Abnegation Life - (Divergent Fanfic)

Chapter 12

Chapter 12 - A million dreams

Sunday is here already. I invited Christina and Will to my wedding and everything is booked for tomorrow. Probably the whole Abnegation community is going to be there which is really exciting. Everyone at work is buzzing about our wedding. Tobias and I have never been happier. I wish Caleb could be there.

We work well on Sunday and hand out extra food like on Fridays because we're going to have a day off the next day. Christina wouldn't shut up about it. I forgot she was even talking about my wedding because it sounded like she was talking about herself. "Is your brother going to be there?" She asks. I know she doesn't know about Caleb but I still feel hurt after she says it. My only brother, the traitor, can't even come to watch his sister get married. The last time I saw him was when he attacked me too. I had no idea what kind of monster he really was. "He can't." Will answers for me. Will always comes to my rescue. He's always been super protective of me like an older brother. He's only a few months older but he's Abnegation and Thinking of him as a brother makes me forget about Caleb. "Oh, I forgot. I'm sorry Tris." Christina squeezes my shoulder and I give her a reassuring smile.

It's getting closer and closer to my wedding day. Just 18 more hours. How will I be able to fall asleep? There's too much excitement. My mother makes me tea before bed. She says it will help me fall asleep. While I drink it I imagine what my future could be like. Tobias and I living together, going to work together, eating meals together. Tobias is perfect. Some people, like Marcus, don't see him as perfect. People who haven't met him or don't know him wouldn't think he's perfect. When I really think about it, he isn't perfect. I'm sure everyone knows something about him they don't like. He's less than perfect to everyone. Everyone but me. He isn't the perfect guy at all, he's the perfect guy for me. I can find every good thing about him that I love, and I accept him for the bad things. No one is perfect. But we can be perfect for each other.

Soon the effects of the tea start to kick in and I slowly doze off into a deep sleep.

><><><

I sleep in for longer than I wanted the next day. It's Monday and I was planning to get ready early. When I tell my mother this she tells me there is plenty of time and I need to relax. I feel like asking her how 'relaxed' she was on her wedding day, but I don't. The day goes by really slow but my time to get ready finally comes after what feels like years of waiting. Abnegation people don't have extravagant weddings and we don't wear makeup or draw too much attention to ourselves except for the fact that it's our day and everyone is coming to watch us. By us, I mean Tobias and I. It's finally happening. For real this time. It's so close I can reach out but not quite grab it.

I get into my light grey half sleeve dress that goes down to my feet. The light grey belt adds the final touch to it and I go over to the mirror by our stairwell to check it out. I haven't seen myself in 3 months. It surprises you how much a person changes in just 3 months. Which reminds me that tomorrow is the day I cut my hair. It hasn't gotten that long but I'm used to it being shorter. I put it in a fancy knot then close the panel and run downstairs.

My parents are ready already and waiting for me at the table. My mother gets teary-eyed at the sight of me. "You look beautiful Beatrice." My father says. I take one last look at my home. Every Abnegation house is the same but this is where I grew up, that's what makes it different. It's my home, it's where my parents are, and it holds so many beautiful memories.

I run over to my parents and give them the biggest hug ever. "I love you guys," I tell them. We don't say it often but when we do, it counts. "We love you too. Let's get going." My mother says and wipes my tears. I didn't even notice I was crying. I hold both of their hands and we walk out together.

><><><

It's finally close enough for me to reach. The thing I've been waiting for. It happens when I say, "I do,". The thing is in reach and I'm so close to having it. 

The brightest colours fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake

The special thing I've been working for, I know what it is now. 

It's him.

 The man in front of me. His dark blue eyes glisten with tears when he whispers, "I love you."

A million dreams is all it's gonna take
Oh a million dreams for the world we're gonna make

 It's finally here. It's mine now. I think that all I need to do was say two words. Two words that would make it official. But it was so much more than that. A thousand words kept us apart and it took a thousand words to bring us together again. In the end, it was two words that make it official. 

Two words but so much meaning, so much hard work to reach them. So much drama and stress and doubt, heartbreak, happiness, love, determination. All for this moment. The moment I'm living right now. Two more words.

"I do."

 So short but so much meaning. So much promise. The promise that we will never be apart. The promise that nothing can keep us apart. All I did was say two words.

A million dreams is all it's gonna take
A million dreams for the world we're gonna makeFor the world we're gonna make

A/N: AHHH Second last chapter!!  I'm writing an epilogue too because I really don't want to end this story I'm gonna miss writing so much :( so technically 2 more chapters and the last chapter is already written but I'm still gonna wait to publish it so it comes out on the same day as the epilogue. Idk why I'm saying all this no one reads my stories anyway lmao-