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Ch. 6 Tobias' Pov
She sits there staring at me with those big blue eyes. I want Tris to trust me and know who I really am before we start a relationship so I have to put everything on the table and if she decides that it's too much then she can walk away, but I'm really hoping that's not the case.
"I don't tell many people my real name because, well, it affiliates me with my father and I don't want to be anything that sick excuse of a human being is. I don't even see the asshole as my Dad, he is just Marcus. I only kept the name because my mom named me after my grandfather who is nothing like Marcus. He's still alive and is the greatest man I have ever met in my life, I have no idea how Marcus even came from him. Anyway, Marcus thought of Evelyn, my mom, as a punching bag so on a daily basis I would hear yelling and abuse, but I had no idea what that meant so I would stay in my room and listen. So after she died he didn't have a punching bag anymore so he beat me telling me how Evelyn left because I was a bad boy and I needed "teaching" of how to be a good boy. So he took his belt off and… Well I bet you don't want to hear that. So I've always been trying to cover that part of my life even though there are physical and mental scars, I just want to forget." There is so much more I could tell her, but that was hard enough and I'm sure it was hard for her to hear. I'm actually surprised I said that much. I never open up to anyone, but with Tris I want to be different. I guess that was a good start to opening up.
She sits cross-legged next to me staring at me, but I can't read her face and I'm just hoping she doesn't bolt out of here. I hate talking about my past, it always puts me in the worst mood ever, but what Tris does next makes me extremely happy. She pulls me down so my head is resting on her shoulder and I wrap my arms around her waist and take her comfort greedily. She smells so good, like coconut and sugar and something else that's purely her. We stay like that for a while, with her running her fingertips through my hair, until she whispers in my ear.
"I'm sorry that happened to you." Six words that weirdly make me incredibly happy. She's not leaving! I kiss her shoulder and sit back up.
"I want you to know that I will never be like him, like Marcus. I can't even comprehend how someone could ever hurt anyone like you, it's just… I can't even think about it. I want you to know that I will work every day to be worthy of you even if i never will be. Tris, I want you to be my girlfriend, but I won't blame you if you say no, I totally unders.." but i don't get to finish the sentence because she cuts me off with a passionate kiss. She pulls back all too soon.
"Of course I'll be your girlfriend Tobias." I am officially the happiest man in the universe and I smash our lips back together. I rest my forehead on hers when we break away and we sit there smiling stupidly at each other.
"Best date ever," she says on a yawn and i chuckle and pull her up into a hug. I look at the clock and see that it's 1030 already. "Come on, I have to take my beautiful girlfriend home." I say and kiss her forehead.
"Do you want a sweatshirt? It's probably cold now." I ask and she gives me a shy nod. She never asks for anything and is the most selfless person I know. I grab one out of the small closet in the bathroom and she slips it over her head.
"Babe watch your step," I say heading up the stairs that are lit with solar lights. I'm holding her heels, but i still don't want her to trip or anything. When we get to the top I give her a piggy back ride because I don't want her to have to put her shoes on again and I love her warm body clinging to me. Plus she's as light as a feather so it really isn't a big deal. She whispers in my ear,
"Your jacket is still at my house so you can come in when we get there." Even though it isn't in any way sexual, a shiver still runs down my spine. Just her voice turns me on. We get to the truck and take off. She curls up in the passenger seat and leans her head on the window.
"I'm glad you told me about Marcus, it makes me understand you a bit more and I want to know everything about you Tobias." she says turning her head to look at me. I get a quick glance at her and even in the semi-darkness she looks gorgeous. Especially in my sweatshirt. I have to touch her so I reach my hand over the console, grab hers and give it a quick kiss before setting our conjoined hands back down.
"I'll try to open up to you. But I haven't been so good at it before." I say and she yawns her cute little yawn again.
"You're doing just fine, don't worry about it." and the rest of the ride is quiet.
When we get to her apartment she unlocks the door and we head up the stairs. That Jeff guy is watching a movie in the living room and Tris tells me she'll be right back so I decide to introduce myself to her "best friend from high school".
"Hey, I don't think we've met before, but I'm Four." I say in my most intimidating voice which makes him creep back a little and sticking my hand out for him to shake. He looks at it skeptically for a second before shaking it.
"I'm Jeff the best friend, but you probably already knew that." The cocky bastard has the nerve to say. What an asshole.
"Yeah you came up once when we saw you at the pier. I'm the boyfriend." His eyes snap to mine.
"Boyfriend?" He says in a louder voice than previously and I just smirk. Just then Tris walks out of her room and comes over to hand me my jacket, but must sense the tenseness.
