Tris's POV

I arrived in Chicago a little after Thanksgiving, it's now the week before Christmas. Tobias and I have been polite in front of others and ignoring each other whenever we were alone. I've gotten everyone's presents already, now all I need is a costume. I'm at the mall with the girls right now. We're getting them together to make sure there's no one with the same costume.

"Okay so Will and I are going as elves." Christina tells us.

"Uriah and I are going as a gingerbread couple." Mar says.

"Zeke decided to be Scrooge so I'm going as a girl ghost of Christmas present." Shauna says.

"I'll be a Christmas tree." Lynn says.

"Uriah told me I'm going to be , my brother always said I had a motherly vibe whenever we'd babysit for the neighbors anyways." I say.

"Okay, let's get started." Christina says.

We finally pick out costumes and try them on. Christina made us al get the "sexy" version of the costumes. Even Lynn. Christina came out in a short strapless bright green dress with a cherry red belt. She had pointy black heels and red and white striped leggings. The end of her dress is cut into triangles. To top it off she had a headband with a little green hat and bells. She looked amazing.

"Wow Christina. Will won't be able to take his eyes off you!" I exclaim.

"Now it's Mar's turn!" Christina says.

Marlene comes out in a strapless light brown dress with 3 red buttons down the middle. It's outlined in white with little swirls that look like frosting. She has heeled brown leather boots for this. She looks really good, Uri's gonna love this outfit on her! You're welcome Uri.

"OMG! THAT IS AWESOME MAR!" Shauna squeals.

"Thanks, it's your turn now by the way." Mar says.

Shauna comes out in a flowing white dress. It's long sleeved but really loose and flowy. It stops at her knees in the front but goes to her ankles in the back. She has white flats. The dress really compliments her golden hair. Zeke'll love this!

"Looking good big sis." Lynn says.

"Your turn now little sis." Shauna says.

Lynn's dress is the least...skimpy, out of all of ours. It's a long sleeved green dress with multi colored polka dots that are supposed to be ornaments. She already has short, spiky hair. Christina just needs to put green hairspray in it. She like the shoes the best because it's just green converse...as in no heels like Christina and Mar.

"That looks good on you Lynn." Christina says. "I just have to dye your hair green, temporarily of course."

"Uh...Tris's turn!" Lynn says.

I put it on and I actually feel...pretty. It's a spaghetti strapped red dress with a green apron. It's outlined in white fur. There's also a headband with a little read santa hat attached. It ends at the knees but thankfully, there's red and white striped candy cane leggings.

"Oh my god Tris!" Shauna squeals.

"You look amazing!" Mar says.

"Your's is the best looking one out of all of our's!" Christina adds.

"Thanks, you're so sweet guys." I say.

TIME SKIP

We're getting ready for the boys to come over. Christina has red eyeshadow and silver eyeliner. She somehow found green lipstick and lipgloss too. Shauna has gold eyeshadow and silver eyeliner. She has light pink lipstick and gold lipgloss. Mar has brown eyeshadow and black eyeliner. She also has brown lipstick and gingerbread flavored lipgloss. Lynn has green lipstick and lipgloss, rainbow eyeshadow, and a green eyeliner. I have green eyeshadow, silver eyeliner, ruby red lipstick and shimmery lipgloss.

"Ready to do hair?" Christina asks. We all nod. Christina has temporary green and red highlights. Shauna just curled her hair. Mar put her's in a half up half down. Lynn temporarily dyed her hair green. I have temporary glittery silver highlights.

"Okay, we all look awesome. Merry Christmas Eve guys!" Shauna says.

"Merry Christmas Eve!" we say in unison. It's 6:30 p.m. now, so the guys should be here. Right when I think that we hear the doorbell ring. This is Christina and my's apartment so we all head into Christina's room while Lynn gets the door. We hear them talking.

"Hey Lynn, you look nice." Zeke says.

"Where are the girls?" Tobias asks.

"In Christina's room." Lynn replies.

"Why are they in my girlfriend's room?" Will asks.

"Because we're revealing them one by one." Lynn says. "I'm not with them because I don't have a boyfriend."

"Neither does Tris. But we all know who she belongs with." Uriah says. I can sense him smirking.

