Epilogue
There'll be an A/N up tomorrow just to thank everyone and tell you my upcoming plans :)
-London, England-
-3 Years Later (2022)-
"So," Tobias began, "do you remember how we agreed to meet on July 14th, eight P.M., 2019?"
Tris grinned. "Of course."
They were sitting in their studio. That's right; their. They'd merged businesses about two months ago and named it "Why Not?". It ended up being extremely successful between their skills and sharing ideas. And it wasn't like they were constantly around each other. One of them was out shooting and one was at the shop editing. There was the occasional day where they were both editing at the shop, but they weren't exactly complaining.
"Well," Tobias said, unable to keep the grin off his face. "It's better if I just were to show you." He took something out of his back pocket and slid them across the small table to her.
They were train tickets to Paris. And they were dated July 3rd. She got excited for a second, but it soon faded. "My mom wanted us to come home the weekend of July 4th, which is July 8th."
"I booked the hotel until Friday, July 7th. That's okay, right? We could take the flight from Paris."
She smiled. "That sounds perfect."
"Good. Because you know what July 5th is?"
"What?"
"You really don't remember?"
"Should I?" she asked nervously.
"It's out anniversary of the day we met," he said with a shrug. "But it's okay that you didn't remember."
"Oh my god. No it's not. Babe, I'm so sorry. I should've remember. Holy—"
"Hey, it's okay. I'm serious. You'll start remembering it now."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh, nothing."
She eyed him suspiciously. "Mhm."
They were on the train to Paris when Tris's mom called. They were pretty cool then after sorting everything out, but Tris knew things would never be the same.
"Hello?" Tris answered.
"Hi, honey. Are you still coming home this weekend?"
"Yeah. But Tobias and I are actually on our way to Paris right now."
"Oh really? How come?"
"Our anniversary is the fifth."
"Oh okay. Well, I'll see you Saturday, alright?"
"Yeah. Love you."
"Love you too."
Tris then hung up. It took a while for her and her mom to put the pieces back together in their relationship, but it eventually happened, especially when her second term ended. Tris had only spoken to her mother since she left for KCL; she hadn't seen her since. Tobias had never met her either. Tris was nervous for them to meet, but she knew they liked him already. She told them stories about how sweet he was and what he did for her and how they were really in love.
"I really just love you," Tris said to him randomly.
Tobias was reading a book—"To Kill A Mockingbird" (for the third time)—and he had his big nerd glasses on that made him look literally so handsome.
He laughed. "I love you too. But is there a reason you just said that randomly?"
"Because you look so handsome and nerdy in your reading glasses," she told him with a smile.
Since she was sitting on the bench across from him criss-cross applesauce—which was what she still called it—he got up and kissed her.
"I could say the same to you."
Tris wasn't wearing her contacts that day so she had on her big, cute, nerdy glasses on that day too. Her hair was in a messy bun. She wore an oversized cream sweater with plain skinny blue jeans.
"Are you nervous?" she asked him.
Tris sat on Tobias's lap, hanging her legs off to one side and wrapping her arms around his neck.
"For meeting your parents?"
"Yeah."
"A little, to be honest."
She ran her hands through his hair and leaned up to kiss him. "You'll be fine. I know they already like you."
He smiled. "Hopefully they will, 'cause they're going to have to deal with me for the rest of our lives."
Tris's heart fluttered. "What makes you think that?" she teased, smirking.
"The fact that I know you can't resist me and my glasses," he chuckled. He neared her and gave her an eskimo kiss.
"That's very true." She slightly tilted her head and kissed him. "You're irresistible."
It was July 5th. They spent one day in Paris so far, and the fifth was their second day.
They went out for a nice lunch at a café and were walking around with interlocked hands.
"I'm really glad we did this," Tris said, smiling up at him.
Tobias breathed out and faked a smile. "Me too."
"Hey," Tris said, stopping him when they were on the famous bridge of love locks. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," he said, not looking her in the eye.
"Tobias. We've been together for three years. I know when you're lying. Now tell me what's wrong."
Tobias reached into his pocket and pulled out a lock.
She smiled. "Were you really nervous about that?"
He shook his head. "No." He handed her the opened lock that read "TE + TE" encased in a heart.
"'TE + TE'?" she asked with a smile.
Tobias breathed out and got down on one knee and pulled a velvety box from his pocket.
He laughed. "I had this whole big speech planned out in my head since I was kid, but all I can think about is you right now. My mind is totally blank expect for you and I can't even think about what to say," he chuckled.
Tris had tears in her eyes, but she chuckled too.
"Will you marry me, Tris Prior, so we can actually be TE + TE?"
She nodded, speechless. "Yeah," she whispered. "I will definitely marry you."
He slid the ring onto her finger and stood up. He kissed her deeply and then pulled back.
"Despite my horrible proposal speech, I really, really do love you, and I want to spend my entire life with you."
She laughed. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you too."
They spotted a good place to put their lock. They locked it, sealing their love.
Tobias stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. He kissed the key; she kissed the key.
And then Tris threw it into the river.