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Chapter 58

Tris P.O.V

"Shhh. Little princess, let's not wake Mommy up just yet. She had a very busy night with Daddy." I hear Tobias whisper, his tone has a hint of amusement in it, I can't imagine why that is.

"Mommy." Our little girl says, I open one eye peeking over to see the commotion. Sure enough, Tobias stands next to the crib with my precious girl in his arms pointing down at me. I can't help the smile that appears on my face. I love being home and being with the two people I love most in this world. We can finally be the family that we were always meant to be. I slowly sit up, as Sara screams for me again with excitement. She obviously sees that I'm now awake.

"Sorry, I wanted you to sleep in a little. I can't imagine you've been getting a good night's rest in the dorms, I know I never did. Not to mention you must be exhausted from all our extra curricular activities last night." Tobias says, wiggling his eyebrows as he smiles widely at the memories of last night and early this morning activities.

"It's okay, I want to get up," I say, in total honesty. I sit up and stretch my arms over my head as a yawn escapes me, and I try to hide the wince that escapes me from being a little sore from this morning's shower. But it's nothing unbearable, in fact, it's a welcoming sensation.

"Are you okay?" Tobias asks, of course he noticed me wincing. "Are you sore?" He continues

asking, I can hear the concern in his voice for me. But before I can get one word in, he continues, "Sorry Tris… I guess I might have gotten a little carried away with you this morning. I just couldn't get enough of you." I can almost begin to hear the longing in his voice as he said that last part. I am almost sure that if Sara wasn't awake and in this room, Tobias would be inside of me right this minute.

"I'm okay, it's nothing too bad, and it was well worth it. I promise," I say, feeling the blush rise on my face. Damn Abnegation upbringing.

We decided to stay in for breakfast this morning, refusing to leave our own little happy bubble. Laughter breaks the silence in our quiet apartment. As I attempt to dress our little girl, but fail miserably as I get lost in tickling her little belly instead. Her infectious laugh is contagious, as I join in laughing as well. When we finally finish the task at hand, we leave the bedroom and join Tobias in the kitchen. I am taken aback when I see that he is almost done with breakfast. He's making us scrambled eggs, delicious bacon, toast and he's even cutting up some juicy watermelon. I just love the sight of this man in the kitchen, it's such a turn on! I really have to find a way to thank Hana one day for teaching this gorgeous man of mine how to cook.

The three of us sit around our small table enjoying the meal that Tobias has cooked for us. I look over at Sara who is once again refusing to accept any help with being fed, as she uses her hands to pick up her eggs and then shoves a handful of them into her mouth. Oh jeez. Tobias laughs, as he sees how determined our Sara is at being independent at such a young age.

"She reminds me of someone I know." He says gesturing to me, amusement written all over his face.

"Who me?" I ask, innocently.

"What do you think?" He says, cocking his head to the side. I love this…I love us. This carefree and comfortable feeling that we get when we are together as a family.

"Have you decided on your career choice yet?" Tobias asks, taking a seat next to me on the couch. After breakfast he offered to clean up the kitchen, giving me a little more time before we leave to ponder on what it is I want to choose. I smile as I look down at Sara who is playing happily with her doll on the floor, she's just so adorable. A true blessing from the love Tobias and I share for each other.

"There's just so many things I could pick," I comment, as my mind spins from being overwhelmed with all the different choices. Since I got first place in the rankings, I have the first choice in what my career will be.

"How about leadership?" Tobias asks, I look up to see if he is serious. I see it in his eyes that he is indeed quite serious. What? "I think you would make a great leader, Tris." Tobias continues. Leadership? Is that something I want, to be responsible for the whole compound. It was a job that my father never desired, but he happily accepted it when Marcus was stripped from leadership, but do I really want that? Leaders are on call twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, how would that even work with a small child. Although they have days off, it can be easily interrupted when there is some kind of crisis. Let's face it, there always seems to be one, when it comes to Dauntless members. With Tobias as a leader, the head leader in fact, I'm not sure living and working together would be such a good idea. Not to mention right for our family. I think it would be better if I explore other options, Dauntless has to offer me.

"I don't think I want that kind of responsibility, Tobias." I say, gently.

"I understand. I didn't want leadership at first either. But as first rank, if you ever happen to change your mind… the offer will always be on the table." Tobias explains.

I continue scanning down the long list of job openings. I wonder what I would be good at. I helped out with daycare in Abnegation, it was for the best at the time, giving my condition. Not to mention once I had Sara I was able to take her to volunteer with me. It was convenient at the time. But do I want to do that here in Dauntless? I know whatever choice I make, I want it to be helpful, I want it to mean something.


