Tobias' POV

"Where is she?" I growled at everyone sitting at our regular table. Everyone consisted of Zeke, Shauna, Charlie, Uriah, Brax, Xander, Marlene, and Lynn. I hadn't seen Tris since Monday when she jumped off the train and stormed off.

Charlie answered, "She's at home, in her room. She comes out to eat and for school. That's it."

"Well, she is coming out tonight. We're going dancing at the club." Marlene chimed in.

Scowling, I asked, "What do you mean she's going dancing tonight? We're supposed to have our first date tonight."

Lynn scoffed, "Good luck with that."

I glared at her.

"What? Are you that clueless as to why she's pissed at you?" Lynn asked and glared back.

I snarled, "I was doing my job!"

Scoffing again, Lynn asked, "Did you ever wonder why Max gave you the job of telling us our punishments?"

I just shrugged and waited for her to expound.

Rolling her eyes, she explained, "Max would have had no problem chewing out Brax and me, but he knew he'd go soft on his little Bumble Bee. He made you do the dirty work for him."

Then, amazingly, Brax spoke up, "Yeah, dad yells at the rest of us all the time, but never Tris. The thing is you didn't just deliver the punishments, you went full on Four on your girlfriend. Even I know that was a bad move."

Charlie then added, "From what Tris told us, they weren't even in the wrong. The teacher and Peter and the Pricks were all at fault. Tris, Lynn and Brax defended themselves. Yet, you decided to go off on them. It would be one thing if you did it in front of the principal, for show, but you did it on the train."

"Again, I was doing my job!" I yelled.

Lynn scoffed again, "Yeah well you were particularly mean when you told Tris about her extra punishment. If you want to see her, you're going to have to come to the club tonight, because that's what we've all planned, and she hasn't mentioned going on a date with you all week. She even bought a dress for going dancing tonight."

Zeke looked at me apologetically and added, "Hey, we'll all go. It'll be fun. You've never gone to the club, so it'll be new and exciting."

I just left my tray and stormed up to my apartment. I considered knocking on Max' door, but I didn't know how well that would go over with Vi or Max if they were home. I threw myself on my couch and eventually fell asleep.

I woke up a couple hours later to someone banging on my door. I went to look through the peephole and it was Zeke, Uriah, Xander, and Brax. I really didn't want to answer, and I didn't want to go to the club either. I just wanted to be with Beatrice, but apparently, she didn't want to be with me. I unlocked the door and walked back to my couch. They all came barging in.

"What do you think you're doing?" asked Uriah.

I just glared at all of them.

Xander looked at me with his furrowed brow and said, "Look you can stay at home and glare at the walls, but Tris is already headed to the club with the rest of the girls. Considering what she was wearing, she'll probably be gaining a lot of admirers tonight. If you don't want to be there to protect your girl, that's your decision."

That piqued my interest. There better not be other guys admiring my girl! I ran to my room and threw on a black button-down shirt and a clean pair of black jeans. I went back out and they were all grinning. They knew Xander would be able to manipulate me into going. Ugh.

I went to the door and none of them had moved. "Well, are we going or what?" I gruffly asked as I grabbed my keys.

We arrived at the club and found an empty table. I immediately started looking for Beatrice. I located Shauna, Charlie, Marlene, and Lynn, but didn't see Beatrice anywhere. A waitress came by to take our drink orders and trying to flirt with me. The thumping song that had been playing switched to a slow song and the girls came over to our table. That was when I saw her. My Beatrice, my girlfriend, was wearing a black, leather, sleeveless, skintight, dress. It left nothing to the imagination. My jaw was on the floor, my heart pounding. I didn't know how to react. Was I angry? Was I turned on? I think I was feeling everything all at once.

Everyone else paired up and headed to the dance floor, leaving Beatrice and I at the table. Another guy came up and asked her to dance. Fortunately, she said no, or I think my heart would have broken. She looked at me with her eyebrows raised. She's the one who avoided me for days and she expected me to talk first? Another guy approached her, and I just glared at him until he left. I don't know what I was supposed to do.

"Well, if that's all you have to say to me, I think I'll go." was all she said and then she stood up and walked away.

I was so confused, but one thing registered in my mind, I was going to lose her if I didn't do something, so I did the first thing that came to mind. I ran after her and grabbed her, spinning her around to face me. I still couldn't talk, but I could act. I grabbed her and pulled her to me and kissed her harder than I'd ever kissed her. About ten seconds later, she finally responded... with a slap.

I stood dumbfounded. Why the hell couldn't I get any freaking words out?!

