Chapter 28 everybody! This story will continue 'till chapter 30... so two more to go!
There will be a s sequel that focuses on the kids (PLOTTWIST!)
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Jenna
'You look beautiful,' I said, smiling as I put my hand on Iris' shoulder. She looked at me, her eyes worried. 'He will be there, right?' Her voice was trembling. 'Oh come on, you did not just ask me that,' I said, and raised my eyebrows. She blushed slightly. 'Just my worst fear. It recently changed from fire to Tobias not showing up at the alter.' Emma, Dax' girlfriend, walked up to her and grabbed her hands.
'Of course he'll be there. I've never seen anyone look at his girlfriend like Four looks at you, Ris. He loves you so much!' Iris' face cleared up and she smiled as she drew in a shaky breath. 'Thanks guys,' she said and pulled us in for a hug. Emma had become a good friend of ours ever since her initiation, which was two years ago. She was hyped up, sweet, caring... And very Dauntless. We really liked her, and she and Dax fit extremely well together. Emma was capable of such hyped moods, that she would be jumping around (literally), but Dax loved it, and loved her.
'I can't believe I'm getting married,' Iris said softly as she stared at herself in the mirror. I couldn't have been happier for them, no one fought harder to be with each other than they had, and they deserved this happy happy day. I thought back of the moment I found out that Iris and Tobias were engaged.
We were all sitting in the cafeteria for breakfast. Zeke and I were ready to tell the gender of our baby to our group when Tobias and Iris walked up and greeted us all. Tobias was holding Sera and Iris was holding Nick, as the latter would still cry whenever his mother's arms were not around him. I smiled, I couldn't believe that I would be holding my own little baby boy within a few months. Zeke smiled at me, I knew that he was thinking the same thing. They sat down, and Iris glanced at me curiously. She raised her eyebrow, asking whether I was about to tell everyone. I nodded and stood up.
'Guys, Zeke and I have news for you,' I said, smiling big. Zeke stood up and wrapped his arm around me. 'We know the gender of our baby,' he said, his smile equally huge. The others gasped and some squealed. 'We're having a...' Zeke said and grinned at everyone before finishing. Everyone was so quiet that if a needle would fall it could be heard. 'We're having a boy,' I said quickly, before Zeke could finish. 'AHHH!' Emma, Rick, Iris and Tim yelled. Amar, Dax, Tobias, Shauna and Layla exulted. Everyone jumped up and started hugging us.
We exulted all together, and it wasn't until I hugged Iris that I realised we had another thing to celebrate. She pinched my hand and I felt something sting in the skin of my hand. She was wearing a new ring, and there was no way that she'd bought it, I was sure of that. My eyes grew bigger as I stared at her. Her cheeks flushed red and she shook her head. 'This is your moment, J,' she whispered and hugged me again. I looked down at her hand and saw that she'd turned the little diamond towards the inside of her hand. 'Congratulations,' I whispered softly, and hugged her tightly. She smiled big, and nodded in agreement. 'You too.'
I couldn't keep it in long enough though. It was hardly ten minutes later when I jumped up and called: 'Oh my God, Iris, YOUR RING!' She gasped and shook her head. 'Jenna!' Zeke's mouth fell open, and Amar jumped up too. 'Four?!' Tobias stood up and cleared his throat, smiling at his girl. 'I would like to tell you all that I have proposed to Iris this morning, and that this wonderful girl,' he started, then pulled her up to face him.
'The mother of my children, and the love of my life... My soulmate... Said yes.' Everyone exulted again and we cheered loudly. 'FOUR AND FIVE, FOUR AND FIVE, FOUR AND FIVE!' We yelled and hugged them too. Once Iris and Tobias hugged Zeke and me, they grinned at each other and bent down on one knee. Tobias looked at Amar and Zeke, and Iris looked at me. 'Dear Jenna,' she started, and laughed when I raised my eyebrows.
'Would you please be my maid of honour?' I gasped and yelled how badly I wanted to be her maid of honour. She laughed and we bounced around, hugging happily. 'And I would like to ask the two of you, Amar and Zeke, to be my best men,' Tobias chuckled while standing up. Zeke and Amar agreed immediately, and pulled him in for a hug.
That day would forever be in my mind as one of the happiest days ever.
