Hey, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry about all the typos in the last chapter. I think it was around 3am when I wrote it, very bad idea to write when you're tired... Anyway, here is a new chapter :) Hope you like it!
Tobias POV.
Since we came home from London, I've been looking for a new job. Without any luck. I'm almost 100 % sure that they're going to fire me, even though Tris says that she is going to talk to Thomas. I almost convinced her to play the state final, and even though I am going to miss her so much, I really hope that she's getting a Navy scholarship. I'm at hope when I receive a call.
"Hallo"
"Hi, my name is Tori. I am calling from The Pit. I've been told that you are looking for a job, and I was wondering if you would like to come down here for a job interview." A light female voice says.
"Yeah of course! When should I be there?" Maybe I sound a bit overexcited.
"Whenever you want to, you can find me in the bar"
"Thank you very much" I end the call. Walking into the living room where Zeke is sitting and watching TV.
"Did you give an application to The Pit? For me?" I ask him. He looks up a little shy.
"Yes, I hope you don't mind. I wanted to help, even though I believe that you are going to get the job back at the Academy"
"Thank you Zeke, it's really nice of you to help me. I got a job interview at The Pit, so I am going in a while. I think I will swing by Tris after, so I don't know when I will be home"
"That's cool man. How is she? She's ready for the game, and what about the reading? Finals is starting next week"
"Well the game, she is born ready you know. But she is struggling with a song, so she isn't really reading much" I say sitting down beside him.
"What's up with that song?"
"I wish I could tell you" We laugh a bit.
"Hey Four, I am really grateful that you helped me to get that job. It's no near fair if you are getting fired"
"Zeke, it's not like I am going to die and starve to death. I got plenty of money. I gotta go now" I grab my jacket and walk out, grabbing my phone.
Hey beautiful. Can I drop by in an hour or so?
The reply is there less than a minute after.
Please! I miss you, and this Spanish shit is killing me!
Are you really studying Spanish?
Busted I smile to myself.
See you in an hour.
When I walk into The Pit I spot Tori, I've seen her before since we are always here.
"I'm glad you could come, let's get out in back" I nod and walk around the bar disk, and follow her out in the back.
"Take a seat" She points to a little couch, and sits herself in a chair.
"Since I've since you so many times here with Tris, I assume that's the reason you got fired from the school?"
"Technically, I am not fired. I got suspended, but yeah; My relationship with her is the reason" I explaining, afraid that she will think it's gross and not hiring me.
"Well I need you as bartender, so that means nightshifts. Is that a problem?"
"No not at all, if it's any use I don't mind working as bouncer as well"
"That's good we could use that, sometimes the place is filled with drunk teenagers. You look quite strong. Do you mind me asking: Why aren't you going to College? You seem like an intelligent young man, and you must be good at some sort of sport too" I laugh a little.
"I got kicked out of College last year"
"And so what? That doesn't mean that you can't try again. I would love to give you this job, but I really think that you should think about College. Education is important" I am about to say that I don't care about it, but truth is; I want to go back to college. But it's not possible to go back to Michigan, they will never let me come back, not after what happened.
"You okay there?" Tori asks.
"Yeah, sorry I was just thinking"
"Okay, listen I am keeping the job open for you. I will call you in a week or something" I nod and get up to leave, I got a lot of thinking to do.
"Hey Tobias, long time no see" Natalie says as she opens the door.
"It's been long yeah, how are you?" Before she can answer we hear a loud footsteps, and then Tris is in my arms.
"I finished the song!" She exclaim.
"I'm good by the way" Natalie says and walks back to the couch.
"That's awesome! Can I hear it?"
"No, of course you can't! I need to edit is and stuff. But I did learn a song for you, I can play that for you" She grabs my hand, and drags me into her room. She sit down at her desk, her keyboard is place on it.
"Are you going to sing too?" I ask, sitting down her bed. She shakes her head.
"No, it's like a classic song. I always listen to it before a game, it calms my nerves" She explains, and then she starts to play. It's beautiful, really beautiful. I understand why it calms her, I almost feel hypnotized by it, it's like being in a trance. When the song comes to an end, I am almost asleep. She sits down on top of me, and my eyes pops open.
