A one- shot Tris x Tobias, modern day.
Tris pov
I walk to the club I work at, I see Tobias on the stage setting up, and Christina and will at the bar. I wave to them, they frown.
"What?" I ask hesitantly.
"Tris… your eye…" Christina said sadly.
They know about my dad… beating me. They help some, by coming to my house to pick me up for movies and shopping so my dad can't beat me, sometimes though… when they can't, he beats me harder, one time he… broke my arm, my jaw, and I had bruises… covering almost every inch of my body. They came the next day, Tobias almost went and killed him, but I told him not to.
"Yeah… I know." I said as Christina dragged me to the bathroom to put foundation on my eye, I looked into Tobias' eyes before I went in, I saw rage, and… no, not that.
"I'm so sorry, Tris." Christina said, tears brimming her eyes.
"It's fine… I'm used to it."
"Yes, but you shouldn't be! You should be happy!" she sadly yelled/whispered.
"Sooo, me and Tobias are doing mixes… will is singing with, me." I said changing the subject; she smiled, doing the finishing touches on my eye.
"Yeah, that'll be fun."
"Hey! Time to start Tris and your dad is here!" Lauren, our boss yells.
"Okay… oh no!" I'm scared, but I go out anyway.
I walk out and get on stage, I look across to see Tobias on the other stage, I see my dad at the bar he has like five empty glasses next to him already, and he's still drinking.
Tobias looks at me, "ready?" he mouths at me, "yeah." I mouth back.
"One, two, three, four!" will shouts from behind me.
Bold: Tobias, italic: Tris, normal: will.
How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core where I've become so numb
Without a soul my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home
Hey, girl, you know you drive me crazy
one look puts the rhythm in my hand.
Still I'll never understand why you hang around
I see what's going down.
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
Cover up with makeup in the mirror
tell yourself, it's never gonna happen again
You cry alone and then he swears he loves you.
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
Do you feel like a man when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down, a new life she has found.
Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life
A pebble in the water makes a ripple effect
every action in this world will bear a consequence
If you wade around forever, you will surely drown
I see what's going down.
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
I see the way you go and say you're right again,
say you're right again
Heed my lecture.
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
Do you feel like a man when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down, a new life she has found
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
Face down in the dirt, she said,
"This doesn't hurt", she said,
"I finally had enough."
Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life
Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead
Face down in the dirt, she said,
"This doesn't hurt", she said,
"I finally had enough."
One day she will tell you that she has had enough
It's coming round again.
All this time I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything
Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul
( Don't let me die here
There must be something more)
Bring me to life
Do you feel like a man when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down, a new life she has found Do you feel like a man when you push her around?
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down, a new life she has found
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
Face down in the dirt, she said,
"This doesn't hurt", she said,
"I finally had enough."
Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life
I'm crying by the end, the songs… his was like, it was him telling off my dad, while mine was a plead for help, and I think he knew that. I got off the stage to go home, one I got outside I was met with a punch to the gut, and a slap to the face following, my dad… he's beating me in the parking lot. I heard a yell and a thud; I opened my eyes to see Tobias towering over my father.
"are you okay?" Tobias asked.
I smiled, and then laughed. And then… he kissed me, slowly and sweetly, I smiled into it, and he did too. I pulled away slowly and looked him in the eye… I've loved him since… forever, is he kissing me out of pity? Because he feels sorry for me? He seems to have read my thoughts when he smiled and pecked my lips again, he held my hands and looked into my eyes.
"I've been wanting to kiss you for four years, and I fell for you about three years ago… I fell hard." He looks at the ground sadly, waiting for a response.
"yeah, well I fell hard for you too, just, it was six years ago… I… I love you Tobias." I said.
"I love you too." He beamed, but then frowned and pulled his phone out of his pocket, dialing nine-one-one, and telling the cops about my father.
The cops show up about ten minutes later, and take my still unconscious dad, and me and Tobias walked back to his apartment, for the rest of our lives.
Thanks for reading! Comment please, and P.S. HER DAD WAS ERIC, please review and read my other story, "wondering beyond the gates" it's about the group going exploring beyond the gate… with a pregnant Tris. Pairing is Tris x Tobias.