Chapter 14
Tobias POV
"Sticky Purple Elephants," Tris says to Uriah.
"What?" Everybody says at once.
"Sticky Purple Elephants," Tris says, "Its a dare. You have to paint yourself purple, pretend to be an elephant, and I get to pour syrup over you. Sticky Purple Elephants."
Everyone bursts out laughing, even Uriah.
"Where are we going to find purple paint?" Uriah asks, trying to get out of the dare.
"Crafts store. Me and Chris are going, while Tobias and Zeke get the maple syrup, and you and everyone else work on your "Elephant Act"," Tris puts quotations around Elephant Act.
"Fine," Uriah says. Sticky Purple Elephants. Sometimes I wonder what goes on in that head of hers.
Eventually everybody makes up a song about "Sticky Purple Elephants".
Sticky Purple Elephants
Sticky Purple Elephants
They are Sticky Elephants
They are Purple Elephants
Sticky Purple Elephants
Sticky Purple Elephants
They can dye you purple with their snot
Sticky Purple Elephants
Sticky Purple Elephants
They are the most colorful animal
in the world
Stick-y Pur-ple El-e-phants
When everybody gets back, Tris and I help Uriah paint himself purple. Then, he puts on big purple fake ears, and a long purple fake trunk. We all laugh as he does his dance and sings the song while Tris pours syrup all over him. The only bad thing is, what Tris didn't think of before, is that she has to sit on Uriah's lap. She hastily sits down, trying to stay on the edge of his lap. But Uriah wants his revenge. Uriah smothers her in a bear hug, getting purple paint and syrup all over her. All over my clothes. Oh well, seeing this is worth a pair of clothes. Tris screams, and everybody laughs. It takes us about ten minutes to finally calm down, but when we do, Uriah speaks up.
"Caleb, Candor or Dauntless?" Uriah asks. Tris gives him a glance, probably telling him to go easy because Caleb isn't Dauntless.
"Um, Candor."
"Pansycake," Uriah mutters, barely hearable. Then louder, Uriah asks him a question. "Who is your crush?"
"Susan," Caleb says. Nobody knows Susan, so there are no comments. "Christina, Dauntless or Candor?"
"Dauntlessness," says Christina.
"Okay. I dare you to kiss Will." Caleb obviously doesn't know how to get at people in this game, because Christina just kisses will and then continues.
"Tris, Dauntless or Candor?"
"Candor."
"PANSYCAKE!" Uriah yells. Lynn slaps him.
"Tell Caleb what's going on," Christina smirks. Tris' eyes immediately widen.
"Um, Dauntless, I choose Dauntless!" she says.
"Nope. You chose Candor."
"Fine," Tris mutters something that sounds very unpleasant. "I'm pregnant."
Those in the room that didn't know immediately have a shock attack, and then bombard her with questions.
"WHAT!" Caleb almost screams. Then he turns to me. "YOU!" he says.
"Listen, I don't-" Caleb punches me, aiming for my chest. His fist lands on my shoulder instead, but I hardly feel it. My first instinct is to beat him. But this is Tris' brother. I try to talk to him again, but he just storms out, muttering something about telling her parents. I turn around. Tris is almost broke. This is a lot for her to take on, at least with so many other things going on. She falls to her knees, moments before curling into a ball. I don't hear crying. The only thing she does is rock herself back and forth on the floor.
"Sorry," says Christina, "I didn't mean for this to happen."
I just shake my head, walk over to Tris, pick her up, and carry her out. I carry her back to the apartment in silence. When we arrive, Tris has her arms around me and she is starting to gather herself. We lay down on the bed, her face buried in my chest. There are no sobs. Not even one. Just silence. We lay there, eventually falling asleep.
Tris POV
A figure stands on the edge of the pit, ready to jump. Al. I am holding a gun. I pull the trigger. At the same time, Al jumps. The scene changes, and Melody stands at the target. I pull the trigger of my gun, and I can see red on her chest. I close my eyes as the body falls.
I jerk awake to a scream. My scream. I am crying. Tobias gently strokes my hair, whispering in my ear.
"It was just a dream."
It's the middle of the night, and I lay in bed with Tobias. The blankets are warm, as is his embrace, but I am cold. I shiver, cuddling into the bed, trying to forget about my nightmare. I eventually warm up, and, forgetting about my nightmares, I lay in bed with Tobias' arms around me.
"I love you," I murmur.
"I love you too," he says. His voice is clear and sharp, like he has been awake. "It kills me to see you like this."
"Why?"
"Because, Tris, I love you. It's like losing you, watching you fall apart like this." After some time, I hear him speak again, "I'm sorry about Caleb."
"You have nothing to be sorry for, Tobias," I say, forgetting my pain for a moment. He lifts my chin up with his thumb, and, through the darkness I can see his eyes. He stares at me hard for a few long minutes, then pulls me into a kiss. We stay that way for a while. Just me and him. Him and me.
"Sleep," he murmurs, dropping my chin. I cuddle into his chest, wondering, dreaming, and eventually sleeping.
A/N: This is a poem that I actually wrote, this time! Just Four you guys, just Four you.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Tris and Four forever
This poem does not rhyme
I ship Fourtris
But not just that
I titanic them.
Have you ever seen a period at the end of a poem? Exactly. I am original.
~DivergentRebil46
(Notice how I spell Rebil. I am a Rebel because I spell rebel wrong:D)