Reality
Chapter 25: Friends?
Tobias and I are heading to the cafeteria for breakfast. We are walking hand in hand, silently. It is the morning after what happened with Christina and I really hope I don't have to see her.
But I do. There she is. Sitting at the table we usually sit at, with all of our friends. She's laughing at something Zeke said. Instead of going over to them I drag Tobias to one of the only empty tables left. One in the corner of the room.
We just sit there and eat. I keep peeking over and I see my friends looking at me sympathetically, except for Christina. I thought she was a better friend than that. I didn't think she'd say things like that knowing everything that's happened recently.
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Zeke's POV:
I look over and see Tris and Four sitting on their own. They both look like they've been up all night, crying. But I don't think they care. I then look at Christina and glare at her.
"What, Zeke?"
"I think you should go and apologise to them."
"What for? It's true, isn't it? They've barely done anything with us since what happened to Amity. I just want my best friend back. That's all. They have to get over it."
"Would you be saying that if you lost a child? They've been through hell and back yet you decide to say something like that to them."
"I understand that their child was murdered, but they can't mope around forever. They have to get on with their lives. They can have more children."
"If I lost my baby I would be devastated. Christina, they need time to get over what they've been through. You can't rush them into it. And Tris, she lost her dad as well. Her brother betrayed her in the worst way possible. It's not just that she lost her baby. She lost two other people she cared about and loved as well. Then she almost became infertile and lost hope for a moment that she would ever have kids. You really should apologise." Myra says, her hands rubbing her belly trying to protect her child from the world. We all nod.
"She trusted you, Christina. She thought you were her best friend. She never thought you could say something like that to her, after everything. She thought you would be there for her. But now she doesn't even want to sit with us because of what you said. You broke her heart." Shauna tells her.
"I was just saying what we were all thinking."
"No, none of us were thinking that. We wanted to support them we just didn't know how, so we were their friends. We would have never said something like that. We never thought that either. Because we know that if we lost a child we would also be devastated. And they didn't even know about the child. Tris found out a minute before it died. That's even more painful because they didn't have any time to feel anything."
"Fine. I'll apologise to them later." Then she goes back to eating.
I see Natalie walking over to where Tris and Four are sitting. She sits on the other side of Tris and holds her like any mother would. I just hope they're okay.
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Tris' POV:
Tobias and I are in our office, going through some files. But then there is a knock on the door.
"Come in." Tobias says, but I wish he hadn't.
Christina walks into the room. Tears gather in my eyes but I push them down.
"Can I talk to you, Tris?"
I just nod and follow her out of the room. I stand in front of her, but I don't stay anything.
"I'm sorry for what I said. I went too far."
"You said what you thought. That's what Candor do, right?"
"I'm not Candor anymore."
"Then why did you say it? You could have kept it to yourself. I thought you were better than that. I thought you were my friend."
"Because I want things to go back to the way they were. But I know now that it's not going to happen because too much has gone on since then. And I'm sorry."
"You're not sorry. You believe every word you said."
"I am sorry. But yeah, I did believe every word I said. I'm sorry because of the pain it caused, though. I should have understood that you need time. I should have understood that you were in pain. But I didn't. I can't understand because I haven't been through anything like it. I tried to understand, I did. But I just couldn't. I wanted you to be the person that you were. I wanted you to be happy again. I wanted to spend time with my best friend, but you were too upset to do anything. And when you did you didn't talk much. I'm sorry that I upset you. I really am. Can you be my friend again?"
"You understand that I still need time, right?" she nods. "Are you going to say anything like that again?"
"I'll try not to."
"I need you to promise me that you won't say anything like that again."
"I promise." she says as she nods.
"Fine. You can be my friend, again."
"Thank you."
And when she hugs me, I reluctantly hug her back.
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