Chapter 36: You Are Formally Invited to the Wedding of Eric Clark and Lane Matthews
Eric POV
The guys and I were walking back to my place to get ready for my wedding. I am so excited and happy. For a while now, I have thought of Lane as my wife already. This ceremony is just to make it official. We have our tuxes and the wedding bands. I got ours engraved Same People Different Faction. That's our thing, it's what Lane has tattooed right below her heart and I got the same one about four months ago. She has taught me how to be a better person. The truth is, I'm not the same man I was when I left Erudite. It's not the faction that changed me, it was the girl who touched my tin man heart. The door is already open so we just go in, but when I do, I see him… Miakel. I step in front of Lane and put my hand on her stomach. I think Miakel notices that.
"So, I'm going to be a grandfather soon…" Miakel says in a smug tone.
"What are you doing here Miakel?" Nadi asks with a shaky tone.
"How dare you use my first name! I am your father…" Miakel yells at her.
"You were her father. You lost that title the second you started beating her!" I yell at him. "What the hell are you doing here! You are supposed to be with the factionless."
"Oh I am… So that means only one woman stands in the way of me getting control over them…"
"What are you talking about?" D asks while people exit. Now all there is left is Nadi, Mark, Lane, D, Zeke, Four and Tris.
"Well, one person by the name of Evelyn Eaton or Johnson is their leader. I am willing to kill her; I just needed a few guns…" He says.
"What makes you think we'll help you…"
"Oh no… I just needed to distract you while Katheryn, your mother gets the guns."
"My name is not Katheryn! It's Lane. You are not a grandfather to this child, you are nothing Miakel."
"We'll see about that when I am the leader of the factionless. The first thing I'll do is come after you and that thing."
"You are delusional!" Mark says. "Dauntless is the most heavily guarded places in the city."
"Well, I have a few friends." Miakel says and that was it. I was done hearing his voice and I just knocked him out. I tied him to a chair and we all ran to D's apartment. Everyone went there and Christina and Marlene were holding Tobias and Anastasia.
"What's wrong?" Uriah asks
"Our families getting involved in our wedding day." Lane says and we all laugh. D unlocks her weapons cabinet and we all get M4 Machine guns. Lane gets one but then I take it out of her hands.
"Better leave this to the guys." I say and all the guys smile and nod.
"Last time we did that you all ended up in Coma's and we had to save your asses." She responded and all the guys look away. The girls laugh.
"What?" Nadi says in a surprised tone. "You went in a coma and I didn't even get a damn phone call."
"Lane, your pregnant." I say trying to avoid that particular conversation.
"So?"
"Eric, I was pregnant when I saved your ass." D said
"So was I." Tris says.
"It's my mother." Lane says and touches my cheek. "I'll be fine. Now hurry up! We have two hours before we have to go to the hall." She says as she gets her gun from my hands.
"Wait…" Will says. "What about the babies?"
"Oh shit." Tris says. Almost on cue, my mother comes barging in.
"Eric Christopher Clark. I go to your apartment and I see your father tied to a chair!"
"Mom…" Nadi said. "What did you do?"
"I accidentally, possibly might have stabbed him in the leg with a knife."
"Nice job Mrs. Clark." Christina says. "Can you watch the babies for like 45 minutes?"
"Sure… what's going on? Why do you all have guns? Oh no young lady. You are not holding a gun in front of your mother. Hello Mark."
"Mrs. Clark. I have people on their way to collect your husband."
"Not my husband, but thank you."
"Mom! I have to do this. I love you." Nadi says and walks out the door. We follow her and I kiss my mom on the cheek but then was busy coddling the babies. We all walk to the weapons safe and there they are, lead by Jeanine. We turn the corner and we point our guns at them and their one gun, held by a man with an eye patch is holding it at Tris' head.
Tobias POV
We turn the corner and when I see her, it stuns me. I haven't seen her since her "funeral", the night she decided to leave me with her terrible choice of a husband. She gave me a blue statue type thing and I left it in abnegation. I took it out the day that I chose dauntless and I left it on my desk as a simple act of defiance. When I looked at her, it was like she never aged. She still looked like my mom, but the fact of the matter is that she is a stranger.
"Tobias?" Evelyn said, I didn't say anything. Tris looked at me and so did everyone else. The looked shocked, they wondered who she was but I think Tris finally caught on.
"Evelyn." I said. "Drop your gun. Now! If you do you can go back to the factionless. If you don't, you wont make it out of here alive."
"Tobias Eaton. I remember." Jeanine said.
