CHAPTER 19!
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Iris
Amar nodded and grabbed his cell phone. 'Jenna's going to flip,' I mumbled as I shook my head, causing a part of my hair to fall into my face. Tobias pushed my hair back softly and kissed my cheek. 'Let's talk,' he said, and pulled me with him. He walked over to his bed room and closed the door behind him. I smiled as I saw the room that Eliza had decorated and furnished for him. It was black, a little bit of gray, and it was typically Tobias. I saw a few features she hadn't incorporated, I was fairly sure of that. I saw a blue lamp, a red rug, and a quote on the wall in green and white. It was my quote, I used to say it to him. The quote said "be brave".
I looked at my Tobias, as he rubbed his neck while looking at the colours in his room. 'Why did you do that?' I asked, walking up to him. He smiled slightly, yet his eyes were serious. 'I don't want to be just one thing, Iris. I want to be more, I want to be all,' he said, then stood tall in front of me. 'I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.' He scraped his throat and smiled my favourite crooked smile, the one that always caused my heart beat to accelerate. 'I continually struggle with kindness,' he said softly, putting his hand on my cheek.
For a minute, we stood there. We just stood there, looking at each other and loved the sight. 'You are all that,' I finally said, looking around at all coloured objects. 'You are the kindest man I know, Tobias.' He didn't say anything, but let his arms pull me closer into his embrace instead. 'You are what drives me to be good,' he whispered in my ear, and kissed my cheek. I let my fingers go through his hair, and pulled his head closer so I could let my lips brush over his. My heart broke into a million butterflies, making their way to my stomach where they fluttered around. We tilted our heads to deepen the kiss and put all our hidden passion into it, as we finally could show our love again. He pulled me closer against his sturdy body, causing my knees to tremble. His hands gripped the hem of my shirt, and my hands gripped his hair, causing him to groan softly.
Our kiss became heated quite soon as his tongue slid past my lower lip, which was swollen because of our passionate kisses. My tongue met his, sending an abundance of little electric shocks down my spine. Our tongues circled around the other, causing my knees to grow weak. He pushed me against the wall softly, and broke away from our kiss. We panted as we looked into each others eyes which were filled with lust. I wanted more of him, I wanted our kisses to last until eternity, but they couldn't. The butterflies flew back to their original place and formed my quickly beating heart. My knees were still weak, but my mind was strong. This guy, and our possible baby meant the world to me.
'Is our love enough?' He asked, in between breaths as he was still panting. My heart skipped a beat, he was referring to our child. I looked into his eyes, his beautiful blue eyes which looked like I was the only thing on earth that mattered to him. Like I was the only desire of his mind. But hidden in those eyes lied worries. Worries he would probably be having until our baby was born; and even after that he would always be worried about our child being safe around him.
'Our love is enough,' I said softly, my voice heavy and thick. 'This child will have a family, and loving parents. We will conquer our fears and beat Eric and Jeanine, no doubts in my mind,' I said firmly and grabbed his hand. His eyes were still worried, but he smiled as he nodded. 'That's my girl,' he said and let his fingers wander through my hair. He looked like he was in thoughts, what made me smile.
'What is it?' He blushed slightly, knowingly being caught during certain thoughts. 'I just,' he started, then put his hands onto both my cheeks and kissed my lips briefly. 'There's a part of me looking forward to this baby,' he admitted shyly. 'A big part of me is scared to death, but the thoughts of you and me, starting our own family...'
I smiled big and wrapped my arms around him. 'I'd always imagined us being older, but we'll do great, we've got Eliza and Damon to guide us along the way as well.' His response was a grin as he let go of me. 'You'd always imagined that?' I blushed, realising I kind of told on my futuristic plans with him. 'I-' I started, but he started tickling me. 'You'd always imagined that!' He mocked me with a smirk and kept tickling. I burst out in laughter and tried to get away from him, laughing hysterically. 'I'm s-sorry,' I called out in between laughs, causing him to laugh as well and he stopped tickling.
'Right, I'm sorry. I just hoped that there would be a day far into the future when you would no longer be afraid of the thought of a child, however we're kind of pushed towards that moment now,' I explained, panting again. He nodded and sighed softly. 'We made a mistake, a few weeks ago. The only thing we can do is to make up for that mistake by giving this child the best childhood, what it deserves,' he said.
He was right. Just because we did something we probably shouldn't have done, or should've at least been mentally present at, didn't mean that our child should lack anything. I just didn't see it as a mistake. Having overcome the initial shock, and slowly starting to realise that it was real; I was also looking forward to this baby. He or she would be loved by all, and even though it wasn't as la vie en rose as I just put it, I was looking forward yet deadly scared of all things a new human being would bring along, and my responsibility as its mother. Even though Tobias was scared as well, I was happy to have him by my side, as he was the one I trusted most.
'I don't think it's a mistake,' I said, looking up at him. 'The setting wasn't right, you and I weren't right, and the situation was sure as hell wrong; this baby might just turn out to be the second love of our lives, Tobias. I will never see this as a mistake, because it brought a future human being along.' The look on his face represented second thoughts. He'd always seen the entire night as a mistake, but maybe he was wrong.
'It's no longer the night of errors, is it?' He asked with a slight smile. I shook my head. 'It's the night we... Unconsciously,' I started with a soft chuckle, 'created a miracle.' He chuckled along and put his forehead against mine when we heard Amar calling for us. 'T, RIS! THEY'RE HERE!' Tobias and I took a deep breath and nodded at each other. 'Let's go Four,' I said. He crooked a smile. 'Let's go, Five.'