"Was it really that boring?" She asks, jumping up and down on my stomach.
"Not at all, it was very beautiful. Sounded like a lullaby, don't blame me for drifting off" She laughs and leans down to kiss me. There is a knock on the door, we Tris gets off me and sits on the floor instead.
"Come in" It's not surprise that it's her mom who comes in.
"There is someone here to see you" She says.
"Just wait here" She tells me. As she walks away my thoughts goes back to the College thing. I grab my phone, and call a number I never thought I would call again.
"Coach Mason speaking"
"This is Tobias Eaton, I know it sounds crazy, but I need your help"
Tris POV.
I walk into the living room, to see my least favorite person these days. Thomas.
"What are you doing here?" I ask coldly.
"I think we should all have a talk" I raise my eyes brows and shake my head, but sit down anyway. My mom sits down beside me.
"Is she in any trouble?" My mom asks, sounding a little worried.
"I don't know if you can call it that. But Tris has a relationship with one of my colleagues, and I know it's hard to believe, but I wouldn't be here telling you it if I wasn't absolutely sure" I bite my cheek, trying not to laugh.
"You mean Tobias?" My mom asks.
"No Four, who is Tobias?" Thomas asks.
"That's Tris' boyfriend, who's Four?" She looks at me.
"Mom, Four is Tobias. It's a nickname" I explain.
"That's a strange nickname" She says and shakes her head.
"Mom. Focus"
"Oh yeah, anyway the case is that I know about all that. They've been together for a pretty long time now" I look at Thomas and give him a flabby smile.
"Wait you knew about this? It doesn't bother you?"
"Why would it? He is good to her, they're in love. I don't see anything wrong, I do understand why he can't be her teacher, since he is supposed be objective about her grades"
"It's illegal to have sexual relationships with a student" Thomas says.
"Oh I know, but Tris assured me that they didn't have sex" I can feel myself blush a bit, but technically we didn't have sex while he was my teacher.
"See Thomas I told you all this already, so why are you really here?" I ask crossing my arms.
"I need you to play the state final" He says, I frown and shake my head.
"I already told you, I am not playing that game, unless you give him an apology and his job back"
"I doesn't work like that Tris, this is an issue for the school" He says.
"No it's personal Thomas! I know you trying to protect me, because that's what you always been doing, but in this case I don't need it. You're not my dad. My dad is dead, and I don't need a new one. So let's make a deal, I will play the game if you: Give him his job back next year, then he isn't my teacher and you go in and give him an apology now" I say and point to my bedroom door.
"He is here now?" I nod once, and give him an expecting look. He takes in a deep breath, and gets up. I get up with him, and open the door. Tobias is on the bed watching TV, and his face expression turns angry when he sees Thomas.
"What's he doing here?" He spits.
"Tobias, chill. He wants to say something" I say, sitting down in the bed beside him.
"Yeah, I might have been overreacting a little last time we saw each other. I said some stupid things, and I jumped to conclusions. I'm sorry about that, and you can come back teaching next year. Nobody knows about what have happened, besides Eric, but that's not going to be a problem" Thomas lets out a sigh after his long speech, Tobias looks at him with a warm smile. He gets up and extends his hand, Thomas takes it and shakes it.
"Thank you man. Let's leave that episode behind us then" Thomas nods, and then look at me.
"We got a deal then, and we are good?" He asks.
"Sure, we are good" He nods and leaves, the second the door closes Tobias wraps me in his arms.
"You are amazing! Thank you!" He says, as he is spinning me around.
"You should thank my mom too, you know she helped too" He puts me down, and kisses me hard on the lips.
"Please don't thank my mom like that" I say laughing. We walk into the living room, where my mom is watching TV. She looks at us smiling.
"Thank you helping me getting the job back"
"No biggie, you're staying for dinner?" She asks getting up, walking over to the kitchen.
"Yes please, I will drive out to by some cake for dessert. I feel celebrating!" He says and grabs his keys and jacket, and kisses me goodbye before leaving.
