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I wake with a start worried that I am going to be late to the wedding, but I realize that it is only four in the morning. I don't have to be up for several more hours. I reach over searching the other side of the bed for Tobias, but he isn't there. The bed is still slightly warm so I know he hasn't been up for long. I get up and walk downstairs to find Tobias sitting at that kitchen table with a coffee cup in hand staring out into the dark window. His back is turned toward me. I silently go up behind him and place a hand on his shoulder. He nearly jumps out of his skin.
"Tobias, it's just me." I say.
"I have gathered as much." He says sarcastically.
"Is something the matter? Why are you so grumpy?" I ask
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take it out on you." He says kissing my hand that I have placed on his shoulder.
"Want to talk about it?" I ask gently.
"Not really." He say turning and placing an arm around me.
He pulls me towards him. I end up sitting on his lap. We sit there in silent for several moments. Out of nowhere Tobias says in my ear "I was having bad dreams, Tris. That is why I am up so early. I hope that I didn't wake you up. You should go back to bed."
"No, I am going to sit here with you. I am not going to leave you." I say smiling up at him.
He kisses my forehead. I lean my head against his chest and listen to the steady beat of his heart. It is relaxing to me and helps me to know that he is okay. Tobias is absorbed in thought. Suddenly his heart beat speeds up.
"Tobias, is everything okay?" I ask knowing that when his heart speeds up he is nervous about something.
"Yeah I was just thinking." He says with a smirk on his face.
"About what?" I ask quipping my eyebrow at him.
"About marrying you." He whispers into my ear.
I blush at the statement. Tobias become silent again, becoming lost in his mind. At some point I fall asleep, and I wake up still on Tobias's lap. He is smiling down at me. "I suppose it is time for you to get up now. I will make you breakfast."
"I guess." I say pouting.
Tobias kisses my pouting my lips and says "Up."
He attempts to push me up. I snuggle into his lap further. "Five more minutes. You are warm and comfortable."
Tobias laughs and says "We need to have breakfast. You need to be at Christina's house in an half an hour, and my legs fell asleep several hours ago. However, you looked so peaceful that I didn't have the heart to move you."
"Well I guess I will get up so that way you can get the feeling back in your legs." I say giggling.
Tobias gets up and makes breakfast while I get ready to go over to Christina's house.
Time Skip
Today is the day that Christina and Will are getting married. I am so excited for them. They are getting married in a rose garden in the afternoon. I still have be over her house early because of my hair and makeup. I am going to be wearing a light pink long dress. Christina has my hair done and it is up partway the rest of it is down and it has curls all throughout it. I help Christina into her dress. She looks beautiful. I carry white flowers. Christina wears a tea length wedding dress that she looks beautiful in. Her hair is pinned up in a bun. Will is dressed in a white suit with a black tie. Tobias looks handsome in his suit, and he is wearing a tie that matches my light pink dress.
The light music begins to play, and I begin to walk down the short walkway. I feel nervous. I can only imagine what it will feel like when it is Tobias waiting for me at the end of the aisle. Tobias smiles at me when I reach the end of the aisle from his seat. He mouths to me "You look beautiful."
I blush at the statement and turn my attention to Christina who is walking starting to walk down the aisle. Christina's father walks her down the aisle, and her mother cries when she sees her daughter. I look over at Will when he sees Christina for the first time, and he is trying to hold back tears. The ceremony is very short and ceremony itself is beautiful. It makes me want to marry Tobias even more quickly. I can see the love that Christina and Will have for each other when the look at each other. I stare at Tobias while Will and Christina exchange vows imagining that it is him and me doing it instead of them. It brings butterflies to me. He sees me staring at him and mouths to me "I love you."
I smile back at him and mouth "I love you."
He winks at me and it brings a smile to my face. Will and Chris are pronounced husband and wife. They kiss then we have some cupcakes and punch. To save herself some money, Christina decided on having the dancing part of her reception at a night club. After the cupcakes and punch all of the young attendants go out to the club. Chris stays in her wedding dress and the dj is nice enough to play them a first dance song.
Tobias and I dance the night away. We steal kisses from each other every now and then. I love the way weddings make me feel, they feel so romantic. Tobias leans down and says into my ear " Tris, I don't want to wait a whole year to make you my wife. Let's move up the wedding to next month."
I smile at him and say "Really? How are we going to do that? We don't have really anything nailed down."
He laughs and say "You don't worry about that. I will take care of it. I will make all the arrangements. Let me make a few phone calls."
Tobias leaves me on the dance floor with my head still spinning over the prospect that I could be Mrs. Eaton in a month. I dance my way over to Christina and Will who are surrounded by other people. Will excuses himself to use the bathroom. Christina screams to me "Where did Four go?"
