So...hi...Yeah, I know it's been a while, I apologize. College is crazy, like, seriously, bat shit crazy. I'm loving it though xD

Enjoy the chapter!

Tris' POV

Ouch, my head hurts. Why does my head hurt? Oh yeah, cause I got drunk yesterday, that's why. The light coming from the open window is too freaking bright, someone should turn off the sun. Can the sun be turned off? Of course no, you idiot!

I might as well get started on the damage control. Clothes? Check. They're all wrinkled up because I slept in them, but I have them on nevertheless. Phone and wallet? Check, they're both on the nightstand. Keys? I can't see them, I have to sit up to look around properly. I don't wanna sit up. Please don't make me sit up, oh merciful god.

And I'm sitting up, my head is throbbing. At least I can see my keys, they're over by the door, next to one of my shoes. I wonder where the other one is, although I don't really care. Also, lying on the floor are Christina, Zeke, George, Amar and Caleb. There's only one person missing.

I got out of bed and out of yesterday's clothes, got in the shower and turned on the hot water. The warmness helped ease my headache and my sore muscles, I left my shower feeling a lot better.

Quickly, I grabbed a red tank top and black jeans from my dresser, along with clean underwear, and got dressed in the bathroom. After I was finished with getting dressed, I got to combing my hair. It felt weird while I was growing it out, but I have long gotten used to having long hair again.

Several minutes later, I got out of the bathroom with now untangled hair falling down my back and headed to the kitchen. As expected, Tobias was there cooking breakfast.

I cleared my throat as I strode into the kitchen and gave him a small smile. "Morning."

"Good morning, Tris." He replied. "I thought you'd be in a much fouler mood after drinking so much yesterday."

I chuckled inwardly and shrugged. "Oh, don't worry, I feel like crap. I'm just used to it, that all."

"You're used to it?"

"Yep. I even came up with my own hangover miraculous cure." I mused as I grabbed eggs from the pantry.

Tobias rose his eyebrows. "Seriously?"

I set down the eggs and grabbed a honey bottle from the cabinet. "Oh yeah. I'll be skipping happily down the street in no time at all." He still looked disbelieving. "Can you please pass the milk?" I asked and he did so.

I cracked 2 eggs into the blender, added honey and milk and blended them all together. Goddamn, it looks nasty. It tastes nasty, but I have to drink it, so it's better to not think about how nasty it tastes. I poured the blender contents into a glass and braced myself.

As I was about to take the first sip, Tobias spoke again.

"What was it like?" he asked.

"What was what like?"

He looked down at his feet. "You know…being dead."

Oh. "It was…incredible." I looked at Tobias as he sulked. "At first."

"What do you mean, «at first»?"

"Well, it was breathtaking, exhilarating. I was away from home, nobody knew me, I had no baggage what so ever, the future was wide open for my. I could go anywhere I wanted, be anyone I felt like being. I didn't have to care about anyone, mostly 'cause I had no one to care for."

Tobias only nodded and turned off the stove. I took advantage of the break in our conversation to chuck down my hangover cure, which was, as expected, nasty.

He divided the scrambled eggs he had been cooking into 2 plates and handed me one, while keeping the other to himself. "Carry on."

I sat down and took a bite of my food. It was surprisingly good. "Well, finding my brother only enhanced the glory of the whole thing. I was reunited with my brother, who I thought was dead, and I made new friends, which turned into comrades after the hell-like shit we went through together."

Tobias only nodded as he ate his breakfast. "Then, I started thinking that Chris or Zeke would find something that happened funny, or that someone back here in Chicago would have appreciated the beauty of somewhere I went and my chest started hurting. One day, the guilt just sank in and nothing felt worth doing anymore. That's just how it goes: you love it, then you start to not love it and then you can't think about anything other than the pain you feel in your chest from the moment you wake up until the moment you go back to sleep. All that pain and all that guilt never seem to end."

He looked at me with one of the greatest poker faces known to men. "Do they really never end?"

I gave him a sad smile. "The sins of the past cast long shadows, Tobias."

"I'm aware of that." He nodded and we finished eating in silence.

Once I was done with my breakfast, I got up and took my plate to the sink. There was a knock on the door.

"Please let it not be him." I whispered to myself while heading to the door.

"Let it not be who?" Oh. I guess Tobias heard me.

"My next door neighbor. He's a pain in the ass. Seriously." I replied.

I got to the door and opened it, leaning against the frame. God darn it, it's the douche. "Hi Zach, do you need something?" I asked, trying to sound at least remotely friendly.

"Just wanted to check up on the pretty lady, see if she's reconsidered my dinner offer."

I almost rolled my eyes. "She hasn't. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some friends over that I need to attend to."

He pouted like a small child. "Do you really have to though?"

Suddenly, I felt Tobias' presence behind me as he further opened the door. "You heard her. Get lost."

The douche snorted. "And who are you to tell me to get lost, prick?"

Ahah. Big mistake. Tobias stepped in front of me and really close to Zach. I could almost see my neighbor cowering in fear at the full sight of Tobias' menacing silhouette. My my, this is fun.

"You should tell your psycho boyfriend to take it down a notch." He said, trying to save the situation. "You'd be much better off with me, Tris." Ah. I highly doubt that. "Anyway, I'm gonna go. I've got better places to be than here." Again, I highly doubt that.

Zach left and Tobias shut the door forcefully. "I get that that douche is a punk, but my door isn't the culprit here." I mused, laughing a bit. Tobias, however, did not look amused. He really pissed him off, by the looks of it. His scowl deepened and as he was about to reply to my 'joke', Zeke came into the room stumbling.

"Why are you guys being so loud? It's like 6 am."

Both Tobias and I laughed. "It's nearly noon, you dumb idiot."

Zeke looked very confused. "What do you mean it's almost noon?"

We laughed again and I went to the kitchen to fix him, and the others, some breakfast.

I hope you liked it! I know it's shorter than usual, but it's the best I managed to properly do. I'll give you an extra long chapter when I eventually find the time xD

See you next chapter, you lovely folks!