Divergent UNIVERSITY ✅

chapter 38

The next day everyone goes back to the reality of their jobs and lives outside of school. They all decided to get together on the weekends to do things. Four and Tris went to Detroit for the Metal Music Festival, Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were headlining the show. The first day they were there they saw a lot of bands that they had never heard of. It was a great day though and at the end of the night they got to see the Chili Peppers perform. Their show was fantastic. Neither of them had ever been to a festival like this before, so it was all a new experience.The next day was very much the same. They listened to a bunch of bands that neither of them had ever heard of before. But it all paid off at the end of the night when Metallica came on. They focused on mostly their older songs for their set. They played songs from their Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, and And Justice for All albums. They also played a couple new songs. Four and Tris had a fantastic time.When they were on their way back to the hotel, they talked about all of the concerts they had seen. It turns out that they have many of the same likes and dislikes when it comes to music, metal being their favorite genre.That night they are both too exhilarated to sleep. The excitement of the show and of just being in this place together alone, makes them both restless. Tris decides to get a shower while Four changes into a pair of shorts to sleep in. He's hyperaware of her tonight. Something about the release of a concert takes away inhibitions, especially the release of a heavy metal concert.When she gets out of the shower she realizes that she forgot to take clean clothes into the bathroom with her. She wraps a towel tightly around herself and exits the bathroom.When Four sees her he can't help but for the desire and lust to bubble up in him. Seeing her in next to nothing with her skin shimmering from the shower water sends his senses into overdrive. He quickly gets up from the bed and closes the distance between them. He pulls her into a passionate kiss. They begin making out a little, kissing and holding each other. Soon that turns into more.He wraps his arms around her and presses his lips to hers more firmly. He seems to have lost control of all of his reservations and wants nothing more than to be close to her.Her mother always told her that when the time was right, she would know it. That every fiber of her being would tell her that this is the man that she wants to give herself to completely. Tris never believed her mother. She just figured it was something she told her to deter her from doing anything with random people. But now, for the first time she knows what her mother was talking about, and she was right. Every part of her tingles with desire for this man. She wants to give herself to him completely, now more than ever.She wraps her arms around his neck as he places his hands on the small of her back and pulls her to him. She can feel the towel sliding down her body, but for the first time in her life, she wants this. She doesn't care that in a few more moments her breasts are going to be completely exposed to him.They move toward the bed as one all the while her towel has slid down enough to uncover her breasts. When he feels her bare breasts against his naked abdomen, he pulls away slightly and looks her in the eyes. She pulls him back into the kiss, nervous about the fact that she is now half naked in front of him.He obliges and continues to kiss her. He knows what she is telling him without her saying a word.Once they reach the bed, he sits down and she quickly climbs on his lap and straddles him, wrapping her legs around his waist. He can feel the towel has dropped down almost completely, revealing her stomach. The towel now lies across her hips and lap keeping her lower parts covered.He pulls away from the kiss and brushes his lips down her neck. He keeps moving down until he brushes her breasts with his lips.Her heart starts to hammer and she is starting to feel very nervous about being so exposed, but the feeling of his hot breath on her chest quickly stifles those fears.He glides his hands down her sides slowly and gently removes the towel from around her waist, revealing her perfect, beautiful body. His thoughts fly as he moves his hands across her naked skin. He wants to makes sure he moves slowly and gently. He's afraid to hurt her or to make her feel uncomfortable.He slides his hands across her body and his touch makes her body quiver with the desire to feel him closer to her.He slowly starts to rub her gently, causing her to quiver and moan quietly with pleasure. He tenderly moves her onto the bed and lays her on her back. He slides his hands across her body feeling every contour and curve, looking at her eyes the whole time to make sure she is okay with what he is doing. He lies on the bed next to her and starts kissing her again as his hands explore her body.He returns his fingers to that place that made her body quiver with desire. He starts to put pressure on the place that will give her the pleasure that she so desperately desires but never knew it before. He hovers above her as he kisses her from her lips, to her neck, and all the way down to her breasts while he caresses that place between her legs that makes her moan and makes her body shake.After a few long minutes of his caresses, her body explodes with a release that she has never felt before. She can feel him growing larger against her thigh as she moans quietly from her release.She slides her hands down his stomach and finds the waistband of his shorts. She slowly slides them down, exposing his body. This is the first time that she has ever been this close to a man's body. She is unsure of what she should do. She decides to do what comes naturally, so she carefully brushes her hand across him, feeling him grow even harder against her hand."Tris, are you sure about this? We can stop this right now," he says to her.She looks into his eyes and sees several different emotions, love, desire, fear, and concern all are present in his eyes.She doesn't respond, she simply nods her head indicating her desire and need for him."This is probably going to hurt you," he says. "You tell me to stop, and I'll stop. Okay?"She nods again. She doesn't want to talk about it anymore. She so desperately wants to feel him, to feel close to him, to give herself to him completely that she doesn't want him to stop.He watches her face as they begin to become as one. He looks at her face and can see her cringe from the pain. He immediately stops and looks at her."Why did you stop?" she asks."You looked like you were in pain. I don't want to hurt you.""It does hurt, but it is a bearable pain, not excruciating."He continues to move even more slowly into her as she braces herself for the pain. She feels like she is going to rip in half, but she doesn't want him to stop either.A tear slides down her cheek and he stops again looking at her. Her eyes are closed tightly and another tear falls down the side of her face. He feels horrible for being the one to put her in this pain."Please don't stop," she whispers.After a few long moments, he is fully inside of her, putting pressure all over her body. He waits for a few moments, kissing her lips, her cheeks and kissing away the tears that have formed in the corners of her eyes. He begins to move slowly while watching