Chapter 34

Tobias's POV

"And that's why I'm now the owner of thirty baby monkeys." Steve finishes his story that took literally the entire plane ride.

We've been in the air for who knows how long but all I know is that this has been one heck of a long ride. One of the reasons is obviously because we are in a big death trap hundreds of feet off the ground. I've been sitting up in the front next to Steve whie my idiot 'friends' who I'm still not talking to are sitting in the back. Don't get me wrong, Steve is a really nice guy and I can't thank him enough for doing this, but I can't take this anymore.

"Well looks like we've finally arrived in Chicago." He announces right on cue. My head pops up as I look out the window that I have been refusing to look out of the entire ride, but instantly get dissy. No matter how many times I have to fly in a plane for my job, I will never get used to the heights.

"Thank you so much Steve. I can't thank you enough, is there any way I can repay you?" I ask.

"Well there is one thing. I'm kind of having my 45th birthday coming up in a couple of months and it would be a dream if you can come and perform at my party." He says eagerly looking over at me for a second then back at the sky to steer.

"You know what I'll do it." I say although I know I'm going to regret it later. He looks over at me with wide eyes.

"Thank you thank you thank you!!!" He practically squeals and tries to give me a hug but accidentaly hits the wheel which makes us take a sharp turn.

"The wheel!" I say exclaim, my fear of hights taking over. He quickly sits back down and steers us back on route.

"Sorry," He says sheepishly," There's one thing though and I'm not to sure you're going to like it. You know with your fear of heights and all."

I look over at him confused,"How do you know about that?"

"Oh, well I'm the president of your fanclub so I know just about everything there is to know about you."

Psh so he thinks.

Hey! Be nice to the man, he's helping you get out of YOUR mess.

Spiderman! Where have you been!? I actually thought you died!

Nah I just needed a vaction. Being in your head 24/7 is exaushting yet disturbing. Some of the things you think about shouldn't be allowed...

There's the mean old Spiderman I missed.

Did you really miss me?

Actually no. I forgot about you really.

Oh ok... I get it no need to say more. *sniff* I should get going. *packs bags* If I had some.

What? Where are you going?

I'm just gonna leave you alone. I think I should be in someone's head who actually appreciates me.

Wait no Spiderman, I didn't mean what I said.

Goodbye forever. Spiderman has just left the building.

What. Just. Happened?

"Four?" I hear someone asking breaking me out of my trance.

"Huh what?" I ask while shaking the thoughts out of my head.

"Did you not hear what I said?" Steve asks confused.

"Oh yeah sorry I just blanked out for a second. What was it you were going to tell me?"

"Well the officers down below won't let me land my plane so you're going to have to get down to the land another way." He says while pulling out parachutes.

"Oh no. No no no I am not jumping out of the plane!" I refuse.

"Four it's the only way to get there." Uriah says. None of them have said anything to me this whole ride knowing that I hate their guts right now.

I give him a look but sigh and look out of the window for a quick second. Feeling dissy I look away and turn towards Steve,"Ok fine if it's the only way, then I guess I don't have much of a choice."

"Great! Well one little problem. We only have two so-"

"Oh that's alright we can push two of them out. It's not like they need one or anything. Actually you know what, don't give any of them one. You should have one in here just in case. They're fine they will bounce." I say while giving them a look. Ok call me overdramatic all you want, but I just really can't stand them. I mean I wouldn't be in this situation if it wasn't for them.

"Umm no actually that's not what we're going to do. We are actually going to have to put two people on one parachute." He says.

I look at him,"Can you do that?"

"Oh yeah we do that all the time. Now we need Zeke and Uriah in one and Four and Will in another. That way we will have a more muscular one and a smaller one sharing a parachute to make it even." Steve says and tossses us the parachutes. Steve puts the plane on autopilot then comes over and ties the parachutes onto us. I'm in the back while Will is in the front. I look over and see that Uriah and Zeke are hooked up as well with Uriah being in the front. I also noticed that Zeke is still holding the baby bear.

"Zeke." I say.His head snaps over to me since this is the first time I 'willingly' talked to one of them.

"Yeah?" He asks a little too excited that I'm talking to him.

"Are you really bringing the bear with us?" I ask with my eyebrows raised.

"That's what I was planning on doing. Why?"

"I'm not to sure that's the best idea. I don't think Shauna would be really happy to see that you have a baby bear." I tell him.

"You're right," He says dissapointed,"Where should I put him then?"

