A/N I do not own the characters, story lines, quotes or anything of the Divergent books. I just borrowed them for entertainment

Chapter 14 A Special Evening

That night Tris arrives home before Tobias so she cooks up supper which consists of a lasagna, salad, and breadsticks. She makes a cake for dessert that is even better than the cake she remembers from the Dauntless compound. Evelyn walks in just as Tris puts the finishing touches on the table. "Wow I think I should have taken Torin out tonight for dinner." She says softly.

"No way you both have to be here." Tris says excitedly just as the door opens and Leslie brings Torin in.

"So when will the new schedule start Tris?" Leslie asks.

"Tomorrow if all goes as planned tonight." Tris answers. "I will call you when I know."

"Thank you talk to you later tonight." Leslie calls as she heads out the door.

"I am going to get a shower and change before Tobias gets home." Tris says.

"Do I need to do anything to dinner?" Evelyn asks.

"No please just go have a seat in the living room and when Tobias comes in just have him relax in the living room with you." Tris says and as soon as Evelyn agrees Tris runs up to shower. When she gets done showering she slips into her black strapless knee length dress and a pair of black heels. Her tattoos were all on display in this dress. She then walks downstairs to find Evelyn with Torin reading a book. "Did he arrive home yet?"

"Yes and he went up to shower and change. I told him you were showering and he felt maybe he should too. I just hope he decides to dress up some because you look hot in that dress." Evelyn says as Tris blushes.

"I am going to go finish dinner. Thank you for the compliment." Tris says as she walks into the kitchen. A few minutes later she hears Tobias talking to his mother in the living room.

"You look almost as amazing as she does. Now I feel like I should change. Don't you think Torin?"

"Yes Grandma let's go get changed." Tris hears Torin say and she laughs to herself.

Then she hears Evelyn and Torin heading upstairs and a moment later she feels Tobias' arms around her waist. "Hi sexy." He whispers in her ear.

"Hi handsome." She says back over her shoulder. Then he presses a gentle kiss to her lips. "I missed you all day but got a lot accomplished."

"I missed you too but I also got a lot done. Johanna got asked out on a date by Wesley, Dad agreed to the terms we set for him to return to the city, and many other things."

"I love these moments." She whispers.

"Me too." He replies then tightens his arms a bit. "What can I do to help?"

"Carry the breadsticks and milk out to the table. I will bring the lasagna and salad out in a moment." Tris says then kisses him again over her shoulder. He did look amazing in his black dress slacks, red button up shirt, and black tie.

Soon the whole family was seated and was starting to eat. "You look very attractive in that dress Mom." Tobias says to Evelyn.

"Thank you son." Evelyn says as she looks down at her blue sleeveless knee length dress with a single ruffle at the bottom. On her feet she wore a pair of white sandals. "But I think the best looking one in the family by far is Torin." She says looking over at her grandson who was dressed in a pair of tan dress slacks, blue dress shirt, and a blue/tan striped tie.

"Thank you Grandma but I think it's Mommy that looks the best. Don't you agree Daddy?" Torin says with a big smile on his face.

"I think you are completely right son." Tobias says leaning over and ruffling his son's hair. "You are the most beautiful woman in the world Tris."

Tris just blushes. "Thank you Tobias and Torin."

"What was the reason you decided to dress up tonight?" Evelyn asks suddenly. "And you what was the reason for such a lovely meal?"

"I never had a reason to dress up before in my life and while I was talking to Christina, Susan, and Lauren I found out that they sometimes dress up for dinner at home. Well Susan didn't until Christina and Lauren talked her into it. Now they say that it is one of the nicest things they do to make themselves feel beautiful. They suggested I try it tonight." Tris says blushing deeply.

"If it makes you feel beautiful then I would gladly dress up every night for dinner baby." Tobias says softly. "I have always wanted for you to see your beauty the way I do. Wait you said Lauren told her that?"

"Yeah," Tris says with confusion in her voice. "She was the other initiate instructor I mean the one for the Dauntless born right?"

"Yeah she was but I didn't think anyone had heard from her since the war broke out."

Tris giggles as she replies. "She asked about you too, Four. Though she blushed deep red when she learned I was engaged to you. Apparently Lauren had a crush on you at one time."

