Chapter Twenty-three

Tris stays the rest of the night sleeping in Four's bed while he sleeps on the ground. In this statement she's referring to fours pillow.

"It smells like detergent and something heavy, sweet, and distinctly male."

Hahahah. Who goes around talking like that? I understand that guy smell is like the best thing ever but you never just be like, " This smells male and this, over here, smells female."

When she wakes up, she goes to breakfast like nothing happened, though when she tells Uriah, Will, and Cristina about the night she tries to make herself sound scared. This shows Peter that she has weaknesses and can get hurt still, making her look like she isn't any better than him. This assures he won't attack her again. Drew walks into the room and it isn't fair to say that he got a punch to the face, he isn't even recognizable! Go Four!

I started thinking about in the Twilight movies with the whole "Team Edward" vs. "Team Jacob" except in a different matter with "Team Tris" and "Team Peter." When Peter tried convincing Will and Cristina that Tris was manipulating them, they believed him and so at that moment they were team Peter. Now, that they know Al was one of her attackers, they know their fight was petty and that Tris is still weak. They are team Tris again!  And now Al, the person who didn't believe Peter about the manipulating, now tried to to kill her? Team Peter, I'm guessing?

They are entering stage three of initiation which is weighted more than one or two. This involves your "Fear Landscape" where you face the fears from the emotional stage, except this time you know it's a simulation. You are able to control your actions physically and you won't know how many fears you have until the day you go through it. When Four is explaining all of this he calls out Peter about his attack last night and announces that he's scared of a little girl from Abnegation. Tris and I both thought that it was very funny.

Later, when they walk back into the dorms, Al is sitting on his bead, hands covering his face. He begs Tris for forgiveness. Although, Tris originally though she would forgive him.... she can't. She tells him to never talk to her again and leaves the room. Al completely sobs while she leaves.

"Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined. I swear she exists..."