Story Time (Divergent)

Chapter 20- The Surgery

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Chapter 20 – The Surgery

Tobias' POV

It's now 8:00 p.m. and Tris will be leaving her room to go into surgery. She is so worried, and so am I. A nurse is pushing Tris in a wheelchair to the surgery room and I just walk beside her. She takes my hand about 10 feet away from the door, and squeezes it. I look down and give her a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry Tris, it's going to go just fine. I'll be watching the whole time from up there." I point up to a room, surrounded by glass that overlooks the surgery process. She just smiles then looks back at the door. Her doctor comes out as soon as we reach the entrance.

"Well, Mrs. Eaton, we are all set. Are you ready?" He asks her. She looks up at me, as if asking if its ok. "Tris, it's going to be ok. Just relax. They will make you feel better, trust me." She looks at me and pulls my arm down so my face is directly in front of hers. She kisses me before she speaks. "Tobias, I love you. I'll see you when I wake up afterwards, right?" she asks expectantly. I kiss her head before the nurse brings her inside. "Of course. And when you wake up, there will be a surprise for you." I smile at her and she returns one before the door shuts and separates us.

I make my way up the stairs to the room where I can see everything that goes on during Tris' surgery. By the time I get there, it's empty. This is good, because Tris hates attention, so no one is going to be up here at this time. I look around the room as I take a seat, and notice there are speakers on every wall. So I get to hear what is going on too.

I take a seat in the front row and see the nurse helping Tris onto the table. She winces in pain, but it doesn't last long. The doctors finished setting up their table of surgical tools and wheels it over to one side of where Tris lays.

"How are you today, Mrs. Eaton?" one doctor asks. "Good. Really nervous, but I'm good." She replies with a small smile. She looks up at the glass room where I'm sitting. I guess she sees me, because she waves in my direction and I wave back. The doctors look at where she's waving. Her doctor, the one that's conducting the surgery, gives me a thumbs up, and I hear his voice through the speakers in my room. "We are all set Mr. Eaton. Would you two like to say something to each other before she goes under?" he asks. I look at Tris. "How are you doing down there, Tris?" I say with a little laugh. She smiles and says, "I'm doing ok. Promise me I'll see you after?" "Yes. Like I said, I will be here the entire time." She smiles and turns back to the doctor, and nods to him.

He then take a mask and places it over her mouth and nose. I hear him tell her to count backwards from 100 to 1. As she does, I see her eyes starting to close as she falls asleep. "Ok, she's under, lets begin." The doctor says. I just sit there with one hand in a fist, my other covering the fisted hand and I rest my chin on them. This is going to feel like an eternity, just watching my Tris being slightly cut open to take something out. I really hope they don't harm the kids.

To pass the time every once in a while, I text Will, telling him that they just took Tris into surgery, and that she just went under a couple minutes ago.

Will's POV

It's 8:15 p.m. so Tris should be in surgery by now. Every once in a while, I get a text from Four.

Four: "She just went under and they're starting. I don't know how long it will take while trying to avoid harming the twins."

Me: "Don't worry. Everything is going to be fine. I did research on appendectomy, is what it's called. They are able to remove the appendix within about 10 minutes."