I wasn't really planning on it until I started writing, but I decided to add a bit of Tobias/Four's POV to this chapter, so I hope you like it :) Thank you for the positive feedback btw!
I feel everyone's eyes on me, waiting for me to respond, as if I'm supposed to know what to do. I force myself to make eye contact with the boy and he looks angry and upset and confused all at once. I don't want to be the one to tell him that I have no idea who the hell he is. I don't know what to do and judging by the look that the others are giving me, they don't know either.
"Tris?" the boy says for the thousandth time.
"Hello Caleb!" I say a little too enthusiastically. I'm not even sure if that's what he said his name was, but I give it a go anyway.
"What are you doing here?" he hisses.
I wave the others away – their presence obviously makes Caleb uncomfortable. Tobias raises his eyebrows and gives me a look that says "I'll be right here if you need me" before backing away with Christina, Uriah, the doctor and the escorts (who now look ridiculously impatient).
"Um. Funny story: basically, I hit my head and I just needed to come here so that they can run some tests. No big deal!" I explain with a shrug, leaving out the part where I lost my memory and forgot I even had a brother.
"Are you okay?" he responds.
"I'm fine. I mean, it hurts, but whatever."
"No. I meant you. You're acting really weird. Also, are you an idiot? Why would you come here to be tested when you're… you know?"
"No, I don't know. What am I?" I respond.
"Tris, don't deny it. It's not safe for you here if you're div-" He stops himself like he can't say the word – like it's poisonous. He rubs the back of his neck awkwardly, avoiding eye contact with me. I glance back at the group, who are probably close enough to hear our conversation, and I see Tobias shaking his head at me subtly.
"I have to go." I say, walking back to the group and leaving Caleb alone.
o o o
I lie on a hospital bed and realise that this is the first time I've been alone for ages. But one is never completely alone, I learn as my mind races. I think about Christina, Tobias and Uriah. I think about that fact that they know me better than I do, and that they've barely even acted upset since the first day. I can see it in them though. The way Christina tries to laugh it off after she reminds me of a private joke, realising that I don't remember; the way Uriah hides behind his big personality; the way Tobias touches me or looks at me, forgetting that I'm not the same Tris that I used to be. They all miss me, but I can't miss them.
o o o
Tobias
They've put her asleep for a few days so that they can run some tests. I look at her from her bedside now and watch as her chest slowly rises and falls. She doesn't look like Tris. She doesn't have the muscle, the determined facial expression, or the sureness of who she is. But she's here and alive and even that's enough for me.
The fact that the Erudite are testing her doesn't worry me. I mean, I don't trust them, but I know they won't find out about her Divergence unless they gave her some kind of serum that she resisted. Is she still Divergent? I push the thought to the back of my mind to stop myself from overthinking.