So this is it, the final chapter. I've tried to make a little longer than usual :) I hope you will enjoy the ending, because I've been thinking a lot about it.
*One Year Later*
Tris POV.
"Car's loaded, ready to go?" Uriah says and slams the trunk shut. We all mumble some sort of agreement, and climb into the big car we have rented. We are going on a cabin trip, which we have been planning since Christmas. It's Mo's birthday, and we decided to take him out of the city for the weekend. It took a while to get him convinced that it would be better than hanging around in the city, or going into every single gay club in the town.
"Is there any internet there?" Mo asks, putting on his sunglasses and looking out of the window. Pure diva stile.
"For the 100th time; Yes. The internet is working just fine. Or it better be, that price was a little over the top" I say, we tried to find the cheapest but even the cheapest was expensive for us.
"Yeah, pretty insane that your dad said he would pay for it. We need to send him a gift basket or something" Will says and turns his head towards Tobias. Marcus had heard us talk about our lack of money, and then he offered to pay for our trip as long as we paid for our food, drinks and whatever. At first Tobias turned down the offer, but when we realized that we wouldn't be able to get enough money; He decided to let him pay.
"Well, he got it a little cheaper than expected. Apparently his company has been renting cabins there for years" Tobias explains. Everything has been getting even better between us, it's like we can't stop to get closer and closer. I know that I love him, and that the feeling will never fade away. I really hope that he is feeling the same way about me, and something is telling me that he is.
"How far is it?" Christina asks, already sounding bored.
"If you are already complaining now, this is going to be one hell of a long ride for all of us. We should be there in like two hours or something" Uriah yells from the front seat, I can hear that Christina is about to complain but Uriah cuts her off by turning on the radio. We hear the last few chords of a song, before the host's high pitched voice comes on.
Gooooooooood afternoon to all of you amazing people! You just listened to Walk by Foo Fighters, and I am here to play much more fantastic music for you. Up next is One Direction's new hit single Steal My Girl.
The intro starts to burst out of the speakers, and I growl in frustration.
"Can you please tune into another channel? I can't stand that song" I yell over the music.
"What are you talking about? Everybody secretly loves 1D, just like JB" Will says from behind me, I turn around to look at him.
"The fact that you just called them 1D and JB, doesn't exactly makes it a secret that you love them" I say with disgust in my voice.
"Come on, Babe. Don't be rude, I kinda like this song" Tobias says and my eyes snap up in his direction.
"Why the hell is that?" I ask in a frustrated and surprised tone. He gives me a little smile, before reaching out to touch my cheek.
"Because it reminds me about you" With that he starts to sing along, and I just stare at him with wide eyes.
Everybody wants to steal my girl
Everybody wants to take her heart away
Couple billion in the whole wide world
Find another one cuz she belongs to me
He wiggles his eyebrows at me, and sends me his best flirty smile. I fake gag and smack his hand out of my face.
"That's disgusting, if you ever do something like that again; We're done" I hear laughter around in the car, and turn my face back to the window.
"Just pretend to be mad, Tris. You're so bad at it" Mo says. I want to tell him he is wrong, but he is totally right. I am so bad at it, and especially with Tobias. I can't help but smile when I am near him. I try to keep up the act, keeping my face turned away from him.
"If I give you a kiss, will you smile then?" Tobias asks, scooting a little closer to me. I can feel his face getting closer, and I push his face away without looking at him. He groans playfully, and then starts tapping my shoulder. I suppress a smile, and turn around pretending to be annoyed.
"What?!" He just looks behind me with wide eyes, and then raises a finger to point.
"OMG LOOK!" He almost yells, and I turn my head in the direction he is pointing. I narrow my eyes, but I can't really see anything unusual. I start to turn my head towards Tobias again.
"I don't see any –" but I'm cut off by his warm lips. As I turned my head he leaned in closer, so my lips bumped into his as I turned my head. He flashes me a big grin.
"See I know you couldn't keep those lips away from me"
I laugh and shake my head at him, giving him a peck on the cheek. I lean into him and rest my head on his shoulder.
