Those Five Words

41.

Chapter 41

Four POV

We are lying on our bed talking. "So leadership? Do you think you will take up dads' offer?" I ask.

"I don't know, I hadn't really thought about it. With everything that has been going on I can't believe I have finally got through initiation. I feel like, I don't really know how I feel there is so much buzzing around in my brain. I s'pose it would be cool if I got an apartment like yours. That would be nice."

"About that," I say. I am so nervous right now. I don't know if I will be able to get the words out. "You already have all your stuff here. It would be a pain if you had to move it again."

"I don't have that much stuff," she says. We are both silent for a minute. "Wait, what are you saying?"

Okay Tobias time to be brave I think. I look into her eyes and I am sure she knows what I am about to say but it doesn't make it any easier to ask.

"I want you to stay here," I say. "I mean, I want to know if you would move in with me?" There I said it.

"Yes," she whispers.

"Yes?" I say but it comes out more as a question. I have a smile on my face hoping that I heard her correctly otherwise I am going to look like a complete idiot.

"Yes!" she says much louder this time.

"Yes," I say back. I hug her and then I give her a soft kiss on her lips. I think I am the happiest guy alive right at this moment. Tris is giggling and I start to laugh too. I am so relieved that she has said yes.

-.-

We walk into the dining hall; this is where they will be announcing the rankings. The room is packed as we try to weave our way over to our friends.

"So here is our perfect ten," Shauna says.

"What?" I ask.

"Well you have four fears and Tris here has six. Add it together and you are a ten. And seeing you are a couple I have decided you are the perfect ten," Shauna says.

Tris groans into my shoulder and hides her face from everyone and I just shake my head. Everyone is laughing. "I can't believe you thought of that," I say.

Zeke holds up a bottle to me but I wave it away.

"Don't tell me you're not drinking?" he asks. "Come on you have to drink, imagine all the crazy shit we can get up to tonight. Maybe we can string Uriah up to the rock climbing wall again."

"Hey, there is no way you are coming anywhere near me tonight bro," Uriah says. We all start laughing.

"Uriah you only become a member once, you will just have to hope it isn't as crazy as our initiation party," says Zeke.

"Why? What happened?" asks Christina.

"It was one of the craziest nights in Dauntless history," I say. "Or so they told us the next day."