Resurgent

Chapter 10

Peter POV

I walk in silence to the Cafeteria with Chloe by my side. Her face is bruised and scratched up. She looks damaged. Like the fight should have broken her. Like she should have been shattered into a million pieces. But because of that, she looks stronger. Braver. I appreciate her more now.

I think that's why I feel the need to do what I am about to do. Chloe said Emma did the most damage, so I will only go after her.

I wanted to learn to be kind. But only now do I realize that I cannot be kind now, after cruel people attacked Chloe. I cannot be kind to these people. I must make an exception, just this once. I must make an exception, but that is for the greater good.

Not being kind for a single moment, does not make a person unkind forever. It does not make them an unkind person permanently. Does it?

Four POV

I walk back to my apartment grinning like an idiot. I brush the small case I hold in my pocket. I go over the speech I wrote wrote in my head.

I open the door, and there sits Tris looking more bored than ever. I stare at her. I love her.

She is so brave, she is the brightest flame-the light if my life.

She is so selfless, she would risk anything and everything to protect me and the ones she loves.

She is so intelligent, she knows more about the world and emotion and love than every erudite-including Jeanine-combined.

She is Tris. My Tris. Brave and selfless and smart and divergent. She looks at me with a questioning look. I laugh.

"Why are you staring at me?"

"Because you're beautiful," I say, and I mean it. She is beautiful inside and out. She smiles.

"Can I talk to you?" I ask and she nods her head yes. I pull out the box with the ring. I get down on one knee.

"Tobias, what are you doing?" She asks nervously. I try to suppress a laugh. It doesn't work very well.

"Tris, I don't know much. I don't know why I had a messed up childhood. I don't know what's gonna happen after this war. I don't know if everything is gonna be okay. I don't know how big the world is, just that when I take it on I want to take it on with you. But I do know that as long as I'm with you, I'm good, I'm whole, I'm not broken. I know that I love you."

She looks even more nervous. I decide to put her out of her misery.

"Now, this is not a proposal." She looks relieved. "This is a promise. A promise to love each other and hold onto each other and stay together even if things get crazy. I promise to be with you through all the ups and downs. I just need you to promise me, too. Okay?"

"Okay." She pulls me up and kisses me. "I love you, Tobias."

"I love you, too, Beatrice." I laugh and so does she. Today is a special occasion. I put the ring on her, and she looks at it.

"FourTris?" She asks when she sees it's engraved on the ring.

"Christina said it was 'our ship name.'"

"FourTris. I love it." She kisses me. As she does, I know that this is it. This is it for me. This is the only love I will ever want and need. She is it for me. I love her. I love her.

Peter POV

It's about midnight and I have been lying in my bed departing on wether or not I should do this. I put my hand in my pocket and my fingers brush cold metal.

Am I really going to do this?

Yes!

I walk over to Emma's bed and pull out the butter-knife. I brush it over Emma's eyelid. Once I get the nerve, I plunge the knife in. She wakes up and let's out a blood curtailing scram. I back away and go turn on the light. Everyone surrounds Emma, who has now toppled over the floor.

Kat rushes over to her. She whispers soothing words. "It'll be okay," she says. I look down at my hands.

I did that. I am responsible. I now have blood on my hands. I get a flashback.

Edward. I did this before. I did this before to Edward. I did this to Edward. And now, I did it to Emma.

How am I going to live with this? I was never kind. I never had a chance at kindness. Maybe it is for the best. I don't remember why I am this way. But I know the reason is not good. I look down at my hands, which have some blood on them, and I smile a little. Then the new me takes over, and I feel a pang of guilt in my chest.

A/N
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