"Yeah, there is no way I could do that"
When we arrive to the cabin it's late afternoon, and we are all hungry and tired.
"Jesus! That took like forever" Christina exclaims as she jumps out of the car.
"Hey! Blame it on the IPhone Maps! It sent me in the wrong direction three times!"
"Yeah, I kinda understand why. We are in the middle of freaking nowhere, there aren't even streetlights. There are probably serial killers hiding out in the woods" I joke and grab my bag from the trunk.
"Will I say we go inside now, shall we" Mo says a little too nervously, totally giving away that he is scared of being out here.
"Yeah I agree, Mo is about to shit his pants and we should get the grill going. And I am dying to see the inside of this cabin" Will says and grabs the last things from the trunk.
"Just for your information; I am not scared" Mo states and walks over to the door, we all follow and Tobias unlocks the door. As we step inside, we almost all of us let out a gasp. It's, excuse my language, fucking amazing. It's look like something from extreme home make over. We start to walk around in the house, all with our mouths hanging open. The guys goes crazy when they see a foosball and table tennis table.
"I call bear pong later!" Uriah exclaims.
"These furniture cost more than my house. How many rooms are there?" Will asks, gently touching the black leather couch, like he is afraid of 'hurting' it.
"5. Then there are two soccer goal in the front yard, and you should check out the bathroom" He says and nods his head towards a wooden door. Marlene, Christina, Mo and I head in there and my ears soon starts to bleed, from their insane screaming.
"OMG! There is a Jacuzzi" They say in sync, and I just roll my eyes at them. I feel a pair of warm and strong arms around my waist, and short after I can feel his hot breath tickling my neck.
"You don't seem excited about the Jacuzzi" He whispers in a low husky voice, his warm smooth lips brushing against my skin. It sends chills down my spine and makes my breathing a little uneven.
"No, I don't see why it's such a big deal" I whisper back, trying not to get distracted by the kisses he is placing on my neck.
"Hmmm, imagine all the things we could do in that Jacuzzi. Are you sure that you don't find that exciting?" I can only hum in response, I don't really trust my voice. Somehow we forgot that we aren't alone in the room, and I hear the girl giggling.
"I wouldn't try any funny business, it's always the couple who has sex who gets killed first" Mo says nudging my shoulder on the way out.
"Just because it's your birthday, doesn't mean that you get the right to be so cocky" I warn him as we follow him outside, where they have started the grill.
"Thank God, I am starving!" I say and sit down in one of the chairs.
"Food should be ready in half an hour or so. By the way, where are Lynn and Al?" Will says, while flipping the burgers.
"Al was going to pick her up after work, so they should be here in an hour or so" I explain looking at my watch. The girls start to giggle, and you don't need to be a detective to know why. They are playing matchmakers.
"What's going on with those two?" Marlene asks.
"They totally have the hots for each other!" Christina squeals and claps her hands together.
"For the first time in my life I am going to agree with you in something like that" I say, and fist bomb with her. Tobias joins us, he hands me a bear bottle as he sits down next to me.
"What are you agreeing with?" He asks, taking a sip of his bear.
"Oh just that Al and Lynn is going to be the new couple in our group" Tobias almost chokes on his beer, and then he starts to laugh.
"No way! You are being stupid. There is no way, that that's going to happen"
"You want to bet?" I challenge. The entire group goes "uhhhh".
"Sure. What do I get when I win?" He says cocky.
"We will figure that out" We shake hands, and turn our attention back to the cooking food.
After the dinner Mo took over the party, demanded that we were all drunk before the break of dawn. Knowing these guys, it will not be hard. During the dinner Lynn and Al joined us, since everybody know about our bed; we were all starring at them. Through the night, they scooted closer and closer together. Maybe the alcohol made them braver? We had made a small bonfire, and we were all sitting around it. I looked around the small circle, looking at the couples snuggled up together. Mo is snuggled up with his bottle of vodka, and the sight makes me smile.
"Did you picture us like this? When we all first met?" Christina asks, sitting up straighter beside Will.
