Ch. 7 Tobias' Pov
Nice job Tobias, have a panic attack right after a hot as fuck makeout session with your hot as fuck girlfriend. Everything was going perfectly fine until I realized we were in a elevator. Jesus I didn't even know where we were making out all I knew was that Tris said she only wanted me and the next thing I knew I had her pinned against a wall. And when she has her hot little toned body pressed against mine I can't seem to think straight. I sit on a bench in the lobby, put my head in my hands, and try to calm my breathing down. You're fine, you aren't the little boy trapped in a closet, you are just fine. Two soft hands grab mine and take them away from my head.
"Are you okay?" Tris whispers from beside me.
"I am now." I say as I pull her hands up and give them a kiss. She looks at me for a while before whispering,
"Are you claustrophobic?" I nod and hang my head slightly. She turns my head and kisses my forehead. A simple gesture, but it gives me the reassurance that I guess I need.
"Take me home Tobias," I hear tris say.
"What about your car?" I ask.
"I can pick it up tomorrow." she says pulling me up and giving me a gentle smile.
"How did you make it up the elevator to the Rooftop?" Tris asks from the passenger seat.
"I can control it if I'm aware of my surroundings, but this time I was a little distracted." I answer and she laughs.
"I'd say you were a little more than distracted," she whispers in my ear seductively trailing her fingers up my thigh. The action sends a bolt straight to my groin and I swallow hard stifling a groan. Concentrate on the road, not on how close her fingers are to your dick.
"Babe, if you start something, I won't be able to stop." I say and she retreats her hand back.
"It scares me how much I want you sometimes," she whispers from her side. I glance at her and she's nibbling on her bottom lip.
"Babe, it's okay. We can wait as long as you want, I just want you to be comfortable. You know I wouldn't do anything you don't want to." I say and grab her hand, making circles in her knuckles with my thumb. By now we're already at her apartment and my truck is parked in the driveway.
"I'm sorry," she says in a small voice looking up at me through her long thick eyelashes.
"You have nothing to be sorry about." I say in a strong voice wanting to let her know that I mean it. She kisses me sweetly and pulls back.
"Do you have to work tomorrow?" she asks me probably wanting a subject change. "Unfortunately, yes. Come on, I'll walk you in." I say opening my door and meeting her in front of the truck and grabbing her hand again. When she opens the door I lean on the doorway tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
"You're coming to graduation right?" she asks me.
"I wouldn't miss it babe." I answer kissing her nose.
"I'll see you then I guess?" I say.
"Hey Tris is that you?" A voice from upstairs says.
"Yah I'll be up in a second." she calls back up. I forgot that freaking Jeff guy was still here. He's less than 50 feet away from her when she sleeps and that pisses me off. I don't even know the guy or what he's capable of and the fact that they have some type of relationship pisses me off even more.
"I'll see you Friday Tobias." She says and kisses me.
"I'll see you Friday, goodnight sweetheart." I say and tear away from her sweet body. It is so hard walking away from her.
The next two days go by pretty slow. I haven't seen Tris since I dropped her off to her house and I know it's maybe too soon, but I miss her and I can't wait to see her cute little ass this afternoon.
"Earth to Four." Zeke says snapping his fingers in front of my face. I'm sitting on his couch with a beer in my hand that I haven't even taken a sip out of. Uriah wanted to start celebrating early, but to be honest I'm nervous as hell and don't think I can stomach alcohol at the moment. Tris' parents and brother are going to be there and this is the most nervous I have ever been in my entire life.
"Dude you look like you're going to have a panic attack or something." Zeke says sitting down next to me patting me on the shoulder.
"I've never been the type to meet someone's parents I don't know how to do it. What if I fuck up? Then her family will hate me and will probably make her break up with me or something." I say tugging at my hair till it hurts.
"Slow down buddy. You'll be fine. You never get nervous, you're Four for fucks sake. Grow a pair and don't be an asshole. Everything will be alright, trust me my brother. It'll be intimidating at first, but if you don't be your normal dick self, you can be pretty likeable.." Just then Shauna walks in and he stops giving me his little pep talk which was actually working.
"Fuck you look hot," he says before sucking her face. Uriah walks down with cap and gown on and he has his arm around Marlene. I don't think they are dating, but they are definitely getting acquainted.
