| TRIS POV |
Two weeks have passed. Turkey day was yesterday and now I feel as stuffed as the turkey. My parents had invited Evelyn over for Thanksgiving partially because they were friends but mainly because he was Tobias's mother.
Evelyn knew that Tobias and I were together since I had met her 7 months ago at the ball that Tobias took me to. And obviously she knew Tobias's real name, which my mother doesn't know. But my mum does know that am in a relationship with a man named Tobias.
Complicated but damn Tobias and I have been officially together for eight months.
As far as I knew Evelyn hasn't spoken a word about Tobias and I's relationship.
Tobias, as said, was gone for all nights and half days but one, which was last night because it was Thanksgiving. He was gone from about noon till midnight. He told me last night that the chip couldn't have been in the Divergent section since they have checked every nook and cranny of the small area. Apparently, the headquarters of Divergent had been built into a 90-story skyscraper owned by Tobias's mother, which was probably why he was assigned, apart from being an elite agent and all. Tobias told me last night that today they were going to search the place and if it's not their it's either with the Erudite or lost.
Because last night has been the only time in two weeks Tobias has been here for a whole day we took advantage of that.
I kiss Tobias on the cheek as I squeeze his bare ass with my hand.
"Morning," Tobias manages to get out in that sexy morning voice of his. He turns around so his perfectly symmetrical face faces me.
His blue eyes glisten like the ocean as he starts to smile.
I place a light kiss on lips. "We haven't made love in so long," I groan
"Yes, I'm sorry Tris, I promise the case will be done in a week or two, then I will quit again and we will live in peace.
"No, don't rush an important matter for me, this stuff actually counts,"
"But you matter more to me,"
"I matter more to you than the American government," I say raising an eyebrow "If so then what's the point in hiring you,"
"You matter more to me then this galaxy," he responds kissing the tip of my nose "Actually one thing matters more to me then you," he says
I flash him a surprised look "And what is that?" I challenge
"This ass of yours," he says as he uses his large hand to cup my bottom.
"Tobias," I say as I swat his hand away.
I sit up and put my undergarments on.
I hear someone knock my door. Tobias and I scramble into the routine. Tobias hides under my large blanket which I make somewhat messy to make it look less noticeable. I sit up with my back against my bed head, I grab the book from the bedside table.
"Come in," I shout.
In walks a perfectly polished Evelyn in an emerald fitted dress, showing off her body which is stunning for a woman her age. She matches it with some black Louboutins and diamond necklace. I can understand why Tobias is such an attractive man.
"To-Four is in here correct?" she says
I stay silent and look at her as if I can't speak English.
"Tobi- Four, stop being ridiculous and get out of that blanket," Evelyn exclaims as she flips the blanket revealing a Tobias only in his boxer.
She just sighs and mutter 'young love'
"I'm leaving and I expect a proper goodbye," she says with her head held high.
"Bye," Tobias groans falling back on to my bed, straddling me and shoving his head into the crook of my neck.
"Tobias," I chastise as I push him off me.
"Goodbye mother," he says with utter boredom before once again falling onto my bed again.
"Ugh you are such an-,"
"Just go already, no one want you here," Tobias cuts her off.
"You want me to leave so you can 'shove your junk up her trunk' or whatever you kids call it these days," Evelyn mentions.
I roll over in embarrassment.
"I already did that last night so why don't you bug off, I'll talk to you later," he says
I groan out of more embarrassment.
"Look Tobias all I want is a second chance," she says "I-I-I seriously didn't think that Marcus would stoop so low as to hit his own son, I thought that if I just left he would stop acting like a monster and you would have a better childhood, so I ran off the get help,"
"For eleven years, it took you eleven motherfucking years to call the police and get him arrested?" Tobias growls
"Marcus was a very powerful and manipulative man, your grandfather loved him, he thought of him as his own son and he told me not to tell anyone, so I ran off to find people that would believe that Marcus, the angelic and kind CEO of Johnson Cooperation's was a monster. It was rare because Marcus was very talented at acting with a different persona, just like you,"
Tobias just sighs. "I'll call you later, I just want to be with Tris for the first time in a while,"
"Why is that, you literally live with her," his mother questions
"I'm back with Dauntless, we're looking for the chip," he says cooly.
