A/N I do not own the characters, story lines, quotes or anything of the Divergent books. I just borrowed them for entertainment
Chapter 13 Meetings and Surprises
After they finished the paperwork Caleb, Susan, Tris, and Evelyn took off to work on some wedding plans. "I am a lucky man." Tobias says once they leave.
"Yes you are Tobias but I think she is equally as lucky. I have never had a man look at me the way you look at Tris. I use to think it was my scar but after something Tris said to me once I realized it wasn't that. She has a beautiful heart and lovely soul that is a tad tarnished but none the less lovely."
"I can't help it I love that woman with all my heart. You know I once thought I saw a spark between you and Marcus." Tobias whispered.
"There once was but then he found Evelyn and that spark fizzled on his end."
"He mentioned you once when I was alone with him yesterday. He told me you were beautiful but that he thought you had feelings for Wesley. Who is Wesley?"
"Wesley was a great friend of your dad's at one time. I never did understand why they stopped being friends. Wesley and I lost touch a few years after the two men ended their friendship."
"I asked dad who Wesley was and he said a former friend but that they had a huge fight over you and they ended their friendship. Wesley loved you and thought Marcus wasn't good enough for you. He wanted Marcus to break up with you so that he could ask you out."
"I wish I knew where Wesley went because I always thought he would tell me the truth about the fight." Johanna says with a small smile.
"Well I have a meeting to get to but I would love it if you could go with me to the meeting." Tobias says softly as he starts for his office to gather his files he needs.
"I can go if you really want me to." She replies. He nodded and she followed him to the city car they would drive to the bureau. When they arrived they parked and went into the compound where they were greeted by two men.
"You look amazing Dad." Tobias said as he spotted Marcus in a wheelchair.
"Thanks to Wesley I might be able to leave this place in a couple weeks. So Tris didn't come with you today?"
"No but I did bring the person you asked me to bring." He nods toward Johanna.
"Johanna it is so great to see you. You look beautiful as always." Marcus greeted his former girlfriend.
"Johanna Reyes is that really you? God you are even more beautiful than I remembered you and I doubt that can be possible as you were gorgeous." Wesley says.
"Wesley where have you been?" Johanna said and with that the two old friends walked away talking while Marcus sat in his wheelchair looking up at his son.
"Tris and I are getting married next month on Christmas day. We would love it if you could join us for our wedding."
"Well once I find a place to settle into. Wesley said he would put a word in with Johanna for me in order to move me back to the city but he would make sure that Johanna has the full list of my agreements which includes keeping my distance from your family so that you feel safe. My full agreement to do community services as well as any other stipulations she sees fit." Marcus says.
"Actually Tris and I have talked it over with Evelyn about if you should choose to move to the city how we all feel about it. We all agree that maybe you should move into my apartment that I am keeping until I am officially married. Evelyn currently uses it from time to time but we all think that you might be best there and if you ever do anything to hurt one of us we can have you removed from the city immediately. Johanna knows our family situation and has agreed to allow me to control the terms. I think you should work with Tris on rebuilding the old neighborhood as well as converting our old home into a daycare center. Tris feels that is the perfect place for us to start the daycare and that it might help me heal the emotional injuries that it keeps bringing up in me. Furthermore I will be requiring weekly reports from a psychiatric doctor."
"That sounds like an amazing contract." Marcus says as Tobias finishes.
Just then Wesley and Johanna walk back over to the two men. "Wesley says you can move back to the city in one week. Tobias do you feel confident that Marcus understands and will agree to the terms of agreement to move back?"
"Yes Johanna he will fully agree as he risks losing the only family he has left. They have all agreed to give him a second chance and therefore he will agree to take that second chance under the terms outlined in the contracts that will be sent over tomorrow." Tobias answers with a small smile at his father with his hand on Marcus' shoulder.
"Marcus I look forward to you coming back to our city and being a contributing member of the community." Johanna says with a small smile as she reaches out her hand to shake Marcus' hand.
"Thank you Johanna for your understanding and for taking care of my son when I failed to do so." He smiles as he shakes her hand.
Soon Tobias and Johanna are on the way back to the city. "So did Wesley ask you out?" Tobias asks.
"You sound like a silly Amity girl." She teases him back.
"Well I am with a former Amity woman so I thought it would be fitting." Tobias says. "So did he?"
"Yes." She says with a blush.
"You go girl! Just make sure Tris and I am invited to the wedding." He teases and she laughs then gently slaps his arm. "Ouch you hit harder than Tris. Of course with Tris it's usually a sign she really wants to just get her hands on me." He says with a laugh.
"Tris will kill you if she finds out you talk so openly about your sexual lives."
"Nope she is really open now about sex. In fact she discussed our sex lives with both our parents." Tobias says laughing. "Talk about embarrassing someone. I mean I don't know which was worse knowing about their sex lives or them knowing about mine."
Johanna laughs. "I think that is a tie although you had to realize they had a sex life otherwise you would never have been born?" She laughs as he blushes again. "Oh I forget your faction thought it was the stork that brought the babies."
"No we just choose not to think about it as that was a selfish use of our time. But when I got to Dauntless the guys tried to get me to participate in a party where everyone was hooking up. I just walked right back out using the excuse that I needed to go find Amar because I had messed up in training that day. They believed me and left me go. I found Amar and we talked. He told me not to change who I was. When I was ready I would find true love and that person would make me happy. Also he said that I would then be glad I choose not to give in to the peer pressure."
"Were you glad you waited?" Johanna asks him softly.
"Extremely and I never regretted remaining single during the time I thought she was dead. We still haven't made love since we been back together but at the same time we have. You know before I only thought making love was what you called sex when you were with the one you love but now I get it that making love isn't just about the physical intimacy but also about the emotional intimacy. I mean when we make love now it is without the act of sex but rather it is with our words, our touches, our eyes, our lips, and just every little thing we do for one another. Does that sound stupid?"
"It sounds sweet and very much like the words of a man so deep in love that he would do anything to protect that woman even laying down his own life." Johanna says with a smile as they pull back into their parking spot at work. "What is Tris doing today?"
"Wedding planning, starting the community service project she is working on, preparing the apartment for Marcus, and just about anything she can think of to keep busy. She keeps saying that when she isn't busy she misses me too much. I hope we both stop feeling that feeling soon because it is hard to focus on work right now."
"I think it will besides your boss knows what you are going through and is very patient with you." She teases as she walks around to the back of the car where they walk arm in arm back to the office.