I shrug my shoulders having no idea where he went. Tobias reappears about ten minutes later with two glasses of wine and a big grin on his face. He hands me my glass and puts his arm around me. I walk with him to booth near the outside of the dance floor, and Tobias looks at me and says "It is a done deal. How do you feel about Hawaii, Tris!"
I nearly spit my wine out. "Are you for real?" I ask with excitement.
"Yes! My dear, I am. In a little over a months you will be Mrs. Eaton." Tobias says happily.
I lean over and give him a big hug and kiss.
"How did you pull that one off?" I ask
"I have my ways." He says mysteriously.
"No I wanna know. How?" I ask curiously with an eyebrow raised.
"Okay I will tell you when we go home in private. Also it won't be just us going to Hawaii. I am paying for all of our friends and family to come as well." He says with a huge smile on his face
"Oh my goodness. You are the best." I squeal in delight.
"That's a good thing because I have already made the reservations and it is too late to change them." Tobias says.
I pull Tobias back out to the dance floor, and we dance some more. Around two o'clock in the morning. We leave the club, and make our way back home both high on life. Tobias stumbles into the room trying to take his shirt off, landing on the bed beside me. I had just fallen asleep, I startle awake. I poke him in the side and say giggling "I think a whole pack of rhinos would be more silent than you."
He grins at me and say "Really, but none of then are going to be marrying you in a little more than a month."
I give him a gentle prod and he loses his balance and falls onto the floor.
"Tobias, are you okay?" I ask looking over the side of the bed.
He doesn't respond. I poke him and he doesn't respond either. I begin to get nervous that he died. Then I notice the gentle raise and fall of his chest. I get off the bed and say "Tobias, honey, come to bed."
He still doesn't respond. I grab a pillow and position it under his head. And grab one of the blankets off the bed. As I am laying the blanket on him, he grabs my wrist and won't let go. I decide that I am spending the night on the floor with him. He pulls me into him and I lay my head on his chest. I fall into a peaceful sleep.
The next morning with a "Tris, Why are we on the floor and not in the bed?"
"I was in bed. You are the one who came in here like a pack of rhinos and landed on the floor and won't get up." I say giggling.
"Sure." He say smiling.
"It's true. I didn't do anything to you. How much did you have to drink last night?" I ask.
"Not that much." He says "However, I was really tired."
"See I did nothing wrong." I say smiling at him.
Time Skip
I am beyond excited to be marrying Tobias in a little over a month, but I have no idea how to even begin to to finalize details of our wedding. I decide that Christina will be more help to me than Tobias will be in the wedding department. I have to wait for Christina to get home from her honeymoon then we can figure out some of the smaller details.
"So Tobias how did you manage to pull off all that?" I ask as we walk through the door from the grocery store.
"What?" He asks.
"You know the with setting the date of the wedding so close and making reservations." I ask.
"Well I was stationed in Hawaii for a short time in-between tours in Iraq, and I still have some friends who I stay in touch with who owe me favors. They hooked me up. Not to mentioned Patch may have helped with it as well." Tobias say grinning.
"Tobias, do I even want to know what you and Patch did to make people owe you two favors?" I ask.
"Probably not, but story time is over for today. Let's just say that Patch and I saved their asses a few times in the sandbox known as Iraq." Tobias says playfully.
"Okay I have heard enough about Iraq for tonight." I say.
"No, be still my dying ears. Tris Prior, heard enough about my time in Iraq." Tobias says playfully.
"Shut up. I meant. I heard enough about it for tonight. I don't want it to sour the mood. I am just happy that I am going to be marrying you." I say smacking him hard in the arm.
"Ouch." Tobias says.
"Oh stop. I hardly hit you." I say.
"Yeah, but it still hurt." He says smiling.
Time Skip
I have been busy trying to planning our wedding from a long distance when I get a surprise letter in the mail saying that I have been authorized to take my boards to become a registered nurse. I feel nervous and excited. Tobias comes home from the office, and I jump on him the moment he walks through the door with the letter. He smiles and says "Did you make your appointment yet?"
"No. I am nervous. What if I don't pass? What if I fail? What if?" I say.
Tobias stops me with an earth shattering kiss. He pulls away a few minutes later and says "You have got this. Make the appointment. I will be here to help you study."
"But Tobias." I say.
"No, do not But Tobias me." He says laughing handing me his cell phone to make the call. My hands shake as I make the call to set up the appointment. Tobias sits beside me as I give the lady at the testing center all the information on the letter. He rubs his fingers along my hand attempting to calm me, but it isn't helping. The call ends, and I hand him back is cell phone saying "What did I just do?"
