A/N Hey guys! Hope you're all well. So I hope you liked the last chapter and this chapter might be the last I post for a while now because I have my exams coming up in 4 days. So sorry you might have to wait for some time. Anyways here is the next chapter.

Tobias POV

I wake up at about 6 am and feel a bit stiff. I guess that's what you get for sleeping on the floor. I get up and stretch before checking on Tris. She looks so beautiful and peaceful while she sleeps like she doesn't have the weight of the world on her shoulders. In the morning light I can see how exactly hurt she was.

Her jaw and face is bruised and she has finger shaped bruises around her neck. They have mostly faded but are still present. I want to check her ribs but doing so would wake her up so I decide to go and shower before she wakes up. I have some spare clothes in my car so I go and get them but before I do that I give Tris a quick kiss on her forehead and leave.

After showering and changing into fresh clothes I feel much better and I start making breakfast when I hear Tris come down the stairs.

"Morning Tris. How are you feeling?" I say without turning around

"Good morning Four. I feel much better now. Thank you so much for last night and you could have slept on the bed yesterday you know." She says. At this I turn around to face her and see that she is touching her head and wincing when she catches me looking she immediately transforms her face into a smile though I can tell its forced.

"That won't work with me missy. Now I want an honest answer. How are you feeling?" I say in a joking tone but she knows I am serious about the answer.

She just drops her head for a minute, sighs and then looks up and answers, truthfully this time, "My head hurts a bit but it isn't that bad, and my side hurts only when I breathe."

I say, "Well then there's not much I can do about that you just need to let your ribs heal themselves."

She just smiles a bit and then reaches for the pancakes I placed I front of her while we were talking. She takes huge bite and then moans when she tastes it. And that little moan made me think of things I should not think about. I blush at my thoughts and quickly compose myself hoping that she didn't catch me blushing.

But she still has her eyes shut so it's good. I decide to break the silence by saying with a smirk, "So I take it that you liked them?"

She then exclaims with her mouth full, "Liked them? I loved them! Where did you learn to cook like that? You know if you weren't working for the firm I would have hired you as a personal chef. 'Cause these pancakes are fan-freaking-tastic."

I just laugh at her reaction, "Well I could teach you to cook."

At that her eyes go wide and she swallows the food and asks, "Really? You'd do that?"

"Of course Trissy." I say as I flash her a crooked half-smile.

"One don't call me Trissy and two thank you so much!" She practically shouts.

"Geez Tris calm down. I'm sure they heard you all the way to China." I say

"Shut up number boy." She says smacking me lightly on the arm. Wow she packs a powerful punch.

"Number boy? What kind of name is that?" I ask

"Well Blue eyes you don't want me to call you Four and you won't tell your name so number boy or blue eyes. Take your pick." She shrugs while smirking knowing that she has outsmarted me.

"Well I can't really argue with that so number boy or blue eyes it is. I can't decide which one is worse." I say. I wonder when I should tell her about me. Definitely not today she has gone through way too much yesterday for that. I decide I'll tell her some other time.

Tris snaps me out of my daze saying, "I have to go get ready now. I'll see you at the office."

I just stare at her incredulously. She was attacked yesterday night and now she wants to go to the office. Is she crazy or what?

I start to shake my head. She catches it and stubbornly says, "I am going and that is final."

I just give her a glare and say, "Not if I have anything to do with it. You will not go to the office today. Nuh-uh and that is final. You may think you're stubborn Tris but let me warn you I can be very persuasive when I want so you are not going today. And if that means I have to stay here to watch you then I damn well will stay too."

She may be stubborn but if she thinks I am going to allow her to go anywhere I her present condition, boy is she wrong. It's not because I think she's weak. I know she is strong and brave and selfless and smart and beautiful. It's just that whatever happened to her yesterday was pretty traumatic and anything that happens today may trigger an intense reaction and cause an anxiety and panic attack.

She still won't listen so I decide to make a deal with her, "Fine Tris if you want to work so bad I'll make a deal with you." I say handing her a file which was on the table, "If you can read this for five minutes without getting a headache you can go but you have to be completely honest. Remember I can tell when you lie."

She grumbles but accepts and starts to read and not even three minutes in she puts down the file and starts rubbing her head and temples.

