A/N: Did you like the little twist last chapter? This is back to after the landscapes. Sorry if I didn't make it clear where in time the last chapter was.
Chapter 26 Mia
I watch all the initiates go through their landscapes. It's fascinating how something you know is in your head can become so real. Maybe Aunt Jeanine was onto something when she told me I should pick Erudite. But I'm happy here. With Eric.
And I have friends here. And Uriah and Zeke are like brothers now. And Jason will be here next year. I know it.
After everyone has gone through I'm still talking to Uriah, Zeke, Tris, and Four, who I guess is Tris's boyfriend and he's also a trainer like Uriah. I look over my shoulder and see Eric gesture for me to come.
"I have to go guys," I say. "I'll see you and Zeke tomorrow, right Uri?" He nods in response. "By Tris nice to meet you Four." I hurry off to find Eric in the crowd. I run into him. He looks down at me and smiles.
"Hey, you," he says.
"Hey," I respond. He grabs my hand and we start walking to his apartment.
When we get there he motions for me to sit on the couch. I sit and he sits next to me. "I'm going to sound totally paranoid and overprotective right now, but I have to ask," he begins. "What's up with you and Zeke?" I laugh.
"Eric, Zeke and Uriah are my cousins," I say still laughing. He still looks shocked. "What you've never heard that term before. You were Erudite I figure you would understand a small word," I joke. He shakes his head. "Where did you think I was going whenever I said I was going to dinner with my cousins?"
"I just didn't realize when you said you were meeting your cousin you meant them."
"Well I'm sorry I didn't elaborate," I say kissing him. He kisses me back. We kiss and talk until he says we need to leave for the ceremony.
At the banquet thing everyone is really loud and most people are drunk. I go sit with my friends an make small talk, but my thoughts are on Eric the whole time. I realize I've been spaced out when I'm pulled back into reality by Eric's voice. He's giving a speech about the initiates. It seems like it's been said every year because some people are mouthing the words along with him. It's an alright speech. At the end he reveals the final rankings. I don't recognize any names. Some one named Sarah comes in first and I see that the kids being cut are Josh, Carlos, and Maxi. Everyone erupts in cheers and comes over and kisses my cheek when no one is paying attention.
A/N: Tell me what you think!