"Is everything okay?" she says looking from me to Jeff.
"Everything's fine." Jeff mutters and I just smile at her.
"Okay.. I'll show you out." Tris says grabbing my hand and heading down the stairs.
"What was that about?" she whispers as I lean against the doorway.
"I think I just ruined his night by telling him that you're my girlfriend," I whisper back and she looks kinda shocked.
"I didn't know we were telling people right away and why would Jeff be upset about us dating?" She is so adorably clueless about how attractive both physically and mentally she is I just want to eat her up… or eat her out. Do not go there right now Tobias.
"The prick obviously likes you and I don't like sharing," I growl feeling pissed off and she gives me a look that says "don't even".
"Tris, I want to tell the whole world that we're dating, if that's okay with you of course. I'm sorry I didn't ask you if it was okay to tell anyone I just am wicked happy that you even agreed to be my girlfriend." I say a little more softly and looking down. She tilts my head up with her hands and gives me a sweet kiss on the lips.
"That prick happens to be my friend so be nice. Just tell me next time you want to do something like that about us, okay? And I also want to tell people too." she whispers giving me a close-mouthed smile that makes the rest of my anger go away. I kiss her irresistible lips and she gives me a bigger smile.
"Oh I still have your sweatshirt on," she remembers and goes to take it off, but I stop her.
"Keep it, I have plenty. Plus you look better in it than I ever will." I say and she blushes. She is so incredibly beautiful it's hard to take my eyes off her.
Even though I really don't want to leave I say,
"I should probably go or else I'll be here all night." Which makes her sigh.
"Yeah, probably. I wouldn't want the cave man to come out again. I'll see you at graduation I guess?" she says and I internally frown. I don't want to wait four days to see her again, but I do not want to seem… clingy?
"Hey! I am so not a caveman and yeah, I guess. I had a really great time tonight, you're amazing." I say and kiss her lips one last time.
"Bye Tobias. And for the record, you totally are a caveman." she whispers in my ear and kisses my cheek when I'm walking out the door and I chuckle. I grin at her because I love the sound of my name rolling off her tongue which, I have to say, is a first. I've always just tolerated my name, but the way it sounds coming from Tris just… does things to me.
I hear her call out a, "Best date ever!" to me as i'm getting in my truck.
"Would it be weird if I said I missed you already?" I call back and I hear her giggle.
"No because I feel the same way." She says which makes me grin stupidly as I shut the truck door and take off with Feel Again by OneRepublic blaring through the speakers.
I open my apartment door and go to get a water bottle from the fridge when someone turns on the lamp next to the couch.
"What the fuck Zeke?!" I yell and go over to kick his ass. He jumps up on the couch.
"Whoa whoa whoa, calm down big boy. I just came to check how your date went. Seeing if you didn't fuck up." He says sitting back down and taking a swig of the beer he got from my fridge.
"Well I didn't fuck up too much if I have a girlfriend now and I'm not saying anything else." I say heading up the stairs.
"Come onn, at least tell me where you went." he whines and I roll my eyes.
"Ezekiel, we are not women." I say jokingly scolding. "Whatever. You seem like less than an asshole so I'm not complaining. Speaking of women, mine kicked me out for the night so I'm gunna crash here." This happens every other month so I'm really not surprised.
"What did you do this time?" I ask. "Well she said I was checking this other chick out at dinner even though I wasn't. I was watching the Blackhawks and she happened to come in my line of sight." He says and I roll my eyes again and head upstairs to go to bed.
I wake in my room, but i roll over and feel another body with me.
"Tris? What are you doing here?" I ask. She smiles at me.
"I couldn't stop thinking about you." she says in the most seductive voice I've heard. She moves on top of me, straddling me and that's when I notice she's only wearing panties and one of my shirts.
"Fuck babe," I groan as she starts kissing my neck. Somehow all my clothes are off and she starts trailing kisses down my pecs and abs until she reaches my dick. She places feather kisses on the tip and is about to take me fully in…
I wake up from my dream panting with a serious hard-on. Shit that was the sexiest dream I have ever had. I groan out of frustration and bury my face in my pillow. Guess I'll have to take a cold shower this morning even though it probably won't help my very large problem, but it's worth a try. Since it's only 6 and I don't have to be in till 8, I decide to put some work out clothes on and run to the gym so I can work off this extra built up "tension".
Tris' Pov
I wake up with an arm slung across my face.
"Christina, you're going to suffocate me." I muffle into her arm. When she continues to snore and not move I shove her arm off me waking her.
"Why are you in my bed?" I ask her when she opens her eyes and groans.