"Edward?" Tris asked. "Myra?" She said to the man that was holding the gun. Now that makes sense. Edward and Myra are now factionless. "What are you doing?"
"We need weapons to protect ourselves." Myra said in her compassionate tone.
"Is that what they told you?" Eric said. I can't look at her. It hurts too much. I can tell that she is looking at me and Tris holds my hand. I know that she is here for me, it helps. It still doesn't encompass all of the pain that I felt when she left and every day after when Marcus beat me.
"What do you mean told us?" Evelyn asks
"They are planning to overthrow you. I'm guessing your Evelyn." D says
"Yes, that doesn't make any sense. They can't overthrow me."
"They can sure as hell try by killing you." Nadi said.
"Go home." Lane said and I still can't say anything.
"Katheryn…" Jeanine said and then Lane shot her in the leg. "How many times do I have to shoot you to get it through your head that I am not your daughter?! Now leave before I decide to paralyze you."
"Fine…" Jeanine says and they turn away. Uriah and Will escort them out. Then the rest turn to me.
"Tobias?" D asks and I nod. "That's why I couldn't make a file on you."
"Come on… We still have to get ready for my wedding." Lane said. "You don't have to go if you don't want to four."
"No, I want to." I say and we all go back to D's apartment. We put the guns back and we all get ready. The girls go to the bathroom and get dressed and do whatever they do and the guys just change into their suit which only takes us about five minutes, then we are eating cake and playing on the Xbox. Then Tris comes out of the bathroom and looks at me.
"Can I talk to you?" She asks and I nod. We go to our apartment and we walk to the bedroom. "The guys have Tobias right?" I nod. "Baby, talk to me."
"I don't know what to say. We both knew that she was alive. But I never thought I would ever see her again. I never wanted to see her again. I just…" She nods and pulls me into a hug.
"I know…" She whispers into my ear. I nod and I let out a tear. It opened up old wounds that I didn't even knew were there. We go back to D's apartment and I pick up Tobias. I hold him and then I continue to eat my cake.
Lane POV
Christina and Marlene have been working on my face for like an hour now. They covered the mirror with a sheet so I wouldn't see yet. D is putting on Anastasia's dress and putting on her four inch heels. Tris is putting some lipstick on and I am dying to see what I look like. Christina and Marlene smile and stop touching my face.
"Okay…" Christina says. "We're done."
"Okay…" I say nervously and they take the sheet off the mirror and I am shocked to see what I look like. I look amazing; my red hair is curled and pulled to one side. My face is pale, but not too pale; I have red lipstick on and my eyes have a natural look with just eyeliner and mascara. My dress is a strapless fit and flare white simple dress with a sweetheart neckline. I look pretty, and that is something that I never like to admit. I hug them and Tris, Nadi and D tear up.
"Don't you dare." I say "If you cry, then I'll cry and then we will miss our time slot because Christina and Marlene will have to redo my face." They all laugh and I pull them into a hug.
Eric POV
I was finally going to beat Zeke when the door to the bedroom opened and I turned my head. The entire group girls walk out with long black dresses, with their make up all done up and hair curled. Anastasia is wearing a cute black fluffy dress and then I see her. She looked amazing. I walked up to her and I just kissed her. We smiled through the kiss and then she wiped my lips.
"You have a little lipstick there honey." She said and we both laughed. "Alright let's get this show on the road." She said and we all walked out. Lane and I walked hand in hand to the hall. Once we got there, my mom was already sitting front row. When we came to the alter thing I looked into Lane's eyes. All of our friends are sitting down in the chairs just watching us. Then I kind of tuned everyone out and just looked into her eyes. I love her so much. The person said that I needed to take out the rings now. Before I put it on her finger, I showed her the engraving and she let a tear go. I smiled wiped it away, I put the ring on her finger and she did the same with me. Then I could finally kiss my wife. The kiss small, but full of love. We pulled away and looked into each others eyes. I look to my sister and my mom and they both crying. I look at D and Zeke and all of our friends and they are all smiling. We walk back and all go back to our place. We make dinner; Lane makes a damn good pot roast. We all eat in the dining room with Dauntless cake for dessert. Then they all leave and Lane and I go to the bathroom to get ready for bed. She hangs her wedding dress and I hang my tux. She slips into one of my old shirts and I wear a pair a basketball shorts. We go into bed facing each other.
"Goodnight Mr. Clark."
"Goodnight Mrs. Clark." I say and she puts her head on my chest and I wrap my arms around her. I love her, and now I can officially call her my wife. I sleep knowing that I am a husband and a father, a friend, a son and a brother.
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