Ok, this is the longest chapter ever on this story, it has 2.262 words. I have to say that I got a bit disgruntled that no one even read the last chapter, but I'm talking myself into believing that it's because all my lovely readers are still in vacation and well, to be fair, I posted it a little over a day ago, that isn't much time for people to notice a new chapter's up, but well. I really hope this chapter gets a bit more attention though, I put a lot of work into it.

Enjoy the chapter!

Tobias' POV

Johanna cleared her throat after a few moments of shocked silence. "So, what now?"

Tris turned her attention back to her. "Well, I left the Capitol and came here under the excuse that my brother was gravely sick and could possibly die – by the way Cal, you're dying." She said, turning to her brother and smiling. Caleb scowled at her. "All we can do for now is monitor John's movements and anything that happens in the outskirts of town. Also, I'd like to have a really big map of Chicago, as big as that wall." Tris concluded, pointing to the wall behind her.

Johanna nodded. "That can be arranged. I think we should make my office our base of operations."

Tris nodded as well before replying. "I agree. Do you have a mobile phone, Johanna?"

"Yes, I do."

"Good, I'm gonna need your mobile number and your office number as well."

Johanna nodded at Tris and then turned to me. "Tobias, can you please take care of that?"

I got up and headed to my desk. "Certainly." When I got there, I took one of Johanna's business cards from a drawer and wrote down her mobile number of the back of it. Then, I headed back across the room and handed the card to Tris. She was arranging a meeting with Johanna and me sometime tomorrow and took the card from me without looking, although she suddenly stopped talking and glanced at me when our fingers slightly touched. She quickly regained composure and resumed her conversation while I was left wondering if she felt the same jolt of electricity as I did.

Tris' POV

Pull yourself together, god dammit!

Johanna was still talking to me, but I could hardly concentrate on her words. "How about we meet again tomorrow afternoon, at 5pm?"

Wait, meet again why? Oh wait, yeah, I was the one who suggested it. "Sounds good to me."

Caleb and I got up to leave after shaking Johanna's hand. I was still debating on whether or not to shake Tobias' hand when I remembered something else I needed to ask Johanna. "Before I go, I need to know if the city has changed a lot since the end of the experiment."

Johanna looked at me and then spoke. "We have renovated some buildings, others we teared down and built brand new ones."

Her answer annoyed me because she didn't really answer my question, although I have a feeling she did that on purpose. "So, would you consider it changed a lot?"

She shrugged. "All things considered, yes, I would say so."

I nodded and muttered to myself. "Then erasing the footage is more than justified, yes, that's what I'm gonna do next."

Johanna eyed me quizzically. "What do you mean, erasing the footage?"

I snapped out of my daze. "Hum, what? Oh yeah, I talked to Matt the other day and he said that the cameras here are still up and running, the city has been being recorded for the last 3 years. I'm gonna call him and ask him to erase the footage, that way John will only have footage of the city until the factionless uprising, he's not going to know what the city looks like now and that'll work in our advantage."

Caleb looked over at me. "Geez Beatrice, you could plan out a freaking war."

I was about to open my mouth to nicely tell Caleb to fuck off when my phone rang. I pulled it out of my pocket and checked the caller ID – it was Matt. Right on cue Matty. I turned to Johanna and waved my phone in the air and chuckled. "Speak of the devil." Johanna smiled at that and dismissed me to go take the call.

Tobias' POV

I watched as Tris answered the phone with a small smile on her face. "Hi Matty. How are you doing?" After Matt's reply, she giggled. "I'm fairing as anyone who just came back from the dead would be." She giggled again and I felt a pang of jealousy. I never did like the guy. "What do you mean I left my tank top there? Oh last time I visited? Oh yeah, I remember." I feel another pang of jealousy, it's stronger this time though. "Well, it's not like I'm gonna go over there just to get my tank top. No, not even to see you." At that, she smiled gently. "Because I'm busy here, dummy. Anyway, I didn't call about the tank top, I need a favor. Yeah, yeah, I know I always need a favor but you never complain. I need you to erase the footage of the city of the last 3 years ASAP. No, scratch that, I'll call you once I need you to erase the footage. Can you do it? Oh awesome, thanks buddy." She called him buddy. Good. "Oh, oh, one more thing. Just one more little thing, I promise. Can you send me a map with the location of all the cameras? Really? Ok, I'll text you the fax number. Thanks Matty, really. Bye, talk later." She smiled and finished the call, turning back to us. "You have a fax machine, right?"

Johanna pointed to the room where we kept the copy machine, the printer, the scanner and the fax machine. "It's in there, the number's written by the machine."

Tris smiled at us and walked into the machine room. A few moments later, she came out of it holding her phone. "Now, we just need to wait for the map to come in."

Surely enough, we heard the sound of paper being printed a few moments later. She rushed over to the fax machine and came back carrying a map of the city with several dots on it. "Matt sent me the location of the cameras, the next step is ruining them, which will have to be done at night, I suppose." Tris nodded and muttered to herself again. "Ok, Caleb and I will take our leave now." She smiled and waved us goodbye. Caleb turned to us and smiled as well before speaking. "It's time to bring Tris back from the dead to a new set of people." At that, he chuckled and Tris glared at him.

From the corner of my eye, I noticed Johanna turning her head in their direction, gesturing me to follow them, so I straightened and cleared my throat. "I'm going with you."

Both Tris and Caleb snapped their heads around to look at me and deny my 'offer', but Caleb was the first to speak. "I think we'll be fine without you, thank you very much." Oh Caleb, always the overprotective asshole.

"I think you'll need some back up, you'll surely be slaughtered if you go up against the angry town's people with pitchforks without my help." I chuckled.

Tris eyed me in a weird way. "Did you really just call Christina an angry town's person with a pitchfork?"

