Maybe Tomorrow (completed)

Chapter seventeen

I leave the room, but he is on my tail.
I run into somebody.

The person pushes me to the side, and heads straight for Peter.

He pins him against the lockers.

"You better not touch my fucking girlfriend again." Says Tobias.

He punches Peter dead in the nose, and Peter runs off.

Tobias walks over to me.
"What did he do?" He asks, trying to calm down.

"He touched me." I say.
He hands turn into fists.

"Tobias, please calm down." I say, standing up.
"How can I be calm Tris! He touched you!" He yells at me.

I try to keep my anger down.
"I know he did! But you need to learn to control your anger before you let it out on someone who didn't do anything!" I yell back.

I look down at his knuckles, and his has purple bruises forming on them.

I grab is hand, and rub it gently.
"Are you okay?" I ask him.

He laughs. Not a laugh like I said a funny joke.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." He says with sarcasm.

"What is wrong with you?!" I yell at him with frustration.

"Tris are you kidding me?! You have been attacked like this for months straight, and I'm always the one who has to stop it!" He yells.
"Why can't you stop this yourself!"

"YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE TREATED LIKE THIS! ITS NOT LIKE ITS GOING TO STOP!" I yell.

"You're right, I don't. But you can't let people do this to you! You have to stand up for yourself, or you're going to get raped again, but this time by Peter or Eric!"

My eyes start to tear up.
I do need to stop this, but I don't know how.
He is right.

"You're right." I say.
"But there is no way to stop this. I can't do anything."

"Yes you can! For gods sake, ducking punch them! Do something!"

"That's not going to make them stop! That will just make things worse! Making me look like someone who wants to pick a fight, when all I want to do, is find fucking peace!" I yell.

I take a step away from him.
This is our first fight.

"Peace?! Really? Where the hell are you going to find peace here! Anywhere! You can't Tris!" He yells back.

Yes I can.

"Yes I can Tobias! It's not as hard as you think it is! All you have to do, is-" he cuts me off.

"You promised me.." he says.

"Well Tobias this stupid fight about stopping this harassment isn't going to fucking help!" I yell.
"Life isn't as easy as it looks on TV!"

He takes a step closer to me, and I take a step back.
"Tris.." he says.

"Tobias, are you going to fight with me, or against me? It's that simple." I say.