Title: Fourtris
Disclaimer: I do not own Divergent it belongs to Veronica Roth!
Warning: Just to be safe I am rating this T, probably won't need it, but just in case.
A/N: Okay, So im not sure I exactly like this chapter…I do, but I don't. It isn't as funny as the others, but we will get to some more games and fun! :) I hope you like it anyway! It's long again! (let me know what you prefer shorter chapters with more often or just long chapters). Enjoy! :)
Chapter 5: A Long, Crazy Day
Tris' POV
"I'm so glad that bet is over." Christina says as we sit down and start eating our breakfast.
"Me too." I say as I awkwardly hold my spoon. You don't realize how much you use your hands till they hurt with everything you use them for. It was a hassle getting ready. I had to have Christina help me with my hair because my hands were hurting so much.
"How are your hands feeling?" Marlene says as she sits down beside me.
"They're fine." I say.
"Right, they are fine that's why I had to do your hair this morning." Christina says as she narrows her eyes.
"Did you take the medicine they gave you?" Marlene asks.
I look at Christina because she knows I didn't so I can't lie about it. "No." I answer.
"It would help." Marlene says.
"Yeah, but it would also make me sleepy and I don't need that." I say.
"I already tried to convince her to take it and it didn't work." Christina says to Marlene. Marlene nods as I roll my eyes.
"So it's pointless to try?" Marlene asks with a grin.
"Pretty much." Christina responds.
"I'm not that bad." I say.
"Then take the medicine." Christina says.
"I don't need it." I say.
"See." Christiana says with a smirk.
I roll my eyes and try to eat more of my food.
"Four is coming over here." Christina says. "Maybe he talked to Max."
"Hey Tris, I need to talk to you after you are done eating." Tobias says.
"I'm actually done now." I say, as I drop the spoon. It's too frustrating to eat, next time I'll get finger foods so I don't have to use any utensils.
"But you hardly ate?" Christina says.
"I'm not hungry." I say as I consciously avoid biting my cheek.
"You know what? Why do I even try?" Christina says with a sigh.
"I don't know." I say with a smile as I get up and pick up my tray, which caused me to wince in pain.
"Just take the medicine." Christina says after seeing me wince.
I glare at her before walking away with Tobias staring at me. I wish Christina hadn't mentioned I hadn't taken my medicine in front of Tobias because now he will try to get me to take it too. I dump my tray and then we walk out of the dining hall.
"So why haven't you taken your medicine?" Tobias asks as we stop in the hallway.
"I don't need it." I say with a groan.
"I think you do." He says.
"Well I don't." I say lamely. He gives me a look that clearly states 'seriously.'
"Ok, I'll take it later." I say even though I don't plan to. "So did you talk to Max?" I ask.
"Yeah I did." Tobias says slowly.
"So what did he say?" I ask, thinking that it doesn't sound like it went well.
"Well you still have to help Eric and him, but only for two weeks and only from 3 to 6 during the week. And he wants to see you in his office at 9:00." Tobias says.
"What for?" I ask with a grimace.
"He didn't tell me, but just make sure you control your temper. You have to be careful and you know why you need to be careful." He says.
"I know. Two weeks with Eric?" I say with a frown.
"It won't always be with Eric, probably most of the time, but not always." He tries to make it sound better. "So you have enough time to take your medicine before you go." He says with a smirk.
"No, then I'll be sleepy when I go see him." I say in a whiny voice.
"Oh that's why you don't want to take it. You know it actually might be a good idea if you are tired, it might keep you from being disrespectful and with your cuts it makes you look more vulnerable. Where's your medicine?" Tobias asks.
"Uh...you know I'm not sure where it is." I lie.
"Don't lie. Where is it?" He asks with a stern look.
"It's right here." I say as I take it out of my coat pocket. He takes it from my hand and opens it, pouring out two of the tablets.
"Take them." He says as he hands the two pills to me and I groan, but take them.
"This really isn't necessary." I say as I walk over to the water fountain. He doesn't say anything just gives me a look. I sigh and take the medicine.
"Come by my apartment after you meet with Max to tell me how it went." Tobias says.
"Ok." I say, starting to feel nervous.
"Just be careful around the leaders, act like a dauntless." He adds.
