Safe at Last {ON HOLD}

Chapter 8

TOBIAS POV

"Come on Tobias! I know a really great place to eat!" Tiffany tells me. Turns out that place was just Chic-Fil-A. I ordered a chicken sandwich and fries while Tiffany ordered chicken nuggets and fries with Chic-Fil-A sauce.

"I'll pay." I offer to Tiffany as were at the register.

"Oh what a gentleman!" She replies. We find a table by a window and get our food. And that's when we see Beth running in the room.

"Tobias, Tiffany! Something I wrong with Tris! She-" I don't even let Beth finish her sentence before sprinting down to the hall Tris' room is in to find a doctor or nurse. No luck, so I just go in her room to find her on the floor and make a call with the phone in the room.

"Hello?" a female voice says from the other line.

"My uh friend is on the floor in her room passed out and I don't know why. It's room 46 and I can't find any doctors."

"I'll send one up right away sir. Please don't move the patient from the spot she is in now, as it can cause more damage, but please check for a pulse and do CPR if needed."

"Ok, can I hang up?"

"Yes, a doctor is coming right now." I walk over to Tris to check her pulse, and it's there. I don't know what to do, so I just hold her hand and stroke her hair, maybe she can feel it. Then a doctor and two nurses come into the room. They check her pulse and heart beat before confirming that she is just passed out.

"Given the situation, my best guess is she rolled off the bed and hit her head hard, but she is too far away from the bed and not in the right position to fall off the bed. I'll have to check the cameras, and I promise we won't look at anything we don't need. But for now, can you help me get her back up on the bed?" The doctor tells me. It's a relief to hear that Tris is going to be okay. I scoop her up before gently placing her back on the bed. I didn't even realize the doctor had left before I turned to thank him and he was gone.

"Well Tris, guess you're going to be okay. I was so worried about you." I hear a soft knock at the door before Tiffany and Beth come in.

"OMG IS SHE OKAY?" Tiffany says extremely loudly, sounding like she's pretending to be worried.

"Yeah, she's just knocked out. She should be back up soon but for now they are looking at the cameras to see what happened."

"The-There's cameras?" Beth asks neverously.

"Yes, but they only use them when they need to, and they are trying to find out what happened to Tris right now."

"Oh, I'm not feeling too good all the sudden, I think I'm gonna go home." Beth tells me.

"Okay." I tell her.

"I'll meet you home soon Beth, give Ms. White an update and I'll come home soon." Tiffany tells her before Beth shuts the door.

She wraps an arm around my shoulders and I flinch. "I'll stay with you forever if you really want me to." She tells me as I cringe. I think of a lie to get her to leave, she's creeping me out.

"Do you mind if I'd have some alone time with Tris?" I ask, trying to make it sound believable.

"Sure, I'll go catch up with Beth then."

"Ok, see ya later then."

"See ya." She says. "Oh wait, I almost forgot! I wanted to ask for your phone number at lunch, so can I have it? I really like being around you and wanna hang out more."

"Sure." I tell her and punch it into her phone. "I'm not very good at answering it though." I tell her.

"Oh that's okay." Ha. Jokes on her, I put in a fake number. I don't like how Tris always seems tense around her, it makes me feel uncomfortable. "Okay, bye then!"

"Bye."

A few minutes after she leaves, the same doctor comes in the room. "Sir, I'm sorry, what's your name? I'm Doctor Flint, nice to meet you. I'm afraid we didn't get to do introductions earlier."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Tobias."

"Well Tobias, we have some interesting news for you. Please follow me to my office so I can talk to you in a more private area, and I also need to show you something in my computer."

"Alright."
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"Take a seat, Tobias." Dr. Flint tells me. "So, here's the video of what happened to Tris." She does some clicking before turning around her computer screen to show me. And I must say, I'm shocked by what I see.

Beth throws Tris to the ground from her bed, then kicks her in the ribs, stomach, and head. "Do you know this girl?" Dr. Flint asks me after the video finishes.

"Yeah, it's her so called 'friend' Beth. She's visited a few times with another girl named Tiffany."

"Okay, we want to notify this girls parents right away."

"She lives at the orphanage with Tris. Call Ms.White instead."

"Oh, alright. Thank you."
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I don't even realize that I'm back at Tris' I'm until I'm there. I sit in a chair next to her bed and wait for her to wake up. I need to talk to her.
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Tris violently sits up and screams "get away from me!"

I gently puts her back against the bed. "Tris, don't try to hide it. I already know what happened."

"Ho-how much do you know?"

"Enough to piece things together." That's when she breaks down crying.

"I-I've never told an-anyone because I knew if I did th-things could become worse."

"I won't let things get worse. What did they even do to you? Did they give you the marks on your arms?"

"How did you know about my arms?" she says with a slight tone of anger in her words.

"The doctor rolled up your sleeve while you were knocked out to put a tube in your arm, and I was in the room. He actually did give you some medicine for the cuts."

She sighs. "Can I tell you about the Beth thing later? Right now I think it's best to start from how I got to the orphanage." She has stoped crying, but her face is still red and splotchy with wet patches on her cheeks.

"Sure."

"Okay, well me, my mom, my dad, and my brother Caleb were crossing the street, the walk sign was on and everything, and a truck just kept on driving and hit my parents square on. They died, and my brother ran. I haven't seen him since." That's when the floodgates open again.

Hey guys! I have finally decided that this story is going to be kinda short, probably about somewhere between 15-25 chapters. I basically already know what I want to happen I just havent wrote it yet😂 anyways it would be extremely appreciated if you voted or commented on my story! And thanks for all the reads!!
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