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Chapter 59
Tris P.O.V
The last twenty four hours have truly been the happiest I have ever been in my whole life. Last night Tobias asked me to marry him, I just couldn't believe it, and to be truly honest, I still can't. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised though, Tobias has always told me that he wanted to marry me ever since we were just teens back in Abnegation, but for some reason I am. In fact, he told me he was going to make me his wife way back when we first discussed the possibility of us both leaving Abnegation and joining Dauntless. Yet when I saw him kneel down on one knee before me, saying those beautiful words that he said… it just simply took my breath away. I know now that I want nothing more than to be his wife, to officially become a family.
We returned last night to our one bedroom apartment after finding the most perfect place for the three of us to start our new lives together. We were so excited for the upcoming move and now for our wedding as well, that we made plans to start packing immediately, as we wanted to move into the new apartment by this weekend. While I bathed and changed little Miss Sara, Tobias made us a quick pizza and salad for dinner. I was thankful when Sara actually managed to place every small cut up piece of pizza into her mouth without making a mess all over herself. Tobias and I both secretly shared a relieved expression, as we didn't want to have to wash her up all over again. Tobias was more than happy to go through Sara's bedtime routine, while I cleaned up the kitchen.
One thing I have to say about Tobias though, he truly is a "hands on" father with his daughter. I've heard some stories about how other fathers don't even help out at home with their own children, and I have to say I honestly don't know how I would feel about that. I absolutely love the fact that Tobias always enjoys his special time with Sara. My thoughts sway to a time in the near future when Tobias and I will have more children, and I can just picture him with two or three little munchkins sitting on his lap while he is reading them story.
When I finished cleaning the kitchen, I decided to take a seat on the couch to relax while I waited for Tobias. My eyes instantly went to my left hand, staring off into the unique beautiful ring that now sits on my ring finger. I am still so shocked that Tobias is no longer just my boyfriend, but now he's my fiance. Will we tell my family? Will my father be allowed to walk me down the aisle? What will our wedding be like? So many questions began to hit me at once, so I didn't even notice when Tobias walked back into the room and took his rightful place next to me.
Tobias and I spent a little time discussing what we wanted our wedding to be like. I was pleased to hear that he felt the same way that I do, as far as the wedding planning goes. We both agreed to keep the wedding small, with only close family and friends. We agreed to keep it simple, but also wanting to represent who we were then, and who we are now. Although Tobias and I are no longer the sheltered, scared, secretly in love kids that we once were... that doesn't mean that we don't ever want to forget that time. It is the foundation that we grew up on, which strengthened us to know that no matter what we are strong enough to stand against whatever life has to throw at us. Why wouldn't we want to remember that time, and who we are today because of what we went through in the past.
Once we were done speaking about the wedding, I saw that all too familiar desire in Tobias' eyes as we spoke about the honeymoon. I told Tobias exactly how I really feel... as long as I was with him, I didn't care where we went. I couldn't help but roll my eyes when he joined in on my statement, saying that we at least need a big bed, but clothes are not a necessity. Leave it to Tobias, to voice his manly needs for me. I don't mind though, because sex with him is simply amazing, and it seems to gets better the more we do it.
By the time we finished talking about our hopes and wishes, Tobias and I couldn't stand the separation between us any longer. The need to feel connected to each other finally won over, as we both tore each others clothes off, as our lips refused to let the other ones go. Tobias sat back against the couch and then he pulled me on top of his lap, so I was straddling him. He helped me raise myself up and then he guided himself into me. The moment he was buried deep inside of me, I felt whole again, like I was home, because I was happily connected with the man that I love more than anyone in this world. We weren't in any rush for it to ever end, so we took our time kissing and exploring one another. It felt like hours had passed before Tobias and I began to move against each other. Tobias' hands gripped my hips tightly, almost to the point of being painful, as I thrusted back down onto him while he thrusted back up to meet me hard. I couldn't help but throw my head back, leaning back on his knees, I swear it felt even deeper that way.
