Chapter 10
It was brought to my attention that I posted a double chapter. Ch. 9 was just posted before this one.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my ideas. All rights go to Veronica Roth.
Uriah POV
Tris asked me to go with her for her heart monitoring. So here I am in the hospital waiting room with her. Awaiting the doctors to tell her they are ready for her. Ever since my outburst with David, there has been a little bit of tension between us and I hope her asking me to be with her today eases that tension if not diminishing it completely.
"Beatrice Prior." The nurse calls.
"It's just Tris actually." Tris corrects immediately. I guess she wants to leave that part of her behind. I don't really blame her, her parents are gone to never come back. "Uriah? You coming?"
"Yea sorry just lost in thought." With that I follow her.
"Hello Tris." The doctor said as he came in.
"Hello Dr. Morris."
"Please call me Robert." He said with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"No I'll stick with Dr. Morris. Thank you very much." Tris snapped back obvious to what the doctor was intending.
"Um...okay. Call me what you like." He says with a smirk. God that man needs to back off.
"Are you going to be the one to...do her heart monitoring?" I ask not wanting to say examining. This guy is enough of a creep now without having someone fuel his fire.
"No. I am not. I believe two people are, Caleb and Matthew." Thank god he's not the one doing it and two people who we know are doing it. Double bonus! "I'll leave you two."
"Thank you." Tris says quietly. After he leaves she looks at me. "Can you believe the nerve of that guy?" She scoffs.
"I can't. He's pathetic."
"I just can't wait to leave this place. I want to leave so bad it's just getting depressing." I don't like to see her like this, sad and...lost? It breaks me. After all I think of her as my sister.
"Hey it's going to be okay." I say softly trying to comfort her. "Only two weeks and three days left!"
"A lot can happen in two weeks." Before I can ask her what she meant the door swung open and Caleb and Matthew walked in. "Even if I'm your sister, it's still polite to knock." She says irritated.
"Well hello to you too." Caleb says mockingly.
"Whatever." Tris says under her breath.
"Well then let's get started." Matthew says obviously sensing the rising tension in the room.
Tris POV
"Well Tris your healthy. Everything seems to be working fine."
"What is up with you and Caleb talking to me like I'm pregnant? I mean seriously."
"Well are you?" Matthew replies.
"Yes. I am pregnant. Because a baby would be able to survive 2 years in my dying body with nothing to eat. And no nutrients and the time of pregnancy is 9 months not 2 years. Sheesh people!" I say sarcastically. Like yea having sex one time will get me pregnant. I know its possible, but really?
I find myself back in 'my apartment' thinking about Uriah's and my conversation. 'A lot can happen in two weeks.' I know Uriah was confused about my comment. To be honest, so was I. So am I. I don't really know what I was talking about. My mind just gave me the answer and I said it without thinking. Whatever it means I have the unsettling feeling that I will find out in the next two weeks. Ugh! Why is my life like this. It's so confusing. I don't understand. I shouldn't be thinking like this. I should be in the 'training room' right now. I should be preparing. So maybe, just maybe we can leave sooner. I can't wait to just get out of here. It's getting quite lonely. Even with Uri, Matthew, and Caleb for company.
Shauna POV
"Four, ya know if you want to talk to anyone you can. We're all willing to listen." I say. I'm trying to get him to open up, even if it means he had to relive a painful part of his past.
"I know Shauna. It's just I can't. If I did tell you guys, you'd most likely think that I'm crazy or something. What happen in that comma can't be repeated. I mean relived. Sorry. I just can't right now." What does he mean by 'What happened in that comma can't be repeated.' It makes no sense. No one was really talking to him during the comma. I mean sure, we all pleaded him to wake up. Even Christina. That reminds me.
"Four? I ask him.
"Yea?"
"I just wanted to let you now that when Christina was ragging at you she didn't really mean it. She was really upset in the waiting room when we first brought you in. She kept saying that because she's a nurse she should have helped you. She also just really upset about Tris right now and the fact you were going. To leave us because. We all know that you tried to...kill yourself so you could be with her. Christina is just really upset, we all are, that you would leave us. I went to see her after her episode in the hospital. She just said that she couldn't believe you would leave us like that. Even of it was to be with her. With Tris. We all care about you in a variety of ways. We love you like your family. You are family. You have been since you met Tori, Amar, and Zeke on the train. We love you. Why can't you see that Four? Why don't you realize we're all suffering from this. We all loved her. We all love her. Why can't you see that when you hurt yourself, it's hurting those who care about you too. Your hurting us by doing this to yourself. Please just stop!" I beg him. I realize that I began sobbing a little while ago and now he comes over to me with tears in his eyes and embraces me into a hug. And I just stand there and sob into his shoulder. Well until someone behind us clears their throat.
