Eric's POV

I walk down the hall towards my office, Max should be waiting there. He probably wants to know if there are any leads on the divergent yet. Sure enough, when I get to my office I find Max shuffling through my drawers for something. I look at him quizzically.

"Got any gum?" He asks.

"No, why?" I ask shooing him away from behind my desk.

" 'Cause I want gum." He retorts.

"Was that the reason you wanted to see me?" I ask pinching the bridge of my nose. I swear, I'm surrounded by idiots.

"No," he sighs sitting in the chair on the other side of my desk. "I wanted to know if you had found any evidence consistent to the divergent."

"No, not yet. But it's only stage one, the real evidence shows up in stage two. And if we have any doubts, hopefully they will be resolved in the third stage."

"Huh, Yeah. Well, any progress with Four?"

This infuriates me. I hate the idea of him being a leader. He'll always go against what I say, (not that he doesn't do that already), and I won't get anything done. I won't be respected or listened to. I will have been replaced.

"He's not budging, Max . He doesn't want the job so why do you keep offering it?" I ask without hiding the malice in my voice.

He stands up from his chair to leave, but before he does he says: "Just incase he changes his mind." And with that, he strides out of my office.

I breath a sigh of relief. I'm not positive, but I have my suspicions about Tris being divergent.

God I hope I'm wrong.

Tris' POV

After mine and Eric's moment in the training room, I decide to just walk around for awhile. My appetite gone, I'll eat at dinner. I wander around until I stumble upon the net I jumped into for my second Dauntless test. My first being to jump on and off the train alive. I lay on it and collect my thoughts, but every thought I have leads me back to Eric. Was he just using me? Does he actually like me? Was the kiss just a torture tool just to throw me off my game? Lose my focus for initiation and not make it into Dauntless? What if everything he did or said was all a lie?

These thoughts infuriate me and all I want to do is punch Eric square in the jaw.

But what if he actually likes me? This thought calms me down a little.

I need to get this resolved as soon as possible. Today, I have to think of a strategy for when I confront him and where. I go back to the dorm room to lie down for a while. I've nothing better to do and I can't confront Eric yet, so I sleep.

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Christina wakes me up later, roughly I might add, to go to dinner. The usual questions are asked.

"Where were you at lunch?" Chris asked, followed by a curious glance from Will and a concerned glance from Al.

"I wasn't hungry, so I wandered around the compound for a while." I reassure them. Hopefully convincing enough that I don't have to go into detail.

"Pfft. Long walk." She muttered.

"I got lost."

Will gives me a look that says 'Eh, wahda ya gonna do?'. When we get to the cafeteria we get our food and sit at our usual table. I don't listen in on the conversations, I'm too busy thinking of my strategy. I get done with my dinner early so I go back to the dormitory. Tomorrow, I will have to fight again and I want to be well rested for it.

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