You And Me Against The World | ✅

Chapter 50

I walk down the stairs with Tori to the Pit and hurry to get to the tattoo parlor. We enter and say hi to Lynn who is working on a woman. We go backwards where Tori gave me my first tattoo – the three ravens symbolizing my family. I sit down in the chair and explain to her what I want. She smirks but doesn't say anything. I want two tattoos – one on my wrist and one where only Tobias can see it. She starts working on the one on my left wrist. It's the Roman numeral IV – plain and simple and yet it says so much. We leisurely talk about little things, about Christmas, about work, about the wedding in June. I ask her if she would like to train initiates, but she declines on the ground that she isn't the fighting type. Strange words coming from a leader of the warrior faction. When she's finally done with my wrist I admire her handiwork before she puts a sterile bandage over it. She then walks outside telling Lynn that we need privacy in here and she shouldn't enter without knocking.

Tori returns to sit on her chair in front of me and asks me to pull my pants and panties down, enough for her to work anyways. I decided on a little heart on my womanhood. Inside, written in cursive letters, the number four surrounded by the words ever and always – meaning that my love for him will be forever and always. I initially wanted it over my heart, but that's where his raven is. Besides it's here where we are most connected. This is where we will create new life together and where the life will come into this world. A bit cheesy, I admit, but I think he'll like it. If not for anything else, it's probably the most Dauntless thing I've ever done. Tori starts working and I think of everything we've been through. Many couples wouldn't have survived what we did. We fight, but never each other, at least we don't make it a point to impose our opinions on the other. And we almost never go to bed angry. Whenever, and that happened rarely, one of us went to bed still angry at the other the morning was always reserved to talking and figure things out. We never stay mad at each other for long. We share the good and the bad times equally and that's what makes me confident we will have a good marriage. Ups and downs are part of the deal, we both knew it going into this relationship and we learn every day something new. Sometimes it's something we like, other times something we dislike. But the love we feel for each other is real and strong. When Tori is finally done with my second tattoo she hands me a mirror to look at it and it looks great. Tobias will love it. I just need to make sure to avoid getting naked in front of him. I can avoid that for at least one night, so my heart tattoo is covered. What will be harder to cover is my wrist tattoo. Maybe I can. Who knows? It's winter and I wear long sleeved shirts after all. But even if he sees it I will tell him it's an early Christmas gift. I still have got plenty of those. I bought him two new outfits for work, mostly because he wouldn't buy for the life of him something to wear unless absolutely necessary and a new pair of combat boots for when it gets warmer. Initially I wanted some winter boots, but then Zeke convinced him to buy some. I pull my panties and pants back up and thank Tori for her help. We leave the tattoo parlor and head back home. I walk over to my door when Tori's door opens and Tobias steps out.

"Did you have fun?" I ask him since he smiles.

"Yeah. We watched a comedy. You need to see it too," he says laughing.

"Okay," I say and I figure he had a beer. Or a few. "Come on, let's get you home," I say and grab his hand. We say goodbye to our friends and I unlock and open the door. I decide to make a salami pizza and Tobias puts the Christmas gifts we got from Caleb and Cara under the Christmas tree. Mom and dad gave us a book of love poems. Dad got it for mom when they were dating and it became a symbol of their love. They wanted us to have it. I thought it was one of the most thoughtful gifts anyone has ever given me, because it means that they not only accept my relationship with Tobias they encourage it, which makes me even happier. I shed a tear or two and Tobias pulled me in a tight embrace whispering in my ear how much he loved me.