Chapter 8 Tris POV A/N Two chapters in one day! Enjoy! Bound to be mistakes so sorry!
Suddenly the door bursts open and to my astonishment the one person I thought I would never see in my life again, the one person who I thought hates me because I hate his faction is standing in the doorway with a look of horror on his face.
Caleb.
Caleb is in my bedroom. Caleb looks furious. Tobias is shirtless. I am shirtless.
I am sitting on Tobias' lap.
I flounder for words, something to express my shock that courses through me, but nothing comes. Hurriedly, I rapidly jump of Tobias fasting than a speeding bullet, receiving my shirt from the floor while grabbing Tobias' shirt so he can put it on.
A flabbergasted mute Tobias jumps up with a look of rage on his face.
Caleb looks worst.
Much worst.
Caleb's normally calm and intelligent-looking demeanor rapidly changes in front of my eyes, his face expressing all sorts of emotion- Anger, frustration, shock- His nostrils flaring, eyes flashing and mouth quivering. Slurring words come out of his mouth -which is the same color as his bright red face- unlike his normal overemphasized and precise words the words are full of hate.
'BEATRICE! WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING? WHO THE HELL IS THIS? WHY THE HELL AREN'T YOU WEARING A SHIRT?!' Caleb shouts furiously pulling me away from Tobias. Protectively, Tobias stands in front of me, to prevent any other contact with my brother.
'He is my BOYFRIEND! What the hell are you doing in my room?' I shout just as loud as he.
'Who are you Erudite?!' Tobias' asks furiously.
'I am Beatrice's brother! Did she not mention me?' Caleb explodes
'Why would I want to mention you?! You're the one that shouted at me when I came to see you in Erudite!' I screech. Tobias turns his head to me, looking with a slightly shock expression at me since I never told him I went to see my brother.
Caleb starts howling on about how I'm his sister, faction before blood comes into my mind and how I'm Dauntless and then he starts scowling at the fact that I didn't have a shirt on. I didn't take any notice; I couldn't care less if he was furious. I just want him to disappear. He approaches Tobias and tries to punch him in the face, to Caleb's horror Tobias catches his fist in his hands before he is able to do any harm. He refuses to fight a week person, but he will defend himself if he has too. At that moment I am suddenly curious why he is here and how he got in.
'Why are you here?' I spit out.
'I have some news from Abnegation, from our family. Oh, and If you are wondering, it was extremely easy to get in, Dauntless needs to step ups its security. I used a hair clip to unlock your door!' A bubble of interest courses through me, I notice Tobias' is curious now too, despite that Caleb just came bursting in without any warning. I gesture for Caleb to sit in the living room, he does so however just before exiting the room he glances to his left, and to my horror he finds my black lacy underwear which moments before I put on the floor. Noticeable vomit rising up in his mouth, he gives Tobias and I a horribly look of disgust. I am mortified.
Apprehensively, Caleb sits down on old black couch in the living room and we join him, his erudite eyes scan the room, taking in information, not speaking. I begin becoming impatience, Tobias' starts tapping his foot and I stare intensely at him. His Erudite eyes finishes searching the room and lands on me. A look of annoyance is evident on my face, anger is still evident on his, thankfully and fortunately calmness and anticipation surrounds us more than anger.
Caleb's eyes beam at me, he inhales then exhales then in a calm voice he says:
'Mum is in hospital in Abnegation.'
My unmoving body goes slack; my mouth sinks to the floor- what does this mean? I open my mouth to speak but shut it forcefully. Millions of conclusions pop into my head, some with horrific results. I can' lose my mother, I just simply can't.
'She had a heart fibrillation, her heart was racing all over the place, the doctors had to work fast, they stopped her heart for a split second and rebooted it' Caleb takes my hand and a look of symphony crosses his eyes.
'She is okay now, she survived. I found out a couple of hours ago, I thought it was the right thing to tell you.' He continues
I feel a small hot wet tear drop down my face, I turn my head so that both boys can't see my face, I refuse for people to see me crying- it is what a week person would do.
'Thank you' I barely whisper, my head still not looking at them. I can't imagine, I don't want to imagine a world without my mother, her kindness and selfishness makes me a better person. I lived with her for 16 years and I don't know a lot about her, now I know she was Dauntless but that's it. I feel so selfish that I spent so many years but I never got the chance to even know who this wonderful woman is. I can't take that for granted now. I look over to Tobias who is just as concerned as me; Tobias takes my hand to calm me down.
'She is wishing to see you; she is now at home resting' He pauses and looks down at the floor then back up to me 'Look I don't want to worry you, but I overheard some people talking in Erudite about her. They said that they were planning to attack Mr Prior or his wife. Do you think there is a possibility that this could not be an accident?' By the end he was nearly whispering, dread taking over.
'I will go tomorrow to Abnegation and I will meet you there Caleb' I know Tobias wouldn't want to come since his father is his Abnegation.
'Tris was attacked two days ago' Tobias speaks up out of the blue turning to Caleb
Caleb eyes goes big, 'WHAT?! By who!?'
'We don't know all we know that Tris' attacker is a girl and that same girl killed Max, one of the Dauntless leaders. She knows about the cameras'
'Tris! I am so sorry! I heard about Max, but I had no idea! Are you all right?' Calebs shouts, his voice full of symphony.
'I am fine; I just had to have 6 stitches'
'Oh my goodness' he pauses 'which girl do you think it is?' Obviously now, his Abnegation side is gone and his Erudite self is taking over.
'She obviously thinks I am a threat to her, that I know something. But that something I just can't put my finger on it. We need to investigate'
Caleb nods vigorously. We share moments of silence together until he breaks it and says:
'It's getting late, I will see you there alone' he said emphasizing the alone and scowling at Tobias even after our very serious talk. He exits the door, leaving me alone with Tobias.
'You shouldn't come with me Tobias, as much as I want you there, Marcus is there and I know that if you saw him it would hurt you. And it kills me to see you hurt.' I whisper to him, even though he doesn't suggest anything I know he is thinking about it.
'I don't want you to go alone, you may get hurt or worst…' he trails of at the thought of me getting hurt.
'It's only a night it will be OK, I love you. Come on we can finish everything later lets go to bed' Somehow time flies by, we quickly get change and we lay in bed his strong defined arms around my waist my head on his bare chest close enough to hear his heartbeat which is racing.
'Your heart is racing-why?' I whisper into his ear.
'You have that effect on me' he whispers back. I smile to myself and slowly I fall asleep on our first ever night together in our apartment, dreaming about him but also losing my mother.
How can life go from so good to so bad in a second?
Somehow it just does.
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