When Siam woke up, the first thing she thought was I hope Eric's worst off than I am. She groaned and sat up, looking around and realizing she was in the infirmary. "Good. You're up," Tori sighed, looking at her with an annoyed look on her face.

"Oh. Hey," She greeted lamely.

"Yeah, hey. Are you feeling alright?" She asked.

"Yeah, my head hurts. That fucker headbutted me. It's the only reason I actually blacked out," Siam explained.

"I thought you were over getting into fights where you ended up in the infirmary."

"Yeah, well he needed someone to beat his ass. His head was starting to block out the sun."

Tori rolled her eyes and handed her an ice pack. She gave her a small smile and flinched when the movement caused her face to ache. "I know you're wondering and yes. He is worse off than you. He's practically in crutches and his face is bruised way worse than yours."

Siam couldn't resist smiling brightly then, even though it hurt. "At least my complexion will hide the gross bruise better than his when it starts to heal. His bruises are gonna stick out forever."

"Well, measure the damage."

Tori handed her the mirror and she saw the large bump on her forehead. The gross discoloration stretched across her forehead, making the brown skin look purple and swollen like a grape. "I look like a grape," She told her, laughing a little bit.

"It's been so long since I've seen you this beat up," Tori said, laughing along with her.

"He didn't get me that good. Remember Riley? He beat the shit out of me," She reminded her.

"That's because you called him a piece of shit who couldn't satisfy a woman or a man. Or anyone between, if he had a ten inch dick and the tongue of a horse," She pointed out.

"Well it is true."

"Yeah, but most guys don't want to be called out on it."

"Oh well. He got what was coming to him later."

Tori rolled her eyes and Siam smiled at her. "Since you're better off than Eric, you're going to have to train the initiates in his place. And you're signed up to administer the aptitude test next year."

Siam groaned loudly and Tori scoffed. "You're the one who incapacitated our trainer."

"Whatever."

The next time Siam sees Eric is at the party thrown to celebrate the initiates who made it through all the stages. He glared at her, and she smiled at him, and blew him a kiss. She couldn't resist teasing him and walked towards Eric. "You feeling better, Eric?" She asked, smirking.

Eric raised an eyebrow at her and she smiled innocently. He narrowed his eyes at her and scoffed. "Like you care," He grumbled.

"Do you want me to care?" She asked, smiling sweetly.

Eric sucked his teeth and didn't answer. "No, seriously. Are you alright? I know it wasn't fair," She pointed out.

Eric glared at her, and she looked at him, confused as to why he was upset. "What do you mean it wasn't fair?"

"Well I'm older than you and more experienced. This is your second year here and I probably shouldn't have hit you in your weak spot. Repeatedly."

"Last time I checked, we both were knocked out. Meaning I was just as good as you."

Siam laughed quietly. "Honey, that wasn't a real fight. It was a demonstration."

"What are you trying to say?"

"I'm trying to say that you couldn't handle me in a real fight."

Eric grabbed her arm and pulled her closer. "I could handle anything you give me."

Siam studied his face for a few moments and took in every little detail. Eric, despite her earlier statement, wasn't ugly. He was smug and a bastard, but not ugly. His blue eyes looked right into hers and Siam smirked. "Are you sure, babe? Wouldn't want to break you too soon."

Eric pulled her even closer and she let him, their chests colliding. "I'm sure."

"Show me."

Eric grinned at her and pressed his mouth to her's. His lips were surprisingly soft and they fit perfectly onto her's. He dropped her arm and she grabbed his jacket and pushed him against the wall. She slipped her tongue into his mouth and tasted black coffee and cool mint. She ran her tongue over his, flicking playfully at his piercing. He let out a small moan and Siam looked into his eyes. He looked right back at her with lidded eyes that still managed to gaze at her intensely. She let go of his jacket and began to back away. Before they could fully separate, Eric's teeth took a hold of her bottom lip and pulled. Siam let out a little whine and Eric let go. She looked up at him and he looked down at her with a surprised look on his face. "I didn't take you as the submissive type," He whispers hoarsely.

