Those Five Words

45.

Chapter 45

Four POV

We get back to Dauntless with Nate. Nate is a seven year old mini me with brown eyes or so Tris tells me. We go straight to dad's apartment. We need to explain all this to Sasha and Charlie has a brother to meet. Only Evelyn could keep making our lives so complicated.

"What's going on?" Sasha asks as soon as we walk in the door.

"Charlotte," dad calls out. Charlie comes downstairs. "Baby this is Nate I need you to take him up to your room and play okay?"

"Okay daddy," Charlie says. She knows not to argue with dad when he calls her Charlotte.

"Max what is going on?" Sasha asks again. We all go and sit in the lounge room and dad starts to explain what has happened.

"How can Evelyn expect Four to look after him? He is just starting his life with Tris. They both have important jobs. How can she do this?" Sasha says.

"I know Sash, I know. But we need to try and work out what we are all going to do about this," dad says.

"Dad this isn't your problem. It's mine," I say.

"No Four we are a family, we work through this together," dad says. "We have extra room here, we could take him in."

"No, no, no," I say. "You have done enough. You raised me when you didn't have too. You shouldn't have to do it again."

"I don't regret one day of it Four. As far as I'm concerned you are my son. Always have been always will be. And Nate is a part of you; he is also a part of Charlie. We have to remember her in all of this. She has another brother and she deserves to get to know him," dad says.

"I don't know dad. This isn't fair to you or mum," I say.

"We have the room," dad says.

"Not for much longer," says mum. We all turn to look at her.

"What are you saying?" dad asks.

"I'm pregnant Max, we are having another baby," she says.

We have all gone silent. This would usually be happy news but I think we are all shocked.

"When did you find out?" dad asks.

"This morning. I was waiting until you got home to tell you," she says. Dad gets off the couch and goes and gives mum a big hug.

"This is great news," dad finally says.

"Congratulations," Tris says as I go and get in the middle of mum and dads' hug and hug them both. I turn to Tris and motion for her to come and join in. She comes over and we all hug together. It is a really cool moment.

Once we have untangled from our family hug mum says, "I think he should stay here for now."

"Are you sure?" dad asks.