Story Time (Divergent)

Chapter 9- The Decision

Continuing on with chapter 9! Yay, two long chapters today, I'm on a roll just like when I first started the story, I had five chapters up when I first started. In this chapter, I will have Tobias talk with Jake, and decide, with Tris, whether or now they should have another kid. This whole chapter will be in Tobias' POV.

Enjoy

*I sadly no own Divergent. :'(

Chapter 9 – The Decision

Tobias' POV

I make my way back down the short hallway to Jakes room. I peek in and he's not sleeping. He looks surprised that he was caught playing with his cars, and not in his bed like he's supposed to.

I laugh quietly and pick him up. "Jake, how come you aren't in bed sleeping like you're supposed to?" I ask, looking at him in the dim light that his racecar night light gives off. He looks at me with a guilty look.

"I couldn't sleep, so I starting playing with my cars." He looks at his toys that are placed in a circle on the floor.

"Why not?" I ask while still hold him, carrying back to his bed and placing the blankets over him. He looks at the wall, not wanting to talk about it.

"Jake… what's going on? You've been acting silly today." He still just looks at the wall. "Jake, will you please look at me." He does as he's asked and looks at me with somewhat sad eyes. What is bugging him so much?

"What's bugging you, huh? You don't normally act like this, and it's making your Mom and me a little nervous." I say to him, trying to get him to understand that whatever is upsetting him, he can talk to me about it.

Jake opens his mouth as if to say something, then thinks twice and closes it. After a couple minutes, he starts to talk. "Do you and Mom love Jenna more than me?"

I have never, ever wanted that question to be asked. Not even when they were around 5 and 6, I never wanted them to feel like we love of them more than the other. I take my hand and mess up his hair smiling and explaining to him.

"Jake, we love you and Jenna EQUALLY. Mom and I have no favorites because you're loved just as much as her. Which, by the way, is a whole lot." I make a picture with my arms, by spreading my arms out wide. He finally laughs. It's been almost the whole night since I've heard him laugh like that.

"I know, Dad. But when Mom picks up Jenna, she does stuff that make her laugh. She doesn't do that with me anymore." He says with a small frown. "And Jenna does whatever she can to get attention and picked up. I'm too old to do that anymore, but I want Mom to pick me up and for her to get me to laugh when she does." At this, he wipes it eyes clear of any kind of tear forming. Just like me to ot want to be seen crying in front of others.

"Come here." I says as I pull him into a hug. He's still too young to understand that he is loved just as much as his sister. "You have no need to feel like that. What does Mom do that make you laugh all the time?"

"She messes up my hair and sometimes calls me 'Jakey'" He says, now smiling.

"See, she does things that make you happy and laugh. Just because she's not doing the same things that she does with Jenna with you, doesn't mean that she wants you to be sad. She does the things that make Jenna happy, and the things that make you happy." I tell him in a way that I know he will understand.

He smiles at me and hugs me tighter. "I get it Dad. Now I know that just because Jenna gets picked up and stuff doesn't mean I have to have the same done for me."

"Now that we have an understanding, I wanted to ask you something very important. But you can't tell Jenna about it and don't tell your Mom that I talked about this ok?" he nods in understanding.

I continue. "How would you feel about having another little sister or a little brother?" At this, Jakes face goes blank for a split second, than he smiles like there's no tomorrow. He practically jumps out of bed excitedly. "That would be awesome!" He says. "Quiet down. You're going to wake your sister, who by the way, is in the next room." I say in an almost stern voice. He sits o his bed immediately and apologizes for being loud.

"I would be the best and happiest older brother ever. I could teach him, if it's a boy, what cars are the best, how to walk Bear, and how to-" "Whoa, calm down." I say cutting him off and getting him back under the blankets. "I'm glad to see you are excited at the thought. But remember, if it's another girl, you are to protect her, just like how I told you to protect Jenna. And you have to lover her just the same as Jenna ok?" I tell him in all seriousness. He nods rapidly then lies down and yawns. It looks like he's finally going to go to sleep.

After a few minutes, I head to the living room to see Tris saying goodbye to Christina and Will. She just closed and locked the door when I come up behind her and wrap my arms around her waist and bring her close to me. "How did it go?" She says quietly just before she turns around and faces me.

"It went pretty well, actually, it want great. I told him that he is loved just as much as Jenna and he understood. After a little while, he finally got tired enough and fell sleep again." I tell her, keeping out the parts where he was awake when I went in and how I told him about probably having a new little sister or brother.

"So, back to what we were talking about before-" I say before she cuts me off and looks up at me while smiling. "Let's get ready for bed first. I'm really tired." I nod and let her get ready.

I wait in our bedroom just sitting on the bed, waiting, and thinking about another baby. Jake was very happy to hear that he might get to be the big brother of another little me or Tris.

Speaking of Tris, she comes out of the bathroom in one of my large shirt and sweatpants. She sees me and walks over to me while smiling. Tris has been smiling a lot today, I wonder why.

When she comes close to me, I attack her with an unexpected, long, sweet kiss. When we part, I finally see her eyes and how tired she is.

"Get some sleep. We can talk tomorrow on our day off while they're at school." I say to her as I lie down next to her, wrapping my arm around her waist.

After a few minutes of peaceful silence, Tris turns and looks me, her grey blue eye looking me straight in the eye.

"So, what do you think?" She asks me. I know she's waiting for an answer, but I want to see how she would react if I think we shouldn't have another one.

"Tris," I say with a fake heavy sigh. Her face goes from smiles to slight frowns. I hate seeing her this way, but I really do want to know what she does if I said no.

"You don't think we should have another baby, do you? Not that I'm upset, I just want to know." She asks, trying hard to hide the sadness in her voice.

To get her to realize that I want to have another kid, I take her by surprise. I take her face in my hands, and kiss her long and slowly. She takes my actions as a 'yes' answer.

"I love you", we say at the same time, as she runs her hands through my hair and mine through hers. Later, after our heavy breathing slows down to gentle breaths, we fall asleep in each other's arms.

Ok, at the end, I bet you can guess what happened. But this rated T, so I wanted to keep it safe. If there are people who don't know whether or not they will have another kid, Tobias said yes.

Hoped you liked it, and how Jake reacted to Tobias saying that he might have a little brother or another little sister.

Until next time, bye! :)