A/N: You guys are amazing, 3,000 views in just 3 days!? That brings the total views on this story to over 10,000 and this fic is no where near done (okay it might be like almost halfway over). Also apologies in advance for any mistakes, I was in a rush to post this.
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"And all the kids cried out, 'Please stop, you're scaring me', I can't help this awful energy, Goddamn right, you should be scared of me, Who is in control?" - Halsey, Control
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We stare at eachother for what feels like hours, his eyes widened in shock.
"How, how did you..." Four, Tobias places the cardboard boxes he was carrying down, and slumps onto the guest bed.
"Your eyes," I whisper and he gives me a look of confusion. "Your eyes, they're just like...well...yours." I say a bit louder and hand him the scrapbook I was looking at earlier. Tobias flips through it, a look of shock on his face.
"I-I don't even remember this."
"It was ten or eleven years ago, I only remember bits and peices of that vacation."
"Tris," Tobias starts, but I cut him off.
"Four, er, Tobias. Whatever you want to be called, why are you hiding your real name from other people?" He sighs, and in one swift motion he pulls his shirt off. The action catches me off guard and I have to will myself not to stare at his abs. Tobias smirks at me.
"Like what you see?' He jokes. I scoff and roll my eyes.
"Was that really nessicary to answer my question." His playful tone darkens as he turns his back to me, reviealing what is truley a work of art.
There is more ink than skin on Tobias's back. Flames rise up from his torso to the bottom of his neck in hypnatysing gold and orange swirls. A phoenix spreads it's wings across his back, a fierce look in it's eyes. As I lightly touch Tobias's tatto, I feel his rough and bumpy back. I only know of one thing that could leave scars like that.
"Oh Tobias." I whisper. He turns his head and gives me a small smile.
"I like it when you say my real name. Haven't heard it in a long time." I bite my lip and trace the flames on his back.
"Did...he do this to you?" Tobias nods somberly.
"And my mom too. Everynight at eight on the dot I'd hear my mom's screams as...Marcus..." I hear his voice break and he turns to face me.
"You don't have to tell me Tobias." He nods hesitantly.
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"For not looking at me like I'm a kicked puppy or something. Most people would just awkwardly say something encouraging or some bullshit about how it'll get better."
"Well Tobias, I don't know if you've noticed but you're not a kicked puppy and I am certianly not most people. Sure, what happened to you was horrible and Marcus is a total asshole, but you're stronger now. You're practically invinciable in my eyes." He smiles down at me, before leaning down and kissing me for the second time today.
I don't know how long we stand there with our lips locked, but after a while realziation hits me that Tobias is shirtless and the door is unlocked. As we pull away, a huge grin spreads across his face.
"I knew there was a reason why I liked you so much." He whispers in my ear, sending chills down my spine.
"Tobias," My voice come out a whisper.
"Mmmmhmm," He hums into my hair.
"What are we?" That question causes Tobias to pull away from me slightly.
"Whatever you want us to be."
"What if I don't know what I want us to be yet?" He thinks for a second before answering.
"I like you alot Tris, like alot. And this is like as in more than friends like. I've never felt this way about a person before," I nod, blushing. "But all of the 'double dates' Zeke has set up for me have failed miserably. And I don't want to mess up whatever we have here."
"What if we try going on some kind of casual date?" I mention, trying to act casual when on the inside I'm practically dying of joy. He smirks down at me, knowing where this is going.
"Are you, Beatrice Prior, asking me on a date?" Tobias says, his playful attitude coming back. I lightly shove his shoulder teasingly.
"Only if you say yes." He raises an eyebrow at me, his smirk tripling in size.
"Well then, I would love to go on a date with you Miss. Prior."
"Good." I smile. We end up starring at eachother, agian. We're so hopelessly lost in eacothers eyes that when the door opens I nearly jump ten feet in the air.
"Beatrice, Mom said she..." Caleb trails off when he notices that Tobias is lacking a shirt. His questioning eyes flicker back and forth between Tobias and I until he awkwardly clears his throat. "Beatrice, Mom wants you to help her with dinner after you and your...friend are finished in here." Caleb gives us one last look before walking back to wherever he came from, closing the door behind him.
"So Saturday at eight?" Tobias asks me, trying to clear the awkwardness that still hangs in the air.
"Yeah...uh, that sounds great." I reply, still dying of joy on the inside.
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On Friday, Tobias asks me to come hang out with him a few of his friends after school at the mall, specifically Hot Topic. I say yes, obviously. Mainley because Christina and Will have been spending an awful lot of time together, just the two of them. And I really don't want to be the awkward thrid wheel, plus there is the chance that Al could be there too and I've been avoiding him ever since capture the flag a few days ago.