I nod. The meeting is in 20 minutes. I hope it doesn't last long, I'm not sure if I could last that long.
"It will be fine just be respectful and let him do all the talking." Tobias says softly and I have a feeling that he would do more if we weren't out in public.
"Ok." I say.
"I'll see you later. You should probably head up." Tobias says and rubs the side my arm.
"Yeah, I should. See you later." I say trying to fake some confidence.
He smiles before I turn to leave. I feel like I'm going to my doom as I start the trek to Max's office.
*****FOURTRIS*****
I knock on Max's door even though it's open. He looks up from his desk to see me. "Ah Beatrice, come in." I bit my tongue to keep myself from correcting him. I walk in and he gestures for me to sit down in the chair across from his desk.
"If you will just give me a minute I'll be right with you." He says. I bit the side of my cheek nervously as I wait for him. After what seems like an eternity, he puts some papers aside and looks up to look at me.
"First of all, Beatrice, I want to tell you I'm sorry that I was a part of that prank, but it was rather funny. But what I really wanted to talk to you about is your lack of respect for authority. You were very disrespectful to me the other day and although that was a unique situation I hope you wouldn't act that way no matter the kind of situation it is. As Four probably told you, I'm letting you off easy and only having you do two weeks here with us because part of your disrespect was because of being accused of something you didn't do, right?"
"Yes." I say and then bit my tongue to keep from saying anything else.
"However if I see anymore of that behavior I will increase the time, is that understood?" Max asks.
"Yes sir." I say.
"Good. Now, the other reason I had you come today was because I think it may help you if we talked to your dad and we have a meeting scheduled for 9:15. You will have to wait in here until after the meeting and then I will have your dad talk to you about your behavior." He says and my heart freezes. Talk to my dad? He is still serious about this?
"Ok, well I have to go get ready for the meeting. I suggest you take this time to think about your behavior and how you can change it." He says.
"How long will I be waiting?" I ask, but it comes out a little rude.
"Beatrice, that tone is what gets you in trouble and the fact that you ask too many questions." He says with a stern glare.
"It's Tris." I snap, but instantly regretted when he gives me another glare. "Sorry, sir." I add.
"Wait here till I get back." He says sternly as he points to the ground. Then he leaves shutting the door behind him.
I grimace thinking of how well I was doing up until the end. There's only so much I can take before I lash out.
I can't believe I have to talk to my dad. I haven't seen him since I chose and he didn't come see me on visiting day. Will he even want to talk to me? Has he disowned me? Part of me doesn't want to know the answers in case I find out that he hates me and doesn't want me as his daughter anymore. Why else wouldn't he of come to see me on visiting day?
I close my eyes and a tear slips down my cheek. I really miss both of them and I really hope he doesn't disown me. Oh and he is going to be so disappointed in my behavior. Abnegation doesn't allow us to be disrespectful to other people especially people of authority. Even though, I think that I was justified in my anger and in my actions, I know that my dad won't approve. Also even though I'm with my new faction, I still want to make my parents proud of me and I definitely don't want to cause them to be disappointed in me.
Oh this is torture! Having to wait for who knows how long to talk to my dad who may have disowned me and certainly will be disappointed me is just torture! Max did this on purpose. I close my eyes in frustration, but blink them back open when I start to drift off a little. Great the medicine is kicking in. Thanks Tobias, now he might walk in to find me sleeping because of the dumb pain meds that I didn't want to take in the first place! I yawn and then stand to start pacing the small area, but then stop in case he comes back. I sit back down and start biting my lip nervously. I look at the clock on the wall. It's only been 15 minutes. How long do meetings last?
I groan and lean my head against my fist. My hands only hurt a little from the cuts, but the problem is that I'm getting sleepier by the minute from the pain meds that Tobias made me take. I'm not sure how long I'm going to last...
I jerk awake and glance at the clock. 9:45! I fell asleep for 25 minutes! How long are these meetings? I just want to get this over with and then go see Tobias.
*****FOURTRIS*****
10:05
It's been an hour since he left me in here. For the last fifteen minutes, I'll I could do was think about how my Dad was going to react when he saw me. I am really glad that I'm wearing my coat so it covers my tattoo, but I have changed a little since I have been here. I just hope he doesn't disown me, but I doubt he would talk to me if he has already disowned me. That would be the worst thing that could happen.
