Chapter 7- Tris' POV
I woke up and checked the clock. It said 8:07. Great, I needed to get in the shower like 12 minutes ago. Why didn't Tobias wake me up? I looked over only to find that he wasn't in bed. Weird. So I just got up and grabbed a towel, then headed to the bathroom to take a shower. When I opened the door, the shower was on(I wondered how I didn't hear it before), but there wasn't any sign of Tobias.
"Tobias?" I said, seeing if maybe I just didn't hear him. No answer. This was really freaking me out, but I knew I needed to get in the shower right away, so I undressed and hopped in.
I shrieked and jumped out when I saw Tobias, scrambling for my towel. That sneaky boy, he must've known I was going to head straight for a shower when I got up, so he jumped in before I did.
"What, did I scare you?" He said, peeking his head out of the shower curtain.
"Yes, you did! And plus, why didn't you wake me up?" I almost screamed, finally wrapping the towel around me.
"I thought you were awake. You stirred when I kissed you, I swear." He had the cutest early morning voice, I'm surprised I've never noticed. I most of zoned out a little bit, because Tobias started to wave his hand around.
"Hey, babe? You here?" Oh my god, he's so stupidly funny, I really hate laughing, but I can never help it.
"Yes, I'm here. I just got lost in your voice," I replied, my voice getting smaller after every word. I knew my face was red because Tobias was staring at me, smiling to himself. "What? It's just your voice is, well… really hot in the morning. It's deeper than usual, which is totally a turn on." I say, looking anywhere but him.
Suddenly his face disappeared, and I couldn't hear anything other than the running water. I figured I'd just put some dry shampoo on my hair and braid it instead of showering. Because I wasn't going to get in anytime soon.
Right after I had decided what to do about my hair, Tobias emerged from the shower, dripping wet, and naked apart from the towel around his waist. I slowly looked up from his towel, and my eyes settled at his abs. They were so defined, I guess working out on a daily basis helps with that. Clearly, I had been staring at his abs for a little too long, because he said,
"Enjoying the view?" I laughed a little, mostly embarrassed, but his eyes are shining the way they do when he's really happy.
"Maybe a little," I teased, "It's just I haven't seen you without a shirt off that often." He laughed a little and walked out, going to get ready I figured. Since I didn't get any clothes to put on, I just got the dry shampoo out, then grabbed a brush and some hair ties.
By the time I finished my hair, it was time for me to get ready. I grabbed my old black crop top with laces up the arms, a pair of black skinny jeans, and my combat boots. It took me no time to get dressed, and I still had about half an hour before we had to go. Time and a half to do my makeup.
Right when I closed my makeup case, I felt strong hands grab my waist. I turned around and smiled into a kiss. My hands slid into his hair, and his moved around in circles on my waist. It felt amazing to just be standing here with him.
After about twenty minutes of doing that, we walked out the door. Christina and Will were already out there standing side by side, Will with his hand around her shoulder. They smiled when they saw us, and then moved their gaze back to each other. We decided to walk down right as Uriah and Marlene walked out, hand in hand. Uriah said something to Marlene and she smiled, then they walked up to us.
"Hey, lovebirds, ready to walk down?" Uriah said, grinning at us.
"What do you mean?" I said stupidly, hoping he didn't mean what I thought he did. But of course, he did,
"You know what he means. We all heard you two last night. What'd you get up to?" Will says, piping in for him, dropping his gaze from Christina.
"Nothing, we didn't do anything, now let's get some breakfast," Tobias said in his Instructor Four voice. They all dropped the conversation and we headed for the dining hall in silence.
When we walked in, we were clearly the first ones there, apart from the cafeteria ladies of course. We got in line and I grabbed a muffin and some coffee. After that, we chose our normal table right as everybody started walking in.
Tobias sat next to me, with Christina on my other side. We chatted a little bit before Uriah brought up initiation training.
"So, are you guys leaving tomorrow to go back to the compound?" He asked.
"Yeah, we were going to get the dorms set up early so we don't have to get up so early," I replied as Tobias took my hand from under the table.
"Where are you going to stay? In Four's room, away from everybody?" Will pipes up. I knew what they were getting at. I looked at Tobias, wondering what to say. Thankfully he noticed and replies for me.
"Yes we are, but not for that reason. It is my room, so of course, I'm going to stay there, and Tris is my girlfriend, so she is too. The privateness is just an added bonus." Aww, that's sweet.
"What are you going by? Tris? Or something else?" Christina asked me, turning away from the group.