"See this is why you have to stay." I say with a smug smile on my face. In the end she grumbles but accepts, "Fine you win I'm staying home. I'm now sleeping and if you want to stay you can but I'd recommend going as you're still a newbie there."

I nod. I do want to stay but I don't want to ruin a good impression on Tori just after two days so I decide to go. And then I remember about the others. What am I going to tell them? I should ask Tris so I shout to Tris who's already halfway up the stairs, "Tris! Wait!" she stops and turns around and asks,

"Yes number boy?" I grin at that but ask,

"What do you want me to tell to the others? They will ask."

She thinks for a moment and says, "Just tell them I'm not feeling well. Don't tell what happened yesterday to anyone else. They'll mostly come here after work today so I want to tell them myself. Bye Blue eyes. See you later." She says the last part with a grin and then leaves.

I call a bye after her and leave too. I only hope Marcus isn't home and that I can change and slip out of there quickly enough. I already showered at Tris' so I don't need to shower again.

Luckily when I pull into the driveway there is no sign of Marcus so as quick as I can I change my clothes and before he can come I hop into my car and drive off. Grabbing a breakfast bar from the table.

Once I reach the office I quickly make my way up to the floor trying to avoid Nita as much as possible. Thankfully I don't see her again instead I spot Zeke and as I'm walking towards him and the rest of the group they spot me and rush over to me.

Before I even have a chance of opening my mouth I am bombarded with questions like, "Where is Tris?" "What happened to her?" "Is she okay" and a lot more. Inspite of my protests they continue asking me questions and finally I have had enough.

"Shut up people!" I yell over the questions and they instantly stop I heave a sigh of relief and then say in a much quieter voice, "One at a time."

Immediately everyone raises their hands I look to Christina first as she is the most worried and looks close to crying or strangling someone. I can't tell which and if I don't answer her quickly that someone will probably be me so I nod towards her.

She asks in a frantic tone, "Is she okay? Where is she? Why didn't she come?" and she is about to ask a lot more so I cut her off and say,

"Don't worry Christina she's fine she just is not feeling well so she is at home, resting. She was not feeling well so she didn't come." Christina looks relieved so I continue, "Okay next Zeke."

He asks the same question Tris didn't want me to answer, "What happened yesterday?"

I fists and jaws clench in anger and I try to control it as I try to say as calmly as I can, "I can't tell that to you-" and I am about to continue when Zeke lets out a noise of protest and starts ranting, "We know her better than you Four, we have a right to know-"

Before he can continue I say in a quiet, deadly voice which I know makes me seem intimidating. It works too as Zeke knows me well enough to not anger me further when I'm already using my quiet voice.

So in the same tone I hiss, "I know that Zeke. Tris wants to tell you herself so she asked me not to tell you anything." With that said I walk away leaving the group behind me in a terrified silence.

As I'm walking away I'm approached by Tori. Her eyes are red and it looks like she's been crying. I figure Tris probably called her and told her everything so I just say with a sigh, "I figure you know everything that happened."

She just nods and then says in a tight voice, "Please come with me Four." She then leads me to her office and we walk in silence until she rounds her desk and sits down she gestures for me to have a seat in front of her so I sit down on a vacant chair.

After a moment of silence Tori clears her throat and says, "Thank you Four."

I just look at her confused after seeing my face she says, a bit exasperatedly, "For saving Tris yesterday and taking care of her. I owe you a lot Four if you weren't there at the time who knows what could have happened. So thank you."

I just shake my head and say, "It was nothing Tori anyone else would have done the same."

She just looks at me part amused, part exasperated but then just shakes her head and then her face turns serious and she says, "Well I told Tris that we should report it and she said no."

I of course was going to suggest that to her myself but I couldn't do it because she looked peaceful in the morning and I didn't want to ruin her mood so I had not said anything about that but I know that even if I had suggested it she would've said no.

I just sigh and look at Tori saying, "If she doesn't want to she won't do it no matter what anyone says. You and I both know that. I had to try really hard to convince her not to come to office today and in the end I had to make her a deal so that she wouldn't come. Honestly I think she should report it too but she won't and nobody can change her mind."

Tori just shakes her head and says, "I wish I could get my hands on those bastards." And I see the anger in her eyes. Hell, I can feel the anger in me too and I have the desperate urge to punch or kick something as I remember that night.