"Do me a favour, call me if you want to go down to the basement, instead of breaking in and causing the everyone on the 90 floors to evacuate," his mother complains
"Will do," he says as he shuts the door on her "Finally she's gone,"
Tobias runs to the bed and engulfs me.
"It seems like you guy's relationship has improved," I say
"Are we seriously talking about my mother after it took me like a solid ten minutes to get her to leave," he says nudging my neck with his nose.
"Well has it?" I ask
"We've been getting better, she's a vital part of the mission seeing as she is the owner of the old Divergent headquarters which is the last place the chip was seen," he explains "She's been explaining to me why she did what not and I'm slowly forgiving her bit by bit,"
"It's good," I say "You may not like her, and she may not be fond of me but she is your mother, and everyone deserves a mother,"
Tobias and I head down for breakfast before my brothers him and I go bowling.
We enter the bowling centre.
"It's been like ten years since we've been here," I say
"Yeah because you were partying and studying hard-core for the past ten years," Uriah mentions bluntly.
I just roll my eyes and grab a pair of old and used bowling shoes.
"Are these clean enough for you barbie?" Zeke teases
"Shut up," I say
"I think you're actually changing," Zeke says with a serious face "You've ditched the fancy clothing" Clearly pointing out my grey t-shirt and khaki green cargo pants "You're paying with the money you've earnt yourself, you don't act like a stuck up bitch to everyone around you, you're smiling more, you're wearing less makeup, you seem more happy and confident, you're studying and paying attention to your schooling more, you haven't been clubbing or recklessly sleeping around for the past like eight months, what's changed?
I fell in love and got a boyfriend
"I don't know, I think it was the job and like moving out, it was like a detox," I lie as I glance at Uriah and Tobias who have large grins on their faces clearly knowing why.
"Enough with the deep stuff, let's bowl," Tobias says
"Hey not to mention Four has been less moody and less of an asshole for the past few months,"
"Shut up," Tobias says lightly punching Zeke in the shoulder.
I start. I lift the ball and try and use my decent aim to get the ball to the centre. The ball for some reason kept moving right until it hit the right three pins.
"This is bullshit," I say. After a few rounds I notice Tobias was literally murdering all of us with his skills. He has gotten three strikes in the last five rounds and was a sold fifty points ahead of all of us. Must have been his stupidly good aim. I've never actually seen him do any aiming or sport except for glancing at him instructing kickboxing but that was mostly his muscular behind which I am currently staring at until Uriah pokes me.
I glare at him and he nudges a head toward Zeke.
At the end Tobias won with Zeke second and Uriah third. I somehow managed to lose by three points.
It was around eleven-thirty when we finished. I knew Tobias only had to leave at night so we were in no hurry. We headed to a local café and ate some lunch.
I stole a few of Zeke's fries from his burger meal.
"Hey stop stealing all of my fries," he complains.
"Hey, I'm like helping you lose weight by eating some for you," I say with a mouthful of fries.
"Why don't you take Uriah's?" he asks
"Because Uriah guards them like a hawk and Four has to eat because he's like 300% muscle," I explain
"I do not guard my fries," Uriah says
I reach my hand toward his but he swats it away in seconds. I raise my eyebrows at him.
"And I'm not 300% muscle," Tobias defends.
"If I literally poke your arm, my finger will bend and break itself," I say
He just rolls his eyes with a smile on his face.
We finish dinner and drive home. Tobias and I race up the stairs and into my room. Tobias lifts me up and throws me onto my bed. I hear his phone ping.
Evelyn: Hey Tobias, I was wondering if you would want to meet me alone tomorrow morning at the house.
I snatch his phone.
