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Chapter 36 Mia

I was so relieved when Zeke stopped Uriah. I love them both, they're family, but Uriah was taking it too far. From what I've heard Eric acted a lot differently before we got together. After I hug Zeke I go back to Eric. He's leaning on the kitchen counter waiting for me. I hug him tight. "Eric, I'm really sorry," I say.

"It's okay," he says quietly.

"Are you mad?"

He laughs a little. "No, I'm not mad. I'm actually kind of relieved. It's good to know that, maybe, I won't be totally hated anymore."

"Why is that, anyways?"

"Let's just say I've made some bad decisions in my life." I want to push it further, but I think better of it. "Mia, what's it like? In the Factionless," Eric asks.

"It's awful. There isn't much food, but there is plenty of disease. You start working as soon as you can. After my parents an my sister died me and my brother barely made it by."

"Why didn't you tell me you had a brother?"

"I don't know… I guess I'm guilty. I left him to fend for himself. He's only fifteen. Wait what day is it?"

"The ninth, why?"

"My brother turned sixteen today. He only has nine more months to endure. Then, I can apologize. He'll come to Dauntless. I know he will, because we always talked about which Faction we would be in if we could be. We both wanted to be Dauntless. He'll choose Dauntless and then he can meet you and he can hang out with Uriah and Zeke. He's just like them. They met last Visiting Day," I ramble on and on about Jason and I don't even realize how much I'm telling Eric. We're still standing in the same spot. He's leaning on the counter and we have our arms wrapped around each other. I just go on and on and Eric just listens. He strokes my hair and nods. At some point I start crying, but Eric doesn't move even though his shirt is probably soaking wet. I can't seem to stop talking and when I have nothing else to say I think about what I've told him. Everything. I just have him my life story. I told his about the people who beat me in the Factionless and the people who beat me in Dauntless. I told him about my mother and father. My sister and brother. I told him things I don't like to admit to myself.

"It's okay, Mia. You're safe now," Eric tells me. It's the first thing he's said since I started talking. "You should get some sleep." He leads me to his room. I lay in his bed. He may have stayed with me. He may not have. I fall asleep as my head hits the pillow.

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