I groan as I twist my body awake. Still keeping my eyes shut I try to remember what happened.

Then it hits me, Eric. Pregnant. Passed out. "Ughhh." I twist up my arms to rub my eyes, but I can't move them all the way. It's then that I feel someone holding me. I crack my eyes barely open to see if it is who I suspect it to be.

Fuck. He's in my bed. Holding. Me. Fuckkk. I screwed up, that much I know. He knows. He knows my secret. I take a deep breath, then turn towards him.

He wakes up due to the movements. I wait a few seconds longer before I speak just to see if I can gauge where he's at. But of course, he gives nothing away. Stone cold leader mode. Closed off to the world.

"Hi." Is all I say, I am still waiting for the blow up. I know I deserve it.

He raises one eyebrow and says "Hi" back. Absolutely zero emotions. Nada. I'm so thrown I don't know what to say to him. Do I just word vomit all over the place? Fuck, this is hard. Choices. Decisions. Things that need to be decided on, all need to take place... as long as we can actually have a conversation about it.

He surprises me first, "Tris, talk to me. Help me understand. When did you find out you were pregnant?" He asked in such a soft voice, I never knew he was capable of doing such things.

"I found out for sure last week, pregnancy test confirmed it." I take a breath and continue. "After that I went to the infirmary for an exam and to set up prenatal care." He wants honesty, and that's what he's getting. "Today was the first day morning sickness got away from me." I tried to be brave today. It's the mark of a new season here at Dauntless and I don't want to over shadow that. My eyes find his, and I hold his gaze.

"Is this baby...mine?" It was on a whisper, but I heard it. I nod my head to confirm it. I watch his face, as I can see every emotion dance across his face. He's holding nothing back from me, and my eyes start to tear up. In this moment I can pretend I'm living in another world. Imaginary images of him, smiling, playing with our child. Things I'm not ever sure he will want to do and that's what stings the most. I'm completely in the dark. I have no clue how he is going to process this.

"Okay..." is all he says, and he closes his eyes and snuggles back in close to me. Okay?! How on earth am I supposed to interpret that?! Men... I roll my eyes and huff out a breath.

Feeling slightly irritated, I roll back over to face him. When he doesn't open his eyes this time, I tap on his chest.

"Earth to Eric? I need more, elaborate, what does 'okay' mean exactly?" I need more of everything at this point. I crave it more than my next breath.

"It means, everything is going to be fine. I know words are shallow right now, so let me prove it to you through actions."

Actions?! ACTIONS?! Doesn't he realize it was an 'action' that got us into this place in the first place?! My emotions are still all over the place, and I want some space. I start to scoot out of his grasp. However, he just tightens his hold on me. "Eric… I need to use the bathroom." It isn't a lie, but it's also the easiest way to let him loosen up his grip.

He surprises me once again with his odd behavior. He scoops me up in his arms and carries me all the way into the bathroom. He lets me down on my feet near the toilet, and I just stare up at him in wonder. I have no clue what is going on with him. I cross my arms and glare at him. "I can walk you know…"

"True, but Marlene said you might need assistance when you first get up. We don't want you to take another fall." He says.

I definitely don't want to pass out again. Huffing in frustration I turn away from Eric and sit on the toilet. In my peripheral vision I can see him leaning in the doorway. Once I'm done, I move to stand up and he is right back to touching me. Grounding me, to this moment. To him. Fuckkk…

I let him take over, he methodically washes our hands together then dries them. All without saying one word. He's showing he cares, damn these hormones. I stifle a sniffle and turn back into his arms. I don't say anything.

"Tris, would you like to lay down some more or go to the living room?"

He's letting me have the choice. He is not taking choices away from me. "Living room please." He scoops me up again, and carefully walks down the short hallway into my living room where he sits first, then drags me to the side of him. I curl up next to him and I am just content to be in the moment.

"Eric, I have so much work to do. I brought up my notes because I knew I wanted to work from home. Then I blacked out. How long was I out for?"

"Only a few hours, and paperwork can wait. You needed the rest; self-induced stress isn't good for you… or the baby." His voice still lowers on the tail end of his statement.

"I just need to eat, then I can work from right here. I promise I wasn't planning on going anywhere else tonight." I stay firm. I know my limits, this might be a new experience for me, but I know what I can handle.

"Okay." Is all he says. I am so shocked he is just giving in to me. He gets off the couch to grab his tablet, commlink, and my paperwork. He comes right back and hands me my items, while he does something on his tablet. It is easy to fall back into being engrossed in paperwork, that when my door bursts open, I practically jump in my seat. My eyes go wide as I see all my friends come in one after the other. I look to Eric, silently questioning what is happening right now.

Uriah, Marlene, Christina, Will, Lynn, Shauna, Zeke, Lauren and Four all come in with take-out food boxes. There is so much going on all at once I can't keep up. Conversation is flowing, I'm sitting here stunned. I can't take it someone better start explaining what is happening in this moment. "What the FUCK are you all doing here?!" I shout which pretty much startles everyone.

Uriah is the first one to pipe up. "Eric sent us all a message to come to your place tonight and to bring enough food to share." He states it so coolly like this is a totally normal everyday occurrence.

I turn back to Eric, trying to convey that I need more than that. Turning back to Uriah, since he's the one who spoke to me, I ask him, "and why would he do that?" There's no way he would just reveal my secret in an email, right?

"I dunno, I just figured he was finally going to tell us all that you two finally decided to get together."

Eric speaks next. "That's exactly right Uriah, we are." He turns his gaze on me and I am frozen. This is what I wanted, right? Being together, in a relationship with the father of my child? My head is swimming and I have to close my eyes for a moment. I slump into Erics side, and the room goes silent. I take a breath. I am Dauntless. I can be brave in the face of fear.

"Yes." Is all I say, and it is like I broke the spell on the room. Everyone goes back to chatting, eating and there is an easy-going comradery feel to the room. This, right here feels right.