Remembering how Tobias screamed out my name as he approached his own release, sends chills down to my very spin. I look down at the rocky pavement while we are on our way to the cafeteria, hoping that Tobias doesn't notice my growing blush as I recall our little celebration from last night.
"Thinking about last night?" Tobias says, leaning down whispering into my ear for only me to hear. Damn it, can't I keep anything from him.
"What makes you think that?" I try to tease him, but I know my flaming red cheeks are a dead giveaway.
"Wild guess," he says smiling, while straightening back up. His arms wrap tightly around my waist refusing to let me go, as we continue on our way. I noticed even last night after we made love, Tobias held me even tighter than usual in his sleep.
"Oh really... you're that sure of yourself, Four?" I tease right back, I see the slight distaste in his expression when I call him Four instead of his given name Tobias.
"I hate that you have to call me by that name here." He says, barely above a whisper. I nod, understanding him completely. To me he will always be my Tobias, but around other people he needs to be Four. I slow our walking until we are no longer moving, looking up at those dark blue gorgeous eyes that I have loved for more than half my life…"I know that, but I love you whether you are Four or…"I trail off, not wanting to voice his real name because there are too many people passing by us and I don't want to take the unnecessary risk. He nods, leaning down gently kissing my lips, careful not to start something that we can't finish.
"Speaking of names…we should talk about that for a moment." Tobias says, as we begin walking again.
"What are you talking about?" I ask completely bewildered at his comment.
"About what we will choose for our name." Tobias continues to explain. I wonder what I am missing.
"Whether we choose to keep mine…" He says, placing his hand on his chest. "Or if we decide to change it to yours. We could also hyphenate it if you want…" He suggests. I ponder all of this for a moment.
"Mmm, I think this will take some more thought and a longer discussion for when we get home." I suggest, as once again we are out in the open and anyone can hear us. He agrees, as we finally make our way into the cafeteria. I am beyond thankful for our arrival, as our late night celebration left me beyond famished.
Tobias continues to refuse to let go of my waist as we stand in the food line. I hand him a plate as we reach the buffet tables and reach for a tray myself. I load up on eggs, bacon, pancakes… everything looks so good this morning. My stomach wont stop rumbling.
"Hungry?" Tobias says, with full amusement in his sexy voice.
"Shut up." I glare at him playfully. "Someone who shall remain anonymous, made me work up a large appetite last night." I can't help but say teasingly, as I wink at him smiling.
"But it was well worth it, wasn't it?" He says grinning, while leaning in and kissing my forehead.
"Every minute of it," I say nothing but the truth, because it was totally worth being famished this morning.
As we approach the table, Zeke and Shauna are sharing a private inside joke, as a very confused Uriah looks on scratching his head. Marlene is just laughing at the scene before her and shaking her head, completely at Uriah's expense.
"Morning." Tobias says, placing his food tray down and taking his seat. I happily place my tray down too and take a seat right next to him. I can't wait to start digging into my delicious food.
"Hungry Tris?" Uriah says, taking in my appearance. What the fuck is up with everyone discussing my appetite today?
"Yes, I am very hungry." I say carefully, feeling like I just walked right into some kind of trap.
"Been working Tris really hard lately, haven't you Four?" Uriah jokes, as he glances at Tobias, who in return, just looks at him with a blank stare.
"Yeah, I'm a little surprised "the Stiff" has it in her." Lynn says, grinning like she just made the best joke ever. I just roll my eyes, annoyed at the stupid nickname "Stiff." I feel Tobias suddenly stiffen next to me, worried he might actually have to intervene and try and save me…
"I think it's safe to say I was never a "STIFF," Lynn. Seeing as I had a baby at sixteen years old in Abnegation, not to mention I happily transferred to Dauntless and made first rank…" I say, trying to keep my voice calm. I watch as she backs down from me when she realizes that I've got a point, she then looks back down at her food. I feel Tobias immediately begin to relax next to me, happy that I put Lynn in her place, as he leans in and kisses my temple once again. I smile back at him, as I scootch a little closer, so I can kiss his deliciously soft and full lips. I pull back quickly, keeping in mind that we are indeed in a public place after all.
