The Heart's Melody | ✅

Chapter 15: One

The four friends left two days after Shauna and Christina gave birth. They had a few classes still and had to prepare for the concerts that followed. Tris and Tobias sat down with both their parents and talked. Evelyn still wanted to plan a wedding but Tobias had to put his foot down. He was a grown man and he didn't even think Tris was ready for such a huge commitment. They still had time. Reluctantly, Evelyn agreed and the six of them just talked. Mainly Tris talked since everyone wanted to know about New York and how school was going. Tris knew that everyone would be upset when they found out about Divergent, but she hoped that by explaining why she and her friends did it the parents would understand. Tris promised to keep more in touch with her mom and dad and avoid more fights like they had in the past.

On the weekend before the anniversary of Factions Co. Tobias flew to New York to discuss the details of the band's concert and the revelation of who the members truly are. They all agreed that only their families would find out the truth since they still wanted to be able to walk down the street without being hunted by the paparazzi.

Matt came up with a brilliant idea. The concert wouldn't take place until Saturday. The best occasion for them to tell their parents was on Friday during the small reunion where only their select group was present. They decided to use one of the larger conference rooms in the Factions Co. building and during a song a large wall should be raised to cover the band, while images from previous concerts where shown. While the music kept playing the band members would get rid of make-up, wigs and outfits and by the time the song would end four frames would appear and show how their stage personas would turn into the regular people revealing who they truly are. The wall would be lowered and instead of seeing Shailene, Keiynan, Suki and Rosa everyone would see Tris, Uriah, Marlene and Lynn. They still had to work out some kinks and practice that part on location but they all agreed that would be the best way to tell their parents.

"Nervous?" Tobias asked her while they were in bed. Tris had her tablet in her lap and pretended to play some game when Tobias noticed that she wasn't even looking at the screen.

"Huh? No. Why do you ask?" she asked him confused.

"You've been staring at the comforter for five full minutes while your character in the game is attacked by goblins," he said a little amused.

"Ogres," she corrected.

"Whatever, Prior. So, what's on your mind?" he insisted. Tris turned her head to look at him. He had a concerned expression on his face, but tried to hide it. She knew that he would walk on eggshells around her when she spontaneously decided to shut the world out and she couldn't blame him. She always tried to keep him in the loop, though, but sometimes she felt overwhelmed. But that night two things where on her mind: the upcoming concert at Factions Co. and the fact that she wanted them to be intimate. She loved him and he loved her and she was ready for a while but somehow it was never the right time. He never pushed her or demanded they did it, but Tris wasn't blind. He often went into her bathroom first thing in the morning when he was there overnight and took a shower, a cold one she assumed, since the tiles weren't heated when she used it afterwards. She felt sorry for that and wanted to do something, but at the same time she knew him well enough to know that he wouldn't let her pleasure him if he couldn't do the same for her. Unlike other boyfriends, he put her needs before his, which she found adorable and made her trust him even more.

"The concert," she said, but didn't mention the second reason.

"It'll be fine, babe, you'll see." They had talked about it plenty of times; and not just the two of them but the entire group including Matt and Cameron. They knew that everyone would be pissed, but eventually they would get over it. What these four young people did was amazing and they did it all by themselves. Sure, Cameron helped them, but in the end their talent, perseverance and discipline got them on top of the musical Olympus.