A/N: Hi! Sorry for the wait, I've been working on this chapter for a couple of days, because I didn't want it to just be a rubbsihy filler chapter, so here it is, hope ya like it :) Oh, and I don't own Divergent :p
Tris's POV
I look out the window of my hospital room, from here I can see nearly the whole of Chicago, the sun shines across the sky of the new winter morning and it reminds me of the day I saw Nita and Tobias. He explained everything to me, how she forced herself on him, but I had already forgiven him. Being in a cell, for hours on end by yourself gives you time to reflect. I hear the door open. "Tris!" And before I can register who it is Christina's arms are wrapped around me like a vice, I wince from the pain and try to suppress a groan. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" She exclaims, and pulls back. She finally takes in my appearance and I can see that I must look like hell from the expression on her face.
"Is it that bad?" I say, giving a wry smile.
"No! I didn't mean-" the words tumble out of her mouth, but I cut her off.
"Christina, it's fine." I reassure her, she gives me a light smile and sits in the chair next to my bed, behind her I see Tobias in the doorway, he walks in and is closely followed by the rest of my friends. I look at each of them in turn, Zeke; a smile placed on his face, Shauna; gripping to Zeke's arm for support as she walks, Matthew; readjusting his glasses on his nose, and finally Caleb. He hangs at the back of the group nervously wiping his hands on his trousers. I sigh, he's always seemed uncomfortable with my friends.
"Hey guys." I say, as if the last time I saw them was yesterday, which is as far from the truth as you can get. Everyone seems lost for words, but of course, the remaining Pedrad brother isn't.
"You had us worried there for a minute Prior." he grins, and it reminds me of working side by side with him as a police officer, how close we got, he became like a brother to me. I laugh, but quickly stop when my broken rib protests. He leans in and gives me a tight hug. "I missed you," He says "I mean seriously, my new co-worker is an idiot." I roll my eyes, and hug him back, I swear Zeke can't stay serious for a minute.
"Missed you too Pedrad." He lets me go and his arms are soon replaced by Shauna's. The next hour goes like this, my friends each taking their turn to hug me. Lastly is Caleb, he looks at me and I can see the tears brimming over, I pull him into a hug, neither of us saying anything. He thought he had lost his last family member.
After everyone has had their hug, everyone pulls up a chair and just chats, they tell me about what has happened in the city and in their own lives. Soon, I start to faze out and I gaze out the window again. The chatter of my friends a distant hum in the background, looking down at my hands are see they are skeletal, I then realise that I haven't seen my reflection in a year, I wonder how much I've changed; probably for the worst.
Suddenly something in the conversation catches my attention, Christina, "What did they do to her?" she whispers. I pretend I don't hear her and don't wait for Tobias to give her the answer. But nothing stops the few words from causing me to remember, then a flashback occurs...
I sit in my cell, jogging around, trying to keep in shape; it isn't working. I hear the door open and quickly sit down on my mattress, I expect the guards to come in and grab me, but they don't. Instead they chuck someone in. I gasp, it's a girl. I rush over to her, "Are you alright?" I say, she just shakes her head, I notice blood coming from her forehead, I rip off apart of my 'hospital' gown and use it to wipe the blood away, it reveals a deep gash. "What's your name?" I ask.
She gulps, "Amy." she stutters out.
"Tris," I smile, hoping to give her some comfort. "Why are you hear?" She just shakes her head and starts to cry, I pull her into a hug and rub her back, hoping to calm her down. She is the first person I've spoken to in six months, apart from David and his lackeys. I wonder why she's here, but she seems in too much shock to speak anytime soon. Hours late and I gently lay her down on my mattress, taking the floor for now, even though you may as well be sleeping on the floor anyway because the mattress is so thin. I gradually fall asleep...
The next day when I wake up, Amy is gone. "Amy?" I timidly call out, but I know there is only one explanation; David. She can't have escaped, not in her condition. Then the door opens, this time it is the guard, they roughly pick me up and start to take me down the familiar corridor. As we pass one of the doors I notice something and my mouth opens in a silent scream. Amy's body lays inside, her glassy eyes staring off into the distance: dead...
"Tris" Stop snap out of it!" Tobias rushes towards me as a scream leaves my mouth, my hands scratch my arms as if trying to wipe the memory away. Tobias envelopes me in a hug and I don't resist, I just cry into his arms as he cradles me. I never found out what happened to Amy, or why she was there and I guess I never will. When the hysteria has subsided I look up I see that all my friends have gone, the room is empty, apart from Tobias.
"I'm sorry." I say, wiping the tears away.
"Tris, you have nothing to be sorry for. Do you want to talk about it?" his dark blue eyes have softened and are full of concern.
"There... there was this girl... Amy..." and with that I'm crying again, "I hate being so weak." I admit.
"Tris, after all you've been through you're allowed to be weak." he gives me a small smile, and then for the rest of the afternoon we just talk, avoiding the topic of David, fearing anymore flashbacks. I try and relax into the normality of just talking, but I can't ignore the dull throbbing pain in my leg, slowly growing stronger and demanding attention throughout the afternoon. By 5pm I can't stand it anymore and Tobias goes to get a Doctor; when my Doctor comes in she runs some tests. And then we spend 2 hours waiting for the results. We sit in comfortable silence, Tobias playing with my hair and me hoping that the pain in my leg was nothing to worry about.
When the Doctor comes back in, a small smile plays on her lips as she sees Tobias and me both laying in the hospital bed, but then her face quickly resumes the grim expression it had before. I take a sharp breath in, this is going to be bad news. "What is it?" I ask, Tobias's head pops up and he sees the Doctor, slowly he slips out of the bed and onto the chair next to it, never letting go of my hand.
"Tris, I'm sorry to say that you have a serious infection in your leg," Tobias grips my hand, reassuring me. "I'm afraid that you will have to under go surgery to remove the infection, but..." she stops and looks up from her clipboard, giving me a sad look.
"Go on." I say, my voice coming out more even than I expected.
"The surgery has a chance of leaving your leg with possible paralysis." and just like that my heart drops, I see Tobias out of the corner of my eye, searching my face, but I refuse to look at him. If I do I will crack.
"What if I don't have the surgery?" I query.
"Not having the surgery would cause the infection to..." I then stop listening, I now it'll just be more bad news. I have to have the surgery.
"I'll have the surgery." I say with a gulp, cutting off the Doctor.
"Okay, are you sure Tris? There is a chance of the feeling of your leg coming back, but it is rare." I just nod.
"I'm sure."
"Okay then, the surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning, so I'll brief you on it then, but I'll leave you for now." she leaves the room and Tobias turns to me.
"Tris, are you absolutely sure?" I nod firmly and he smiles. "I love you." I say it back and then I yawn, Tobias sees it and he settles back in my bed and wraps his arms around me. "Goodnight Tris." he says, accompanying it with a kiss to my forehead.
"Goodnight."
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I try to stay calm as I'm wheeled into theater, the Doctor briefed me on what was going to happen,but it just cause my nerves to rise higher and higher. Tobias finally lets go of my hand and I see him smile at me, "I'll see you soon!" he calls as I enter the room where I will be operated on, I close my eyes and tell myself to relax, bu I can't get the image of the torn look in Tobias's eyes out of my head.
"Okay, you're going to go under soon, so remember everything will be fine." she smiles at me, but my vision is already going blurry. I nod vacantly, and then all I see is black.
A/N: Okay, so I hope you enjoyed chapter 8! I'll try and update soon, so keeping reviewing and following etc, and thank you to everyone who has done so far, it means a lot to me! Bye! :)
~Barnesy14
