Christian's happy-go-lucky-smile hardens. "Marcus is in town…" I wince. Even just the name brings back bad thoughts. She sighs, "But Tobias must know, right?" I nod, looking down at my feet. "Actually, me and Tobias are going to see him tonight." Christian's eyes widen, "Why?" She seems to gasp, "I mean, Tobias shouldn't hurt himself like that." I blink a few times, "I know…" Fidgeting with my hands, I look up at her. "It's not really to face his fears, the F-Landscape can do that, but Tobias is a Dautless leader and he can predict Marcus's moves more then Tori or Harrison." Chris nods, "I assumed so." I try to lighten the mood, the only time I ever seen her so upset was when Al committed suicide, Will died and we rescued Hector. "But hey! Tobias is tough, just get right back into Uriah's mouth and you'll feel all better." She rolls her eyes and laughs, "I doubt you and Tobias do any different." I wear a smug grin and reply sarcastically, "Oh, yes! Very much different, the Abnegation way! We brush fingers and nit each other sweaters to show affection." Christian pretends to look shocked, "Then were do all those selfless babies come from?" I push her and reply casually, "Didn't you know? Abnegation don't have babies! They're just Amity in wolf's clothing."
Christian giggles as Tobias walks in, "Tris!" He makes an tsk-ing sound with his tongue, "End the cheesy faction joke, you don't want to scare Chris away." I smile; Tobias's arm hangs around my shoulders as he sits down. His hand brushed my cheek and I stare into his dark eyes. His lips plant a firm kiss on mine, I lean in closer, momentarily forgetting my friends are sitting right across from us. Tobias pulls away blushing when I hear Uriah start to snicker. I come to my senses and my face turns red, too. Christian clears her throat, "We better be heading out." Uriah nods, "We're going to help Zeke and Shauna, they started a training program that's going great but isn't completely finished." I smile, helping Uriah open the door, "Well, thanks for stopping by." Tobias's hand grasps for my fingers, I wrap my hand around his with ease. "Just call if you need anything." Christian nods and I watch as the door close with a click of the latch.
My hand goes to Tobias's waist as we plop down on the couch. He kisses me again, but quicker this time. His eyes begin to cloud when he starts to talk, "Tris…" I bite my lip; it's going to be about Marcus, "You don't have to come tonight." His forehead presses against mine, I reply, "Tobias, you're an idiot if you expect I would leave you." His mouth curls up like he's going to smile, but it soon droops back down into a frown, "I thought you would say that." My hands shoot towards his face, my lips meet his for a minute, "Don't do anything stupid…" I whisper before going to my room.
