"Okay who's turn is it?" I ask the guys as we get back to Zeke's room.
Everyone is still staring at me and I can't help but blush slightly. I just made out with Eric in front of the Dauntless leaders, Jeanine and my brother and then walked away as if nothing happened. Then to top things off he winks at me and does this incredibly sexy smirk. Great now I'm referring to Eric as sexy. I am so screwed.
"Nice try Trissy but I think I speak for everyone here when I say we should talk about what just happened." Uriah says. I groan internally.
"I think you're forgetting that it was you who dared me to make out with him." I reply staring him in the eyes.
"You have a point but from where we were standing you both enjoyed it." He counters and my cheeks flush even redder and I tear my eyes away from his.
"Oh my god you did enjoy it." Christina screams. My cheeks, if possible, go even more red and I look up to all my friends staring at me with massive grins on their faces.
"I might have enjoyed it a little bit." I say quietly and Christina squeals.
"Omg guys I have just had the best idea ever." She shouts and I suddenly feel very nervous. However to my dismay the others, excluding Four, look just as excited as Christina. "Don't you guys think it's a shame that Tris hasn't been out on a date yet?" She says with a mischievous grin. Oh no. I. Am. Screwed.
"You know what Chris. I agree; I hate seeing Tris all alone while we are all in a relationship. We would be really bad friends if we didn't help her with this Eric situation." Uriah replies with an 'innocent' smile.
"There is no situation between me and Eric." I groan.
"Oh honey, you're just in denial." Marlene says and I groan again.
"Guys I just thought of something." Zeke says and I feel even more worried. "We can call them ERIS!" He finishes the last part with a girly squeal.
The rest of the night passes with everyone but Four coming up with ideas to get Eric and I together. In the end I begin to get a headache because of Christina and Zeke's girly squeals and I leave the apartment and go for a walk. I am so deep in thought that I don't even realise that I have come to the Chasm. The crashing of the water against the rocks is strangely soothing and I decided to just stay here while my headache disappears. I am there for no longer than ten minutes when I start to hear heavy footsteps coming my way. I look up and see the last person I want to talk to right now.
"Well, isn't this a nice surprise." Eric says and walks over to me.
"It was a dare." I reply and he looks at me with the same sexy smirk he did after I kissed him earlier.
"I know; I seriously doubt you would kiss me if it wasn't." He replies and I furrow my brow.
"What makes you say that?" I ask. He looks at me and he quirks his eyebrow with the two piercings up.
"Tris last time I checked you hated me for dangling your best friend over the Chasm and for being a complete dick to you throughout initiation." He says.
"Yeah, you're right but you haven't called me Stiff since you got here, put me in any danger or punished me for kissing you in front of the other Dauntless leaders, Jeanine or my brother Caleb." I reply and he laughs.
"You straddled and kissed me in front of your brother. That's why he looked like he was going to kill me." He says and laughs again and I can't help but snigger.
"I wish I could have seen his face." I reply to him and eventually we control ourselves.
"So why aren't you playing Candor or Dauntless with your friends?" He asks and turns to look at me.
"They decided that they needed to address other matters and I couldn't stand Zeke or Christina's squeals when they got excited any longer so I left." I tell him.
"What are these matters that are so important?" He asks and I know he knows exactly what they might be talking about but he is feigning ignorance.
"Oh come one Eric use that brain that you may or may not have." I say and turn to look at him.
"Excuse me I have a very big brain." He reply's with a smirk, "And I have an idea of what they might be so interested in."
"Would you like to share your thoughts with the class?" I say with a grin.
"Sure." He says and before I can back away he leans down and presses his lips to mine.
I stand shocked for a moment before closing my eyes, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing back. His hands find their way to my waist and he pulls my body flush against his. His tongue sweeps across my bottom lip and my lips part just enough for his tongue to slide in. Our tongues battle for dominance and he wins, our mouths fit together perfectly and we move in sync with each other. He backs me against the railing overlooking the Chasm and he lifts me up on to the bar and tightening his grip on my waist: I'm sure his grip will leave bruises but right now I don't care. Christina was right: I did enjoy kissing him. When he touched me it felt like my whole body was on fire and he made me forget about everything else. The need for air was becoming too much and we broke apart.
"Well that's my theory, am I right?" He asks with his incredibly sexy smirk and I giggle and nod my head. He grins and I pull his head back towards mine and our lips meet again. He pulls back after a few minutes and spreads my legs so he can stand between them. "Have you thought about what you might choose at the job choosing tomorrow?" He asks me and I nod.
"I want to train initiates but I know that that is only a seasonal job and not one for all year round." I reply.
"Well considering where you are ranked you could do anything you wanted. You could become a leader in training and you could do what I do, help train and watch over initiates as well as being a leader." He tells me and I have thought about it before. If I was a leader I could have a say in how training is conducted. "I could use another leader to help change the rules about conceding in fights."
"I thought you were the one to have that rule made?" I ask him and he looks confused.
"Who told you that?" He asks.
"Four told me that it was put into place the same time you became a leader."
"Yeah it did but it had nothing to do with me. Max decided that training was too easy and that initiates would just concede to save themselves getting beat up to badly or to help their friends. What he seems to not realise is that it makes it easier for people like Peter to beat the hell out of initiates who were as weak as you were at the start." He tells me.
"Why would Four lie to me about something like that?" I ask him and he shrugs.
"Four doesn't like me very much, never has since we started initiation. He has made everyone believe that I'm the one who has a problem with him when in fact it's the other way round. I have tried to get along with him but he just doesn't like me." He replies. So everything Four told me about how cold-hearted and evil Eric is was just lies; all because he didn't like him when they were initiates.
"Wait did you transfer to Dauntless?" I ask him, he must have if he was in the same class as Four. He smirks and nods his head.
"Erudite." He says and my mouth hangs open in shock. He looks at me with his eyebrow quirked up and I can't help but snigger.
"I would have thought you were from Amity." I joke and he laughs.
"I hate singing. It would never have worked." He retorts and I can't help but laugh.
"Go on, sing me a song?" I ask in an innocent voice.
"I don't think you would be able handle my sexy singing." He says with a cocky smile and I smirk. "Unless you want to show me how much you can handle." He says and I slap his arm playfully.
"I don't think you would be able to handle me." I reply and slam my lips against his. Our tongues dancing with each other furiously and when I pull away I jump off the railing and stand up onto my tiptoes. "You need to prove how much of a man you are first." I whisper and then walk back down the corridor I came from.