Tobias meets me by my locker after the final bell on friday, wearing a small smile. I grab my bag and sling it over my shoulder. "Ready to go?" He asks.
"Uh yeah." I say , bitting my lip. He leads me to his motorcycle, which must be impossible to drive in the November weather, espcially here in Chicago. I stradle the seat behind him and wrap my arms around his waist, this time letting myself notice his defined abs through his shirt. Tobias revs the engine and speeds out of the parking lot causing the wind to whip my long blond hair into my face (A/N: Any girl with long hair knows this struggle).
We arrive at the mall twice as fast as it probably should have taken us, but we decided to take some short cuts. He takes my hand as we enter the mall and I give him a quizzical look.
"What? Holding hands is casual." Tobias says, causing me to blush a bit. When we enter Hot Topic Uriah and Lauren are already there, Lauren sitting ontop of the counter and Uriah leaning up against a table full of Pop! Vinyl figures.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" Uriah smirks and Lauren rolls her eyes.
"I knew you had a thing for her." She laughs, hopping off of the counter. This time Tobias is the one to roll his eyes.
"Whatever." He mumbles, causualy rubbing the back of his neck with his free hand. I pull away and pretend to flip through the vinyl records bin. I don't want Tobias to be emberassed infront of his friends because of me.
"Wassup my brotha!" I turn and see a senior who I recall is Uriah's brother Zeke slap Tobias on his back. I grimace at the thought of Tobias's scarred back.
"Zeke, I just saw you not even a half an hour ago."
"You should have seen how he greeted me when we ran into eachother outside," A girl says who I remember is Shauna, Lynn's older sister. "You'da thought I was frigging Miss. America."
"Today is a much joyfull day!" Zeke ignore's Shauna's comment and throws his arms up into the air. "The Lord has answered my prayers!" Tobias and Uriah groan, both probably knowing what happened today.
"Was Lara Comton really stupid enough to agree to go on a date with you?" Uriah questions. Zeke grabs his brother by his shoulders and starts shaking him.
"She was! She really said yes!" Shauna scoffs and rolls her eyes at Zeke's obnoxious behavior.
"Lara Comton is practiacally a walking STD dude." Lauren grimaces. "You sure you want to make out with her?"
"Oh please, when has Zeke ever passed up the chance to hook up with a girl?" Tobias chimes in.
"Oh and Four, my dear friend, I got you a hot date too! You know Valeria Newton?" I feel my hands clench into fists as Zeke describe how 'hot' and 'sexy' this Valeria is. Thankfully, before Zeke can describe what her boobs look like to an already red Tobias, Uriah cuts him off.
"Actually dear bother, Four already has a girlfriend." Uriah smirks at his brother's dumbfound expression.
"What!? Who...how...you?" He studders, as if the thought of his best friend having a girlfriend was as impossible as people growing third eyes.
"Actually," Lauren jumps in, trying to hold back a grin. "She's in this store right now." Zeke's face turns a little pale as he glances over at Shauna, who wildley shakes her head no.
"No offense Four, but you're so not my type." I try not to burst out laughing at Shauna's response. Zeke finally lands his eyes on me and I swear I see a lightbulb go off in his head or something.
"Hey it's you, that girl who tutors Fou-ooooh." Zeke says as he peices together the facts.
"Ooooh is right. I'm Tris." Zeke's face breaks out into a wide grin.
"Well it's a please to meet you Tris, good luck with this one." He points his thumb at Four and nudges me with his shoulder.
"So how should we celebrate my brother's 'amazing accomplishment' and Four proving to us that he can actually attract women?" Uriah asks, leaning against the counter.
"How about Bud's?" Lauren suggests. "I've had a few ideas in my head for my next one."
"Yes! Lauren you're a genius! To Bud's!" Zeke exclaims, running out of the store. Shauna rolls her eyes yet again and follows him.
"What's Bud's?" I ask, trying not to sound like a total loser. Uriah glances over at Lauren and smiles. Before I know it he's next to me with left arm draped across my shoulders, making me uncomfortable.
"Tell me Tris, have you ever gotten a tatto before?"
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A/N: Okay I'm going to stop here. I'll be updating this fic and my other Divergnet fic, His Heart, every one or two weeks. So this story will be updated almost every Sunday and His Heart every other Saturday. Also that Halsey song I used at the beginning of the chapter, Control, perfectly fits basically The Divergnet trilogy and Tobias's childhood. You should really check the song, hell, the album Badlands (which is perfect in every single way, just like Halsey herself)!
Until next time,
S