Disclaimer: I own nothing! All rights go to Veronica Roth! The things I own are the plot line and a few new characters I might add!
***Tobias's POV***
Tris must not have slept well, judging by how she acted today. I hope she sleeps better tonight, but it doesn't look that way. She's only been asleep for fifteen minutes and she's already having a nightmare. For the past two weeks she's had a nightmare every night. It really worries me because I know I can't do anything. I wish I could do what I once told her I would do, and just fight the dreams away with my bare hands. Tonight's nightmare seems worse. She's already screaming. I hold her closer and whisper soothing words in her ear. I'm careful not to harm her. Tris is the only person who sees the kind, caring side of me. I am careful not to let anyone else see it.
As the night goes on I barely sleep because I am constantly trying to calm Tris down. It is about 3am when I finally fall asleep. At about 7am I am rudely awakened by a knock at the door. Tris is still fast asleep, so I carefully get up and walk to the door. When I open the door Christina is waiting there.
"Can I talk to Tris?" she asks.
"No," I say. "She's still sleeping."
"So!? Wake her up! It's important!"
"No, she hasn't been sleeping well lately. She's finally in a somewhat peaceful sleep."
"But Four! It's about my wedding!"
"What about your wedding?" I ask, clearly irritated.
"I want her to be my maid of honor!" she squeals.
"You can tell her later. I'm going back to sleep. I've only had four hours of sleep and I need to go to work in two more hours. All I want is an hour and a half more sleep." I say while yawning.
"Fine," she whines, "but tell her to find me when she wakes up."
"Whatever," I say as I close the door. I walk back to my bedroom and lay back down by Tris. She is curled up in a ball and looks so small and fragile. As soon as I get comfortable I pull her closer to me. I quickly fall asleep to the feel of her head on my chest.
***Tris's POV***
When I wake up I look over at the clock. It's 8:55am. Shoot! I'm gonna be late for work! I jump out of bed and rush to get ready. Tobias wakes up because of my sudden movement. Oh well, he needs to get up and start getting ready too.
Today isn't a normal day of work. Today Tobias and I begin to train initiates. I run into the bathroom and bush my hair. Then I brush my hair and pull it back into a ponytail. I have let my hair grow out. It's the longest it's ever been, reaching down to my mid-back. As I'm trying the rubber band around my hair, Tobias walks into the bathroom.
"What's going on? Why are you rushing?" he says. He looks like he's still half asleep.
"We're gonna be late for the new initiates!" I practically yell.
His eyes widen. "Shoot! I forgot that was today! I was just trying to let you sleep since I know you don't work on Saturday's usually! I'm sorry," he says while he begins to get ready.
"I hope the train runs late today. Otherwise we won't make it to the net on time. I wonder how many transfers we got," I say as I run back into the bedroom and look for a clean pair of clothes.
"It'll be fine, Tris. Just calm down," Tobias says as he also walks into the bedroom to look for clothes.
I finally decide on a pair of black jeans and a tight dark blue tank top. I am about to walk out the door when I remember something. It's a special bracelet Caleb made for me while he was in jail, waiting to be executed. I slip the bracelet onto my wrist and turn to Tobias.
"Are you ready?" I ask.
"Yes," he says. "Just let me finish tying my shoe. Oh, and Christina wants to talk to you."
"Ugh. What is it now?" I groan. Ever since she got engaged that's ALL she talks about. Except for the occasional comment about my outfit.
"She said something about you being her maid of honor," he says while standing up.
"Really!?" I exclaim as we walk to the net. He nods. Then I realize something. "That means I'm gonna have to wear a dress though."
"I've never seen you in a dress before."
"And hopefully you never will."
"Why?"
"Because I HATE dresses! They're so…girly."
"I hate to break it to you, Tris, but you're a girl."
I glare at him and he laugh. Before long we arrive at the net just as the first jumper lands.
To Be Continued...
Author's Note: So what do you guys think so far? Do you have any suggestions? Do you have any predictions on what will happen? :)