BTW, they live in Rhode Island.
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Tris and Tobias ate in silence for the next few minutes, before Tobias got an alert on his phone. He picked it up, and looked at the text, gasping.
"What?" Tris asked, eyes drawn from her sandwich.
Tobias smiled. "Mr. Oberfield put up the cast list."
"Oh my god!" Tris said, and pulled out her own phone, opening the page for drama. "Tobias," she said, lightly hitting his arm. "Tobias, I got Hope!" Hope was the girl principle.
"No way!" Tobias said, smiling. "What did I get?"
Tris's face darkened, and she frowned. "I'm sorry, but you got Bobby Strong."
"Oh," he said. "Oh!" Bobby was the lead. "No way." Tobias smiled. They high-fived as the bell rang.
Tris collected her stuff, and was about to leave when she turned to Tobias and held out her hand. Dangling between the tips of her blue painted fingernails was a small piece of paper.
"What's this?" he asked, taking it.
"I said maybe next time," she said, smiling, and walked away.
Tobias watched her go before turning over the paper and gathering his stuff. On it was her number.
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The next two weeks were a blur of school and singing rehearsals. Tobias and Tris had talked many times, and they were good talks, long ones too. He wanted to ask her on a date, but wasn't sure if she would say yes. Tris was a secret, and all the signs that he had read were mixed.
They had had their first blocking practice that day, doing Act 1 Scene 1, and it had gone well. Tris and Tobias were walking to their cars together when it happened.
"Okay," Tris said, stepping over the curb. "I'm tired of this."
"Tired of what?" Tobias asked, doing the same.
"All this dancing around." They stopped at Tris's car, and she crossed her arms and looked up at him. "Would you go on a date with me?"
Tobias's heart swelled in his chest. "What?"
"Mmhm. Would you?"
"Yeah!" Tobias replied, smiling. He had wanted to ask her out of course, but they were going out! "When are you free?"
"Next Saturday work for you?" she asked. It was Thursday.
"Yeah," he smiled. "Can I pick you up at six?"
Tris nodded. "Sure. Text me the details." She got into his car, and he into his. In the quiet safety of his Jeep, he laughed. A date. With Tris! He couldn't wait.
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Friday went quickly, and Tobias could barely concentrate; he was so excited. He had been thinking of possible date locations, and he was jittery like a 13 year old with his first girlfriend. But after remembering where Tris said her favorite place was during one of their numerous phone calls, he knew exactly where to take her. He texted her, telling her to wear comfortable clothing and sandals.
On Saturday, Tobias slept in and wasted the day by watching TV before getting ready. He dressed in a dark red t-shirt, blue jeans, and flip-flops, and packed a picnic dinner, before grabbing his Northface and car keys, kissing his mom, and heading out to his car.
It took about fifteen minutes to get to Tris's house, and when he got there, six o'clock exactly, he parked his car and nervously walked up to the door.
It was Tris's dad who answered, a tall man with salt-and-pepper hair.
"Hello sir," Tobias said, offering his hand for a shake. "I'm Tobias."
"Nice to meet you," Mr. Prior smiled, taking his hand with a firm grip. "I've heard a lot about you. Please, come in."
"Thank you sir." Tobias stepped in to the house, smiling at the cozy, warmness of it. It was well lived in, and pictures decorated the walls of Tris, her brother Caleb, and her father.
"Where will you be taking my daughter tonight Tobias?" Mr. Prior said, turning to him.
"I was thinking of going to the beach tonight with Tris, if that's okay. I packed a picnic and, I thought that we could stay there for a while. I know she enjoys it," Tobias said.
Mr. Prior laughed. "That sounds wonderful Tobias. But please have her home by ten."
"Yes sir."
"Daddy," said a voice from upstairs. "You aren't intimidating Tobias, are you?" Tris smiled as she came down the stairs. She looked beautiful, wearing a black Columbia fleece over a deep red shirt, with blue skinny jeans and Birkenstocks. Her hair was lightly waved.
"You- you look beautiful." Tobias stammered. This was it, he really was a 13 year old going on his first date. Get it together, he thought to himself.
"Thank you," she said, striding over to him. "Dad, I'm going, I'll be back by curfew."