"Well Will wasn't here to pleasure me and you were asleep before I got home at like 130ish which never happens so I was going to wait till you woke up to talk to you about your date, but I must've passed out." I nod and yawn looking at the clock to see that it's 7. Huh, that's strange, I'm always up much earlier.
"Um, ew, did not need to hear that Will part. My date was..." and I zone out in a dreamy stare thinking back to my date.
"OOOO Trissy got some action!" she basically yells.
"CHRISTINA! No I did not, and keep your voice down, we have a guest." I whisper-yell at her. She rolls her eyes and tries to tame her crazy bed hair without much success. She gives me a look that says "tell me more".
"We had a picnic on the beach and it was very romantic and fun. Yes he is now my official boyfriend and no I'm not going to give you any more details." and then I remember when I went inside the house when Tobias drove off and how Jeff was acting strange and moody.
"What's the confused face for?" Christina says after a squeal and a hug, probably for me having a boyfriend.
"Um, well, when I got home I tried to talk to Jeff, but he was acting really weird and he was really short with me. I don't know what's gotten into him." I say and Christina starts to laugh.
"Oh Tris, you are so innocent. Jeff so obviously loves you its hard not to tell." she says and I just look at her even more confused.
"He would never like me like that, we've been best friends for forever. Yeah, your reasoning is not possible."
"Okaay whatever you say, but I'm just saying just by the way he looks at you, you can tell that he likes you more than a friend. Tris, every single guy out there pretty much drools over you, but you don't see it and it's kind of adorable, but seriously I just want to shake you sometimes and yell "OPEN YOUR GODDAMN EYES" because you are seriously hot. Even right now you look good and you have no makeup on and your hair's a little messy." She says and I blush. I do not take compliments well. Mostly because I don't believe them.
"Christina, I look awful right now. You're the good looking one out of this friendship. Anyway, we're going to the spa today right?" I ask trying to change the subject.
"Of course we are. I need to take a shower before we go and I'm guessing you want to work out or something so we can leave at like 9?" she says getting off my bed.
"Yeah, I have to drop clothes and money off at the homeless shelter so we can do that before right?" I ask. "Yes we can, I need to drop some clothes off too so I can go in with you." she says as she walks out of my room. I decide to skip my run this morning, but I do a 30 minute core workout instead and some yoga. Once I take a shower and gather the clothes for the shelter we take off.
The homeless shelter is made out of recycled shipping containers and fits about 100 people per night. It's first come first serve. My Dad helped fund for it a couple years ago because I brought up how many homeless people there were in Chicago, but not enough shelters so he made it happen. I sometimes forget how powerful he can be.
"Hey Betty," I say walking into the lobby with my bags of clothes and greeting one of the volunteers with Christina trailing behind me. "Hey Tris, you got another load for me?" she asks and I nod.
"You girls are seriously too generous, you don't see too many 20 year olds donating all this stuff for the less fortunate." she says.
"It's really the least we can do," I say putting the bags on the counter and secretly slipping the envelope with money in it to her. Tommy comes running through the door and hugs my legs. He's a five year old boy that I've befriended from my times volunteering here and at the soup kitchen next door.
"Hey buddy, how are ya?" I say picking him up.
"I'm willy good Twis. Mommy got me a new toy." He says holding up a small firetruck. His dad left them when he was 2 and his mom was a stay at home mom and couldn't find a job for forever. Finally she found a waitressing job and even though it doesn't pay well, it's at least something. Now she's saving up for a small apartment. It breaks my heart to see people struggle like this.
"Wow, that's really cool. Here, I have something for you too." I say handing him a bag full of grapes. His eyes pop out and he licks his lips.
"My favwite, thank you Twissy." He says and hugs me. I put him down and he runs into the back room where a day care is for the women and men that work with kids. I link arms with Christina.
"Come on, let's go."
After getting a massage, a mani-pedi and a Brazilian wax we head off to get lunch. When I get in the car I check my phone and I see one missed call from Tobias, but when I got to call him back, I get a call from Al and put it on speaker.
"Hey Al, you're on speaker with Christina." I say.
"Hey, just the two girls I was looking for. Are you both working tonight?" Al asks.
"Yes, why?" Christina and I say at the same time.
"I'm DJing at Rooftop and was wondering if I would get to see your beautiful faces. You should get William to come too." Al says.
"Don't worry, he'll be there. He's been on extra protective mode ever since that guy groped me last night." Christina says. She already told me about the drunk guy hopping over the counter and sexually harassing her. We have both pros and cons of our job at the bar. Pros: It's a high end, clubby type bar so we get a lot of good tips and pay (plus you can't beat the view of the Chicago city skyline). Cons: You have drunk rich bastards who think they can do anything they want so being gropped as a bartender happens pretty often.
