Three
Eight years ago...
"So why aren't you telling me where we are going?" Tris asks for the thousandth time.
"Tris, this is our first date, and I want to make it special. Just by telling you would, one, not make it as special, and two, it wouldn't be a surprise if I told you."
"I hate surprises, did you know that?" She tells him.
"No, but now I know. And because of that, I plan on making more surprises for you." He grins.
She rolls her eyes, "yeah, yeah, whatever."
"Okay, we are here, you can take you blindfold off." Tris unties the cloth that is wrapped around her eyes.
"Wow, it's breathtaking." It was. He had taken her to a nearby beach a few miles north from their dorms, and set up candle lights and shaped them into a heart. In the middles of the enormous heart, there was a small table for two. He set up two a lovely meal, with homemade fettuccine he cooked accompanied with a bottle of champaign. The sun was setting which made the scenery even more beautiful.
"You know, I'm only eighteen. I'm too young to have champaign." She tells him, still awestruck.
"So? I'm only twenty, I'm also too young."
"Wow, you're old."
"Yes Tris, I am so old." He says sarcastically. "Two years is really insurmountable, isn't it?"
"Definitely." He leads her to the table and pulls up one of the chairs for her to sit on. "Thank you."
"Of course."
They talk for awhile. They talk about the most random things. From college to their hobbies, to the most random things, like ducks.
"No! Unicorns are better than horses." She defends.
"I beg to differ. Unicorns are too...feminine." He jokingly cringes.
"Shut up."
"Do you want to go on a beach walk?"
"Well it would makes sense, since we are in a beach." She responds.
"Okay, let's go." He stands up from his chair and places his hand out for her. Once her hand comes in contact with his, he immediately entwines it with hers.
"Dance with me?" He blurts out randomly in the middle of their walk?"
"Wait, we don't even have music."
"Oh right." He talks out an iPod her brought along with him and earphones along with it. It's funny, the way his logic works.
She laughs, "okay, I guess this will suffice." After placing the earbud in her ear, she places her arms around his neck. He puts his on her waist and brings her closer. They are pressed against to each other swaying to the beat of the music.
"I never thought that you would be the one to hold me heart.
But you came around and you knocked me off the ground from the start.
You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go
You put your arms around me and I'm home."
He pulls away a little so he can look her in the eye. He was wrong, so wrong. He always told himself that he wouldn't find someone worth loving. He told himself that he wasn't capable of love, because love is overrated. But, no. She is worth loving. She is worth fighting for. She is the one that makes him want to get out of bed everyday just so he can see her face. Ane he knows that somewhere in his heart maybe, maybe she is the one. The one that will be his forever.
"I hope that you'll see right through my walls
I hope that catch me cause I'm already falling
I'll never let our love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home."
He leans in closer to her and rests his forehead against hers.
"The world is coming down on me and I can't find a reason to be loved.
I never want to leave you but I can't make you bleed if I'm alone."
He pulls her even closer to him, if that is even possible.
"I tried my best to never let you in to see the truth
And I've never opened up
I've never truly loved til' you put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go."
His mouth inches closer to hers.
3 inches.
2 inches.
"I hope that you'll see right through my walls
I hope that catch me cause I'm already falling
I'll never let our love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home."
He kisses her.
Present day…
"Four." She whispers, "it's been a while."
Zeke knew that he would eventually have to deal with this awkwardness. But he did it on purpose. He purposely did this so they would at least have to talk to each other, once. Why? It's because everything was better when they dated. Yeah, he did it for his own selfish reasons, but it's true!
After Tris had broken up with Tobias, he became a total wreck. Never leaving the apartment, only getting out of bed when he had to use the bathroom or to eat. Even then, he didn't eat that often. The boys became to worried of him, but Tris was no better. Although Zeke had sort of broken him off of his funk, he was still depressed on the inside. Only smiling when necessary, only eating because Zeke forced him to. But on the bright side, he started leaving his apartment on a daily basis.
Tris was even worse. After being cheated on a month before a wedding, then breaking up with your fiancé isn't the best feeling in the world, well obviously. Chris and Uriah had to be next to her 24/7 so she wouldn't do something stupid. Stupid as in attempting to jump off a twenty-five story apartment building. Other than that, Tris had the same problems as Four. Never leaving bed, but only when she had to. Eating because she was forced to by her friends. Not showering...To sum it up, she was in horrible condition.
Uriah is glaring at Zeke, while he is standing there awkwardly as the two adults stare at each other. Even Though Uriah is extremely pissed at his brother for doing this to his best friend, he still realizes he has to be there for her, and help protect her.
"Uhh-uhm...Tris!" He stutters. "Do you want to go on a walk?" Uriah asks his best friend.
"Hmm, what? Oh, yeah. That would be great." She mumbles. Tris grabs her jacket and walks out the door walking passed Four as quickly as her legs can move her. Uriah follows not far behind.
Once they leave, Four speaks up, "What the fuck, man?! You didn't tell me we were going to be here with Uriah and Tris! Do you know how awkward this is going to be?!"
"Look, we're here because they have Vidcon tomorrow and I knew that if I mentioned Tris you would refuse to go. And I did this for a reason. After you two broke up, you were a total mess. Tris was no better, and I know deep down in both of your hearts that you two have feelings for each other. Can you two at least try to be friends? I mean you haven't talked to each other in like two years!" He reasons.
Four stands there fuming for a while until he finally gives in, "fine only because you are going to make me."
"What the fuck is Four doing here?!" Tris yells at Uriah.
"I swear, I have no idea! This was all Zeke!" He defends.
"Okay, I believe you. Uri, I don't- I don't think I can- I don't think I can do this." She lets a few tears out. She shakes her head, "I can't. I think I still-" She shakes her head again, "I still love him, I think! No! Of course, not! I mean I'm married right? I'm still married to Robert."
