I hope the first chapter wasn't a total disaster. Here goes Chapter 2.

Chapter 2

There was a good crowd at the bar Tris noticed as she looked around for Tori and Christina. They had told her during lunch that they were going out for drinks and Tris didn't have a choice. So there she was, slowly making her way to the bar, still in her work outfit as she had just left the office not realizing what time it was and made her way directly to the bar. Will waved her over as he stood at the bar waiting for drinks.

"You're late Tris" He laughed.

"Forgot what time it was and just left the office" She replied

"You need to stop working so hard. Find a person who can take up some more of your time" He joked as he handed her a beer then motioned for her to follow him to the table everyone was at. Christina called out to her and Tori and Zeke waved. Another person was sitting with them but she didn't get a good look until Christina had let her go of her hug and pushed her into the chair beside him. Eric. Great. So much for a stress free night. A jolt traveled through her body as they sat silently.

"Tris did you just leave work?" Christina drilled her

"Someone has to get some work done around here" She replied winking at Tori and Zeke. Everyone laughed – except Eric, he just took another mouthful of his beer. She sat quietly and listened to Will and Zeke discuss the outcome of the passed weeks war games as Christina and Tori joked about having to deal with the sports talk began to divulge the bad manly habits of their significant others. She noticed that she found it hard to concentrate on anything around her except for Eric. The air around him seemed to get more dangerous with every minute that passed.

After an hour or so Christina and Will had disappeared while Zeke and Tori moved to a shadowed corner of the bar to suck face with each other. Leaving Eric and Tris alone at the bar, they sat silently together as he ordered them another two whiskys on the rocks. She was trying to get up the courage to talk to him but each time she went to open her mouth it was like one look from him would set her on fire – or all of dauntless. She quickly finished her whiskey and fought the burning in her throat while she stood up and grabbed her coat from the back of her chair. "I'm calling it a night. Thanks for the drinks" She said without looking over to him as she began to walk out of the bar and into the pit.

She began walking down the cavern that led to the stairwell closest to her quarters. It was usually well lit but tonight it looked like a few adolescents decided to smash most of the security lights leaving gaps of darkness throughout. She let her adrenaline kick in as she slowly made her way into the darkness then realized someone was following her, it could have been another person returning to their room also, but from her experiences, she'd prefer to not caught unawares. She kept the same stride and speed as she reached a well lit section, stopping to kneel down and play with the laces of her boot like she was retying them. She studied the fine line in the dirt where the light ended and darkness began, analyzing the distance to the next lit area. The sound of boots walking over gravel stopped – so she did have a tail.

She casually stood up and walked into the shadows before squeezing into a narrow crevice in the carved out wall giving her the perfect hiding place. She held her breathe as a tall and broad figure snuck past her and then stopped. She watched as he silently scanned the cave for evidence of her whereabouts when she quietly crawled out from her hiding spot and tossed a stone from her free hand off the opposite cavern wall to distract her newly acquired shadow as she moved up behind him. She had to jump to be able to reach his neck to get him into a choke hold but she succeeded – until his elbow collided with her ribs. In less than a blink of an eye she was pinned against the cold stone wall.

"You have to do better than that Prior" A silky voice whispered in her ear

It made her core tighten and her body betray her instantly as she squeezed her thighs around his waist. Eric. She seemed to melt as he pinned her body between him and the cave wall.

"I still lost you" She said breathlessly as her eyes found his

"But I still caught you" He growled using his body to press her even tighter against the stone "Pity points don't count in a mouses game against a cat"

She laughed in his face even as he pinned her arms above her head "At least we agree on one thing" She gasped trying to catch her breath, each inhale seeming to bring him closer to her as her chest was now pressing against his.

"And that is.." He asked cautiously inching even closer

She laughed again "We both agree you're a pussy"

She watched as his features twisted angrily, half expecting him to explode in anger as she had witnessed so many times during initiation, but instead he released her from against the wall and moved away from her. Even as her body begged for him to come back she remained perfectly still against the wall until he turned to face her.

"Do you enjoy pissing me off or do you just have a death wish?" He spat charging back towards her until they were toe to toe again.

Tris grabbed the collar of his black t-shirt and pulled him down until their cheeks touched. "I've always liked to play with fire" She moaned in his ear before letting his shirt go and left him standing alone in the shadows as she made her way beck to her room.

What's wrong with me? She thought as she felt her heart pounding in her chest and her pulse quicken. How could she act like that around him. It's fucking Eric. The glorified self righteous asshole. How can her body betray her like this every time he's close to her? She remembered the morning when she sat with her back to him trying not to catch his reflection in her screen or glance over her shoulder for a quick peak at him in the day light that filled his office. She had imagined what it would be like if she and him had done what Zeke and Tori – No – She knew from experience that he was like the flame during a winter night, as long as you kept your distance, he was safe. But once you reached for him – you'd be nothing but ash. And she didn't have a good track record with her men. She had realized early on that Four was not someone she wanted to be around. He was kind during her initiation and helped her to improve and end 2nd among her other initiates, but one night he snapped and the next day she had left for the amity farms and refused to look or even talk to him since.

She avoided any relationships and always kept her distance from anyone who flirted or come on to her. Except for one night during the winter solstice festival, when her and . . . nope. She had promised herself not to think of that night ever again. Tris knew the second she left his bed he was going to hurt her, so she got the hell out of dodge - again.

But was Eric just like Four? He was an asshole yes but he treated her differently during training then Four did. She remembered whenever her and Four wrestled he would seem to enjoy inflicting pain compliance. Eric on the other hand, had only wrestled the once, and it was the opposite. He didn't give her a chance to tap from his submissions before he had let go and they were on their feet again. It seemed like he wanted to avoid causing her any pain but still made the point that he was able to beat her in the ring. Then she remembered how he pinned her against Peter during initiation and nearly stopped her from becoming Dauntless.

She finally made it back to her room as she quickly entered the security code to unlock her door and made her way inside. As she stripped down to climb into bed she wondered why she was analyzing everything so much. Surprisingly she was able to get a half decent nights sleep before her nightmares woke her.