her face to determine if he is hurting her or not. After some time, her face seems to relax slightly and she is moving her body ever so slightly in rhythm with his. This movement and their closeness brings him to the point of his release.He continues to control himself, keeping the same slow steady pace so he doesn't hurt her, until he finally climaxes. When he is finished, he slowly removes himself from her and quickly disposes of the condom and cleans himself up so he doesn't get anything on her.He lies back in bed with her and holds her to him caressing and kissing her and asking her if she is okay."I'm so sorry Tris. I never wanted to hurt you. We didn't have to do that and we don't have to do it again.""I'm fine Tobias, honestly. I wanted to do that. I wanted to be with you. Not because I felt like I had to but because I wanted to. I love you and that was exactly the experience that I wanted for my first time.""I love you too, Tris. More than you'll ever know."They lie together, wrapped in blankets and in each other's arms until they fall asleep.The next morning when they wake, something between them has changed. Neither of them anticipated the change. Tris is more in love with him than she has ever felt before. She can't explain it, but she knows something in her has changed.Four looks over at the woman in his arms and he feels more protective and more love than he has ever felt before. He's not inexperienced with girls, but he has never felt like this after being with a girl before. Usually it's just awkward or strange to the point that he wants to just get out of there and away from the girl. But not now. He would be happy to lie here with this girl for the rest of his life.Suddenly he starts thinking about the future and what is going to happen. He will be leaving in six months for spring training in Indiana. Although they won't be too far away from each other, the separation could be devastating. He doesn't want to be away from her.Tris looks up at him and sees that he is deep thought about something. She's worried about what is going to come next. She has heard her friends talk about how having sex changes things. She feels it, but she just feels more love. She can't tell what he is thinking or feeling right now though.He wraps his arms around her and pulls her closer to him. He kisses her cheek, looks at her and she smiles at him.Lying in his arms, she has never felt more at home than she does here with him. She wants nothing more than to stay in this place with him and never leave. She hopes that the love and devotion that she feels at this moment are what he is also feeling.They stay like this together for a while before they realize that they have to check out of the hotel today and return to Chicago and to their real lives.Tris starts to get up and quickly realizes that she has nothing on. It is an uncomfortable feeling, but she doesn't understand it. He has seen her body.Seeing her nervousness about getting up, he quickly retrieves his shirt that is lying on the floor next to the bed. He hands it to her so that she could cover herself. She is still very self-conscious."You know, you don't have to be uncomfortable with me anymore," he tells her.She just smiles, she doesn't know what to say that won't sound uncomfortable. But he sees her reaction and smiles, "Beatrice, I love you. I'll love you forever, you know that right?"Those words were all it took to take away all of her fear and reservations about what happened and how he feels for her. She knows now that what she is feeling is shared by him. He's never been one to throw around those words, especially the word 'forever'."Did you just call be Beatrice?""Just thought I'd try it, what do you think?" he says with a smirk."I think I prefer Tris, but it was good to hear my real name for once," she pauses and looks into his eyes. She loves his eyes, they are what first attracted her to him. "I love you too, Tobias. Forever."And with those words, they have made an unspoken promise to one another for forever.~oOo~Four and Tris return to Chicago a couple hours later and Natalie can tell that something between them has changed. They are more affectionate and more loving toward each other. She thinks she knows what has changed and is suddenly happy that she pushed her daughter to get on birth control. She doesn't say anything to Tris about noticing the change in them. She is more happy that her first experience seems to have been a good one and she is happy that she has found this man that loves her daughter enough to care for her and love her the way that he does.~oOo~The next day Four and Tris both start to work at the tattoo parlor. Four runs the cash register, keeps things clean, and generally does whatever Natalie and Bud ask him to do. Tris started training to do tattoos. She started off drawing, and then she moved onto tattooing pigskin. She was hesitant to tattoo a real person, but Four volunteered to be her guinea pig. So after about a month of practicing, she finally gave Four a tattoo on his bicep.She had drawn a picture of a skull with the lacing of a baseball across the top part of the skull and baseball bats crossed behind it, like the image of skull and crossbones. The tattoo turned out perfectly and Four loved it.It has been a month since their trip to Detroit. Nothing more has happened between them, but they are still closer than they have ever been before. Everyone around them has noticed their change, but most don't know why.A couple days after they returned from Detroit, Tori and Brian moved into Bud's house. Tori started working at the tattoo parlor also and quickly became a favorite of some of the clients.Brian returned to his duties at the FBI, but he stayed close and came home every night. After about a month after arriving at Bud's house, they moved out into a new apartment. They found an opening in the same building as Zeke and everyone else.~oOo~In the middle of July, Natalie and Bud decide to make an announcement during dinner one evening."We have decided on a date for the wedding," Natalie says."Really? When?" Tris asks."We've decided on August ninth. We're going to get married on the beach at sunset," Natalie explains."Congratulations," Four tells them.Over the past month, he has not only grown closer to Tris, he has also grown closer to Natalie and Bud and Tori and Brian. The six of them living together for a month changed their friendship. Now Brian and Tori were more like older siblings to Tris and Four, and Natalie and Bud were more like parents. Four has never felt like he was part of a family before and now he does. Especially since they all supported him when he had to testify again at his father's appeal. Brian was also there with him to support him and defend him against having to testify. It was decided though that he needed to speak again, just to prove that his story hasn't changed and that Marcus is a horrible man that deserves his lifetime sentence.They spent their weekends with their friends at the beach, pier, or just hanging out. Bud's house has turned into the prime hangout spot. The friends meet there every weekend to decide what they are going to do. Most of the time they just decide to hang out, grill, and play at the beach. Every weekend it also seems like they all crash at Bud's, but he doesn't mind. His chance for a family was taken away and now for the first time he feel like a real father to Tris and to many of these kids. And he loves it.