I raised my eyebrows, and he mimicked me. 'What, not good?' He questioned, folding his muscled arms. I grinned, 'why Five? I had six fears.' He shook his head. 'I'm offended by the sixth fear, so I'm ignoring it. You're Five.' I laughed and kissed his cheek. 'It will go away anyway.' He nodded and raised his hands, 'exactly, now let's go.'
We walked out of the door and were greeted by our friends who looked extremely worried. 'GUYS! What's going on, are you all right?!' Jenna called as she ran up to us and grabbed our hands. Zeke followed her quickly. 'Yeah, what's happened?' I shot a glare at Amar, 'what did you even text them?' He looked a bit sheepishly. 'That something was up and you needed their help,' he said. Tobias glared at him as I slammed the palm of my hand onto my forehead.
'Guys sit down please,' I said with a small laugh, and they looked confused yet obeyed my order. Jenna, Zeke, Rick, Tim, Shauna, Dax and Jace sat down on the two couches and Tobias and I were standing in front of them, together with Damon and Eliza. Amar sat down on one of the chairs and folded his arms at our friends. He looked just like a bodyguard, what made me smile. 'Question first,' Jenna asked quickly. 'Are you okay?' She asked, her voice filled with worry.
Tobias nodded quickly. 'We're fine, but what we're about to tell you... Well,' he started, but I chimed in. 'For everyone, except for Rick and Jenna, Four and I have been together for two and a half years now, which is because we were already dating back in Abnegation,' I said, looking at Tobias.
He nodded. 'I'm not from Dauntless originally. My actual name is Tobias Eaton, and Damon and Eliza are not my real parents. They have adopted me three days before our choosing ceremony, because my real father was abusive. He knocked me out, and Amar and Tori saved me that day by bringing me to Dauntless. Damon and Eliza took me in and I had to tell everyone I actually belonged here,' he said, his voice firm. 'I'm sorry for lying to you, but I had to. I was pretending to be Four so I could befriend Eric,' he explained.
Tim frowned, 'why with Eric?' 'Because Eric is searching for Tobias Eaton. He's working for Jeanine, which was why Four had to pretend like he was someone else and he could not have Eric know that he and I were together because that's one plus one on the Tobias Eaton mystery,' I explained. Our friends nodded, most of them looking shocked. Zeke stood up and hugged Tobias.
'I finally understand now,' he said, then grinned. 'Can't believe I was trying to hook you up with your own girlfriend.' Everyone laughed and Tobias wrapped his arm around Zeke. 'It's okay man, I would've probably done the same thing.'
Everyone started talking, when Dax whistled. We all looked up at him as he raised his eyebrows. 'Guys, why are we here exactly, because there must be a reason you're telling us all this?' He asked confused. Tobias and I shot a look at each other, and he nodded. 'Yes, you're right Dax, there is,' he said, and wrapped an arm around me protectively. 'Iris is pregnant.'
Everyone was quiet for a few seconds, before they all exulted and yelled how happy they were for us. I was happy with their reaction, they could've been distant about the baby topic, but they weren't, causing me to love them even more.
'Hold on,' Damon called, immediately getting all attention. He walked up to us and looked at our friends. 'Tobias and Iris decided to tell you this, because they are in danger. As both are Divergent, the baby possibly is too. Jeanine is still looking for Tobias, and when Eric finds out about Iris being pregnant, Jeanine will put the two givens together. Four doesn't like Iris, and would never stay with her. Tobias does, so Eric is not supposed to know this,' he explained, causing our friends to look confused.
'So, what is it exactly that caused this meeting?' Rick asked. I pinched Tobias' hand softly and looked at Rick. 'We're asking for help and protection from Eric and Jeanine,' I said firmly. 'Oh hell yes, we're not letting you go through this alone,' Jenna said immediately and ran up to hug me.
That was the sign for the others to jump up and exult again, hugging us as they did. 'That baby of yours will have a family, I promise you that,' Shauna said happily as she hugged us. 'Congratulations,' Jace said with a slight smile as he hugged me and patted Tobias on his shoulder after a man-hug thing.
'Most definitely, I'll be the fun uncle,' Zeke called and twirled me around. I laughed and looked up when Rick and Tim yelled at him. 'HEY! WE'RE THE FUN UNCLES TOO!' Tobias smirked as he wrapped his arm around me again. 'Fighting already,' he whispered in my ear. I nodded.
'Guys you can share, okay? The most important thing for us is safety right now,' I said. They all nodded. 'We're your friends, we got this,' Dax said as he patted Tobias on his shoulder. 'TO FOUR AND IRIS!' Jenna called loudly as she stuck her fist into the air. 'WAIT!' Tobias yelled before everyone could call after Jenna. She raised her eyebrows, 'what?' 'My girl's name is Five,' he said with a grin. I laughed, 'you're really proud of that, aren't you?' He nodded and winked at Jenna who smiled big.
'Right. Let's try again, shall we,' she said and wrapped her arm around me as well. 'TO FOUR AND FIVE!' I laughed as all the others called after her and hugged us again. 'TO FOUR AND FIVE!' They yelled and I was thrown in the air and caught by Zeke, Rick and Tim.'
Eliza walked up to me with a warm smile and hugged me. 'We'll be here for you, all will be fine.' I smiled. 'Thank you, mother in law,' I said, my tone slightly cheeky. She giggled and stroke my hair. 'You're welcome daughter in law. Let's go get everyone some drinks. WHO WANTS WHAT?' She called. Everyone started screaming, causing us to laugh. Even though I was uncertain of the future, I was really happy at that moment.
If I had only known that someone in that room, a person I called my friend, would be telling all of this to Eric...
