I was like this. Also, the initiates were walking in, and he didn't want them to hear about our private life.

I was about to explain what was going to happen, but before I could even start, Tobias spoke.

"Today we have a little surprise for you. We are going to give you guys the chance to get in the arena, with us." He gestured to himself and me. I couldn't help but notice a hungry gleam in Tesa's eyes. "You don't have to if you don't want to, but this is a chance to show off your true skills. It won't be like the fighting you have been doing. It's just a little competition to see who can stay up the longest. If you get knocked down, but get back up within three seconds, you are allowed to continue. Any questions?" he asked. No one spoke. There were looks of excitement, looks of determination, and looks of dread.

"Any girls that want to fight me, get in a group. Any guys who want to fight Four, get in a group. The rest of you that don't want to fight, just stay out of the way." The outcome of this surprised me. Instead of there being three groups, they split into two. Every one of them wanted to fight, even if they were a little on the weak side. "Ok," I said. "Instead of one of us having to fight five times in a row, we will be taking turns. Any one in particular want to go first?"

Once again, I was surprised. I expected either Jordan or Tesa to volunteer, but no, it was Kyle. He looked nervous as he stepped into the arena. It didn't take a psychic to know who the winner of this fight would be.

Kyle tried to punch Tobias right of the bat, but this is what ultimately led to his downfall. Tobias grabbed his fist, kicked him in the stomach, and punched I'm with his free hand. There was a sickening crack, and a steady flow of blood started coming out of Kyle's nose, which was obviously broken. Kyle was done fighting and left for the infirmary.

Amber stepped up next. I could hear her teeth chattering as she followed me into the arena. Her eyes were filled with terror. "You don't have to do this." I whispered.

"Yes I do," she said. There was a spark of determination in her voice. Amber was taller than me, but her fighting shills were nowhere near as good as mine. She tried to kick me, but I sidestepped and punched her in the jaw. I blocked two punches before throwing two of my own. Amber quit fighting.

Ryan soon replaced Amber's spot. I couldn't help but notice that the weaker initiates were going first. Ryan lasted longer than Kyle, but not by much. Rachel did good, just not good enough. Mike did better than I thought he would. He gave Tobias a nice punch that soon formed a black eye, but he was still no match for him. Emily was tricky. She did acknowledge my strengths, but she acted cocky. She didn't try hard until it was too late. Dylan, slow but powerful, got a bit lazy and lost quickly. The next three fights were the most interesting.

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I had made a plan on how to fight Jessie during Tobias' fights. She's smart, calculating, but I was pretty sure I could trick her. If I punched her like Dylan did, she'd treat me exactly the same way. And that's what happened.

I punched her jaw hard, and as I expected, it didn't faze her. I pretended to be surprised and she tried to kick me. I grabbed her foot, and twisted it so she was facing away from me. I then kicked her leg out and she fell. If this was a real fight, I would've knocked her out, but since it wasn't, I just punched her once. It wasn't the hardest punch I've thrown, but it definitely wasn't soft. I lent her a hand to help her up. She looked a little disappointed to be beaten, but also looked like she enjoyed the experience. Tobias and Jordan then took our places.

I knew Tobias could beat Jordan, but I also knew that it might take a while. Both guys punched each other several times, hard, but neither would fall. At one point, I thought Jordan would win. He hit Tobias' weak spot, and Tobias barely recovered in time. He barely dodged a punch that probably would've knocked him out. When Jordan was drawing back to throw another punch, Tobias kicked him in the gut, which knocked Jordan over. Tobias pinned him down, becoming the winner.

Next, was the last person to fight. Tesa. The girl who loathes me greatly. The girl who wants my husband. The girl who would cheer if I died. The girl I was going to knock out.

I knew Tesa wouldn't stop fighting until one of us was unconscious, so I was going to treat her like a real enemy.

I thought Tesa would at least try to strategize, but no. Her anger continues to blind her. The first thing she did was rush at me. I sidestepped and moved away from her. "Scared?" she taunted.

I bursted out laughing. "Of you?" I shot back. "I'm more scared of heights than I am of you. And I'm not scared of heights."

Her eyes flared with anger as she tried to kick me. I grabbed her foot like I did Jessie's, but I just pushed her forward, causing her to lose balance, and fall on her own. I let her get up, and as soon as she did, I punched her in the jaw. Then again. And again. She charged at me, and I tripped her, and she fell again. This time, I didn't let her up. I kicked her in the ribs. As I did this, I thought of Molly, so I kicked harder.

I decided that was enough, and tried to walk away. Tesa grabbed my ankle. God dammit! I thought to myself. You just don't know when to quit, do you? I punched her once more, knocking her out, then stepped out of the arena, and excited the room.