She smirked and grabbed his shirt, pulling him along. "I'm not," She responded.

When Eric woke up, there was something warm on top of his chest. He couldn't move and the pressure on his chest made it a little difficult to breathe. He groaned and pushed at whoever was on his chest. He paused when he made contact with something hairy instead of smooth skin. "What the fuck?" He mumbled groggily.

He opened his eyes and big brown doe like eyes stared back at him. "What the fuck?" He snapped.

There was a giant dog sitting on top of chest looking at him with a curious expression on its face, head tilted to the side. It moved closer and Eric glared at it. It paid him no mind and came even closer, it's tongue licking the whole side of his face. Eric shouted in surprise and tried to push the dog off of him. "How much do you weigh?" He grunted, attempting to push him again.

Eric heard a laugh and turned towards the sound. Siam looked at him innocently, covering her mouth with her hand. "She weighs about 140 pounds." She told him, walking over to him.

"Why do you have a dog? I thought pets weren't allowed on the compound,"

"They're not usually. I convinced Max to let me keep her as my own personal guard dog,"

"You convinced Max? How?"

Siam smirked and walked towards him, sitting down on the other side of the bed. "I told him that if he let me keep her that I'd play substitute whenever he needed."

"And he agreed to that?"

"Yeah, Dauntless members can still get sick. We're not robots. I just replace them until they come back."

"So what do you do?"

"Mostly physical things like guarding the fence and training. I can make weapons, but I don't really like it."

"Why not?"

"It's boring. Too technical."

"But you could do it, right? You know how to engineer and stuff?"

"Yeah, I thought it'd be fun. It was super boring though."

Eric was going to say something else, but the dog seemed to have enough of being ignored. She shoved her whole body in between him and Siam and panted happily. Siam grinned down at the dog and turned her over on her belly. She nearly pushed Eric off the bed.

"Who's my beautiful baby? You are! Such a beautiful girl, aren't you?" Siam cooed at the dog and rubbed her stomach, making her kick happily.

"What's her name?"

"Ruby."

He made a thoughtful noise and ran his hand down her back, pulling away when she turned to lick his palm. He laughed quietly at her and wiped it back on her fur. Ruby went for his hand and he dodged her mouth, waving it teasingly in her face. Siam smiled at him and he gave her a small smile. "What you'd get up for?" He asked, looking back at her.

"I went to go pick Ruby up from a friend who was watching her for me," Siam responded.

Ruby looked up at her at the mention of her name before focusing on Eric's hand again. Eric raised an eyebrow at her and smirked. "So you planned on getting me into your bed from the beginning, huh?" He asked.

Siam laughed and stood. "I planned on getting someone into my bed since the beginning," she admitted. "I'm gonna take a shower,"

Eric shrugged and Ruby looked up excitedly as Siam took off her shirt. Eric's eyes immediately spotted the long scars on her back, stretching from her shoulder blades all the way down to her waist. There were four long cuts that automatically stood out, about two inches thick. They were slightly puffed up and Eric immediately classified the scar. They usually were the result of an aggressive healing process due to really bad injuries that were treated poorly. Around the thick larger scars were multiple thin cuts. Eric's stomach dropped and he cleared his throat. "Where did you get those?" He asked.

She visibly tensed and then turned to face him.. She let out a small laugh that sounded forced. "I forgot I even had these," She sighed.

"Where are they from?" He asked again.

"Don't worry about it," She told him, shrugging.

From the tone of her voice, Eric had a feeling that she'd kick him out if he continued to ask. He shrugged and looked at them once again. "They look cool," He admitted.

Siam laughed, a little more genuine. "Well then, that almost makes it worth it, doesn't it?" She questioned, sounding a little bitter.

Eric said nothing and she walked into the bathroom, Ruby getting off the bed and following her.