Tobias laughs and says "I don't know, but I remember having the same feeling when I had to call and make the appointment for my boards to get my medical license. I am here. I will be with you one hundred precent of the way. If you fail I will still be here for you. I will still love you, but you need to do this. You have prepared four long years for this test and you have got this. You have faith in me all the time. Let me have faith in you now, when you don't have faith in yourself."
I smile at him and say "I don't know how I was so lucky to end up with someone as sweet as you."
"Actually I am the lucky one. You are the one who keeps me grounded." He says smirking at me.
"How was work?" I ask trying to change the subject.
"It was great. I actually need you to supervise me, Dr. Lawrence already approved of it, next week. I have my first surgery booked. It shouldn't be that long. However, no one else can know since you haven't passed your boards yet and you aren't a hospital employee yet. You can even bring your book to study to study for your NCLEX exam." Tobias says rolling his eyes at the part that I have to supervise him thanks to Marcus's doing.
"Sure. I have nothing else going on next week. I know Christina wanted to take me shopping at some point, but other then that. I am free." I say.
I scheduled the exam for two weeks. Tobias every day after work comes home and helps me study. He is great. I know that he is tired from seeing patients all day long, but he is always willing to help with whatever I need help with. The one day that I have to supervise him in the OR. I don't bring my book to study. I watch him in his element. He is in control. Everyone knows exactly what to do and what he expects of them. Tobias commands respect in the OR, and it is a great thing to watch. I could watch him all day. At one point he glances up and notices me watching him. He smirks at me and looks back down. Although no one else can tell it is a smirk because of his mask, I can tell with the way his eyes crinkle. After Tobias is done closing up the patient and everyone is out of the room. I walk up to him and kiss him with his mask still one. "You are an amazing surgeon. Dr. Eaton. I can't wait to be your wife." I say being flirty.
Tobias laughs and says "Are you flirting with me because I am pretty sure that my fiance will kick your butt, and I still have to write post-op orders. So let's go do that, and while I am doing that I am going to test you do some of those EKG rhythms that I saw during the surgery come over the monitor since I know how much you love Cardiac."
I groan and say "But Four, I hate Cardiac."
"Don't whine. I know you hate Cardiac. Plus I saw some interesting rhythms come over that monitor during surgery so you can tell me what they were." He says smiling at me.
"But I'm not a doctor. I can't diagnosis." I say being a smart ass.
Tobias laughs and says "Yes, but you are marrying one, and I want you to know your cardiac inside and out since that is what you are the weakest at." He says grinning.
I push him lightly and follow him out the door.
Time Skip
It is the day of my exam, and I am so nervous. My heart is ready to beat out of my chest, I am sweating, and my hands are shaking so badly. Tobias drops me off at the test center and says "I love you, don't panic you know the information. You have been studying all year for this. I have faith in you. No matter what I love you, and I will be there for you."
I sit down at the station and my computer turns on. I start to answer the questions. My computer shuts off at number 100. I walk out shaking Tobias sees me and I break down crying.
"I don't think I did well at all. I couldn't remember any of the answers. It was like my mind went blank." I say crying my eyes out.
Tobias pulls me close and says "shh don't panic you can find out if you passed in forty eight hours. Let's go out and do something fun to take your mind off this."
"Okay" I say.
Tobias and I go bowling which brings me back to the memories of our first date. Then we go to a movie that I have been dying to see.
Time skip
It has been forty eight hours since I have taken my exam. I turn on my computer and my hands are shaking so bad. I waited until Tobias went to go take his shower in fear that I have failed so that way I wouldn't cry in front of him. I put in all my information, and I scream at the top of my lungs and start crying. Tobias comes running out of the bathroom with just a towel on
"What's the matter Tris? Are you okay?" He says panicking.
"I passed" I scream jumping up and down. "I passed I can't believe it."
Tobias gives me a big hug and says "I'm so proud of you I knew you could do it."
I hurry up and call Caleb and tell him my good news. He seems happy for me. Then I call Christina and tell her that I passed. She tells me that she did too and so did Will. I call the hospital and let them know I am officially an RN with my Bachelor of Science. I also let them know that next month Four and I are getting married so I could start after our honeymoon was done. Tobias comes out of the bathroom this time fully clothed, and he picks me up spinning me around. We fall onto the bed laughing. He pulls me close and kisses me passionately. We break away from each other at the sound of the doorbell. Tobias gets up with a huge smile on his face
I hear Zeke's voice through the door saying "someone's getting something."
"Shut up Zeke nothing it going on." I hear Tobias saying defensively.
"Sure there isn't. That is why your face is flushed and you are out of breath. I bet if I walked into your bedroom Tris would be sitting there looking the same."
Next thing I see is Zeke push through Tobias's bedroom door. I quickly sit up. Zeke has a smug look on his face.
"See Shauna, I told you they were getting it on." Zeke says smugly.
