A Different Divergent: A Better Tomorrow

~thirty-two~

Chapter 32

"Tonight?" Christina asks, dazed. I can hear how overwhelmed she is right now. Just this afternoon she was thinking he was cheating on her and now he's wanting to get married ... tonight, no more waiting. He gets up off his knee and pulls her close to him. All eyes in the cafeteria are on them wondering what Christina is going to say. To tell the truth, I'm wondering that myself.

"You've been so stressed lately," he says taking Liam out of her arms so she can sit down. He kneels down in front of her again. "I want to take some of that stress away. It seems like every time we talk wedding details, it dissolves into a fight. The wedding isn't what's important, Christina. What's important is the marriage, and I can't wait for you to be Mrs. William Drake. Please say yes. I've been working hard on this for a while now. Be my wife." She stares at him dumbfounded for a moment before she starts slowly nodding her consent. She throws her arms around his neck, mindful of the sleeping infant in his arms, and kisses him passionately. The cafeteria erupts in typical Dauntless celebration. Our table gives a rousing round of applause to the happy couple.

"Yes, I'll marry you tonight," she says, emotion thick in her voice. "But how? Where? What about my mom and sister and ... your mom and sister."

"I've planned every detail. Everyone we love will be there," he says then he looks up at all of us. "I hope none of you have plans set in stone because we want all of you to be there. Four, Tris, we need our best man and matron of honor, and if you wouldn't mind we could also use a ring bearer and flower girl."

"We'd be delighted," I say. "What should we wear?"

"I have everything you'll need," he says. "If you guys will come with me, we'll get everything underway. For the rest of you, I will send the directions for the wedding and reception. Don't eat. There will be a meal and of course cake."

"I can't believe we're doing this," Christina says, obviously in shock. "I thought you didn't want me anymore. I thought you were ..."

"Sshh," Will says, sadness replacing his previous jubilant tone. "I figured you thought I was seeing someone else. That would never happen. I love you too much. Alicia has been helping me with all the details. I couldn't have done it without her. As a matter of fact, because of her, I haven't seen your wedding dress yet. I told her what I envisioned, and she did the rest."

"You didn't cheat?" she says so low that I'm sure the rest of the table doesn't hear.

"No, baby," he says, emphatically. "I would never disrespect you in that way. I love you and our son too much. You and Liam are everything to me. Why would I want to throw that away?"

"I'm so sorry for thinking the worst of you. I believe you, and I should have talked to you instead of stewing for so long," she says. "Let's go! I want to get married. Tris, can you believe this?" She wraps her arms around my neck in a hug, nearly cutting my airway off.

"Of course, I can," I say. "I told you everything would work out. Now let's go get you married." I put Tessa in her carrier and Tobias picks her up. I wipe the excess cheese off of Tyler's face then take his hand, and we walk with Will, Christina, and Liam to the garage.

"Here's the directions on how to get there in case we get separated," Will says typing furiously on his phone just before Tobias' sounds, telling us he has a message. We put the kids in the car and closely follow behind Will and Christina to the family park in the center of the city but instead of turning into the familiar entrance that leads to Tyler's favorite playground, we drive around to the other end of the park. It's a good thing that he's asleep or I'm sure he'd be begging for us to take him to the play area so he can slide. Luckily he wore himself out in the pool today.