Life during a war
Chapter 5: Telling
Tobias and I are awake all night removing the needles from people's arms, after the attack on Candor by the traitor Dauntless. After a few hours though I stop being gentle and just pull as hard as I can.
In the morning when there are no more needles to remove we go to the cafeteria because we're hungry, we're both also rubbing our eyes. Jack Kang announced that we have a meeting at noon so I should be able to have a long nap after we eat.
Tobias has been trying to spend as much time as he can with me, making sure I'm all right and stuff. He's been amazing. I am only seven weeks pregnant though.
When we walk into the cafeteria, hand in hand, I see Caleb.
Caleb runs over to me and folds me carefully into his arms. I breathe a sigh of relief, I haven't seen him in a week and I'm happy to know he's all right.
"Are you all right?" He asks.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I say.
"I heard they got a bunch of the Divergent and started to shoot them. Thank God they didn't find you." He says.
"They only killed one, Tobias kinds shot the person who was doing it. Though, the person who did it isn't dead, he's fine apparently. Though he's got a trial soon. Someone got me out of here though, so I'm fine. Her name is Cara. She's the sister of my friend Will." I say. "When did you get here?"
"About ten minutes ago. I came with Marcus." Caleb says. Tobias and I stiffen, since finding out about the baby we didn't want him to come anywhere near us in fear of what he could do. "As our only legal political leader, he felt it was his duty to be here-we didn't hear about the attack until an hour ago. One of the factionless saw the Dauntless storming into the building, and the news takes a while to travel among the factionless. Susan's here as well actually."
"Marcus is alive?" I ask.
"He and Peter escaped, and walked back to the city." Caleb says, nodding.
"Where's Peter, then?" I ask.
"He is where you would expect him to be." Caleb says.
"Erudite." I say. I shake my head. "What a-"
I feel like I'm going to throw up, I run to the trash can by the door and puke into it. I feel familiar hands rubbing my back as I do.
When I'm done Tobias hands me a glass of water and I take it gratefully, sipping it. Caleb looks at me, worried. "Are you all right? Are you sick, or something?" My brother asks.
"No, I'm not sick." I say.
"I'll go and get you something to eat whilst you talk to your brother." Tobias says. I nod and he walks to the line of people getting food.
"So, why did you just throw up?" Caleb asks me.
I put my free hand on my stomach, the other still round my cup of water. He still doesn't seem to get it. "Caleb, I'm pregnant." I say. He looks at me, shocked, then he gets angry.
"Is it Tobias'?" He asks.
"Yeah." I say.
"I'm going to kill him." Caleb says before turning to walk over to my boyfriend.
"Caleb, no." I say, grabbing his arm, he turns to face me. "Caleb, don't kill him." I say.
"He got my little sister pregnant at the age of sixteen; I'm going to kill him." Caleb says.
"Don't. I had sex with him willingly. And I want my baby to have a father. Do you really want your niece or nephew to not have a daddy? What would mum and dad say if they knew you killed your sisters' boyfriend who also happens to be the father of her child?" I ask.
"Fine, I won't kill him. But if he hurts you or that baby, I will kill him." Caleb says.
"He's not going to hurt us Caleb." I say.
"Okay. I'm going to go and get some sleep, I'm tired." Caleb says. I nod and he leaves.
I go and sit with Christina, Will, Cara, Uriah, Shauna, Lynn and Marlene and I wait for Tobias to bring me my breakfast. "Is there something you need to tell us Tris?" Uriah asks.
"What are you talking about?" I ask.
"You threw up." Uriah says. I forgot that only Will and Christina know about the baby.
"Oh, about that, I'm kinda, pregnant." I say. They look at me, shocked.
"Is it Tobias'?" Uriah asks.
"Why is everyone asking me that question? Do you all think I'm a massive slut or something? Of course it's Tobias'." I say.
"Okay, I was just checking. Congratulations." Uriah says.
"Thank you. Sorry, I've been up all night and my hormones are messing with my head." I say.
"We understand." Marlene says.
They all say their congratulations, then Tobias comes back with two trays of food and sits in the seat next to me. "Hello daddy." Uriah says. Tobias looks at him, shocked.
"You told them?" Tobias asks me.
"Yeah, they asked me why I threw up." I say. He nods and we start eating.
"Congrats dude. Why didn't you tell me? I'm your best friend's brother." Uriah says, patting Tobias on the back.
"Because we've hardly seen each other since the attack." Tobias says.
"But, we've been seeing each other all week, we all have bunks near each other." Uriah says.
"I know. I've just been busy making sure Tris was okay." Tobias says.
"I understand. Still you should have told me." Uriah says.
"Told you what?" A voice says from behind us. We turn around and see Marcus standing behind us.
"What are you doing here?" Tobias asks.
"Making sure my only son was all right. And his girlfriend." Marcus says.
"Stay away from us." Tobias says.
"Why should I? You're my son. And she's my son's girlfriend. I want to make sure you're both all right. What should you have told him?" Marcus asks.
"Nothing that concerns you." I say.
"Well if it concerns my son, it does concern me." Marcus says, bending down to touch my shoulder.
"Don't touch her!" Tobias yells before standing up and punching his father in the face. Marcus looks shocked. Tobias continues to punch his father, who eventually falls to the floor with blood and bruises on his face.
"Tobias. Stop." I say. Tobias stops and turns to face me. Everyone in the cafeteria is watching. "It's okay." I say as I stand up and walk over to him. He embraces me and Marcus stands up, clutching his face in his hands.
"Why would you do that son?" Marcus asks.
"Maybe because you spent years abusing me and I don't want you to touch the woman I love." Tobias says.
"Tobias, I was trying to make you a stronger and better person." Marcus says.
"No you weren't. You were doing it to ruin him and make him feel weak. You know, he is scared to become a dad because he's afraid he's going to turn out like you." I say and immediately realise that I just told Marcus he's going to be a grandfather.
"You're pregnant, aren't you? That's what you and your friends were talking about?" Marcus asks.
"If she is it has nothing to do with you." Tobias says.
"Why doesn't it? It means I'm going to be a grandfather. Unless of course, it's not yours." Marcus says.
"Are you calling her a slut?" Tobias asks.
"Well, she doesn't really look like someone of your type." Marcus says.
"I love her. She loves me. She's having my baby. And you are not going to be a part of this baby's life, or the life of any other baby we might have after that." Tobias says.
"Why not? It is my grandchild, and they will be my grandchildren if you have any other kids." Marcus says.
"Because you're abusive and you don't give a shit about anyone but yourself. You can't love someone. If you could you wouldn't have abused your own son. Did you ever stop to think that maybe he might have stayed in Abnegation if you hadn't have beat him. And maybe we wouldn't be in this situation now. And if I had stayed in Abnegation, and I was pregnant, you would be allowed to be a part of your grandchild's life. I'm not letting you and your abusive ways anywhere near our baby. I'm not going to let you touch her or him. And I don't care if it means that this child isn't going to have any grandparents, as long as the baby is safe, that is all that matters to me." I say before taking Tobias' hand and dragging him out of the room and to our beds. We pushed our beds together, so we could actually be next to each other. We lie down and I start crying. He holds me as I do. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to tell him about the baby." I cry.
"It's okay. Everything is going to be okay." He says.
He holds me and kisses me as I cry myself to sleep, thinking about how our life is going to be after the war, after I have given birth to this baby. Hoping that everything really will turn out all right.
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