Starting Over

Chapter 61

Today officially starts my life as Mrs. Eaton. Today I am marrying the love of my life. I feel like I'm walking on air. Christina can hardly convince me to calm down enough to get me into my dress. I can't sit still. While they were doing my hair and makeup it took serious effort to sit still and let Christina and Marlene work on me. I kept tapping my toes the whole time.

It's only been two months since Tobias proposed, but neither one of us wanted to wait and we don't care about how fancy it is. As long as we're married and nothing bad happens I'm happy. I may be cursing myself but nothing bad has happened since Ed disappeared. I'm hoping it'll stay that way.

I look down at my light gray dress and smooth out the material around my hands. I'm waiting around the corner from the Pit. My bridesmaids just left to walk down the aisle before me. I take a deep breath and get ready to start my walk down the aisle when I hear someone behind me clear their throat. I quickly spin around to face the person.

"Caleb!" I exclaim and wrap him in a hug. "I wasn't sure if you were going to come!"

"I wouldn't miss your wedding, Tris," he tells me while he hugs me back. "And, um, I know it's not as common in Dauntless weddings but I was wondering if you, um, would want me to, you know, maybe walk you down the aisle. I know I'm not Dad and I know it's more of an Abnegation thing but I am your brother and since we grew up in Abnegation-"

"Caleb, please," I interrupt him and hold out my arm.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course. You're my brother. If Dad was here I'd have him walk me down the aisle. And just because something's more common in Abnegation doesn't mean that it's unacceptable in Dauntless. Even if it was unacceptable in Dauntless I wouldn't change who I am just to make other people happy. I think I've proven that."

He smiles at me and wraps his arm through mine. We start walking down the aisle. When I step out into the aisle I see Tobias staring at me. A smile stretches across his face and his eyes are completely focused on me. I swear I don't think he blinks once on my way down the aisle.

When we reach the end I quickly hug Caleb and he goes to take a seat. I turn and face Tobias and the official starts the ceremony. Even when he starts talking I can't take my eyes off of Tobias.

When we reach the vows we decided that I should go first so I start saying my vows.

"Tobias Eaton, there are no words to describe how much I love you. When everything else in my life is falling apart, I know that I can count on you. Through all of the ups and downs we've been through since I met you, I've always had you to count on. When I transferred to Dauntless I never imagined that I'd find the love of my life, but here I am today, marrying him. Whenever we were separated for whatever reason it always reminded me of how much I love you. I hate being separated from you, and I'm glad that from this day on I won't have to be separated from you. I love you, Tobias."

Tobias smiles at me and gently squeezes my hand. I smile back at him. He clears his throat and starts to say his vows.

"Beatrice Prior, I love you. I try to put how I feel about you into words and every time it comes out I love you, because that's the one thing that sums up how I feel about you. I'm happiest when I'm around you. When you smile it makes me want to smile. When you laugh I laugh. When you get upset and I can't help you I feel a little piece of myself die. Whenever you're sick or hurt I wish I can take your place so you don't have to go through it. In the simplest terms: I love you. I have loved you for three years, almost four, and I will never stop loving you. Four years ago I could not imagine myself being so close to someone, and today I can't imagine how I lived without being this close to you. Beatrice Prior, I love you."