"I'll take him! I've always wanted a baby bear!" Steve offers. Zeke looks down at the bear then over to Steve and back down at the bear.

"Goodbye Joe, be good." He whispers down to the bear and hands him to Steve. I roll my eyes and look down at the opening in the plane waiting for us to jump.

"It's now or never. We are over a big field that is right next to the place you're getting married. So you better jump before we pass it up." Steve says.

I gulp as the four of us walk closer to the opening. I shake my head and close my eyes as we all jump at the same time.

One second my feet were safely on the airplane's floor and now another second the closest landing to my feet is a thousand feet below me.

"Four!" I hear Will shout.

"What?" I ask a little annoyed that he pulled me out of my thoughts and back to reality.

"I've been calling you for a while now! Pull the lever now or else we will become a pancake in no time!" He shouts to me. That's when I realize how fast we are falling and that the ground is quickly getting closer. Without hesitation I pull the lever and the parachute comes shooting out jerking us back a bit.

"Wow man that was close!" I hear Uriah exclaim. I look to my left and see him and Zeke slowly floating down beside Will and me.

"Hey watch this!" Zeke says and starts moving his legs like he's running. Uriah soon joins in and they start 'running' on air in a circle. Will and I start laughing as we watch the brothers make fools of themselves as usual. Suddenly they make brake noises while locking their legs still which makes them stop moving.

"Did you hear that too?" Uriah asks Zeke while they both keep their eyes on me.

"I think I just did." He answers.

"What?" I ask confused.

"You actually laughed at us!" They both exclaim.

"So? I do all the time." I reply.

"Yeah but you're also pretty pissed at us too." Uriah says.

"Uriah!" Both Will and Zeke exclaim at the same time.

"What?" He asks while looking around.

"You're not supposed to remind him!" Zeke answers.

"Especially not when he can easily undo my harnest to this thing." Will adds. I roll my eyes and look down at the ground and get relieved when I see that we are probably 20 feet away from touching the ground.

"Now look what you did Uriah. He's not talking to us anymore." Zeke says with a thumping sound following. He probably hit the back of his head.

"I hate to break up your little cat fight, but did Steve ever tell us how to land?" I ask them. Their eyes widen and they look at each other for an answer, but none of them answer. Great we are about to hit the ground and none of us know how to land this thing.

"Ok well luckily we are landing in a big field with no one here so we don't have to worry about hitting a person. Just keep your legs straight and let's see where that takes us." I plan. Right after I say that the land meets my feet hard and we start sliding across the field. I stick my heels into the ground and the parachute slowly start to fall making Will and I fall on the ground. I let out a sigh of relief and it takes all of my power to not kiss the ground that I missed so much.

"Woah woah woah!!!" Someone shouts. I look up and see Zeke and Uriah sliding halfway across the field. Zeke tries to stop it with his feet right when Uriah does making them trip over each other's foot. They start tumbling for a good distance and stop aruptly. That's when Will and I break out into a fit of laughter. I have to hold onto him so I don't fall on the floor from laughing so much, but that just makes us both fall to the floor while laughing.

"Yeah yeah yeah. So funny we get it. You two can stop laughing now," Uriah says while wiping bits of grass off of him,"Also we've got 30 minutes till the wedding starts."

"Shoot!" I exclaim as Will and I both jump up. I look around and realize I know exactly where we are and it's only a block away from the church the wedding is going to be in.

"Come on I know where we are! Follow me!" I exclaim. The four of us dash as fast as we can down the road and over to the church. Standing on the steps of the church is Lynn who seems to be waiting for us.

"There you guys- woah what are you wearing?" She asks Uriah, Zeke, and Will.

"We'll explain everything later. In fact we don't even know what happened, but we'll investigate everything later. How's Tris? Does anyone else know what happened?" I ask.

"No I kept my word and no one knows where you guys were," She says making me let out a sigh of relief,"As for Tris. She's getting kind of pissed that you aren't here and she says you better not stand her up."

"Ok well you can tell her that we are here. Just say that we were getting ready at the hotel we stayed in last night so that I don't run into her before the wedding. We also didn't pick up the phones because we left the chargers at the apartment and we weren't able to get them until now." I tell Lynn.

"You owe me big time." She warns me.

"I know Lynn and I will pay you back somehow. Thank you so much you're the best!" I exclaim while pulling her into a big hug.

"Yeah well I'm glad you finally see that," She retorts,"Now go around th back and run into the dressing rooms and get ready. I will be there in a few to help with all... This. Let me just tell Tris that you're here."

