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Chapter 3
Tobias POV
The Abnegation girl, who jumped first, looks so much like Bea. But knowing her, she wouldn't leave her family behind. She had something I didn't. A loving family. All I had, was a abusive father and mother that faked her death to get away from him. I met her at the factionless a few months ago. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, but with Tris now here I'm not going to. For some strange reason, I feel protective of her. It's probably because she looks so much like Bea. Just thinking about her, makes me choke up in tears. I miss her so much.
When I guide the transfer group back to the Pit, I realise Tris isn't among them. I decide to wait a few minutes, but she doesn't show up. I start get suspicious and go back to the dorms. Maybe she's tired and decided to take a nap. When I get to where she sleeps, all I see are grey, bloodied shirts. I frown and touch it. It's still wet, which means she has been bleeding. Did she hurt herself or something? I then hear the shower running. I decide to take a look. I know I'm not supposed to, but this is very weird. I hear her choke on her breath. I carefully open the door and I'm mortified in what I see.
Blood. The ground is covered with blood. Tris is sitting on the ground curled up in a ball, covering herself. I turn off the shower that has turned cold. I go back to the dorms and take a big towel. I go back, carefully, knowing she is aware I'm there. I drape the towel around her. I try to lift her up, but she stars to shake when I touch her. "No, no don't touch me". She mumbles. "Tris, it's just me. I'm not going to hurt you." I say softly.
She only starts trembling more. What is wrong with her? Someone has hurt her before she got here, that's for sure. "Stay away from me, Marcus". My eyes grow wide at the mention of my father's name. No, no this can't be happening. I step back in horror. He has hurt her. Marcus has hurt Tris. This can mean only one thing. Tris is Bea. Bea is Tris. I can't believe it.
Tears are threating to fall. I wipe them away. No, I have to be strong for Bea...no I mean Tris. Marcus has hurt her badly. I slowly go back and kneel down. "Bea, it's me. I'm not going to hurt you". She is still trembling when I pick her up, but she doesn't say anything. Instead she nestles in my arms and falls asleep. I decide to take her to my apartment. I lay her down on the bed and put the covers over her. I then go back to the dorms to clean up the blood. Nobody can see this. I throw away her old shirts and get some clean clothes.
I go back and see she is still sleeping peacefully. I smile and kiss her forehead. I get some bandages and carefully wrap her back. My stomach turns at the sight of her back. She has defiantly been whipped. She doesn't seem hurt anywhere else so I let her sleep. I go to Max's office to inform him that one of the transfers hurt her back seriously and that she will be staying with me for the night. He asks if she can still do initiation and say yes. I make some diner for when Tris awakes. I know she'll hungry when she wakes up.
Tris POV
I open my eyes. My vision is foggy so it takes a while to take in my surroundings. I feel like I'm lying on a bed. I distantly remember being in a shower. I pull away the covers and see I'm in clean clothes. I look up and can't make out where I am. It looks like an apartment. How did I get here? My hand travels to my back and I feel it's bandaged up. I frown. Who did this? I certainly didn't.
"I wouldn't touch that". I flinch away at the voice. I see a young man coming out of the bathroom. Four. Did he bring me here? I gasp and my hand goes to my back again. That means he was the person that saw me. Curled up in a ball. I look at him with big eyes. He chuckles. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. I haven't done that these past 2 years". He says coming closer. I look at him questionably. "I know Marcus did that to you". He says softly.
"How do you know him?" I start to get suspicious. Thoughts go through my head. How does he know this? I look down. "I know it because...". He signs deeply but continues. "Because Marcus is my father". My head shoots up. No, he's lying. Trying to mess with you. I look at him better this time. No, Tobias wouldn't lie to me about something like this. I gasp. Four is Tobias. Tobias is Four. I spring from the bed and leap in his arms. He embraces me strongly. I start crying in the crook of his neck. I missed him so much.
I pull away from the embrace and look at him. "So it is you". I take a deep breath. "Yeah, who else did you think I was". He strokes my cheek. I raise my shoulders. "I wasn't sure. I was starting to think you were just an instructor called Four. Why are you called Four?" I take my hand and wave it through his hair. It's still quite short. Not Abnegation short, but just short. "I'll tell you sometime". He takes me to his bed again. He gets a very serious look. Oh no, I know where he's going to.
"I want to know what happened. From start to finish". He says sternly. I sign deeply. "I came home from my test and my father said Marcus needed help. So I went to him that evening. He asked me to clean the living room and I did. 10 minutes later he came back with a belt. I don't even know how many times he whipped me". Tears start to fall from my eyes. Tobias wraps his arms around me. "I know what it is". He says softly. My throat is tight. How can I tell him about the another thing that he did? I pull away from the embrace. "That wasn't the only thing he did..." I slowly did. His expression changes. "What else did he do?"
I look down. I feel his hand lifting my head up again. "What Tris?". He asks again. "Do I really need to tell you?" I burst into tears. He doesn't react. When I look up again, he looks like a statue. "That son of a bitch. How dare he lay a finger on you? The fact he abused you is already horrible. But the other...". He rambles on with a raised voice. I don't let him finish and put a finger on his lips. "Toby, stop". He looks at me again at the hearing of his old nickname. "Don't get angry at yourself, that won't do any good". I stroke his cheek. "It happened and we can't do anything about it. All we can try is forget. He can't hurt us anymore, we're safe". I wrap my arms around him again. It takes a few seconds for Tobias to do the same but he does it anyway
I breathe in his scent. It hasn't changed from 2 years ago. He pulls away. "You know what I wanted to do since I left?" He smiles at me. "What is that you wanna do?" I ask sheepishly. "This". He leans in and kisses me. I kiss him back. Oh, how long I wanted to do this. He deepens the kiss. We both pull away for some breath. He pulls me to the head of the bed. "You can stay here for tonight". He whispers and he kisses my forehead, my nose and then finally my lips again.
I can't seem to get enough of kissing Tobias. He is an intimidating instructor called Four, but in front of me he's just Tobias, or Toby. The Abnegation boy that is haunted by his childhood forever. But he can conquer everything with me by his side. I lay my head on his chest and listen to his steady heartbeat. There's no need to afraid of him, I know that Tobias would never hurt me. I feel Tobias' hand waving through my hair before sleep takes me over.
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