"Tris!"
"Tris!"
"Tris, wake up!" My eyes slowly flutter open. As soon as they do Tobias wraps me in a hug.
"I couldn't find you anywhere." I shut my eyes again and breathe in the fresh warm scent of his body; he still really needs a shower.
"I'm sorry," I mumble, "I didn't mean to-." I don't get a chance to finish. Tobias presses his lips to mine and puts his hands on my cheeks. I kiss him back and wrap my arms around his neck. Tobias leans back to sit on the rock, drawing me into his lap. I run my tongue along his bottom lip as he pulls back.
"I over reacted," He whispers, "I'm sorry."
I kiss once more, "don't be."
Suddenly he bolts off the rock dropping me to the ground. I watch him scale a little higher on the rock until he is at the very top. "Tris, you have to come see this."
Digging my nails into the rock I climb, sliding down sometimes, but eventually making it up to the top. "What is it?"
He points off to a clearing in the trees I saw last night. I am about to ask what is so important about it when a dim light flickers to life in the middle of the field. A silhouette of a person walks out of the trees and bends down. What is he doing?
"There are other people out there, Beatrice." He cries shaking my shoulders. I smile at the use of my real name. He hugs me again and when I draw back I see the worry in his eyes.
"What?"He simply points the ground far below. Know I am caught up.
"Come on," I say laughing; I wrap my arm around hem and climb down the peak.
"Guys," I scream running from the peak. Caleb, Christina and Uriah are all sitting around in a circle eating what looks like some kind of fruit.
"Where were you last night," Christina shouts. I bolt right into her smacking her plate off her lap and flying into the air. Caleb jumps out of the way as me and Christina goes tumbling to the ground.
"God, what the hell was that for?"
"There are other people," I scream shaking her shoulders.
"Beatrice, what does that mean," Caleb asks, it is the first time he has talked in me since. A screaming voice inside my head tells me to scream at him and tell him that it means I will never have to see him again. Another voice on the other hand, tells me just to ignore him. I do.
"So that was a reason the spill eggs all over my shirt."
"You don't get it," I scream again. "No more worrying, no more walking!" "A home." I don't mean to say the last part, but it falls out. It feels like I have not have not had a "home" for months. Always moving during the rebellion and never getting to really call a place "safe." Uriah takes my elbow and helps me to my feet.
"Tris found it," Uriah yells with his hand cupped around his mouth. I guess it is some kind of signal that someone found another society. Weird! Uriah grabs my shoulders and pulls me into a giant hug. "Time to celebrate," he whispers in my ear. I am about to ask where Tobias went, but Christina grabs my arm, "crack open the beers!"
"Tobias," I whisper, poking my head into his tent. I still can't find him. His suitcase is layed neatly out and bedspread folded on the ground. That is the last thing I expected.
"Tris?"
I spin around on my heels, embarrassed to be caught. The women has a tattoo of a red-eyed black and white hawk on the back of her neck, symbolizing the sun, reminding her of her fear of the dark that she had overcome. I would know her better than anyone else.