A/N Hey guys hope you liked the last chapter. Sorry I haven't updated sooner but I was just really going through a rough time so I apologize. Anyways let's get on with the chapter!
Disclaimer: I wish I was Veronica Roth but sadly I am not so I just own the plot rest is her genius.
Tris POV
Working with Four wasn't as bad as I had thought it would be. He was quick learner so I had no problem bringing him up-to-date on everything. At first he seems a bit rude but once you get to know him he's a lot more friendly and handsome too. Stop it Tris! Think about work! I manage to distract myself but as I am talking to Four I am suddenly interrupted by someone chucking a paper ball at me. I instantly turn around to see who did this.
First everyone looks innocent but then I notice Uriah has his signature troublemaker grin on his face. I smirk to myself as I quickly pick up the paper. Four sees my smirk and gives me a questioning look I just wink at him and get up as though I am going to the dustbin once I reach there I look at Uriah.
I then head towards the water dispenser and quickly fill up a glass silently making my way towards Uriah. Fortunately nobody has yet noticed me so I move ahead slowly and nobody but Four is paying any attention to me as he notices the glass in my hand and figures out my plan he too smirks. I get close enough and chuck the ball as hard as I can at Uriah's head. He was holding a glass of water and when he was hit it tilted and the water landed on Marlene. Then when he turned I chucked the water at his face
"Ow!" Uriah yells while Marlene screams at him, "What the Hell Uriah!" I hear him mutter something to her and the rest of them chortling
Mission accomplished! I laugh to myself but then Marlene runs in behind me and dumps a whole glass of water on me. I just look at her in shock.
"Payback is a bitch" She grins and sashays away. I can see the rest of them laughing but just as soon I have a revenge plan to be executed not now but later.
I go over to my desk and grab my bag which contains extra clothes and smack a still laughing Four on the back of his head.
"Hey!" I hear him protest but don't look back and just go inside and change. Once I have fixed myself I come out to see Tori standing near my desk talking to Four.
I make my way over to them pausing only to throw a syrupy-sweet smile at Uriah and Marlene. To which they smirk back. I ignore them and make my way over to Tori and Four.
"Hey Tori" I greet her and give her a quick hug.
She hugs me back and says, "Tris I need to talk to you about something." I instantly feel fear at her words but she must sense it because she hurriedly says, "No! No its nothing like that it's just something regarding your working hours."
I groan as I realize what she means I glare at her but she sternly says, "No excuses Tris. I want to see you in my office right now so finish up whatever you want to do and come soon."
I sigh and nod then her tone softens and she says, "I'm just worried about you Bea."
I nod again and say that I'll be there in five.
She then leaves and I sigh and sit down closing my eyes for a minute and worry about whatever she is going to say to me.
I had completely forgotten that Four was here until he said, "Hey you all right there?"
I opened my eyes to see him staring at me and locked eyes with him. His eyes were concerned but I shrugged it off and replied, "Yeah just thinking about….some things."
He nods and I get up to go to Tori's office. I left him with some paperwork that he had to complete.
I reach her office and knock. I hear her say, "Come in" So I go inside and sit down in front of her in my favourite chair. I look around the office. Tori sits in a big leather chair. Her desk is cluttered with papers. There are also some frames which contain photos of herself, her brother, me and my family except my brother-Caleb he's a traitor she only has one picture of him which is with the complete family.
"So Tris you must be wondering why I wanted to talk to you." She says
"Yeah" I mutter
"Well Bea I have noticed that you aren't sleeping well or eating well either and you are working way too hard. I know everything that's happened is hard for you but Bea you cannot do this. You will soon get sick and I don't want that. I made a promise to Natalie and Andrew and I full well intend to keep it." She says in a softer tone.
"I'm sorry Tori but it's that after everything I saw I don't believe it was an accident and I just can't rest until I find out who was behind it all. They were so close to exposing Jeanine but it all went to hell." I say quietly
"I know Bea trust me I know. But please don't do this to yourself you are much stronger than that and I hate to see you this way it makes me worry constantly about you." She says and I feel my eyes tear up.
She continues, "You have everyone to help you. You can talk about it to me or Christina or even Caleb." She seems hesitant while saying his name. At the mention of his name I immediately tense up and feel anger boiling in my veins I quickly try to calm down so that Tori doesn't worry.
"Thanks Tori. I think I will talk just not now and I will try to work less. Thanks a lot Tori. I love you." I say and a few tears slip out. I feel guilt gnawing at me. Tori's just trying to help and I keep pushing her away. Still I just nod and get up to leave. I turn around to hide my tears.
She comes behind me and hugs me and whispers, "I love you too Bea. Please take care of yourself."
"Yes Tori." I say and leave. I still have a few tears on my face so I go to the bathroom and wash my face and fix my makeup before anyone sees me. Then I go back to my desk on the way I can't seem to stop thinking about Caleb.
I shake my head and sit down. Four doesn't say anything and just as well I don't want to talk right now. I start getting my papers out when my phone rings. I see the caller ID and almost drop it in shock when I see that it's Caleb but I don't want to talk to him so I just let it ring and ignore it.
Then when it reaches my voicemail I hear him say, "Please pick up the phone Bea. Please. I'm really really sorry about everything I said and did please forgive me. I just want to talk to you Bea please." Then he sighs and says, "I love you Bea please call me later, okay?"
I just stare at the phone in complete shock. How dare he? After everything he had done and said he has the guts to apologize.
Flashback (Almost a year ago)
"How could you Caleb? How could you?" I scream at him in frustration. How could he.
"Shut up Beatrice! You don't know anything about it!"
