Tobias POV
I shake myself out of my trance. I almost kissed Tris. What the heck is wrong with me? I'm going to scare her away and then she'll never give me a chance. I get up off of the couch and go to my room. I put on a new shirt and a pair of pajama pants. After I climb into bed it isn't long before I fall asleep. That's when the screaming begins.
Tris POV
My mom should've picked me up from gymnastics over 10 minutes ago. I sit on the bench in front of the window, looking for my mom's car. Someone taps me on the shoulder and I turn around. Susan stands there smiling.
"Hi, Beatrice," she says. " My mommy wanted me to ask you if you needed a ride home."
I smile. "Sure Susan that would be nice, thank you."
"You welcome," she replies. " My mom's waiting outside. C'mon." I follow her outside to her mom's minivan. I sit in the back with Susan.
"Thanks for driving me home, ," I say.
"Anytime sweetie. Where's your mom?," she asks.
"I don't know. She was late picking me up. She's usually there for the end of my lesson and we leave right after." Mrs. Black nods.
We drive in silence until we turn onto my street. Ambulances, fire trucks and police cars line the street in front of my house. I see Mrs. Blacks eyes we park down the street from the house, I jump out of the car and I hear and Susan calling after me. I ignore them and keep running towards my house. The house is engulfed in flames and smoke is everywhere. I run past the fire fighters and police officers and past the caution tape to the house. Once I get onto the side walk, I can't move anymore. My feet are stuck to the side walk. When I look down there's nothing holding my feet down. Every time I try to move ,I can't . I look up at the window to see my mom banging on it.
"Mom!," I scream. I try to move but it's hopeless. "Mommy!," I scream again. I keep screaming for her. She looks at me one last time and mouths the words "I love you". I start to cry and scream for her. She collapses before my eyes as the flames and smoke descends upon her. I keep screaming for her to come back, for my brother and father to come back with her. But they're gone. Forever.
Someone starts shaking my shoulder and I turn to see who it is.
Four
As my eyes slowly open I can see Four sitting next to me on my bed. My breathing is heavy and there are tears streaming down my cheeks. Four stops shaking my shoulder and looks at me with worry.
"Sorry, Tris. But you were screaming again and I didn't want to .."
"Four, it's fine," I say, wiping tears away. "Thank you."
He smiles lightly. I want to smile too but all I can do it break down again. I pull my knees up and wrap my arms around them and cry. Four unexpectedly pulls me into his arms and I don't object. He wraps his arms tightly around me and tries to calm me down. We stay that way for about five minutes before I calm down. My head is against Four's shoulder and his arms are still wrapped around me. I'm the first to speak.
"It sucks, because I'm supposed to be one of the best spies in the CIA but I can't even keep my personal life under control." I laugh slightly.
Four pulls away and looks me in the eye. "Don't go blaming yourself, Tris. That would happen to anyone. You can never hide emotion… What you went through was terrible and I'm really sorry."
"Thanks, Four. I really appreciate it." I smile.
"Anytime, Tris," he says. "I should probably go to sleep. We have a big day tomorrow." He starts to leave when I call back to him.
"Four?" He turns around looks at me.
"Yeah, Tris?," he asks.
"Can you stay with me?," I feel myself blush. Thank goodness it's dark enough so he can't see it. Four nods and walks back towards me. I move over so that there's enough room for him. He climbs into my bed and wraps the blankets around the both of us. Then Four puts an arm around my waist and pulls me down so that my head is on his chest and my arms are on either side of my head. Four takes the hand that isn't around my waist and strokes my hair.
"Go to sleep,Tris. I'm not going anywhere," he whispers. I nod into his chest and fall asleep to Four stroking my hair along with the peaceful silence.
Haha. There it is. I know it's a short chapter but I needed to put that scene in there before anything else happened. R&R :)