Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I do not own Divergent, or any of its characters.

TRIS POV

Chinese boxes stared up at me from the kitchen bench as I stood with both hands on the counter, leaning over and taking deep breaths through my nose. Tobias and I are going to be friends. I could deal with that. It doesn't matter that he's my boss. We can be professional. Can you really? My subconscious asked me. I stood up straight with a determined look on my face, although no one was around because Tobias was getting the rest of my luggage from the car. I can do this. No one is going to find out I silently reassured myself.

I turned around looking for the cupboard containing the bowls for our dinner. With a sudden jolt of realisation, I remembered I haven't actually been in the kitchen properly, so I had no idea where anything was. I opened a draw to my right, finding the cutlery. After retrieving a fork for myself, not knowing if Tobias could use chopsticks or not, I closed the drawer and looked at the cupboards. Six cupboards later, I was getting frustrated. There were cupboards for blenders and frying pans, and even a cupboard for Tupperware, but I still hadn't found the cupboard containing plates and bowls.

I looked up above the right side of the stove, the only cupboard that I hadn't looked at, and just my luck, a blue set of plates and bowls could be seen from where I was standing. Due to my short height, it was rather difficult to reach the plates, even standing on my tippy toes. I could feel my muscles straining when suddenly a pair of hands were on my hips, hot breath by my ear.

"Let me" said Tobias, his voice low and husky.

His right hand glided over my waist, travelling up my half-extended arm to reach for the plates I was desperately trying to grasp.

Tobias placed the plates on the bench to my right, placing his hands back on my hips. My hands betrayed me and interlocked with Tobias' on my hips, his breath coming out ragged near my ear. Without warning, he had me flipped and pinned against the counter with his hips, his arms stretching out beside me, caging me in.

"Tris" he whispered, his cheek grazing mine while I involuntarily closed my eyes.

I could feel the small stubble on his face as he rubbed his nose along my jaw.

"Tris" he whispered again making my eyes open.

He stared straight into my eyes.

"I want you."

I woke with a gasp.

I sat up in bed, trying to control my erratic breathing. I swallowed heavily and looked over at the clock, seeing it was 6:30 in the morning.

Well, it was time to get up anyway I thought as I threw the covers off and silently padded out of my room.

I was wiping the sleep out of my eyes whilst blindly navigating my way through the lounge room when my shins came into contact with a hard surface. I was so shocked that I lost my balance, falling to the floor with a thud.

Laughter flowed through from the kitchen as I groaned and sat up, my hands rubbing at my injured leg.

I looked over to see Tobias standing at the counter, cup of coffee half way to his mouth with a smirk on his face.

I blushed in realisation to the dream I just woke up from.

"No need to get angry Tris, you just looked so cute in your pyjamas and then you fell and your face was priceless" he said with a laugh.

I climbed to my feet with a huff, pushing my blonde hair out of my face. I walked over to the kitchen, my eyes trained on the floor.

When I got close to Tobias, I looked up to his eyes.

He smiled innocently at me and offered me his coffee.

"It's fresh. I've only had one sip."

I took it from his hands with hesitation. Slowly, keeping my eyes on Tobias, I brought the cup towards my lips. Surprisingly, it was exactly the same as how I had my coffee normally.

"Black with one sugar, how did you know?" I asked him.

He held his hands up. "That's how I have my coffee"

Huh. What a coincidence. I brought the cup up to my lips again, wanting more of the liquid to help me wake up.

Tobias coughed in a somewhat forced way, and I looked over to see him quickly look away from my lips around the edge of the coffee cup.

"Uhm," he started, "I have an early meeting. Do you wanna ride to work or will do you want to wait until later?"

I considered the alternatives and the negatives were stacking up A) I didn't want to walk to work because it's cold outside. B) I didn't want to catch a cab either. So, the decision was clear.

"Okay. Just let me go and get dressed. 10 minutes?" I asked.

"Sure, I'll be here."

I quickly (but cautiously) walked back to my room.

Exactly 8 minutes after I went back to my room, I came out freshly dressed, carrying my bag and schedule for the day.

Déjà vu struck as I looked over at Tobias struggling to tie his tie in the mirror. I scoffed lightly and walked over towards me. The clicking of my heels on the hardwood floor must have been the sign that Tobias was given to my approach. He turned to me, a frown etched in his face.

"Didn't you learn anything yesterday?" I inquired after placing my stuff on the table next to Tobias' briefcase.

"Oh, I learned lots yesterday, just not the part about how to tie a tie."

I laughed at his choice of words and once again smacked his hands away, tying his tie for him.

I smiled up at him when I was finished and he smiled back.

I turned back to the table and heard Tobias following me.

After we both got our stuff, Tobias led me to the garage where we got into the car together and headed off to work.

A/N: Short chapter, sorry :( Although, the feedback and reviews I'm getting are incredible! Keep it up ;)