Tris P.O.V
"Well Miss Prior, it seems you will be able to fully move again at full strength in just a few short weeks." The Doctor says. I can't help but release a sigh of release at his statement.
Tobias and I have been at the hospital for around an hour now whilst they have run all sorts of tests and scans on me. I was starting to get irritated with the amount of pokes and prods that came my way every few seconds.
"Would you like to try and walk now?" Mark, my doctor, asks me.
"Umm okay." I reply, quite hesitantly. I'm nervous as to whether it will hurt or not.
"Here I'll help you." Tobias says whilst getting up from his chair which is directly next to my wheelchair.
Carefully he lifts me up by my armpits and settles me onto my feet. It's a rather strange feeling, I don't feel as weak as I thought I would feel. I feel like when you've sat on your foot weirdly and it goes all dead because enough blood hasn't gotten there. Gently I grab onto his arms and try to take a step forward. It works! Yes my legs were shaking really bad and I was gripping Tobias for dear life but I managed to walk!
"Congratulations Miss Prior!" The doctor exclaims. "Just remember to take it easy for a few weeks until you get your strength back."
He makes us sign a few forms and things but soon we are on our way back home to share the good news.
The drive back home took around ten minutes and was filled by a comfortable silence between Tobias and I.
As we approach the house, I am able to see the gang sat out in the garden, most likely waiting for our arrival. After much discussion this morning it was decided that no one would go out today, the whole day would be spent either celebrating me being able to walk or the opposite if I was told that I could never walk again.
I can't help the huge smile that breaks onto my face when my loving boyfriend grabs my hand and squeezes it tightly before kissing my knuckles.
"Here we go." I say.
"Here we go." He repeats.
Toby drops my hand and exits the car. Like the gentleman he is, he opens my door for me. He goes to get the wheelchair from the back, obviously not wanting me to over exert myself, but I stop him before he can.
"Toby?"
"Yes love?" he questions.
"I think I want to try and walk to them."
He looks at me with raised eyebrows as if to say 'are you sure?', and in return I give a slight nod of my head. He offers me his hand which I gladly take. My hands slide up his arms and grasp onto him for dear life as I exit the car, slowly and with caution he helps me to get my feet on the floor and be able to stand steady.
"Thanks."
"Anything for you my love." He replies.
He begins to slowly walk backwards toward the group so I can keep my death grip on his arms as I try to walk forward toward my friends. If I'm hurting him or squeezing his arms too tight, then he doesn't say anything at all. My legs begin to really wobble and shake and I feel like I'm going to collapse. I grab onto Toby even tighter if that's even possible and he must notice because he stops walking backward completely.
"Tris, baby are you okay?" His eyebrows are pulled together in concern and he bites his lower lip, even at a time like this I can't help but notice how handsome he looks.
"Yeah, I umm I just need a minute." My breathing gets quicker and I'm beginning to get rather dizzy.
"I don't want you to push yourself to hard, you might hurt yourself even more."
After taking a few deep breaths and trying to get my legs to stop shaking I manage to squeak out an, "I'm okay."
To which he simply raises his eyebrows and swoops down to pick me up bridal style. I let out a huff of annoyance. I'm annoyed at how useless I am.
"Tris love, remember what the doctor said, it might take you a few weeks to get back to walking and doing things on your own." Toby says trying to get me to calm down and relax again.
Eventually I just let myself sink into his muscular chest and he walks us over to our friends who have stopped all their conversations. When we reach them, Tobias lowers me to the ground so I can stand, but he keeps a strong grip on me as if I could collapse right there. The gang just stands there and stares at me. I kinda feel a bit awkward with everyone's eyes on me.
Then all at once the girls squeal and jump on me to hug me. Pain shoots through me and I whimper quietly but I'm too happy right now so I don't mind. I wrap my arms around the three of them and for a while we just stand there hugging. I am relieved and extremely happy at everything that has happened today and the support from my friends over the past months is what has kept me going through this hard time. Eventually they let go so I do as well.
"Let's go celebrate!" Zeke announces.
Our friends whoop and cheer and I laugh a little at their enthusiasm. I join hands with Tobias and he bends down to kiss my forehead, his lips linger a little before he pulls away. He smiles at me and wraps me in his arms, my hands find my way to his back and he buries his face in my hair. We stay this way until it is just us left outside.
"I love you Tobias." I say, my voice muffled by my face being pressed to his chest.
"I love you too." He says and pulls away to look in my grey blue eyes.
Once again Tobias picks me up bridal style and I let out a squeak of surprise. We make our way inside the house to where our friends await, ready to celebrate the good news that came with today.