"Lauren did try to get me to go out on a date when we finished our initiation process the year I transferred to Dauntless. Then again when we started working together to train the initiates she asked me out again. However the moment you dropped into the net, she saw the look I gave you, and the way I didn't let go instantly when I pulled you out of the net she said she realized I maybe had a girlfriend from my old faction. When her and I talked during the process she kept asking me for details about you and I would tell her about how your training was coming." Tobias laughs at this.

"What would she say to that?" Tris asked having already talked this over with Lauren.

"She would say 'you know that is not what I mean Four! Now tell me about your relationship with her before Dauntless.' So I would tell her the truth was I had seen you a few times but I didn't really know you. She kept pressing for more information and as time went on I found it harder to cover my feelings. The night I was going to show you my fear landscape she was the one that helped me set it up. Then the next day she asked me about how the night went and I told her about everything."

"What do you mean everything?"

"I told her about our kiss and about what I said about your beauty. Also about how it felt doing my confinement fear with you there and how in some ways I didn't mind the confinement with you there but at the same time I was too afraid."

"Why do I get a feeling what you said to Tris was not very good?" Evelyn asks.

"I told Tobias that I am not pretty." Tris says.

"I laughed and she told me not to pretend. So I realized I wasn't going to win that fight so I chose another route. I said, 'Fine. You're not pretty. So? I like how you look. You're deadly smart. You're brave. And even though you found out about Marcus, you aren't giving me that look. Like I'm a kicked puppy or something.' To me she was more beautiful than words could express but to her she was plain."

"I am sorry Tris that my son is an idiot." Evelyn says.

"I don't think he is an idiot in fact he cared enough to find a way to say what he was feeling without making me feel like he was just pitying me. We have always known the right things to say to one another in moments when others would have said something that just made us hurt more." Tris says.

"So I have noticed." Evelyn says with a smile. "I also know my son is not an idiot."

They all laugh at this and Tris seems to relax. "I know you know he isn't an idiot. I just feel silly for my reasoning behind dressing up for dinner. Also I didn't mean you three had to dress up too." She blushes as Tobias takes her hand.

"Still feels weird to have physical contact in public at times doesn't it?" He says softly. "Also feels like you are going against yourself when you want something such as a beautiful meal with nice clothes but reality is that it is just as much a part of you as this faction was a part of you."

"You know me too well, Tobias." She says softly and for a moment they look into one another's eyes forgetting about Torin and Evelyn.

"Mommy did you ever see your parents share moments like this." Torin asks softly.

Tris smiles at Tobias then look to her son. "They didn't share moments quite like this but I did get to see their love in the simple things they did for one another. It was there when they made the bed together or when my mom would listen to my dad talk. It was in those small moments that if you didn't watch closely you would miss seeing it." She said with a smile and love shining in her eyes.

They enjoyed the rest of dinner and when it was time for dessert Tris excused herself. She went into the kitchen and put the chocolate cake in bowls then added a scoop of ice cream and a spoon of strawberries to top it off. She then took it out and served it to her family. "This is better than Dauntless cake!" Tobias says with a big smile.

They all enjoyed their dessert before retiring to the living room to relax for the night. After a half hour Evelyn and Tobias both got up suddenly. "I am going to go do the dishes." Evelyn says.

"No Mom you sit with Tris and Torin I will do the dishes."

"How about we both do the dishes and let Tris put Torin to bed." Evelyn suggests seeing the eyelids that were dropping almost shut on her grandson's face.

"That sounds like a good idea." Tobias agrees as Tris gets up, picks their son up, and heads upstairs.

She puts Torin to bed and then heads back downstairs to sit in the living room. When she enters the living room she found a surprise. On the table were one dozen roses with a note that read, 'You are beautiful in every way. Thank you for saying you will be my wife.' She smiled and walked into the kitchen where Tobias had his hands in soapy water while Evelyn was drying a plate. Evelyn kept quiet as Tris wrapped her arms around Tobias waist and slide her hands up his chest to rest on his pecks. She then pressed a kiss to his shoulder blade by standing on tip toe. "I am the luckiest woman alive." She whispered against his back as she laid her cheek against his back. She felt safe and loved when she was with him in the moments like these.

He smiled as he continued to wash the dishes while she held onto him. "I love you too Tris. I am the luckiest man alive baby because I have you." He whispered back as he finished the last dish, handed it to his mother, drained the water and dried his hands. He then turned in her arms and kissed the tip of her nose.

