Chapter 2

I woke to cold air on my cheeks. Had I dreamed all that? Was this real? Wanting to open my eyes but afraid of the outcome I did. To my relief he was there arms coddling me like he was afraid to loose me. I couldn't help but smile, and laugh inwardly at the thought. Two people who trained in the Faction of the brave, who fought a war that seemed to never end were gripping onto each other, afraid.

"Tris?" He whispered waking as I stirred in his arms.

"Yes?"

"Marry me, and ill make you my main PRIORity." I smiled not taking him seriously. Which was silly sense we had always been serious with each other. Something I think we inherited from a mix of Dauntless and Abnegation.

"Oh ok." I laughed. "Let me guess we'll spend our whole life EATON together." It felt good to joke with him. Even if I wasn't a funny person he brought out the best in me. A smile appeared on his lips making my heart jump but then it faded to a serious look. Back to the old way I guess.

"Im being serious."

"Oh."

"So?"

"Ya I guess." I replied deep in thought. Then the realization of what was happening brought tears to my eyes. "Wait are you joking?" Now he really laughed.

"I just said I was serious didn't I?" Before I or he could say anything else our lips locked and a gust of wind blew through the train cart as the train turned.

"I love you, Beatrice."

"I love you, Tobias." My eyes looked behind me at an odd sound and I realized we were by a lake. Grabbing his hand I pulled him to the front ready to jump. No words were necessary but a wide smirk formed on our lips in mutual agreement. Without even having to count we jumped.

The great thing about being dead is even though we can feel, we can't die. Which means we can pull stupid stunts and have them just be stupid. I could jump off a cliff if I wanted and have moments of pain but then i'd recover, eventually anyway. Even then there was no time for completely idiotic stunts. Even if we lived in a world undefined by time, time still ticks.

Ice cold water brought me and Tobias up to the surface gasping and searching for somewhere to climb out. Once we found a doc we latched onto it Tobias getting out before me. I had caught him in the corner of my eye trying to help me up but shook my head. I was plenty capable. Suddenly as I looked up at him a memory formed and I held up my hand for help. His larger hand enveloped mine and I was pulled out of the water.

"Remember?"

"I never forgot." He went in to kiss me but I jerked my head down, pretending to be sad at the sight of my hand. This caused definite confusion/

"What's wrong?"

"Theres something missing..."

"A kiss?" He asked hopefully.

"No...I believe you proposed to me. But there isn't a ring."

"Well I wasn't planning on-" He smirked and plucked grass from the side of the lake. Braiding three peices he gently tied it around my finger. "Better?"

"Much." I smiled and did the same for him. We kissed for awhile, and though we had been kissing a lot latley I didn't want it to end.

"C'mon lets go get warmed up." He said breaking apart. "Where do people live here anyway?"

"Well I currently live with my parents in a small town...outside a city." We talked about life here for awhile waiting for a train to come, when it finally did we jumped on and waited till it pulled into the house. When I walked in my mother was sitting with my father talking about love or something sappy. I hadn't even realized what shape we were in.

"My word, Beatrice what happened?" My father insisted on calling me by my first name. Looking down I realized I was covered in dry dirt, coal dust, and small patches of undried water.

"We went swimming." I said smiling. "Anyway I think we should get to bed. Its late."

"You never sleep." My mom pointed out.

"I do now." I replied causing my father to raise an eyebrow. "No dad, I don't mean 'sleep' I mean actual sleep. Ill explain late but right now we are covered in dirt and tired.

Tobias showered in my parents room and I showered in mine. Once we were both dressed we lay down and I curled in. Middle of the night I felt eyes on me and opened them to find Tobias looking down at me, protectively. When I spoke my voice was not gentle, or harsh but firm and tired.

"What are you doing?"

"Making sure you don't disappear. Making sure i'm not dreaming again."

"I promise I'll be here when you wake up." I mumbled and I saw fear in his eyes.

I guess fear isn't something you'll ever get rid of. It's not something you can grow out of, or learn to ignore. Like I have said before fear wakes you up, and will keep waking you up far into the afterlife.

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