Looking at my best friend, who was about to get married and had two beautiful little kids, and my other best friend, who was incredibly happy with her Dax... I felt good. I was happy too, with Zeke and our little baby boy. Julian was about to turn two, and Nick and Sera were close to becoming three. Time went by so fast, and I could hardly believe that my little darling was turning two. Julian looked so much like his father that our group of friends started calling him Juke, as a combination of Julian and Zeke. I didn't mind, I could only be happy.
All of a sudden, Mark appeared in the doorway. 'It's time,' he said, then noticed his daughter. His eyes widened slightly, and he walked over to her. 'Monkey,' he said softly, using the nickname he'd always used when addressing her. 'You look... Utterly stunning.' Her eyes teared up slightly as she hugged her father. 'Thank you, dad,' she whispered and smiled. He coughed and winked. 'Let's go flaunt you to the rest of the people shall we?' She nodded quickly and blushed slightly. 'And you're sure Tobias is actually waiting inside?'
Mark laughed and wrapped his arm around Iris. 'Honey, are you seriously worried? Come on, it's Tobias we're talking about. I was pretty sure you two were going to marry ever since you were ten years old. Don't worry,' he kissed her forehead, 'he's in there, waiting for you.' Her eyes lit up and her smile grew bigger. 'I'm ready,' she said, grinning at me. 'Let's go in there and see how long it takes Zeke to ask you to marry him.' I laughed and kissed her cheek. 'You just focus on your own wedding, I'll let you know.' She shook her head, 'no, Tobias and I placed a bet on this! I bet him that Zeke was going to ask you today. Men get emotional you know.' Emma and I burst into laughter and Mark shook head head softly with a big grin. He stuck out his arm to his daughter and nodded. 'It's time, darling.'
Emma went first, and then it was my turn. I looked at Tobias when I walked into the church, wearing a Bordeaux red dress and a bouquet of lilies. His face showed relief. I could imagine that even though you loved each other as much as they did, standing there was still nerve wrecking. I looked at Zeke for the remaining time, and his face was filled with love. He was standing next to Tobias, holding Julian.
The look on his face made my heart pound. He looked liked he wanted to marry me right there and then, his eyes were so genuine. I walked over to them to give them a quick kiss, to squeeze Tobias' hand and then stood next to Emma on the bride side. The bridal music began, and instead of looking at Iris, I looked at Tobias. I wanted to see the emotion on his face as he saw her in her dress.
He didn't disappoint me.
As soon as she entered the room, he put his hand on his heart, indicating how beautiful she looked. His eyes were slightly tearing up, and he couldn't keep his eyes off her. I glanced at her, and she was smiling lovingly at him, not seeing anything else but her future husband. Their love was almost tangible, and it caused a lump to form in my throat. As soon as Mark and Iris had arrived at the alter, Bree stood up and joined them. 'Who gives this woman to this man?' The reverend asked. 'We do,' Mark and Bree said in unison. Mark opened Iris' veil and grabbed her hand. He kissed the back of it, then placed it into Tobias' hand. 'Happy it's you, son,' Bree said, and kissed Tobias' cheek.
Mark and Bree sat down, and Iris stood in front of Tobias. They were staring at each other intently, hardly hearing the reverend speak. 'Finally, we've arrived at the moment of truth,' the reverend said. 'Four Masters, do you take Iris Naomi Valentine to be your lawfully wedded wife in good and bad times?' Tobias wanted to answer, then coughed silently -probably to make sure his voice was steady- and nodded emotionally. 'I do,' he said, smiling widely. Iris put her hand on his cheek.
'Now, the last moment of truth. Iris Naomi Valentine, do you take Four Masters to be your lawfully wedded husband in good and bad times?' The reverend asked. Iris stroke Tobias' cheek with her thumb and wiped away a single tear that slid down from his eye. She smiled. 'I do, I love you, Four,' she said. Both their eyes teared up more, until the reverend declared them husband and wife. Iris leaned in, but Tobias put his hand on her back, twirled her around and bent her back... Then kissed her. Everyone exulted and Emma, Amar, Zeke and I ran up to the newly weds. We hugged them and they laughed as they hugged us back.
Mark and Bree walked up with Sera, and Damon and Eliza walked up with Nick, which was actually an funny combination, because each couple was holding the baby that represented their in law child most.
