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Chapter 25 – Finding the Family
Tris' POV
The attack took us all by surprise. When Tobias left to go to the pit to get us some hot chocolate, Eric came and knocked the front door to the apartment down, and he and his friends took Bear, the kids, and I, and blind folded us so we couldn't see where we were going. They took us down a lot of long hallways to some room that sounded like it had a metal door by the way it loudly slammed shut.
"Mommy! Where are we?" Jenna asked. "To be honest, I have no clue Jenna." I tell her. I listen around for Jake and Bear, but I don't hear anything. "Jake, are you here?" I ask, hoping he is.
"Mom? What happened? I hit my head when they threw us in here." I should have known Eric wouldn't make this a gentle ride here. Not even for two little kids and a dog. Speaking of Bear, where is he? "Jake, we are locked in a room with a metal door. Is Bear next to you?" I ask. I know he can't see anything, because we are all blind folded, but I hope that at least he can feel around for Bear.
I hear shuffling around in a corner of the room. "Mom, I found him. He is tied to something. I can't take it off him." He says.
This truly isn't a good night. What would Eric want with us? Knowing him, it's probably because he wants Tobias to give up his role as a Dauntless leader.
Tobias, where are you? I think to myself.
Since I can't see anything, and my hands are tied behind my back, and probably so are the kids' hands, we can't really do anything. Just listen for the sound of the metal door open if and when someone walks by.
After a while, I hear some people laughing and talking outside. And judging by the tone of their voices, they sound like Eric, Max, Paul, I think his name is. I've only met him once, and someone else I don't know. The door opens, and a blast of cold air hits me, causing me to shiver.
"Well, Tris. Where is that Four of yours, huh?" he asks, and I can tell he has a smirk on his face. He's enjoying seeing me and the kids helpless and tied up.
"I wouldn't know. And even if I did, I wouldn't tell you. You should know that by now, Eric." I spit his name out like its venom. He just laughs at me and I'm starting to get really agitated.
"What do you want Eric? And is it that important to you that you have to kidnap two young children, an old dog, and a pregnant woman?" Crap, I just told him I was pregnant. Knowing Eric, he will do everything possible to harm me and the twins. Nice going Tris. I mentally face-palm myself
"Really?" he says as says with a fake surprised voice. I hear footsteps coming in my direction and in a matter of seconds, the blind fold is ripped off from my face. "Well Tris. I never thought you had it in you Tris. Four must really love you do it with you. Although, I still don't see how he liked you at all in the first place." He looks over in the kids direction and see that they have their blind folds already off and they are staring at Eric with scared to death faces. He gets up and slowly walks towards them at the other end of the room.
"Eric! Don't. Even. Think. About it." I say each word with seriousness. "Four will be here any moment and beat the crap out of you. He is the Dauntless leader, and I'm sure he isn't above hurting another Dauntless member." And with that, he quickly turns around and I get punched in the face.
"MOM!" Jake yells. "Get away from her! My father is a Dauntless leader and he will have you exiled-" Jake says right before Eric cuts him off with a punch in the face. Just as Eric's fist comes in contact with Jakes jaw, the metal door swing open again, and I see Tobias, Will, and a couple other guys, take Eric and his friends down to the ground. After Tobias has Eric up against the wall, he has his hand on his throat and holding him up so his feet barley touches the ground.
He looks over to me and the kids. His eyes are full of anger, sadness, and I can tell that, when he looks at me, he is trying to tell me he is sorry. And in an instant, they go back to full on anger and looks back at Eric.
"You hurt my kids and wife." He says in a quiet voice, and when he's angry and quiet, that's never a good sign. "Now you are going to get what you deserve Eric. You are exiled from Dauntless, and if you dare come back, I will have ordered the Dauntless guards to shoot, and kill you without questioning." He says.
And with that, Tobias calls out to the hall for a few other guys to come into the room. In total, not counting Will, Tobias brought 4 other guys with them.
He tells them to take Eric and his friends to the holding cells in Dauntless, and takes out a random pen and paper from his pocket and writes something on it. When he's done, he gives it to one of his friends and they leave while he and Will stay behind with us. Tobias walks over to me and falls to his knees in front of me.
