Missing

Chapter One

Tobias POV.

I sit on my bed, staring straight ahead of me. My limbs are sore and my head aches. Tris has been... I constantly struggle on the word dead, for about a month now. Matthew and Caleb have been creating serums and testing them on her, I would try to object, to tell them that it's not okay to just use her corpse as a test dummy, but I have too much grieving ahead of me. The last time I ate was three days ago, my eyes feel droopy and my posture is rather terrible. I haven't gotten up from my place in three days either, Christina and Zeke are here and there comforting me still, but I can tell they are really worried about my well being.

"Four?" I look up to see Caleb standing in the doorway of the dormitory. I don't respond, I just keep staring straight ahead of me.
"Look, I understand that you're upset, very upset, so am I. But you really need to get up and take a walk or get something to eat, clear your mind a little. Tris wouldn't have wanted you to just stare at walls all day." He says sitting down. Caleb does have a point, but I am in too much pain. I look up and glance at him, I can see his eyes are red and puffy with bags under them, he's obviously been crying too. When I look back at the wall, a rush of memories of me and Tris wash through my mind, making a sob rack my body. I don't think I'll ever be happy again.

"I know it's been really tough, it's been that way for everyone, we all miss Tris."
"Not the way I do!" I yell, I didn't mean to, I just miss her too much.
"Fair enough." Says Caleb as he slowly stands up.
"I- I am sorry, I didn't mean to yell.." I manage to croak out.
"Caleb?" I ask and he turns around.
"Yes?" I swallow hard because of the lump in my throat caused by the tears in my eyes.
"Do you think you could stop, using Matthew's inventions on Tris? It just feels so wrong.." I say with a shaky voice.
"I'll see, it's more up to Matthew than it is to me." Caleb flattens the wrinkles on his shirt and walks out of the room back to the Genetics Lab to where Matthew is. God do I miss Tris.
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I don't really know how long it's been but I can guess around five hours since Caleb came and talked to me. Zeke came in and checked on me, and made sure I was okay, even though I'm not. I don't plan on moving any time soon, so instead of sitting up I lay down to calm my mind and cry silently. I have no reason to cry so quiet, no one is in the dormitory. My body must not have enough energy to actually cry.

It must be thirty minutes before Caleb sprints into the dormitory.
"Four! Four get up!" He yells. I wave my hand to dismiss him from the room, but then he says
"It's her, Tris. She's awake." I sit up in a millisecond, and stare at Caleb.
"Do you want me to break your nose Caleb?" I sternly say.
"I'm not lying! She's in the Genetics Lab, go see for yourself!"

I get up and find myself running as hard as I can to the G.L. and that's when I see those grey eyes staring at me, and that blond hair shining in the dull light of the room, that's when I see her. I stop in disbelief, and just take in the moment to see Tris alive, but how?
"Tobias." She says.
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(All the characters in this story are fully credited to Veronica Roth)