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Eric woke up the next morning, startled, as he heard his bedroom door shut. Snapping his eyes open, he looked around to see an empty bed. He jumped up from bed and rushed to the living room, just in time to see Tris pick up her jacket.

''What? No breakfast?'' he asked casually, when he really wanted to stop her from leaving. Tris spun around quickly to meet his eyes.

''Nope, not this time.'' she smiled. ''Thanks for letting me stay.''

''Why are you up this early anyway?'' Eric said, sitting down on his lounge chair with a stoic look on his face.

''I just got another mission.'' she answered. ''I didn't want to wake you.''

''How long is this one supposed to last?'' he asked, not helping the dread in his voice.

''Not very long.'' she said, opening the front door. ''I'll even have time to stop by the training centre. See you later Eric.''

''See you. Be smart.'' he said waving at her as she closed the front door.

Time lapse ~

''I can't believe we're gonna be officially dauntless tomorrow.'' Annie said, running at full speed on the treadmill.

''I know. It feels like yesterday we got on that train.'' Peeta said, lifting the weights at about 40 tonnes.

''Well I don't know about any of you but jumping off that building is pretty fresh in my mind.'' Finn said, punching and dodging the punching bag.

''We're top four right now. We just need to be careful and make sure we get to the job ceremony.'' Kat said, thrusting a knife to the bullseye of the board ''We just need to stick to Tris' plan.''

''Speaking of Tris, she must be on a mission today.'' Annie said, running effortlessly.

''What makes you say that?'' Peeta asked, lifting 60 tonnes.

''Eric is moping around the training room.'' Annie said. ''And he isn't threatening anyone.''

''Yeah, sounds about right.'' Kat said, reaching for her knifes.

Since it was the last day for Initiates to be in their current position, training was useless so all of them but Peeta, Annie, Finn and Kat stayed until 6:30.

''Hey there,'' Tris said, making Eric's head snap around. ''I finished my mission; no injuries and everything went smoothly.''

''Good.'' Eric breathed a sigh of relief. ''I wanted to ask you something.''

''What is it?'' she asked, smiling up at him.

''I...'' Eric exhaled a breath causing Tina to look at him in amusement. ''I was wondering if-''

''Tris!'' Annie yelled, skipping to Tris. ''It's our last day being Initiates and we were wondering if you wanted to hang out on the rooftop later.'' Eric shoot a death glare at her, making Annie look at him in fear and confusion.

''Sure.'' Tris answered. Eric turned around to head out the door but Tris caught his arm. ''Come with us?'' Eric glanced at the six people in front of him but only saw Tris.

''Sure.''

''Great.'' Finn said, grabbing Annie's hand. ''We'll wait for the two of you upstairs.''

''Kay.'' Tris said smiling, before turning around to meet his eyes. ''Did you want to say something?''

''No...it was nothing.'' Eric replied, earning a you-are-pathetic look from Tina before she left the room.

''Okay,'' Tris said grabbing his hand. ''C'mon they're waiting''

Tris and Eric reached the rooftop to be met with the five of them already talking to each other.

''Here they are!'' Finn exclaimed. Tris and Eric sat next to each other on a nearby bench in front of their group. ''What jobs do you guys want to get tomorrow?'' ''Tattooist.'' Peeta answered, leaning on the railings. ''I like the art.''

''Maybe a Trainer.'' Finn said, smirking at Eric and causing him to glare.

''I'd like to be a Nurse'' Annie replied. ''I like helping people''

''What about you Kat?'' Tris asked looking at her.

''A mother.'' she answered, looking at the sky.

Peeta put his hand on her back while Annie and Finn exchanged a sad glance.

''...you mean an Elite?'' Tris asked.

''What?'' Kat asked confused.

''You don't know?'' Tris asked ''As an Elite, you have the power to move about to any faction. And you also have the power to move any family member to any faction.''

''What're you saying?'' Kat whispered, her eyes tearing up.

''I'm telling you, you can easily choose what faction your...'' Tris looked at Christina. ''...little sister goes into.''

''How is this possible?'' Kat asked, her voice breaking.

''Elites are like...really important and their judgment is valued so the authorities trust they will pick the best future for their family and their faction.'' Tris replied ''But only Elites are allowed.''

''Then I want to be an Elite.'' Kat said with a fire in her eyes, the very same fire Tris had when she said she would kill her assailants herself when she was an initiate.

''I wouldn't be surprised if you were one.'' Tris replied, causing Kat to look at her in confusion ''You're ranked 1st place on the leaderboard. I was ranked 3rd and I became an Elite.''

Tris and Katherine shared an unsaid promise through their eyes before Annie spoke up.

''Thank you, Tris.''

''For what?'' Tris snapped out of her trance to meet Annie's eyes.

''I don't think I'd even be in the top 29 if it weren't for you.'' she replied shyly.

''To be honest I don't think any of us would be here if it weren't for you'' Peeta spoke up, looking at her in gratitude along with Kat.

''Well I'm sure Eric helped in that too,'' Tris replied looking at him.

''Yeah, he did help make about half the Initiates drop out on the first day.'' Finn said smiling. Annie elbowed him.

''I'm still your superior, O'dair.'' Eric said through grit teeth, making Tris elbow him.

''Alright, I think I'm gonna turn in.'' Tina said.

''Already?'' Tris said raising her eyebrow ''There was a time you didn't sleep for three days and you acted like you had slept for months.''

''Well this couple shit is making me tired.'' Tina answered earning a chuckle from everyone but Eric. ''I didn't even know it was possible to become a 7th wheel.''

''Goodnight, Tina'' Tris called after her retreating form.

''Night.'' Tina replied disappearing down the ladder.

''That reminds me, I have a question.'' Eric remembered, making everyone look at him. ''The first time I saw Finnick, he called Tris a trickster. Is there a back story there?''

''Ah.'' Finnick reminisced happily while Kat and Peeta groaned. ''Good times, good times.''

''I used to play tricks. All. The. Time.'' Tris answered, eyes wide, making Eric chuckle lightly.

''You couldn't have been that bad, you were in Abnegation.'' Eric replied. Kat snorted.

''Like that could've stopped her.''

''I remember this one time I made her angry so she made my hair green.'' Peeta said rubbing his hair. ''And not slightly green, I mean like thick grass green.'' Eric gaped at Tris.

''Well to be fair ,you deserved it.'' Tris replied.

''You're right, how foolish was I to tell you, your hair was a little brown.'' Peeta replied making Kat chuckle beside him.

''My hair was, and is, blonde. Not brown - blonde.'' Tris replied, her eyes narrowing playfully.

''And I also recall a time you made my face pink'' Kat said, glaring half-heartedly. ''And all because I said I looked better than you.''

''Well I think it was an improvement.'' she replied, chuckling with along with everyone.

''What about you Peeta? You called her Bee - any story behind that?'' Eric asked.

''Her full name was Beatrice, so I just got used to calling her Bee.'' he answered shrugging. ''What about you, Eric? Any nicknames we don't know about?'' After a silence, he answered.

''My full name is Eric Mikaelson.''

''Eric Mikaelson.'' Tris tried out. ''Catchy.''

''Sounds smart.'' Finnick replied.

''Well I was in Erudite.'' Eric replied, earning a gasp from everyone but Tris. ''Oh don't be so surprised. You have two Abnegations that supposedly only believe in caring and love and one Candor that's supposed to believe in nothing but the truth and another one that's in Amity who's supposed to be peaceful. And not to forget, you're all the top four Dauntless Initiates.''

''Fair enough.'' Annie said shrugging.