"Am I interrupting or...?" Says the mysterious person whom which I haven't seen. Then I realize it's Tori. Four and I turn around to see what she needs.
"Your not interrupting anything." I say through a curtain of tears and a scratchy throat.
"Okay. Well, Zeke and Christina are looking for you guys so they can go over some sort of plans with you." She must be talk about the tribute that we're doing for Tris and Uriah. She doesn't know yet,but...
"Hey Tori?" I yell before she can get to far down the hallway.
"Yea?" She yells back.
"Wait a minute. We'll go down there."
"What are you doing?" Four whisper yells.
"You'll see. Tori should be apart of this. After all she helped both Tris and Uriah a lot when they were here."
"Is that a good idea? What if Zeke and Christina get mad?"
"I'll deal with Zeke and Christina, don't worry."
"So what's up?" Tori asks once we get close enough.
"I was wondering if you'd like to join us." I ask.
"I'm not sure that's a good idea. It didn't look like I got an invitation." She says apprehensively.
"Well hey, your getting one now. I think you should be involved in this too. Plus, it's also my apartment too." I tell her.
"What if they don't want me there? I don't want to impose." Tori says. I can tell she's worried she won't be accepted.
"You wouldn't be imposing and besides I have some reasons to why you should be involved in this, okay?"
"Alright. As long as I'm not a bother." She says defeated.
"Hey, Tori your not a bother to any of us, your our friend and yes there are reasons to which why you should be involved." Four speaks up for the first time.
As we start to walk towards Zeke's apartment I can tell Tori's still nervous. After all she's walking into this blindly. I would be nervous too.
The walk to Zeke's apartment is short and we're at the door in less than 10 minutes. When I open the door all conversation stops as everyone looks from Four, to me, to Tori. Zeke and Christina are the firsts to snap out of the daze and walk towards us, well me, for an explanation. Zeke and Christina drag me into the kitchen before anyone else can ask any questions and before I know it I am standing in front of two Dauntless members, one of which was a former Candor. That mix can be deadly...to some people. Let's just hope shit don't get serious.
"What's Tori doing here?" Christina speaks first, but not in a snobby exasperated voice like someone would use if they disliked someone and you brought them to their party. No it's more of a genuine question.
"I thought that she should be involved. Considering she administrated Tris's aptitude test and hid the fact that she was Divergent. She's also been a really good friend these past two years, helping all of us get through...their deaths." I sat the last part barley a whisper and I'm not sure they heard me. "Plus she's a really nice person and have known most of us for years." I add.
"Yea, I guess your right." Zeke says.
"Damn straight I am!" I reply. "I think we've kept Tori in the dark long enough. We should go tell her what's going on." I can tell Christina feels a little awkward on this conversation. I don't blame her the conversation itself is awkward.
"Okay well I'm going to go out there now." Christina tells us.
"We're going to head out too." I tell her.
When we get out to the living room every seat is occupied and it seems as though Four had mostly recovered from when I found him in the hallway which is a really good thing if we want to do this. Christina gives up her seat next to Will so I can have a seat and she proceeds to stand in the front with Zeke so that they may explain to Tori what is going on and explain to everyone the next step in this.
"Alright everyone, we have decided it is the right thing to do to let Tori in on our plans. Anyone who has a problem with that, I ask that you voice it now or forever hold your peace." Christina starts. No one answers. "Good. Okay, Tori, basically what we are doing is a tribute for Uriah and Tris. Ya know like remembrance. And we have also decided I think to let the people who knew them well say a few things about them. We are just going to start the special invitation list today. In other words invitations that specifically address someone, but of course anyone who knew them or really anyone I guess will be invited. That is if we all decide that." Christina continues.
And that is the end of this chapter. Hope you liked it! Plz review. Constructive criticism welcome! I won't be updating this frequently for a while because I don't have any ch written ahead of time right now. I would love to have some ideas! *hint hint*