"I'm gonna beat him up so hard when I get out." I whisper to the other girls. They snicker.

"Who's coming out first?" Tobias asks.

"Christina since she did most of the work. Then Mar then Shauna then Tris." Lynn says. Christina goes out and we hear the reactions. There's a couple whistles, Zeke and Uriah most likely, and I can practically hear Will and Christina kissing. I can also hear her say something about ruining her makeup. Mar goes out and has the same reaction only this time we hear Uriah being an overprotective boyfriend. Something about killing anyone who even looks at her. Shauna goes out and it's the same reaction with Zeke.

"Tris! It's your turn!" Christina says. I walk out and the guys' jaws drop. Tobias's eyes widen a little. I blush a little and look down. We all sit down and start talking.

"So Tris made Christmas dinner before we got ready and it's probably already cooled so you wanna eat?" Mar asks. The all nod.

"Did she make her famous chocolate cake?" Uriah asks. I nod and Zeke and Uriah's eyes light up. Everyone else looks confused. So I start to explain but Zeke does before me.

"Tris learned to cook and bake at around 10 years old. She started experimenting and made this fabulous cake. Every time there was a special family occasion she'd bake it and bring it. It was always a big hit." Zeke explains. They nod and we start to eat. When I give them their slices of cake they take a bite and their eyes light up. Before we know it all of it's gone.

"That was awesome Tris!" Will exclaims. Everyone nods in agreement.

"Well then Christina's lucky." I say. They look confused and I start to tell them, "I do baking and cooking experiments every now and then and sometimes it will be the cake. I usually share the food with whoever I live with."

"MY BEST FRIEND IS THE BEST!" Christina hugs me. We all laugh. After dinner it's like 7:30 p.m. and we don't know what to do.

"Let's go caroling!" Uriah suggests. Everyone nods.

"Tris should be head caroler, I've heard her sing in the shower." Christina says.

"I don't think-" I get cut off by Shauna.

"Please Tris? Uriah and Zeke sound like strangled cats. Will's voice is too...yeah. I've heard Mar and Lynn sing so...uh huh. Christina's voice is too high pitched, it sometimes cracks. Four's voice is too deep so he can't hit high notes. And I just suck. Please Tris?!" Shauna begs. I give in and everyone cheers and we head out. We knock on a door and someone opens it. We start. We sing Last Christmas by Ariana Grande. Then we do some classics like, All I Want For Christmas, Jingle Bells, and Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree. We do this a couple more times and then go back. When we get back, it's 8:00 p.m. and we start to exchange gifts.

"Wait, Uri's gift is a little more special," I say. "It's not under the tree, it's in my back pocket." I pull it out.

"Well what is it?" Uriah asks.

"I'm trusting you with this okay? You must never let anyone see it. Hide it in a safe place and never show anyone." He nods. Everyone looks at me strangely. I pull out an envelope and hand it to Uri. Everyone except Zeke and Uri look confused.

"Is this?" Uriah raises an eyebrow. I nod and he breaks out in a grin. He picks me up and spins me around. "THANK YOU SO SO MUCH TRISSY POO!"

He sets me down and Zeke says, "Nice Tris. I see who your favorite is now."

"What the hell did you give him?" Tobias asks.

"Yeah," Mar says. "What made Uri so happy?"

"I gave him something very special." I say.

"What the hell did you get him?" Shauna asks.

"The recipe to the cake. No one's ever seen it. I gave it to him because I trust him the second most. He's also my favorite cousin and my second best guy friend." I say.

"Second? Who's first?" Lynn asks. I shake my head and we continue with the gifts. I got Zeke a Colt 1873 Handgun. I got Will a $100 gift card to Barnes and Nobles. Christina, that expensive purse she's been telling me about. Lynn, the best knife set I could find. Shauna, that green dress outlined in blue that she was complaining about, saying it was too expensive. Mar, a $100 gift card to her favorite store. I got Tobias an Eclipse SLS Paintball Gun. It's black with fire designs.

"I've been needing a new paintball gun! How did you remember?" Tobias hugs me.