"I can't wait till you guys can officially quit and not have to deal with jackasses like that anymore." Al chirps up, he's too sweet.
"I know Al, we'll be outta there soon enough." I say.
"Alright, I gotta go. I'll see you ladies tonight." he says before hanging up.
"Exhibit number two, another one of Tris' friends who's in love with her." Christina says pulling into the restaurant.
"Christina, drop it. I'm with Four now, and that's that." I say a little annoyed that she keeps bringing that type of stuff up.
"Alright, alright. Now let's talk about outfits for tonight!"
Of course I let Christina pick out my outfit for work because she was being relentless. She likes matching during work because it looks more "professional", but I think it just gives her an excuse to dress me up all hot. And that is exactly what she did tonight. I have a black leather jacket with the sleeves pushed up a little, a black crop top that shows a good 2 inches of my stomach, black skinny jeans and my black heels. My hair is straight and i have more makeup on than usual, thanks to Christina. My accessories for the night are a handbag, my watch and a bracelet on my left wrist with pearl earrings. Of course I have 5 inch heels on because I wouldn't be able to reach the top row of liquor if I didn't. I step out of the elevator and see Tori.
"Hey Tori." I say as I'm checking in and heading to the locker room to put my stuff in a locker.
"Hey Tris, heads up tonight, there are a ton of people probably because graduation is on Friday and all family members are in town. We don't want what happened to Christina to happen again so just be careful." She warns.
"You got it boss." I say and I hear her snicker. She's much more of a friend than a boss. I head in the locker room and put my stuff in the one assigned to me that already has a pair of converse and an extra set of clothes in it.
The bar, I have to say, is incredible. There are blue and white accents everywhere and the whole place is huge. The bar is circular and there are 8 bar tenders in total serving tonight and there is also a bar outside with the same amount. The bar is under the roof but there is a huge open section leading out to the terrace where the DJ plays if it isn't raining. It's a huge open floor plan so plenty of people can be here no matter what weather, but it does get a little hectic.
"Hey Chris, Mar, and Gray." I yell down the bar to the people I see. Christina and Marlene give me a nod and Grayson looks up and give me a wink. Marlene is a year younger than me, but she goes to the same college and Gray is a year older than me and didn't go to college because his parents kicked him out when he was 18 and didn't he get any money from them. I feel bad for him because his parents were drug addicts and thought of him as a waste of money.
"Hey sexy, how about 5 scotches." I hear from my section of the bar.
"Would you like to open a tab?" I ask as I take his credit card and swipe.
"Yep." he says and I pour his drinks in no time and set them by him along with his card. I hear "another cosmo" at the same time I hear "3 more buds". Oh god is it going to be a long night and it's not even 830.
Things started to slow down a little at 930 when Al started DJing and everyone went to the outside bar.
"Hey, who's that blonde babe down the bar?" I hear a familiar voice say. I walk towards him and lean against the bar.
"And what would you like, sir." I say in as sexy a voice as I can do.
"I would tell you, but I don't think it would be appropriate for the public." he whispers in my ear making my cheeks heat up.
"Another twisted," I hear a couple people down and pick up his card swipe, twist the bottle cap off and send it down.
"Hey Trissy you look smokin' tonight." Uri says coming up behind Tobias, followed by Zeke with his arm wrapped around Shauna's shoulders. They are too cute. Tobias glares at Uriah.
"What I'm just saying she looks good. Hey, you never told me Marlene works here." Uriah says staring at her, but talking to me. I knew he had a crush on her.
"Yeah, she's sort of new and I bet she would love to talk to you." I say trying to give him some courage because I know Mar likes Uri.
"You think?" He asks and i just nod.
"Okay, I guess I'll be down there." he says wiping his hands on his jeans and walking over to Mar's section of the bar. Wow, he must like her a lot if he's actually nervous.
"I don't think I've ever seen him that nervous to talk to a girl before," Shauna says.
"Yeah, me either." I add.
"Our little Uri's growing up." Zeke says with a fake sniffle and Shauna goes to elbow him in the ribs, but Zeke catches her arm and pulls her in for a kiss. Just then Grayson comes back from his break and tells me I can take one so I go out of the bar and stand next to Tobias and lean against the bar.
"I'm guessing Uri brought you here knowing that I work here, and also knowing that I would most likely be working." I say and he gives me a smile and kisses me on the cheek.