Just a week ago my life was completely flipped upside down. My parents. My beautiful, selfless and brave parents were gone. Dead. Even after a week I was having trouble believing it and here my brother was telling me that he was leaving me. And that too to go to work for a person who my parents hated. I was completely numb I didn't even realize I had tears streaming down my face.
"Stop crying Beatrice. Don't expect any sympathy from me just because you are looking pathetic! I am going to New York tomorrow after the funeral and you can't stop me." He spit at me.
"But why Caleb? Why?" I yell at him thorugh my tears.
And the next thing he says just shocks me because I had never thought that my brother would ever say this to me. He glared at me and said, "Because I can't even stand the sight of your face. You are the reason they are dead. You could've saved them Beatrice. It's all your fault. And I hate you. Goodbye." And he left just like that without even looking at me as sobs racked my body and I fell to the floor screaming and crying at everything.
First my parents and then my brother. It seemed I had no one left to go to and I passed out into the grateful arms of oblivion. It was Tori who found me passed out on the floor and she brought me back and helped me every way possible.
Flashback end
I didn't even realize I was crying and had zoned out until Four called me, "Tris? Tris? Tris! Are you ok? Answer me Tris!"
It was that that brought me out my memories and I realized I had been crying. I looked at Four. He looked relieved but also concerned and worried. He just leant over and hugged me without saying anything and I hugged him back and as he wrapped his arms around me the dam just burst and tears started cascading down my face. And I started shaking until sobs finally escaped me and I started full on crying.
Four didn't say anything but just wrapped his arms around me a bit tighter and after a while I calmed down and breathed in his scent. He smelled like cinnamon comforting and safe.
Finally I untangled myself from him and wiped my eyes. He didn't say anything he just looked at me. And after a few seconds I said, "I'm sorry."
He simply said, "Don't be. It's ok to show weakness sometimes Tris." His voice was gentler than I had ever heard him.
"So do you want to talk about it?" He softly asked.
"Sorry but I can't talk about him." I say shaking my head
"It's ok I understand completely Tris. I won't push you but it isn't good to keep it all bottled up." He says gently
"Yeah but thanks a lot Four. You helped me a lot today. Shall we get back to work?"
"Yeah fine but only if you're okay now." He says slowly.
"Yeah I'm alright." I say with a small smile. He still looks disbelieving but then reluctantly gets back to work and I turn to my work too. He occasionally keeps glancing at me but doesn't say anything. I ignore that and focus on my work.
Tori comes back sometime later and asks me if I'm alright. At that precise moment my phone rings and Caleb's name pops up. I see Tori narrow her eyes in anger and just as I'm about to cancel it Tori snatches it answers after about a seconds pause she says, "Don't you even dare to apologize Caleb. I may not know everything you said to her but I know enough to tell that you don't deserve her forgiveness and time. How dare you say that to her Caleb?"
I am making silent gestures to Tori to hang up but she just ignores me and says, "You love her? Caleb after the things you said do you expect me to just believe you and forgive you and welcome you back. You broke her Caleb. You didn't see her after you left it was me who comforted her and helped her. You don't even deserve a second of her attention."
"If you wanted that you would have stuck by her. Helped her but you turned your back on her and said unforgiveable things not even I am going to forgive you Caleb. Goodbye and do not contact her again." Finally after ranting for almost 2 minutes she looks at me and I see tears in her eyes but before I can say anything she says, "I'm sorry Bea but he deserved it after all he did. I was there I watched you go through it all so don't even try to defend him. He didn't call not even once and he doesn't deserve a second of your attention. Please Bea I don't want you to hurt again. Please." At this point tears are escaping her eyes and I just run and hug her long and hard and when we break apart both of us are crying.
Then she smiles and says, "I love you Bea. Stay strong. Always." With that she turns to leave but I stop her and say, "Thanks Tori my mother would have been proud to see her best friend helping so much. You really remind me of her and you are like my second mom Tori so don't ever apologize for scolding me." I choke out
She just smiles at me and gives me a kiss on the cheek and then leaves. I know she is trying not to cry right now. I had almost forgotten that Four was here and that he saw everything.
I look around to see him focusing on his work but there is now way he couldn't have heard everything. Then I sit down after a few moments he asks, "So who's Caleb?"
"He's….my brother. Or rather was my brother and we don't really get along." I say and continue, "I guess you could say we don't have the best relationship in the world."
"Guessed that much" He replies with sarcasm and I can tell he's trying to diffuse the tension. I'm about to reply when Christina comes over and says, "Come on its lunch time" but then she catches sight of my face and asks, "Tris what happened?"
I sigh and answer her in two words hoping she understands, "Caleb called."
At that she instantly tenses and I can practically see the steam coming out of her ears when she says or rather yells, "How dare he call you? After all he has done wasn't that enough? I am going to murder him."
"Chris calm down Tori yelled at him for a full 2 minutes and after that I don't think he's gonna call again and he just wants to apologize. But I won't and can't forgive him no matter what he does." I say attempting to soothe her and apparently it works because then she smiles a bit the hugs me and says,
"Good that's the Tris I know. And now come on or Uriah will eat everything."
I look around for Four but see that he's already left and hand-in-hand with Chris I walk towards the cafeteria feeling a little lighter than before. I know that I have friends I can count in even Four despite our rocky start I have started to trust him a bit more and the way I felt safe in his arms like nothing could ever hurt me again. I can only hope that he stays
A/N Whew! That was the biggest chapter yet and I hope you guys liked it. It took me quite a while to write and as I said I was going through a bit of a rough time. So I hope that I will be able to upload soon.
Anyways, Until next time guys! Bye! ;)
