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I had like a writer's block and couldn't come up with a way to keep the story going and entertaining. Last night at about three am I finally got an amazing idea, so I decided to type and edit it this morning. Leave me reviews and pm me I love to hear from everyone.

Chapter 12

Tobias POV

I walk out into the waiting room with Tris cuddled up against my body. She's asleep, I can feel her heartbeat against my chest and it reminds me that she is still here, with me. I feel tears of relief fall off of my face and splash onto my cotton blue t-shirt. I have few cuts and bruises but nothing compared to Tris.

I turn the corner and see Uriah, Christina, Zeke, and some other girl standing and greeting us with balloons and dauntless cake.

"Tris, TRIS, F-Tobias, heyyyy," they all begin screaming and waving their arms in the air.

"Uh hey, she is sleeping. Can we take this stuff upstairs?" I ask in a hurried voice.

They nod and walk in silence with me to our apartment. I open the door and see flowers and stacks of clean blankets. The floors are soft and clean, Christina must have vacuumed.

"What's all this?" I ask in surprise, I walk to our bedroom and lay Tris onto the bed and pull some blankets over her cold body.

"Well after we came back to the compound and locked Peter into the jail cell downstairs, we decided to make this place a bit more… cozy." She says while sitting next to Tris on the edge of the bed. "She looks okay… she needs to change out of that awful gown. Will someone get a water bottle?" she asks while placing the back of her hand against Tris' forehead. "She seems a bit warm, and she might be dehydrated."

I quickly stand and walk into the kitchen. I begin to worry. I have never taken care of somebody before. Well not like this, and I definitely don't know what I would have done without Christina, Zeke, Uriah, and whoever that girl is. I grab the cold handle of the refrigerator and throw it open. The fridge is stacked and completely full of food, dauntless cake, muffins, vegetables, fruits, and some juices. I find some water bottles in the back and grab one.

I return to the side of the bed and hand Christina the water bottle. She pours a little less than half of the water into a plastic cup, then pours the rest onto a soft rag. She dabs the wet end of the rag against Tris' forehead. Her eyelashes flicker, then her eyes open wide and she stares up at us. She looks to Christina then jumps up. She wraps her arms around her.

"Christina, I don't know how I can repay you. Thank you so much." She hugs her tightly.

"I'll figure out a way for you to be able to repay me of course." She laughs and winks at Tris.

Uriah and Zeke quickly walk to Tris and wrap their arms around her. She hugs back tightly. The other dark brown haired girl sits on the couch awkwardly smiling.

"Um Zeke… who is that?" I ask pointing to the girl.

"Uh this is Esme, we've been dating for a few days. I didn't tell you and Tris… well because no one could find you two." He says looking a bit nervous.

"Oh well uh, hi." I say smiling and looking over to Esme.

Tris straightens a bit and looks over to Esme, "Hi," she says smiling. "Sorry that you have to see me like this." she looks down at herself. There are still blood stains all over the gown and blood in her hair which is still up in a ponytail.

"Oh its okay, I… uh… understand. Sorry you have to meet me after you just got out of the hospital." She wears a smile but I can tell that she feels awkward.

Tris POV

After Christina, Uriah, Zeke, and Esme leave I sit back in bed and breath. I tell myself to not think about Peter or Marcus and to think about something else but the thought keeps bursting back into my mind.

Tobias walks to the bed and lays his body next to mine. "Uhm Tobias, can… uh… I need a shower…" I say looking into his eyes.

"Oh uh okay, yeah you should change out of that gown… the blood stains." He stands and wraps his long strong arms around me. He gently lifts me off the bed and carries me into the bathroom.

I sit on the side of the tub and he starts the bath water. He claims I am not strong enough for a shower but I disagree. I stand and take the gown off.

"Oh, I uh I'll leave." He stands and begins to walk towards the door.

"No Tobias can you… stay?" I say a bit nervous of what I just asked.

He nods and walks back towards me. He sits on the floor and I climb into the tub. He has already seen me undressed so it doesn't bother me as much.

He doesn't look into my eyes and I can tell that something is upsetting him, not only Peter but something else.

"Tris, why did you go? Why didn't you just tell me?" He looks up at me and I can see water beginning to rush into his eyes.

"I didn't know what to do… he said he had Caleb." I look at my toes and bare legs trying to avoid looking into his eyes.

"If you would have told me… I could have done something Tris." He covers his face with his hands. "I had to watch… Tris I had to watch him… they hurt you and I couldn't do anything." He lifts his hands and tears quickly rush down his face and fall onto his shirt. "I… I thought that I lost you, it's my fault, I couldn't stop Peter."

I lift my bruised arm out of the water and place my hand on his cheek. "It isn't your fault."

He covers his face with his hands again, "Marcus used to hit me with that belt, I would h-hide when he came home but he w-would always find me. He would beat my mother and I couldn't stop him, I couldn't protect her." He begins shaking and tears roll onto his hands and off onto the floor. "I couldn't protect you either. I thought that I could always protect you Tris, I thought that I could be there to be your safety… always." He is shaking violently and I feel tears beginning to fall from my eyes also.

"Tobias, listen to me." I take his face in my hands and look into his deep blue eyes. "You are my safety and you are my protection. I need you more than anything, you are my everything."

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