I know I left the last chapter on a cliffhanger but thanks for the reviews! I hope to have this chapter complete by Monday evening but if not then it'll likely be done on Tuesday afternoon/evening.

Just noticed that in two days will be a year that I started writing this story!

Tobias POV

The ride to the hospital is painfully long. Tris is still unconscious while her wounds are being tended. I can't bear staring too long at the bruises on her body that are beginning to form. All I can do is sit here with my head in hands.

"Don't worry sir. I'm sure she will be fine. We just have to make sure she has no broken bones or internal bleeding. But she seems like a tough young woman." One of the EMTs tells me.

His words comfort and terrify me all at the same time. He's right about one thing though. Tris is a strong person. I can't lose her like this. I would never be able to live with myself if she doesn't make it through this. I'm terrified that I won't be able to tell her that I love her and that I'm sorry for our fight.

When we arrive at the hospital Tris is quickly wheeled in and I'm told to sit in the waiting room and that a doctor will be out as soon as possible to update me on Tris' condition. I take a seat and let a few tears fall. I pull out my phone and the first person I know I should call is Caleb.

"Hello?"

"Hi Caleb. It's Four."

"Hi Four. What's going on?"

"I need you to come to the hospital right now."

"The hospital? Why? What happened?"

"Tris was attacked by Peter and his friends while I wasn't home. She's being checked out to make sure there are no broken bones or internal bleeding. Unfortunately they got some good hits on her before I could stop them."

"That monster! I hate him! I'm on my way."

We say goodbye and I hang up and figure I should call Christina next.

"Hello?"

"Hey Christina. It's me, Four."

"Is everything alright with you and Tris?"

"Not yet. We haven't had the chance to talk. But something happened. Tris was attacked by Peter."

I hear her gasp on the other end. "How?"

I don't know everything yet because I wasn't home. When I got back I found Tris being attacked by Peter and two other guys. Tris was brought to the hospital so that's where I am now."

"Okay. I'll be there soon."

Next on my list is Zeke. I tell him to let Uriah know so that I don't have to make any more calls.

About 10 minutes later Caleb barrels into the waiting room. I stand up.

"How is she?"

"I don't know yet. Hopefully the doctor will come out soon."

In the next five minutes everyone else arrives and asks me about Tris. It almost seems like an eternity since they took Tris back.

"Are you alright?" Zeke asks me.

"I don't know. I'm worried about Tris."

"Looks like they got a few hits on you too, brother. But I can imagine you did far worse to them."

Until he said that I didn't even notice I taste a little blood on my lips and that my eyebrow stings. I ignore it for the time being. Finally after a while a doctor enters the waiting room.

"Family of Tris Prior?"

Caleb, Christina, and I stand up while everyone else stays sitting, waiting anxiously.

"I'm her brother. How is she?" Caleb asks.

"She will be okay. No broken bones or internal bleeding. She will only likely be sore for awhile until the bruises and cuts heal. The worst has passed so she should be waking up within the next half hour or less." He pauses and then turns to me. Likely seeing the cuts on my face, he asks, "I assume you're the one who found her?"

"Yes, sir."

"Well, it looks like you got to her just time. Why don't you come back with me and I can have a nurse tend to your cuts. And you can go see Ms. Prior after if you want to be there when she wakes up."

I don't see any point in arguing so I simply nod in response and get up to follow. I turn to Caleb silently asking permission to see Tris first and he nods at me. Zeke squeezes my shoulder as I pass. The doctor leads me over to the nurses station.

"This young man came in with the girl in room 232, Ms. Prior. See to it that his cuts are cleaned and bandaged if necessary and then if you would be so kind to take him to Ms. Prior's room."

The nurse smiles and nods. "My pleasure, Dr. Anderson." Dr. Anderson nods at me then walks away.

"Follow me." The nurse says. "I'm Nurse Brown but you can call me Lauren if you'd like."

I nod. She leads me into a small, private room and has me sit on a chair. She grabs supplies from the cabinet and places them on the counter. She soaks a cotton ball with hydrogen peroxide.

"This will sting a bit more than usual as the locations of your cuts are quite sensitive already."

I nod and she gently wipes the cuts. I hiss at the sensation. "Almost done. I'm going to place a small bandage on the cut above your eyebrow. I won't be able to do anything more about your lip so you'll just have to let it heal on its own."

I nod. "Thank you."

"You're welcome. Now I'll take you to Ms. Prior's room."

I stand up and follow her out of the room.

So, Ms. Prior, is she your-"

"Girlfriend, but hopefully something more one day."

She smiles. "If a man is willing to save his girl like you did yours, I'd say he's a keeper."

I blush and smile.

"There's a red button on the remote control for the bed so when she wakes up just press it and I'll be in to check on her."

I nod as she opens the door quietly and lets me in. The door closes behind me as I stare at a sleeping Tris. Her face has a couple bruises and so do her arms. I go over and sit in the chair beside her hospital bed and carefully take one of her hands in mine. I don't know if she can hear me but I start speaking.

"Please wake up, Tris. For me. I need you. I'm sorry for everything. I don't want us being mad at each other anymore. I love you."

"I love you too, Tobias."

A/N: Sorry for another semi-cliffhanger but don't worry things will only get better from here so I hope you enjoyed this chapter.