The door opens and I jump a little, but sit up straight. Max walks in and looks at me. I can't help the yawn that comes after a moment, but fortunately Max hadn't been looking at me. "Come with me, Beatrice." I bit my lip in frustration as I hear that name again.
I stand up a bit shakily at the thought of seeing my father and follow Max out of the office to the conference room. "After this you may leave, but remember you are to be back here by 3." Max says before gesturing me to go in the room.
I walk in nervously with my head down and look up once I shut the door, but it isn't my father I see. "What's going on? Why isn't my dad here?" I ask with confusion. Why is he here? Why is Max having me talk to him?
"He couldn't come today, but I told Max that he wouldn't mind if I talked to you." Marcus says and a shiver goes down my spine as I hear his voice.
"And why would you think he would be okay with it?" I snap at him. Just looking at him after finding out that the rumors are true and that this man hurt my boyfriend, infuriates me.
"I can see why you are in trouble with that mouth. Now answer something for me, why did you transfer here and disgrace your family?" He says in a voice I have never heard.
"I didn't disgrace them and I made a choice, a choice that was right for me." I say.
"You made a selfish choice. You are a traitor. There is a reason your father didn't come today. You aren't fit to be his daughter anymore. Your parents didn't raise you right, I might have had a chance if you had been my daughter." He says.
"Oh why? So you could beat me like you did your son?" I say sarcastically as I clenched my fists.
"Those were rumors. Nothing more." Marcus says and if I hadn't seen Marcus in Tobias' fear landscape I just may believe him.
I scoff. "I know what you did." I say with a glare at him.
"You know my son don't you?" Marcus says.
"No. I just know you had a son who left you. Everybody knows that." I say after a moment.
Marcus laughs. "You are lying and I bet that you are dating him. Why else would you care so much about these silly rumors?"
"I don't know your son, but I knew there was always something off about you." I say as I unclench and clench my fists.
"But something's changed to make you believe in these rumors.."
"They aren't rumors!" I say as I close the space between us and punch him in the face, but before I know it he has punched me back causing me to fly to the ground to land in a heap.
"Now, I have a feeling you wouldn't want anyone to know about your relationship with my son or for his true identity to come out. Also I know you don't want anyone to find about your test results..." Marcus says as he stands over me.
"I don't know what you are talking about." I say even though I am freaking out inside. He can't tell them I dating his son or who Four really is. And how does he know my test results.
"We wouldn't want you to die or become factionless now would we?" He continues totally unconvinced by my words. "Now let me teach you a real lesson, but if you make any noise I will tell them all I know about your relationship with your instructor." He says with a smirk and once again see the evil man without his mask, the one Tobias had seen many times.
He grabs my arm and pulls me up. "And don't even try to get away or else I will tell one of your secrets..." He starts as he pushes me towards the wall. How does he know about Tobias and me? How did he know he was my instructor? I gasp as he takes his belt off. No, he can't. He wouldn't. This isn't happening. I can't run or else he will tell them about us or Tobias or about me. Is he just bluffing? I can't take that chance...
"If you want to keep that shirt take it off." He says with an evil smirk. No. No. I can't give in, but I can't fight him either. To protect Tobias, to protect myself, I have to let him do this. "Or I can go tell Max about your relationship with my son, isn't it Four here?" He says with a smirk. He knows...
I take my coat and shirt off very reluctantly and I see my hands shaking. "Turn around. This is for your own good." He says and I instantly remember him telling Tobias that in the simulation. I turn around. Tobias is going to be so mad at him for this. As I think of Tobias, the first hit comes and it causes me to lean against the wall and I bit my lip to keep from screaming. I can't believe this is happening. This should be my dad here and he wouldn't be hurting me, not like this anyway. The belt comes down again on my back and I hold back the scream by biting my lip. Maybe this is better than having to find out my dad disowned me that would hurt more.
"Your parents should have done this years ago then maybe you wouldn't have turned out to be so selfish." Marcus interrupts my thoughts before hitting me again. "Ok, put your shirt on, I'm going to go easy on you this time." He says and I breathe a sign of relief. My back is on fire and wonder what it would have felt like if he didn't go easy on me. I'm sure that Tobias knows. I lean down get my shirt to put on. "Thanks for proving my point." I say sarcastically.
