TRIS POV
I walk into the Dauntless compound on crutches. Tobias follows beside me, and Hana is transporting Ben to the infirmary. We walk up the winding paths to our new apartment.
"Are you sure you don't wanna rest?" Tobias asks.
"I'm good. I have to build up, and this is a good start." I say. All I'll be doing is Physical therapy, doing light work, and then icing and propping my thigh for a while until I'm back up to where I was. Tobias looks down at me, and I give him a look and he decided to just keep his mouth shut. Tobias opens the door, and his mom is in the kitchen. I give her a small smile. She's going to be here helping us while I'm down, and helping when Tobias is at work. I lean against the wall and look up the stairs. I sigh. Tobias scares the crap out of me, and picks me up and carries me up the stairs. He sets me down, and I reposition myself on my crutches. I hobble down to the master bedroom, and stop when I see the nursery. It is gorgeous.
"Who did this?" I ask. Tobias walks over, and looks at me than the nursery. "Tobias, it's beautiful." I say. After gawking at it, I get tired of being on my leg and hobble into the bedroom, and carefully get on the bed. I prop three pillows behind my head, than I prop my leg up.
"I moved all our stuff into here." Tobias says. "Holler if you need anything. I'll be unpacking."
"Okay." I say. I stare at the ceiling, and think about the envelop of notes I've been collecting from Tobias's dad. Tobias would be so hurt and upset if he found out I was the one who hadn't gotten them to him. I just hope that he doesn't find the envelop right away or if he does, he doesn't go and read them. I don't wanna sleep, that's all I've been doing for the past week basically, but I'm still a little tired. I get out of bed carefully, and grab my crutches and hobble into the nursery, looking at the books and everything. I find a ball, and take it back with me to the bedroom. I reposition myself on the bed, and then throw the ball at the wall, and it bounces back at me. I find this amusing for a while, and then Evelyn comes in.
"I brought you some stuff." She says. I find some old books, sudoku, and a lot of fun things to do in the basket that she hands me.
"Thank you so much!" I say, and I reach out for a hug.
"Your welcome." She says. She also hands me a gift that is wrapped up. I look at her, and she nods. I open it, and there is a baby book with the letter B on it. I open it up, and it's a baby book.
"It's beautiful. Thank You." I say. She nods.
"Listen, Tris." Evelyn says quietly. "I have no one. I'm giving you everything I have." I look at her, and take a deep breath.
"What do you mean, Evelyn? You have me, Tobias, and Benjarmin." I say.
"I know." She says. "But it's a burden, having someone who left their son to be abused for 11 years."
"What's going on?" I ask her. "For real."
"I have terminal cancer. I'm expected to die soon." She whispers. I sigh, just what Tobias needs on top of what he already has to worry about.
"Is that what-"
"No. Marcus needed a heart transplant. He had HCM." I put my head in my hands, and let out a groan.
"I should've given him the notes." I say.
"What?" Evelyn spits out.
"I kept the notes a secret from Tobias." I say.
"You mean these." Evelyn says, pulling the envelope from a drawer.
"Yes. I thought he was up to something." I say, throwing the ball at the wall.
"If it make you feel better, I would've done the same thing." Evelyn says.
"Tris." Tobias says. I see the hurt in his eyes, and I hand my head down low. "I can't believe you right now."
"Tobias." I say. "I'm so sorry."
"You read those notes, Tris! You should've gave them to me, been there for me! We could've worked this out together!" He says. He walks over and takes the envelope, and then walks out of the room.
"Where are you going!" I yell at him.
"I don't know!" He yells back at me. "But we are taking a break for awhile." He says. I take a deep breath, and it takes all of my power not to scream. I throw the ball out the door and it bounces down the stairs. I hear the door slam shut, and I take the time to scream. I take my ring off, and throw it hard somewhere.
"I'm hungry. Do you want to go get some food?" I ask Evelyn.
"Sure." She says.
DIVERGENT
I lead Evelyn down to the Cafeteria. I see my friends, and guide her over to the table.
"Who's this?" Zeke asks.
"This is Four's mom, Evelyn."
"Hello." Evelyn says.
"Hello. Nice to meet you." Zeke says. "May I take you to get food?"
