Tobias's POV

I guess we somehow decided to go back to my apartment and sense my mom wasn't going to be there I didn't object. Besides we had some catching up to do. We walked in silence away from the wheel. We didn't touch, but I could feel the force between us, it was like gravity. Like the Earth pulling on the moon. My heart beat had steadied, but I wasn't sure if I had fully recovered from Tris reappearing like this. I wasn't sure if I ever would, it was like a dream, really, and I had dreamed it so many times. Dreamed that she had never left, dreamed us growing old together, dreamed about her just walking out of the ocean or falling from the sky and landing in my arms saying that she had been allowed to come back to me from heaven and now her she was. I had so many questions to ask her and I'm sure she was all but knowledgeable of me at the moment, but I knew that now wasn't the time.

"So, how have you been." She almost seemed awkward. This was not how it should be. I took her hand in mine.

"My life has been steady. As for me personally, I have been a total," I paused

"A total…" she was asking me to finish that sentence which I knew I couldn't do. Words couldn't describe how I had lived without her these past few years. Barely alive really...

"Look Tris, I haven't been that great, neither has Christina and Celeb." I had just almost come to terms with her death after all this time… I mean I had brought myself to spread her ashes only a few days ago and now she just appears out of the blue? None of this made any sense.

"I know, know. I'm sorry I couldn't have come to you any soon, but I didn't want to risk being seen-" she stopped walking and turned me to face her. "Tobias, you can't tell anyone that I'm alive, do you hear me?" I was shocked. Didn't she realise that people still loved her, missed her? People believed she was dead. She shook me slightly. "Tobias, this is important. No one must know that I'm here. No one." I nodded faintly. Then said

"I won't tell, but people have seen me walking around with no soul for two years. I think they'll notice that I have my heart back." My hands found her waist and I pulled her close. I kissed her neck made my way up to her jawline. I felt the warmth of her breath on my ear and she whispered

"Don't let me go. Ever."

"Never." I mumbled back to her, getting lost in her scent. It was getting harder to control myself. I felt her small hands slip under the hem of my shirt and trace the lines of my tattoo; we both knew the marks off by heart. She knew exactly what she was doing when she placed her palm against the Dauntless symbol.

"Tris I-"

"I know." She said and pulled away.

When we reached my apartment it was around two in the morning. We hadn't said much on the walk back, but I didn't mind. Just knowing that she was there was all I needed to keep moving. I unlocked the door and moved out of the way to let her step in first.

"Wow." She said and even though I couldn't see her face I knew she was smiling. I stepped closer to her to fill the space between us. There had been a gap keeping s apart for far too long. I kissed her hard on the lips and she did the same back to me. It was dark and we were alone. There was nothing to stop me when I picked her up and plopped her back down onto the sofa. I felt her smile under my lips and that was all I needed. She slipped my shirt off and through it onto the floor.