DNW chapter 8

DNW chapter 8

This is the last update for the next 2 weeks, I'm going to an electronic free camp for church. The contest from last chapter is starting this chapter so good luck! Oh and last chapter I didn't specify what you have to say, you need to tell me either the movie the quote is said in or the character who said it.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

We silently both make our way over to the door and link hands, walking to lunch in a comfortable silence.

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Tris's POV

When we enter the cafeteria, Christina instantly gets up and runs over to us.

"Tris, where were you this morning?" she asks me.

"I'll go get food, go sit down," Tobias whispers in my ear. I just look up and nod at him and walk with Chris to the table.

"So where were you?" Christina doesn't give up.

"I slept in and made breakfast for us at the apartment," I say.

"I went to your office after breakfast to check on you and you weren't there," she raises an eyebrow.

"I fell back to sleep after while waiting for Four to get ready," I half-lie.

"Okay, sure," she says as we sit down.

"Just drop it," I tell her turning to the rest of the gang," hey guys and gals."

I get a chorus of hey's and hi's in response.

"You missed half of the Dauntless compound with a hangover this morning. Where were you?" Marlene asks.

"I made breakfast in the apartment today," I say just as Tobias sits down with two trays, both with chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes. He also got both of us an apple and a slice of cake.

"And she did great, it was amazing," he smiles and kisses my cheek.

"Whatever suck up," I lightly punch his forearm.

"So Tris, what are you doing this weekend?" Chris asks me.

"Nothing that I know of," I tell her.

She squeals," Great, I want a new tattoo and I want you to be there," she says.

"Umm alright," I tell her. She settles down and lunch goes on with just little small chats so the table doesn't completely fall silent.

I finish my lunch and rest my head on Tobias's shoulder. "You done?" he asks.

"Yeah," I sigh, I don't want to go to work and see Eric.

"Do you want to go now?" he questions.

"I guess," I say and get up with my now empty tray. "Bye guys," I wave with my free hand and then walk to the closest trash can. Tobias is right behind me and we link hands, walking to my office.

Tobias suddenly stops and steps to the side of the traffic flow. "Are you okay?" he looks into my eyes.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just can't believe someone from Abnegation could be so cold and abusive," I shudder as the thoughts of the belt whips again.

"Yeah well, we own ourselves. We're masters of our own fate. We control our own destiny," he sighs and kisses my forehead lightly.

"Wise words from a very wise and very handsome man I gladly call my boyfriend," I smile up at him and lay my head on his chest, hearing his heartbeat.

"Wanna know something?" he asks.

"Sure, what is it," I reply, already knowing what he is going to say.

"I love you," he says and kisses me on the lips. I run my hands up his back and lock them in his hair, which is the perfect length for me to hold onto.

His hands find a resting place. One on my cheek, the other with his pointer finger hooked on my ear. Unsurprisingly, his tongue lightly grazes my lower lip, asking for entrance. I decide to tease and refuse his asking for permission.

I suddenly hear someone, not far away, shriek. I pull away from Tobias to find Christina giggling and slightly jumping up and down.

"What is so exciting?" I ask her in a very sarcastic manner.

"You guys are the dream couple! Everyone has been talking about y'all since you made out infront of everyone at ranking day," she runs over towards us.

"It isn't that big of a deal," I shrug.

"Isn't a big deal? You guys are like Dauntless protégées. The compound has even made a ship name for y'all," she smiles and waves a random stranger over to us.

"Umm yes, can I help you?" she asks Christina.

"Do you know who these people are?" Chris questions her.

"Duh, everyone knows who Ten is," she replies like it is obvious.

"Wait, who is Ten?" I am confused.

"Thanks for your help," Chris says to the lady who just walks off. "You guys are Ten! That is the ship name I was talking about. Four plus Six is Ten," she explains.

"Ohh," I say.

"That is cute," Tobias replies and pinches my cheeks.

"Yeah well your cute," I say back and pinch his cheeks.

"Ow!" he whines.

"Oh suck it up you big baby," I retort.

"Well I got to get to work," Christina says.

"Yeah us too, bye," I wave and Tobias and I walk off in the opposite direction if Christina.

