Tris
I lay on the couch working on the laptop and see its starting to rain. I stare out the window as it starts to pour and have the craziest idea. I nudge Tobias and he groans not look up from his laptop. I close mine and put it on the table and do the same to Tobias's and then I crawl onto his lap and say, "I have a preposterous idea."
"And what must this 'preposterous' idea be." He replies air quoting preposterous.
"I want to dance in the rain," I say very seriously.
"What, but why?" He asks.
"I don't know, I just need to," I say sternly and get up. "You can come if you want," I add before running to the door, I then fling it open and step into the freezing cold rain. I then remember seeing a quote on the wall in one of the rooms at the it Bureau and it said, "Some people feel the rain, others just get wet." These were the words of the ever so famous Bob Marley and as I stand there I feel the rain, I don't just 'get wet'.
I let the rain saturate and cleanse me. It washes away all the sorrow, despair, regret and dread. For the first time in, I don't even know how long, I smile. Then I feel a pair of strong protective arms wrap around me. I know right away it's Tobias and I turn so I am facing him.
"You came," is all I say.
"I'll always come," he whispers in my ear which makes a shiver run through me and then adds, "Let's dance,"
"Ok," I say in return as he starts to sing softly.
(Never Say Never by the Fray)
Some things we don't talk about
Better do without
Just hold a smile
We're falling in and out of love
The same damn problem
Together all the while
You can never say never
Why we don't know when
But time and time again
Younger now than we were before
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Picture you're the queen of everything
Far as the eye can see
Under your command
I will be your guardian
When all is crumbling
Steady your hand
You can never say never
Why we don't know when
Time, time and time again
Younger now then we were before
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
We're pulling apart and coming together again and again
We're growing apart but we pull it together, pull it together,
together again
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
We stop dancing and I look up into his eyes and see nothing but love and compassion. "I'll never let you go." I say. I lean in and kiss with everything I have and am surprised when he returns the kiss with just as much passion. When the kiss ends we are both gasping for air. We stay there holing each other until the rain stops.
"Let's go in," he says and we do but little did I know this would be my last happy moment for a long time.
Time skip till the next morning
I wake up to hear the doorbell rings. I roll over to get out of bed and answer the door but Tobias stops me and mutters, "I'll get it."
I hear the door open and Tobias call to me. I get up and shuffle downstairs to see a shirtless Tobias staring at Jeanine. Jeanine! I quickly run to the kitchen, climb on top of the counter and grab the gun hidden on the shelf. Before I know it I am on top of Jeanine holding the gun to her temples. The only thing I can see and hear is her. She deserves to die but before I can pull the trigger I hear a voice I never thought I would hear again. I turn and see two people standing in the hallway. Two people I have been longing to see. These people are my parents.
Everything else happens in a blur. While I'm distracted Jeanine takes advantage of this and flips us over so she is on top of me and has the gun on my temples. She starts to punch me and hard too but I'm in a daze wondering how on earth my parents are alive. That when Tobias notices I'm in danger and pulls Jeanine off of me by her hair and then takes the gun from her. While Tobias has does this I just lay there and stare at my parents in awe. Then what happens next is even more surprising.
My mother pulls a gun out in Tobias. Is she working for Jeanine? At this thought I start to tremble and know I have to get control of myself before I have an episode. Tobias sees this and even with the gun pointed at his head, he tries to calm me.
"Tris its ok, I'm ok, calm down, look at me." Tobias says.
"What's going on?" Ask my father with a look of concern. He tries to comfort me but I just tremble harder.
"Don't hurt him, don't hurt him!" I repeat, while rocking back and forth. I can faintly hear Tobias trying to keep me with him but it's so hard to fight. After a while I can no longer hear them, just the voices of my nightmare, as I slip into the looming tunnel of darkness and despair that await me, I utter one last sentence, "I'm so sorry."