A/N:

Konnichwa! And I'm curious to see if any of you caught what I was foreshadowing in the last chapter. It's okay if you didn't because it wasn't that obvious but if you did kudos to you. But if you didn't you'll figure it out in this chapter. Thanks to all of you who reviewed, favorited, followed. Sorry I'm not taking my time to acknowledge you individually but I'm trying to make the AN as short as possible. ON WITH THE STORY!

Last chapter

"Tobias…."

TRIS POV

"Hmm" he says as he glances over at me.

"Do you," I pause trying to figure out how to put it. "Do you thank Eric for what he did?"

"What do mean," his eyebrows furrows in confusion. At least he's thinking as hard as I did.

"You know if it wasn't for Eric we would never have the twins," I tell him. He stares at me for a moment not necessarily waiting for me to continue but thinking for an answer.

"Maybe I thank him for the accident he created even if he didn't know what he was doing but his intentions I didn't like," he pauses. "So I guess maybe he gave us a benefit of the doubt well two actually." See this is why I love him he knows the answer to every problem and he knows the right words to say. Right when I'm about to thank him Ellie bursts through the door. Wariness is etched in her face but she tries to hide it by giving us a weak smile. It doesn't help. Now I'm starting to worry, more than usual when I show up to these appointments.

"Heyyyy," she draws out. "I have some good news and some bad news,"

TOBIAS POV

Bad news is the only thing that I hear. Why must there always be bad news when it comes to us. There is never just good news by itself bad news always has to accompany it. Of course I start thinking about the twins. Has whatever Eric injected in Tris affected the twins? Because if it did I will personally go down to Eric's holding cell and beat him senseless. I have no doubt in my mind that whatever this bad news is has to do with whatever Eric did to Tris when he held her hostage.

"Okay so when I left to go check in with Dr. Lopez she had printed out some picture and wanted to have a discussion with me," Ellie says.

"She had printed out pictures of your brain PET scan that she took during your earlier appointments when she was still your doctor and she discovered something." She pauses for a second.

"As she was looking at these pictures she discovered that there is small damage in the cerebral cortex which stores memories as well as other things. Now in the position that the damage was in it affected the memory the most; and the amount of the damage could possibly result in Transient global amnesia which is also known as short term memory loss."

Short term memory loss?

"It was relevantly small, just a few damaged nerves, but it could still evolve into Amnesic syndrome which is long term and could possibly be permanent. I just need to confirm if you have experienced any memory loss or anything that seems out of the ordinary."

The appointment, Tris forgot about the appointment this morning but she remembered it.

"I forgot about the appointment this morning but it came back 10 minutes before we had to be here," Tris says meekly.

"I see, was there anything that reminded you about it or did it just pop back in your mind," Ellie questions.

"I think it was because we were talking about Liv and Ryker and it kind of reminded me of the appointment," Tris responds. I know this is totally of topic but I think this was the first time she ever said the twins by name. Liv as a nickname for Oblivion, I like it. Pay attention Tobias!

"Liv and Ryker?" Ellie asks confused.

"The twins, Liv short for Oblivion," I input.

"Oh, anyways that isn't good for you to remember that memory you had to have something trigger that memory instead of it just coming back to you. We could already be facing mild Transient global amnesia,"

"What does that mean," I ask.

"We might need to have a surgical operation to see what we're dealing with and to see if it's possible to reverse the amnesia."

I glance over at Tris. She looks like she's going to be sick; her skin which is usually healthy looking with a natural flush is now alabaster white taking on the look of a sick person. I wrap my arm around her to give her some kind of assurance. She stiffens at first then leans into my side. One question comes to mind when I think about this "surgical operation".

"Will the twins be affected in any way during the operation," I ask Ellie.

"No they should be perfectly fine, unlike Tris's brain the twins are growing strongly so far, wait sorry that came out kind of cruel," Ellie apologizes.

"So when is this going to happen," Tris speaks up for the very first time for several minutes.

"We want to start this as soon as possible so we don't risk any further damage that has already been made. Maybe tomorrow at the earliest, excuse me while I go discuss it with Dr. Lopez," and with that she is out the door and I am left speechless. I don't trust my voice to speak at this moment. I'm afraid if I try to say something my voice will just crack and crumble. I don't expect Tris to speak either; I can only imagine how she feels about this, about all of this really. It seems like everything is aimed at her recently. Everybody is aiming their guns at her, waiting and watching for her to crumble under the pressure. I can't stand it anymore. I want to figure out what caused the memory loss. Was it the blow to the head caused by Eric or was it the injection also caused by Eric. Either way it's going to be freaking hard for whoever tries to restrain me from going down to his cell and ripping his guts out.

"She says we're going to start the operation tomorrow around 6:00 am so we can get her done by a decent time. It's not a long procedure maybe 2 hours 3 at the longest well I guess you can consider it long. I guess it really depends on the damage we're dealing with. And I don't want you to worry because we have been successful with many brain operations."

