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A/N I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Tobias POV
Chapter 6
"Shauna, do you have the financials for me?" Tris questions, walking towards Shauna's desk and peering over her computer.
It's been a week since the park. Every day I find myself fitting in more, feeling more like I belong. I haven't known these people for that long, of course, with the exception of Zeke, Shauna and Uriah, but they feel like family to me.
Better than Marcus.
Speaking of him, it's come to my attention that he's been acting different, he's out of the house more, but it's better that way, better for me at least. But knowing him, he'll get angry soon, and all the distance that was put between us will come crashing down and things will become bad again.
"Four" Shauna mumbles while nudging me slightly with her elbow.
I raise a brow, silently questioning her.
"We're all going to the beach, it's sort of a Friday thing where we do something together, and the weather is nice considering its winter, so why not, do you want to come with us?" She questions
Not speaking a word, I nod my head and start closing up and saving all my files.
"Me, Uri, Chrissy and Will are going to head home and grab our bathing suits and I'll pick up a few pizzas" Marlene chirps, "I assume you guys will do that too, so how about we meet at the beach by five-thirty?"
All of us nod in agreement as Marlene, Uriah, Christina and Will head out through the lift.
As soon as the four of them are out of sight, Zeke turns to Tris and then looks at me, his eyes wide in shock as he whispers something to Shauna and she mirrors his shocked expression.
"What happened?" Tris questions.
"Four" Zeke says solemnly, everyone turns to look at me, and I couldn't be more confused.
Zeke and Shauna have a miserable expression on their faces. Do they know about Marus?
"What about him?" Tris asks, interrupting my thoughts.
"He…" Shauna starts.
"He hasn't tried Dauntless cake" Zeke cries out.
Zeke and Shauna's sad expressions have now changed to ones with cheeky smiles.
Tris rolls her eyes, and motions for us to follow her, walking towards the kitchenette at the other end of the floor and takes a cake out of the fridge.
She grabs a knife from the draw as well as a plate and a fork and cuts a slice of the cake, placing it onto the plate.
Tris turns and glances at both Shauna and Zeke's expressions and then turns back, rolling her eyes while laughing lightly, grabbing three more plates and cutting a slice per plate, handing Shauna and Zeke one as well as giving me a plate and keeping one for herself.
"Go on" Zeke urges, gesturing to the cake.
"It's just a cake Zeke" I muter, causing Shauna and Zeke to gasp
All eyes seem to be on me as I awkwardly take a bite of the cake. The cake was made out of moist chocolate sponge accompanied with layers of chocolate cream that enhanced the taste of the cake that had a mouthwatering chocolate icing on top.
I sigh in delight and look at Zeke " I take it back, Its more than just a cake."
We all share a laugh and then head back towards the lift, after grabbing our belongings. Upon entering the lift, Shauna presses the button to the ground floor as we make light conversation.
"So Four, how do you like it here?" Tris questions
"It's nice, I never thought it was possible to like work" I joke
Tris laughs lightly, "Well, I'm glad that you-"
The lift stops, jerking us all to the side. I take deep breaths and comprehend what had just happened. The lift is broken and I have claustrophobia while being in a small lift with three other people between the thirty-second and first floor.
I look to my left and see Zeke, Shauna and Tris huddled by the buttons as one of them presses the emergency button and the sound of ringing can be heard throughout the small lift.
"Hello, this is Jack Kang from security management, how can I help" The voice echos.
"Hey Jack, this is Tris, me and three of my colleagues are in the lift that stopped working between the thirty-second and first floor" She explains.
"Oh, Miss Prior, I'm so sorry, I'll get someone to work on this right away" He exclaims sounding stressed.
Tris simply replies in a calm manner," Thank you, Jack, could you please give me an indication of how long this might take?"
"It'll take around half an hour to get the mechanic here and then they'll assess the problem"
I tune the rest of the conversation out, leaning against the wall and sliding down, sitting on the floor. Reality slaps me in the face, my heartbeat becomes erratic as my heartbeat gets faster and louder, threatening to burst out of my chest. My eyesight becomes blurry, my thoughts going back to the small cupboard under the stairs. I take small frantic breaths, feeling as if I'm not getting enough air to my head.
I feel a soft, but small on top of my hand. I tun and see Tris.
She gives me a small smile, as she looks at me with gentle eyes, with a hit of curiosity, but no pitty, "Deep breaths" She urges.
And so I do, I dill my lungs with air and then release, repeating this several times, before my head begins to clear up.
"Thanks," I say huskily.
I look over at Zeke and Shauna, huddled in the opposite corner, doing, what i assume is calling the others to tell then what happened.
"Claustrophobia" Tris mutters, more to herself than me.