"Why do you look so fancy? Don't get me wrong it's hot, I'm just wondering why." I ask finally getting to check him out and seeing he's in a white dress shirt and gray tie with navy dress pants. He smells soo good.
"Well, I was skeptical that you work here because you can't always trust Uriah so I was planning on working at my office till late, but then these guys showed up and dragged me out. And now I'm here incredibly glad they did cause I get to see my gorgeous girlfriend." He breaths the last part in my ear making a shiver go down my spine.
"I meant to call you back, but I got a little distracted with Christina." Remembering about the missed call.
"It's fine, it's not like I was waiting by the phone the whole day and when you never called I went into a depressed state and drank my life away with tequila." He says jokingly and I can't help the laugh that erupts from my mouth. He turns me around and presses me up against the bar and kisses me hard. Thank god there aren't too many people around or they would've gotten a show. He pulls back when we're both yearning for air.
"What was that for?" I say with my arms around his neck and his arms wrapped around my waist.
"You are too irresistible babe." He whispers in my ear, tickling me with his 5 o'clock shadow.
"Hey, I want to kiss my boyfriend too so hurry it up pleaaase." Christina calls from the middle section. Will has been at one of the tables close to the bar all night watching. I don't blame him though maybe he's being a little over the top.
"Will's here?" Tobias says interrupting my thoughts.
"Yeah, he's over there," I say pointing to the table. "Christina almost got harassed by a drunk guy last night so he's been over there watching like a hawk." Tobias looks at me shocked.
"That happens here?" I nod.
"Yep, a lot actually, but it's okay because there are four huge bodyguards here that can throw them out. I gotta get back, how long are you staying?" He kisses my lips.
"Till your shift is over." He deadpans. "Four I'm here till one, you don't have to stay that long." He holds me close.
"Yeah, I know, but I want to." He says looking in my eyes. I'm so speechless that I just stare at him.
"You better get back before Christina drags you over this bar," he says chuckling and letting me go. I give him a quick kiss on the cheek and head back into the bar. I don't think I can concentrate as well now that I know my own Greed God will be here for me.
At 1255 the body guards start clearing people out and I am wiping down the bar.
"Hey Tris!" I hear Al call as he's walking in from the rooftop.
"Hey," I say back pouring him a gin and tonic. He gives me a wink and takes a gulp of the drink.
"Seriously, you're the best. What did you do this weekend? I didn't see you here or at the gym, I missed you." He says with an emotion I cannot name. Concern maybe? I don't get to answer his question because Tobias answers for me.
"She was with me. Hi I don't think we've met, I'm Four." he says shaking his hand.
"And why would she be with you?" Al says trying to be a tough guy, but failing miserably standing next to Tobias. My boyfriend can be very intimidating sometime.
"He's my boyfriend." I decide to speak up to maybe cut some of the tension. Tobias smiles at me, but Al just looks at me like I have two heads.
"Tris are you ready to go?" Tobias asks me.
"Yeah just let me grab my stuff. Al, we'll talk later." I walk out of the bar and go to the locker room with Tobias' right on my trail.
"Wait here," I say outside the locker room and walk in. I grab my stuff and change into my converse and rub my feet a little bit. I smell like alcohol so I put some perfume on to try and cover it up. I grab my handbag and head out the door to see Tobias leaning against the wall. He smiles and I grab his hand and start walking toward the elevator.
"He likes you," he says from behind me as I press the button for down.
"Not everyone likes me you know," I say trying to change the subject.
"But he does," he says back. I can't take anymore of him thinking there will ever be another guy so I turn around to face him.
"Look, he's just a friend, just like Jeff, and so what if they like me? I don't care, you wanna know why? Because I just got you and I don't plan on losing you anytime soon. I don't want anyone else, just you, Tobias." I say and he grabs my waist and pushes me into and against the wall of the elevator. My hands find his belt loops and pull him closer. He kisses me with an intense passion that I haven't felt before. It's almost like he's being possessive and it is turning me the fuck on. I like caveman Tobias. My hands move to his chest and his move to my lower back pulling me closer so that I can feel his erection pressing into my stomach which leaves a burning sensation in my lower stomach. He slips his tongue in my mouth as he continues you ravage me and his hands find my ass and grab it. I swear to god he could take me right now and I wouldn't care. He starts kissing my neck and this gives me time to catch my breath and open my eyes.
"Tobias stop, we're already at the fifth floor." I say breathily. He slows down and stands to his full height engulfing me in a bone crushing hug. When the door dings open he drags me as quick as possible out of the elevator. I finally get to see his face which is completely pale and clammy.
"Four, what's wrong?"