The rushing wind blew my hair across my face, making Beatrice laugh.The train was moving rapidly as it rumbled down along the tracks, but as far as I was concerned, it wasn't moving fast enough. I shoved Beatrice's arm playfully and looked back out the train door. I had never been more hopeful in my entire life and maybe that was a bad thing. After learning that Tris was still alive, Beatrice and I caught the next train out of dauntless and planned to venture back out of the fence and find her. So, that's what we did. We full on sprinted out of dauntless and hopped on the first train we saw and now, we were sitting on the edge of the train car together, our knees folded up towards our chests, watching the city lights go by. It was dark outside and I turned to Beatrice. Her dark blue eyes reflected back the city lights and her orbs looked like a smaller version of a galaxy.
"You should get some sleep while you can," I whispered, not exactly sure why I was whispering. She nodded but didn't move to go sleep. Instead, she turned her head up to look at me again.
"I won't be able to sleep. I...I learned that I had parents today, and that Christina...wasn't ever really my mother." She said gravely, but with a smile on her face. "It's just all so crazy, Four. What do you think happened to Tris? Why did Christina pretend she was my mother all these years?"
I shook my head, because in all honesty, I didn't know. She seemed slightly disappointed by my lack of answers and sunk her head back down to rest on her knees. Her eyes became dreamlike again, and she started speaking quietly.
"All my life I wished for an adventure, a mystery, a story. And now that I have one...I don't know what to do. " she murmured. I blinked and turned to look back out the train car as the miles of amity farms whisked by.
"You don't need to know what to do, Beatrice," I said, my voice faint. "Tomorrow, we'll go beyond the fence and find your mother. And maybe when we do, I'll build us a house out far away in the middle of the amity fields. We'll be a family and we'll never have to be afraid again."
Beatrice considered this and then looked out the car, her green dress flowing with the brisk wind.
"But what if I am afraid. What if I'm afraid to even go beyond the fence," she breathed. I thought for a while and came to my own sort of conclusion.
" Everyone's afraid of something, Beatrice." I whispered.
"Not you. You're not afraid of anything," she countered.
"Yes I am. Did I ever tell you how I got the name Four?" She shook her head. "Well, that's how many fears I have. Four." She looked at me and rolled her eyes in disbelief. I sighed and grabbed her arm.
"But let me tell you something, Beatrice. People are going to start calling me Five because I got a new fear today." She cocked her head and pursed her lips.
"Oh yeah? And what is it?" She asked.
"Losing my daughter," I whispered, as tears pooled in her eyes. "I'm afraid of losing you, Beatrice."
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I'll Be Your Family Now
FanfictionTobias is trying hard to move on. Days keep getting tougher though, as he tries to forget about the girl he lost. The girl he probably could've saved... However, everything changes one dark day when he meets an orphan who teaches him that perhaps h...