Tobias and I walk to the cafeteria, hand in hand. I am so thankful for his touch, it helps to calm my rattled nerves right now. Not only am I worried about my career choice, but I also can't help but notice the many onlookers and the whispers of passing members. Tobias doesn't even seem fazed at all, he just continues walking down the long path while holding my hand, like none of this is happening.

We first dropped Sara off at daycare, as two of the teachers are there for the day. I can see on their faces all the stress that they are facing now without having the head teacher there to run it's daycare center. Mrs. Wheeler was stripped of her duties and sent to the fence for being a traitor. Leadership all agreed that she was not to be trusted with the young and precious lives of our members after the hand she had played in the war. It disgusts me to think that she was in charge of injecting our children with some type of serum, as she was instructed by Jeanine and her crew to seek out the young children that were possibly Divergent. Although, she had her reasons… it wasn't reason enough for her to agree on hurting our innocent children.

We walk through the double doors that lead into the cafeteria. Tobias doesn't hesitate to lean down and kiss the top of my forehead. Seeing that our relationship has gone public now, there is no more reasons to be alarmed or worried about who sees us showing affection. He pulls back giving me a supportive smile, wishing me good luck before he turns around and walks towards Zeke and Tori who are preparing for the welcoming ceremony. I take a deep breath, having no choice but to go stand with my fellow initiates. I keep my hands folded in front of me, trying not to make eye contact with anyone in particular. Even though we are happy to have gone public, I don't want to be bombarded by questions and accusations.

"Hey Tris, how was last night?" Uriah asks, wiggling his eyebrows. He laughs, as he must see the deep red tint developing on my cheeks. Shit! "That good huh?" He laughs out. I can't help slapping his arm, not knowing what else I should do or say. Thankfully Marlene jumps in to save me by slapping his arm too with a look that tells him that he is the biggest idiot in this faction.

"Uriah, leave Tris alone." Marlene threatens.

"I can't help it, she is just so easy to tease." Uriah continues at the expense of my humiliation. Geez thanks.

I try to keep myself distracted, talking to Uriah and Marlene as they speak about what jobs they are thinking about choosing. I can feel the heated stares coming from behind me, no doubt it's coming from my "best friend" Christina. Marlene tells me she is interested in medicine. As Uriah says he is thinking about a job as an Ambassador. They seem as excited as I am to finally start this new journey. They continue talking about their future...they have decided not to get their own separate apartments, but instead will get one to share. I smile, congratulating them on deciding to move in together.

"Attention!" Zeke calls out over the mic. The noise from the crowd begins to die down, as the members of Dauntless stop to give our leaders the respect they deserve. Zeke stands back and hands the mic over to Tobias. Tori comes up on the small stage with the welcoming packets in her hands, she places them on the table next to Tobias, then she steps back and stands next to Zeke, as they both wait for Tobias to begin speaking.

"Today is a very important day, it's the day that Dauntless welcomes their newest members." Tobias looks down at the crowd of initiates as he continues to speak. "Up until now you all have been dependents, the only responsibility you had was to take care of your households. But today you become responsible not only for yourselves, but for the role you choose to take on as a new member of Dauntless. Choose wisely, as you may not get another chance to do so. We welcome each and every one of you, we are very proud to have you as members of our faction. Now we will call you one by one, you will announce clearly what role you have chosen to take on. Then we will provide you with your welcoming packet which will include information on being a new member...including your apartment number and the key, your schedule for the next week for the role that you have chosen. Good luck new members, make us proud!"

Tobias, Tori and Zeke line up behind the mic, Tobias calls out my name first "Tris." I begin to make my way up onto the stage, I can hear the snickering behind me as someone whispers the word "Slut," I know I should be bothered, but honestly I don't care anymore. They don't know the truth, in fact they don't need to, because it's no one's business but ours.

I shake Tori's hand first as she congratulates me on my ranking. I then move down to Zeke, who bypasses the handshake and pulls me into a hug instead.

"Welcome to Dauntless little sister, it's about time." He says, his voice warm and welcoming.

"Thank you Zeke, for everything." I say with appreciation. I owe everything to him and his family, as they first looked after Tobias and then helped guide him when he brought Sara home to Dauntless. I know I can never return the favor, but I will always be grateful to him and his family's kindness.

Next, I step up to Tobias, the look on his face is priceless. He smiles down at me with love and so much admiration, it's written all over his face. "Congratulations, baby." He says softly. He gestures to the mic, encouraging me to announce the job of my choosing. I wonder what he will think about the career I have chosen. All I know is, whatever job I choose he will support me no matter what.

"Victim advocate," I say loud and clearly. I turn back, as Tobias smiles with pride and hands me my welcoming packet.

"I love you." Tobias says, leaning in and giving me a quick and loving kiss on my lips. I smile, and force myself to leave his side.

"Uriah." Tobias calls out, continuing the long list of initiates.

