They make me stay overnight, I ask Tobias to stay with me. The doctors wheel me out to get an MRI since my head was bashed so many times. They come back with my test results.
The nurse reads their conclusion of my injuries: a severe concussion, bruising, a broken rib, and a sufficient amount of blood loss. But they forget to mention one - loss of dignity. Tobias then gives me a reassuring hug, too tight for my liking which causes me to cringe in pain. Tobias immediately lets go and apologies.
TOBIAS' POV
Once Tris falls asleep I quietly go to Max's apartment, once I knock the door opens and Max is standing there with a relieved look on his face. "Are you here to take the nuisance back with you"? "Not yet," I say as I usher Max to come into the hallway with me. "Max I need to tell you why I left him with you last night" I say. Max suddenly looks interested. "Last night I found Peter after kidnapped one of our initiates, Tris Prior, for two days and raped her multiple times." Max's jaw drops to the floor, astounded. I tell him how we have to quickly figure out what we are going to do with Peter, so that I can get back to Tris, who will probably be wondering where I am when she wakes up. Max and I decide that Peter will be tortured and then be killed by decapitation. Rape is the second biggest crime in dauntless, next to murder. Once we are done talking I race back to Tris right before she wakes up. It breaks my heart at how small she is now, her spirit has been crushed, and I don't believe she will ever recover emotionally. The nurse comes back in to change out Tris' IV fluid. Once she is done she asks to talk to me privately, she asks how Tris got this way. I answer by telling her that she will need to ask Tris for that answer. The nurse then informs me that if Tris and I are planning on becoming intimate anytime soon we will have to wait because the skin and tissue around the area is so badly torn. I wince again when I picture what Peter did to the love of my life. I am not the kind to become weak but at this moment in time I feel my whole body become denser and I collapse on the ground once I begin to envision how Tris got this way.
TRIS' POV
Tobias frantically shakes me until I wake up. He is taking me home. I begin to sob again, clutching onto Tobias' shirt, he hugs me back and doesn't let go until we get back to his apartment and we lay down.
TOBIAS' POV
Tris and I lay on my bed until we fall asleep. I can tell that she is trying to act strong now, like she isn't broken.
I hold her tightly as I say, "You'll always be the girl I first met, but truly be yourself when you're ready. You're allowed to be sad". The second I say that Tris breaks down and cries until she falls asleep.
It takes weeks before she leaves my apartment. She has already become a dauntless member. Her friends have not seen her since before she was assaulted. They have come up to me every day asking if I know what happened to Tris. I tell Tris how Will and Zeke won't stop asking. She tells me to bring all of her friends here so she can explain. I tell her I think it's best if she meets up with them, to tell them. She agrees and we walk to get lunch. When we arrive Christina runs up and hugs Tris, even though Tris doesn't enjoy physical contact she hugs back. After Tris tells all of her friends what happened, I watch Tris try to hide her tears for as long as she can, but in the end she runs back to my room. It takes a few more days, but Tris leaves to go watch Peter execution. She thinks it will be a good idea to watch him die.
TRIS' POV
The second I see his emotionless face I turn to Tobias and cry into his arms. He embraces me with a hug until I am ready to turn around. I turn around with tears still rolling down my cheeks. Max asks Peter if he has any last words. Peter nods and says," I know you liked it Tris, you were begging for it. I wish we had more time to do it again!" I sprint down the hallway, but I don't make it very far before Tobias catches up to me.
Tobias holds me close as he says, "it's okay and he can't hurt you anymore."
I fall to the ground. It feels like everything is crashing down on me. Tobias sits next to me and cradles me until I stop crying.
TOBIAS' POV
The girl I love is sitting next to me curled up and broken and I don't know how to make her feel better. I keep my space for a few days after, to let her heal. Suddenly Tris gets out of bed and comes to talk to me.
"I want to move in with you", she says with a sudden perkiness in her voice.
I pull her into me and say, "I would love that".
Tris' eyes light up immediately. She is moved in by the end of the night. She lies next to me. Her body is warm from carrying her boxes from her old room. I can tell that she has fallen asleep now because I can hear her breathing become even. I know that her peacefulness will not last long, and something much worse is about to come.