Destiny ~ Book Two Of The "Meant to Be" Series

Chapter 6

"When will she wake up?" A sweet quiet voice asks. It sounds like Olivia, but her voice is a little bit more deep than it used to be. It's not much of a difference but since I haven't seen/heard her in such a long time it is a little noticeable. She is six this year and she will be turning seven.
"I don't know" A more manly voice says. Tobias. I take a deep breath as I slowly open my eyes. I am now laying on one of the horribly uncomfortable beds in the hospital rooms. My head feels a bit dizzy and my eyes seem puffy. I hear Olivia gasp as she jumps into my arms. She hugs me tight as she sits with her knees on the hospital bed. Her left hand is over my neck, and her right hand is in a cast and she holds it against he chest.
  "Tris, I missed you so much" whispers Olivia against my hair.
"Oh, chipmunk, I missed you too" I whisper as my eyes fill with tears and I close them. "You got me so worried. Are you okay?" I ask pulling back and cupping her cheek lightly and rubbing her arm while I check for any injuries.
"I'm fine" she says grinning. "Except for my hand. . . Either than that I'm good" She adds giggling. I look at her from feet to toes, realizing how much she's grown. She hugs me again as she says "I love you so much, Tris. Thank you for coming back. Please don't leave this time" she begs but I don't answer. Im still not sure if I,ll be moving here or not. I am seventeen, so I still need my parent's permission to do stuff. But maybe they'll realize how much they have fucked up the past year and let me live on my own.
  Olivia pulls back and sits next to me on the bed and I look up to Tobias. I totally forgot he was here. He smiles ear to ear as he stares at me and Olivia. I smile back and he places a tender, short kiss on my lips. I know we both want to continue our little make out session, but we can't do that in front of Olivia.
   "When will you guys get married?" Olivia asks as she swings her feet that dangle from the bed, grinning. Me and Tobias look at each other a little awkwardly and laugh a bit. Nome of us want to answer that.
I haven't seen or spoke to him for one whole year, yet the relationship is going so well even though we saw each other today. I'm not sure if our relationship will live till we get married because I always fuck things up, but I really hope we do.
Last year, when Tobias asked me how I would want to name our children he said: "Then that's what we will name them". Maybe it was just to comfort me, but the way he said it, so honest and steady, makes me believe ghat he really loves me that much so he can propose.
My mom kept telling me that our relationship won't work out.
"Beatrice, don't keep your hopes up. It's just teenage immature 'love' as you call it" she said once and I snapped yelling at her. She never said anything anymore.
"I guess we'll see" says Tobias staring at me dead in the eye, grinning. My mouth curls in a wide smile as I blush a little.
"Why is your face becoming red?" Olivia asks and Tobias laughs a little. I shake my head, rolling my eyes and laughing nervously.
"Olivia, you are the number one person to embarrass someone" I say covering my face and laughing along. "So when do we get to leave?" I ask, changing the topic and wishing nothing awkward or embarrassing will come up again.
"We can leave whenever you feel ready" Tobias answers.
"What happened by the way?" I ask. "I literally remember nothing".
Tobias sucks a deep breath while he hesitates but then answers.
"You were in shock when Olivia was hit" he says. "They injected you so you could calm down. You've been sleeping for the past two hours" nodding, I furrow my eyebrows a little confused. I probably saw a dream where I sat in the waiting room while I waited for Olivia but I push that thought away.
"Can we leave now?" I ask whining. The hospital never brings good memories. It reminds me of when I literally burned down my house. When I tried suiciding . . . It reminds me of Tobias getting hit with a car, and now it will remind me of Olivia's hand in a cast after she painfully broke her arm.
Tobias nods and he gets up while he helps Olivia down from the bed. I take a deep breath as I sit up and take off the covers. I swing my legs on one side of the bed and try standing but my feet feel lose and I can't hold my own body. Tobias gasps and he catches me before I can slam on the ground. His grip is on my armpits and he helps me sit back.
"You okay?" He asks and I respond by nodding. "Tris, I think you need some more rest. Maybe spend the night?"
"No, please" I say looking up at him while he sits back in his chair. "Its literally my first day here and I don't want to spend it in the hospital" I start getting this feeling inside me which reminds me of when I choked the painkillers. I start having this anxiety feeling burning inside me.
"Tris, we'll be right here with you. We won't leave without you—"
"Tobias, please" I beg. "This place reminds me of . . . Of-f . . ." I start whispering but I can't finish my sentence because tears burn my eyes as I cover my face with my hands letting out a few quiet sobs. I feel Tobias' large hands rest on my shoulder as he bends down so he is at my height.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry" He says. "We'll leave now" He adds slowly taking my hands from my face and wiping my tears while he places a warm kiss on my forehead. I sniffle and he tucks my hair behind my ears. "C'mon, let's go" He says picking me up in his arms and walking away from the hospital. I wrap my arms around his neck, burying my face in his neck where I can hide my bloodshot eyes. I can hear Olivia's fast and clumsy steps as she follows us. I notice I am wearing my own clothes (thank god they didn't change me into those hospital clothes!) so I don't have to change. I feel Tobias stop and whisper something to the front desk lady.
"Room 32" He tells her quietly. I can hear her type a few things on her keyboard.
"Beatrice Prior?" She asks and Tobias nods. "You are free to leave. But she will be tired for the next couple hours so she needs to rest. Don't let her do any kind of hard activity" She adds.
"Of course. Thank you" Tobias says and he jogs slowly out of the hospital. I pull back a little and look behind Tobias' back as I see the hospital building being zoomed out as we walk away. I let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank you" I say as I calm down a bit. I just now notice how much I've been shaking, though my voice still cracks. He kisses the top of my head in response. He open his car and sits me in the back seat. I'm grateful he didn't let me sit in the front seat because I would probably throw up or something like that. Here in the back, I feel a little safer right now. My cheeks stain with my dried tears . Olivia hops in the car and sits next to me while she hugs my arms and pats my lap.
"It will be okay" She says in her quiet baby voice which places a smile across my face. My hand goes to her hair as I slowly stroke it and carefully brush out her tangles with my fingers. Tobias is the last one to get in the car. He starts the car and drives carefully. Olivia stands up on the seat and reaches of my seatbelt and then plugs it in.
"Here, now you're safe" she smiles, proud of what she's done. I grin as I out her seatbelt on as well and kiss her forehead.