Tris POV:
"Hey, there are the two lovebirds." Shauna beams as me and Tobias sit down with our trays. It's currently breakfast and I have sun-side up egg on a piece of toast, garnished with herbs.
"Yes, here we are" I smile, and pick up my toast and bring it to my mouth. I bite down on a coroner of the crunchy toast.
"Where were you two by the way; we couldn't find you anywhere?" Uriah asks looking between me and Tobias, pointing his fork at us. I smirk inwardly, because I know what the outcome of this conversation is, but I try and fight it off. I glance at Tobias, and he has a bit of colour in his cheeks. I notice that Tobias only does that when he is caught doing something or is complimented.
"Wait, your blushing" Will squints his eyes and points at him. Causing everyone to look at Tobias. Tobias ducks his head down starts to pick at his fruit with his fork, his cheeks still stained.
"Yes, he is" Shauna laughs.
"Why are you blushing?" Uriah asks with his mouth full of fruit, pointing his fork at Tobias. In response, Tobias just shrugs and continues to twiddle is fork. Everyone looks to me for answer, because I'm the Four translator.
I give in to my smirk "Because I made him fold." There is an roar of euphoric reactions from the girls and Zeke just screams "Fuck" and slams his fist down on the table. Uriah and Will just look so pissed off, as there jaw is tense and they are glaring at Tobias. Ha! I knew I could make him fold. Truthfully, I was a little scared I wasn't going to intimidate him but I was wrong! Also it does prove my point of guys being more obsessed with sex then girls.
"I'm so proud of you Tris" Christina wipes a fake tear from her eye.
"Thanks, Chrissy and even more thanks to you for that amazing dress" I laugh, but seriously that dress did wonders, and it made me feel like a boss woman.
"Anytime Tris" She winks, and takes a bite of eggs.
"So you could go two years without sex and now you can't go without it for a couple of days; unbelievable" Zeke scoffs at Tobias and crosses his arms over his chest. I don't like how he is talking to Tobias, but I'm not gonna fight his battles for him. So I keep my mouth shut to see how this plays out.
"Yeah, I agree" Uriah chimes in, angrily.
Tobias raises his head, and the blush disappears from his cheeks. He has is 'Four' mask on now, the expression where he looks cold and emotionless. It's like he is in a staring competition with someone else but he is always winning. "I obviously can go it with out, duh, I'm not an asshole. And-"
"-Beg to differ" Zeke mutters, cutting him off.
Tobias' face doesn't even twitch with a reaction, he continues "You guys, where doing it to see which gender is the most obsessed with sex-" Everyone's mouths opens to protest but he holds up a finger, effectively shutting them all up. "As I was saying, I think that is extremely unfair to say that just one gender is addicted to sex because in reality it depends on the person ;not all men are are obsessed with sex, for example, me- I'm living proof of that. And the same goes for all women. What I was playing for, is similar, but my intention was not to win a political argument. It was just to see who could go without sex the longest but for fun." He finishes his lecture and bends his head to eat some more of his eggs. My man is so intelligent and I love it, what he said is true, but statistically men are and I can back that argument up easily, by just going into the bar ,for example. And it's okay that me and Tobias don't agree on the same thing all the time; I mean opposites attract.
Shauna smirks at Tobias "The man has a point you know."
Marlene nods "Yeah, I see where he is coming from, it does depend on the person but I still think men are more obsessed" . I nod at her.
"I agree with you Marlene, statistically thinking men are, and that is a fact and you Erudite's love your facts" I smile sweetly at Will, causing him to huff at me and rolls his eyes. Me and Christina laugh at his reaction.
Lynn points at me "Exactly, you can't argue with the facts."
Uriah rolls his eyes at us "Well I still think women are, but I won't argue any further. At least you women don't have to spend a night in a sweaty gym."
"I'm going to die in there" Will groans loudly, whilst rubs his hands down his face. Will is like the biggest germaphobe ever, he hates sweart, dirt, phlegm and mucus; the place to find all of that in one place is the gym! It is really a mystery how he got through initiation!
Zeke laughs at him "Oh yeah, Mr Germaphobe is going to freak."
"I hate going to that place, I obviously have no choice since I have to keep fit, but every time I go there I sanitise every piece of equipment before using it. Can I please bring my hand sanitiser?" He removes his hand from his face and looks at us with pleading eyes.
"No way José, it's supposed to be gross and disgusting, that's why Tris suggested it." Lynn shoots him a 'duh' look. Unfortunately, everyone nods in agreement, even Christina! I kinda feel bad for him but at the same time a deal is a deal.
"Even you, Chris?" he looks at her like a kicked puppy. She gives him a sad smile and kisses his cheek "It wouldn't be fair, babe". He sighs defeated and resumes eating his fruit.
"Anyway, when are we going to the hell hole" Uriah scoffs, picking at his eggs with his fork.
Tobias lifts his head up "Tomorrow?" he offers, glancing at the guys.
"Yeah, whatever let's just get it over and done with." Zeke says. Uriah and Will nod sadly.
"Look on the bright side guys," the guys look at me hopefully "at least you get to make friends with little rats." I smile sweetly and all their faces drop, all the girls laugh at their facial expressions.
"Also, you guys will probably make some funny memories in there" Marlene beams, optimistically.
Zeke smirks and shrugs "Yeah, it guess will be pretty funny in there with Will acting like a dying bug." Uriah snickers at his comment.
"Whatever" Will snarls back.
After a few minutes of everyone talking , the conversation disperses into a few mini conversations. I take this as an opportunity to talk to Tobias. He so engrossed in his food, his brows are furrowed , like he is deep in thought. I lean to kiss his cheek and he turns his head to me, he swallows the food, he was chewing and smiles at me.