Soon it was time for the first dance of the newly wed couple. 'I want to say something before we are going to dance,' Tobias said, taking his wife's hand in his. 'As all of you know, my real father used to beat me, and hurt me... And this girl saved me. She saved me by being my girlfriend, and she cared about me deeply.' He now looked at only her, and her eyes were tearing up.
'One day, a day far in the past back in Abnegation, this beautiful girl and I were once again breaking the rules by being together during the day. Iris here was trying to get me to dance, and I really didn't want to because I thought it was stupid, but she got me to dance finally.' He smiled at her and kissed her cheek. 'She told me that I had to be able to dance should I ever consider marrying her. Well, we were fifteen back then, not even close to thinking about marriage, but I always knew I was going to marry you. You mean everything to me, and you have given me two beautiful children,' he said, is voice becoming raspy.
'I will dance with you forever.' Iris' eyes were blurred, and she wrapped her arms around her husband. Everyone clapped, and most people exulted. I wanted to, but my voice was gone, a big lump had replaced it.
'Mrs Masters?' He asked, reaching out his hand to her. She smiled and accepted his hand. They walked over to the dancefloor and started dancing. They were looking at each other, seeing nothing but the other. Soon enough, Damon and Eliza and Mark and Bree joined them, eventually followed by Zeke and me, Dax and Emma, Amar and Shauna, Tim and Layla and finally, Rick and Lily. Nick and Sera walked up totheir parents, and they all danced together.
Zeke and I held Julian between us while dancing, and we were softly swaying. 'Jenna,' he asked, his dark blue eyes as genuine as I'd ever seen them. 'I love you so much, and I really want to marry you,' he said. 'Are you...' I started but he shook his head quickly. 'No, I'm going to make it special when I do. Asking you at our best friend's wedding is a cliché.' I giggled, Iris would be bummed! 'I'm looking forward to it,' I said softly, and closed the gap between our lips. 'But we cannot get married soon,' I said. He raised his eyebrows. 'What do you mean?' 'Well,' I said, blushing slightly, 'at least not within the next year.'
He looked confused, but then a park of recognition appeared in his eyes. 'Wait, are you...' He said, and I nodded happily. 'I am honey, I'm pregnant!' 'BABY!' He yelled, putting down Julian so he wouldn't crush him, and twirled me around. 'I'm so happy!' 'WHAT?!' I heard Iris yell, and she and Tobias ran up to us. 'I'm pregnant!' I called, and let them hug the crap out of me. 'Jen, that's the best news we could've gotten today,' Tobias said when he hugged me. 'Except for the I do she gave you of course, what else it would've become a nightmare,' Zeke joked, pointing to Iris as she hugged him. 'Good thinking, daddy,' she said happily. 'I'm so happy for you two!' Zeke kissed me passionately, and slowly a lot of other people came to congratulate me.
I wasn't the only one to become a mother though, Layla was pregnant as well, she and Tim would be getting a little baby boy. I was secretely hoping for a little girl. Having a boy and a girl was a dream of mine, but having another boy was a blessing as well. Zeke was still staring at me lovingly, and he didn't let me go for the rest of the night.
Tobias
What a night. It was almost time for Iris and me to head off on our honey moon, and the only thing I could think about was a past version of me, back in Abnegation. I wished I could tell that scared boy that everything would be all right. That he would turn out fine. That his kids would be amazing, and finally... That his wife was the light of his life and that he would never stop loving that same girl he'd loved from the moment he first laid eyes on her. Especially that night.
She walked up to me, her eyes had never sparkled so much as that night. Her dress fit her perfectly, and she looked so beautiful that I just couldn't look away. Because of all the dancing we'd done, a few strands of hair had fallen out of her tied up curled bun, and she couldn't look more stunning. She was my wife. My WIFE. I was not the sappy kind of guy, but my stomach tingled at the idea of this girl being my wife instead of my girlfriend.
'Hi honey,' she said softly as she stood close to me. I put my hand on her cheek, pulled her face closer to mine and kissed her. 'I'm at loss for words, Iris,' I admitted. 'You've made me the happiest man in the world.' She blushed slightly and kissed my cheek. 'I love you so much, Tobias.' We kissed again and smiled at each other. 'Is it time?' I asked, referring to our honeymoon.
