Selfless Love
Chapter 14: Visiting day
I wake up to find Tobias smiling at me.
"Were you watching me sleep?" I ask.
"Yeah." He says, still smiling.
"Stalker much." I say.
"We have to be at the Pit in an hour. You can get ready first." He says.
"Okay." I say before getting out of bed and grabbing some clothes before walking into the bathroom.
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It is now nine o'clock and Tobias and I are walking to the Pit to go and see my mum. When we arrive we find her almost instantly. She smiles at us and we smile back before walking over to her, hand in hand.
"Hey mum." I say before embracing her.
"Hey Beatrice." She says.
"Oh, it's Tris now." I say as we pull apart.
"I like it. Tobias." She says, shaking his hand.
"Hello Mrs Prior." Tobias says sweetly.
"How are you two coping in Dauntless?" Mum asks.
"It's great. We're great. Dauntless is amazing. Also we're at the top of the rankings. He's first, I'm second." I say.
"That's great. Is there somewhere private where we can go to talk?" She asks.
"We could take you back to our room." I say.
"Yeah, we have our own room because of what happened back home, and the nightmares we get sometimes." Tobias says.
"Okay." My mum says.
We lead her to our room and when we get there we all sit on the bed.
"What do you want to talk about?" I ask.
"You two both went home early on the day of the aptitude tests didn't you? Except you didn't go home because you were sick. What were your test results?" My mum asks.
Both Tobias and I are shocked.
"How do you know? We didn't even go home straight away." I say.
"I know because I saw both of you leaving school and walking to that building you practised in. This is important. What were your results?" She asks again.
"Inconclusive." I say quietly. Tobias nods.
"Divergent." She says. "Stages two and three are where you are most likely going to get caught. But it's all right. All you have to do is go through your simulations as a Dauntless would, not as a Divergent. Don't manipulate it. Just do everything the way a Dauntless would. You'll get in and you won't get caught. Just make sure to do it quickly, but not too quick." She adds.
"What happens if we get caught?" I ask.
"There are people out there that are trying to catch and kill the Divergents. The leaders of Dauntless and Erudite hate them and want them dead. All you have to do is do everything the way a Dauntless would in the simulations and they won't catch you and you'll be fine." My mum says.
"Why do they hate us?" I ask.
"Because you're different. Because your mind doesn't work the way they want it to. Because they think you're dangerous." Mum says.
"Okay. We'll do everything the way a Dauntless would." Tobias says.
"Good. I should probably go now." She says. "Be brave. Make sure no one finds out about you. Also, have a good life. I'm not allowed to come and see either of you again." She says.
"Why?" I ask.
"Because of your father. Just, have a good life." She says.
"What has dad done?" I ask.
"Nothing, he just yelled at me when I said I was going to come and see you and I promised him I wouldn't come again because if I do he'll beat me. I love you." She says.
"I love you, too." I say.
She embraces us and kisses my cheek before leaving the room.
I start crying and Tobias embraces me.
"Hey, it's going to be all right. I'm here. I'm always going to be here." He says.
"I know. I love you." I say, still crying.
"I love you, too." He says.
"I can't believe I'm not allowed to see my own mum again." I say.
"I know. But we're going to be all right. Let's just focus on having a good life, in Dauntless, together, for your mum. Also, we have to focus on not showing our Divergence." He says the last bit quietly.
"Yeah, I think we'll have an amazing life." I say.
"I do too." He says, smiling.
"I know it'll be amazing as long as I have you by my side." I say.
"I'll always be by your side. And you'll always be by mine. So our life is going to be pretty damn amazing." He says.
"Yes it will." I say, smiling.
"When we get into Dauntless, what job do you think you want to get?" I ask.
"I don't know. I definitely don't want to be a leader. Maybe I could work in the control room or something. Maybe train the initiates as well." He says.
"That sounds cool. Maybe I could join you doing those jobs." I say.
"It would be nice working with you." He says.
"It would be nice working with you too." I say.
"Do you want to go and grab something to eat? I'm hungry." He says.
"So am I. Let's go." I say.
We stand up and leave our room. Hand in hand we walk down to the cafeteria and find families in there, talking, laughing, little kids running around. We grab a muffin each and sit at our own little table in the corner of the room. We watch everyone talk and laugh. We watch the little kids running around.
As we do I think about how nice it would be to have a family with Tobias. To get married to him. To have kids with him. To grow old with him.
I smile at the thought.
"What are you smiling about?" Tobias asks me.
"Oh, I'm just thinking about what our life could be like and how nice it would be to have a family with you." I tell him.
"Well, I can't wait to have a family with you." He says.
"I can't wait to have a family with you either." I say.
So, we just sit there. Talking, laughing, watching as everyone else talks and laughs. Overall it's a great morning.
Hey guys, hope you enjoyed it.
Right, you still have time to vote on when you want Tris to be pregnant.
Your options are:
She's pregnant now but she doesn't find out until the end of initiation.
Her and Tobias have sex on the night initiation ends, after the party, and she gets pregnant then.
Or wait a little while so her and Tobias have time to settle into Dauntless before getting her pregnant.
Those are your three options. Please vote by reviewing or PMing me.
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