"A penny for your thoughts?" I ask, taking another bite of my toast.
"I was just thinking about what Max asked me to do today, he wants me and Zeke to take down a few cameras from the some of the hallways. And when I asked why, he just said because there is too many and besides we are Dauntless, we should be able to take on anything." Tobias scoffs. Take down cameras?
"Why would he want that, does he not care for the people's safety at all?" I don't like where this is going. First the blueprint and now this? The people's safety aren't in their minds and it's pissing me off. Maybe we should add an extra leader, one who will actually make sensible decisions.
"That's what I'm thinking, and to back it up with "we are Dauntless, we can take on anything" doesn't justify shit." He says exasperated. Just then a smart thought pops into my head.
"In addition, if someone is planning to take down a camera, most likely they know something is going to happen in that area" He nods his head slowly. I drift into my own thoughts, trying to think about how we can jump over this hurdle. I form an idea, eventually and I don't think it is easy to mess up.
"Triss" Tobias says, pulling me out of my head. "I lost you there, what's going on in that beautiful head."
I sigh and clear my throat"Because I'm a dauntless leader, I can override instructions. Do as Max says and take down the video cameras and-" I pause because he looks confused "Bare with me" I say and he nods "anyway, take down the cameras and replace them with micro cameras, the ones that are hardly noticeable and are used for laparoscopy. As the cameras are placed in the corners of walls in hallways, place them there and no one will notice as they are hardly noticeable. In fact, I can go with you tonight to plant some more so we can see what is going on here, because they know something is about to happen." Why else would Max want to take cameras down.
He nods in understanding "I definitely think the blueprint and this is connected." Tobias is right they are both too weird to be coincidences, everything happens for a reason.
"Oh, a 100%, we should use the mini cameras to
spy on them and see what they are conspiring" I say
"Ditto"
"Anyway, are you going to the council today?" He asks, switching the lanes of the conversation. Oh my God! I forgot I had to go today! But I think I have to be there at twelve and I think it's only around eight-thirty so, I got some time to kill.
"Yeah" I groan "Thanks for reminding me"
He gives me a cocky smile, "No problem, baby- Oh yeah, Amar and George are coming round later today for dinner at our place" Nice, I like Amar and George.
"What do you wanna make?"
"Some burgers and some salad, what do you think?"
"That's sounds good;you know, you are really good cook." I smirk
"Really?" He grins
"Yeah, the food taste amazing but another pro is that you are irresistibly sexy when you cook" I wiggle my eyebrows. He laughs and leans forward to press a kiss to my forehead.
"But most of my cooking skills are dedicated to Hana, she taught me how to cook." He says reminiscing with a smile. I love how Hana is a mother to all; parental love brings tears of joy and sadness to my eyes.
"I will tell her thank you, because without her you would probably be eating dirt." I joke, and he snaps back out of his memories and looks offended.
"You think that low of me?" He asks, shocked, but we both know we are just kidding around.
"Yes" I smirk, he just gives me a playful glare and I laugh.
"But I don't commend her for you being so sexy, you did that all on your own" I wink, calming my laughter down.
"Gee, Thanks" he chuckles, I lean in and press a kiss to his cheek.
"Oh, by the way on the way home from the council meeting, can you stop by the supermarket and get the burger patties , some cheddar cheese slices and some lettuce."
"Sure, no problem." I smile, but a thought comes
His hands comes up to caress my cheek "I love you" he smiles, his eyes brimming with warmth.
I lean in to his touch "I love you too", we gaze lovingly into each other's eyes, and he bends his head down to plant a soft kiss on my lips, and I kiss him back. I'm about to deepen the kiss when I hear someone clear their throat.
I pull way away and whip my head around, to face our friends, who all have smug looks on their faces. I blush creeps on my face, as we have just been caught kissing. We don't usually kiss in-front on of people, Abnegation uprising. But we just got so lost in each other. At the corner of my eye Tobias turn a his around to face the audience. We both glance at each other, then look a way blushing, but I go even redder as there is already colour to my cheeks.
"How long were you guys watching us?" I ask shyly, breaking the silence. Also I'm a bit concerned that they might of heard me and Tobias talking about the camera situation, I don't want to stress my friends out.
Christina shrugs "You guys were talking about George and Amar; that's when I started listening anyway."
"Same." Shauna says, Lynn, Zeke, Uriah and Marlene all nod in agreement. Phew! I was scared for a minute, I don't want to put that pressure on anyone else.
"But anyway, you guys are so cute." Christina squeals, clapping her hands together like some fan girl. I roll my eyes, slightly embarrassed.
"Yeah, you guys could totally have your own romance show." Marlene laughs. Nah, too much drama. I hate and love them so much as they are so emotionally manipulative; one minute I can be happy for them, the next minute I'm crying my eyes out.
"Four is such a cutie, isn't he" Zeke says in baby language, jutting out his lower lip.
"Who asked you, dickhead." Four snaps.
"Oh, don't want to get the wittle guy mad" Zeke teases, and he erupts with his howls of laughter.
"Sorry, about him" Shaun, glances between Tobias and I, apologetically. Tobias relaxes his face a little and offers her a smile.
"You say that like I have only been with him for a day." Tobias chuckles lightly. We chat more until everyone has to go to work. I give Tobias a hug and kiss, then I walk to my office and I plan to stay there until 10:30 so, I cant be late for the council meeting.
Sorry for the long wait! Life has been a bit up and down recently but I managed to finish this chapter! :)