We get to my office and Tobias kisses me goodbye before walking off to the control room. I unlock the door and step inside. Everything is how I left it yesterday when I left, the stack of papers I need to fill out on the corner of my desk and the full trash bags that I need to throw away scattered around the room.

I decide to take care of the trash later in my way home and sit down to fill out the paperwork.

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Later, when I'm about halfway through the paperwork, Eric calls me. (Bold is Tris, regular is Eric)

Yes?

I need you to come to my office.

Why?

Something about work.

Fine, I'm coming.

I hang up and put my pen down. I get up and push my old ragged chair, that was Eric's, in. I plan on redecorating next weekend. I put my shoes that I took off back on and walk out of my office. I knock on the door that is 3 down from mine, Eric's.

"Come in," he calls.

"What did you want to talk about?" I ask him while sitting in the same plush chair I sat in yesterday.

"Your first faction visit," he states as he finishes typing something up on his computer.

"Ooo, fun," I say like a little girl.

"Don't talk like that," he glares at me.

"Calm down," I stress the 'down'.

"Whatever. So about the trip, we will be leaving Friday, which is tomorrow. We will be taking the train to Amity and staying there overnight, learning and talking with their representative Johanna Reyes," he starts.

"What will we be learning?" I ask.

"I don't know, whatever s**t they want to tell us about," he replies.

"Okay, don't get your panties in a wad," I say.

"Continuing on, then we will get back on the train and go to visit your fellow Stiffs in Abnegation. We will only be there till noon. After Abnegation, we will go to Erudite for the rest of that day and staying overnight. When we wake up, we will go to Candor and stay there till noon then come back home. Understand?" he explains the rest then raises his eyebrows at the end.

"Yeah, I understand," I tell him.

"Go get packed," Eric says sternly.

"Yes sir," I salute him like soldiers did to their generals in the older days.

"Get out of here," Eric smiles at me, stretching his piercing holes in his lip. (A/N should I make Eric a good guy or a bad guy still?) He is being nice to me, again.

"Yeah I would, but I got paperwork to finish," I say as I get up.

"You can just take it with you and do it on the train as we travel," he says. Smart, I would think he could be Erudite. I'll ask Tobias, he was in his initiation class after all.

"Yeah, that's really smart. Thanks," I say as I open the door and step out.

"Totally, no problem," he calls as I close the door.

I walk back to my office to pick up my paperwork and phone, then leave to meet Tobias at the control room to tell him the exciting news.

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When I get to the control room, I knock on the giant soundproof, metal door. I hear the latch open and Uriah pokes his head through the door and smiles when he sees that it's me.

"Hey, what are you doing here? Coming to see Four?" he asks as he opens the door for me to step in.

"Yeah, I've got news for him about my job, I say as I take a look around the room. I've never been in here before, it is a large square room with desks up against every wall sectioned off into cubicles. At every desk is a person sitting infront of their computer screen.

"Four's cubicle is this way," Uriah motions me to the left and we walk to the corner of the room. Tobias is sitting at his desk, playing a game on his computer. Isn't he supposed to be watching a camera or something?

Tobias must hear our footsteps, because right as we enter his cubicle, he minimizes the game to reveal the camera footage. He swivels around in his spinny chair and when he sees me, smiles.

"Hey," he says, standing up.

"Hello," I say and kiss his cheek.

"Well, I'll leave you two alone. Bye," Uriah says as he leaves, waving.

"So, why do I have the joy of seeing my wonderful and gorgeous girlfriend before work is over?" he says as he pulls me down to sit on his lap in his desk chair.

"Eric has informed me that we are going on a trip to the other factions. Leaving tomorrow and not getting back till after noon on Sunday," I tell him as I lean back into his chest.

"That sounds like fun. Is it just you and Eric?" he asks.

"Yeah, I think so. Don't worry, I won't let him do anything," I say as I turn around and straddle him.

"Tell me if he does. I'll beat him up for you," he smiles at me. I just laugh.

"I can handle myself," I tell him.

"I don't doubt it for one second," he says before moving his hand behind my head and pulling my head to meet his. With our foreheads resting against each other's, Tobias leans in and kisses me so quickly, I didn't even have time to close my eyes like always.