"Alright people, we don't want to be late to my own graduation so let's go." Uriah says herding us out the door of Zeke and Shauna's house heading to the University of Chicago's campus
Thankfully, Tris, Christina, Will, and Uriah are all in the medical section of the graduation which is in the auditorium. Uriah is planning on being an EMT along with Will. Tris said something about Al not being able to make it because he's visiting family in Colorado or some shit like that. Truth is I don't really give a fuck. Me, Zeke, Shauna, and Zeke's parents all sit in a row pretty close to where all the graduates will be sitting.
"Did you hear about Four's girlfriend?" I over hear Shauna and Hana talking.
"No he never mentioned it. Four, darling, why didn't you tell me and when will I get the chance to meet this lucky girl?" my "adoptive" mom asks in a overly sweet voice trying not to hint that she's actually not pissed that I didn't tell her during our phone call earlier this morning.
"You will meet her soon enough. And mother, I'm the lucky one." I didn't tell her because I knew she would have a million questions and the fact that Shauna just brought it up kind of pisses me off. I don't get time to yell at her though because a family shuffles in and sits down next to me. A guy who looks around my age sits next to me along with his girlfriend and his parents, I assume. They all look familiar…
"Hey, we're going to be sitting here for about an hour so might as well make some new friends. I'm Four," I say firmly shaking the man's hand.
"Caleb," he says shaking my hand back.
"Excuse me, you don't happen to be Four Eaton?" the woman speaks up.
"Yes ma'am." I say nodding my head.
"So you're the guy my daughter is dating." she says with a smirk.
"Mrs. Prior? I knew you looked familiar. It's a pleasure to meet you." I say shaking her hand.
"Oh please, call me Natalie. So Tris tells me you're an amazing architect, that's impressive for a young man like yourself."
"I'm just doing what I love. I've always had an eye for building and designing all different sorts of structures and construction was one of my interests as well. But atleast I get to stay on the site when building, it makes my vision become more easy to interpret. I've heard Tris talk about you're charities, that's very magnanimous of you, Mrs. Prior."
"We are just doing what we love as well. We believe that selflessness is the most valuable act in life so we try to base our lives off that." Mr. Prior says as he comes back.
"Andrew, this is Four Eaton. Four this is my husband Andrew." Mrs. Prior introduces he gives me a firm handshake and eyes me over.
"You need to know that if you hurt my daughter in any way, shape, or form you will have to deal with me. All I'm asking is for you to make her happy and she is at the moment. I would like to thank you for that. I haven't seen my daughter genuinely happy in a long time." Mr. Prior whispers in my ear and clasps my on the back. I have to say he is extremely intimidating. The ceremony starts and all I can do is nod and go back to sit in my seat.
"Just warning you that if you hurt my sister, you won't only have to go through my dad, but me as well." He says in a strong voice.
"You don't have to worry because I would never hurt Tris even if my life depended on it." I say with an equally if not more strong voice and he just nods and turns back to the ceremony.
After an admittedly very boring couple of speeches, they start calling up names for the graduates to receive their diploma. After every name people clap and some people cheer, but not for Tris. When the announcer said "Beatrice Prior," the whole fucking crowd erupted. And instead of all of the people shaking hands, they actually hugged her and allowed the crowd the cheer. I knew my girlfriend was personable, but I was not expecting that. So I just grinned proudly and clapped and cheered along with them. When she's walking off the stage she makes a settle down motion with her hands and mouths a calm down which everyone eventually does after a few laughs. God my girlfriend is gorgeous even in a maroon graduation gown.
The Prior's, Pedrad's, Brook's (Will's family), and Rio's (Christina's very large family) all wait in a group for Tris, Uriah, and Christina. I feel her coming toward me before I even see her. I turn around and see her grinning ear to ear as her father envelops her in a hug. Her family is so tall, even her mom so I don't know how she got so short, but I wouldn't want her any other way. She makes her way to me after she made her rounds with her family. I immediately pick her up and spin her around because I just can't resist. She's giggling as I set her down.
"You're amazing." I say and kiss her cheek. She looks down at her feet and blushes.
"Well look at the future surgical intern," Christina say walking over. Tris gives her a glare. "Surgical intern?" I look at Tris expectantly but she ignores me.