I smiled a little and shrugged. "Well, it's a suiting description, Chris has become even feistier." A small smile played on her lips and she muttered something that sounded awfully like 'I wonder how that's possible' before looking at me again.

"Fine, you're coming with us." She said. Caleb turned his head to her and was about to protest before she held up a hand to prevent him from arguing. "He's coming along and that's final." Tris' voice remained low, but she sounded more confident and commanding than ever. Anyone who heard her would follow her instantly. Caleb's shoulders slumped and he muttered a low 'Fine'. Tris smirked victoriously, shook Johanna's hand again and headed to the door, followed by Caleb. I was heading out as well when Johanna called me quietly.

"Keep an eye on her." She said. "I don't trust her." Unlike her, I trust Tris completely, but I nod in confirmation nevertheless and exit the office.

Outside of the building, Tris is stretching her back and looking up at the sky while Caleb is looking for something in his pocket.

"What time is it?" She asked Caleb, who had finished his search and was now holding a pack of cigarettes in his hand, along with a lighter.

He took a cigarette and held it between his lips. "You should carry a watch, Beatrice." He said, lighting the cigarette.

"I used to, but I kept breaking them, so I gave up." She finished stretching and faced him. "You know, those are bad for you." She said, placing her hands on her hips and shaking her head. "What would our parents say?"

Caleb took a puff of his cigarette. "Well, our parents aren't here, are they?"

She smirked before speaking again. "No, they're not, but I am." Then, she took the cigarette from him and ran away giggling.

Caleb yelled before giving chase. "Hey, that's my cigarette missy!" She stopped and then laughed aloud. "Not anymore!" She said.

Tris waited for Caleb to get to her, took a puff of the cigarette and then smirked. "It's mine now."

I approached them while raising my eyebrows, trying to look both bored and amused. Needless to say, I failed miserably. "Since when do any of you smoke?"

Caleb was the first to answer. "Since Tris supposedly died."

At that, she giggled. "Aww, sorry big bro." She said, taking another puff of the cigarette.

"You still haven't answered."

She turned to me. "Me? It was during my time at the Fringe. Though the first thing I smoked wasn't exactly a cigarette."

Caleb looked confused. "Was it a cigar?"

She burst out laughing and I faced him, chuckling slightly. "You know, you're really dumb sometimes, Caleb."

Tris then managed to stop laughing and turned to us with teary eyes. "Let's just go."

I chuckled again, agreed with her and we took off while Caleb was still yelling at us, demanding to know what his sister smoked.

Tris' POV

It feels weird walking besides Tobias again. At first, it was all fine and dandy until the laughter died out. Then, it just became all out super-duper mega awkward. I thought he'd get mad at me for faking my death and refuse to speak to me, but he's been quite friendly so far, well, more like perfectly polite, but still. It's quite suspicious, since one of his most defined traits has always been his ability to get mad and hold a grudge. There's something he isn't letting on, but I have other things to worry about know.

The city looks like it received a new life. The Mash isn't filthy anymore, the water looks clear and pure. There are hardly any buildings in ruins, the streets are garbage-free and there are people on the street. There are so many people, it's amazing. The place looks alive, it looks like nothing bad could ever happen here.

I see a group of children running towards us, better yet, running towards Tobias.

"Toby! Toby!" they said as they reached us and caught a hold of Tobias' pants. "Are you gonna teach us how to jump in the train today? Are you, are you?"

He laughed and patted the head of the kid who spoke. "Not today, Alec, today I'm busy. Maybe tomorrow, ok?"

The kids looked sad when he told them he couldn't teach them today, but their faces brightened up immediately when he mentioned teaching them tomorrow.

Then, the only girl in the group looked at me and Caleb with shining eyes. "You're pretty." She said. That shocked me slightly, I never got used to thinking of myself as pretty and I don't think I ever will. After a few seconds of mental debate on the nuances of my so-called prettiness, I managed to smile at her and reply. "Why, thank you. You're really pretty, you know?"

The girl smiled brightly, a big boasting smile. "I know, my mommy tells me so all the time." That caused all of us, grown up ones, to laugh.

Tobias turned to us and introduced us to the kids. "Kids, this are Caleb and Tris Prior." There was a general 'wow' and I gave Caleb a confused look. He leaned towards me and whispered. "You're kind of a legend around here, lil' sis." The girl pulled my sleeve twice and I looked down at her. "When I grow up, I want to be brave just like you." I crouched so I could look her in the eyes.

"What's your name, little miss?" I asked in a serious voice and the girl blushed. "My name's Leah." She didn't stutter. Good.

I smiled at her. She reminds me of my best childhood friend, actually, my best friend in the whole world. He was out going, brave, smart, reckless, spontaneous and always so eager. The look on little Leah's face is the same look he had when he was her age. He was the only person who could make me do fun things, be spontaneous and not think of the consequences. This girl is going to grow into a remarkable woman. "Look at you, Leah. You're the only girl in the middle of a bunch of kids who want to learn how to jump into a moving train. You're already brave."

I hope you enjoyed that, my lovelies! Please review and let me know what you think, it would really help cheer me up. Just tell me what you think of the story so far and the way it's developing, I really like to get feedback from the people that actually take the time to read my story.

I've had this chapter lined up since last week, but I changed a couple stuff because the air between Tris and Tobias seemed a bit too light, so I tried to add a bit more tension to it, after all, Tris did pretend to be dead for 3 years and no one back in Chicago knew, specially not lover boy, but was Tobias really so oblivious to the truth? Again, review and let me know what you think!

I'll probably only update again in the weekend, I'm going away for my last week of vacations before I start college and, sadly, I won't have any Internet access. See you then with a brand new, exciting and big chapter!

Thank you!