"I overheard you talking to Zeke." I say. We continue some more and I get my gifts. Christina got me a new makeup kit I've been needing, Uriah got me a new pocket knife I've been wanting, Zeke got me a new BB gun because my old one broke after the accident, Mar got me a $100 gift card to Hot Topics which happens to be my favorite store, Shauna got me the black spaghetti strap dress with a gold belt I wanted, and Will got me a free tattooing and free piercing. Nice. Tobias says he'll give me my gift later. I wonder what it is. Then I remember something.

"Hey, uh, Christina. I have a 4 year old brother Caleb's been taking care of. He's on winter break for the next 2 and a half weeks. Caleb's going to Mexico with his girlfriend, Susan, and he's coming over tomorrow. Sorry for the short notice." I say.

"That's okay, I love little kids. Is that what the other gifts are for?" Christina gesture's to TJ's gifts.

"Yeah. Some are from me and some are from "Santa Clause". Ever since my parents died he's only had Caleb. He needs a "mother figure" as Caleb says and apparently I'm perfect for that role. I guess I did get to name him though." I say.

"Your parents let you name your baby brother?" Will asks.

"Yeah they did. Her parents were awesome." Uriah says.

"His name is TJ Prior." Zeke says.

"Does TJ stand for something?" Mar asks me.

"Yeah, it does." I smile.

"Well?" Lynn raises an eyebrow.

"What does it stand for?" Shauna asks.

"Uh, Toby John Prior." I blush.

"Why are you blushing Tris?" Christina asks. I look over at Tobias, he's smirking. "It's not like the name means anything...or does it?"

"Uh, I'm going to the balcony, I need some fresh air." I say. I get up and go to the balcony.

Christina's POV

"I'm gonna go see if she's okay," Four leaves and goes to Tris. The girls and I start squealing.

"What is it?" Will asks.

"We put mistletoe out there," I smirk.

Tobias's POV

I open the door and go out then close the door. I stand behind Tris.

"Hi." I say. She looks at me and smiles.

"Hey. Beautiful night. Chicago's so pretty when it snows. I've only seen snow once or twice." she says.

"I'm sorry." I say.

"Sorry for what?"

"Forgetting you and dating Lauren."

"Oh, well. That's okay. We're good friends now."

"But that's the thing Tris, I don't wanna be just friends."

"Tobias, I can't. I just can't trust you yet. I'm sorry."

"Who do you trust the most in the world then?"

"It's funny. I trust you the most in the world but at the same time, I don't."

"Then just trust me. I promise you, you wouldn't regret it."

"I don't wanna get hurt again. I know you and Lauren broke up but, still. I just can't."

"Tris. We belong together and you know it. After all this time we run into each other. You ran into Christina for a reason. We were so good together too. You named your brother after me. Don't deny it. Toby John Prior. Tobias Jonathan Eaton. We love each other Tris. Just give me a chance."

"Just...let me think about it, please."

"Okay, but...here." I pull out her ring she threw at me a while ago. I just replaced the diamonds that fell out. She slips it on and smiles. "I also have another gift."

"You didn't have to Toby."

"I wanted to though."

I pull out the silver necklace. There's a heart locket on it. Inside there's a picture of me and her kissing and another of me and her dancing. She opens it and smiles. I stand behind her and put it on her. A single tear escapes her eye. I wipe it away and slowly lean in. She leans in ever so slightly then thinks better of it and pulls back a little.

"Thank you Tobias," she smiles.

"Dance with me."

"What?"

"Dance with me."

"But there's no music."

"Then sing."

"What if I don't want to?"

"Then let's dance without music."

She smiles and wraps her arms around my neck. I wrap my arms around her waist. She buries her head in my chest and we start dancing. Just like old times. She hums the tune to our song, A Thousand Years by Christina Perri. After a while I look up and see mistletoe. I stop dancing and tell Tris to look up.

"I'm gonna kill Christina and the girls." she says and laughs.

"I'll send her a thank you note."

We slowly lean in and then our lips crash together. We kiss for a little and then pull apart. There was not even a little spark with Lauren but with Tris, it's an inferno.

"Merry Christmas Tobias," she whispers.

"Merry Christmas Beatrice," I whisper back.

We start dancing again as snowflakes fall down. She hums the tune of a song I don't recognize and we stay like that for the rest of the night.