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Tobias POV

Chapter 15

I've never been a fan of thanksgiving, not until I met Zeke and his family. Thanksgiving means the same thing as every other day with Marcus meant.

Beatings.

Lash after lash, he would continue beating me until he was satisfied and then made me go make his dinner.

But when I met Zeke he introduced me to his mum, Hana. She knew I lived with my father, but somehow she knew I didn't like him much, I don't exactly know how but I can only assume t was because of her motherly senses.

Ever since the first year I met Zeke I would spend Thanksgiving with the Pedrads, excluding the time I was in new york.

Hana has been nothing but inviting towards me, and when Zeke told me this morning to come around 5:30 pm to Hana's for dinner, I was overjoyed, to say the least.

I finish writing my report and make my way to the kitchen to make another cup of coffee. Recently, Marcus has been remembering the beatings and lashing out on me whenever he remembers.

I try not to dwell on him too much, my body can take the pain, and I already have more than enough money to move out, just finding the right place is the problem.

I pour the black liquid into my cup and add a splash of milk, watching the two substances combine.

I feel a pressure against my back and tense up, not out of pain, but out of shock. The smell of vanilla and strawberry along with some other fragrance distinctly Tris wafts through the air and inhaling the smell I relax.

I turn slightly to see Tris with her head against my back and her eyes closed. I move so I face her and her head lays against my chest.

She looks at me removing her face from my chest and smiles sweetly at me. After what happened the night and day after Dauntless' anniversary, I thought things would be weird between me and Tris.

Little did I know the incident bought us closer.

"Just wanted to let you know," She begins, "That everyone's dismissed early because of thanksgiving, I'll see you at Hana's?" She questions as I nod.

I can't help wonder why she's going to Hana's, I mean, what about her family, but before I even have a chance to ask her about it, she's gone.

I arrive at Hana's at 5:15. I wait outside, not knowing if I should casually turn up fifteen minutes early or wait until its time.

I finally decide to head inside, reassuring myself Hana won't mind, she never seemed to before, especially when I was younger and would turn up unannounced during Christmas day, she would take me in as her own without even asking why I wasn't at home.

I knock on the door to Hana's cosy one-story home, and the second my finger presses the doorbell, the door opens to reveal a smiling Hana.

She embraces me tightly and presses a small kiss to my cheek before getting me inside. The aroma of Hana's homemade cooking wafts through the air making my mouth water.

We walk to the living room as I see both Zeke and Uriah playing video games, and it's only when I hear both of them groan in protest and realise they both lost the game to a third player, is when I realise Tris is here.

Her soft blonde hair sits in waves draping over the back of her shoulders, she has a long-sleeved white blouse on and a black skirt that goes mid-thigh.

"Four," Zeke addresses, waving me over towards him, "Come play."

I grab the controller next to Tris as we all begin playing the game, eager to win, enjoying ourselves as if we were teenagers.

I have won twice by the time Hana calls us for dinner, with Tris beating me by winning three times.

The table looks as if it was prepared for everyone in Dauntless to eat, with the traditional Thanksgiving as well as multiple other dishes and pies of every kind.

We all sit down, "Shall we all start with what we're thankful for?" Hana questions as everyone nods.

"I'm thankful for my four of my babies," Hana says, gesturing to us all, "I'm thankful for my sturdy job and a roof over my head."

Zeke goes next, "I'm thankful for mum, My goofball brother Uri and all my friends, I'm thankful for my girlfriend and everything good thats happened."

Uriah frowns mockingly at the 'goofball' part but smiles nonetheless and starts talking, "I'm thankful for all of you, for Mar, and the rest of our friends, oh and Tris' Dauntless cake," Uriah mentions as his stomach rumbles.

We all begin laughing, "I'm thankful to be here, and for every one positive in my life, I'm thankful I moved back," I confess.

Hana smiles at me as Uriah and Zeke make comments such as, 'I knew you couldn't stay away from me."

"I-I," Tris stammers, taking a breath as if she was collecting her thoughts, "I'm thankful for my friends and family," She pauses, "I'm thankful I have a place to go this year for thanksgiving, I-"

"Where's Caleb?" Hana asks cutting Tris off.

"He's visiting Susan's family in Miami," She answers.

"Tori?" Hana inquires as Tris somewhat whines at her words.

"She's visiting Bud's family in England," Tris says in a small voice.

"Unbelievable," Hana hisses, surprising everyone, "I know they both have their own way of grieving but they can't just leave you here with nowhere to go, what would you do if Uri didn't ask you," She rambles as Tris drops her head.

Hana's eyes soften as she looks at Tris, she makes her way towards the younger woman, embracing her whispering something into her ear, which Tris nods to.

After Hana and Tris' brief conversation we all eat dinner, engaging in the most random conversations, although, I can't help but notice Tris' quietness.

After dinners finished, Hana clears the table and we all go to the living room to watch a film.

Tris makes the popcorn since both Zeke and Uriah are no longer allowed to since they set the microwave on fire more than once.

Hana and Tris emerge from the kitchen with three bowls of popcorn and some drinks.

Hana sits on the comfy armchair in the corner but still in view of the TV, and Tris takes a seat in between both me and Zeke.

The film begins and we all watch tentatively until we're interrupted by a bell. Zeke pauses the film and goes to get the door.

A minute later, Shauna, Marlene, Will and Christiana walk through the door and Hana takes this as her cue to leave, but not before telling Zeke and Uriah not to do anything stupid.

Tris turns off the film and we all sit in a circle getting ready to play a handful of games, it's sort of become a tradition, every thanksgiving night after we've had dinner with our families, or Zeke's family in my case, we would meet up and play games.

Marlene suggests we play Act it out, and we all nod eagerly. I've never liked charades and considering Act it out is just like charades, it would make sense I don't like it either, but for some reason I actually enjoy it.

Like charades, you have to act something out, but the thing you act out in a scenario and you do it with a partner.

Zeke opens the box that has all the scenario cards and the player numbers. Zeke goes first.

"Player seven, who's that?" He questions, as Uriah walks towards Zeke and they both read the card, a smirk slowly makes its way across both their faces and they begin acting.

Uriah frowns at Zeke and pretends to tell him off, he goes behind Zeke's back and grabs both his hands as if he was arresting him.

"Oh, oh!" Christina exclaims, "He's getting arrested."

Zeke nods and Christina chooses a scenario and a random players number that will do it with her.

The game continues and there have been a handful of random scenarios such as Shauna being Christina's 'daughter', Will and Tris being crazy scientists and Uriah and I being apart of a mafia.

After a while we switch to never have I ever and Zeke grabs the alcohol and shot glasses.

"Never have I ever been drunk," Uriah says as we all take a shot.

"Never have I ever gotten a piercing," Will says, and all the girls and Zeke take a shot.

"Never have I ever gone shopping for more than two hours," Zeke says and all the girls but Tris take a shot.

"Never have I ever been arrested," Tris states as we all watch Uriah take a shot.

"Uriah James Pedrad you did not," Hana who just entered the room yells.

"I can explain."

A/N I hope you enjoyed that chapter, thank you to that guest that reviewed it meant a lot, and no, I will not be abandoning this story, I will make sure to finish it, even if updates are a bit slow. Please review so I can improve this story, until next time

-Divergent31