"I'm going to go by Six. It's a nickname that Four and I came up with after initiation." I replied, leaning into Tobias because I had finished my meal.
"What's it mean?" Uriah asked, eyeing us suspiciously. I knew it was because we didn't often show much PDA in public, but I was tired and Tobias was comfy.
"It's because I had 7 fears, but I recently overcame one, so now I have 6," I told him, closing my eyes a little.
"Oh, cool. Would you mind telling us what the fear you overcame was?" Christina asked. I had told her all of my fears, but I never told her about losing my fear of intimacy. It was a little weird, even for us.
"I'd… rather not say. It's personal." I finally said, opening my eyes.
"That's cool. Just wondering." She replied, looking at me with wondering eyes.
After breakfast, we had the rest of the day off since jobs started tomorrow for everyone but Marlene(she started school (for teachers) today). So Tobias and I went back to our room to get packed.
"I didn't know you lost your fear. I mean I figured, with last night and everything, but still." He said when we got into our rooms.
"Yeah, I guess I didn't think to tell you this morning. I guess it slipped out of mind when you scared me half to death." I teased, laughing at the end when I saw his pouty face.
"Sorry, I didn't know you would get in the shower when it was running." He retorted, laughing a little himself. I guess I didn't know why I did that. Looking back at it, it seems idiotic. Who would get in the shower when it's running? I mean, maybe I subconsciously knew that Tobias was in there and wanted to get in with him…. Who knows?
"Yeah, well neither did I, wanna start packing, or do you wanna chill for a little?" I said, thinking about what we could do while chilling.
"Chilling sounds good babe." He replied, leading me to the couch and making me sit on his lap.
I rested my head on his chest and zoned out, thinking about anything and everything. I just let my mind wander. At first, it wandered to Tobias shirtless, but I steered it away. It seemed like I had been out for a while when Tobias kissed me, but it was only 4 minutes. I loved the way his soft lips felt on mine, the way we fell into a rhythm, the way his hand fits perfectly with mine, despite how small my hand was compared to his.
A few minutes later the phone rang. Why would somebody call us right now? I pulled apart from Tobias and he sighed, using his puppy dog eyes to keep me from answering the phone. It almost worked, but I figured I should probably answer it anyway.
"Hey. You guys finished packing yet?" It was Christina, I wonder what she was calling for?
"No, we haven't even started yet. We decided to chill a little before starting. Why?" I replied. Tobias decided to get revenge on me by starting to kiss my neck. He wouldn't stop even with me swatting his face. I just stopped fighting it and went back to the conversation, trying to focus on Christina's words, not Tobias' kisses.
"I was just wondering. So…... are you going to tell me what fear you overcame?" She burst out, though I knew it was coming.
"Oh, it was just my… intimacy one. I was going to tell you, but it just happened. Plus, I didn't plan on admitting I had an intimacy fear in front of all our friends. Sorry." I said. Tobias noticed I wasn't reacting to his kisses anymore, so he moved one of his hands down to my hip. He raised my shirt a little, so he could get his hand on my bare skin. He started rubbing his thumb in circles on my hip. He knew how to get me, this was my weak spot. I swallowed a gasp and tried really hard to focus on Chris.
"Oh, I figured anyway. So, are you and Four gonna do it once you get to the compound? You'll be alone." Christina said. I wasn't sure what to say, Tobias was right there and I didn't want to agree to that in case he heard what Chris said, but I didn't want to lie to her.
"Yeah, we might. I'm not sure, to be honest. I guess we'll just have to wait and see." I really hoped Tobias didn't know what I was talking about.
"Ok, cool. You can get back to making out with your boyfriend. Oh, don't pretend I don't know when my best friend's boyfriend is doing something to her when I'm on the phone with her, I can hear him kissing you. See ya, Tris, have fun with whatever you're going to do." She hung up. The moment I put the phone down, I playfully slapped Tobias' hand. He knew better than that, I was on the phone.
"What were you doing exactly?" I said, playfully, but I said it with a hint of madness.
"Paying you back for answering the phone. Don't you know that I know where your weak spot is? Once you stopped reacting to me kissing your neck, I resulted to the one thing that would make you melt." He replied, keeping his hands on my waist, but stopping the rubbing. Thankfully he did stop, if he kept doing that I probably wouldn't be able to take it anymore, I would've kissed him with so much force, it would throw him back.
"I love when you do that, but when I'm on the phone isn't the time. Ok, sweetie?" I said leaning in to kiss him.
"Yeah, yeah. Well, you answered the phone, so technically it was mostly your fault." He said teasing me.
"I love you," I said, smiling into another kiss.
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