He pushes me against the wall so that my back is against the wall causing more pain on my back and I wince. "Do you need another lesson? That mouth of yours is what gets you in trouble." He says with anger.
"You really believe that you are doing the right thing? Well let me tell you what you did to your son and to me just now was cruel and terrible. It's abuse not a lesson." I say.
He turns me around in anger and holds me against the wall as he hits my back again with his belt. "You have no right to accuse me of such preposterous accusations." He says and then hits me again, before turning me around and pushing me back against the wall so that my back is against the wall again.
I don't say anything I just glare at him. I put my shirt and my jacket back on even though my back is on fire with the pain from the hits from his belt.
"Now if you will excuse me, I have a train to catch." He says before leaving the room and I just stand their frozen. I'm not sure how long I stand there before the door opens and I almost jump thinking it's Marcus again, but it's Max.
He looks at me funny, almost concerned. "Are you okay?" He asks.
"Yeah. I'm fine." I say in a shaky voice, not as confident as I had planned it to sound. I start to walk to the door. "May I go, now?" I ask.
"Yes, and Tris, I have decided that one week with helping Eric and I should be fine." He says in a sympathetic tone. I wonder why he has had a change of heart.
"Thank you, sir." I say before walking out.
The only place I can think of to go is Tobias' apartment. He told me to come there after I was done, but how am I going to tell him about what happen? I look around to see if I see Marcus anywhere, but I don't see him. Hopefully he is gone. I don't ever want to see him again.
I get to his door and knock then I lean against the side of the door. For some reason I feel a bit weak from the beating. I can feel my shirt and jacket pressing against my back and it is very uncomfortable. The door opens to reveal Tobias. "Tris." He says, but he sounds funny.
"Who is at the door?" I hear Zeke ask.
Four ignores him. "How it go?" Tobias asks.
"Uh fine. He wanted me to talk to my dad. They had a meeting with Abnegation today." I say, but it comes out a little shaky once again.
"You saw your dad?" He asks.
"Well no, he didn't come. One of the other leaders said they would talk to me instead." I say, but glance away.
"That's weird." He says with a confused look.
"Max is only making me help them for a week." I add and wonder if I should just leave maybe it would be better if he didn't know what happen. Plus Zeke is here...
"Really?" He asks in a surprised tone.
"Oh it's Tris." Zeke says as he comes to the door. "We need to talk." He adds with a wink.
"Why?" I ask with a small smile even though I'm in a lot of pain at the moment.
"Because I'm adopting you as my little sister! We need to talk about the logistics." He says seriously.
"Your what?" I ask with a grin.
"Don't you remember? I told you yesterday. I'm adopting you as my little sister. You need to be someone's little sister!" He says.
"I already am someone's little sister." I say tiredly and feel myself sag against the door a little. I see Tobias looking at me with concern and confusion.
"Yeah but not in this faction!" He says with a wink.
I shake my head tiredly, but smile at him. "I better go." I say and start to turn away.
"Wait." Tobias says grabbing my wrist gently before turning towards Zeke. "I need to talk with Tris for a moment, can we continue this later?"
"Of course! I'll see you at lunch." Zeke says as he slaps Tobias on the back before turning towards me. "See ya later little sister!" He says with a wink and playful slaps me on the back as well causing me to wince in pain, but I recover from it quickly. But not quickly enough for Tobias not to see it.
After Zeke is gone, Tobias pulls me in the apartment and closes the door. "What happen?" He asks sternly.
"What do you mean?" I ask quietly.
"You are acting funny, like you are in pain and have seen a ghost or something. Plus you have bruise under your chin." He says as he lightly touches my bruise. "Did Max give you that?"
"No." I say quickly.
"Then who did?" Tobias asks.
"The Abnegation leader." I say, but avoid eye contact with him.
"What? They wouldn't..." Tobias starts, but then looks at me. "Which Abnegation leader?" He asks slowly.
"Marcus." I say quietly.
He closes his eyes. "He punched you?"
"Yes, but I punched him first. I didn't know it was him until Max sent me in to him, I thought it was going to be my dad." I tell him. He walks over to me and lifts my hand up to see that my knuckles are bleeding a little and starting to bruise, but then he opens my hand to see that one my cuts must have broken open because you could see some of the blood seeping through the gauze. If he only knew about my back.