"Yah, Rush offered her a surgical internship yesterday so she has to choose between surgery and being a nurse. Obviously she should be a surgeon, but she's hesitant and I have no idea why." I'm still confused.
"Don't you need a doctoral degree for that which is like 8 years of college?"
"Yeah, but little miss intelligent over here started taking college classes junior year in high school and apparently did all the work for a doctoral degree. I just found out a couple minutes ago when I looked at her diploma." I can sense Tris' uneasiness about the topic so I whisper "we'll talk later." In her ear and try to change the subject.
"I want to take a pic with my beautiful girlfriend so let's go outside so it isn't so crowded." I say and she gives me a small smile.
After taking pictures with everyone and finding out Tris has a Facebook, we all head out for dinner at a restaurant named MK minus the Rios and Brooks. I sit next to Tris and her parents are across from us. Uriah is next to Tris and Zeke and Shauna are next to him. Hana and Artie are next to Mr. and Mrs. Prior. Caleb and Susan had to drive back home because they had an appointment early the next morning.
"How did you two meet?" Natalie asks us. I look at Tris and she gives me a look that says "you tell them" but I look at her the entire time.
"I was on stage at a local bar getting ready to sing and I saw this stunning woman walking through the crowd and I couldn't stop looking at her because, well, she captivated me and I knew I had to meet her. I honestly didn't think I had a chance with her, but somehow I'm here." I say and she smiles at me.
"Yeah, it also helped that your number "happened" to be in your jacket pocket that you gave me." she says and chuckles.
"Hey, you didn't even use it!" I say and she giggles.
"I'm sorry that I talked myself out of texting you babe." She says putting her hand on my knee and leaning over to kiss my cheek. "It's okay I guess I'll forgive you someday." I say and she grins at me.
"You guys are too cute." her mom pipes up.
"It's actually gross." Uriah mutters.
"Uriah!" Hana scolds.
"What?! I'm seventh wheeling right now!" He exclaims and we all laugh.
Mr. Prior and I are in deep discussion about the Blackhawks when the check comes. Of course Mr. Prior ends up paying, but not without an argument from me. I wrap my hand around Tris' shoulders when we start to walk to our cars.
"He likes you." Tris says to me.
"Hmm?" I say even though I already know who she's talking about.
"My dad, I've never seen him like that with anyone. He must really like you." She says.
"You think?" I say needing reassurance.
"I know." She whispers back up at me.
"Have I told you how beautiful you are today?" I ask admiring her. She gives me a shy smile and looks down.
"I'm going to say it until you believe it." I say, but get no response.
"We have stuff to talk about." I say and she sighs.
"Can it wait? I just want to be in your arms right now." She says and leans her head on my chest and I kiss her hair. She smells so good.
"Sure baby. What time are your parents leaving tomorrow?" They are staying in her guest room because Jeff left on Wednesday so the room is free and they only have to stay one night.
"I think at nine, do you want to come over after they leave?"
"Of course," I see that we are nearing my truck so I decide now is as good as a time as ever, "here babe I have something for you." we stop walking and I pull the box out of my pocket and give it to her.
"Tobias, you didn't have to,"
"I know, but I wanted to." I interrupt and give her a smile encouraging her to open it. She opens it and a small gasp falls from her lips.
"It's beautiful." She whispers as if it's a secret.
"It's supposedly represents new beginnings." I say as she puts the gold bracelet on with a lotus flower in the middle. Before I know it she's in my arms with her legs wrapped around my waist kissing me. When she pulls back and whispers "Thank you" against my lips.
"I take it you like it?" I ask setting her down.
"I love it."
"Good." I say grinning at her as I lean against the truck.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" She asks a little breathless.
"I'm just admiring my girlfriend. I can't believe you're mine sometimes. You could be a fucking surgeon, I mean, I'm just in awe of you." and I can't take not kissing her anymore so I go for it and I go for it hard. I want to show her how much she amazes me. How beautiful she is to me. I lean her against the truck just like I did for our first kiss and show her how much I want her, even if I told her we could wait. Maybe if I showed her how much I want her she could believe it herself. My hands are on her lower back pressing her to me and hers are tugging at my hair turning me on even more.
