Author's Note: Since none of you wanted to answer my question about Adam *pouts* I've decided on my own to make him go for Tris. She needs a little romance, don't you think?

Adam sat in his tent. The ride over had been horrible. He figured Dan and Elizabeth were having some kind of fight because they refused to acknowledge each other's presence in the wagon. He'd tried to get them to talk to him but they hadn't responded at all, no matter what he talked about.

However, his current thoughts were far from those two. Lately Adam had been thinking about Tris a lot. Well, he rationalized, she IS beautiful. With her Cascading, curly, red hair and full bust, how can I NOT be attracted to her? However he knew that she was not a very social person. Indeed, she seemed to confuse him at every turn. She'd seemed so happy to have people moving into Discipline at first, and yet she kept away from Adam as much as she could. This only made him want to have her more. Adam had always loved a challenge.

Deciding he was sick of thinking, he began to meditate. As the world melted away, he cast out his senses. Adam had animal magic and so he was soon aware of every squirrel, chipmunk, and gofer, within a five-mile radius. The bombardment of this struck him and he was forced to shut most of it out so that his brain didn't feel as if it were drowning.

Concentrating on the current area, he scanned for anything interesting. About a mile away he found a mother Black Bear and her cubs. Focusing on her, he entered her mind (a tactic he had recently learned, along with shape shifting). He sensed her alarm at an approaching animal. Curious, Adam let go of her mind and searched out the animal she was sensing. He didn't have to go far before he found a human form. And one he recognized. Tearing himself back into reality he jumped up and ran out of his tent. He grabbed Dan's arm as headed toward the forest.

"Hey! What's your problem?" Dan yelled as soon as he realized what was going on. He ran to keep up with Adam's fast pace.

"It's Elizabeth," He shouted back, "She's about to stumble upon a mother Black Bear and her cubs. Now, I don't know about you but I can't take down a full size bear by myself." Dan stopped dead in his tracks. He was suddenly hearing his own voice in his ears, telling Elizabeth that he would have let her get eaten by bears in the wild. Oh my God! He thought. The cruel irony of it hitting him. Adam, realizing he was no longer behind him stopped. "Hey! I can ASSURE you that the bear won't wait for us to get there to rip her to shreds, so are you coming or not?!" Dan managed a nod. "Then get on my back, I'm changing into a Lion to gain speed. Hand on TIGHT." He warned and then shed his clothes for the shaggy mane of a Lion. Dan climbed onto his back and took a strong hold on that mane, holding on for dear life as Adam put on a burst of speed.

MEANWHILE…

Elizabeth felt tears stream down her face as she slowly backed away from the now 10 foot tall Black Bear standing on her hind legs in front of her. Any other person would have seen it, she thought, but NO not me. The Queen of the Idiots never noticed the HUMONGOUS FURRY BEAR sitting right next to her. She screamed as the bear fell down on her, its forepaws landing on her shoulders and pushing her to the ground. She contemplated playing dead. Unfortunately for her, she'd never been a very good actress. The bear opened her mouth and brought it down, ready to take a huge chunk out of her. She braced herself for impact. But instead of feeling her flesh being torn, she heard another growl. Great! She thought, The entire animal KINGDOM is coming to take a helping of me. She was grateful, however, that the bear had turned to face whatever it was. Getting up, she looked over at what had jumped through the trees and bought her some time. When she saw it, she almost fell right back down. She was staring at Dan and he was getting off…was that a LION?!?!?!?!?!? Dan ran over and grabbed her by the arm, pulling her through the woods. He spotted a rock wall with a wide crack in it. (A/N: I know, I know! How convenient.) Looking in quickly, he entered, pulling Elizabeth in after him. He sat down and she fell against him gratefully.

"I thought you weren't gonna save me from the bears if they tried to eat me." She muttered into his shirt.

"Would you rather I left you to die?" He asked icily. She pulled away.

"This has GOT to stop." She stated firmly. "This is silly! I don't know why you're taking it so far!" He looked into her eyes and she wished she could look away. Seeing the mix of pain and anger and knowing she had caused it was almost too much to bear, but she couldn't tear her eyes from him.

"Silly?" He asked. Though his tone was low and serious, it was tight with anger. "So you think it's silly that you hurt my feelings? Why did you avoid me? It hurt me. And then when I asked you why, you wouldn't tell me! It was like you didn't care that you had hurt me. It was like you were basically saying, 'Screw you!' Now leave me alone for a minute, I have to do something." Dan cast out his senses, feeling the water in the ground, following it until he felt two large presences on top of it. Identifying them as a bear and a lion, he began to send the water up quickly under the bear's form. The dirt quickly softened and the bear found herself sinking waist deep in mud. The lion (or Adam) bounded quickly away to get help from Rosethorn, Luna, and the other teachers. Feeling him leave, Dan opened his eyes. Elizabeth looked at him. She was afraid to tell him the truth about why she'd avoided him, but if she didn't she'd lose his friendship anyway. At least if this scared him off, it wouldn't be her fault. She took a deep breath.

"Do you want to know?" she asked, "Because if you want to know I'll tell you. But don't say I didn't warn you."

"Yeah, I want to know." He said, his voice still angry, though it had lost a bit of its edge.

"Okay. I don't know if you noticed, but when we were walking up to the hospital that day, I almost kissed you. I…I was embarrassed. And while we're at it, I might as well tell you that I almost confessed that I love you on the beach when…well, you know. I didn't think you felt the same way and I didn't want to risk our friendship over it. But I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sorry" Dan took a moment to process all this information. Then he looked at her and said seriously "I could kill you right now." With that he leaned in and kissed her. Pulling back he continued "How could you not know I felt the same?" She leaned back against him and cried with relief. Dan held her close and stroked her hair whispering, "Shhh…It's okay…I love you too." Finally she sat up again.

She looked into Dan's deep blue eyes before she brought her mouth back up to his. This time she savored their kiss, tasting it, feeling it. When they broke away she hugged Dan to her. Suddenly exhausted, she fell asleep on his chest.

Author's Note: Yes, I do love to end these stories with romance. I'm sorry, but I was getting REALLY sick of this "He loves me, He loves me not" spell. I just wanted them to GET OVER IT. Love you all! Bye until my next chapter!