I slowly wake up, my head is throbbing and my body is aching. I see the high ceiling with small light hanging from thin wires. I roll from side to side slowly, trying to remember what happened. I close my eyes again, my heartbeat throbbing inside my head.
I don't know how long I rest for, though when I wake my head has settled and my body hurts a little less. I roll to the side to see Christina sitting in a chair.
"You look awful." She says when she sees I'm awake.
"That's good to know." I groan. "How long have I been here?"
"Just a couple of days."
I sit up quickly, causing my head to throb again. I've been here for days.
"No, you need to rest. I'll call Four over." She says and slips behind the curtain. I relax and lie back down. I see Tobias coming towards me grinning. He sits next to me, not on the chair but on the bed. The mattress dips, bringing me closer to him.
"Where are the twins?" I asks him.
"Leo's in my apartment, my friend Zeke is with him. Fraser is just around the curtain, he broke his collarbone when he decided to join you in that fight." He says, his grin disappearing as he tells me the news.
"Is he okay? Can I see him?" I sit up again, this time swing my legs off the side of the bed and getting to my feet.
"Steady." Tobias says and puts his hand around my waist, helping me keep my balance.
We walk through to where Fraser lies. His body is perfectly still apart from his chest, which rises and falls steadily.
"He'll be alright. The nurse said I could take him away today." Tobias says, helping me sit down on a chair next to him.
"Do you think I can leave?" I ask him.
"Probably, you'll just be told to take it easy."
I pick Fraser up in my arms, supporting his head with one of my hands.
"Can they stay with you?" I whisper, "At least until Fraser has recovered?"
Tobias nods and takes Fraser from me. "How long should it be before everyone knows we're together?" He asks softly. "The sooner they all know the sooner Eric will stop trying to have them killed."
"I'm not sure I want them to know. People give me a rough time as it is," I reply, "But if you really think it's for the best."
"I'm sure we can hold it off for another little while, I can get back at Eric in other ways."
"What do you mean?"
"You'll see tomorrow." He grins, helping me up and walking out of the infirmary.
~XxX~
"We will be fighting again today." Four says, marching forward and back in front of us, "Though after last time, it's clear you need a demonstration on how to do it properly." He stops and stands for a second, his hands behind his back and his feet apart. "Eric, can we give them a demonstration?" Four takes a step towards the ring, Eric sighs but follows as well. "Since this is showing them how to do it right, how about we follow the same rules they have?" Eric shrugs so Four continues. "Watch how we punch, you can learn a lot from other people."
"Ready?" Eric asks.
"Ready." Four says before making the first move and knocking Eric to the ground with his first punch. "Come on, even you can do better than that." He chuckles before kicking him in the side, just like what Molly did to me before, but he did it harder, almost like he was angry...
I suddenly understood. There was nothing wrong with our fighting. Tobias just wanted to hurt Eric, to get back at him for what he did to the twins.
"Get up Eric, we can stop now because I don't want to be dragging you to the infirmary." He chuckles, stretching his hand out to help Eric up.
"You can all go for lunch, be back here in an hour or you're cut!" Eric calls, glaring at Four the whole time.
A/N -- IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm just wanting to let you know that I'm going back to school soon which means I won't have as much time to do thing such as writing. I hope I can still update regularly but sometimes I'll have to do homework or study for a big test. I've decided that for every 3 or 4 people who review, I'll update as soon as I can. Please don't just spam the reviews with thing like 'Hi' because they are things that you should Pm me with so we can actually have a conversation. I'd also like to mention that in my story the chossing ceremony is when they are 18. Tobias is 20 and Tris is 18. Tris had the twins when she was 16, not 14.
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