Chapter 25

Alright, chapter 25. All notes, as usual, are at the end. Thanks for reading.

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Tris' POV

My thoughts are blurred, mind slow and sluggish. I open my eyes. Slowly. My vision blurs, my head pounds. There are lots of faces. Who are they? Uriah. Zeke. Christina. Marlene. Shauna. Will. Tobias, leaning right over me.

"Tris, are you ok? What happened?" he asks, but it's all fuzzy and hard to hear what he says.

"Uhhgg. Uhhhh," I try to speak, quietly. Tobias' frown creases his brow even more, if it is possible. He leans closer.

"Wha. What app. What happened?" I say, tongue strangely numb and limp.

"I don't know Tris. We came out of the locker room, and the girls said you'd been missing for ten minutes going to the loo. So we all went to look for you," he says, explaining. I keep trying to speak, but my mouth seems to be numb.

"Alright, I'll take her home," says Tobias, taking charge. The others nod in agreement. In the meantime, I am searching my mind, slowly, for what happened. I don't work it out, but Tobias has picked me up, and in his warm embrace, nothing can hurt me.

We get home a little later, and I've recovered some of my ability to speak and move. I stagger to the front door, and let Tobias open, supporting me to the sofa. I sit down, and he sits beside me, after putting on a movie.

"I've put on the new X-men," he said. Good choice. We watch the movie for a while, until I feel that I have most control over my body. Then, I regain my memory, and bolt upright as I remember the threat. My mind is suddenly a lot clearer, and I am in control fully. Tobias looks at me.

"Are you ok Tris?" he asks, from his position behind me.

"I-I think so," I stutter out, recalling how to speak properly.

"So what did happen? You were all zoned out and it was like you were taking ages to wake up properly."

"Well, Tobias, it was a threat." I admit. His face turns serious. "Someone restrained me once I got outside of the loos, and they gagged me so I couldn't shout. Then they... They said you had to lose your next match, or you and me." I finish. Tobias is very serious now, and he engulfs me in a hug.

"It's okay Tris, I won't let them hurt you. We should report it to the Police. In fact, I don't want you to get hurt Tris. I love you so much. We could break up, I mean, I don't want to, but these people won't stop until they've hurt you or me," My heart quivers at the thought of losing Tobias. His eyes are no longer locked onto mine.

Tobias' POV

I can't look at her. Never did I expect this to happen. I never wanted it to happen. Why did it have to happen to us? Why should I have to break up with the girl of my dreams just so she won't be harmed? It isn't fair, but it might have to be done. Could I? Break up with her? I doubt it. I severely doubt it. She pulls me up to face her.

"I refuse to let you break up with me because you want to protect me," she says, low and and serious.

"Tris, I don't want to either, but.." I trail off as her expression hardens. Mine softens at those eyes, so full of love, but also hurt. No. I can't let her go, for my own sanity and life. I lean up and kiss her.

"I'm sorry. I don't know how I would live without you, how I could ever think that. I'm sorry, Tris. I love you," She smiles, but hints of tears remain in her eyes. I pull her close for another hug, and we fall asleep together, on the sofa.

The next day, I wake up to Tris kissing me softly.
"Toby, I would love to stay like this, but it's seven and you have a very important football match (British football, as it ALWAYS is.) , aswell as school." I bolt upright, and me and Tris begin the dance of waking up. Teeth brushing, running over to your bag, rifling through it, picking up your books, homework, and running out to your car, armed with only a granola bar.

School just finished, and I step outside, into the sun. I begin strolling toward the football field, where I see my friends, and, of course, Tris. I trot over, and we begin chatting about strategies and by how much our team will win. Then, me and the guys go to get changed.

Finally, the final whistle blows, and we get changed before meeting our proud girlfriends outside. Tris hugs me, and I spin her around, laughing. She giggles. Then of course, Zeke decides there needs to be a party, as we got into the final, and if we win the final, we will have an even bigger party. Everyone agrees, and we all head home to get ready, and, surprisingly, Christina doesn't use Tris as a barbie doll. Wow.

There is chapter 25. Hope you enjoyed. Also, thanks for all support, hope everyone is enjoying, and please review, I worked out that only 0.003% of people who read this review it, so can we please have a few more reviews so I can imrove it or just know what you think? Thanks again,

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