"I am so sorry Tris." He says to me as he unties my hands. "I shouldn't have left you, the kids, and Bear at the apartment alone." He says that then he takes one hand and puts it on my cheek and rests the other on my stomach, right where the twins are. "Are you and the twins ok?" he says quietly. I look at him and see that he is already looking at me. "We are fine. He just punched my face. Go with Will and make sure Jake, Jenna and Bear are ok. Don't forget that he punched Jake right in the jaw." He just nods, and goes to the kids.
After making sure that the kids were ok, we took Jake to the infirmary to get his jaw looked at. Jenna waits in the waiting room with Will after they took Bear back home. The doctor gives Jake some pain medication and ice for his jaw and says it will heal in a week or so. And with that, we head back home and Will leaves to get back to Christina back at their place.
Tobias' POV
I can't believe that I let that happen. I should have been home with them instead of going to the pit just to get hot chocolate and cake. But that's what the kids wanted, and I will do anything to make them happy.
Tris and I already took Jake to the infirmary and they said his jaw will feel better in a week or so, because he is still young and he will heal quickly.
Jake, Jenna, Bear and Tris are now safe and sound back at the apartment. Tris is telling them a story tonight, that way they can fall asleep in peace tonight. I walk into the living room, where they are all wrapped up in blankets on the couch, and I take my place in my recliner, and Jenna gets up from Tris' lap and climbs up onto mine.
Looking down at her, I see that she is already facing me. "Daddy. Thank you, and Uncle Will, and your friends, for saving us. I was scared when that man hit Jake and Mommy in the mouth and I thought he was going to do the same to me-" I cut her off with a kiss on her cheek and she just giggles. I love it when she does that.
"Jenna. Always remember, you are a strong girl, just like your Mom." I tell her while looking at Tris, who is already looks at me and smiling, while she has one hand holding Jake against her, and her other hand resting on her stomach. Looking back down at Jenna, I continue. "And I will always be there to save you from any trouble that you can't get out of on your own. You are my daughter, and I will do anything for you."
She smiles and gives me the biggest hug she can manage. "I love you Daddy." I smile and hug her back, kissing her head. "I love you too sweetheart." I tell her.
"Now, let's get back to the story." Tris says, interrupting our little father-daughter moment. "Ok." I tell her.
"Who remembers where we last left off?" she asks us. Jake is the first to answer. I'm not surprised, since he has a great memory of things. "Dad was telling us, over the phone, that he was teaching you, Uncle Will, and Aunt Christina different practice techniques and something about facing your fears." He says.
"That's right. I remember now." Tris says. "You Dad was telling us how to face our fears, and how to use them to our advantage. That way, when dealing with things that scared us, we could use the strategies we learned from him, and help us face the things that scare us the most." Tris explains to them. I smile at the thought of remembering what it was like training them during Tris' initiation.
"After we learned how to learn to calm down enough to get out of the simulation, we had to face all of our fears at once. That was the day-" "How many fears did you have Mommy?" Jenna cuts her off. Tris smiles, "I had seven fear when we had to face them."
"So, why do some people here call you Six, then" Jake asks.
Tris starts to blushing, so I take this as my opportunity to finish for her. "Well, you two. Your Mom had seven fears. But I helped her get over a very big fear that both of us were nervous to face."
"What was it, Dad?" Jake asks me. I look at Tris and her face is kind of blank. And I can tell that she doesn't want them to even know about that kind of stuff until they are about 16 years old. Thinking of something to tell him, I look back at him. "Um, well… that is something that your Mom and I to tell you about that when you two are older." I tell him. He thinks for a few seconds, then just shrugs it off and looks at Bear sleeping on the floor. At that point, him and Jenna yawn at the same time. I guess that means it's time for bed, seeing as how they had a long day.
"Time for bed, my little monsters. Say good night to Mom." Jenna gets off of my lap and goes to Jake and Tris and give her hugs and kisses. But before they leave to go to their rooms, Tris stops them.
"Hold on a second, you two." She says, and motions for them to go back to her and sit on the couch again. She takes Jake's and Jenna's hands and places them on her stomach. They look confused. Then they have a look of surprise and have smiles on their faces.
"Did you feel that?" she says with a small laugh and they nod quickly. "That was your brothers, or sisters, or brother and sister, kicking. They seem to like you two already. Watch." All three of them look back down at her slightly large stomach. They all laugh and smile again.
