A/N I do not own any of the Divergent characters, story lines, or quotes. I borrowed them for some entertainment.
Chapter 1 Tris Returns
No one knew that Tris had a double. Tris had met her randomly one day. The only difference in this woman and Tris had been her hair. But they dyed it the night before the plan was set into motion. Then Tris spent the night with her. Making the switch was the difficult part as Caleb would be with her the whole time but in the end thanks to their height Rebecca, Tris's double was able to slip in behind Caleb while Tris slipped into a closet nearby.
Now three years later Tris was ready to tell her friends about what happened. She found out where her boyfriend and his mother were living. "You don't think he will freak when I appear at his doorstep?" Tris asks Matthew for the millionth time. She had revealed herself to Matthew just a week before.
"Honestly I don't think he will. He is still grieving for you. Evelyn told me yesterday that she often hears him crying out in his sleep for you. He would be completely embarrassed if he knew but his mom has heard him both in a dream making love to you and in a dream screaming for someone to stop torturing you. Evelyn knows you are coming today and she is thrilled to have you alive. She has changed a lot since she got Tobias back."
"I hope she will feel the same when I arrive and he wants me dead for hiding for so long."
"She will help him see that you had to deal with your own grieve over what happened. He will understand if you explain the same way you did for me. I wish you could have seen him zip line in order to spread your ashes. He loves you with his whole heart and would do anything to have you back."
Tris smiles as she gets in the truck Amar is behind the driver seat of. It is snowing and the roads are slick but she trust Amar to get her to Tobias safetly. "See you later Matthew."
"Yes I will look forward to coming to your welcome back to life party." He teased her.
They drove away a moment later. Tris wringing her hands in her lap. "Relax Tris, Tobias is going to wrap his arms around you and never let go again." Amar said as he drove. "I mean the man went zip lining just so he could scatter your ashes and do something that would have made you proud. "
"I hope he will go again one more time now that I am alive again." Tris says with a smile.
Amar laughs. "I bet you could use your body as a weapon to get him to go." He wiggles his eyebrows at her.
"I bet I could. I just have to tell him if he ever wants to pass on his damaged genes he better go zip lining to show me he is man enough to have children with me." She teased back. She was no longer embarrassed by the subject of sex.
"That's the spirit girl. Make that boy work for his sex." Amar said with a laugh. "It's great to have you back Tris. I know you don't have a parent left so if you need one I will always be here for you."
"Thanks Amar." Tris whispered. "I love you too."
Amar and Tris drove in silence for a few moments before Amar spoke again. "So what are you most afraid of about seeing him today?"
"I am frightened to death that he will tell me that I am a fake and that I need to leave right now as he doesn't love a fake. Or that he will tell me he found someone better that wouldn't lie to him or go off and do something stupid. God Amar I wish I could have told him but for his safety I couldn't. He is a horrible liar and had he let it slip even once that I was alive I wouldn't have survived. She was a great woman who realized she had done bad things in life and wanted to die because the man she loved had died to protect her once. She was giving her life for the ultimate reason."
"Where was she from before she lived at the Bureau?"
"From our city! She had been a Dauntless too. Her name when she was in the city was Gina Brander."
"Gina Brander?" Amar said thinking a moment. "I remember her she was in the initiation class just before Tobias. She was a transfer from one of the other factions if I remember correctly."
"Yes she was from Amity. She left the Amity faction because she had tried to kill a boy when he attempted to touch her in a way that she felt was inappropriate. She had found a man in Dauntless that she fell hard for but she learned he was seeing other girls too. She faked her death and was going to go hide out in the factionless section but then my mother found her and helped to relocate her to the bureau because she saw something of herself in this woman. She told me that she found a man that truly loved her and cared so much that he laid down his life for her just a couple of months after she arrived in the bureau. She was beautiful."
"You say she was beautiful yet Tobias has told me you always said you weren't pretty. How can someone who looked just like you be beautiful while you are not pretty?" Amar asks.
"I guess I just see beauty in others but not in myself." Tris says with a shrug as they near the former Amity farms. "What kind of job do you think I will be able to get?" Tris said changing the subject.
"You will be a farm girl." He teases her and she perks up as she laughs. "No seriously I know you will avoid security work but what about taking a couple months to explore the other jobs. Tobias is assistant to Johanna and they could arrange to give you the time to find the right job for you."
"Amar, how are you and George doing?" Tris says suddenly.
"Great why do you ask?"
"Well I just wondered if you have told anyone else about your relationship now that you aren't under the thumb of idiots."
Amar laughs. "I have told Tobias the whole story of how I had felt for him. Also I did tell our friends about George and me. Everyone is so awesome about it and truly supports us. You know I always thought Tobias being a 'Stiff' would be against us but he seems the happiest for us. I don't know it's almost as if his grieve at losing you makes him want the happiness love brings for everyone else in his life. I almost told him the other night when I saw him that I knew you were alive. He seemed quite down when we met for our monthly get together with the others. Christina kept putting her hand on his shoulder to pull him out of it and I kind of wanted to smack the girl. I wanted to tell her that Tobias belongs with you and she needs to butt out but then Tobias gave me reason to realize they were just friends."
"What did George say when you told him about me?"
"He got super excited and for some odd reason it put him in the mood. I don't want to embarrass you but it was some of the best sex he and I have had. It was like explosive in a new way. I am sorry I am making you uncomfortable." Amar says with a tint of red in his face.
"I think you made yourself more uncomfortable than me. Remember they helped me a lot while I was recovering from seeing my own body dead even though technically I wasn't dead. It was confusing and took me two and a half years for me to understand. Then the last half year I was working with the counselors to figure out how to tell my loved ones that I am alive. I started with Matthew and you because I figured you two would be best able to help me. I knew you would tell George for me and Matthew worked to explain it to Evelyn. However I wanted to be the one to talk to my Tobias that is if he is still mine." Tris says softly.
Amar reaches over and places a hand on Tris shoulder. "He is still yours and will always be." He pulls to a stop in front of an apartment building. "Ready?"
"As ready as I can be." She whispers as she and Amar get out of the truck. Amar is going up to the door first to assure that Tobias is prepared for the shock.
"Hey Amar! What are you doing here? I thought you worked today." Tobias said as he greeted his former instructor.
"I am working today but I was sent on a special errand. I want to prepare you for what is about to happen but I can't so I ask you to keep an open mind." Amar says softly.
"What did you break up with George and now want to see if I want a relationship?" He teased the older man.
"Well I want to know first two things. Are you currently in a relationship? Second if not are you ready for a relationship with a wonderful woman?"
"I am not in a relationship and I am still not ready for another relationship with another woman."
"I didn't say another woman I said a wonderful woman!" Amar says just as the door opens and Tris steps quietly in. Tobias doesn't notice at first.
When Evelyn greets the younger woman with open arms Tobias realizes just what is happening and without thinking moves to Tris. "Is it really you?" He whispers as he holds her at arm's length.
