Forever 10♥ {Book 1}

Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Tris P.O.V

3 Days Later

I was extremely happy when I got to get out of the infirmary. Tobias made sure that I stayed until almost every test was run on me. I was poked and prodded all day. I had CT's done, MRI's, even x-rays. Even though I didn't have any broken bones. When Tobias finally ran out of reasons to keep me here, I finally got to go home.

Tobias filled me in on what has been happening. Jessie chose to take the government job. Mike chose ambassador to the factions. I really didn't care about the others. I wouldn't be seeing half of them anymore anyways.

I walked out of the infirmary with a huge smile on my face. My baby is ok. I am ok. Tobias is ok. My life is ok. Right now, everything is ok.

For some reason I was full of energy. All this happiness was making me insanely giddy. I entwined Tobias' hand with mine and kissed him on the lips. He smiled down at me and kissed me again. I think happiness was starting to take over him too, because soon we were laughing loudly at nothing in particular. People were looking at us like we were crazy. But we didn't care.

When we got to the apartment, we jumped on the bed and laughed some more. We shared many kisses. Usually we weren't so childish, but we allowed ourselves to do it just this once. It was nice to let go for once.

Our newfound energy didn't last very long though. After only about 15 minutes we were out cold on the bed. By the time we woke up, it was night time, and neither of us wanted to sleep. All we had done that day was sleep. There was no way we could sleep anymore.

Since everyone else was most likely asleep, we couldn't go out and wander through the Pit. So instead, we just stayed up and lay on the couch. Tobias' arms were wrapped around stomach. His lips were brushing my neck repeatedly. Sometimes he'd move to my shoulder or just under my jaw. It was a very nice feeling.

I must have drifted off at some point because the next time I opened my eyes, we were in the same position, but we were back on the bed.

Tobias shifted to his back, one of his arms still around me. I laid my head on his chest. Either he was already awake or my movement disturbed him, because soon he was stroking my hair.

"Morning," I mumbled. "At least I think its morning,"

He chuckled softly. "It's morning. You fell asleep on me last night."

"I know. Sorry," I told him.

Tobias chuckled again. He pulled me into a bear hug. "You feeling ok?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" I asked.

"Just making sure I didn't let you out of the infirmary to quickly," he replied.

"I'm fine. The baby's fine. Everything's fine." I told him.

"I believe you," he said into my hair. We lay there like that for a while. It was disturbed by Tobias saying, "I have to go to work." I had completely forgotten about work. There were no initiates to train anymore. And that means I have to go to the tattoo parlor again.

I always hated having to go back there, but this year, I was almost relieved. This year has been particularly stressful. I made two good friends, but I also had several near-death experiences. And a lot of them were caused by an initiate. Particularly Tesa.

Tobias and I reluctantly got up. We bustled around the apartment, trying to find either food or clothes or some other thing. We walked down the hall together and before we parted ways, I received a kiss on the cheek.

I walked into the tattoo parlor with a smile on my face. "Hey Tori."

"Tris," she said. "You're back. A couple customers complained that their favorite tattoo artist was gone. You've become very popular among the clients."

"Really?" I asked, laughing slightly.

"Yeah," Tori replied. "I was starting to get annoyed with people asking if you were working."

I just laughed. I got set up at my station and waited for the customers to trickle in. My first costumer was Jessie.

"Hey!" I exclaimed when I saw her. "How're you doing?"

"I'm feeling a little swamped." She admitted. "Being a new leader is a bit stressful. I have decided to get my first tattoo."

"Well I can help you there," I told her. "What do you want?"

"I want something on my ribs," she said.

"Any design in particular?" I asked.

"Yeah," she began. "I want a number eight. But not just the number eight. I want it filled with my fears."

"That's a good idea." I said. "Eight fears. That's pretty low. And are you sure you want to share your fears with me?"

"Yeah," she replied, sounding confident. "And may I ask how many fears you have?"

"Sure," I said. "I originally had seven fears. But a couple years ago, I overcame one of them."

"Really?" she asked. I nodded.

"Now, what are your fears?"

"Enclosed spaces, doctors, losing my younger sister Anna, drowning, getting lost, being kidnapped, elevators and... commitment." She confessed.

"Ok I have an idea," I said. I started to draw a sketch. When I was done, I showed it to Jessie. She nodded in approval and told me I could begin. I sterilized her ribs on the left side and began. I outlined the eight and mentally cut it into eight different sections. I put in a ring, a body of water, a man in a mask, a grave stone with the name Anna on it, a doctors mask, an elevator, an internal view of a small space, and a small forest. It took a while, but I pulled it off. I filled in all extra space with a grey-blue ink.

I put a large bandage over the tattoo so it could heal.

"Thanks Tris," said Jessie.

"No problem," I replied. "It was my pleasure. I've never done a tattoo like this."

And with that, she left.

The rest of the day went slowly. I did a couple faction signs, weapons of mass destruction. Boring stuff. But it was a nice day. I didn't have to worry about being attacked by an initiate. I didn't have to try and focus on someone else's pain instead of my own. I was quite relieved.

I got to the apartment and Tobias wasn't there yet. I wasn't quite sure what he did in the control room, but I did know it took up a lot of his time. By the time he did get home, it was pretty late.

For some reason, I was wiped out. Tobias seemed to be too. I was about to fall sleep until there was a loud knock on the door. I slowly got up and walked over.

I opened the door to see Jessie. She looked a little worried.

"What do you need Jessie?" I asked her.

"People are coming." She said.

"Who?"

"They're trying to change us." I heard a hint of panic in her voice. "They are going to change the way we run Dauntless."