Stay with me

Ch. 24

Tris p.o.v:

It's been five days since I last saw Christiana. It was nice seeing her, but I want to see her again and hang out.

Since then, I've been getting around good with the crutches. Tobias hasn't been doing much since I have been doing things on my own. He's even letting me be alone at the apartment more these days, while he went to go get food.

Tobias is gone getting lunch while I'm alone in the apartment. It feels great that he's leaving me be alone again.

I grabbed my crutches and headed to the bathroom to take a shower. When I got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around myself, I heard the door open and close. I grabbed my crutches and the then I heard Tobias say, "Tris?"

"I'm in the bathroom. I just took a shower."

"Just wondering where you were." I heard him say from a distance.

I walked out of the bathroom and find him in the bedroom. Tobias stared at me and slowly a smile creeped on his face.  I noticed Tobias was checking me out. 

He walked over to me and smiled down at me. I start to get a little nervous, since I have only a towel on.

He leaned down and kissed me. "There you are."

"What's the matter did I scare you?

"Yes."

We didn't say anything else, instead we just stood there. I felt awkward standing there in nothing but a towel while Tobias has clothes on.

"Tobias..." I didn't know what to say, so I decided to close my mouth instead of finishing my sentence.

Tobias looked into my eyes with concern. "Tris, considering you're standing in a towel in front of me and can't seem to tell me something, I think it's about you know what."

Wow. Tobias knows me so well. I was doing just that. I nodded my head agreeing with him. "Yeah." I said quietly.

"Tris tell me what you're so nervous about."

"Tobias I need to get dressed. Plus our food is getting cold."

Tobias placed his hands on my shoulders and looking me in the eyes intensely. "Tris I'm not trying to pressure you to tell me, but I just need to know so we can work on over coming it together." He placed a hand to my cheek so he's caressing it. "Please, Tris."

I know he wants to help me overcome what's left of my fear, but I don't know if this part of the fear will ever go away. I'm insecure about myself. I also don't know if being intimidate with each other will affect our relationship. I'm scared.

I look back into his eyes and I know that I need to tell Tobias. It's not just Tobias asking me to but it's also because I want to. It's about time I conquer this fear once and for all.

"Tobias I'm nervous about if we were to be intimidate with each other what would happen to our relationship? Where would our relationship turn to? But I'm not just nervous about that. I am insecure about myself."

I looked down at the ground waiting to hear what he had to say. Tobias grabbed my chin making me look up at him.

"Tris you have no reason to be insecure about yourself. Your the most beautiful woman I have ever met."

"No-" I didn't get to finish my sentence before Tobias' lips crash to mine. I was shocked at first but I kissed him back with the equal amount of force.

Tobias placed his hands on my waist while I placed my hands around his neck. My crutches fell to the ground and I jumped from the noise. I looked up at Tobias and he was smiling down at me.