Tobias.
I wake up to the buzz of my phone vibrating on the nightstand next to my bed.
I look at the time. It's 6:00 AM. Who is this?
I pick up my phone and check the caller ID. George Baker, my boss. The boss from Chicago. Shit.
I've been here in Indianapolis for about a month now. Even though I told him I was here because of my mother's supposed passing, a month is questionable, risky, and definitely pushing it.
"Hello?" I mumble.
"Hi, Tobias. I'm calling to inform you about something."
Oh god no.
"Recently here at the office, a government official by the name of Evelyn Johnson came to our building in search of her son Tobias Johnson."
Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap.
"But of course I told her that she must've been mistaken because Tobias is away because of the death of his mother."
"Listen, George-"
"Don't you 'listen George' me, Tobias. I don't take excuses. You're fired."
"Wait!"
The line went dead. I groan and bury my head in the pillow. This is going to be a long day.
I should get ready to go meet Zeke for lunch later. He got back from his trip yesterday and I told him I needed to talk to him. I really hope he can get me the serums. If he can't, I'll have to get them myself.
Since it's a Saturday, I don't have work. I don't see Tris today.
I open the door to the diner and see him already there, sipping a soda. I sit beside him.
"Yo."
"Hey man."
Silence.
And then I just can't help it. I open my mouth and tell him about every event that occurred in every second in the past two weeks. And he didn't even have to beg me to.
He stays silent for a few seconds to take in everything I had said. He nods and looks at me.
He still doesn't say anything which is unusual for him. So I speak up.
"Can you help?" I ask timidly.
"To be honest, I don't know."
"What?"
"I know where the serums are but I don't know if I can get them."
"What does that even mean?"
"I don't know."
"Do you know anything?"
"No. Look, I need to go figure this out, make some calls. I'll get the serum somehow." He says, standing up.
"Thanks, man."
He leaves in a hurry. So much for lunch. Since my stomach is growling, I order a burger.
I hear someone sit down next to me but before I turn around to tell them to go away, I see it's Tris. Of course it's Tris.
"Mind if I sit here?"
I nod a no. I look her over. She looks amazing if without those tight business clothes. She's wearing jeans and a shirt but she still looks beautiful.
"So did you talk to your friend?"
"Yes. He says he's going to work on it."
I don't tell her about how uncertain Zeke was. I don't want to scare or worry her.
"That's good."
Silence.
"Okay what's wrong?" She blurts.
"Nothing's wrong."
"Obviously you're pissed about something. You look like a zombie."
She's right. I probably do look like I zombie. I don't know what I'm upset about. I got fired today. That means there's nothing left for me when I go back to Chicago. If I go back. I don't know what I have in store for me. If I can fix Tris, what will happen? Will we go back to being together? Will we move to Chicago, or stay here? Or what If I can't fix her?
"Tobias." She says sternly. I need an excuse.
"I'm just thinking about…her."
She knows what I'm talking about. I'm talking about her.
"Oh. I'm sorry."
"I just need to go get my mind off this." I get up and try to leave but she grabs my arm.
"I know how to get your mind off this."
That can be taken many ways.
"Meet me in the lobby of the apartment building at 9. I want to take you somewhere."
So that's what I do.
I sit in the chair of the lobby and wait for her. I tap my foot. At 9:02 I see her walk into the lobby. She spots me from across the room.
She wears a dress now. But not like the ones she wears to work. This one is tighter, much much shorter, it has intricate designs and sequins on it. My Tris would never even touch a dress like that. I'm not complaining though. Where are we going?
"Clubbing, We're going clubbing." She says, probably reading my mind.
Clubbing? I've only gone a few times with some buddies from work. I got so drunk that I don't even remember any of it.
I almost laugh. Clubbing with Tris. Who would've imagined.
I hook arms with her and we walk there. I don't know what's going on between us. We're friends, I guess. But there's so much tension. And I don't want her to like me because if I'm being honest, It wouldn't be fair. I only want her because she was my Tris. She's not anymore. This person next to me is an entirely different human being who I would never be with in a million years if she didn't have Tris's face, or body.
We get to the club. I look at the sign above the giant door. It reads 'Dauntless'
Huh. Go figure.
We show our IDs and enter. The place is huge. And packed. Tris seems to know the place well.
"I used to work here." She says. Or more like shouts. It so noisy we can hardly hear each other. She takes off her jacket, showing even more skin due to the revealing dress. I stare. I can't control myself.
We dance. We drink. We have fun. And I forget everything that happened. It's just me and her. Our faces inch closer together.
I can't kiss her. It's not fair to her. She doesn't know who I am. She doesn't know why I really want her. But maybe after I get the serum…
Our lips are a centimeter apart.
I can't kiss her. I love her.
Just as she is about to press our lips together, I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket.
It's Zeke.
I look at her apologetically and she looks irritated. I put the phone to my ear.
"Tobias, I found the serum."
Hope you liked the chapter! Im sorry about the sort of cliffhanger. Actually im not. Hah. Anyway, who else is as pumped as I am about the movie! Next Thursday, you guys! It's been about a year for me. I've waited an entire year for this movie and tbh im really scared. If it's not like the book at all im going to be pretty disappointed. But I have my tickets preordered and im going to the Thursday night premiere even though im having school the next day lol. Im also having a sleepover that night. Idk how my mom said yes to that but im glad she did. What are your plans for seeing the movie?
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