Months had flown by. Tris and Tobias were both growing their friendship slowly, catching each other up on what the other missed in their life. And since two years was a really long time, they were often seen together a lot. In fact, the media had also got caught up in the best friends' relationship.

Mystery girl seen with pop star Four.

Has teen sensation Four finally found his match?

Is Four dating?

These were just a few of the many things that were seen on the internet. To any ordinary person, it would seem as if they were dating. Most of the time, the pictures were taken when Tobias makes a lame joke, causing Tris to slap him playfully, which resulted in Tobias feigning hurt, which caused Tris to laugh, which in turn caused Tobias to laugh. That was the way it was, always.

All of the controversy about him and Tris made Tobias wonder. Did he really want to be in a relationship now? Yes, he no longer wanted to be the seventh wheel when he was with the band. But the only person he could see himself with was Tris.

In his opinion, Tris was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Her singular blue-grey eyes, the golden locks of hair, and her petite yet perfect figure made her look like a princess. The way she laughed, oh, her laugh, it was unlike anything he had ever heard. It was ethereal. And the way she made him laugh, God, no one made him laugh like the way she did. Just being herself was the best thing ever. And as Tobias spent more and more time with her, he realized that Tris was it for him. She was what he wanted.

But he could never bring himself to do it. It was like getting on stage. He was nervous every time, but once he got on, he knew that it was going to be alright. The problem this time? He didn't know if everything would be alright. And that scared him. He had just gotten back their friendship; he didn't want to take any chances and ruin it.

When Tris saw the articles, she shrugged them off, not thinking more about it. But as time went on and the number of articles kept increasing, she began to wonder. She fantasized a world where she and Tobias were dating, where instead of making a lame joke, Tobias would try to flatter her.

Soon the fantasizing got to her, and she began hoping, praying, that this would happen. Every time she was with Tobias, she had butterflies. A whole swarm of them. But she never did anything about them, though, because wasn't the guy supposed to ask the girl first? She would never bring herself to do it, because she had already ruined their friendship, and she didn't want to risk doing it again.

So for months the two of them stayed friends, both hiding their feelings for each other in hopes to keep their friendship.


It was almost Christmas break, and it was a Friday. That was the day that Tobias and Tris went out to the café. He would get a chocolate muffin, and she a blueberry. There, they talked and laughed and finished their homework so that they could spend as much time possible together over the weekend.

On this particular Friday, however, the yearbook staff were trying to meet a deadline that was due for tomorrow, and since none of them were willing to sacrifice their weekend, they decided to meet after school to finish it. When Tris told Tobias the news, he decided that he would rather wait for Tris to finish than go anywhere else. What better way to day dream about the love of your life than to day dream with that person right in front of you?

When the bell rang, Tris rushed out of the classroom and into the computer lab, where her fellow colleagues were editing pictures and typing furiously on the keyboards. Pages twenty-five to forty were due, so Tris began scrolling through the pages, looking to add her expertise when needed. Meanwhile, Tobias stood at the door, unseen by Tris, and was waiting for her to finish up.

Page thirty-five. This was the day that Four and the Pansycakes got back from tour. She looks at the caption for the pictures that she uploaded. Sure enough, there were far better captions than the ones she had put. She glanced at the picture of Four that she had uploaded. She smiled and began fantasizing again. She found herself doing that a lot lately. Using the cursor, she began drawing hearts around his face, over and over again.

Tobias, who happened to be standing near by her, saw this discreet movement. At first he thought that she was merely showing her love to him as a friend, but then he realized that it was a repeated motion, and he noticed the soft sighs that came from Tris as she did so. It was then that he realized that she felt the same way about him that he felt about her. And he planned on doing something about it.

Quickly, he fled the classroom and posted a note on her locker. Meet me at the place, it read. He knew she would understand what it would mean.

And she did. Once the team was finished with the yearbook, she made her way to her locker, gathered up her stuff, and headed to the treehouse in the woods. She was curious as to what he could be asking. Could it be what she had hoped for all these months?

When she finally arrived, she saw Tobias. And damn did he look hot. He was holding his guitar, smirking, but under that smirk his nerves were going haywire. He could do this. For Tris and their future.

He started singing and strumming. It was one of their songs from a while ago, a few months before the band grew popular. It was supposed to be a romantic song, which Tris picked up on right away. When he finished, he look her hands in his and said,

"Tris, you are beautiful and I love each and every single thing about you. I want to be a part of your special life. So Tris, will you do me the honor of becoming my girlfriend?"

Tris was taken back by his statement, but she knew what she wanted, so she replied with a, "Yes. Of course, Tobias,"

He pulled her into him and their bodies were flush against each other. He wrapped his arms around her and she returned the gesture. They fit together perfectly, just like they imagined that they would.

Although he had his music notes and she had her photographs, they both realized that now, they had each other.


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