Chapter 25!

Let me start off by telling you that I am not a fan of Marcus. I hate what his character has done to Tobias and I'm only writing this for the sake of drama, for the rest... I hate that guy!

Thanks to every single one of you who is reading my story! Please tell me what you all think!

Disclaimer: I would own Divergent if Jenna and I would really own a restaurant.

After a few days of resting at home in Dauntless, I didn't feel completely sure about how the baby was doing because I had bled for such a long time. Tobias and I decided that it was time for me to visit the hospital and see how it was going. In the mean time, I was pregnant for two months, so I wasn't far along enough to tell the gender of our little miracle. I was actually dying to know, and even though Tobias didn't say anything about it, I know he was dying to know too. He grabbed my hand as I laid on a bed with my shirt raised.

My belly was hardly any bigger than it was before, so only the people who knew about me being pregnant could see it. We were planning on telling my parents when they would be visiting Amar and me for parents visiting day, and I was curious to see their reactions. They knew that Tobias and I were madly in love, but they were also aware of our age: seventeen. We decided to arrange a meeting between our parents so mom and dad could meet Damon, Eliza and Beth.

'Good morning, Iris, Four,' our doctor Mike Danes said as he grabbed a tube of gel. 'How are you doing, Iris, still enduring morning sickness?' He looked inquisitive as he rubbed the cold substance onto my belly. I giggled shortly as the cold sent shivers down my spine. 'I'm fine, Mike. Sometimes I feel sick, sometimes I don't,' I explained.

Tobias smiled at me in response to my giggle. His eyes were blue and loving. after almost having lost me, he realised how much of a blessing this baby actually was, and even though he was still quite scared, his mindset turned 100%. He felt no longer obligated to love the child because he loved me, he realised he loved the baby with all his heart. 'Well, that's great. Just continue eating what you're eating, try to eat as much vegetables and fruits as you possibly can, and I recommend fish twice a week,' he said, then grabbed a little machine.

'Now, let's see how your baby is doing shall we?' I pinched Tobias' hand softly and bit my lower lip as it formed a happy and excited smile. Mike moved the little machine over the gel, causing it to spread over a certain part of my belly. Tobias pinched my hand now too, and he kissed my cheek, whispering how much he loved me. 'Oh my,' Mike mumbled as he moved the machine around. Tobias' and my head jerked up as we stared at him. 'What is it?' Tobias demanded with his low voice. My palms started to get sweaty as I tried to read the expression on Mike's face, but I couldn't.

He ruffled his hair, with a smile as if he was unsure about something. 'Guys, I have news for you,' he said, looking back and forth from Tobias to me. 'I'm seeing two hearts... You're expecting twins, Iris.'

My mouth fell open, and Tobias' eyes flashed a mix of emotions. Scared, worried, happy, love... But most of all surprise. He looked at me like he was a lost puppy, and I couldn't help but wrapping my arms around his neck. 'Tobias, even though this is one more baby than we thought, we are going to do great and I love you so much,' I said, my voice trembling as a tear slid down my cheeks. 'Honey,' he said, cupping my cheeks and looking into my eyes. 'Happy tears?' I smiled as a few more tears slid down my cheeks.

'Very very happy tears. The twins will be the happiest children on earth,' I whispered. His eyes teared up as well after I said that, and he rested his forehead against mine. Mike quickly excused himself, saying that we would meet later and skipped out of the room. 'I know that you're scared,' I said softly, stroking Tobias' cheek, 'but we'll do great, and we'll fuck up, and we'll do great again. One thing's for sure, we'll love the heck out of that babies.'

He smiled as he nodded firmly. 'You three mean the world to me,' he whispered as he closed the gap between our lips. After our sweet kiss, and after wiping our wet eyes, I wiped the gel off my belly and got up. It was then when I received a message that made me feel safe... For the first time in a week. It was Jenna.

Ris, you and T need to come to the Pit. Big news: Eric's been arrested, he's locked away for good.

