I'm so so so so soooooo sorry that I haven't updated in forever! School has been crazy busy, with homework, projects, tests, quizzes, soccer practice and games and also driver's ed homework! I'm glad I got this chapter up and hopefully I will update more once school is over...
Disclaimer: Veronica Roth doesn't have to deal with school...
He stares at me shocked until he decides to swing a punch, I duck, spin around him and kick him hard in the knees. After Molly, this is the first time I've ever wanted to inflict severe pain on anyone, and I didn't even really mean it with Molly. But Peter is different, I just want him gone and out of my life once and for all.
Once he's on his knees, I put my arm around his neck in a chokehold, he tries to get me off, but I cling tightly even as he stands up. I bring my face close to his ear, my arm still around his neck, I hope he passes out soon, but not before I give him my message, and he better believe it.
"I swear, if you threaten or hurt me, Four, or any of my friends, or acquaintance's ever again, I will find you and kill you. I swear to you, if you don't believe me, well, let's just say that's the last thing you'll ever do." At this, I squeeze harder than before and before long after quite a bit of struggling, Peter has passed out.
I have to say I'm surprised Eric didn't interfere during our fight; that is until I notice he is knocked out a few feet away.
"What happened to him?" I ask, as if none of that just happened.
"Four happened to him, you should have seen it, Eric was going to come after you and Four was all like, 'I don't think so' and he knocked Eric out cold." Uriah says this in an excited voice like a kid getting a piece of candy.
"Thanks for the recap, Uriah" I say this in a sarcastic tone.
Amar walks over to us, "Do I want to know?"
"Um, well, maybe, probably not, I think we handled it, no." I say these all, not sure which is the right answer.
"Well, I'll get some people to get them on the train, and from what I've pieced together, I think we can let this slide."
I sigh in relief, I was afraid we would have to see one of the Dauntless heads. Our group of friends walk towards the train tracks, chitchatting as normal, but I feel anything but normal. I just threatened Peter and choked him until he passed out. I don't know what Dauntless has done to me, I'm beginning to hate who I am. I end up lagging behind the group, lost in thoughts.
I hear the train whistle and somewhere in the back of my mind, I think I should hurry-up, but I just don't feel like it, so I don't.
I kick the pebbles around as I walk slowly towards the tracks but I hear another set of footprints, the train on the tracks almost disguising it all.
"Tris, you okay?"
I look up from my feet, knowing who it is without having to look, "Oh, ya, I'm fine, thanks, how are you?" Thank you Abnegation for that habit.
"Tris, I know you're not fine, and don't bring Abnegation into this."
I sigh, I want to talk to him, especially since the Ferris Wheel, but I don't know what to say, "We should probably get back, before we completely miss the train."
"Promise to talk to me then?"
"Sure."
We run and Tobias jumps on the train first then helps me up. If anyone else had done that, I would have been offended that they thought I needed their help, but with Tobias, I know he doesn't think that.
As we get on one of the last cars, Four pulls me into a hug, and I let myself sag against him. I'm so tired and he's the only one I feel comfortable with, we've been through a lot together the past few days. I think I really like him, more than a friend, even though our relationship might have changed, he's still the same person.
"Tobias, I don't know what I've become…" it comes out in a whisper.
"You haven't become anything, you're still Tris, you're still the Beatrice you were, nothing as changed you here, all you have done is become stronger than you were."
I pull back from him and we both sit down, I sigh. "I'm really sorry for all of this, I just want things to go back to normal, I'm not usually like this, and before you say anything on the contrary-"
I stop talking as he leans closer to me and puts his forehead against mine. "Tris- you're so hard on yourself, everyone knows what you're going through, because they are too… I'm sure they've changed more than they admit, I know I have, but you're the strongest of us all for realizing it and saying it. We're the cowards, the ones hiding behind the front they put up. You, though, you're so brave and smart and selfless…"
This is possibly the most he has ever said at once, or maybe the weight of it feels like it was so much to say. I pull back to look at him, but before I go far, he leans back into me and kisses me. I kiss him back and soon we have forgotten the world and our problems as we get lost in each other.
As we both pull back to breathe, I laugh at Tobias' appearance, his eyes are bright and shining while he evens his breathing out, his hair is the thing most different, though. If this had happened in Abnegation, his hair would look the same since it's so short, but since then, it's grown out a bit. The ends are sticking up in all different directions from where my hand went through it, compared to its usual tameness, it's almost the exact opposite.
"What's so funny Tris?"
I smile, debating on whether or not to tell him, "You're hair is kinda…" I gesture with my hands.
"And who do I have to blame for that?" He smirks a little, but in a playful way.
I feel my cheeks heating up and I know I'm turning bright red, hopefully he can't see it in the dark.
Now it's his turn to laugh.
"Now what are you laughing at?" I ask his putting stress on the word you.
"How do you think you look? If I look like this?"
Oh. "Ummmmm…."
"For starters, you're blushing like crazing," which causes me to blush even more, if that's possible, "See, you just did it again! Also, you're hair is all tangled and messed up, but the way it catches the little bit of light is breathtaking." He seems scared to say that part and rushes on after it, "And your eyes are sparkling and bright and alert. You seem to be holding back a smile and overall, you're the most beautiful person I've ever seen."
He just… There aren't words to describe what just happened. I blush again and say, "I know that's not true, I don't mean to look for complements, but let's face it, I'm not the most beautiful person ever, I barely have the figure if a girl…" He cuts me off.
"To me you are."
I decide to drop it, "Now let me tell you about what you look like. I already described your hair, but the way it is makes you look young and innocent, you're eyes are shinning and they have so much depth, I feel like I could fall into them and drown. Your breaths were uneven and it made you look so happy and you were smiling through it all. Right now you look like you've forgotten all that's wrong and even has been wrong and it's turning you into a softer, gentler person. But still a powerful person, you look like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders and you're absolutely the most handsome man I've seen in my entire life and ever will."
I said all of this without thinking, without being afraid and now that I'm done, the fear starts to kick in. What if I just ruined everything between us?
He breaks into a smile, a real one, maybe more real than I've ever seen him before. He's always hiding behind Four, and now I get the pleasure of seeing Tobias, the real him.
"So does this mean we're together?"
I smile that he's asking me and not the other way around and I just nod.
Hopefully that part wasn't too weird... Any suggestions are welcome!