"That boy is so sweet!" My mom exclaims.
"Yeah, I know" I walk over to the kitchen, and lean against the counter.
"Mom, you know that no sex thing…. It's kind of not true anymore" She looks at me with a smirk. I can feel myself starting to blush.
"You're 18, I guess I saw that coming. As long as you used protection" I look at her with wide eyes.
"We didn't the first time" I say, she looks at me in shock.
"What?!"
"You can't get pregnant the first time, you don't need protection"
"Beatrice Prior, are you insane, you…" I cut her off with my laughter.
"I'm kidding mom!" She throws a spoon at me.
"You are going to give me a heart attack one day"
"But you love me" I say.
"More than anything in the world" She says with sweet smile.
"I don't know what I should do without you"
Time skip to the state final.
I swear my lungs are about to come out of my mouth, I've never in my life been so exhausted before. I'm sure I've been running a marathon! The game is in the last minutes, and the score is 5-5. I am not sure that I can handle overtime, but it doesn't really matter, because I need to. The reff blows off the game, and I walking off the field looking for my mom and Tobias. I can't see them, but I am sure that I can hear them.
"Come on Tris! You can do this!"
We gather around in a circle.
"Girls, you need to hang in there and then score that final goal. It's sudden death! Catch your breath, and then you go in there and win the match!" We all bring our hands into the middle of the circle.
"ONE, TWO, THREE WARRIORS"
We run onto the field, and are ready to finish the game. I win the faceoff and we pass the ball around.
"Formation 73RED" Thomas yells. This formation makes me free in front of the goal.
"Lauren, I'm open!" I yell, but she doesn't give a damn. She goes solo, and loses the ball. There is not much to do, so the other team can easily score and we lose the state final. I just stand on the field, looking at the other team jumping around being happy. For some reason I am not angry, maybe it's because I did my best. My mom and Tobias walks towards me, with a sad look on their faces.
"You okay?" My mom asks, giving me a hug.
"Yeah, I am fine. I did what I could, I think I played one of the best games of my life"
Tobias kisses me on the cheek.
"Yes you did, and if Navy doesn't give you that scholarship, it's their loss" I laugh.
"I better get changed, we are still going to The Pit right?"
"Sure"
"Okay, I will meet you there. I'm driving with Christina"
I walk off the fields and toward the locker rooms, I catch up with Christina.
"You okay?" I ask. She gives me a glare.
"I guess so, just so annoying that Lauren's jealousy got us to lose" She says.
"Yeah" I say and shrug.
"Tris! Christina!" We turn around to see Thomas waving us back.
"What's up?" We ask when we reach him.
"There is someone here to talk to you" He gestures to a tall man, wearing a Navy cap. I can feel my pulse raising.
"I'm sorry about the game, but you both played very well. You're thinking about College?" I both nod.
"Well, if you're interested, we are willing to give you a half scholarship for lacrosse. I will contact your school for your personal information, and then I will call you to discuss details, when the finals are over" He nods once, and then start to walk away. When he is far enough, we look at each other for a moment. Then we scream.
When we walk into The Pit, we are both shaking with excitement. The whole ride we have talking about Navy, and pretty much just screaming. I spot Tobias in the bar with Zeke, I sneak up behind him and wrap my arms around him. Placing my lips by his ear.
"Order champagne, you're girl is going to Navy" I whisper, and place a kiss behind his ear.
He turns around and looks at me with a big grin.
"Is it true?" I nod, and he wraps me into a bear hug.
"Can someone tell me what's happening?" Zeke says, looking confused.
"Christina and Tris got a Navy Scholarship!" Will yells.
"Champagne on the house" Tori says, and starts filling some glasses up. Tobias and I look each other in the eyes, and raise our glasses.
"To all the good times we already had, and all the good times about to come" Tobias says.
"All the good times" I repeat.
Bet you all though that Tris would make the winning goal :P... So the next chapter will probably be the last, so I will make it good :) I got a lot of time to write tomorrow, since I just got injured today in the first game of the season... Yaaaaay! Anyway, thanks for reading ;)