I gasped loudly. Tobias turned around immediately, grabbing my hands. 'Are you okay?' His voice was firm and his eyes were demanding. 'I'm fine,' I said surprised. 'Actually... I may never have been happier than right now.' Tobias and I raced to the Pit after I told him about Jenna's message, and when we arrived there we found cheering people.

I ran up to Jenna and Tim and hugged them. 'He will never hurt us again,' I called. When I pulled back, I saw that the three of us shared the same look. Relieve. Jenna's eyes teared up as all the tension she'd felt throughout the previous week came out all at once. My eyes followed hers, and Tim couldn't hold himself together either. The three of us cried together, hugging tightly as we did. After a little while, our cries turned into laughter, we laughed as we knew that we were finally free. We let go of each other and I felt arms slipping around my waist immediately.

It were Tobias' arms.

'You're safe now, I love you so much,' he whispered in my ear as he let his thumb stroke one of my tears away. I nodded relieved and wrapped my arms around him. 'I love you too,' I said softly as I leaned in to kiss him. We were however rudely interrupted by Zeke who yanked me away from Tobias and hugged me. 'YOU'RE SAFE!' I laughed as he twirled me around and put me down again. As I had been scared of Eric all week and with him now locked away, I suddenly realised how much I actually cared for my fellow cheeky bastard.

'Zeke, you're one of my best friends, you know that right?' I questioned as we were grinning at each other. He nodded and winked. 'As you are one of mine.' We smiled genuinely, and were separated by other people wanting to hug. I saw a flash of my brother as he ran up to me and wrapped his arms around me tightly. 'I'm so happy that you're safe, little sister,' he said, and we kept hugging for a solid few minutes. That night, Zeke and Amar threw a big party, and we celebrated our freedom until the early hours.

It was a month later, and we had just had our graduation from the initiation. We all made it of course, and I was incredibly happy to start the rest of my life with all my friends. Tobias and I moved in to our new apartment and for the past couple of days we had been decorating and buying furniture for the house. Damon and Eliza came by a few times to help us, and finally... Our house looked amazing.

We'd incorporated all faction colours to indicate our Divergence. Jeanine was dead, she couldn't hurt us anymore. Within the past month, all people in Erudite who'd worked with Jeanine to test the Divergents and who had helped her work out her plan to take over Chicago were also arrested and were locked away as well, just like Eric. Tobias and I were living in our own little world, decorating the babies' room and picking names for our unknown little babies. Tobias was somewhat more down to earth than I was, but even his usually clear mindset was momentarily blurred with happiness.

My parents were very happy when I told them as well, they were so happy that they jumped up and hugged us tightly. They told us they loved us, and that we were welcome to visit them whenever we wanted. After graduation it was time to choose our jobs, because we were now official Dauntless members. Tobias had ranked first during the initiation, so he could be anything he wanted. He chose to be his father's assistant, training for being a co-leader.

Jenna and I were following a course on baking and cooking, because we decided we wanted to open our own little restaurant: Isenna's. I was just reading a magazine about baking when our doorbell rang. Tobias, who was sitting next to me, stood up and opened the door. It revealed Damon who was holding a letter. 'Four, Iris,' he greeted. 'Hi Damon, do you want to come in?' I asked, wanting to stand up. He shook his head, 'no thank you, Iris, I am leaving again. I received this letter for Four,' he said, handing the letter to Tobias. The latter's eyebrows shot up.

'Who's it from?' He questioned.

Damon shook his head again. 'I don't know. It was delivered to my office, so here you are.' Damon left, and Tobias closed the door behind him, staring at the letter. He sat down next to me again, his eyebrows still raised. He turned the letter around... Then dropped it. 'What's wrong?' I asked, worried because of his expression. It was a combination of shock and sudden distress. 'That's Marcus' handwriting,' he stated, trying to keep his voice firm.