She glared at me and angrily said, "Are you incapable of speech? What is wrong with you? You treated me horribly the other day and now you think I'll just make out with you without even talking about what happened?"

I finally found my voice and said, "I didn't know I did anything wrong."

Yeah, that wasn't the right thing to say. She slammed into my arm as she pushed past me and headed out the open doors of the club. I knew I should follow her, but I was worried I'd just word vomit and say something else that displeased her. The waitress approached me again and put her hand on my bicep. I shrugged her off and decided to go after my infuriating and angry girlfriend. Was she even still my girlfriend? She didn't dance with any other guys, so I guess that's something.

By the time I got my legs moving, I didn't know where she'd run to. I decided to try the chasm. That was where I'd planned on taking her tonight, so maybe, with some luck, we'd both end up there anyway. As I climbed down the hidden path, I started hoping she wasn't there. She'd been wearing sky high heels, and I was horrified she could have fallen in. I found her leaning against the wall on the only level outcropping of rock. Her shoes were off, thankfully. She was sitting with her knees up, her arms wrapped around them. I was careful not to look in front because that dress was really short, and I was sure her underwear showed.

As I got closer, I could hear her crying, sobbing even, and my heart broke. Knowing I'd made her feel this way made my heart constrict and I want to take her in my lap and just hold her, but I knew not to touch her right now. In this moment, I needed words. I said a silent prayer that they'd come to me.

Letting out a huge breath, I let the words tumble out, "I've never had a girlfriend before, and I didn't know the way I spoke to you would hurt you. God, Tris, you're just so strong, it's hard for me to believe that I can hurt you with just words, or even just the tone of my voice."

She sniffled loudly as I sat next to her, allowing a couple inches of space between us.

"I was so focused on coming off as an authoritative leader, that I didn't realize I was also coming off as a total jerk of a boyfriend." I stumbled out.

"You're always Four with everyone else, but it was the first time you were Four with me, other than the night I was attacked, before you knew it was me." she sniffled, "I didn't like it."
I decided to take a chance and put my arm around her. "I'm so sorry baby." I said while rubbing her shoulder.

We sat in silence for a while, then I decided to address an issue, hoping she'd understand and not get angry again.

"Tris, when we have a disagreement or hurt each other, we need to find a way to communicate. You shut me out for five days and that hurt me. I felt abandoned. Then you ditched me when I'd already asked you on a date for tonight. I know I hurt you, but you hurt me. I honestly think what you did was worse than a moment of me being 'Four' with you." I explained as calmly as I could.

She looked up at me and I waited for the bomb to go off. Then she said, "Oh,Tobias, I was so concerned about how you made me feel, I didn't think about how my actions made you feel. I never meant to abandon you. I honestly thought you'd come to the apartment to talk to me long before tonight. Every day you didn't come, I just felt more hurt, so I do kind of understand how you were feeling."

I softly kissed her on her nose, finally feeling like we would be okay. She scrunched up her nose and grinned at me, then I knew everything was alright.

"Want to go ride the train?" I asked.

She smiled and said, "Yeah, but let's go to my apartment first, there's no way I can jump on a train in this dress or in heels."

She grabbed her heels, and we walked to her aunt and uncle's apartment.

I looked down at her and grinning said, "You know, you look hot in that dress."

She smirked replying, "That was kind of the point."

I frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

She snickered, "I wore this to make you crazy and it worked. Kissing me before talking to me, was definitely a crazy move on your part. Plus, it seemed to render you speechless."

I just nodded. Everything she said was true. We got to her apartment and Vi and Max were on the couch, eating popcorn and watching a movie. Tris told me to sit while she went to change. I nervously sat on a chair across from Max and Vi.

"Sorry I put you in that predicament. I just can't yell at her. I didn't want to anyway. What they did was reasonable for what happened in that classroom." Max offered.

I sighed, "Yeah, I know. Lesson learned. What are we going to do with her during initiation? She has to be willing to take orders."

Max laughed, "She's training with the Dauntless borns, Amar can handle her. I should probably introduce them tomorrow."

Vi asked, "So what are you and Tris doing tonight?"

"We're going to go ride the train around the city." I answered.

Max got up and went to his study. He came back with a gun and handed it to me, saying, "Better safe than sorry. There's too much going on in this city right now., I won't stop you guys from your train ride, just be aware. The factionless have been acting strangely."

Tris came back down, and we headed out to the tracks. I couldn't get Max' words out of my head. I had a feeling something was going to happen tonight. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, but the idea of showing Tris how to hang out the train cart doors was exhilarating, and we were young, and just a little bit stupid. That night I learned to listen to my gut.