Stay with me

Ch. 27

Tobias p.o.v
When I woke the next morning, Tris was still asleep.  I decided to let her sleep considering of what kind of day she had yesterday.  She had a rough day.  Tris must be really tired if she's still sleeping.  She was facing my direction, so I could see her face.  I looked at her features while she continued to sleep.  I noticed her face looked more relaxed because she is asleep. without Tris has had to deal so much that she's worried and stressed about something.  The war.  Getting through initiation.  Just something it seems.   She seems at peace right now.

Tris comes closer to me all of a sudden and cuddles close to me.  I embrace her by wrapping my arm around her waist.  I lay there listening to her steady breathing and wondering how today will turn out.

Will it be any better today than it was yesterday?  I gave her the space she needed yesterday so will be better today or not?  I took a deep breath and let it out.  I guess I have to find out.

~~20 minutes later~~

Tris started to stir letting me know that she has woken up.   She sits up to stretch when I realize she isn't gonna to talk to me I decided to be the one to speak first.

"Good morning, Tris.  How did you sleep?"

Tris stops mid-stretch and looks over in my direction.  She's staring at me and finally realizing that I asked her a question she answers.  "I-I-I slept okay, Tobias."  There was a moment of a silence. "How about you Tobias? Did you sleep well?" She cleared her throat.

Why is she being weird around me? Is this her signal to me that she still needs her space? Did I give her too much space yesterday and she didn't tell me and now she's mad at me?

I feel like screaming at the top of my lungs because of how frustrated I am right now.

"Tobias is everything okay?" Tris asks me shaking me out of my thoughts. I looked at Tris who looked worried.

"Yeah. I'm fine Tris. Thanks for your concern."

We sat in silence for a while until Tris speaks up. "You didn't answer my previous question?"

"What?"

"I asked you if you had slept well last night but you didn't answer."

"Oh. Yeah sorry about that." Tris is looking at me waiting for my answer while I have my hands on my torso looking at them. "To be honest, I did not sleep the best Tris."

A few minutes later, I look up to see Tris looking at me with so much concern and worry you could see in her eyes and face.

"Tob-Tobias, I'm so sorry." Then she turns and grabs her clutches and walks away.

What the hell?!

She says she's sorry even though it's not her fault then leaves without another word.

Things are becoming way too awkward between us and I'm not liking it. If this doesn't resolve soon I'm going to have to take matters into my own hands.

I didn't think it would be this bad when she woke up this morning, to be honest. I thought we would have a conversation about yesterday and talk about our view of things. It didn't go the way I thought.

I walked out to the living room to see her laying on the couch. I walked over to her and sat beside her. Her hair was in her face so I pulled it back, so I could see her face more.