"No, I actually thought that would be one hell of a loner. Not even having friends at all" Al says, we chuckle a bit of his candor. Must be the alcohol making him spill things.
"The only way I pictured myself out in the woods, in the middle of the night with Tobias Eaton, was if I was about to bury his body. Which was close to become reality many times" I say with a little laugh, Tobias gives me a light squeeze. I turn my face towards him. "But now I don't know what I should do without him" I lean up and give him a light kiss on the lips, apparently the other takes this as a cue to start kissing as well. Mo lets out a frustrated and disgusted frown.
"Stop it! It's really gross. Let's do something" He slurs.
"Let's play a soccer match, guys against girls" Uriah says and gets up from his seat, he grabs the ball in the grass from earlier.
"Hell yeah" I say and get up as well. Though it's the most unserious game I've ever played, I've never had so much fun playing soccer before. I want to capture this moment and keep it with me forever; Us running around in wet grass, tripping the entire time and not being able to hit the goal. The music playing in the background from the big boomblaster Al and Lynn came with, and the sun just peaking up from the treetops. It's all just perfect to me. After an hour of drunken soccer, we sit down around the bonfire again. All laughing hysterically, but it ended with the a girly victory. I plop down in Tobias' lap, and kiss on the cheek.
"How does it feel both to lose the bet and the soccer game?" I ask playfully, while pointing over to Al who has his arm around Lynn. We all smile at them. Behind me I hear Tobias humming a song I don't really recognize.
"What song are you humming, babe?"
"I don't know what song it is, but it has been stuck in my mind for days"
"What song?" Uriah asks. Tobias starts to hum again and sing some of the lyrics, we all listen closely. I am still lost though, only noticing how bad Tobias is at singing. But Uriah seems to recognize it.
"Ah! Yeah I know that one! It's a new song from Avicii, I have it" He says and plugs his phone to the speakers The song starts, and I gently rock back and forth to the music. I like this song. Tobias grabs me and pulls me up, when the part he knows comes on. He looks into my eyes, and pretend to be singing to me.
Heart ache, heart break
All over town
But something flipped like a switch
when you came around
And I'm in pieces, pick me up, and put me together
These are the days we've been waiting for
And days like these who couldn't ask for more
Keep them coming
Cause we're not done yet
These are the days we won't regret
These are the days we won't forget
In that moment I really don't care about his terrible singing, I just focus on how well that part fits to this day. I throw my arms around him and pull him into a passionate kiss. When we pull apart I look him right into the eyes.
"I love you" I whisper, just loud enough for him to hear. He gives me an expression of pure happiness and love, before pulling me in for another kiss.
"I love you too" He whispers back, and pulls me in for a hug. We stand like this until the song ends, and by the last chorus we are all singing along.
"I think I know what I want if I win the bet" I say and look up at him.
"Yeah?"
"I want you for the rest of my life" He smiles down at me, and pretends to be thinking about it.
"Okay then. But then I want you. Forever. Ok?"
"Perfect" I say with a wide smile, which he happily returns.
And then we kiss, to seal our promise.
So no, it wasn't love at first sight. But if you ask me; Love at first sight is overrated. Love is hard work, it's about getting to know each other and then being more and more interested in each other. And at some point you realize that you are a whole other person when you are with them; a better person. Some people say that it takes a woman 8 seconds to decide if they wants to be with a man, that it's the first impression that counts and that impression will never change. Which is complete bullshit. Love is about accepting each other's mistakes, and focusing on all the good things. Because of course he hurt me sometimes and made mistakes, but then he did 100 more good things. And that's what I choose to remember, and I know that we are going to have a lot of happy days in front of us.
So if you are reading this, even though I told you too; This story is dedicated to you M. I love you, and I am looking forward to our infinity.
The End.
Thank you so much for all the kind reviews, you have no idea how happy in makes me to read them. You guys are amazing, and totally the reason I want to keep writing stories. It will probably take sometime before I will come up with a new story :) But hopefully we will meet again :P Until then I will finish my other stories.
Onc again thank you.
Be brave guys!
Much Love
Nana