I sigh, looking down, "it's stupid, I shouldn't be afraid." I reply, mentally slapping myself for showing vulnerability.
"Fear is part of being human, it's the predecessor to bravery. We need it, it wakes us up. So feel it, own it, let it light up your thoughts because it doesn't make you weak." Tris says, passion behind each word.
"How much longer," Zeke groans.
"Who knows" Tris mumbles.
"How about we play something," Shauna says, chiming in as she pulls a pack of cards out from her bag.
"How about poker?" Tris suggests, grabbing a small container of multicoloured paperclips from her bag.
It took three games of poker, two of which I won, and one where Tris had won, to get out of the lift.
As soon as we got out, I fought the urge to kiss the ground, I had been so delighted to be out of such a small place, I felt like I could finally breathe properly.
"What now?" Shauna questions, looking outside the window of the lobby, seeing a drizzle of rainfall.
Tris sighs, "No beach" She mutters with a small, but cute pout.
My eyes widen at the thought of what I called Tris. Cute?. The air probably hasn't reached my head yet. I mean, it's not that she isn't cute, it's that-
"Four?" Zeke says looking at me, causing Shauna to giggle.
"You need to stop zoning out on us, buddy," Shauna says in between giggles.
I glare at her which then causes Zeke to say, "Thats the famous glare, if looks could kill, I'd be dead, Shauna would be dead, heck you'd be next" He whispers into Tris' ear not so quietly.
"Well obviously you'd be dead" Tris teases Zeke.
"Now that you're out of your daydream," Shauna says, looking at me, "Were going to get dinner at the diner, we're all going in our car" She finishes, referring to her's and Zeke's car.
We all get into the car, Shauna Driving and Tris upfront in the passenger seat, with Zeke and I in the back.
"Noticed you zoning out" Zeke whispers, quietly for once, " You were staring at Tris"
My cheeks feel like they're on fire, as I quickly deny anything else Zeke says.
"And?" I question, sounding like this matter isn't important at all.
"Nothing, I'm just saying, man" He mumbles.
The car stops, as we get off at a modest-sized diner thats isn't full, but busy enough to make it feel not empty.
The warm air greets my skin as we enter through the door, the small counter is placed in front of the door where a girl who looks about twenty-three greets us and leads us to a small table by a set of windows, near the front of the store.
Tris slides into the far seat by the window as I slide in next to her. The waitress places our menu's in front of us and waits for us to glance at them, before starting.
"Hi, my name's Lauren and I'll be your waitress today, do you guys know what you'll be ordering?"
Zeke, Shauna and Tris all settle on some sort of burger with drinks.
"Can I interest you in my special today?" Lauren says while shooting me a flirtatious smile, propping her elbows on the table leaning towards me.
I stiffen at this and look at Zeke and Shauna for help, but they look like they're going to burst out laughing any second now.
"Have you tried the burgers here, they're really good babe," Tris says, placing her hand on my arm as she points out a section on the menu.
I feel a shock of electricity as her hand touches me, but I push that aside and smile thankfully at her, as Lauren looks annoyed and gets up.
"Yeah, I think I'll take one of these," I say giving my order to Lauren.
As soon as Lauren moves out of sight, Tris removes her hand from my arm and begins apologising," Sorry about that, you just looked uncomfortable"
"No, I should be thanking you, she did make me feel uncomfortable and these two," I say gesturing to Zeke and Shauna "Were so helpful," I say, sarcastically.
Lauren comes back with our food and sets it in front of us as she does the same with our drinks.
We eat our meals while making small talk as well as plans for tomorrow at Tris' place.
After the meal, we get the bill that Tris pays, despite both Zeke and Shauna as well as my protests.
Laurens phone number also accompanied the bill, which I just left on the table. As we got up, Tris made a point of grabbing my hand until we got to the car, the tingling sensation still present.
Shauna and Zeke drop Tris and I outside of Dauntless, as we both silently go to the carpark to retrieve our cars.
"Thanks for helping with Lauren today, it would have been more awkward then needed if you didn't help" I mumble.
Tris, simply smiles a genuine smile, "It's not a problem, Four."
We walk until we make it to my car, parked a few spots away from Tris' car.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow," I say reluctantly, for some reason not wanting to leave.
"Hm," Tris hums while placing her hands on top of my tie, as a small laugh escapes her lips as she redoes my failed attempt at a tie.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Four," She says softly, as she begins to make her way towards her car.
And I find myself missing her warmth that I never knew I had.
A/N I hope you guys liked that chapter, with a bit of Fourtris, please review if you liked it, and please give me some feedback. Also, the next chapter will have truth or dare in it, so if you have any truths or dares you want me to add, please just tell me in the reviews. Until next time
-Divergent31