JAX [1]

•Chapter 14: Tobias•

"Where are we?" I asked.

"Abnegation." He said.

"Why?" I asked as we walked into the room.

"Your last fear is your worst." He said. "It lives in the deepest part of your mind." We looked and saw Marcus Eaton walking down the stairs with a belt in his hand. Wait...Is he...Oh my god.

"Marcus had a child." I said. "What was the kid's name?"

"Tobias." Marcus said. Suddenly, more Marcus came out of the walls until we were surrounded. "Tobias, I'm just trying to help you to be better." Marcus started walking towards us. I looked at Four and saw him breathing heavily.

"Four?" I asked. But it was like he was stuck. I looked to see Marcus raising his hand, like he was gonna hit him. Oh, hell no! "DON'T!" I grabbed Marcus' arm before he could hit him. He punched me, knocking me to the ground and then I saw Four punch him so hard across the face that Marcus' fell unconscious.

I opened my eyes as I sat up, gasping for air. I looked around and saw I was back in the testing room. I looked back behind me to see Four awake and sitting up. He was breathing heavily as he gently took the wire off my head.

"You okay?" I asked. He nodded. Probably meaning he didn't wanna talk about it here.

(Time Skip)

We went back to Four's room, and we were on the balcony. I walked over to him, causing him to glance at me.

"Four for four fears, right?" I asked.

"Four then, four now." He said. "I keep going in there, but I don't think you ever lose them." I nodded. The expression on his face meant he didn't wanna talk about it anymore, so I changed the subject.

"Can I ask a question?" I asked.

"Sure." He said.

"What's your tattoo look like?" I asked. He smiled and then glanced between the view of the city and me.

"You wanna see it?" He asked.

"Yeah." I said, nodding.

Heturned away from me and took off his shirt. His tattoo was of all the factions.

"It's all the Factions." I said as I put my hand on his back and I heard him inhale sharply. 

I felt a chill in my spine, but I ignored it. As I followed it down to my faction, I traced my hand down his back.

 "It's beautiful." I said as my left hand grasped my necklace. "Why do you have all of them?"

"I don't want to be just one thing." He said. "I can't be. I want to be brave, and I want to be selfless, intelligent, and honest and kind." He turned to me. "Although, I'm still working on kind."

"Too bad there isn't a faction for funny, because you would have fit right in with that one." I joked. I laughed and he chuckled. When we stopped, I felt the tension again. Suddenly, I felt his lips on mine and his hands on my cheeks. I was knocked off guard but then I kissed back. His hands moved down to my waist and mine went on his shoulder and lower back as we kissed, like he was trying to pull me closer. My whole body felt like it was on fire. Like my soul was burning to be closer to his. My heart felt full. But then I felt like I needed oxygen. 

I pulled away and tried to calm my heart down. 

"I don't...I don't wanna rush." I said. 

"It's okay." He said. "I've already got my spot on the floor." We laughed.