A/N: Hey readers! Hope you're all having a great weekend. I'm enjoying writing this story so far and hope you are too, I'll try to keep updating as much as I can.
It's been a week that I have been in the hospital and I should be headed home today. Tobias stirs in the bed next to me and opens his eyes. His lips brush against mine and then we lay holding each other and neither of us wanting to let go. We stay like that for what feels like forever until the nurse comes in to discharge me. Tobias goes to his apartment for a few minutes to get me some fresh clothes while I sign myself out. I carry a light paper bag of the pain medications given to me to take home and we walk hand in hand to his apartment.
"Sorry, it's such a mess in here." He says as he sounds disgusted with himself. "I don't mind. I don't mind where we sleep as long as it's with you." I answer back because it's true. After being away from him for so long, I really don't. Our lips meet again and I am lost in his lips and mine. It's our first real kiss since I got back, the kind that leaves you wanting to stay in it forever and leaves you wanting more. He tells me he has to go to work today since he's been off for a few days from the control room. Being alone with my mind seems like the worst thing ever right now. I'm still processing everything and it's not something I want to handle alone but I know he has to go.
I find a comfortable spot on the sofa and I lay back into it. "You can't just sit there all day!" he teases, smirking at me as he heads out the door. "I've done it before. Never underestimate my ability to be idle!" I smirk back at him as he's leaving, raising an eyebrow. He promises to be back around lunch time but I'm on my own until then. I should go visit Christina or something but I don't have the energy to answer all her questions that I'm sure site would have right now. Truthfully, it's easier to shut everyone and the world out right now. I'm not ready to handle getting back out into it yet. I doze off for a few hours and check the clock that reads 11:45, Tobias should be back about any minute now.
I get up off the couch and cry out in pain as I do. My back hurts terribly and my stomach cramps harder than I have ever felt it before. I'm scared. I'm alone. I don't know what is wrong but something must be very wrong right now. I head to the shower and that's when I notice the blood rushing out of me. It's massive and more than I have ever had during a period. I scream and look away but I am terrified. I get out and dress quickly, winching through the pain as I do. Tobias is opening the door with his keys that I hear jingle. I'm breathing heavily now from both the pain and panic. I'm laying on the bathroom floor now because I can't get up from when I was dressing earlier on the floor. He walks in and sees me laid flat on the floor. "Tris! What's wrong?!" he demands as he crouches near me. "It hurts." I answer softly as tears run down my cheeks. "I don't know what's wrong, my back and my stomach cramps like I've never felt before and I'm bleeding…" my voice trails off as he scoops me up off the floor and begins to carry me back towards the hospital.
On the way there, I'm still crying from fear and from the pain. He whispers to me to stay with him, that we are going to be okay and then as I am fighting just to stay awake something surprising. "You need a look forward to, a reason to fight. If we survive through everything, will you marry me? "he whispers into my ear and I give a small yes right before I slip back into the darkness. I wake up in a room similar to the one I stayed in before. Tobias is asleep, slumped over in a chair next to the bed with his hand in mine and eyes that are red and puffy. He looks as though he has been crying, my heart aches to see him ever in pain like this especially from me. I want to know what made him cry but I don't at the same time either. I suck in a breath, trying to prepare myself from what could be wrong before I whisper his name to awaken him.
He slowly holds his head up and opens his eyes to look at me. I ask him what is going on and I am instantly taken aback by his answer. It was a miscarriage.