"So victim advocate?" Shauna says, as she smiles approaching me. I stand watching the rest of the ceremony, but can't help but feel pleased with the choice that I made today. Something about it just feels right. Sure the role will have me traveling around the city, but knowing that I will be helping families...women and more importantly children from suffering the same experiences that Tobias and I had to endure with Marcus, seems like a good enough reason to do so. I just had this need inside of me to do this. I turn to face Shauna, nodding my head yes, to answer her question. I don't have to go into any details about my reasons for this choice, she already knows about Marcus. "Well, I think that's a wonderful choice, Tris" She praises me. We turn back to the stage watching the new members, as they announce the new roles that they have chosen.

Uriah has chosen the role of an Ambassador. Lynn and Sandy have both chosen to work in the control room. Marlene, as stated earlier, takes on the role of being a nurse in the infirmary. Will decides on becoming a leadership guard. Jonathon, Shawn, and Harrison all decide to take on the roles of working for the armory, and Christina decides to work in the clothing boutique. The last five initiates have no options but to guard the fence, or they will become factionless.


We walk hand in hand again down the halls of Dauntless, Tobias holds Sara over his hip with her head resting on his shoulder. I can see that playing hard at daycare has taken a toll on her, she'll need a nap soon. It was decided that while looking at the leadership apartments, Tori, Zeke and Shauna would accompany us, seeing as they too need to move into the leadership apartments.

We all enter the first apartment, it's the smallest of the ten that we have to choose from. The listing shows that the apartment has two bedrooms and one bath, and it's on one level. The decor is amazing, it has a very modern look to it...all the furniture is mostly in shades of black, every room has pristine white marble floors and all the walls are in a beautiful matte white color, except in the master bedroom where there is an all black accent wall behind the king size bed. It looks totally Dauntless and Tori absolutely loves it, as she smiles wide and holds up her hand waving, while saying this place is all mine. We all leave Tori to get acquainted in her new apartment, as the rest of us continue on.

The listing shows that the next apartment has five bedrooms and three and a half baths, but Tobias frowns when he reads that the bedrooms are located on the second floor of the apartment. We previously agreed that it would be best to have a one level apartment for the safety of our children. The apartment is gorgeous, it reminds me more of the rustic Amity decor, with the different shades of brown running all throughout the apartment. Shauna beams at Zeke, who ends up throwing his arms around Shauna giving into her excitement. "This is ours." Zeke tells Tobias. We quickly make our way out the door, as we begin to see sparks flying. We don't want Sara to witness such things at such a young age, in fact, I don't even want to witness such things at my age.

Tobias and I share a laugh, as Sara claps her hands at us for being silly. We enter the third apartment, I instantly turn towards Tobias while scrunching up my face at him. The decor is a mixture of purples and black. Definitely not.

"No." Tobias laughs, "What you don't like these colors?" Taking me by the hand, we head back out to the long hall. I laugh as we continue on.

By the sixth apartment, I begin to lose hope that we might not find the right apartment for our needs. The last apartment was not child safe at all, it had a glass coffee table and end tables, a lot of sharp edges, steps, and knives hanging off the walls. Definitely not a place for children. We decided to skip the next apartment on the list, as it holds a lot of bad memories for all of us, seeing as the ambush that night took place here.

Tobias opens the next apartment door for us. I decide to give Tobias a break, by taking Sara into my arms for awhile. Walking into all these unknown apartments, Tobias and I agreed to carry Sara as much as possible for now, because we don't want her getting hurt. I look around, drinking the decor in, I instantly feel a sense of home here. I smile up at Tobias, I can see by the expression on his face that he feels the exact same way. The apartment has gray-toned wood flooring throughout the entire space, which offsets the slightly darker grey colored walls perfectly. The kitchen is huge with a large kitchen island in the center of it, it has wood cabinets that are the shade of black with gorgeous marble countertops that have a mixture of black, grey, and white tones running all through them…the appliances are all stainless steel, which happen to match the gray tones in the countertops and floors beautifully. I stop to admire the back splash throughout the whole kitchen, it adds a splash of light blue color to the decor. The kitchen also has a door off to the right side, it's a large pantry, which will definitely come in handy with the large appetites that Tobias and the Pedrad brother's have.

"Wow, this kitchen is something." Tobias says, placing his hand all along the gorgeous countertops. Everything is so clean and shiny. It looks like it possibly has never been lived in before. The dining room is right off the kitchen, which will make serving meals so much easier. The table is a generous size, that seats up to eight people. Since Tobias and I have agreed to eventually have more children, a large table will be much needed. The table matches the wood floors perfectly as it's just a shade darker, but still holds a hint of the gray color. The living room is large, with black coffee and end tables. There are two large couches, and a loveseat that looks like the perfect size for just the two of us, they feel soft to the touch from their suede-like fabric. I notice the light blue fabric matches that of the backsplash in the kitchen perfectly. Everything seems to flow together so wonderfully, it's simply breathtaking.

