A/N, SO THIS IS A RANDOM FOUR-TRIS ONE-SHOT THAT CAME TO MY MIND. I LOVED THE CONCEPT SO I DECIDED TO WRITE ONE. THIS IS A RUSHED ONE AND I WILL EDIT IT LATER!
CH-REVIVING WHAT WE HAD
It's been five years since Tobias and I broke up.
Five years since my life started falling apart and came crashing down.
Five years since my life became miserable.
Five years since the unfortunate day which completely flipped my life over.
oOo
I'm in the Italian place near my old college, sipping Vodka from my cold steel tumbler making sure no one realises what I am drinking. Not that it matters, but I like to be mysterious and stuff. It gives me a kick.
I come here to the same restaurant Tobias and I had celebrated the 6th anniversary of our relationship.
I religiously come here each year on our anniversary in hopes that Tobias will come to see me, too. But that day has not come yet.
But I will not give up on Tobias just like that.
I will not give up on us just like that.
I sit in the restaurant for hours waiting for the miracle to happen which has not happened yet.
I sit facing the doorway so I can see who is entering and leaving the place.
And just like every year, I'm drunk and disappointed when he does not come.
Why I thought this was a good idea is something I cannot focus on right now as I listen to people after people singing mushy songs in the background.
As soon as I stand up, logic is thrown out of the window and I go to the center of the stage. Up until now I had kept a track of everyone entering and exiting, but now that hardly matters.
I request the song The One That Got Away by Katy Perry and luckily they have it so I decide to give it a go. I want to say it out loud that I dedicate this song to my lover, Tobias.
But I am not so sure, because he was the one who broke up with me. So how can I say that he's my lover?
I notice movement in the doorway, but I ignore it. It's not like Tobias is gonna come here. He won't.
"Alright ladies and gentlemen, I would like to dedicate this song to a person who meant a lot to me, means a lot to me. But due to some twisted circumstances we faced difficulties and hardships that I am unaware of. We drifted apart and I haven't heard from him since. We celebrated our 6th year anniversary on this day five years ago right here and that was the day it ended. I have been coming here every year on this day in hopes of colliding with him, but my attempts are not working. I have decided that if he does not show up, which he probably won't, I will leave the town," I say eliciting several gasps from the audience. Completely in sync with me, the music starts right on cue.
Summer after high school when we first met
We made out in your Mustang to Radiohead
And on my 18th birthday we got matching tattoos
Used to steal your parents' liquor and climb to the roof
Talk about our future like we had a clue
Never planned that one day I'd be losing you
I involuntarily sway with the beat and then continue singing.
In another life I would be your girl
We keep all our promises, be us against the world
And in other life I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away!
My eyes and nose start prickling, maybe this isn't such a good idea.
I was June and you were my Johnny Cash
Never one without the other, we made a pact
Sometimes when I miss you, I put those records on, (whoa)
Someone said you had your tattoo removed
Saw you downtown singing the blues
It's time to face the music, I'm no longer your muse
My eyes are filled with tears that I don't want to shed just yet by the next paragraph.
In another life I would be your girl
We keep all our promises, be us against the world
And in another life, I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away
The o-o-o-o-one
The o-o-o-o-one
The o-o-o-o-one
The one that got away
The tears finally start drifting away from my eyes and slide along my cheeks and I rush to wipe them away.
All this money can't buy me a time machine, (Nooooo)
Can't replace you with a million rings, (Nooooo)
I should've told you what you meant to me, (whoa)
'Cause now I pay the price
In another life I would be your girl
We keep all our promises, be us against the world
And in another life, I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away
By now tears are flowing unrestrictedly down my cheeks but I don't bother because now I am hopeless
I break into sobs and my nose is runny.
The o-o-o-o-one
The o-o-o-o-one
The o-o-o-o-one
And in another life I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away!
A huge shiver passes through my spine making me shake.
By the time I am done with the song I am a huge mess. With earthquake like sobs, I crumple down on the floor.