"Will you be performing the operation," Tris asks.

"No, that's not my field but Dr. Lopez will be there and I think Marlene will be one of the assisting nurses that day," she says with a smile then glances over at the clock and mumbles something to herself. "Try not eating anything from 9:00 tonight to tomorrow, we don't want any problems during the operation. And I know that's asking for a lot from a pregnant woman," she jokes which earns a smile tentative smile from Tris. At least she's smiling.

"Okay enough with the depressing news let's get to R and O," she says smiling as she gets up and grabs the machine from the corner of the room. Oh that's right after all that news was dumped on us I totally forgot about the real reason we came for this appointment. We go through our normal routine with the gel and excreta for the ultrasound. Eventually Ellie is able to get a picture on the screen. I stare in amazement. I forget about everything except for these two little creatures on a black and white screen. They look so much different than the first month they look so much…bigger than the microscopic gray blobs they used to be. Look at me talking like I don't understand the process of pregnancy, that the babies do grow.

But it's weirder almost unreal seeing it in person; two little humans evolving in an actual person. It still amazes me to this day; 2 months after I heard the shocking news. They both have little head type things that will most likely resemble a head when they get older and spout like little arms. Ellie's voice brings me out of my trance state.

"Okay Tris you are a little over 8 weeks already so they are already starting to grow arms and legs, which is what these spout bud things are. The mouth is starting to form right now even if you can't tell and so is the tongue. And even though they seem young right now they have already been through 3 pairs of kidneys and they have about 100 brain cells," Ellie explains.

"That's amazing, so wait they already have kidneys that means that they using the restroom right? Where does that go," Tris questions.

"Yeah that's where it gets nasty. The um, the urine gets excreted into the amniotic fluid and is swallowed by the twins to be excreted again; it's kind of a cycle."

I scrunch up my face in disgust. Yes, I love R and O but that's just nasty. I look down at Tris; she has a small smile on her face. Apparently she isn't affected as much as I am. It must be a mother child thing.

"So, yeah they're healthy very healthy actually, but they are going to have to skip a meal for a couple of hours; so sorry little guys." Ellie apologizes to the screen.

"Can they hear yet," I ask.

"No they won't develop hearing until the 16th week, so give it 2 more months. But maybe at this stage it's possible that you'll feel a few flutters in your stomach. Nothing huge like a kick because they are still developing legs but a few movements."

"Okay thanks Ellie," Tris says after she's all cleaned up.

"You're welcome I'll catch you around," she says as she hands us a picture of the twins and then exits.

I'm about to turn around to exit to but Tris's arms stop me as she wraps her arms around my torso. I don't hesitate to respond by wrapping my arms around her small form. We kind of just stay there for a while.

"Thanks for being there," Tris's words come out muffled as she speaks into my shirt.

"Always," I respond. "So…are still on for shopping," I ask receiving a chuckle out of her. I'm trying to keep her mind off of the operation.

"Yes we can still go, remind me what are we going for again," she asks.

"Paint, cribs, and carriers," I say.

"Oh yeah, now I remember let's go," Tris says.

We exit the infirmary and head towards the pit. To be honest I've never really paid much attention to the baby store. When I first came here and Tris was still in Abnegation kids were out of the question. Mostly due to me fearing of becoming like my father. But now I pay attention to it. The outside is painted black, of course, and the inside is painted green. It's located right next to Hot Topic. Inside there are only a few people shopping. I really don't associate kids with Dauntless but here we are. On the right you have hand carriers in many colors.

"Ooh I like that one," Tris says as she walks up to a hunter green hand carrier. "I think it says Ryker Dillon all over it." I laugh at her growing excitement of shopping.

"Okay we've got Ryker covered, what about Oblivion," I question her. We look up and down the row of carriers until my eyes find one. The inside fabric has a paint ball splatter pattern all over it with an occasional flag placed here and there. The outside fabric is black.

"I like this one for her," I tell Tris

"Me too, come on let's keep looking,"

Let the shopping begin.

….And finished. Wow 2,000+ words this is the longest I ever written for an update. Sorry it took me so long I went for a driving lesson today. I went on the actual road this time and didn't kill anybody in the process! You guys can still put in your eye and hair color votes. Also did you see that coming; Tris has an operation! Will it work or will her memories be lost forever? Have you ever listened to this song called Clocks by Coldplay? It's a really good song I kept replaying while I was writing this. So 3 QOTDS today. 1. What's your favorite song? 2. What are the three books represented in my username? 3. Are you going to go see the fault in our stars when it comes out? I know I am the day it comes out. I don't know what it is with me seeing movies the day it comes out; I did the exact same thing when Divergent came out. I guess it's the feeling of seeing it before everyone else does idk. R&R, PM, F&F.

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