I'm sorry it's been so long since my last update, I'm being lazy and not writing, I'm sorry! I've been absorbed in reading the first Mortal Instruments book, I'm in love. Anyone else think Jace is a total babe? Anyways, here's an extra long chapter to treat you babies since I made you wait. Read, review, and enjoy!
Tris POV
Blood, help, lamps, curtains. My mind is a jumble and I only feel frames flash by unexpectedly. I relax my pounding thoughts and a story starts to string together. I calm, and as the memory begins to make sense, my mind involuntarily begins to put reasons and causes behind different events. My dream seems to struggle when it comes to the description and remembrance of the girls, and suddenly, it all clicks. My brain flits to lost files about a 3rd cousin I had often heard stories of and suddenly, the stories had disappeared. I dug up an ad for missing persons, one that had stuck to my mind and I had no idea why. I could feel a shriek escape my dry mouth. I try to jump out from under the covers that were protecting me and instead of allowing me to escape, they wrangled my feet, causing me to fall flat on my face.
"Fuck!" I could hear the bys chuckling at my wild eyes, bad mouth, and 'fluffy' hair.
"You alright?" Four's voice is soothing, it reminds me of silky, soft velvet.
"I've got it, I remember, I remember…" I sound crazy but it's all that I can bare to say, my brain won't process anything more complex, it's still stuck on my epiphany. I race around the room snatching Four's laptop and I stop in my tracks, suddenly sitting in the middle of the floor. I start typing madly into Google, searching and filtering. My fingers move gracefully yet quickly, my eyes never diverging from the screen; I search madly as if I'm writing some sort of story that I'm getting worked up about. I absent-mindedly flit through ads and articles until my eyes land on an article with and attached pictures and information. My heart stops and I feel my stomach flip as my theory seems to be proven. "Bingo."
"What? Tell me, I'm so lost." Uriah whines.
"Ya Tris I'm kind of behind here, do you wanna fill us in or something?" Zeke says while he impatiently waves his hands around.
"Babe," Four whispers into my ear while rubbing small circles into my thigh, "Why don't you try to tell us what you remembered, okay? Then we can help you. I take a deep breath and squint my eyes closed, I have to try hard to remember details, hoping they'll resurface like sponges lost in a stormy sea.
"When I was a kid, my family would hear lots of stories from distant relatives about one of my cousins. She had a younger sister and the two of them looked almost identical, the oldest, her name is Lynn. Shauna is her younger sister, but not by much; they look virtually the same. Anyways, I always remember stories of Lynn doing crazy things, shaving her head and getting eyebrow piercings, you know, that kind of stuff. After I turned 15, the stories suddenly stopped. I haven't heard of them since. I only met them once and heard their names murmured, so it wasn't something that stuck. When I was like 16 I saw an ad for a missing person named Shauna. I lost the ad and I haven't thought about it since then. But, the girl we saw in the window, looks identical to the girls I remember, I'm almost afraid it could have been Drew, Peter, and Molly who kidnapped the two of them, but I don't know for sure." I open my eyes to meet the boys astonished by the connections I just made. Silence deafens me and as I blink my eyes rapidly to combat the tears, I feel two warm arms wrap tightly around my waist. I bury my face into Four's chest and he sets his chin lightly on my head. I inwardly laugh to myself about our height difference.
"We'll figure all of this out, I promise." Four's voice muffles into my hair and the warmth of his breath makes my neck tickle.
Tobias POV
I feel the wooden floors of Rachel's house thump with the sound of Tris hitting the ground. My mind races and I don't know what to do. Zeke suggests we take her home and give her water and some time to sleep, so I slip my arm under her thin legs and wrap my hand around her waist, letting her head fall limply against my chest. It kills me to see her so vulnerable, but at the same time, I love the feeling of protecting her. I allow her to sleep on my chest and at about 2 in the morning she arouses. She has that look in her eyes that seems awake, but she feels as if she's still dreaming. I know she won't remember this conversation so I let her start to ramble and act like she's drunk or something.
"Fourrrrrrr I'm not comfy." She whines in the most adorable way imaginable.
"I'm sorry, can I do something about it?" I love this cutie, I'm not sure if she's ready to hear that yet though.
"I'm gonna put on jammies then you're gonna snuggle with me." She widens her eyes and hops out of bed and fumbles with her suitcase until she grabs some running shorts and a loose t-shirt. I chuckle as I hear banging in the bathroom. I'm surprised when she walks out so soon. She wanders out, her shirt off, with her bra on and her pants still tight to her legs.
"I need help." She sounds like a four year-old struggling to pull her jeans off, and I reluctantly get out of bed to help her. I know that she would normally be embarrassed in front of me right now, but it's just her bra, so I just attempt to not stare. She motions to the leggings clinging to her legs and grumbles about not being able to get them off and how I need to do it for her. I shake my head and get to work. It's only as I'm sliding my hands down her thighs peeling off the material when I realize that if she was wearing leggings, she must be wearing a thong. I just silently plead for her not to turn around because I know that I won't be able to control myself. Thankfully, her feet stay tight to the tiled floor and she gets her running shorts and t-shirt on without any mishaps. I lay her back down with me and I don't fall asleep due to her beauty, just placed to my side. Suddenly, her lips begin to move. I listen closely and hear the same phrase over and over until it's drilled into my mind. I know her, I remember. Her soft words continue, lulling me into a confused slumber.
Guys I'm sorry, this chapter was supposed to be longer but it just didn't work out. Anyways, I hope I took you by surprise? Ya know, the whole who are the girls interconnection thing? I have another twist coming that I hope you'll like! Oh, and I have an idea. I was thinking, if I get 10 reviews on every new chapter, I'll start updating daily. Sound like a deal? It'll only happen if you guys read and review, so I guess only you can tell if you'll get another twist tomorrow. Enjoy and review my lovelies.
