A/N I do not own the characters, story lines, quotes or anything of the Divergent books. I just borrowed them for entertainment.
Chapter 6 Taking It Slow
They talked late into the night. There was no longer a curfew for the lights so when they left at 1 am to head home there were lights all over the city. Tobias, Evelyn, and Tris walked in to find Leslie asleep on the couch with a book on her chest. Evelyn placed a blanket over the sleeping girl before heading up to her bedroom which had been Caleb's room. Tris had taken her parents' old room and put Tobias in her old room. Tris and Tobias slowly walked into Tobias' room which he shared with Torin now. They found their son asleep. "Would he be ok on his own in here tonight?" Tobias whispered into her ear.
"Yes I think so." She whispered back then took his hand and led him to her bedroom. They slowly removed each other's shirts and let their fingers trace the ink on each other's skin. "I love you Tobias but I am not ready to make love again. I just want to hold you tonight." She said as he started to remove his pants.
"I wasn't planning on making love to you tonight, Tris. Just like our first time it has to wait until we are both ready again because it feels like we are back at the beginning again but I do want to be more intimate than we are both used to." He whispers back as he begins to take her pants off her too.
"Fair enough," she whispers against his chest as she wraps her arms around him. He keeps his boxers on and she keeps her undergarments on as they lay down on the bed that once was her parents. They spend the night hugging, kissing, and talking until they fell asleep. They were awakened the next morning by Evelyn knocking on the door.
"Tris are you and Tobias up yet? Torin and I are ready to go."
Tris grins as Tobias mumbles about just five more minutes mom. "We are just waking up Mom but Tobias is wanting five more minutes." Tris shouts back with a laugh.
"Always was a bit selfish about sleeping in." Evelyn calls back. "I am making breakfast while you guys get ready and Torin is gathering the things we need to take with us."
"Thank you Mom for taking care of things for us." Tris said as she turned to smile at her soon to be husband. Once Evelyn's feet started down the stairs Tris spoke to Tobias. "I really love how your mom seems to want this arrangement to work. Most mothers would have freaked out if we shared a bed before marriage. Well I guess most we grew up around." She laughs as Tobias eyes finally open wide.
"Want to take a shower with me?" He said teasingly.
"Yes but not today. When we are married we will for sure shower together." She told him back and his smile never faded as he walked into her bathroom to shower.
Tris dressed and headed downstairs where she poured herself a cup of tea. "Mom thank you for being so understanding."
"Tris dear you have had a lot happen in just the past few years that most people don't have to deal with in a life time so all I want is to make sure you are happy. Plus I see how happy my son is with you and it makes my heart soar."
Tobias appeared in the doorway just then holding Torin's hand. "She does make me happy mom and I can't wait to marry her."
"When are we going to start planning the wedding?" Evelyn asks.
"I have to tie up my final few steps of therapy today and we need to see Marcus to clear the air of that situation then we can start the planning tomorrow." Tris said softly.
"Do you kids want a spring, summer, fall, or winter wedding?" Evelyn asks as Torin grabs his breakfast and starts eating.
They both answered together. "Spring." And with that they all laugh. Soon they are heading out of the house to go to the bureau. Johanna agreed to let Tobias take a few days off in order to help Tris settle in.