"Of course."
"I'm Zeke, one of Four's good friends." He says.
"Well, nice to meet you Zeke." She says as they walk off. I look at the table. Lynn is missing, and so is Marlene, and of course Four is gone.
"What's wrong?" Uriah asks me.
"I'm in the same boat as you right now." I say.
"Yep, that boat sucks." Uriah says. I sympathize with him. I make a list in my head of stuff I could do to distract myself today. I can go visit Lauren and see if there is some stuff that I can do at home, I could go visit my son, and I could go watch my initiates.
"Tris, would you like some food?" Will asks me. I nod, and he gets up. I see Nicole, and she walks over to me.
"Can I stay the night tonight Aunt Tris."
"Nicole, I don't think tonight is a good time." Chris says.
"No, Chris. It's fine. Yes you can stay Nicole." I say. She smiles, and then skips off with her dad.
"Evelyn. After you're done eating and socializing I was wanting to know if you want to have a tour of Dauntless with me and my fiancee?" Zeke asks.
"That would be great." She says. "Maybe you could tell me some stories along the way." She is really enjoying this, and I'm glad that she'll get to hear and see some part of Tobias.
Will comes back with a plate of Mac and cheese and chocolate cake. I take it and thank him, than pick and poke at it before excusing myself and heading towards our spot. I pull out my phone, and call Hana.
"Hello?" She says.
"Hey. I was wondering if Four has been by."
"He hasn't, but he called earlier saying that he'd be by around 7 tonight."
"Okay." I say. "Thanks."
"No problem." She says, then hangs up. I plan on going by there right now, and than go later tonight after Tobias goes. If he wants a break, he'll get it. Maybe it'll be good for us to get some time apart, but that really isn't what we should be doing. We should be fighting this head on, our problems, not running away from them until they dissolve. I head towards Lauren's office.
"Hey, Lauren. You busy?" I ask her as I knock on her open door.
"No. Come on in." She says.
"I was wondering if you had anything that I could do at home to prepare me." I say. She nods, and gets into her desk.
"Actually, I do. These are courses and guidebooks that you have to take and then just take a test. Trust me, it's pretty easy."
"Okay." I say.
"I'll drop them off tonight since you are kinda full handed." She says. I nod, and turn around and go to hobble out of the room.
"Tris. I'm glad you're okay."
"Thanks." I say.
"Yep." She replies, and I look at her picture.
"Tell David, Jamie, and Logan hi." I say to her.
"You tell Four and Ben hi also. I gotta come see the little one." She says. I nod, but keep my mouth shut about us and Four right now.
"Well, after Ben gets out we'll have you guys over for dinner." I say.
"That would be nice." She says. "Thanks, Tris." I hobble towards the infamy, and a nurse sees me and motions for me to follow her. I follow her to a room, where Ben is. I sit down and she also sits down.
"I actually have paperwork for you." She says. "This is your prescriptions and your therapy and appointment schedule." She says, handing me the paper.
"Can you give it to Christina Anderson? She works here." I ask her. "I can't exactly carry anything right now."
"Sure. I'm just going to leave you here. All I ask is that you sign the log we have." She says, pointing to the clipboard on counter.
"That's easy enough." I say. "Thankyou." I say as she leaves. I wobble over and wash my hands than wobble back over to the incubator and get my son out. I look down at him, and he is asleep. He grabs onto my finger, and I feel the tears coming down. Tobias is supposed to be here with me experiencing all of this. I feel hurt, just like he is probably feeling. Mad, like he is. Sad, like he is. I look down at my son, and I see his eyes pop open. I get lost in his eyes, and I have a flashback, which those have been my friend the past week.
I land on the net. I take a deep breath, a sigh of relief and laugh. I reach for one of the many hands that surround the net. It's a strong hand. It pulls me up and out of the net, and I see the dark mesmerizing eyes that I get lost in.
What's your name? He asks me. I look him in the eyes, and he turns his head.
It's Bea…
Is it a hard one? You can pick a new one if you want but make it good. You don't get to pick again.
Okay. Uhm, my name's Tris.
First Jumper, Tris! I look up to where he looked up and yelled, and I smirk.
Welcome to Dauntless.
