So, this is not an update, well kind of. I changed the end to make the story to an end, as you could read in my new No-War story. I hope you enjoy and see you at my next story!
62 years later
It has been more than 60 years since I saw Tris for the last time. It took me 5 years to go on, but the nightmares about losing her and the dreams about her beautiful grey eyes stayed with me forever.
I did what she told me to do. I didn't blame Caleb, but I hadn't spoken to him for three years. I couldn't handle my own grieve, let alone his.
After I was able to handle my grief, I got a job as assistant of Joanna Reyes, a politician of our city.
Later, I had become a politician myself. I was one of the most important people of Chicago.
Chicago wasn't a experiment anymore. It was an independent city without factions, but there was still peace. There still is. Most of the buildings were rebuilt and now, people live there. I actually love the new city, but I've still the habit of putting people into factions who walk by.
I've always got support from my friends, especially Christina. She had lost Will, Tris and Uriah. She is one of the strongest persons I've ever known in my life. Although all of us had grief, we hanged out more often. Played games, talked about our new lives and sometimes about the time before the war. But no one ever spoke about our lost ones, fortunately.
I never dated anyone else. I just couldn't. Why dating someone else, when you already found the love of your life? Zeke tried to couple me with some girl he met, but I never accepted. Every time I thought about marrying someone, having kids and have a family, I reminded myself by the letter.
About the letter. I stared at the letter very often, absorbing the words one by one. Wiping away tears before they could fall. I did that once a week in the first years. It became two weeks, a month, a year. I kept the letter always in nightstand next to my bed. Every night I whisper: "I love you Tris. You are my everything. Please come back." Sometimes, I fall asleep with the letter to my chest, praying for Tris to come back. But she never did.
And now. Now I'm in a hospital bed, ready to go to Tris. Zeke and Shauna already passed away a couple of years ago. Christina is next to me now, saying it's okay to go. To go to Tris, to my friends.
Before I go, I hear Christina say: "Tell Will I love him…" I will Christina. I close my eyes. When I open them, everything in the hospital is white. I look around and there she is, sitting on the same spot Christina sat just a moment ago. My Tris… My beautiful Tris.
"Hello Tobias," she says with a smile. I want to kiss her so badly, but then I remember I'm 80 years old, and she is 16. "Tris, you are so young. I'm too old!" She smiles and says: "No, Tobias. Look at yourself." She holds a mirror. I look at myself in shock. I am 18 again!
I can't believe what happened. "How..what..when" I try to make sense out of it, but I can't. "You chose deep inside your heart to be 18 again. That's why you are 62 years younger," she says calmly. I stand up and kiss her. Oh, I missed this so badly. I missed her so badly, I correct myself.
She pulls away and says: "Come, Tobias. I'll show you Heaven." We go outside the hospital in Chicago. She leads me to the train tracks and we jump on the train. As we sit down I ask: "How are you?" A weird question, but I really want to know if she's okay. "Yeah, I'm fine. Will and I are good, even though I shot him. I got to see my parents again. Al, Uriah, Marlene, Lynn, Tori and recently Zeke and Shauna are all here. We have missed you a lot. I'm so proud of you, Tobias. I've seen everything," she pauses for a second, tears in her eyes. "I love you so much, you are also my everything. I'm back now." I get tears in my eyes and hug her so tightly. "You heard me," I whisper in her hair. "Every single night," she responds.
By the time we pull away, we are at the Dauntless compound. We jump of the train and walk towards the pit. Here, it's not all white. It's the same as it was before we redecorated it again. It's good to be at Dauntless again.
"Do you want to meet the others?" Tris asks. "Yes," I say as we walk towards the cafeteria. It's dinnertime and most of the people here are at dinner. As we walk into the cafeteria, I hear several: "Hey Four!" and "Four's here!" and all the attention is at me. I don't know how to respond, but Tris leads me to a table where my friends sit. Will sits next to Al, whom I'm still angry at, after so many years. Next to Al sits Zeke and next to Zeke Shauna. Across from Will, Uriah has his arm around Marlene, I knew it, and Lynn sits next to Tori. I'm surprised to see Amar and George next to Tori.
They all look at me and say: "FOUR!" at the same time. I grin and sit next to Tris, Who sits next to Shauna. "I'm so glad to see you all again!" I respond and I truly mean it.
We eat and talk about all kinds of stuff. "Will, Christina said to me before I died, that she loves you." Will gets tears in his eyes. Al pats him on the back.
After we finished dinner, Tris and I walk to the chasm. We go to our special spot and sit down on a flat rock. Tris snuggles in my chest and sighs deeply. "I'm so glad we are together again..." she says after a long silence. "Me too, I read your letter and did everything you told me to do, except for moving on. It was like I've been stuck in the past forever."
"That's not true, Tobias. Everywhere you went, everything you did, I was there the whole time."
I look at her to see if she's lying, but I find myself staring in those beautiful grey eyes. She meant it.
"I love you, Tris. And I'm never going to loose you again."
