Eric's POV

It's been two days since I kissed Tris. Since Tris kissed me. I lay on my bed in my apartment thinking about her lips on mine. My hands tracing her small, delicate figure, her warm embrace.

Tris...

'Stop it you perv!' I theoretically yell to myself. I can't think of her like that, not while I'm still her instructor. I can't believe I'm thinking of her like that at all. I've only known her for a little over a week, maybe two, but she's already taking over my thoughts and changed me in so many ways. Even my friend Johnny, (Yeah, 'friend', I have one of those, too.) pointed out that I seemed happier.

Now that I'm thinking of her, I miss her. I wonder if she'll stop by? Today is her day off from training until stage two so it's a possibility. I decide to make myself presentable if she does come. I take a quick shower and dry my hair then rummage through my closet to find something nice to wear. I decide on a nice dark grey, buttondown shirt and my best pair of black jeans. Soon after I get dressed, I hear a knock at my door and my heart leaps with joy.

Please be Tris, please be Tris, please be Tris.

It's Tris.

"Hey," she says with a small weary smile.

"Hi." God, I hope I don't sound too eager.

"Were you expecting someone?" She asks pointing to my cloths. "If this is a bad time, I can come back later." She turns to walk away.

"No!" I say grabbing her wrist, pulling her into my apartment and shutting the door. Tris looks startled. (Gee, I wonder why, !) "No, I... It... It's not a bad time. I was..."

I sigh. "I kind of anticipated your visit."

"Oh." She says in realization.

"I'm sorry if I frightened you but could you do me a favor?"

"What?"

"Just stay right here." My words are rushed out right before my lips collide with hers. She kisses back passionately and entwines her fingers in my hair. I wrap my arms around her to pull her closer and moan into the kiss. I pull away and press my forehead to hers. "You don't know how long I've waited to do that." I laugh.

I speak to her and hold her as if I haven't seen her in over a year but in truth, during the past two days we had acknowledged each other in various small ways. Winking, nodding our heads, stealing meaningful looks from each other when no one was looking.

A smile creeps across Tris' face, "It doesn't matter, just do it again."

I obliged her request and kiss her again. We're back in the same position we were just in, her hands tangled in my hair, mine on her waist. I push her back against the door and move my hands down to her thighs to hoist her up. She wraps her legs around my waist, keeping my hands on her thighs to keep her in place. I part my lips slightly to brush my tongue against her bottom lip, asking for entrance. She hesitates at first but parts her lips and thrusts her tongue out to meet mine. She tastes of mint and wind. Safe. Free.

Tris is a damn good kisser, for a former stiff who has had no practice whatsoever.

Tris...

Her lips, along with her body are soft and warm. All control is lost and we're both just devouring each other. I tighten my hold on her and carry her to my bed, laying her down so I'm on top of her. She unwinds her legs and puts both hands on my chest, pushing me away while retracing her mouth from mine. Her breaths come out as shallow pants.

"Eric..."she says shaking her head. "No. I... I'm sorry, I..." She averts her eyes, her face red with embarrassed blush. I place my hand gently on her warm cheek, turning her gaze to mine.

"It's okay, I understand. I'm not going to push you to do something you don't want to do." She nods in response. I sit up, rolling over to the other side of the bed to give her space. She sits up and looks over in my direction, but doesn't make eye contact.

"Um, do you want me to leave or..." she trails off. I wrap my arms around her protectively and whisper into her hair.

"Stay, please. I... I want to know more about you." Actually I just don't want her to go. Her presence, it's like a ray of sunshine, always pleasant and welcoming. Being with her, I feel a new power never felt before. I feel braver, stronger, and greater when she is around.

She pulls away and nods again. I let go of her and lay back on the bed getting comfortable. When I am, I motion for her to start but instead she giggles and nuzzles herself next to me, her head on my chest. I put one arm behind my head and my free one around her.

"Well," she begins, I start to play with her hair. "What do you want to know?"

Everything.

"What was your family like?" I ask. She takes a deep breath.

"My mother worked with the factionless. Gave them food, water, clothes, things like that for survival. I used to help her when I was little. She was Dauntless, you know?"

"Was she really? Well maybe look her up in the old Dauntless records."

"You would do that?" she asks sitting up to look at me.

"For you, of course." I respond with as grin. She smiles, too and leans down to kiss me firmly on the lips.

"Thank you." She whispers when we pull away.

"Anything to make you happy." I reply. Her smile widens and she blushes, God, she's cute when she blushes, sitting back in our original position and starts to reveal herself to me once again.

"My father is one of the Abnegation leaders, and my brother transferred to Erudite."

My old faction.

"Not much left to tell, thats it. What was your Erudite life like?"

"How did you know I transferred from Erudite?"

"Oh, well... um, I... I kind of asked about you the first day I came here. Four said you came from Erudite." I'm a little flattered that she asked about me the first day, but she blushes again.

"What else did he tell you?"

She shrugs, "Told us that you two were in the same transfer class together, that you Dauntless leader, and that age doesn't matter here."

Why would he tell her that age doesn't matter? Probably trying to make himself more eligible to her. Wait.

"Us?"

"Christina and myself."

"Oh, yeah." I remember seeing her the first day when I went to go talk to Four. I remember being introduced to Tris, I remember my 'Stiff' comment that I now regret.

She will last. She has to.

*So, this chapter was a bit longer than the others which I'm happy about, I'd like to write longer chapters but I guess we'll just have to wait and see how that turns out. I'd really like to see what you guys think about this so far so please R&R! And I'm sorry if the characters are a little OOC but I'm trying my best. I also apologize if you think their relation ship is moving a little too fast, I just didn't really know how else to write this. I'll try to slow it down a bit. Thanks so much again! Til next time!