"You reopened one of your cuts." He says softly, but then leads me over to sit in one of the chairs on the kitchen table and then he sits on the table. "Start from the beginning and tell me everything that happen."
"From when I met Max?" I ask and he nods. "He basically told me what you had said and I tried really hard not to tell him what I was really thinking, but then he told me that he was having a meeting with the Abnegation leaders. He said he wanted me to talk to my dad, but I would have to wait until after the meeting so he made me wait in his office to think about my behavior as I waited. He wouldn't tell me how long it was going to take and I sort of snapped at him when he called me Beatrice for the tenth time." I say as I roll my eyes and he just shakes his head with a small smile.
"So I waited a very, very long time and thanks to that dumb medicine I accidentally fell asleep. I'm so glad he didn't come in then, but he finally came in at ten something. He made me follow him to the conference room where I figured my dad was, but when I walked in it wasn't him. It was Marcus." I stop.
"What happen next?" He asks and I can tell he is tense from just hearing his name.
"He told me that he told Max that my dad wouldn't mind if he talk to me instead. Then he started to insult me and saying that I disgraced my family. Basically that I wasn't fit to be my father's daughter because I was selfish and that is why my father didn't come because he didn't to want to see me. It's probably true." I say as I look down lost in thought.
"Hey." Tobias says as he lifts my chin up so that I would look at him. "I doubt that's true. He says things that he knows will bother you, but it doesn't mean it's true. Now what happen next, how did you end up punching him?"
"Well...he said I might have had a chance of turning out better if I had grown up as his daughter..." I shiver at the thought. "Then I said..." I look at Tobias and then down. "I said, oh so you would beat me like your son? Then he said those were only rumors and I told him I knew what he did. Then somehow he assumed or already knew I knew you, but I denied it. Then he started to threaten me saying he would tell Max about our relationship, about you, and about my test results..." I trail off.
"Wait when did you punch him?" He asks softly.
"Oh yeah…um he kept laughing and calling them rumors and I just lost it and punched him, but then he punched me and I went flying to the ground.
He nods. "Then what happen?"
"He started to threaten me and then he said he was going to teach me a real lesson." I say quickly avoiding his eyes.
"Did he...did he hurt you?" He asks softly, although I can tell he is seething with anger under the surface.
"Yes." I say just as quietly. I'm expecting him to blow up, but I don't hear anything.
"Why didn't you yell out to Max or run out of the room?" He asks after a moment.
"He said he would tell one my secrets if I did or if I made any noise." I say.
"He threatened you." He says almost to himself.
"Did you know he knows who you are here and what you do?" I ask.
"I wouldn't be surprised if he did." He says. "Are you okay?" He asks after a moment.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I say even though I know he can see right through me.
"I know what he means by a lesson and if what he did to you is what I think he did to you, you aren't fine. I could tell from the moment I saw you that something wasn't right." Tobias says softly. "Let me look at your back." He says as he unzips my coat and helps me out of it. I stand up and turn around. I feel him lift my shirt up and wince when it separates from my skin.
"I'm going to have to clean them. Come on." He says as he puts my shirt down and takes my wrist to lead me to the bathroom. He has me sit on the edge of the tub. "Hold on one second, I'll be back in a minute I have to go get a few things." He says, but comes over to me before he leaves and kisses my forehead "I'll be right back. Will you be okay?"
"Yeah." I say as he leaves the room and then I hear the door to the apartment open and close. Oh he is leaving. I just figured he was leaving the bathroom, not the apartment. Why am I panicking? I'm fine without him here; Marcus left already.
He is gone less than five minutes when I hear the door open and I stiffen at the thought of it being Marcus. When Tobias comes in the bathroom, I relax immediately. "Do you know if left?" Tobias asks when he comes in.
"Yeah he said he had to catch the train." I say.
"Good." He replies roughly. "So how did you get Max to shorten your time to one week?" He asks as comes over to me.
"I don't know. He asked me if I was okay and he looked almost concerned before I left." I say.
"Ok, can you take your shirt off?" He asks and blushes a little as he realized what he asked. I start to try to take it off, but it keeps sticking to my back. He grabs a towel and puts in my lap before helping me get my shirt off. "This is going to hurt." He says truthfully.
