The Prince and the Maid: A Divergent Story

Ch. 31: Love and Beauty

Tobias POV:

I watch Tris run out of the room.
I look at Nita and she waits expectantly.
"I don't. I don't take Nita to be my wife. I don't love her. I can't and I won't love her. My heart belongs to someone else." I say.
The whole church goes silent.
"I never loved Nita. I'm sorry I lead you on. Blame my father." I say. "Now if you'll excuse me. I have to go find the girl that actually stole my heart."
I run to my room, change into a blue shirt, and jeans.
I run to the woods and begin searching for Tris.
I search everywhere.
Not everywhere.
The spring.
I run to the spring.
"Tris!" I yell.
I climb to the hidden spot behind the waterfall.
There she is.
Curled in a ball, bawling her eyes out.
Seeing her like this breaks my heart.
Her dressed is ripped, her whole body is shiver, and her hair is dripping.
I move closer to her.
"Tris." I say softly.
She looks at me and I touch her face with one of my hands.
"I can't say yes to Nita. I love you too much. And I only want to be with you. Everything I said, it was for you. I couldn't look Nita in the eye and say those. I know you probably don't want to get married now. But will you wait for me? Because, Tris, I will wait for you. I will wait in this life and the afterlife. You are worth waiting for. I probably don't deserve you. But will you wait?" I say.
She smiles through her tears.
I kiss her and she begins kissing back.
I lick her bottom lip asking for entrance and she let's me in.
We pull back.
"Tris, I love you to the moon and back." I say.
"Tobias, I will love you to the ends of the Earth. And yes, I will wait. I will wait forever."
I smile and kiss her again.
Now this...
This feels so right.
I love her too much to let her go.
We are so different.
Every time I kiss I feel like she's a goddess.
Like she might be Aphrodite.
The Goddess of Love and Beauty.