-Flashback-

I was waiting for her near my car. Christina told me that she had gone back to grab her phone but it was a long time since then. The rest had already left after I assured them that I was going to drive Tris home. After a few more minutes I got the feeling that something was wrong and I started to get worried.

So I left the parking lot to search for her and I was passing by a dark alley when I heard a blood curdling scream. I instantly recognized the scream as her. Tris. She was screaming for help my feet had frozen in place and my brain had turned to mush. But then I heard the unmistakable sound of skin on skin and a grunt and a dull thud as if somebody had been thrown against the wall. That spurred me into action and I ran towards the place where I heard the sound. I could hear two other voices and then I saw the scene in front of me.

A large blonde boy had ripped Tris' shirt off. Her faced was bruised and bloody and her ribs looked broken. She was held up by the throat and pushed against the wall. My vision turned red as I let out something between a roar and a growl. I ripped the boy off Tris and started punching and kicking him.

Tris crumpled to the floor and lay there motionless. The other two come towards me but I easily beat them too. As I'm landing punches on the three of them not caring where I hit them. My blood is practically boiling but then I hear Tris croak out "Four" before collapsing down again I get towards her just in time to catch her. She is out cold I want to examine her injuries but it's too dark here.

So I gently gather her in my arms and she buries her face in my shoulder my skin heats up and I can feel my thoughts drifting off. I mentally kick myself for thinking those things. I should be focused on taking care of Tris right now so I quickly jog back as gently as I can so as not to disturb her. I lay her in the backseat and quickly drive to her house asking Christina to text me her address. She asks a dozen questions but I wave them off telling her that I'll tell her later

-Flashback over-

I look up to see Tori looking at me worriedly and when I can feel myself snap out of it I instantly understand why I had zoned out for about 5 minutes. I just shake my head as Tori's eyes bore into mine.

"Sorry Tori I just remembered last night and zoned out." I say apologetically

"Ah. It's alright and thank you again Four but now you have to get back to work. Oh and you'll be working with Zeke again today." I want to ask her why but I feel so angry right now that I need to get out of here before I do something I'll regret. So I just get up and leave with a quick okay.

As I'm leaving images of Tris come to my mind. Her lying crumpled after the guy dropped her. Her bruised face after she woke up and although she didn't think so she still looked absolutely beautiful to me. Those marks are proof of a warrior. And as yesterday night comes back to me I clench my jaw and fists again. Anger and rage practically radiating off me. I feel the need to release some steam and my body is completely tense and stiff. As I make my way towards Zeke I can only imagine the expression on my face.

Usually I am intimidating enough but today people are literally moving out of my way looking scared. I want to tone my anger down but today I just can't seem to today.

As I reach Zeke he immediately sees my face and leads me out. We don't talk the whole way out. We end up in his office. It's pretty neat for Zeke but he comes here very few times so he doesn't have time to mess up.

He leads me to the couch and we sit down after a few beats of silence Zeke finally breaks it by saying,

"Ok spill."

I just look at him like 'what?'

He rolls his eyes and gives me a look that says, 'You know exactly what'

Even after that I don't say so he just says, "C'mon dude you are literally bursting to punch someone or something so you had just better spill everything because I have other ways too you know."

I finally concede and mutter, "I'm just really mad at myself and some others too."

He rolls his eyes again and says, "Yeah no shit Sherlock."

I sigh in defeat and say, "I really want to say but Tris made me promise that I wouldn't say anything. I'm just mad at myself because I could've or should've gone sooner otherwise…ughh" I let out a growl of frustration because I can't tell him anything.

He just looks me over and says, "Just leave and go to the gym and blow off the steam Four. You're of no use in your current state. I'll text you when we are going to Tris' and you can meet up with us there. Also I'll tell Tori too for you."

He's usually never serious but right now he is dead serious so I just nod and say, "Thanks Zeke. I owe you one. Really thanks. And I shouldn't have gotten that mad before. Sorry man."

He shakes his head and mutters, "No I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. And anyways it's nothing. Now go off and blow that steam off. I'll see you later." Then he gets up and leaves.

I follow a minute later and without bothering to say anything else to anyone get out and head towards the gym. I wonder what's going to happen today at Tris' house.

A/N Well that's the end of this chapter. Whew! That was a lengthy one. Anyways I hope you guys are ready for some prank wars soon I really wanted to surprise you guys but I'm outta prank ideas. So if you have any suggestions/ideas/tips please review or PM me.

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