"Thanks for sugar-coating it." I say sarcastically with a grin.
He chuckles. "Your welcome." He replies with a smirk. He turns the water on in the tub before starting to wash my back gently, but I wince anyway from the pain.
"Did you really punch him?" He asks after a moment probably to get my mind off the pain.
"Yeah." I reply with a proud smile.
"Good."
"But I think he got the better punch in." I add, but when I do he tenses up.
"I'm sorry this happen to you, it's all my fault. If I would have stopped the prank before it started none of this would have happened and Marcus wouldn't have gotten to you." Tobias says after a few seconds of silent.
"You couldn't have known this would happen, no one could. It's not your fault. If anything it's mine. If I wouldn't have talked back to Max, I wouldn't have ended up in that situation." I say confidently.
"If I can't blame myself, you can't blame yourself." Tobias says as he grabs something off the counter.
I smile. "Okay."
"So will tomorrow be your first day in the office?" Tobias asks as he starts to put something on my back and it stings a little or a lot actually.
"No, today is." I say as I try to keep from moaning from the pain.
"What? You can't go today, not like this." Tobias says as he looks at me.
"I have to. They can't know about this." I say seriously as I look at him.
He thinks for a minute. "We can tell them you are sick."
"No, I'll just go and get it over with. I'll be fine. It's only for a few hours." I say.
"I don't like it, but okay. Oh no, your test is tomorrow. Have you been preparing for it?" He asks.
"Sort of." I say like a student getting in trouble for not studying or doing their homework.
"What are your possible fears?" Tobias asks as he continues to work on my back.
"Crows." I say and he chuckles. "It's not funny." I say, but he just laughs.
"But what does it mean? What are you really afraid of?" He asks.
I think about it for moment. "Maybe it's about control. Feeling powerless?" I say it more like a question.
"When you are in the simulation you need to figure out what it means and then think of something that can defeat that fear. What could help you defeat your fear?"
"Feeling in control again, feeling powerful." I answer and then wince.
"Ok, what makes you feel powerful?" Tobias asks as he puts something over my back.
"Uh a gun?" I say with a smile thinking of the first time I held a gun.
"Would that help you get rid of the birds?" He asks.
"It could scare them away." I say thoughtfully.
"Good." He says as he picks up a shirt I didn't realize he brought in the bathroom. "Ok, this will be big, but until you can change it will work." He says as he puts it over my head and then I slide my arms in. It is just one of his plain black shirts.
"Thanks."
"I'm not done yet." He says with a smile. He takes my hand and starts to wash off the dried blood. "Ok, one more thing, but you have to promise me you won't complain."
"I'm not sure if that is possible." I say.
He chuckles. "Come on." He says as he helps me stand and holds my wrist again to lead me out into the living room. He has me sit down on the couch before walking into the kitchen. I'm confused at what he is doing until he brings over a glass of water and pills.
"No, I'm not taking that. I need to be awake for later." I say stubbornly.
"You will be, but you have four hours until you have to be there and this will help you with the pain." He says as he hands me the water and then the pills.
"You know I fell asleep earlier in Max's office and almost got in more trouble because of it." I say as I hold the pills in one hand and the glass in the other.
"But you didn't, so take them." He says with a smirk.
I groan before I pop the pills in my mouth and swallow them with the water. "Wait, were the I had for my hands?" I ask wondering how he got them or if he ever gave them back to me.
"No, they are stronger." Tobias says.
"What? No. That means it's going to make me more tired than the other ones." I complain.
"Yes and relieve more of the pain." He adds seriously as he pulls me up off the couch and walks me over to the bed. I get on the bed and he takes my shoes off. Then has me lay down on my stomach before putting a blanket over me.
"Now sleep." Tobias says before kissing the side of my face.
"Ok, but I can't be late." I say to him.
"Don't worry, I'll wake you up for it." Tobias says with a chuckle.
"You aren't going to leave, are you?" I ask as I feel myself start to drift off and I grab his hand.
"No, I'm won't." Tobias says and I close my eyes.
"Ok."