"Fuck babe." I breath as one of her hands reach down and graze my hard dick and I could literally come right there. I start kissing her neck and eliciting a moan out of her. I give her delectable ass another squeeze before remembering where we are and slowing things down.
"Oh shit my parents!" Tris exclaims and I laugh full on because I don't think I've ever heard her swear before. She sees me laughing and starts laughing herself.
"Come on I'll drive you to your parent's car." I say kissing her forehead one more time before letting her go.
"I would've let you take me right there if you didn't slow down." Tris says hopping in the truck.
"Don't say things like that, I'm trying to… calm down." I can feel her eyes on my dick which isn't helping matters either.
"You know, I could help you with that." She whispers seductively as I stop the car next to her parents' car. I look over and see her biting her lip and I groan. She leans in and I think she's going to full on kiss me again, but all I get is a quick kiss on the cheek.
"I'll see you tomorrow babe." She says hopping out of the truck and giving me a wink. That little minx... I roll down my window to wish the Prior's a safe drive home and head off trying to deflate my incredibly large problem.
I get to my apartment and go straight to my room planning on going to sleep right away, but it's only 10 so that's not happening. I strip down to my boxers and slide under the covers. I reach for my glasses on my nightstand and pull up Tris' Facebook on my laptop. God she's so cute. Her profile two pictures combined into one is of her and Christina. Damn 500 likes? She must have a lot of friends. I click out of her profile picture and look at her friends. 1000?! How does she know that many people?! They all are either from Chicago or Detroit so she must know them all. I scroll through her pictures and they are all extremely beautiful. There are even ones from when she was little which are incredibly adorable. There's one of her and Christina that really shows how short she is and it's really cute. But then there are pictures of her with Jeff and other guys and even though it shouldn't piss me off it does. Even the ones with Uriah piss me off. Calm down Tobias she's with you. I see I'm tagged in one of her posts so I click on it and see pics from today. There's a picture of her, Christina, Will, and Uriah all in a huddle hugging each other, there's a picture of her blowing confetti out of her hand, there's a picture of her receiving her diploma and you can see everyone cheering in the background, there's a picture of her with her family giving her kisses and she's laughing, but the last picture is my favorite. This picture I didn't even know was being taken is one where she's holding her graduation cap up and behind it me and her are kissing, but you can't see that. I decide to message her.
Me: Cute pics babe
Tris: I really like the last one ;)
Me: Hmm, I wonder why?
Tris: Nice profile pic, your squished face is super cute
Me: Well, you inspired me
Tris: My parents really liked you. I knew they would
Me: It's only because you make me a better man
Tris: You wouldn't be a better man if you didn't want to be so I cannot take credit for you being amazing. You are the most compassionate intellectual person I know and I don't think that takes a week to learn, it takes a whole lifetime Tobias so stop being so hard on yourself
I don't know what to say so I sit there staring at the screen like an idiot.
Tris: Goodnight, I'll see you tomorrow
I stay up for about another hour just staring at the wall contemplating what she said before passing out at 1130.
Tris' Pov:
I wake up at 6 and stay in my bed for a couple more minutes because it's just too comfy to move right now. Yesterday was a great day. I didn't tell anyone I was getting a PhD because I knew people would ask me about being something better than a nurse and I honestly don't know what I want to do yet. A surgeon would be a dream, but it takes up a lot of time and I don't know if I'm ready for that yet. Plus I would definitely be the youngest out of all the interns which would make me feel I don't know… not as experienced as the others? My parents are supportive of whatever I choose which is refreshing, but they were disappointed I didn't tell them about the degree. I guess I should've told them, but I didn't want them freaking out about all the extra work I did saying I'm pushing myself too hard. The truth is I needed the distraction. It kept me away from my thoughts for the past 2 years which were going to be very depressing so I guess you could call my extra work my therapy. Plus I love learning about what makes the human body tick and how to fix it. The smell of pancakes and bacon fill the air, interrupting me from my thoughts so I walk out to the kitchen.
"Good Morning sweetheart." My mom says when she notices my presence.
"Morning mom, how'd you sleep?"
"Oh honey that bed in there is to die for, I could've slept another hour or two. Hense why your father still hasn't made his appearance." she says as she hands me a plate full of two fluffy pancakes with syrup drizzled across and a few slices of bacon.
