Chapter 10
"Hello Mom." I stare at my mom, grateful she came to save me.
"Hello sweetie, do you want me to kill this one?" I look down at Eric's body, slowly trying to crawl away.
"No, it's fine. Did you kill the others?" She shakes her head and I let out a sigh of release. They may have hurt me but i'm not a monster like them.
"Your father and Caleb are staying at a hotel, they decided to stay. I was relaxing when I got your distress call on my phone and I came right away. Are you ok?" She
walks over to me to untie me, checking for any visible wounds or injuries.
"I'm fine. Let's just get out of here, my roommate must be worried sick." I guess this is a good a time as ever to explain what's going on: My parents and brother are
spies.
"Roommate, eh? Girl or boy." I tell her about Tobias, acting like a normal daughter as if I didn't know my parents killed people for a living.
"Is he cute?"
"He has a girlfriend mom. Oh my god I forgot about Fernando!"
"Who's Fernando?" Just then we hear a groan, probably not Eric because he seems pretty unconscious. Could it be Fernando?
"He's a guy I just met before I was kidnapped. They knocked him out, that might be him." My mom kicks open a closet door where we find a half unconscious and
bleeding Nando. I bend down to check his wounds. Thankfully he still has a pulse and seems ok besides the obvious head trauma.
"Get him up, we need to get out of here. The police might be coming, and we don't want to be explaining why there are three almost dead people here." She's right, if
police do come there's no doubt in my mind that she'd kill them if they tried to hurt us so she helps me get Fernando up, then we leave as discreetly as possible before
dropping him off at a hospital then leaving.
"Do you want to come see your father and brother?" We're driving around, figuring out what to do next. I really want to go see Tobias to make sure he isn't to worried.
"Can you just drop me off at my apartment? I don't want Tobias to be to worried." She just nods, finally letting me go home.
"I'll be by later, ok? I know where you're staying, I just want to go to see Tobias real quick." I give her a quick kiss on the cheek before getting on the car, finally getting
to see Tobias. When I get upstairs, i'm flattered to see Tobias pacing around all nervous like.
"Tris! You're ok!" He rushes over to me, hugging me before gasping at my injuries. I'm suddenly glad my mother didn't come up, I feel like it would be to much for him.
"Yeah, i'm fine. I got some help and successfully got out. I don't think Eric or his gang will be bothering us." He looks puzzled, but I choose to ignore it and bury my
nose deeper into his shirt, trying to hold back tears. His hands start rubbing my back slowly, soothing my pain. Suddenly, the tears slip out and I can't stop the rest
from following.
"Hey, it's ok. You're safe now. Shh, don't worry." I choke out another sob, feeling the safety wrap around me like a blanket. I slowly pull myself together, making my
way to the couch, putting on my favorite romcom. I laugh for the first time in what feels like years as Tobias groans before he sits next to me, cuddling up next to me
like it's normal. I blush as I feel his heart start to race.
Tobias POV
When she walks through the door, i'm momentarily embarrassed because I was pacing around and talking to myself, but when she wraps her arms around me,
everything in me melts. All I think about is the cuts on her face, the bruise near her eye, the blood drying near her mouth. Eris going to pay for this. Wait, who saved
her? Did Eric just let her go? All she says is someone helped her get out and that Eric won't be bothering us anymore. I'm about to ask her about it when she starts
crying. After soothing her, she puts on another romcom that makes me want to die before finally falling asleep on the couch. Like a good friend, I cover her up on the
couch and lay next to her, just to make sure she doesn't wake up screaming and jump out the window. Crap, I forgot about Nita. So, I get up and go to the other room,
calling Nita to make sure she isn't freaking out or something.
Tobias: Hey Nita.
Nita: What do you want?
Tobias: Nothing, I thought you were worried about me after what happened this morning.
Nita: Oh, I forgot about that. Are you ok?
Tobias: Yeah, i'm fine, So is Tris. Do you want to go have dinner later?
Nita: No i'm at dinner now with a couple of my girlfriends. Bye
Call ends
Well that was a waste of time. She didn't seem concerned at all, I could have died and I bet she wouldn't care. I still need to be with her though, just in case Eric comes
back. Just a few more weeks, then I can dump her. It becomes a mantra, seemingly the only thing keeping me sane. That and Tris. That night, she had made me my
favorite dish and as they dined they listened to Fix you by Coldplay.
(Sudden change of person, decided using "he" for some of it sounded better than I.)
"Hey, let's dance." That took me by surprise. I haven't danced in what seemed like forever. Have I ever danced? As he was thinking Tris suddenly grabbed his hand,
pulling him onto the empty floor, while he just remained still, not quite comprehending what was happening.
"And I will try to fix you."
That lyric really spoke to him. Ever since he was a little kid, he'd always felt he needed to be fixed. His father would always tell him he was worthless, that he didn't
want him. That he deserved it. That's part of the reason why he joined the gang, to try and get away from his father. He didn't realize he was turning into his father
until it was too late. Just then I feel her put my hands on her waist. (Yes, change of person, going back to using "I") I flash back to the present, feeling my cheeks
burn as Fix You ends and Yellow begins. Another one of my favorite songs.
"I came along, I wrote a song for you…
And everything you do. And it was all yellow.
She wasn't even looking at me as we swayed, more like looking at my chest because she was so much shorter than me. She suddenly looks up at me, laughing as I
blush. Her eyelashes are so long, her hair sculpting out her face perfectly. As i'm about to lean in, I hear the door knock. Saved by the bell? Is it a good thing that
someone knocked on the door?
"Tobias! Thank god you're safe, I got your call earlier. And Tris!" She runs over to hug her as if she were a long time friend. The sight makes me cringe. Then she walks
over to me, feigning worry, checking me over and acting all sad, I guess trying to show Tris that I was hers. "Thank god you're ok! Did you call the police?" Tris and I
exchange glances, knowing we can't.
"Yeah, they didn't really do anything. It's fine. I'm fine. We're fine. Does anyone want coffee?" Tris is all flustered, the moment we just had ruined. She awkwardly walks
into the kitchen.
"That's ok, Tobias and I are going to go to a movie. See you later Tris!" I guess we're seeing a movie. Well, this way Eric can see us together I guess. Nita blabbers on
about stuff I don't care about, apparently not even really wondering about the kidnapping or anything that happened.
"So I went to see my ex boyfriend today…" Here we go, the ex boyfriend talk.
A/N
This may be my longest chapter but I really don't know. So, my collab partner is MIA so this chapter was all me. She probably has school work, as we
all do with exams coming up and stuff. Anyway, sorry for the crappy ending. I'm tired and without my partner it's hard to come up with ideas. She
hasn't written in like a month. Well, I hope you liked this chapter. I've been getting nice reviews, so thanks for those. My wifi is really bad at the
moment, so this might not go up till tomorrow. I thought I was a good writer until I started writing this story. It's just so hard to write for some
reason. I just keep going off topic, suddenly talking about rom coms and stuff. OH and sorry about the tease ;P They'll kiss soon enough, you never
know when though. Nita will be gone soon. Don't worry. Or will she? Maybe Nita will marry Tobias? What happened to Nando? Is he going to date
Tris? Nando...Nita...anyone get it? WELL JUST WAIT AND SEE. BYE.
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