TOBIAS' PoV
As Christina and Amar leave for Chicago, Tris and I sit in the atrium. She sits sideways in my lap, laying on my chest with my arms around her. Right now, Caleb is with Reggie preparing the explosives. It's almost time for Tris to leave and say goodbye to Caleb for the last time. In the meantime, she fell asleep.
She looks peaceful when she sleeps- like she has not lost her parents- like most of her friends aren't dead and one might be soon- like in a few hours she isn't about to lose the last blood family she has left.
After about 20 minutes of me rubbing slow circles on her back, Matthew comes looking for us. We follow him to his lab where Caleb waits, setting everything out. Tris walks in almost a daze. As soon as we get there , I kiss the top of her head and leave the room with Matthew to give them some privacy.
We sit outside talking until we decide it's about time. As I open the door, Tris' head lifts slowly from where it was on Caleb's shoulder. I suddenly feel a pang of sympathy for her. She is just now starting to rebuild her relationship with him, and he is going to his death. It will crush her- but I will be there for her through the entire thing, and so will Christina and Cara and everybody else.
But for now, she's taking advantage of all the time they have now.
She clings to him everywhere he goes and he all but does the same. But unfortunately, it won't last forever, it's time for him to leave.
She hugs him and I give him a handshake.
"Good luck." And he gives a weak smile in return, before leaving the room.
Tris nuzzles her face in my neck and lets out a sob. I wrap my arms around her as tightly as she is to me. I can feel my heart breaking as the sobs wrack her body and there is nothing I can do but stand there holding her while whispering soothing words in her ears.
I don't know how long we stand there before I pick her up and carry her towards the room we spent last night. It was chaos outside, people were running around, some just sitting down staring off into space. They needed to be gathered together but they have other people for that. Right now, it is just about Tris and I.
At one point, while I was carrying Tris, her crying ceased and she just peacefully closed her eyes.
I wish I could take her pain away, but I can't. For now, we just have to appreciate the numbness and deal with everything else tomorrow...
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