I watched as they stood close together, both looked ready to bolt away far away from me, I crack my knuckles letting off some tension. I can hear their breathing, deep and heavy full of fear, I lace my fingers together as I glare at the pair of girls in front of me.

"Well hello girls, welcome back home," I am beyond pissed, she brings out something raw and primitive in me, the sheer fact I worry about her, I want her safe but she goes off welcoming death at every turn.

"Eric." Her voice is low, it hurt that she was scared of me.

I walk slowly towards them, one foot in front of the other being careful and intimidating, it worked; the Stiff moved back fast.

"What…" my first word is calm and careful "Exactly," I add a little louder getting my anger out slowly "were you thinking?"

"I…" she stumbled over her words as I am so close to them, to her. "I don't know." She says, her voice cracked at the end.

"I am tempted to call you a traitor, I know I have mentioned faction before blood many times. Oh and never to leave the fucking compound!" I bellowed in a rage. But I was calm perfectly in control, my voice only raised a little each time, this scared them more.

She was looking at me with tears in her eyes.

"Were you unsatisfied with the life you have found here? Do you perhaps regret your choice?" I raise both my brows daring them to challenge me "I would like to hear an explanation for why you betrayed Dauntless, yourself, and me…" I taped my chest. "…by venturing into another faction's headquarters."

"I, I just," The Stiff tried but she looked at me shutting up, I knew I was scaring them.

"If you cannot explain," I say softly, "I may be forced to reconsider your rank. Or, because you seem to be so attached to her…perhaps I will be forced to reconsider your friends' ranks. Perhaps the little Abnegation girl beside you; mean's you will take it more seriously," damn it, damn her for making me this angry. Her eyes light up as her mouth opens.

"Eric, please. Tris was very upset, I wasn't going to let her go alone, please don't take it out on her rank. It's not fair, we are very happy here, she just needed to vent."

I looked at her with cold eyes, she always had some fucking excuse.

"So the Stiff was upset," I spat she stumbled back "Eric," as Tris tried again "I,"

And then the door opens. Tobias walks in that bastard has to ruin everything, his eyes on the girls.

"Leave the room," I say in a tone full of loathing his voice louder. No," Tobias says. "They are just foolish girls, one helping the other. There's no need to drag them here and interrogate them." His voice is always clam, but his face is set in stone.

"Just a foolish girl which one, your sister, or the stiff," I snort I knew she knew who he was. "If she were just a foolish girl, she wouldn't be ranked first and the Stiff second, now would they" I add they are counting on him to save them.

Tobias pinches the bridge of his nose and looks at them through the spaces between his fingers.

"I…I was just embarrassed and didn't know what to do." I look at her from the sides she sticks her hands in her pockets, before her looks up sniffling as if she is near tears, Ava looks upset at Tobias.

"I tried to…and…" she mutters looking away.

"You tried to what?" I asked her, she was acting.

"Kiss me," says Tobias. "And I rejected her, and she went running off like a five-year-old. There's really nothing to blame her for but stupidity. As for my sister she ran off with her little friend as normal, can't blame her,"

I look from the Stiff to Tobias and laugh, too loudly. Now I know it is her the girl he used to watch in the halls at school, she grew into her features. "Isn't he a little too old for you, Tris?" I say, smiling again I give a mental sigh, Ava looked angry now.

"Excuse me Eric?" she asked, looking up at me while I gaze down at her. "How old are you Eric, aren't you and Four the same age?" yup she was angry.

Tris looks to be wiping a tear. "Can I go now?" she cut off the conversation.

"Fine," I say, I have better things to deal with than the Stiff, "but you are not allowed to leave the compound without supervision again, you hear me?" I turn toward Tobias. "And you… had better make sure none of the transfers leave this compound again. And that none of the others try to kiss you."

Tobias rolls his eyes. "Fine." But I know they will be kissing much more now.

"But Ava, you are staying,"

"No, she is done as well. If Tris isn't in trouble, then why would Ava?" Tobias's says not wanting to leave his sister alone with me as normal.

"Oh, because she was told never to leave the compound again. This was Tris first warning, your sisters fourth warning,"

"Ava," Tobias scolded her but she didn't seem fazed by it.

"Four, its fine take Tris to the dorm. I don't regret what happened," she gave Tris a small smile as they walked out but Fours eyes are narrowed with such dislike.

"God damn you, woman, I swear you will be the death of me," I curse at her my anger to a boiling point.

"First off, I wake seeing you gone, no note nothing just gone. Then lunch you and Tris, gone, your friends can't find you. Imagine this I get a message from Jeanine Matthews, about you and Tris. She was rather impressed with you, other than you can't keep your mouth shut, but she gathered it was more for Tris than anything. So what did you find here worth leaving Amity, now she just has to know" I was seething by the time I was finished.

"I found family, Tris and Four. And most of all, Eric, I found you," her voice so soft and loving, it broke all my anger, how could I stay mad at her now.

"I dislike Jeanine Matthews; I could see through her lies with ease. But it isn't my place to question some Erudite uptight bitch. And what's this about, Tris being too young for my brother, you and Four are the same age Eric, as are Tris and I,"

"I was just saying that to goat Four, how long have you known he was your brother?" my mother was un uptight bitch, I wanted to smile but kept a straight face.

"Since the day you asked if I knew him, it made me think. I asked him, told him I would get you to tell me what was going on." She smirked at me.

"I left last night because it would have been rather noticeable I wasn't in my bunk; I'd rather be in your arms just understand that Eric." I could tell she was telling me the truth.

"I want you there, every day and night. I was scared, I hate that word, I loathe it but I was. I couldn't find you, only when I got the message I was able to breathe, then I was so angry, I told you not to leave again." I gave in telling her how I felt.

She just walks over going on tiptoe "Eric, kiss me," she whispered. I did and with such passion, it made me so horny, heat rolled over me. Her soft lips warm tasting of strawberries, I nibbled her lower lip pulling, tugging before deepening the intense kiss my tongue sliding over mine. Her cold fingers moving over my neck, over parts of my re- shaved sides then back down, giving a harsh bite to my own lip, but all I could do was groan, pushing her body against the stone wall.

My hands on her bare waist as my lips moved to her slender neck my mark already there "Eric, why does Lauren hate me because of you," she panted catching her breath as I lick the rim of her ear before nibbling on it, making her cry out.

"I used to fuck her," was all I said as if it was nothing and to me Lauren was nothing, it was nothing "That's disgusting to say such crude words, she cared to be so upset still,"

"I didn't, she knew that. I only care about you, I can't help but fall for you every day," my lips moved back to hers this time just soft kisses, I couldn't get enough of her.

"Go back to the dorm, I will see you in a little you also need to eat. I have a meeting," I kissed her again for good measure loving her lips, in love with her period.

I watch her walk away, as I do the same watching her head towards the dorms as Max comes up to me "Your father said the same spot, as soon as possible,"

"I am leaving for a while," I say back walking away heading towards the exit to see my father when Jeb stops me "I see you found her," he gave me a look.

"Watch her while I am gone," I say before leaving the compound alone.