"Oh shut it Zeke. Leave them alone." Shauna says as she comes walking into the room.
Tobias comes and sits beside me. "What is it you two want? Don't you see enough of me at work? Now you have to come bother me at home too?"
"Well since we heard Tris passed her boards from Uriah who heard it from Christina. We figured that would mean that you could operate again now that you have a hospital employee to supervise you and all. We also figured that we all should go out and get drunk to celebrate everyone passing their boards, for graduating, us doctors passing our exams to become attendings, and for you and Tris getting married." Zeke says happily patting Tobias on the back.
Time Skip
Tobias, Zeke, Shauna, Lauren, Marlene, Uriah, Peter, Drew, Molly, Chris, Will, and I go out to the club. Of course Chris drinks water all night and so does Will. They claim it is because they are going to be the designated drivers, but Tobias and I know better. Tobias is clearly getting drunk, and I am well on my way as well. He is giggling and laughing like a school girl. He is singing loudly to the music that is playing at the club as well.
He grabs my hand and pulls me out onto the dance floor. We stand there front to front and grind our hips together to the beat of the music. Tobias grabs my hand and spins me around so my back is to his front. I pin my hands up into his hair and he runs his hands down the sides of my body. I look around and notice that everyone is laughing and dancing.
They look like they are having a great time. I see Uriah and Marlene making out in the corner by a plant. Will and Chris are dancing, and I notice Will keeps his hand on Chris's belly protectively. They are going to be great parents. Zeke looks pretty drunk to me as does Lauren and Shauna who are dancing on top of the bar together seductively. Drew and Molly have disappeared and Peter is still sitting at the table alone. Tobias excuses himself to the bathroom, and I tell him I will meet him back at the table.
"Hey" I say to Peter.
"Hey" he says back "can I ask you a question?"
"Sure what it?" I ask.
"I want to know your secret? How did you managed to become involved with one of the best looking doctors, graduate at top of our nursing class, and manage to land your dream job?" Peter asks.
"I don't know Peter to be honest. It was a lot of hard work and determination." I say
"Oh okay." Peter says sadly
Peter gets up and walks around the table and says to me "Will you dance with me?"
I look around for help from Tobias, but I see him with Zeke and they are dancing together now acting like goofballs.
"Please just one dance. I'll behave I promise." Peter says
"Okay." I say begrudgingly.
I follow Peter out on the dance floor hoping that Tobias will see and come and stop this because I really don't want to dance with him. Peter grabs my hands and spins me into him.
"I want you to dance like you did with Four." Peter says into my ear.
"No Peter. We can dance, but I will not dance with you the way I dance with Four. Four is my fiance. You are not." I say angrily.
He seems to accept this fact and not try to push his luck especially with Tobias being in the same room as him. We stand a few feet away from each other dancing together. When someone smacks into me, and I fall into Peter. He catches me. I try to back away, but he holds me tightly by my hips, and he has my arms pinned to my sides. I can't move. I am trapped, and no one around me seems to notice. They are all to drunk to care. He precedes to grinds his hips into mine.
"Peter let me go please." I say pleading.
"Nay I am good. I like dancing with you like this." He says.
"Please Peter let me go." I say.
I want to scream, but the music is so loud that you have to scream to even hear anyone. Just then I hear a voice I could recognize anywhere.
"Let her go. You will if you know what is good for you, and you want to live." Tobias says menacingly.
Peter quickly lets go of me. I turned around to see an angry looking Tobias.
"Four, Tris and I were just dancing. That is all." Peter says slurring his words together trying to act drunk.
Tobias raises his eyebrow at him and says dangerously low "If I ever see you put your hands on my fiance or dance with my fiance like that again you won't be walking for quite a while."
Peter releases me. I walk quickly over to Tobias's arms. I wrap my arms around him, and give him a quick kiss which makes his face soften.
"Hey" I whisper to him "I'm fine chill out."
Tobias pulls me closely and says "let's get everyone together and get the hell out of here."
Tobias and I get all the people that we went to the club with together. Chris and Will drive everyone home. Tobias and I finally get dropped off. Tobias and I both stumble through the front door. As soon as the door closes, Tobias picks me up and throws me over his shoulder carrying me up the stairs. I giggle, and he slaps my butt which elicits another giggle from me. He tosses me onto the bed, and starts to crawl onto bed. He looks at me like prey. He rolls onto his back and I go with him. I stay lying on his chest. I feel him kiss my head.
"I love you future Mrs. Eaton."
"And I love you Tobias with all my heart. I can't wait to marry you and become your wife. Are you excited?"
He doesn't answer. I look up and see that he is out cold. I lay there and think about the future before falling asleep.
That is it! Please review! I will just say that the next few chapters are the leading up to the wedding and the wedding itself Who is excited?Until Next time!
