I appreciate the feedback! It means a lot! Here's Chapter 2, hope y'all enjoy!

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Tobias' POV

"This is our last year together Tris, I'm going to miss you." I don't know why I really asked her to come here but I do have something I need to tell her. Tris has been my best friend since I was three, leaving her is going to be the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Brown is so far away from Chicago, so far away from Tris.

Before I can tell her I put the scholarship off until the year she graduates, she's running to her bike.

I call out to her, "Tris! Tris! Tris, wait a minute!"

By the time I'm at the spot her bike was seconds earlier she's already half way done the road. I throw open the car door and jump in, hoping I can catch up to her. I think about where she would've have went. Her house? No she knows that's the first place I would look. Christina's house!

I speed down the highway, tires squealing. What happened? Why'd she run away like that? A million questions rack my mind.

Once I turn onto Christina's street, I slow down. I don't want to scare her again if she is here and if she's not I don't want to wake Christina up, seeing as she can be pretty scary when she's sleep deprived. As I pull into Christina's driveway I see Tris wiping her eyes, why is she crying I think to myself.

I get out of my car and sprint as fast as I can to her, pulling her into my arms, "Tris!? Are you alright? What happened back there? Why'd you run away from me? Was it something I said?" I run my hand through hair while I pull her even closer to me.

She doesn't answer until she pulls out of my embrace, "Yeah, I'm fine. I.. I just don't want to think about you having to leave. You're my best friend Tobias. You know everything about me. And I know everything about you. I've known you since I was two years old! I don't want to lose you." I can hear her voice breaking through her speech, I don't know what to say to her. She's worried about losing me? I'm putting off my scholarship for her for crying out loud! She doesn't know that idiot!

Should I tell her now that I'm putting it off, or wait till we're alone? I'll wait.

"Oh, Tris, you're not going to lose me. I'll visit every chance I get, we'll Skype every night, I'll call and text. And still that's a year away."

"I know but still. It's all anybody talks about now. You're lacrosse scholarship to Brown. Do you realize how far away Brown is? You'll forget about everybody here, including me!"

Does she not realize that I could never forget about her? She's been my best friend since I was three that could never happen!

"You know what I'm just going to go home. Bye Tobias. Bye Christina, sorry I woke you up."

She turns to walk away but I grab her wrist before she too far away, "Tris, don't. Let me drive you. You're in no condition to drive, especially a motorcycle."

She hesitates for a minute then pulls her wrist out of my grasp with a, "Fine" and walks to the passenger side of my car and gets in and curls into a ball in the seat.

I turn back to Christina, "What was that about Chris?"

"She's just worried Four."

"Did you tell her I wasn't taking the scholarship?"

"No, I figured you should be the one to do that. She needs to know before you drive her insane with all this mess. And she needs to know how you feel Four! You have been best friends since diapers, you know everything about each other, but you can't find it in you to express a few little feelings? Jeez grow a pair boy!" As she's talking, she's slinging her arms and hands all around. Her voice grows by the syllable.

I start to back away from her, "I will, some day. I just can't lose her Chris." I turn and start to jog to the car. When I get in I notice that Tris is already asleep in the passenger seat. She's shaking so i crank up the car and turn the heater as high as it will go and grab one of the many jackets from the backseat and throw it over her. It looks like a blanket because of how tiny she is.

I throw the car into reverse and head to Tris' house. She doesn't live to far from Christina so I'm in her driveway within seven minutes. I shake her, trying to wake her up but she doesn't budge.

"Tris, wake up. You're home." She groans and rolls over, trying to escape my hand.

"Fine, I'll carry you into the house then!"

I get out and walk to the other side of the car and pick her up bridal style. When I get to the front door I realize that I can't unlock the door while holding her so the only thing I can hope for is Caleb being awake. So I knock and knock and knock.

Finally Caleb appears at the door, "Hey Four. Come on in, I know she's heavy as hell." I scoff and walk past him and up the stairs leading to Tris' room. I open her bedroom and carry her to the bed that is in the middle the right wall. I pulled back her white comforter with purple flower designs on it. As I go to lay her down she clutches onto the top of my tee and won't let me go.

"Tris, darling you've got to let me go. I have to go home." I say as I try to remove her grip from the collar of my shirt.

She mumbles some incoherent words then says more clearly, "Tobias… stay… please."

I'm at a loss for words because even though I have known her since I was three ever since I turned 14, I haven't been allowed to sleep in the same bed as Tris because "we are hormonal teenagers who can't control themselves." Or at least that's what our parents told us.

"Tris, you know I can't. It's against their rules."

"But please." I can't say no to Tris, even when I know I should. Her eyes have fluttered open now and she's looking at me through her eyelashes. "Please Tobias, stay."

I can't resist her pouty face and she knows it. I pull off my tee and shoes and climb in beside her. "Fine, but I'm blaming you in the morning."

She just laughs at me, "That's fine with me. I'll come up with type of story."

She's quiet for a second then looks up at me, "Tobias, are you going to leave and never come back?" Her sleepy voice is the cutest thing I've ever heard.

Right now is the time to tell her, tell her you're not going Four! Do it!

"No Tris, I… I actually decided to put off the scholarship for a year, so I could be here with you... and everybody else." She sits up in the bed and turns to me.

She looks at me with this look as if I'm playing around and going to take it back any second, "No you're not. You can't… Are you serious? You're not leaving?"

I shake my head at her, "No. I'm staying here. Getting a job, save some money. Wait for you to graduate. And then we can go to college together." I smile at her as I let it sink in.

She beams at me and then wraps her arms around my neck. "Tobias! You're the best!"

Before I realize, my hands are on her hips pulling her closer to me just so I can feel her against me. I know it's wrong of me to hold her like this. I'm not supposed to, she's too good for me. She deserves better than me.

She pulls back and lies back down on the bed. I miss her warmth already. I fall asleep listening to Tris' even breathing as it lulls me into dream land.

I wake up to someone yelling, "TOBIAS, WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"

My eyes snap open, that's Tris' dad Andrew… Oh lord… The yelling wakes Tris up as well and before her Dad has the chance to kill me she says, "No Dad, I asked Tobias to stay the night. Please don't be upset with me. I didn't want Tobias to leave last night because he's going to be leaving soon for college. I don't want to lose my best friend, Dad. And last night that's all I could think about. Tobias leaving and never coming back again." As she's talking I realize how much she really cares about me but she still doesn't love me in the way that I love her.

Andrew's face softens and he says, "Tobias, breakfast is ready, and before you come down PUT A SHIRT ON!"

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