7: Tobias
The ceiling stayed the same while staring at it. The light moved across it slowly with time. I couldn't find the strength to get up and move from the couch in Christina's apartment. I replayed the night in my head, and it felt weird at how 'Condor date'. After getting to Christina's house, we ended up running into her family for dinner. It was a night of talk about how things have changed but not all the way. Her family still had a Condor feel to them, and they seemed to still treat us like we are Dauntless. The dinner was good, even with the company. After a few hours or talking, Christina's sister and mother went home to leave us alone.
Some how Christian and me found a way to talk till late into the night. After talking for what seemed like hours, we noticed the time. Christian offered up her bed to me to sleep on for the night so I didn't have to walk home in the dark. She knew that the dark is something that Dauntless get over, but I felt she wanted to have me stay in the same area again. I declined the bed but asked to sleep on the couch. She seemed happy over me staying in her place. It took another hour for her to make sure I was comfy for the night, then another two hours for us to part ways to sleep. I gave a half laugh just thinking about last night.
I stood up and walked to the bathroom, I looked in the mirror but I didn't see me. I stood there looking at Tris with her big blue eyes staring at me. Pain shot through my lip as I stared at her, and she looked at me like no time had passed. It was like we were standing in the garden again, right before hell broke lose.
"Four?" I looked back to the doorway to see Christian standing there looking worried. "Four, you're bleeding!"
I looked back to the mirror to see I bit into my lip, with a bit of blood running down my chin. I took a deep breath and shook off the deep feeling of missing Tris. Christina picked up a washed cloth, and dabbed it a bit, picking up some of the blood. She ran the cloth under some cold water, then went back to removing the blood off my chin. When she finished cleaning my chin, she smiled. I smiled back. As she turned to leave, I grabbed her shoulders, and drew her into a hug.
"Thank you," I whispered down into her ear.
She pulled back to give me a huge smile. The smile reached her eyes as she grinned at me. I gave a laugh and let her leave to go back to whatever she was doing before cleaning me up. I closed the door to the bathroom, giving myself a place for me to be alone to think about what I saw. I looked back in the mirror, only to see me staring back. Brown eyes, short hair, too much facial hair, and a sadness that won't go away. I gritted my teeth looking away, wishing I hadn't seen Tris when I walked into this room.