A/N- Update! Finally!
I'm really sorry. I've been doing horrible with the whole 'updating every day I don't work' thing.
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Tobias' Point of View:
I still haven't accepted the fact that Tris broke up with me. I refuse to believe it. It's been two days though and she hasn't tried to contact me. I haven't tried to call her either, but she made it pretty clear she doesn't want to talk to me right before she left on Friday.
I feel horrible. This is all my fault. My fear of coming out is ridiculous. I know our friends won't care. Why couldn't have I just said okay to Tris? Why did my stupid fears have to tear us apart?
We have school tomorrow. I have to see her then. I'll do anything I can, but I doubt she'll take me back. She didn't really seem like would be very forgiving when she left. She's probably fine. She's probably out with Christina or Uriah and having a good time with them, forgetting that I even exist. I don't blame her. That's what I would do if I was her too.
Without Tris, I feel awful. It feels as if it were months before when I was still living with my father, dreading my next beating. Even though he's in prison now, I feel so trapped, like I have no one to protect me.
I have no one to talk to. Tris is the only one who completely knows about Marcus and my past and I haven't told anyone about our relationship, so I have no one to comfort me and make me feel better.
All I've been able to do for the past few days is eat, cry, sleep, and cry some more to sad Ed Sheeran and Mayday Parade songs. Everything else just seems to hard to do. Even getting out of bed seems to feel like the most impossible thing in the world.
Waking up on Monday morning is the worst I've felt in a long time. I have to go to school today. Which means I have to see Tris and all of our friends. They probably don't even know anything happened. Even though Tris is mad at me, I know she would never out me without my permission. No matter how angry she could feel, she wouldn't do something to intentionally hurt someone like that.
Dragging myself out of bed feels nearly impossible, but when I finally do, I only have fifteen minutes to get to school before I'm late.
I throw on a pair of jeans and a hoodie, not bothering to put any effort into my looks today, and I head off to school where I will have to face all that I've been avoiding for the past few days. I am not looking forward to this.
Walking into the school feels like a usual day. Everyone is standing with their normal groups talking about what went on over their weekend or whatever else they gossip about.
Nothing feels any different than any other Monday, except the fact I don't have the love of my life. Over the past few days, I've realized I love Tris more than I've loved anything else in my entire life. I'm nothing without her.
"Hey, Four!" Zeke exclaims, running next to me. "I didn't hear from you at all this weekend. What's been going on?"
I shrug, not really wanting to talk. "I'll talk to you later. I've gotta run to class."
I walk away, noticing the confused look on Zeke's face. I have a feeling I'll be getting a lot of that today.
I successfully manage to avoid everyone until right lunch. As I shove books into my crammed, tiny locker, I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around to a very angry looking Christina.
"Tris told you what happened?" I ask, sighing.
She shoves me into the lockers and stands on her toes to be able to look me in the eye. "Yes she did and I will rip off your balls in the most painful way possible if you don't make this right." For someone so much smaller than me, she is extremely intimidating.
I nod silently, praying that everything goes okay at lunch.
I walk to the cafeteria with Christina, feeling strange not waiting for Tris. We always walk to lunch together.
We walk over to our table and sit down. Zeke, Uriah, Will, and Marlene are already there.
"Wheres Tris?" Uriah asks. "Don't you always walk here together?"
I shrug. "She'll probably be here eventually."
Less than a minute later, Tris walks into the cafeteria. She looks as gorgeous as ever. I never been so mad at myself for giving in to what I want. Never again.
She sits in her usual chair next to me, mumbling a quick 'hello' to the group.
There is an awkward aura surrounding the table. Normally Tris and I bring whatever conversation we were having on the walk to the cafeteria to the table and that sparks our lunchtime conversations, but now since we're not talking, no one seems to know what to do. Even Zeke, who is not the brightest and is always quite oblivious to everything, can clearly see that something is wrong.
Uriah tries to break the tension with a few stupid jokes, but it still won't work and everyone just eats in an uncomfortable silence.
After about fifteen minutes of just sitting here, I decide that I've had enough. I need to do something. Taking a deep breath, I gather up the last amount of courage I have.
"Tris," I say, getting her attention. She looks over at me. My eyes meet hers, not missing the glassy look to hers and the obvious tears she's holding back.
"I'm so sorry. I'm sorry that my stupid fears got in the way of us. Sure, I'm still freaking terrified, but I don't care anymore!" I exclaim, noticing several eyes from other tables turning to us. "These past three days without you have been the worst three days of my life. I'd rather go back to living with Marcus than have to live another day without you." I get off my chair and down onto my knees, now begging. "Please, Tris. Take me back. I just want to scream out from mountain tops, letting the world know how much you mean to me. I love you, Tris! Please." My eyes begin to water. All I care about right now is Tris. Not even the fact that I just told the girl I love that I love her or the first time in front of a room of people who I don't even know if they're heterophobic or not.
The entire cafeteria is silent now. I anxiously await Tris' answer. She has her hand over her mouth and a few tears are rolling down her cheeks.
"I love you too, Tobias." She whispers, just loud enough for me to hear. She pulls me to my feet and wraps her arms around my waist tightly. I return the gesture, feeling so relieved to finally have her back in my arms.
She pulls back and wraps her arms around my neck, pulling me down into a short but passionate kiss.
"I love you." I mutter as we break away. The cafeteria breaks out into applause, a majority of the people happy for us, which makes me so relieved. Of course there will always be some assholes, but that's nothing I can't deal with, seeing I dealt with my father alone for so many years.
"Four! How could've you not have told me about this? How long has this been going on? I've been secretly trying to find you a man for ages! Now all that failed work is for nothing." Zeke exclaims.
"Yeah you guys have a lot of explaining to do. How could you not tell us?" Will asks.
Tris and I laugh and begin telling the group about how we got together and everything. It feels so good to finally be out to them.
A/N- sorry for the crappy update that took 3 million years to get uploaded. I've had very little inspiration lately and I couldn't bring myself to write.
Does the Fourtris reunion make up for that?
Bonus points to you if you found the Issues reference in this. Chapter.
Thanks for reading. Let's hope it's not another eternity before my next update. I'm going to Long Island in a week for a concert and to visit my grandparents and I try to write in the car ride there and it's normally the only time when I successfully write when I want to, so let's hope a new chapter will be birthed then. Until next time.