"Honey we are so proud of you, we just wished you told us. You push yourself way too hard sometimes and you forget that you are still young. You have your whole life ahead of you, why the rush? And now you are jumping right into this internship, whichever you choose. It all seems a little much."
"Mom I appreciate your concern, but this is exactly why I didn't tell anyone. I needed this to get over what happened to me, so I could have a distraction. I needed to be independant and make my own decisions without anyone judging what is best for me." She just stands there and smiles at me.
"You are so damn stubborn sometimes."
"Just like her mother." My dad says as he walks in and gives my mom a quick kiss. I am so glad I got to see them.
After saying goodbye to my parents, I put on some music and start cleaning the apartment. I don't even hear the knock on my door or the person coming up the stairs when I feel arms wrap around my waist and a hand cover my eyes which makes me let out a yelp, but I quickly realize it's Tobias' embrace.
"Guess who." His hot, minty breath hits my neck sending shivers down my spine.
"Christina? Your voice got deeper, are you sick or something?" I say teasing him. He chuckles but starts sucking on the back of my neck. I turn in his arms.
"I'm so glad you're not Christina." I say and kiss his lips.
"Good morning baby." he says as I turn off the music with my phone. "I was get you coffee,but you didn't text me back what you like so I got four different kinds and cream and sugar on the side. We have french vanilla, caramel, regular and hazelnut."
"You are so cute, I'll take the french vanilla with 3 creams and sugars please dearest boyfriend." I say and he chuckles.
"You know I never used to be a coffee person until about two years ago when I started all this extra Ph.D. stuff." I say as he fixes the coffee for me. He's too cute.
"Yeah I can see why. That must be a lot of extra work you put on yourself babe." He says handing me the coffee.
"I know, I got the whole speech about "over-working" myself. But you have to understand I needed it to keep myself from being a depressed insomniac and all this extra work was my distraction. I'm okay, no, I'm better than okay so let's not talk about me pushing myself too hard." I say a little frustrated.
"Baby come 'ere." He says and I lean into his arms hugging him. I feel him kiss the top of my head.
"You could be a surgeon, if that's what you want. I mean I'm just blown away by how intelligent you are."
"It's really just hard work that paid off, but I don't know if I want to be a surgeon. I mean it would take up a lot of my time and I would be the youngest out of all the interns. I don't know if I'm ready for that even if my dream is to be a surgeon one day. I don't want to make any decisions yet."
"You don't have to, but when you're ready to choose what you want to do I will be here to support you. Don't even worry about your age, you are incredible and you deserve a job that makes you feel incredible whether it's surgery or nursing. Your age does not matter and if people think it does then fuck them!" He says and for some reason it feels like a huge weight just lifted off my chest. I just stand there and hug him, breathing him in. He smells so manly… it's really sexy.
"Thank you. So what do you want to do? My vote is stay here and watch movies all day and we can order pizza later."
"Sounds fantastic." He says picking me up with one arm and the coffee holder with the four coffees.
"You're quite the multitasker."
"They say I can do 4 tasks at once, I'm quite the legend."
"So that's the real reason your nickname is Four, I get it now." I say as he puts me down on the couch.
"Exactly. Four, one man, four tasks. Let's make our own movie, you can play my sexy girlfriend."
"Hmm, I think I'll decline." I say and he looks at me for a second before straddling me and tickling me.
"STOOPP TOBIAS PLLLEEAASEE!" I laughingly scream, but he doesn't let up.
"Tobias I'm going to pee my pants!" He stops for a little bit.
"Say you'll be my sexy girlfriend in the movie we are going to be in together!"
"Never!" I say and he continues to tickle me.
"OK, OK. I'll be your girlfriend in the stupid movie!" But he still won't stop.
"Ah, ah, ah. My SEXY girlfriend."
"Fine, your SEXY girlfriend."
"Much better." He says and kisses me before letting me go. Today is going to be fun.
HEY GUYS- What do you think so far? If you have any suggestions or questions don't be afraid so say them. What do you think Tris should be? A surgeon or a nurse? Leave a review and let me know. I have a pinterest so check it out- (link in bio) and will update it as I write chapters so there will be plenty of sneak peaks.