***I DO NOT OWN THE DIVERGENT SERIES
Chapter 3:
When I wake, a bag of clothes sits on the edge of my bed. In comes Tobias from the bathroom with a toothbrush in his mouth. Shirtless. Yum.
"Good Morning, sleepy head." He smiles
"Good Morning." I smile back.
"I brought you some clothes. We are going home today."
"Great. But…Where's home?"
" I got us an apartment. Matt helped me out."
Excitement trickles down my spine. He got us an apartment. He comes over and kisses me on the forehead. My forehead is now sticky with toothpaste. But I don't care.
"How are you feeling?" His eyes turn to concern.
"Good…who am I kidding? It hurts."
He smiles.
"When one gets shot twice, it does tend to hurt." He winks at me, and heads back to the bathroom.
I sit up slowly, trying to ignore the pain. I grab the bag, and slowly start to slip out of the hospital gown. Tobias walks out of the bathroom, and looks at me, eyes wide. With instinct I hold the gown over myself to cover everything up. He smiles and heads back to the bathroom.
In comes the same girl I saw earlier. Tobias sits in the chair next to my bed. His eyes don't leave me. He looks at me like I'm delicate glass that's going to break at any minute. His hand finds mine.
"Good Morning, Tris."
I smile back.
"So, we have done all we can for your injuries. Now you need a lot of rest. I trust that Tobias will insure that." She glances over at him and he nods reassuringly.
"You are free to go, but you do need to come a least once a week for a checkup…be careful, Tris." She smiles then leaves the room. Tobias looks back at me.
"You ready?"
I nod and start to get up. He grabs the bag then grabs me, wedding style. I smell him. He smells like toothpaste, and slight scent of soap still lingers from his morning shower. He smells like safety.
We walk out of the hospital room. Everyone seems so happy and joyful, yet busy.
"Where is everyone? Christina? Mathew? Caleb and Cara?"
He smiles.
"We'll see." I'm about to ask what that's supposed to mean, but I decide not to because I don't really care. I'm with Tobias, and he's with me.
We approach the apartment door, and I still lay across his strong arms. He grabs the keys from his pocket and unlocks the door. How is he this strong?
"Here we are." He open the door then turns on the light.
"SURPRISE!" I look over to see Christina, Mathew, Caleb, Cara, Amar, Shauna, Zeke and George. Everyone I care about. But then I see her… Evelyn.
I smile and Tobias puts me down. Everyone rushes up to me to give me a hug. Tobias steps in front.
"CAREFUL!" He yells.
Christina ignores him and rushes over to hug me. I hug back. It feels good to hug someone with such meaning. I'm so glad she's ok. Everyone comes to hug me one by one, Evelyn comes to hug me last. I hug back, mostly because I don't have the energy to push her away.
"Tris, I… I'm glad okay. I really think we started off on the wrong foot. I really want to fix the gap between us." She smiles apologetically.
I smile back and nod.
Everyone gathers in the living room and talks about how the mission went. I talk about what happened with David. We smile and laugh. This feels good. I don't have that cloud of worry hovering over me. I feel free…happy.