He resumes resting his forehead on mine. It is my turn to make a move, so I lean in like I'm about to kiss him, but pull back at the last second and lick the tip of his nose instead. I jump off his lap and grab the papers I put in his desk before running towards the door.

Trying to pull the heavy metal door with only one free hand is so hard, so I'm not surprised when Tobias catches me trying to pull the door open. He sees me struggling and lets out a light chuckle.

"Need help there Trissy?" he asks, using the nickname I only let Uriah and Zeke use.

"Please," I plead.

"After what you just did to me, I think I'm alright," he smirks.

"Toby, help me please," I whine like a 2 year old and give him the puppy dog eyes with my lower lip jutting out.

"You know I can't resist that face," he says as he reaches for the doorknob.

"Thank you baby," I say.

"Anything for you," he replies while leaning down to kiss the top of my head. "Can I carry anything for you?" he asks when he sees me struggling to hold all of the messy papers.

"Yeah, you can take half of it," I say while holding out my arms for him to take some.

"Nah," he says and takes the entire stack,"I got it all. Don't want my princess to have to break a sweat while walking home."

"Har har har, very funny," I reply sarcastically.

"Come on, we got to get you packed," he says and starts walking to the apartment.

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When we get to the apartment door, I unlock it because Tobias is still carrying my paperwork I'm taking with me. We walk in the door and Tobias goes to dump my stack of papers on the dining room table.

"I'm gonna go pack now," I say as I walk to the bedroom.

"Alright, I'll go get something for us to eat for dinner so you don't have to leave," Tobias replies as he grabs his keys and walks out.

I go into the bedroom and pull out a duffel bag and backpack to pack everything in. In the backpack, I put all the unfinished paperwork along with some pens and pencils to fill them out with. I also put my extra phone charger, headphones and one of Tobias's sweatshirts in the backpack.

In the duffel I pack; undergarments, pajamas, the dress I wore to Uriah's party, a pair of skinny jeans, and a tight black v-neck tshirt. I also pack some Nike shorts with a neon pink workout shirt and matching Nike Free 5.0 iD's to go running in the mornings. I then pack all of my toiletries; toothbrush, toothpaste, hair brush, shampoo, conditioner, face wash, simple makeup, and makeup remover.

Just as I finish putting the last of my stuff in the bag, I hear the door open and close. "I'm back and I have food," Tobias calls from the entryway.

"Coming," I yell back.

"Tonight is taco night," Tobias says as he sets the trays down on the table.

"Yum," I reply and sit down across from him.

"Did you finish packing?" he asks me.

"Yeah I'm ready to go," I say cheery.

"I'm gonna miss you," he does a fake frown.

"Aww poor baby. I'm gonna miss you too," I reply like I'm talking to a dog.

"Well I'm gonna miss you more," Tobias states very matter-of-factly.

"I don't think so," I reply.

"Think what you wanna think Beatrice Elizabeth Prior," he smirks.

"Do not call me by my full name," I glare at him.

"Fine, calm down," he says.

"I'm finished," I state as I get up and go to throw away my trash.

"Yeah me too," Tobias gets up and follows me to the trash can.

I catch myself yawning. "You tired?" Tobias asks me.

"Just a little," I reply looking into his eyes.

"I think it is somebody's bedtime," Tobias sing-songs like a mother. He then proceeds to pick me up and carry me to the bedroom. He throws me on the bed and goes to my dresser, pulling out a oversized tshirt for me to wear.

He throws it at me and I catch it. "Thank you, now turn around," I demand. As soon as his back is to me, I pull my shirt and jeans off and put the new one over my head. "Your free to turn around now," I tell him.

He turns around and goes to his dresser to get basket ball shorts for him to wear to bed. Once he has them in his possession, he goes to the bathroom and changes into them. He then comes to the bed and slips under the covers with me. "Love you," he whispers to me.

I snuggle into his chest, using his bicep as a pillow. "Love you too," I reply.

He kisses the top of my head lightly. "Forever.." he starts.

"And always," I finish before getting pulled into the darkness of sleep, awaiting new adventures tomorrow.

A/N thanks for reading. I made this chapter a little longer to make up for not being able to update till probably the week after next. The contest is on so don't forget to review with your answer. Thanks for reading as always.

~Rachel