"Okay," he said, and smiled again. "Have a good time."
Tris led him out of the door, and he opened her car door before going over to the driver's side and starting the car.
Tris looked over at him as he backed out of the driveway. "I'm thrilled that we can do this," she said, and smiled her infectious smile. "Now, where are we going? You wouldn't tell me!"
"I know," Tobias replied. "That's the point. It's a surprise." He shifted onto the highway.
"I have mixed feelings about surprises," Tris said.
"Why?"
"Well, once, Caleb threw me a surprise party, and when they leapt out as I walked through the door, I fell and had to get stitches on my lip." Tobias laughed at that, but it was strained. He was nervous.
"Somethings wrong," Tris voiced, and she looked at him and smiled. "You're nervous."
Tobias raised an eyebrow. "No."
"Yes, I can tell." Tris folded her hands in her lap. "Why are you nervous?"
"Because," Tobias said. "You're really amazing, and I really like you, and I'm worried that you won't like where I'm taking you, and you look really good, so," he laughed awkwardly. "And you're way awesome."
She grinned. "Thank you. But I am no more awesome than you are. And I know I'm going to love where you are taking me."
"How?"
Tris tilted her head. "Because I am with you."
The rest of the car ride went smoothly; they talked and laughed all the way to the beach, and when they got there, Tris gasped.
"You took me here?" She asked, exiting the car gracefully as Tobias grabbed a blanket and the picnic from the trunk. He followed as Tris walked quickly down the trail, taking off her sandals as soon as she hit the sand.
She laughed a little, bouncing, and Tobias walked about twenty feet from the water to set the blanket, basket, and his shoes down. As he turned around, a small force knocked into him, almost taking him out.
Tris's arms wrapped around him like a vice, and he looked down at her blonde head. "Thank you!"
Tobias's heart filled with joy, and he wrapped his arms around her too, rubbing a hand up her back. "It's my pleasure."
She pulled away, face filled with delight. He led her to the blanket, and she set her shoes down there. "Oh, and you packed a picnic too?!"
Tobias nodded.
"You are the best!" She took his hand, sending tingles up his spine.
"Would you like to walk a little?" Tobias asked, and Tris nodded. They held hands as they walked, and it was beautiful. She was beautiful. So he told her so.
"Thank you," she said, and smiled at him. "Thank you."
"Why do you love the beach so much?" he asked, cherishing the smell of the air, the feeling of the sand on his feet and Tris's hand in his.
Tris thought for a little, calculating her answer. "Because, here, I can get away. There is a bigger story though, and perhaps someday I will tell it to you."
"I can't wait."
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Tris lay with her head on Tobias's lap, head turned to the ocean. He played with a strand of her hair as they watched the waves crash onshore.
"What do you want to do?" Tris asked, fingers linking with Tobias's.
"I want to join the army."
"Really?" Tris asked. "Why?"
"Because," said Tobias, twisting a strand of hair. "I want to give back. I want to help people, and I want to honor the people who have fought before me. I think it's my path."
"Wow. After college or high school?"
"After high school. If I want to go to college after, I'll have the money."
"That's wonderful," Tris said.
"What do you want with your life?"
"I want to travel, I want to go," she said, and Tobias understood. She didn't seem to be the type of person who would stay in one place. "But, I know that doesn't make money, so I want to be a journalist. I can travel with that."
"What about dance? You're so good."
"And I do love it. I'd probably get a minor in that, and hopefully do that on the side. Maybe teach. I'm not sure."
"Do you have any colleges in mind?"
"Yes," she said. "I want to go to Emerson, in Massachusetts. It's close, and it has what I want. I've applied, actually."
"That's amazing," Tobias said, smiling. "I hope you get in."
They sat for another few minutes.
"It's getting a little chilly," Tris said "Want to come over to my house and watch Friends for a while?"
"Sure," Tobias said, and waited for Tris to sit up before getting up himself. They collected the remnants of their pizza dinner, before getting into the Jeep and driving to Tris's house.
They alerted her father that they were there, and they sat on the couch together, watching the first few episodes of Friends. When Tobias got up to leave, Tris gave him a kiss on the cheek, and said goodnight.
It was the best date that he had ever been on. He knew it was because of Tris.
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