Life during a war
Chapter 14: Awakening
I wake up to bright lights. I blink a few times so my eyes can adjust to the brightness. I find myself in a hospital room in Dauntless. Tobias is sleeping in the chair on my right. I am wearing one of those horrible hospital gowns. There is beeping coming from the machine on my left. The machine has a strap coming down from it and wrapping around my stomach where there is a monitor, my bump is still there, thank God. It is also bigger. There is a needle attached to a wire that is sending some sort of clear liquid into the back of my hand.
"Tris?" I hear Tobias ask.
I look at him to find him awake. His eyes are red and puffy, he's been crying.
"Hey." I say. "I missed you."
"I missed you too. God, I was so worried." He says before getting up and sitting on the edge of my bed. He embraces me and I embrace him back.
"Is the baby all right?" I ask.
"Yeah, as far as they know the baby is fine." He says.
"What does that mean?" I ask, tears pooling in my eyes.
"There could be something that they didn't catch on the ultrasound that only appears after it's born." He says.
"There could be something wrong with our baby?" I ask, tears flowing down my cheeks.
"Tris, our baby is going to be okay, I promise. And if there is something wrong, we'll get through it together. Okay?" He says.
"Okay. What are they giving me?" I ask, gesturing to the needle in my hand.
"It's morphine to make the pain go away. Don't worry, it doesn't affect the baby." He says.
"Okay. Sorry, I'm just weary about any liquids people inject into my body after what happened." I say.
"It's okay. It's over now." He says.
I nod.
"How long have I been asleep?" I ask.
"A week. You're now fourteen weeks pregnant. I was so worried you weren't going to wake up." He says and I see tears starting to form in his eyes.
"I wouldn't have left you. I love you too much. I'm sorry." I say.
"You don't have to be sorry. I should have protected you." He says.
"You were knocked out. There wasn't much you could do." I tell him.
"I know. But I should have known that people were following us. I should have known that something was going to happen." He says.
"Tobias, stop blaming yourself. It's not your fault. It's Jeanine's fault. Okay?" I say.
"Okay. I love you." He says.
"I love you, too." I say before kissing him.
We are cut off by our friends coming in and calling my name.
They all run up to me and embrace me.
"Guys, I need to breathe." I say. They all let go of me.
"We were so worried about you." Christina says.
"I know. I'm sorry." I tell them.
"It's not your fault, Tris." Zeke says.
"I know. But I didn't want to scare you." I say.
"It's fine. We're all glad that you and the baby are okay." Marlene says.
"How are you feeling?" Will asks.
"Well I'm not in pain thanks to the morphine, but I am hungry." I say.
"Do you want me to go and get you something to eat?" Shauna asks.
"Yes please." I answer.
"What do you want?" She asks.
"A hamburger, some chips, and a slice of Dauntless cake, please." I reply, she nods and leaves the room. "Has Jeanine done anything since I was rescued?"
"No, not really." Tobias says.
"What do you mean by, 'not really'?" I ask.
"Well she released a video saying that she would find you and whoever kidnapped you from her and kill you and them. But we'll be fine, I promise." Tobias says.
"Tris, we'll be fine, we'll protect you and the baby. She probably won't do anything anyway. If we got you out of the most protected bit of Erudite, I'm sure she'll realise we're too clever for her to defeat." Uriah says, trying to cheer me up.
I just nod.
"We'll be fine." Tobias says before kissing my forehead. He knows I don't believe that she won't come after us.
I just hope that my baby and my friends, who I consider to be family, will be alright.
Hey Ravens, I am so sorry it took so long to update. I started college and my laptop has been messing up, I would have updated sooner if my laptop worked properly. But I will be getting a new laptop soon so I should be able to update more often. But not that often as I still have college.
I'm sorry.
I will update again as soon as I can.
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