She nodded, 'I just tucked in Nick and Sera after you hugged them goodbye, and Damon and Eliza are with them. Most people have left, only our closest friends and my mom and dad are here to send us off.' I smiled big, 'I cannot wait to be alone with you for a while,' I whispered into her ear. She bent towards mine. 'I have an idea of things we could do,' she replied softly, her eyes sparkling innocently as she bit her lower lip. Damn it, I wanted to leave immediately.
We thanked everyone for coming, for the presents they'd given us and we hugged everyone tightly. After a heartfelt hug and some loving words of her parents and our friends, we waved and ran off together. We ran over to the car that would be taking us to our honeymoon destination within Dauntless. Many people were aware of our city consisting of 5 factions, but what most of them didn't know (never needed to) is that we can't actually leave our city and our factions.
We couldn't leave because a different society might drive us crazy. So, there was no specific place to celebrate our honeymoon, no places to visit during our time away from the usual... Which I pitied, so I teamed up with Zeke, Amar, Rick, Tim, Dax and Damon for the past year, and we created a place in Dauntless where we could stay for eight days.
Our new house.
Iris had no idea that we'd done this, but I knew that she really wanted a house for our family to live in instead of our apartment which had got quite small since the kids were able to walk. 'Where are we going, Tobias?' Iris asked happily as she tried to figure it out by looking outside the windows. I smiled and took her in my arms, 'it will be a big surprise, sweetheart.' She looked surprised already. After ten minutes, the car stopped and pulled up on our new driveway.
I opened the door for her, and helped her to get out by holding up her dress. She giggled, but as soon as I pointed at the house, she looked confused. 'Tobias, what is this? Are we going to spend our honeymoon here? Why? What is this?' I smiled and waved at the driver who drove away, leaving us at our new house.
'This is ours,' I said, looking into her eyes. 'We've worked all year for this moment. All the boys have helped me. We helped the constructors, we helped them build, decorate... And the best thing was, you've given us all the instructions of how to do it by telling us your future ideas,' I explained. Iris looked shocked, so I took her hands in mine. 'Shorty, this is my wedding present for you... I've built you a house.'
At first, she said nothing, she was just staring at me in utter shock. But then, her eyes teared up and she started crying as she threw her arms around me and hugged me tightly. 'I can't believe you did all of that,' she cried. The tears were really falling down, she was incredibly moved by my gesture. I smiled as I wrapped my arms around her, it was the reaction I'd hoped for really. I knew her, if she'd replied with a big smile and jumping around me, she would cry later because she was so moved. I always liked it better the other way around, first her extremely happy tears, then her extremely happy smile.
'I love you, you deserve a house,' I said softly, wiping her tears away with my thumb. 'What you and the boys did... It's just so... I can't believe it, it's so sweet and so... Beautiful,' she stuttered and shook her head. 'Is this really ours? You made this?' I smiled and nodded. 'We've had a lot of help, don't forget that! But yes, this is ours, Iris.' She brought her hand to her mouth and looked around, regaining her smile. 'It's gorgeous Tobias, it really is. Thank you, thank you so much,' she whispered, and wrapped her arms around me again.
'Let's go check it out all right?' I suggested, and she nodded happily. There it was, the happy smile!
We walked over to the door and I opened it. I then lifted her up and winked. 'I do have to carry you inside of course.' She bit her lip to maintain her excitement, and I walked inside. 'Welcome home Mrs Masters,' I whispered into her ear, and I felt her shiver. 'I hope there's a bed, because we are going to use it NOT to get some sleep,' she said with a slight grin. I grinned as well and kissed her passionately.
'Hold up, I want to see the house first!' She said sternly. I laughed and put her down on the ground. I showed her every room of the house, and she couldn't be happier. We'd done it! It'd been a lot of work, often sacrificed family time.. But it was worth it big time. As I saw her face, her proud face of what all her boys had achieved... Everything was totally worth it.
'I don't want to pretend like it isn't a major deal you BUILT ME A HOUSE, and that you were able to keep it from me... And that you would do this for me, because I'm extremely proud, thankful an happy,' she started, and grabbed my jacket to pull me closer. 'But take me to the bed room now please, I'll show you how much I appreaciate all of this.' I nodded quickly, picked her up and threw her over my shoulder. She giggled as I ran over to the bed room. 'Your wish is my command, my dear wife,' I said as I put her down. Her eyes sparkled. 'Thank you, husband.' We smiled big, and kissed each other passionately.
That day tied with Nick and Sera's birth: it was the best day of my life for the second time around.