I walk over to them and pick the kids up and bring them to bed. I tuck Jenna into bed and hug and kiss her goodnight. "Daddy?" she says, stopping me before I get to leave her room. "Yes, my beautiful girl?" I say with a smile which she gladly returns. "Is Mommy going to have the babies soon? I want to see my new sisters, or brothers, or both." She says eagerly. "In a few months, Jenna. Don't forget it takes time until a baby, or in this case, babies, are born. You'll understand when you're older, so you don't need to worry about it for a long while." I tell her and give her one last kiss on the head before leaving her room for the night.
I quietly enter Jakes room, trying to open the door without him noticing. I find him at his little table on the other side of the room, writing in a book. That looks like the same book he had in his hand when I found them sleeping out in the living room. At times like this, secretly watching one of them doing things on their own, I start to wonder what Faction they will chose. It would be great if they decide to stay here in Dauntless where they were born and raised. But I wouldn't mind so much if they did switch to another Faction, because if they did, at least they would be doing the things that dream of doing.
"Looks like my son is going to transfer to Erudite when he's old enough." I say out of nowhere. At that he jumps up a little, no expecting to have me just watching him. He looks at me. "Uh, Dad, I-" I cut him off. "It's ok Jake. I was just watching you write in your book. That's something the Erudite do. Don't forget that that is the faction for the very intelligent and are interested I learning anything the can about everything there is." I smile at him and he just looks at the floor then back at his book, but he just puts his pencil down in his book. I walk over to him and kneel down to his level and place a hand on his shoulder. He look up at me.
"Jake. I didn't mean that you have to stay here in Dauntless. I meant that, seeing as how you like to write and read, I started to wonder where you would transfer to. If you choose to leave here, always remember this. I place my hand on his chest, right over his heart. I notice that my hand almost takes up the entire upper part of his chest. I continue. "You will always be you Mom's and my son. And we will always be with you, in here." I say and gently pat the spot where my hand is over his heart. He smiles up at me and I return it.
Ruffling his hair, I stand and pick him up and bring him to his bed. "Dad, I heard what Jenna asked you in her room, when I was closing my door. Is mom going to have the babies soon? I don't think I can wait to be the big brother again." He says with a smile and his face full of excitement. I just smile and let out a small chuckle. "Jake, if you heard us, then you must have heard me tell Jenna that it takes time for mothers to have a baby or babies. So in a few more months, that's when Mom will have to twins. But until then, you will just have to wait patiently."
He nods and we say our goodnights again. And with that, I walk back to mine and Tris' bedroom, and find her sitting up in bed watching TV.
I climb into bed and get under the blankets with her and place my hands on her stomach. And as soon as I do, I feel two little kicks against my hand. I smile and see Tris smile too from the corner of my eye.
"How do you sleep at night when they kick?" I ask her, as I have a bunch of times when she was pregnant with Jake and Jenna. She places her hand over mine and put her other hand on my face and brings it to hers. I give her a quick but sweet kiss. "For the probably fifth time, I don't get to sleep much at all. Especially with these two little monsters," she laughs and so do at the fact that she used my nickname for the kids. She continues. "It's hard to sleep with two kids kicking me at the same time." She smirks while looking at our hands on her stomach.
"Hey, just think about this," I say to her. "In a few more months, we will have two more kids with us, right here in our arms. And we will have Christina and Will over to help out again. That way we won't have to take care of four kids at the same time." She smiles and kisses after she turns off the TV. Then she starts to lay down and get comfortable under the blankets to go to sleep and I do the same and we face each other.
"Good night, Mommy." I say to her, like I did the night we found out she was pregnant, and I kiss her lips. "And good night to you two as well." I say as I bend down enough to so I can kiss her stomach twice, one kiss for each baby.
"And good night to you too, Daddy." She says and she give me a kiss as well. And soon we fall asleep, with her back against my chest and my arms wrapped around her waist with my hands resting on her stomach over the twins. And every once in a while, I feel them kick and I smile and start to fall asleep.
A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. I tried making it long, seeing as how I haven't updated in a while. But like I said last chapter, I would about date next week, and well, now is next week… and I'm rambling. Sorry.
Also, I would also like to point out again, in case some people missed what I said in the beginning chapters, the characters are going to be a little OOC, so don't wonder why I have them acting the way they are. I thought it would be fun that way, and it kind of is.
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