Divergent

Chapter 63

"Are we almost there?" I curiously ask four. He turns down a road and stays silent. I frown and turn my gaze out the window. He's been extremely suspicious today, he's usually not so secretive.

"Four-"
"Shh, we'll be there in a few minutes." He shushes me. I simply roll my eyes and curiously look out the window. We're in a small gated community. It's cute, but I don't know why we're here. Every house has a perfect white fence, bright flowers scattered around their front yards, and little kids are playing in almost every backyard. It's like we just popped into a movie set. It's not possible for happy, close-nit communities like these to actually exist, right?

Four pulls the car over at the end of the street and I give him a questioning look. His eyebrows raise in a mocking way and i playfully slap his chest.

"What are we doing here?" I finally ask.

"Get out for a second." He orders and shuts the car off. He climbs out, and i follow after him. He gently lifts me onto the sidewalk and wraps his arms around my waist.

"Tob, what are we doing here? Just tell me." I pout.

"What do you see?" He asks, ignoring my question.

"Happy families." I easily answer.

"Mhm... and how does that make you feel?"
"Like you're trying to be a therapist or something." I admit. He chuckles and kisses my cheek.

"Just answer the question." He urges me.

"I don't know... Happy kind of. It's a cute neighborhood, now why are we here?" He stays silent and I'm about to turn around, when he places something cold in my hand. I lift the object up to my eye level and A small gasp leaves my mouth. There's a metal key in my hand, a house key.

I spin around and Tobias gives me a huge grin, "You didn't"

"I did." He replies and points to the cute house behind him. It has a white picket fence surrounding it, along with colorful flowers. The house itself is a pale yellow color, with white shutters and a red door. It's a perfect two story house.

"You like it?" Tobias hesitantly asks me.

"I love it," I confirm in awe. How did he manage to buy us a house?

"I thought it was time for us to start our own family. It's not far from your parents graves', and I talked to Caleb. He wants to make the move back here... I know that it's sudden, and we don't have to move in right away. We can go back to California if you want, this is just-"

"Tob, I love it... I want to start a family with you too. It's just, what about your family? Zeke and Uriah, Marlene and Shauna, those are the people that you grew up with. That's your family, and they're back in Cali." I softly state. His eyebrows furrow with concentration and he bends down slightly so he's on eye level with me.

"You're my family. The only blood-relative you have left is Caleb, the only relative I have left is my mother. But you and I are married, we have a chance to extend our family, to create a little football team of babies." My cheeks heat up and I left out a shaky breath. I stare down at the keys in my hand and reach for his hand. I tug him up the cute stone pathway and unlock the front door. We stay silent until we get inside.

"Wow," i whisper in shock as i glance around the house. The foyer alone is amazing. Everything is already decorated and cleaned. There's a huge mirror on the wall to the right, then a staircase stretching up to the top floor.

"This is amazing," I whisper to Tobias. His eyes stay locked with mine and I notice the small frown on his face. He's confused.

"I love this house." I admit.

"Then why do I have the feeling you don't want to move here?" He questions. I bite my bottom lip and trail into the huge kitchen. This house is insane. The ceilings are high with fancy trims and granite counters. I would move here in a heartbeat, but Tobias's family is back in California. I'm not going to take him away from that, not to mention that I would miss everyone too.

"I think our family is back in California. I love this house, and I love you for doing this. But it might not be the right decision for us right now. We just got married, I think we should go back to our actual home in Cali. And someday, we'll be here, with our football team of kids and hopefully a bunch of dogs." I pause and meet his eyes again, "But we have forever, let's start off our marriage with some simplicity."

A grin slowly stretches across his face and he wraps his arms around my waist before spinning me around. His lips land on mine and I squeal as I kiss him back.

"Thank god, I'm not ready for changing diapers." His words make me giggle and I rest my forehead on his shoulder. He sets me down on the kitchen counter and I smile.

"Well if you truly want a thousand kids, we'll be drowning in dirty diapers someday." I comment.

"We'll have to see. If our babies look more like you, we'll be having a million of them. If they look like me.... maybe ten? I can't look at my own clones everyday." I roll my eyes and peck his chin.

"So you can look at a million of my look-a-likes everyday for the rest of your life?" I softly challenge.

"Easily, i would be in heaven."