"OH MY GOD!" Shauna screams out, the whole table turns to see what caused such a loud reaction from her. I follow her gaze back down to the beautiful ring on my left hand. I can't help the blush that creeps up on my face. "OH MY GOD! You guys are engaged! When? How?" Shauna continues. Tobias laughs at Shauna's enthusiasm, as Zeke glares at Tobias. No doubt, wanting to kill him for taking the plunge and proposing first. Shauna holds out her hand, asking for my left one to get a close up look at my ring. She compliments Tobias on his nice taste, as he tells her it is a custom made ring that no one else will ever have.
"Yes, a one of a kind ring, for a one of a kind girl." Tobias says, looking down at me with so much pride written all over his gorgeous face. His smile widens as our friends congratulate us. I just love how happy Tobias is right now...how happy we both are as a couple. I can't help the growing excitement that builds up within me, at the thought of being Tobias' wife.
From the corner of my eye, a sudden movement catches my attention. I turn to see a very upset and absolutely fuming Christina. I swear I can actually see the steam coming out of her ears. Every one turns towards her, as they hear her slam down her still full food tray on the table and walk off, while she gives me the death glare the whole time.
"She really needs to get over it." Marlene says, her eyes wide at what we all just witnessed.
I look down and fiddle for a moment with my fingers, hating this situation so much. She has the audacity to call herself my best friend, yet she continues to act like I stole her man or something. Why can't she just be happy for me like everyone else is? I think to myself, as I quickly stand from my seat and decide to go after her. Enough is enough, I'm so sick of her shit. This needs to end now!
"Tris." Tobias calls out, trying to stop me from going after Christina. "I'll be right back, Four," I say over my shoulder, as I make my way out of the cafeteria. It doesn't take me long to catch up to her, as I call out her name once I see her walking ahead of me. She finally stops, frozen in place, allowing me to reach where she is standing. I then walk around her so I can be face to face with her, as she glares at me with visual anger in her expression. I stand up tall with my head held up high and cross my arms in defiance, ready for what's to come. I can see her start to fume even more once her eyes take in my new engagement ring, that is glistening brightly on my left hand. The sight of it brings her anger to a whole new level.
"What is your damn problem, Christina?" I say, trying to keep my voice down. She was supposed to be my friend, or at least I thought she was. Was I really wrong about that all this time?
"What's my problem? My problem is that you are a liar…I thought you were someone that you weren't. I thought I could trust you, but obviously I can't. You spent all this time since you arrived here in Dauntless lying to me." She says, her voice filled with anger, but at least she isn't still yelling at me anymore. I know deep down that she is right, I did lie to her, but the rest of it, especially about our friendship wasn't a lie.
"I know it seems like that Chris, but please believe me, this had nothing to do with you. I couldn't tell you... in fact, I couldn't tell anyone," I say, much calmer. I can see how she feels betrayed from this really big secret, but she has to try and understand the position we were both in.
"Oh yeah, I bet you couldn't… It was the best way for you to cheat." She accuses me. Oh not this shit again.
"Christina, think about it. You, yourself even pointed out about what a natural I was at throwing knives. How could I have cheated?" I say, even calmer this time. I'm so tired of all this, if she truly knew me… this wouldn't even be an issue between us. I then take a step closer to her, not to be aggressive, but to appear calmer and much more civil. I look at her right in the eyes, as I try one last time to get through to her, "Four and I had no choice. There wasn't any other way, we did what we had to do to protect Sara, to protect our daughter. That is all, it had absolutely nothing to do with our friendship. I'm sorry if that hurt you, but I'm not sorry for what we had to do and how we did it." With that, I turn around and head back to the cafeteria to re-join my gorgeous fiance, leaving Christina standing there frozen and completely speechless.
A/N
Stay tuned for the next update: February 26th
This chapter was brainstormed with FDFobsessed
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Trini
