okay guys, I love the reviews! Sorry I haven't updated in like, 10 days, but I just got my leg cast off and I now have soccer and horseback riding and such, plus new quarter and crap :/ Anyway, this is Tobias' POV, and has anyone heard Little Things by One Direction? It's my new fave song, which inspired this chapter…. Hehe :)


Chapter 9-

*Tobias' POV*

It has been one week since Amanda got drunk and tried to throw herself over the Chasm. Tris has been… depressed, and I don't know why. I think she is reliving last year; her own initiation. I feel bad. I do not want my Tris to disappear.

I need to make up my mind, but I am not sure how. I need Zeke.

I am going to take drastic action, that both of us have been dreading; Zeke knows what to do.

I walk to Zeke's apartment and knock. I open the door and see Zeke lying on his bed, his face against his pillow.

"Hey Four," I here come from the pillow.

"Zeke, I need help," I blurt out. This makes Zeke sit up.

"Four, The Dauntless Prodigy, Comes to ME for help? I am awesome!" he yells, obviously excited. I roll my eyes, only half joking.

"Why'd ya come to the master?" asks Zeke, raising an eyebrow and setting his elbow on his knee. He looked like one of those talk show hosts the Erudite have.

"Tris," I say.

"She not into ya anymore?" he asks, smiling. "Cuz I know a lot of guys willing to go out with that girl." He smiles when he sees me shooting daggers with my eyes.

'Kidding!" he yells. I jump on Zeke and punch him.

"Ow!" He yells. I get up and start laughing.

"Anyways, I need help with Tris, cuz I want to do something so that she is mine and I am hers and so that none of those frickin' transfers can take her away from me. They have all been looking at her. I don't like it…"

"Weeeel…" Says Zeke slowly, "It might be cuz of her pink and blonde hair, or her tattoos, or the fact that she placed first last year in initiation… or all of the above?"

"Whatever," I say, annoyed now. "How do I make proposing really romantic?" Zeke stares at me, his mouth hanging open.

"Wh-What!?" He gasps . I am sooo annoyed with him right now. He needs to be serious.

"I'm gonna propose to Tris. How do I make it special?"

"Well…" He says, a slow grin creeping across his face.

"Zeke! Spit it out!"

"You could have se-"

"No." I see Zeke laughing at me.

"What?" Now I am pissed off. He Is so annoying. I start to get up.

"No! Four, man, no please. I was joking."

I just stare, still halfway up from the bed.

"Do it somewhere both of you are comfortable. Do you guys have a 'secret place' no one else knows about?" I automatically think back to the day when I first kissed Tris, the day when I finally found my other half. I nod.

"Ya, but its loud."

"Then do it somewhere nice, and quiet, and special." Now I think of my room, the place where Tris slept when I saved her, the place where she will always be safe. I know where I want to do it now.

"Thanks Zeke," I say, "Even if you are an ass sometimes." He laughs as I leave.

I head to the pit, and find a jewelry shop. I pick out a simple engagement ring that has flowers engraved along the edges. It is made of dull silver, and I know Tris will like the simplicity.

I head to my room and put the ring in a little drawer under my bed. Tris does not know, and will not know for a few days.

Everything must go correctly. I must have the right lights. I must have the right atmosphere. I will have the right girl.

I start to make a mental checklist in my head.

#1- Candles

#2- Soft Music

#3- Ring

#4-Tris

#5-Soft Lights

#6-Mystery


I walk to the training room and see that the initiates are finishing up the last of the fighting. Tris and I will calculate the scores tonight and then we will cut the lowest initiates. They will be factionless. Tris smiles at me when I walk in, but the smile doesn't reach her eyes. I lean down and kiss her slowly, passionately. I know the initiates are watching us, but I don't care. I want Tris to know that I am here, and that I will be here for her. When we pull back for breath, she smiles.

"You haven't done that in a while." I laugh.

"What do you mean by 'a while'? I kissed you this morning, and I kissed you last night, and I-"

"I love you Four," she says, cutting me off. I give her a grin.

"I love you too Six." She blushes, and I laugh, putting a kiss on her cheek.

"So, what's the update on the initiates?" I ask, watching two girls fight.

"Deckham has won every fight. He practically beat Mattie to a pulp." I grimace.

"Mattie, Carey, and Ogle are doing the worst." I hear a grunt and see Carey get kicked in the head. She falls to the ground, and passes out. Mattie, who has blood spurting out her nose, tries to carry Carey. I get up and carry Cary to the infirmary. Mattie stumbles along behind me.

I check them in and tell the nurse that I would prefer If they were back to the target room by 1:25. She nods and starts to clean the girls up. I walk out and go to a pharmacy that the Dauntless have. I buy vanilla scented candles. *I hope Tris likes this* I think. I walk to our room and find Tris sitting on the bed.

"Hey Beautiful" I say to her.

"Hey," she says, getting up. There is a slight blush in her cheeks.

I put the candles down and grab Tris bridle style into my arms. I walk over to the bed and place her down. I sit and hold Tris' cheek in my hand. It is warm, and Tris closes her eyes. I lean in and kiss her softly, gently. Suddenly, we are tangled together on the bed. Her hands in my hair, mine on the small of her back. She is pulling me closer to her, and I am pulling her closer to me. Little to no space Is now left. I bite her bottom lip and a small groan escapes Tris.

I grin and slide my tongue into her mouth. She lets it stay there, and slowly pulls back. We are now staring at each other, and trying to catch our breath. I lean down and suck her collar bone. She sighs and I look at her again. She nods. I start to lift off her shirt.

A/N: Mkay…. Cliffy sorta kinda! Ohhh! This one was 1,111 words! Yaa! Like it? Hope so! ~Sarah~