CHAP. 2
4 TOBIAS/FOUR's POV 4
So Tris is alive, finally alive!
"I have so much to tell you." I press my forehead against hers.
She sucks a breath in, so I see her ribs. With my fingers I trace them, making my way slowly up to the birds. Before I get a kiss in, the man she was with before was next to us.
"Beatrice, who's this? Who are they?" the man asked obviously annoyed.
"My friends. And... and my boyfriend." Tris stuck her chin up.
"But I thought you liked me. Loved me." the man, shocked, speaks.
"Ronnie, I didn't love you. I liked you. But as a friend," Tris sucks in another breath, "...as another brother that I didn't have."
Ronnie, the man, angered, shouts. "I CARED FOR YOU. I LOVED YOU AND YOU SAY YOU WANT THE PAST BACK? THEY LEFT YOU BEHIND, BUT I HELPED YOU!"
"And I thank you for that. I'll try to keep in touch, if you want, but it's time for me to go. I wasn't meant to stay anyways." Tris swallows.
"Let's run." she says from the corner of her mouth so only Christina, Zeke, and I hear.
So we run.
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"Wait so... You're back!" Caleb is overwhelmed with joy.
Tris nods and quickly hugs him pulling back quickly. I remembered the look on her face when she saw the new Chicago, our new life.
Together, hopefully.
We had dinner and we had lots of questions to ask Tris. I actually think she was getting uncomfortable and a little overwhelmed until I took her by the shoulder and wished the others a good night. Evelyn had long moved out and found her own place, her own new life. So, Tris lied in bed with me and we talked.
"So, you really zip-lined? And scattered "my" ashes behind you? I don't believe it." Tris teases me with a small grin.
"Ha. Ha. Yes of course. They used your name. It's very powerful, you know." I respond slightly amused but slightly awkward. I don't know what to be. I'm in between, I guess.
"Yes. Like your name." Tris whispers into the darkness.
I don't want to respond, so I just pull her closer to me.
"Sorry." she mumbles against my chest"
"It's okay, Tris. It's okay." I answer.
And before I know it we kiss.
It has been a long time but the feeling is familiar to me. I feel at home for the first time and when she pulls apart I dip down to kiss her back. I trace her face with my fingers and when we pull apart we laugh.
And
Then
We
Fell
Asleep.