"Yes, I would love to and I love you mum," I say as I type the sentence
"No, no, no, Tris," Tobias says trying to grab the phone of me
He starts tickle me to get the phone.
I begin to scream with laughter telling Tobias to stop. My grip on his phone loosens and Tobias snatches it back before deleting the message and putting on my bedside table.
"I can't believe you used my biggest weakness to get my phone, you know how ticklish I am," I complain
I notice how close we are, I was on top of him and we were face to face with a millimetre between our noses.
"I love you," I say as I kiss him passionately.
My door bursts open.
"Tris, are you okay? I heard you scream-" Zeke shouts but is cut off at Tobias and I.
I quickly get off Zeke.
"Look Zeke we were going-," Tobias explains
"What the fuck," Zeke says calmly as he begins to walk close to us.
"What. The. Fuck." Zeke says, he starts to smile "You know I always suspected it but I just never believed that you two would betray me like that, I even received photos of you two together, you were always out together, you were always with one another, you were always so touchy of one another,"
"We were going to tell you," I say
"How long?" he asks
We both stay silent
"I asked how fucking long," he shouts at us
"8 months," Tobias replies calmly
"You had eight months to tell me and you didn't?" he replies.
Another silence.
Zeke just shakes his head and looks down.
"We actually met each other at Will's party before I came up to LA, we-uh-we slept together," I explain
Zeke looks at Tobias
"You slept with my little sister and you never told me?" Zeke asks "What the fuck man, I thought we were friends, what happened to that bro code shit, what happened our trust? I always looked at you as if you were my brother, my family even accepted you, they started loving you and you just go a betray me by fucking my sister,"
"It was my fault," I say, "Tobias didn't want to do it because he was scared of what you would do if you found out, I manipulated him and drove him until he gave in,"
"Tobias," Zeke spat "Is that what she calls you,"
"You know my name Zeke," Tobias speaks calmly.
Zeke turns to me
"You are such the little slut, aren't you? I mean seducing my best friend, he was my best friend, my brother and you just had to sleep with him like every other guy you've met," Zeke says towering over me.
"And this" he says pointing to my bruise "Was just from some rough sex, wasn't it?"
Zeke places his hand over my bruise and death grips it making a shooting pain go through my body. I start to whimper.
"Zeke, you're hurting her," Tobias says with a more commanding voice.
"I think she deserves it, and you deserve to see her hurt,"
"Let. Her. Go." Tobias demands
"Or what? you fucked my sister and you enjoyed it, every single bit of it, you knew how overprotective I was of her, I wanted to protect her from another broken heart, I wanted to protect her from guys like you," Zeke shouts as he throws a punch at Tobias.
Tobias easily dodges it. Zeke tries to punch him again but Tobias catches the punch, Zeke takes this opportunity to knee Tobias in the stomach.
"Zeke, leave him alone," I say standing up. Stop being a coward Tris
"Aww how sweet," he teases
"What is going on?" my mum asks as Uriah and my dad come in after her.
"They've been dating for eight months and haven't bothered to tell anyone," Zeke spat
"Oh isn't that great!" my father says.
He walks up to me and kisses me on the forehead.
"You finally found a man that will treat you properly," he says.
"What the fuck?" Zeke says
"Language," my mother chastises
"I don't know why but I felt as if you always wanted Four to be your child more than me," Zeke says to my father "I don't know maybe because he's great at business, he's fucking amazing at medicine, he's practically a pro-footballer, he was an elite agent and he's not bad looking,"
My father looks at him speechless. "I didn't know you felt that way,"
"Look, my presence in this household has caused a ruckus, I think I'm just going to find a nearby hotel and stay there," Tobias says
"Oh, look, the man with four fears is running away like a coward," Zeke says
"He is not the one being a coward, you are the one being a coward Zeke, you are so scared that he will steal me away forever and that I will love him more than I ever loved you, guess what, you will need to man up and accept the fact that I don't always want to be under your protection and that I love Tobias," I say standing up to my brother.
"Let's go," I say grabbing Tobias by the hand and walk out.