"Tris." He whispers, sympathetically. "Robert's dead."
She shakes her head, she knows he's dead... Then why is she denying it? "No, Robert is still alive, and I love him. I love him, Uri."
Uriah is a little freaked out, Robert died six months ago. He's dead. She was at his funeral. She cried for days, weeks, months even. What is happening to her?
"Tris, you're having an emotional breakdown. Robert's dead, gone."
She whimpers, "I know. I'm-I, I'm sorry, I lost it."
"It's okay, Bea, it's okay." He coos while bringing her into an embrace.
"So…" Uriah starts, Tris glares at him. "We were thinking of going to Disneyland, do you guys want to come with us?"
"Sure." Zeke exclaims, excitingly. Tobias internally groans.
'Damn you, Zeke.' He thought.
"Hey again!" Tris shouted into the camera. "So, right now we have just entered Disneyland, yay! As promised, Uri and I will tell you our project we have been working on, but that will be at the end of this vlog. Say hi, Uri."
"Hello internet!" He grins.
"So we are going to go to Splash Mountain first because it is freaking hot, and we have a fastpass for the ride. Oh, I'm also here with the one and only Zeke Pedrad, and Four. You remember Four, right?" She grits her teeth and fakes a smile. "Anyway...oh! I just remembered, so during the plane ride here, Uriah and I were talking and we decided to make a music video from a song I wrote."
"Tris, you write songs?" Zeke asks.
"Yeah, I started like two years ago. Like during the end of December?" Just as the words leave her mouth, both her and Tobias cringe. The end of December two years ago was when they broke up. It doesn't take an idiot to realize that she started writing songs because of him.
"Oh." Zeke shifts awkwardly.
Tobias hasn't said a word to Tris or even talked in front of her and in a way it has been annoying the hell out of her.
"Uh...anyway, so Uriah and I are-"
"OH MY GOD! MOM LOOK IT'S TRIS PRIOR!" Screams a voice from behind them. "Mom, hurry up!"
A young girl about the age of twelve charges towards Tris and Uriah while her mom trails not to far behind her.
"I am so sorry about my daughter." The mother apologizes.
"No, no, it's fine." Tris assures the mother.
"Would you like to be in my vlog? If that is okay with your mother." The girl girl looks at her mother hopeful.
"Fine."
Tris smiles. "So I just ran into a fan, her name is…?"
"Stella."
"Stella." She repeats, "that's a pretty name. Stella, this is Uriah, Zeke, and Four." Tris points to all of the boys.
"Four? Four, Aren't you the one who broke Tris' heart?" Tris and Four shift uncomfortably.
"Uhh...Stella! How would you like to come to Splash Mountain with us?" Uriah tries to change the topic.
"I'd love to, but I'm pretty sure my mom wouldn't want me. I've been dragging her all over the place for the last few hours, I think she just wants to go home. But thanks for the offer! It was nice meeting you, bye!"
"Bye!" They wave.
Tris shuts the camera, "let's just go to the ride."
"So we have just arrived back in the out hotel, and truly I am exhausted. What about you Tris?" Uriah angles the camera at her.
"My legs are so sore. Should we tell them about our "project" Uri?"
"So as all of you know, we have a total of two channels. Our first one is Tris and Uriah Games, and our seconds is Dauntless Duo, where we have vlogs and all that good stuff. We are creating a new channel called Divergent Live where we invite three guest youtubers every week and we do something illegal together. I'm just joking, we make a video together that is extremely embarrassing for us, but hilarious to you!"
"Do you think this is a good idea?" Uriah asks Tris.
"Nope! But we are doing it anyways. Tomorrow after Vidcon, we are going to invite Ryan Higa, Anthony Padilla, and Ian Hecox, so yeah. We will post a video for our new channel next week. We will see some of you guys tomorrow hopefully." Tris wraps up.
"Okay, click on Tris' face to subscribe to our channel. Uhh, click on my face to subscribe to our second channel. So that's pretty much it, see so soon!" Uriah turns off the camera and turns to Tris.
"How are you feeling?" He asks her. He doesn't even need to be more specific than that.
"I don't know, I mean if was so awkward the whole day, and he didn't even talk once, and it's just...gahhh I don't even know."
"You miss him." He says more of a statement than a question.
"What?"
"You miss him. Don't you?"
She sighs, "I do. I guess seeing him triggered something, and I-. When I was with Robert everything was fine. He never really came in mind, he would sometimes, but not as often as before. I guess seeing him after almost three years made me realize how much I missed him, and I don't know what to do,'' she admits.
"Well, I obviously I have no idea how you feel, but if I were you, I would totally go up to him, bitch slap him in the face and then just walk away." He deadpans.
She lets out a light chuckle, "maybe I will."
"Good, now go get some dinner, you must be starving. I'll be down in like five, I'm going to get changed."
"Okay, Uri. I'll meet you in the buffet.
Tris goes down the hall and into the elevator to go to the all night buffet at the lobby of the hotel she was staying at. Just as she was about to enter the dining room, she crashes into a wall. No, not a wall, a person.
'Of course,' is all she thinks.
"Hey." She manages to get out.
"Hey, Tris."
The thing that catches Four off guard is a wedding wing. Two rings, actually. The first one is a simple crystal diamond with little gold flecks around the band, while the other one is a plain, silver band which accompanies her engagement ring well.
Well damn.
A/N: Some part of me cringes every time I reread my work and all I want to do is tear this story apart and redo the whole entire thing. But whatever. I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. I will be updating my other story, It's Complicated later today or tomorrow. Have a nice day and will see you soon!