I gasped, how was that even possible? 'I don't know if I can read this... Iris,' he admitted, looking devastated. He'd spent a long time hating his father because of everything Marcus had done to him, but ever since he was gone, he also spent time remembering the good times. And now... A letter? Marcus couldn't be alive, Shauna shot him and Tobias watched him die, so what was this? 'You can do it, I'm here for you,' I said softly, putting my hand on his knee. He nodded, sucking in a deep breath.

"Tobias.

I know that our relationship has passed into a faint acknowledgment, but I had to tell you this. If you receive this letter, I have died. Possibly by your hand, because Jeanine will have ordered you to, and if that is indeed the case: I forgive you, remember that. If I have died and it is not because of you or something unforeseen in my now still unknown future, that means that Jeanine's plan is working. Jeanine is planning to execute all Divergents and people in Abnegation.

Tobias, I have known that you are a Divergent for a long time now. Possibly way before you even suspected your mind being different than anybody else's. I am writing this letter because I will have no time to explain myself to you ever again. I am not the horrible person you think I am. I admit that I did something horrible to you, there will be no discussion about that: it was disgusting. What I do want to tell you is that I didn't do it because I hate you, or that I blame you for anything that ever happened. I can genuinely tell you that you are actually the best thing that has ever happened to me, even while I drove you away. You are the best child a selfish man could have, and the only thing I wanted from you was to drive you away from me.

Because you are divergent, I knew that you were saver far far away from me, because Jeanine wants to kill me and I can't protect you. I will never be able to keep you safe, so I am happy that you've escaped. This was my plan all along, and I know that you have questions about the way I handled this. Why did I hit you? Why didn't I just tell you? Tobias, as I said before, I was weak. I wanted you with me, but I knew that when I kept being the real me, you would stay with me to protect me instead of following your heart and transferring into Dauntless... Where you belong, together with your girlfriend. I never wanted to hurt you, and I hated myself for doing it. More than hate; I loathed myself. All I ever wanted was to hug you and tell you that I loved you, but I couldn't.

I truly am messed up for going about it the way I did, hurting you, something I never wanted. I always went too far, scarring you and not only driving you away but also loathing me in return. I can admit that your loathing me will probably not even come close to me loathing myself. With this letter I am not trying to make you love me again: that ship has sailed and I'm not expecting it to come back ever again. This letter is my only hope to explain the past in pieces, and I apologise for everything I've done. That isn't nearly enough, but I will carry this with me to the grave. I've always loved you the same as you were younger.

You have grown into a strong young man, a father to-be I've heard. You will be more of a father than I've ever been, and I am extremely proud of you and Iris for taking the responsibility of your actions and keeping it. I am glad that you've escaped me, and I can only hope that you will escape Jeanine as well.

Stop her, Tobias.

Not even close to earning this title,

Your father."

Tobias looked up, staring into space after having read the letter. I knew I had nothing to say to him now, he needed some time to process Marcus' words. I couldn't believe the story, how could Marcus have hit him... To actually protect him? 'I... I don't know how to feel,' Tobias admitted after a little while of silence. His voice was trembling and breaking a few times, and after that, he started crying. 'I didn't want to know it,' he said, wiping his eyes angrily.

'He hit me! How could he love me?!' I stroke his back as he cried, stroking his hair to his back and hugging him tightly with my other arm. 'He protected me by hitting me!' He called out, huffing an angry sigh and jumping up to pace around. 'He didn't care about me, I saw his eyes when he hit me, they were relentless!' He turned around, ruffling his hair and squatting down. 'He said that he wanted to keep me in Abnegation, what did that mean, Iris?'

Seeing him so upset, I felt tears forming in my eyes, but he needed me to help him, so I swallowed my lump and stood up to sit next to him on the floor. 'In some kind of twisted way, he really did love you. His ways of protecting you were strange, and not okay... But apparently he did have a reason for hitting you, even if it's still not okay,' I said softly. His eyes met mine. His were light blue because of the tears, but he was frustrated, and it was killing him. 'I wish he would've said something,' he admitted. 'I used to... I used to love him.'

I wrapped my arms around him and stroke his back again as his breath hitched and his tears came back.

'I'm here for you,' I whispered.