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Chapter 3

Tobias
It's been four days.
She hasn't woken up yet. Mans it has been four days. I've been exercising her arms and legs to keep the blood flowing. The doctor, whom very recently I've learned is named john, said if we want her to continue getting better she has to move every four hours.
I just want her to wake up. I hold her hand in mine like I have been everyday. I fall asleep like this. I wake up like this. And It kills me.
I look up at her. She's so pale and fragile looking. Her hair has grown since she cut it at amity. So it hangs differently.
I lift a hand and stroke her cheek feeling a tear rolling down my face. I close my eyes and turn my head down.
"Wake up tris. Please. Don't leave me. I know you don't want to but." my voice cracks as I speak "please. Don't leave me tris prior." And I bury my face into the mattress and sob once more.

Tris
He doesn't understand. I'm trying to wake up. I'm trying so hard. I feel him everytime he touches me. I will myself to wake up but I can't. Why can't I just wake up!
I tell my legs to move but they won't.
I tell my eyes to open. But they refuse.
I feel his hand hold mine once more and smile. But my lips won't move.
I will my hand to squeeze. I use every ounce of strength I have and squeeze his hand back.
"Tris?" I hear his soothing voice say. I hear the chair scoot back and his hands hold my face. "Tris. Come on wake up I know you can." He says and I feel his tears as they hit my cheeks.
I break a smile and feel my lips turn up. He notices because he kisses them. He brushes my hair back. I smile.
"John!" He screams. I hear footsteps in the room. "Yes four?" Tobias some how moves him to my bedside without speaking because another set of hands are touching me.
"She smiled. She squeezed my hand!" He says as his voice cracks. "this is very good." John says "it means she may wake up soon."
Tobias kisses my lips softly once again. "I love you tris."
And if I could say it back I would. But for now I rest and think of tomorrow.