"I think I am going to bed." Tris says with a seductive smile. "Good night Evelyn and Tobias."

"Are you trying to tell me you don't want me to join you?" Tobias asks softly as he leans down caressing her cheek.

"Well I thought you would get the hint and follow me to bed but if you are so thick as to miss the invite then yeah go sleep in your own room tonight." She says with a smile then starts to walk away.

"Good night Tris." Evelyn calls then slaps her son's behind and says. "Follow her or you will be very unhappy in the morning."

Tobias laughed as he hugged his mom goodnight then ran after Tris catching her at the bottom of the stairs. He picked her up and carried her up to her bed. "You do know that I would have followed you no matter what right?"

"I know you would baby." She whispers as he sets her down on her bed. He then knelt in front of her.

"Why then did you invite me the way you did?"

Tris blushes deep again. "Well the girls were talking today at lunch about stuff and some of it made me wonder."

He reaches up and caresses her cheek with a loving understanding. "What did it make you wonder?"

"It made me wonder about if you ever feel like less of a man because of the things I do. I mean," she chokes on her words then after a moment continues. "I mean that I never have dressed up for you and I have never really made you feel wanted in the bedroom the way other women do for their men." She blushes deeply as Tobias takes her hands in his and looks into her beautiful eyes.

"I love the person you are and I love that you don't find it necessary to dress up to be with me. I guess our Abnegation roots are still a big part of us. I love that you don't feel our relationship has to be overly sexual like our friends have needed in their relationships. I love what we have and I don't want or need more than this because it is more than I ever dreamed I would have. Don't get me wrong I do love the dinner and how you dressed up for me but you are beautiful to me no matter what you do. Also in a way the next time we make love will be our first time so I really want to wait until I marry you to make love again. I am not saying that I don't get tempted from time to time but what I am saying is I want the real Tris not the Tris the other girls tell you to be. You are perfect to me the way you are."

Tris stares into his bright eyes and sees he is telling her the truth. "You remember when you said I wouldn't be the first girl you went to for um that?"

He laughs softly. "Yes I remember that day very clearly."

"You remember how I wanted to walk away that day?"

"Yes I do and I remember stalling you by explaining that what I meant is that I knew you weren't that type of girl when I choose to be with you. Of course that wasn't my exact words."

She smiles as she says. "I remember thinking that I was lucky to have found someone who understood me. Then when you made it clear it was the same for you that is when I stopped doubting what we had. I really started wanting to be with you when you saved me from Peter, Drew, and Al. It felt so right being in your rooms and I loved smelling your scent all around me. Do you know that one of the things I missed the most was your scent?"

"I missed your scent too when we were apart. The sweet scent that I associated with you would some nights fill my dreams until I woke up suddenly thinking I would find you in my bed. I would wake to an empty bed and I would have to cry myself back to sleep."

After that they sat quietly with his head against her heart and her arms wrapped around his neck playing with his hair. After a few moments they separated and they each changed for bed. Tris put on a tee-shirt that reminded her of the night in Amity when she came to his room to sleep in his arms. He smiles appreciatively as he sees what she has on. "You look as amazing as you did that night. It took all my restraint not to make love to you then."

She laughs. "Will it take all your restraint this time too?"

He laughs with her as he pulls her into his strong arms. "I think it won't be as hard this time to resist the temptation as it I know only one month more until I can spend every night showing you my love in that way." She blushes deeply as he says this. "I love the way you blush at things. I thought you were getting more comfortable with talk about sex but maybe you are with everyone but me."

"Yes I am more comfortable around others when it comes to talking about sex but with you it still feels like a topic that is a bit scary. That is so stupid isn't it?"

"No it is far from stupid. It actually makes me feel special that I can make you blush like no one else can." He whispers as he leads her to her bed and they lay down. He slowly caresses her face and cups her chin in his strong rough hand then he leans in pressing a soft sweet slow kiss on her lips. As he kisses her his other hand runs slowly down her other arm then gripped her hip holding her close. He was wearing only a pair of flannel night pants which was his usual nightwear since returning to the city. He looks into her eyes and whispers. "Absolutely beautiful."

She let her hands run along the ink on his back. "I feel the same about you." She whispers and not long after that they fall asleep content in being in one another's arms.