Tobias' POV
She closes her eyes and quickly falls asleep. I breathe a sigh of relief as her hand goes limp in mine and I know she is asleep. This shouldn't have happen to her. She shouldn't have gotten hurt, let alone hurt by Marcus. It's taking everything in me not to jump on the train to go beat him up, but I can't leave Tris here alone. She would be fine, but she doesn't want me to leave her.
Thankfully, her back isn't as bad as it could have been and it shouldn't take long for her to heal. He never went that easy on me, but I'm glad he didn't hurt her like he use to hurt me. Not that, that is any excuse, he shouldn't have even talk to her let alone put a finger on her. I can't believe he had the nerve to hurt my girl, my Tris. She is going to have to avoid being around when the Abnegation leaders come for meetings. I can't believe this happened.
I sigh and kiss her forehead. Then I place her hand on the bed and untangle my fingers from hers before heading over to the couch.
*****FOURTRIS*****
There is a knock at the door that brings me out of my thoughts. I had been watching tv, but my mind was on Tris and Marcus. It brought up memories of the past that I don't like to dwell on, but still bother me in my dreams or more like nightmares. I look over at Tris to see her still sleeping as I get up from the couch. She should be out for at least another two hours if not a little longer. I open the door to find Zeke smiling like an idiot.
"Hey bro!" Zeke says. "Come to lunch with me!"
"Um, ok. Just one second." I say before going back into the apartment to write a quick note to Tris in case she wakes up even though I doubt she will.
I walk out the door, shutting and locking it. I may be being a little over protective, but I just can't help it.
"So is Tris, okay? She seemed like she didn't feel good earlier." Zeke asks and I can tell he is genuinely concerned for her.
"I think she maybe sick, but she says she's fine." I say, knowing it isn't totally the truth, but people are going to notice she isn't at lunch.
"Well that sucks. I hope she feels better soon. Let her know if she needs anything, she can always come to me." Zeke says seriously.
"Not that I think it is bad, but why do you care so much about her?" I ask.
"I was serious about adopting her as my sister and I just know that eventually that you two will get together." He says with a smirk.
"You think?" I say with a chuckle as we get to the dining hall.
"Yep!" Zeke exclaims. "If you aren't already?" He adds and gives me a look.
I just shake my head acting like he is crazy to even think such a thing, but really thinking that he is quite perceptive.
*****FOURTRIS*****
Tris' POV
"Tris."
No. No. No. Can't get up. Not sure why, but I feel like I'm under water that is making me feel extremely sleepy and that voice, although I love it, it is muffled and interrupting my peaceful dream.
"Tris. You are going to be late." The muffled voice says. Late for what? I'm right where I need to be.
"Tris." The voice pleads as I feel a hand brush my cheek lightly. "I could call Max and tell him you are sick." He adds.
Wait, what? Max... oh my extra punishment from Max. No I have to go. "No. I'm awake." I say.
"Are you sure about that?" Tobias says as he helps me sit up, my back is stiff and raw, but surprisingly not as bad as I would have figured it would be. "I'll take that as a no." Tobias adds with a chuckle.
"Wait, what?" I ask, now I'm thoroughly confused.
"Never mind." Tobias says with a chuckle as he helps me put my coat on to cover up his shirt that is too big for me. "Are you hungry at all?"
"A little, but I can just wait till dinner." I say.
"Mmm." He says before walking over and getting something out of the cabinet. "You can eat this on the way." Tobias says as he hands me a granola bar.
"Thanks." I say, thinking of how thoughtful he is.
"You better get going. You only have 10 minutes to get there and you don't want to be late." Tobias says with a smile as he ushers me to the door.
Before he opens it he takes my head in his hands and says, "Be careful." Then he kisses me softly on the lips before opening the door for me to leave.
I get to Max's office and he is surprisingly nice to me. He informs me that I will be helping Eric today and that he was expecting me. I groan internal when I hear this, I'd rather work with Max then Eric any day. I knock on Eric and I hear a rough voice say, "come in."
"Oh it's the Stiff." Eric says with disgust in his voice.
"Eric." I say coldly.
"You can start my shredding these, but not in here. I hate the sound of tearing paper." Eric says as he indicates to a huge stack of paper.
"Shred them?" I ask.
"Yes, tear them into tiny pieces. Is that a problem for you?" Eric snarls.
"No, of course not." I say before picking up the pile of papers.
