Hey guys here is chapter 23! Remember if you guess my birthdate you get to CREATE A CHARACTER! Anyway here is the chapter. All rights go to Veronica Roth!
Tris POV
We break away from the kiss and just stare at each other until we hear clapping. We turn and see the rest of the gang standing there clapping except Lynn, who is not there. I blush and look down. Suddenly a large golden wolverine comes running into the scene. She leaps over a log and lands in her human form, doing a tumble, lifting up all the browning leaves from the autumn. "Guys I saw Peter exchanging the photo with someone, for money, of course," she says the last bit casually as if it is the most usual thing in the world. Probably is. My face is blank. My mind is blank. My heart, filled with fear. For the ones I love, Caleb, Natalie, Andrew… Tobias. "Who?" That was it. The only word I could manage. The smallest whisper. Like an echo in the cave. "I don't know, they were dressed completely in thick black clothes and had a black mask on," she explains. My mouth goes dry. What have I done? What have we done?
The strangest feeling overcomes my body. My eyes are filled with red dots. That's it. The blackness overcomes my body and I am done.
My eyes flutter open and I see a black night sky sprinkled with stars. I try to sit up but find a pair of arms wrapped around my body. I shift out of his arms carefully and look at his calm, peaceful demeanor. He leans against the tree. How could I have ever hated him? But why did he cover his father at the dinner? He's hiding something and I am going to find out. For now I just have to live in the present. I get up and walk over to my bag. I grab a baggy shirt and a pair of underwear. I change and walk over to the spot Tobias was laying. He had moved so now he was laying on the sleeping bag he had set out. I carefully climbed back into his arms careful not to wake him. Even though I must have slept for ages I am still tired and fall back asleep in his arms.
I smell scrambled eggs and burnt toast when I reawake. I open my eyes and see Uriah trying to cook eggs over a fire. I let out a dry laugh and remember I haven't drunken in a while. Suddenly a bottle of water is tossed at me. I immediately unscrew the lid and scull the rest of the water. I stand up and walk over to the rest of the gang. Tobias has a piece of toast with eggs in his hand. I reach down and take it. I start chewing it and he says "Hey!" with an exasperated expression. I just shrug and finish of the toast. "Where'd you get the eggs?" I ask to non one. "Well my idiot brother here decided that if he is scary he can just steal stuff, so he goes to the edge of the forest and changes into a gross monster, then he goes up to the shop and just strolls in casually, he then picks up eggs and bread, then he glares at all the people, then just walks right out," Zeke explains. I send a death glare Uriah's way. "If looks could kill," Uriah mumbles unhappily. "What if someone caught you," I say. He just shrugs. I sigh.
"Tris I have a question for you," Tobias says. "Shoot," I say. "Well, last night after you fainted and the panic had died down, I was thinking hard if this was the right choice, I didn't want to rush into anything but my heart overruled my head," he says getting down on one knee and finishes, "would you like to be my girlfriend?" I gasp in shock. Okay this is kind of rushing into it! I don't know what to think of this? I just don't know how to answer this? I choke on words. Then I run. I leap over the log and into the forest, I sprint until my human form is out of breath. Then I am a large snowy wolf prancing through the forest. I don't know how far I run our how long it has been since I left but night is falling and I need to rest. I let my body collapse on soft mound of pine cones and leaves. How will I answer him? I spent most of my time hating him and that one little kiss and now we should be a couple? I clear the thoughts from my head and let my mind rest with my body.
I feel a wet nose pushing against my fur I look up and see a slightly smaller wolf than the rest of the gang, a normal wolf, or so I thought. It was in fact Uriah shifting back into his human form, that explains the smallness. "Hey Tris," he says sadly. I shake my head and form back into a human. I am still in my underwear and baggy shirt. "What Uriah, I don't know how to answer him, I don't even know if I like him," I cry. "Well you kissed him," Uriah points out. "Once," I scream. "Okay, okay Tris, tell me how you feel about him and I will tell you the best answer to give him," Uriah chirps. "Alright, well at first I thought you all were a group of hooligans but it turns out I was wrong, I spent a long time hating him for no reason, then he kissed me, and now every time I touch him it feels like fireworks," I explain. "Well Tris," Uriah says rubbing his head, "I think you should say yes." I suck in the information he just gave me. He's probably right. Then that is how I shall answer him. "Come on Uriah," I shout running again. I won't get to my destination fast enough on human legs. I burst into my snowy white wolf and head on sprint to the campsite. I hear Uriah's padding footsteps behind me. I get to the campsite and leap in I change to my human form an walk over to Tobias. "Yes," I say leaning down and kiss him.
So I hope you liked the chapter sorry for not posting it I just had it sitting there for a while.
-Katris Everprior