We nod and sneak into the back so that Tris or none of the other girls find us. When we arrive into the dressing rooms and shut the door I let out a huge sigh of relief that I didn't realize I was holding. I suddenly remember about Zeke, Will, and Uriah. I look over and see them cheering about how we made it on time. I sigh and run my hands over my face.

"Hey there Four. You doing alright?" I hear someone ask. I look up and see Lynn standing in front of me.

"When did you get here?" I ask surprised.

"Just now. Shauna, Marlene, and Christina are talking to the guys right now and are helping them get ready. That's where they are right now if that's what you were going to ask," She says while sitting on the couch next to me,"Now what's the matter?"

"Do you know how hard it is to be pissed at them?" I ask her

"Who the guys?" She asks.

I nod,"I mean I love them, they're practically my brothers. It's just after what they put me through, it's hard to just act like they did nothing wrong."

She sits there thinking for a second,"Do you want to know what I think?"

I nod once again,"Please. It would be great to hear someone's input on this story that's not biased."

"Ok well this is what I think. I think that it's not actually them you're mad at, but yourself. I mean think about it, is it that surprising that they ended up doing this with you?"

"No it's actually not that surprising." I answer.

"Exactly. So sure apart of you might be a little hurt that they actually ended up doing what you thought they would do, but that's not the reason why you're pissed. You're mad at yourself for falling for it. You know that you could've had the choice to stay at home, but you chose to go out last night. So in a way you chose what happened to you today. I don't think that's the only thing that is bugging you right now. Four I'm going to ask you this and I need you to answer honestly, I won't tell a word to Tris. Are you ready to get married?''

"Of course- I mean I think so. I do love Tris with all my heart."

"Yeah but that wasn't my question. I already know that you love Tris more than anything else. My question was, do you think you're ready for marriage?"

I let out a sigh and put my head in my hands,"I don't know Lynn. I thought I was but now I feel like this is happening all so fast and I don't know what to do. I mean I don't even know if I'm ready for this big of a comitment."

"If I asked you when you were 18 if you were ready to have a baby, you would've said no. It happened though and you adore your son."

I crease my eyebrows together,"I'm not sure I see your point."

"My point is that sometimes when you think you aren't ready for something, it ends up being the best decision that you'll ever make."

"Lynn. I'm so confused! I still don't know what to do!" I exclaim and run a hand through my hair.

"It's all up to you now. Tris will understand if you call off the wedding. I'm not supposed to tell you, but she's having her fears of not being ready as well. She's going through with the wedding though. Just know that whatever choice you make, you will have all of our support. Most of all though you'll still have both Tris and Mason in your life and no one can change that for you." She gives me a small smile and stands up.

"I will let you sit here and think about it. You're a very selfless guys Four, but right now you have to make this choice for you. I know you'll make the right one too, you always do." She starts to walk out.

"Lynn." I call out before she can open the door. I walk over to her and give her a tight hug,"Thank you for being such a great and supportive friend."

"I'll always be here if you need help Four." Shre replies while returning the hug.

I pull back,"Claire is a very lucky girl." I say while winking at her.

She looks at me in shock and starts blushing,"You did you-"

"Lynn anyone can see it. Once you do tell everyone though, just remember we will all be supportive and love you no matter what."

"Thank you Four." She says and heads out the door while softly shutting the door. I sigh once again and sit back onto the couch while staring at my tux that is hanging on the mirror in front of me. Should I go on with the wedding?

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A/N: Hey you guys! As usual I'm so incredibly sorry about the long wait for this chapter. I have the whole ending of the story already planned out. I hate to say this but there's one more chapter and then an epilogue to the story. I know some people get annoyed when I do author's notes, but I feel like this is my time to actually connect with you guys and get you updated on my life, which I haven't done in a while so I thought I will give you an update one some major events that has happened to me lately:

Well first of all, probably one of the things I'm most excited about is I got a lead in my school play. We are putting on Cinderella and I got the role of one of the stepsisters. Words can not express how excited I am about that. Meanwhile I think I may be getting a little sick, but I don't want to admit it just yet. My boyfriend was sick today and he was trying to make me stay away so I wouldn't get sick, but me being stubborn I didn't. So know I'm not feeling the best, but he shall not know that he may have been right! This will be our little secret.

Ok you guys! Thank you so much for being patient with me and my irregular updating. I can't thank you guys enough. I love each and every single one of you amazingly perfect people! You make my day better every minute of every day!!!!

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