Resurgent

Chapter 15

It's been quite some time since I took Tris on a date. The last date I took her to, was the Tortiro Bar and I sure don't want to repeat that.

Twenty minutes later, I hear a knock on the door and I go to open it. Sure enough, it's Tris.

"Hey," I say, kissing her.
"What's up?" She says. Getting in, she starts to go into the bathroom with her pyjamas when I say to her,"How about a date?"
"Oh, like the last one?" She teases me.
"Hey, that was a mistake."
"Yeah, right." She laughs,"How about an amusement park?"

Her eyes are glowing and I can tell what she's thinking about. The time in Dauntless, when we played that game and Tris and I climbed up the Ferris wheel- that was an abandoned amusement park. And that's when Tris got to know of my fear of heights.

"That's a great idea," I say, "But it's too late for that. It's already seven."
"No, I mean, like, tomorrow. The whole day at an amusement park. God, I don't love anything more that amusement parks!" Tris exclaims.

I make a sad puppy face and say,"You don't?"

She laughs and then says,"Oh, I don't love anything more than YOU!"
"That's better," I grin at her. I pull her into a kiss. Then the memories of Lucy come back to me. I don't know why, all of a sudden, I pull back with a startled look on my face.
"What happened?" She asks.
"Uh..nothing. Nothing at all," I know that I need to change the topic immediately ,"So why'd you take that long at Christina's?"

She doesn't say anything about why I was startled, but replies,"Oh, that. Um.."
"Go on." I urge her.
"Christina is..."
I wait for her to answer. I let her have her own time.

"Christina is pregnant," she says.

Now I'm actually startled. I don't know how to react, whether I should be happy, excited or sad. I have no clue.
"Ohhhhh," I say, half-smiling, half-frowning.
"Yeah. She was unwell and then I thought that it's possible so I went over."
"Who's the father?" I ask.

Tris doesn't sound too happy about this  situation but she surely isn't sad so I decide to go with the happy expression.

"Will. Duh, of course."
"Wow, so now she has some thing left of Will."
She doesn't smile, as I expected her to.
"Uh, sorry." I reply, embarrassed.
"No, that's okay. But don't dare say that to her."
"Of course not."

The next day, I wake up early and shower. Things really have changed. I don't feel like the Abnegation Tobias or the Dauntless Four. I feel like a new person completely, as if everything has changed.

We leave for the amusement park at eight. I'm not a big fan of rides- they make me nauseous and then there's heights...so rides don't really make it to my fan club.

The first ride we get into is the Ferris wheel. I know it's the worst choice, but Tris forces me to, because she says,"You need to get over that fear of yours."

"You can never really get over your fears. You can just learn to control them."
"If that's the case, then you must learn to control you fear of heights," she grins.

Oh god, I feel nauseous just on seeing the carts, I don't know how I'll make it to the top. I can feel a knot forming in my stomach as I step into a cart and Tris sits right beside me. I pull the safety belt over, first thing. I check if it's locked at least a hundred times. An overwhelming feeling of anxiety passes through me as the cart jerks forward. Instinctively, I pull Tris' hand into mine, my eyes widening in fear. Tris is laughing as we go higher and higher into the air. I don't say anything. I'm just clenching my eyes as hard as I possibly can.

I don't want to look down. I feel so nervous. "Open your eyes, Tobias," Tris says gently.

I mutter a no, but I know it's useless. She kisses me on the cheek and says,"I know you're going to show me those beautiful dark blue eyes you have."