CHAPTER 2

I woke several hours later to Tobias shaking me awake. My eyes fluttered open and met his. He smiled down at me and I smiled back. He leaned down to kiss me, his lips brushing softly against mine.

"I thought I'd just come and say goodbye to you before I go."

I sighed, feeling my stomach roll around a few times and feel the nausea set in. I swallowed hard. Tobias watched me with wary eyes. I shook my head, feeling the nausea ease away. "Thank you." I whispered.

He gave me a funny look. "For what?"

I shrugged, picking up one his hands which was gently touching the side of the bed. I laced my fingers with his and brought it up to my lips, kissing each of his knuckles gently. He smiled and sat down, smoothing my hair away from my face. "Just for being you and staying back before you left. I appreciate it."

He smiled once more before his expression turned serious once more, switching onto his Four mode. "You're staying here, right?" He questioned. Once again I lied, nodding my head and feeling the guilt wrap around my heart and squeeze. "Good." I felt tears well up in my eyes. What if something wrong would happen? What if he didn't want to talk to me ever again after he found out? I pushed those thoughts away, thinking I'd just have to take the risk. He brushed my tears away, questioning them. "What's wrong, Tris?"

I shook my head. "I'm just scared that something is going to happen and you won't come back to me." Partly true. A sob goes through my body, clenching my heart in an iron grip. I sat up in the bed, the covers falling around my waist, and flung my arms around his neck, sobbing into his shoulder. He held me tightly, whispering comforting words.

"Shh, Tris, I'm not going to leave you, I promise. I'll always be here, every day." I nodded against him but the tears didn't come to an end.

"Tobias, are you coming?" I heard a voice yell, one that I didn't recognise yet.

Tobias pulled away slightly, to yell back. "Just give me a minute!" He turned back to me, brushing my stray tears away. Then he kissed me deeply. "I have to go now, but I'll see you soon, I promise." Although instead of letting go, I clung to his shirt. Normally I hate showing how weak I am but something inside me just felt like holding on and never letting go. So that was exactly what I did. "Tris," he said softly, trying to pry my fingers from the fabric of his T-shirt. "I promise I'll be back before you miss me." He planted a kiss to my forehead, then to my cheek and my nose, and finally my lips.

I breathed in his scent of mint, savouring it for when he was gone. Reluctantly I let my hands fall to my sides, leaving him to stand. Giving me one last peck on the mouth, he walked swiftly to the door. From there, he stopped and looked back at me. "I love you, Tris."
Tears were streaming down my face again, I answered him, "I love you too, Tobias. He smiled a short, sad smile and disappeared out of the house.

I sat there for half an hour, staring at the wall. Eventually Christina came up and dragged me down the hallway and outside where Marcus waited impatiently in a pickup truck outside the Abnegation Headquarters.

I wrapped my arms over my torso as we travelled along. Eventually we're in the Erudite Headquarters and gas is filling a corridor. I think I'm going to pass out… this can't be good for the baby… oh no… I see myself at the end of the corridor and it's all I can do not to black out.