What could have happend

Chapter 12 - Faction Week

Tris Pov

I wake up with a pounding headache. The white lights that have a slight blue glow shine right in my face and hurt my eyes. I see the silhouette of a face in my vision. I can see the face more clearly after I squint my eyes. Tobias.

"Hey beautiful, you okay? You look horrible." I hear his deep voice rumble like it always does when he has just woken up, signaling that it's morning.

"Gee, thanks you look great too," I say as sarcastically as I can manage right now. I grunt while trying to sit up, and instead of babying me like every other person would probably do he helps me sit up, slowly because he's still worried about me but he helps me up nonetheless so I am grateful. I have such an amazing boyfriend, I could never ever find someone who gets me as he does, who loves me as he does, and who cares for me as he does. He's perfect for me. The only one sharp enough to sharpen me. When I'm finally sitting up, I place my hand on his neck and pull his face to mine. I smash my lips into his, and time seems to be no more, I forget where he ends, and I begin, I love him so much as if he is part of me. We are one.

Tobias Pov

Our kiss is interrupted by the intercom:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we want to alert you that since it's Faction week, abnegation visiting day is today. If you want to visit Abnegation, go today because until Christmas, no visiting will be permitted."

"Tobias, you wanted to go to your sister, right?" I hear her ask.

I do, but I do not want to leave Tris alone after surgery. It's between the only two people I love: my girlfriend or my sister. My girlfriend, who I know could be in pain but is surely safe, and my sister, who I know, is in danger and pain. 

"Yeah, I kinda do. But I also don't want to leave you. I mean, you just had surgery. What if you need me?" I don't want to leave her, and I won't. I can't.

"Then I've got Cara. Go or I will take you there myself." Why does she have to be so stubborn?

"Tris, I'm not going," I say, being stubborn myself.

"Fine, then I am going with you," She says while pushing the nurse call button thingy. A few moments later, Cara walks through the doors.

"What do you need, Tris?" She asks calmly, full of patience.

"I'm going to abnegation. He won't leave me so I'm going with him." Why does she need to be so darn stubborn?

"Well Tris, it's a good idea, but I can't let you go. In your situation, you need to be discharged to leave the hospital, let alone go to another faction," Cara answers with a pitying look in her eyes. Tris motions for her to come to her bedside, and she whispers something in her ear. Cara whispers something back. Tris looks deep in thought, and then, like a lightbulb, she gets an idea. Again, she whispers something in Cara's ear. She nods and walks out of the room. We just sit there in silence. Tris has a smirk on her face, and I don't think I'm going to like her idea.

Roughly ten minutes later, Caleb comes walking in. I like the guy, but what in the world is he doing here?

"Caleb was planning to go visit our parents in Abnegation, and he apparently agreed to take you with him. And you are going to go with him otherwise I won't kiss you for a month." She says. She won't do that. 

"Oh, but I will," she says, reading my thoughts, "Oh, and while you're out with him to abnegation, you can help him and teach him how to jump on a train. It's a skill he will need." Is she serious? She doesn't think that her brother of all people will jump on a moving train? Caleb looks terrified but nods.

I sigh. "Guess I have no choice." I give up, and if she even sends her brother with me or the other way, I can't back out. Unless that's what my abnegation side says, but it's still such a big part of me that i can't ignore it.

A little while later, Caleb and I walk alongside the trainrails towards the abnegation sector. When we hear the train coming, I begin to run in front of him and climb into the traincart with ease. Then I reach my hand out for Caleb to grab a hold or and when he does, I pull him in. We sit in silence in the traincart for a while, only hearing his panting over the sound of the wind.

"You're gonna visit Marcus Eaton? He should be pretty busy today, I can imagine?" Caleb says when he catches his breath.

"Nah, I'm going to visit my little sister. We were very close, probably because it wasn't always easy at our house." I say, hoping not to reveal too much. But I also couldn't possibly call that house a home. We come close to the abnegation sector, and I stand up from my spot on the floor. I look out of the door and say to Caleb,  "Get ready to jump."

"What!?" He yells.

"How did you think you came off of the train again?" I ask. He still looks at me with wide eyes but nods.  He stands up using the wall as support when the wind almost knocks him over a few times. I take a few steps back and want to jump when stopped by Caleb.
"I can't do this," he says. I mentally groan why does he has to be so difficult. If we don't jump now, we are missing the stop.

"Caleb, come on, please just jump?" I say pleading. He shakes his head. We're almost past, so we have to jump. Now. I hesitate a bit before I pick Caleb up bridal style and jump out of the train with him in my arms.

He's screaming like a scared little girl. When I am stable again, I set him down and rub my ear while he is still screaming with his eyes squeezed shut. People are looking weird at us, and Caleb abruptly stops screaming and opens his eyes when he realizes he stands on firm ground again. He clears his throat and starts walking towards the grey houses standing in the wet grass. We walk around, and a few people are standing on the street talking or walking with abnegation towards their house.

When we reach our old houses, I see my little sister standing there in front of the house, making small talk with whoever passes. I stop in front of her, and Caleb is standing still, too.

"Olivia," I say dumbfounded she got bigger and taller, and she looks worse than when I left. "How are you?" I ask. She looks at me weird. "Same i've been for the past two years since my brother left. Why would you care?" She asks. "Liv," I say, "you don't recognize me?" I almost see the gears turning in her head,  I was the only one to ever call her Liv. Liv as in live. She kept me from giving up she gave me the strength to live. She looks at me and asks carefully, "Are you biased?" A small grin forms around my lips. That was our code for if she would ever doubt if it really was me. I reply, "Why my fine lady, I'm not exactly biased, but I was Tobiased in the past." When I finish the code word, she litterly jumps me. And I catch her when I do. I'm more than a little concerned. I can feel her bones through her big abnegation robes, and she is light as a feather.

"Is he starving you?" I whisper next to her ear. She just nods a little. Why did I leave. I think concerned while reprimanding myself for doing so. "I love you, sis, hold on," I whisper softly against her ear, and I give her a soft kiss on the cheek. I set her down, and she whispers "goodbye Tobias" and turns to walk back into the house. "See you soon, Liv, be strong." I whisper probably out of her earshot, but when she turns around in the doorframe to whisper,"I love you, Tobias, keep living for the both of us. " I feel my heart sink she will not be safe for another whole year or so. And with how she looks right now, that may be too much time.