Emergent (Divergent 4)

Tobias

Chapter 5

"Tris?" No answer, she blacks out again. Now I know something is wrong. I ask the doctor,"Will she be-?" He cuts me off. "We don't know yet." He leaves the room.

I go sit down on the bench, and I cry into my hands. It should be me in that bed, not Tris. I shouldn't of let Edward hurt her.

I'm exhausted, but I can't sleep in case she wakes up. I go sit next to her, praying that she will be alright. "Tris, I know you can make it through this. I love you."

Three days later, she wakes up. "Tris! Are you okay? How are you feeling?" I can tell she's tons of pain, so I go and comfort her. "I feel fine." No wonder she didn't choose Candor.

The doctor comes in. "How are you feeling?" "Fine." she repeats. "Good. We need to get you back to health, so we're going to try to make you walk."

"No you can't-" She cuts me off. "Tobias, I'll be fine." She stands up, and I can tell that she's stifling a scream. I put my hands around her waist, helping her keep balance. "I've got you, Tris. You're going to be okay."

She looks into my eyes, and I can see them watering, filled with agony. She stumbles, but I manage to keep her on her feet.

The doctor says she can go back home, but she has to get a check up in a week. We slowly walk, trying to get back to my room.

We finally get to my room, and she starts to cry. "Tobias, I-I-" I cut her off, whispering," Tris, you're amazing. I'll be here every second until you get better." She lays in my arms, and we both drift into sleep.

I wake up, relieved to have finally gotten some sleep. Tris still sits in my arms, sleeping. She looks better than yesterday, her temple's bruise fading away. I kiss her forehead, happy that she's getting better. Even when she's beaten up, she's the strongest girl in all of Dauntless.

Someone knocks on the door, waking Tris. I lightly lay her on the couch, and open the door. It's Christina, and she asks,"Where have you and Tris been?" I let her in, and she sees Tris. Her mouth falls to the floor. "What happened? Is she okay?" Tris answers,"I'm fine. Edward elbowed me in the temple, knocking me out. I landed on my arm, shattering and dislocating it. Tobias saved me, and took me to the hospital in the morning. After a week, I finally got to leave, but since it was late, Tobias let me stay here for the night."

Christina hesitates. "I'll go tell the others...Get better soon!" She leaves, closing the door lightly.

I ask Tris,"Do you need anything?" "No, I'm fine. I think I should try and walk around a little" She stands up, and hobbles over to me. "Great job, Tris!" She smiles and we kiss.