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Tobias POV
Chapter 14
After a trip to the mall, I arrive at Tris' house with several bags filled with various items in them for her. What I said to her was wrong, and all I know is that I must make up for it.
I knock on her door gently and wait outside. After a few minutes, I can't be sure that she'll open the door, but I can't risk leaving.
The sound of quiet walking breaks me out of my thoughts and the door opens revelling Tris.
Her beautiful grey-blue eyes are stained by a red tint and her cheeks hold the remnants of what were tears. The blonde hair she leaves out is now tousled and messy.
"Tris," I breath, as her eyes well up, I bring my arms and hold her close to me, enclosing her in a hug, abandoning the bags of gifts on the floor.
I feel her arms snake around my neck and her face hide in the crook of my neck.
We stand there for some time, together in each other arms, the tingling sensation that I only get when Tris touches me is there, but I ignore it, I'm here for Tris.
"Four," She mumbles as she faces me, I can smell something distinctly fruity on her breath.
Her hand fits in mine as she shuts the door behind us and drags me towards the living room, and just as I thought a half-empty bottle of tequila is placed on her coffee table.
She pulls me down on the sofa and takes a long sip from the bottle before offering some to me, which I decline to.
"Tris," I say, hesitantly, "You shouldn't be drinking that stuff, not that much of it,"
"But, it makes me happy, I want to be happy," She choaks out, looking directly at me.
She refuses to look away, even when her lips tremble Her lashes brim heavy with tears and her hands clench into shaking fists. A lone tear traces down her cheek as more follow. Sob after sob and all I could do was watch as the girl standing before me's walls to break down, brick by brick, and it's not until the sobs drove her to her knees did her fixed gaze fall.
I feel my own body shaking slightly, Tris, the girl who's always been there for me, the one who gave me a job, gave me an escape route and helped me is now breaking down on the floor and all I can do is watch.
Breaking away from my thoughts, I gather her in my arms as I rock slightly, my arms placed around her as she sobs into my chest. I feel the tears soaking into my shirt and my heart sinks.
After twenty minutes, the sobs have died down to small whimpers.
"I'm sorry," She squeaks, as she removes her face from my chest.
"Never apologise for doing that, this is what friends are for," I reassure her.
Her gaze falls on the bottle as she unconsciously bites her bottom lip, her eyes long for it.
"Hey, no more of that stuff, you're already going to have a terrible headache tomorrow," I reason.
She gives me a small pout but cuddles into my chest nonetheless. We stay like that until she speaks.
"Four, do you think you could grab me some of Joanna's bread from the kitchen, she always makes me a few loaves, they make me happy."
I nod and carefully get up. Once I reach the kitchen, I make my way to the pantry and grab a loaf of bread that have the words, 'AMITY BREAD. MADE MY AMITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS. WARNING, EAT ONLY THE RECOMENDED AMOUNT'.
I walk back with the loaf in my hand as well as a plate and knife. Tris smiles and eagerly takes the bread from me, cutting off what looks like a big portion for her and eats it instantaneously.
Small giggles come out of her mouth after she's done, as she looks at me with a small smile. I find myself frowning slightly and pick up the packaging of the loaf and look into the ingredients list.
'Flour, wheat, salt, peace serum (43%)' I pause. Peace serum, that's why Tris' acting this way.
"Four," Tris sings," Will you play with me, we can jump on the bed."
I fight the urge to laugh at her knowing she doesn't have control over what she does and nod as she begins walking up to her room and I follow.
I never imagined Tris jumping on her bed giggling after every bounce but then again, I'm not exactly complaining.
"Four come," Tris bubbles, as she grabs my hand and begins to pull me up onto her bed as she jumps.
Not lying to myself, I usually don't come across as the type of guy who would jump on beds, but for Tris' sake, I'd probably jump off a building.
It's something about that girl that makes me feel as if my skins on fire as if every day will be good and things will get better.
I watch as her eyes begin to droop and she sits down on the bed.
"Honey," She coos, "Come here," She motions for me to come towards her, considering she's slightly drunk and high on whatever peace serum is I don't protest, not like I could anyway, and walk towards her.
She gives me a small smile and cups my face in between her soft palms, urging me to lay down by her. She rakes her hands through my hair and I find myself craving for her touch.
"Oh, you don't know how long I've waited to do this," She whispers in my ear, causing me to shudder.
"T-Tris?" I question quietly.
"Shut up and kiss me," She commands.
Her soft lips slam into my own, a fire ignites inside me and something takes over, the overwhelming feeling, I want her. She licks my bottom lip begging for entrance which I give immediately and her tongue explores every inch of my mouth.
I pull back and look at her, she frowns slightly, "What's wrong?" She asks.
"You're drunk and on peace serum, I-I won't take advantage of you," I mumble.
She sighs loudly, to show how upset she is but smiles at me, "Thats cute"
I raise a brow but don't question her.
"Do you want something to eat," She questions, "What about cupcakes?" She gets up with a glint of mischief in her eyes
I follow her to the kitchen and she goes into her pantry and grabs a plate of cupcakes with different coloured frosting on them.
I grab one at random and then watch Tris scrape the frosting off the pink and blue to form purple, and this time I can't stop the laugh that comes from me.
We walk back to her room and I get up from her bed and glance at the clock on her bedside table, 11:13 pm.
"Don't go," She gasps, realising what I'm looking at, "Please, no, Four, stay tonight, please," She blurts out, holding onto my arm tightly.
I take a deep breath and agree, I tell her that I'll be back in a second and head to the car so I can grab some clothes, ones that I usually go to the gym in, but seem suitable for sleeping in.
I change in the downstairs bathroom and walk to Tris' room, she sits on her bed in her grey sweat pants and an oversized grey hoodie I'm sure I saw Caleb wearing before.
"Come on," She mumbles.
I look at her confused, she laughs quietly at my confused expression and begins to clarify her previous words
"Can you sleep here, please, I mean, you don't have to, I-" She rambles before I cut her off,
"Of course, Tris."
I grab one of her pillows and place it on the floor before asking her if she has spare blankets to which she rolls her eyes and informs me that her bed is big enough for the both of us.
Cautiously I get onto the bed and she wraps her arms around me as I do pulling me towards her, placing a soft kiss on my cheek, "Goodnight Four," She whispers.
"Goodnight Tris."
"Four, Four wake up, Four?" A gentle voice says.
I groan and turn over, trying to relish the feeling of sleep. The best sleep I've had in a while, no nightmares about Marcus, everything was just so peaceful.
"Four" She whines. She?
Tris.
My eyes flutter open as I look at Tris, peering at me, I suddenly realise how this looks, and I can only ope Trus remembers at least some of this so it doesn't look like what it does right now.
"Tris, I-"
"I know, I remember, I was drunk, you found me, then I asked for Amity bread and I think I was jumping on the bed, then we went to sleep?" She says sounding unsure.
So she doesn't remember the kiss, I can't tell if I'm relieved or disappointed,
"Yeah, thats what happened," I lie, deciding not to tell her about the kiss or her begging me to stay.
"Thank you, I mean, for staying, I apologise for all my actions tomorrow, I don't remember all of them, but I'm sorry if I did anything to affect you,"
"You didn't, don't worry," I assure her as she smiles.
If only she knew how much I was lying then.
A/N I hope this chapter is okay, I would really appreciate your reviews so I can make this story better for you guys, school is also starting again meaning updates will be less frequent, maybe once a week, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading, until next time,
-Divergent31