The door behind the dining room leads to the master bedroom, I blush looking up at Tobias wondering if he has the same thoughts going through his mind. The bed is king sized with a dark gray fabric tufted headboard, the grey comforter on the bed coordinates perfectly with it, and the pillows are light blue, again matching the rest of the decor in the house. The end tables and dressers match the dining room table with their gray toned wood. Wow, this is amazing. The on-suite is just as breathtaking, the whole bathroom reminds me of something you would see in Amity. The walk-in shower has rocks mounted on the walls instead of ordinary tile for that rustic look, there's a long bench on one side of the shower, I wonder what we could do on that thing? The floor of the shower has flat river rocks that are smooth to the touch, there's a waterfall rain shower head hanging from the ceiling in a shiny chrome. Gorgeous. There's a double sink vanity with a make-up area in the middle of the two sinks, with a grey fabric top stool. There are plants hanging off a chest that is mounted on the wall. This is simply heaven, it's like our own personal spa. It feels as though they brought the best of the outside into this bathroom. Even the light has a dimmer switch that makes the room as bright or as dark as you want. After this morning, I would imagine the things we could do in this place. I turn to see Tobias eyeing the shower with a wide grin on his face too, I don't have to guess what he is thinking about right now.

We continue on by leaving what would be our bedroom, and head towards the hallway on the other side of the living room. I love how much space there is between the kids' rooms and the master bedroom. I'm sure Tobias is thinking that we could be as loud as we want, since the bedrooms are so far apart. No doubt we would need to purchase a baby monitor for Sara's room. There are three additional bedrooms and two bathrooms. Although the rooms are furnished, we would have to make a few minor adjustments to the bedroom that would be Sara's, to meet her growing needs. I suggest to Tobias, that we should get a new bedroom set just for her, as we can let her pick out a fun theme for the bedding that she will love.

"Does that mean you like it?" Tobias asks, with a wide smile on his face. He seems so pleased to have finally found a suitable apartment to call our home.

"What do you think baby girl, do you like it?" I look down at Sara, who's beaming at the surroundings. I let her slide slowly off my hip and onto the floor allowing her to explore the new house. I turn my attention back to Tobias, smiling as I tell him, "Yes, I love it baby, it feels like home already." I take a step closer to him placing my hands flatly on his chest, looking into his gorgeous eyes.

"Home has always been where you are, Beatrice." He says sweetly. He leans in slowly, resting our foreheads together as he cups my cheek in his hand. Suddenly he breaks away from our embrace, as he begins to scratch the back of his neck nervously. I wonder what he has to be so nervous about. He glances at Sara who is playing with her doll on the floor. She already seems so at home here.

"Since I was a little boy…I knew, even then that you were my home. You have always have been, even when we were factions apart. You are my best friend, the one person in this world that knows me better than anyone else." He says, taking a deep breath to steady himself before he continues. I too take a deep breath, overcome by his words. "You have always made me want to be a better man, Tris. I don't know who or where I would be without you, and I never want to find out. You believed in me when no one else would, our love, my love for you is eternal. You're my soulmate, Tris." Tobias says, I hear him sniffle and wipe his face with the back of his hand, before he reaches into his pocket and gets down on one knee before me. Oh my god! My right hand shoots up to my mouth, covering it. "Beatrice Prior, Tris, the love of my life, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife." He says, holding up a black satin box. I hear the click as he opens the lid showing me the ring that is nestled inside. The ring is a beautiful heart shaped diamond, it's not too big or too small, it's the perfect size, I think to myself. It has black Dauntless flames in the center of the heart, then there are two hands holding the heart, which begins to fade into the rest of the band that goes around your finger. Instead of the ring being white gold, the band has more of a gray tone to it. It's like the best mixture of our past and our future. It's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my whole life.

"Yes." I say, barely above a whisper. Tears are falling down my cheeks and I can't seem to keep the stupid smile off my face. I don't wait for him to say or do anything, instead I sit down carefully on his knee, taking his face in my hands, crashing my lips hard against his. I then pour everything I have into this kiss, all the love, the passion, and the longing that I have ever had for him.

"Mommy, Daddy." Sara says, as she toddlers over to us. She is probably wondering why Mommy and Daddy are both crying, I can see the sad expression on her face. I take her into my arms, as Tobias skillfully holds us both, being careful not to drop us. It's at this moment that I know I will never want anything more in this life… I have all that I will ever need. My family.


A/N

Stay tuned for the next update: February 19th

This chapter was brainstormed with FDFobsessed

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Trini