You And Me Against The World | ✅

Chapter 38

As expected I fell asleep and I'm a little grouchy when Tobias shakes me awake.

"Tris," he says softly, rocking me to wake me up. "Tris," I hear him say again and I growl loudly. I hear him chuckle.

"Five more minutes," I say.

"Sweetheart, we need to go. Myra will be here soon," he says. At the mention of Myra's name, I open my eyes and blink a few times to wake up properly. "I'm sorry, honey, but we need to get going," he softly says before placing a kiss to my lips.

"What time is it?" I ask, sleep still thick in my voice.

"11.20 p.m. I've tried for the past five minutes to wake you, but you just seemed to ignore me," he says chuckling. "If this is a preview on how the kids will act in the morning then you might be right and we should wait a while longer."

"Hey," I say offended but he kisses me before I can say anything more.

"Come on, baby. Let's get going. The others will be at the net shortly." I get up and I put my warm coat on. We leave the apartment, making sure to lock it. We walk hand in hand the already familiar staircase and walk through the Pit to get to the initiate entrance. By the time we get there Dwayne is already there and Zeke arrives at the same time with us. Obviously, Dwayne is in contact with his men since he's holding his walkie-talkie in his right hand ready to give them orders.

"Is everything ready?" Tobias asks transforming into Four.

"Yes. My men are in position," Dwayne reports.

"On our end too. I left Will in my office to monitor everything while I'm here. Do you still need me here or can I go back?" Zeke tells us.

"Did you make sure to capture the entire perimeter?" I ask and he nods.

"Yes, there are no more blind spots. We are good to go," he says smiling.

"Alright. We should get into position" Tobias says. Dwayne hands Tobias his walkie-talkie and turns it on. Zeke leaves to go back to the control room, while Dwayne resumes his guarding position outside. When we are alone again Tobias wraps me in his arms. "Are you sure you want to do this? You can still say no," he tries to convince me and I glare at him. He sighs loudly. "Don't get mad. I'm just worried for your safety, no matter how many precautions we took." I soften my gaze and cup his face in my right palm.

"I know, baby. I love you so much," I say before standing on my tip-toes and placing a gentle, tender kiss on his lips. When we part, we smile at each other.

"I love you too," he says. We kiss again and then I walk toward the staircase that leads to the roof.

"Can you hear me, Tobias?" I ask in my mind.

"Loud and clear," he says back.

"Great," I say and then trip over a stair. "God damn," I swear.

"What is it? What's wrong?" he asks concerned.

"Nothing, I tripped and fell on my knee. I'm fine. Don't worry."

"Okay. Be careful. We want you to get to the roof in one piece," he says jokingly.

"Haha, very funny," I say. "Geez this takes forever to get up," I say half complaining.

"It'll be over soon. You know what the good part is?" he asks, probably trying to cheer me up.

"That you don't have to do it?"