"You're looking a little stiff today, Stiff." Eric taunts me, but I just walk out of the room not letting him get me riled up.
After three hours of tearing paper, one of the most boring, yet time-consuming tasks ever, I am leaving for the dining hall. The granola bar had tied me over, but I was starving now. I look down at my hands as I remember I was supposed to get them checked again sometime today. My fingers are sore from tearing paper for three hours and one of my hands looks like had been bleeding from when I punched Marcus.
This has been a crazy day and I haven't had much time to really think about my fears and strategies for them.
"Tris! Where have you been all day?" Christina yells at me, catching me off guard.
"Hey, I had a meeting with Max and then I had my first day helping Eric." I say after a moment.
"Ew. How'd that go?" Christina asks with a grimace.
"I shredded papers for three hours." I say.
"With your hands the way they are?" Christina asks.
"Yep." I say.
"That's terrible. Are you ready for you fear landscape? Will and I have been helping each other all day trying to figure out strategies for our fears."
"Not really, I have been busy." I answer her.
"Well we will help you. Come on let's go get dinner and start going over your possible fears." Christina says as she grabs my arm and pulls me into the dining hall.
After a couple of hours of thinking of all my possible fears and strategies for them, I have come up with a good plan to use during my fear landscape. Will and Christina helped some, but mostly I came up with my own strategies.
Unfortunately, I never ran into Tobias and it made me feel sad and a bit empty without his presence. I did end up getting dragged to the infirmary by Marlene and Uriah for the nurse to check the cuts on my hand. Thankfully, none of them had reopened even though the one had bled after I punched Marcus. She bandaged them and told me to come back in three days to have the stitches removed.
We all went to bed early, but with the combination of my back and my anxiety about our final test, I couldn't sleep. I get up and wander around the hallways thinking about my fear landscape.
"You shouldn't be up." I hear a familiar voice say from behind me and I smile.
I turn around to see Tobias coming down the hallway. "I couldn't sleep."
"Worried about the test?" Tobias asks as he stops in front of me.
I nod.
"You are going to do fine." Tobias responds. "Are you feeling okay?"
"I'm okay." I respond thinking of my back.
He narrows his eyes. "Have you taken any medicine?"
"Not since earlier." I admit.
He grabs my wrist gently and leads me to his room, which I would never have been able to find from where we were. "What were you doing up at this time?"
"I was checking something out in the control room." Tobias says and I wonder what he was checking out. Probably Marcus, was there a camera in that room? I hope not. I wouldn't want him to see that or hear what he said to me.
He opens the door and brings me in with him to the kitchen all the while holding my wrist. I know what he is doing and roll my eyes when he isn't looking. He hand me a glass of water and two pills. "Which ones are these?" I ask.
"You're just going to have to trust me." Tobias says with a small smile.
I trust him with my life so I take the pills, but I know they are the strong ones. I see his smile grow as I take them; I just told him I trusted him. "So how long till I fall asleep?" I ask with a smirk.
"Not too long." He says with a grin.
"Then I probably should head back to my room." I say with a smile.
"Probably. I'll walk with you. We wouldn't want you to fall asleep on your way there." He says with a chuckle
We walk out of his apartment even though I just want to stay with him, I know I can't. It would just be too suspicious to the others.
"So did you get the chance to go over all your possible fears?" Tobias asks.
"Yep."
"And did you think of strategies for them?"
"Yep."
"What do you think your fears will be?" He asks.
"Crows, drowning, killing my family, drowning in the box, getting torched by Peter, and? I thinking I'm missing one." I frown as I feel the effects of the drug kicking in and making me tired.
"Maybe getting kidnapped." Tobias adds.
"Oh yeah, that's it." That one I hadn't experienced in my own simulation, but Lauren's had felt pretty real.
"That's not that many. Can you think of any more?" Tobias asks.
I think for a moment, but come up with nothing.
"It's okay. If you get one you aren't prepared for, first, figure out what it means your fear is and then quickly think of a strategy." Tobias says.
"Ok." I say as we get to the entrance of my dorm.
"Goodnight, Tris." Tobias says with a smile.
"Night, Tobias." I say before heading in and lying on my bed. Tomorrow, I will either become a dauntless member or become factionless. I hope it will be the former and not the latter.
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