After a moment or two the crowd breaks into an applaud. How did they like it? I bet on anything I was a gigantic, big-ass mess.
I get up and I am about to leave when a familiar voice hits my ears and I fall down on the floor right there.
I turn around when the music starts and face the person singing Let's Be Us Again by Lonestars.
And standing at the center of the stage is none-other-than Tobias-Fucking-Eaton. And as our eyes lock he starts singing in his divine voice.
Tell me what I have to do tonight,
'Cause I'd do anything to make it right.
Let's be us again.
Sorry for the way I lost my head,
I don't know why I said the things I said:
Let's be us again.
A fresh set of tears flows down my cheeks but I don't dare move, fearing this is a dream and will end soon.
Here I stand with everything to lose,
And all I know is, I don't wanna ever see the end.
Baby, please, I'm reaching out for you,
Won't you open up your heart an' let me come back in?
Let's be us again,
Ooh, us again.
I want that too, Tobias. That's why I am here.
Look at me, I'm way past pride.
Isn't there some way that we can try,
To be us again.
An' even if it takes a while,
I'll wait right here until I see that smile,
That says we're us again.
I want to smile but I fear that he isn't talking about me. It's been five-fucking-years. He could have met someone new. This thought makes my heart burn and twist in agony. What if that is true? I would die. I can't imagine him with another woman. Shit just got real.
Here I stand with everything to lose,
And all I know is, I don't wanna ever see the end.
Baby, please, I'm reaching out for you,
Won't you open up your heart an' let me come back in?
Let's be us.
I look around frantically, searching for the person he might be referring to.
*InstrumentalBreak*
Baby, baby, what would I do?
Can't imagine life without you.
Um, I don't know. Is he talking to me? But he broke up with me. Why would he want to get back together. He must be with someone better.
Prettier and way better than my flat-chested, short self. Someone who deserves his beautiful soul.
Here I stand with everything to lose,
And all I know is, I don't wanna ever see the end.
Baby, please, I'm reaching out for you,
Won't you open up your heart an' let me come back in?
Oh, here I am, I'm reaching out for you,
So won't you open up your heart an' let me come back in?
Let's be us again.
Oh, let's be us again.
I can't take it anymore, as soon as the music stops I ask (try whimper) with quivering lips," Are you talking about us, Tobias?"
He doesn't reply and my worst nightmares come true.
My knees feel as if they will give away any second now.
Right before I fall, Tobias catches me and smiles warmly but I just stay motionless, masking my emotions behind a fake facade, I don't want to be tricked and played yet again.
"Well, if you are not happy to see me, I could just leave again," he says to me with eyes full of a look that screams please don't let go.
I have been waiting for this for the past five years and now that it has finally happened, I am destroying it.
No, I won't fuck up. I want him back. I love him.
"You were gone too long as is," I say with a warm smile on my face just before his lips lock with mine. He kisses me softly as he holds my face between his strong hands.
He gets up and takes a step towards me, till we are standing face-to-face. Then he reaches to take my hand and slips off my glove, which he puts into his pocket. He holds my bare hand in his, his fingers curved around mine. His hand is warm and callused, and his touch makes me shiver. His eyes were steady and blue; they are everything that Tobias is: true and tender, sharp and witty, loving and kind. "Marry me," he says. "Marry me, Tris. Marry me and be called Tris Eaton. Or be Tris Prior, or be whatever you wish to call yourself, but marry me and stay with me and never leave me, for I cannot bear another day of my life to go by that does not have you in it."
I nod because at this point if I say anything I would start crying again. He slides a ring on my finger with tears in both of our eyes.
"I am home, honey," I say to him with a content smile.
"Home is where you are, love," he says prompting a row of 'Oohs' and 'Aahs' from the crowd.
This is my happily ever after.
In Tobias's arms and a Rock on my finger.
THERE IT GOES! MY FIRST DIVERGENT FAN-FICTION!
I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED IT, PLEASE REVIEW!
XOXO,
BibliophilicBlunder