Chapter 8

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TRIS POV

Could this morning get any more complicated?

I looked between Zeke's smug face, Christina's confused face and the back of Tobias' head for what seemed like a lifetime before someone finally decided to speak up.

"Yeah, what is going on here? Care to shed some light on the situation, Four?" Zeke egotistically asked.

I looked over at Christina, whose eyebrows had risen and lips pursed. Under the stares of both of my colleagues, I somewhat reluctantly let go of Tobias' hand, letting it fall back to his side.

"Well, I can tell you what it looks like to me, but I don't think you'll like what you hear" Christina said, pointedly looking at me.

Tobias sighed heavily and turned around to face me, effectively blocking the others from my view.

"What do you want to tell them?" he whispered to me.

"I don't know. I can't think properly. You come up with something." I whisper-yelled back to him.

"Uhh, guys." Zeke started, "we can still hear you."

I put my hand on Tobias' side, above his hip, and pushed him so that he was standing beside me, both of us facing Zeke and Christina.

Tobias cleared his throat before starting. "Okay, we'll tell you the truth."

I looked over at him with horror on my face. So much for keeping it a secret I thought. I guess I can kiss this school goodbye. It was good while it lasted.

He looked back at me with an unfamiliar look before looking back to Zeke and Christina, who had both moved to the other side of the table.

"You see, Tris here is an old friend. We've known each other since we were little, and when she found out she was moving to Chicago, she got in contact with me. I didn't realise until yesterday at the assembly that she would be working here."

I nodded along with Tobias' small lie, while watching the expressions on our friend's faces. As Tobias finished explaining, they both turned and looked at each other, silently communicating with their eyes.

My heartbeat was unhealthily high and my hands were starting to shake in anticipation.

"Okay." Zeke said, startling me from my state. "But that still doesn't explain why I saw you at Fours place the other night."

I said the first thing that came to my mind.

"I got lost. I couldn't find my new apartment in the dark and I was tired and cold and I knew where To-Four lived so I went there." I was silently scolding myself for almost letting Tobias' name out in front of the others.

They didn't seem to take notice of my almost slip-up, instead studying my face. Looking for lies my subconscious said.

They must have believed my lie because they sighed heavily, exclaiming 'Okay' at the same time whilst walking around the table behind Tobias and I, reaching for the coffee cups on the counter.

My shoulders sagged in relief, and I looked over at Tobias who was rubbing his hands over his face.

Work went by in a blur, and by the time Tobias and I got home from work, we were still stunned about this morning's events.

When I came into the living room after putting my stuff in my room, Tobias was sitting on the couch, his head resting in his hands.

I walked over to him and sat next to him on the couch, reaching down to take off my shoes when I sat down.

He eventually lifted his head from his hands, turning it to look at me as I relaxed into the couch.

"I can't believe they almost found out." He said.

"But, they didn't. That's a good thing."

"I hate having to sneak around and hide from them." He returned his head to his hands.

I leaned forward, placing my hands on Tobias' back, comfortingly rubbing small circles on his muscular back.

As I continued my ministrations, I could feel a lot of the tension leave his body.

"We'll get through it. Zeke and Christina are the only ones who suspect anything, so we'll just have to be a bit careful around them. Don't worry too much about it." I tried reassuring him.

He nodded at me, and smiled.

"Yeah, everything's okay. We told them the truth."

"Well, a version of the truth." He added after a while, making me snort.

We both relaxed into the couch, our shoulders touching as Tobias turned the television on. I closed my eyes for a few seconds and let my body relax as the late afternoon news flowed through the living room.

I jerked awake from my strange dream, hitting my head against something hard. I sleepily looked around the room as the brightness of the television invaded my vision. Looking outside, I took notice of the dark skies, realising I'd fallen asleep after my talk with Tobias.

I laid my head back down and realised that there was an unfamiliar weight around my middle. Looking down, I noticed an arm was securely wrapped around my waist, and another under my head. There was nothing wrong with this, I told myself, friends fall asleep on each other all the time.

Not wanting to wake Tobias, I tried to disentangle his arm from my waist, and in return he unconsciously wrapped it tighter. Sighing in defeat, I laid my head back down, noticing the comfort that I got with someone lying beside me. A Friend. A friend lying beside me.

I was drifting off when a loud knock came from the front door, effectively waking Tobias up behind me. He sleepily tightened his arms around me and snuggled into my neck, sending shivers down my spine.

I elbowed him in the ribs, earning a grunt from him and unintelligible muttering as he breathed into my neck.

"Tobias," I whispered. "There's someone at the front door."

He drowsily groaned at me. "Ignore them. They'll go away."

I laughed at him and tried getting up, failing as Tobias pulled me back into his chest.

"We can't ignore them, it's rude." I reasoned.

"What time is it?" he asked me.

I looked around the room, finally finding the clock on the wall.

"It's 8:30. That's weird, who knocks on someone's door at 8:30 at night?" I mused to myself.

He heavily sighed and untangled himself from me. "Fine, let's go see who it is."

I jokingly shoved him as we both made our way to the door.

I stopped him before he grabbed the handle, running my hands over his wrinkled shirt sleeves.

"Leave it," he told me, "If someone's knocking on my… knocking on our door at this hour, on a school night, I don't care what I look like."

I left his clothes with reluctance and glanced at the hallway mirror. I had to do a double take, to make sure that my hair really did look like a bird's nest.

I hastily ran my fingers through it, trying to tame it while Tobias just laughed at me.

I pushed him and he fell into the front door with a loud thud. Before I could do anything, he pulled me forward, swiftly stepping around me so I was in front of the door, him hovering behind me.

I let out a surprised laugh as he stepped closer behind me, reaching around and opening the front door for me.

As the door swung wide, my jaw fell open. I could feel Tobias tense behind me, standing up straighter.

"Well well, what do we have here?"

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