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The next day, Tris and Eric were hungover. Tris more so than Eric as this was the first time she had alcohol. And last night, in a lapse of judgement and overwhelmed by her success, she drank quite too much.
Tris groans and pressed a pillow at her face as the sunlight hits her eyes. "God! remind me to never ever drink again. Ever!" she mutters and hears a deep chuckle. She opens her eyes and closes them quickly as the sunlight luminates the room. "Turn it off" Tris mumbles to which Eric laughs harder. Clearly be finds this situation amusing.
He draws the curtain and gives her painkillers and lots of water. Kissing her forehead, he heads to the cafeteria to get her some food. When he comes back, Tris is nowhere to be found. A heavy feeling of dread settles in the pit of his stomach. He looks for her and notices the bathroom door is open. He moves near and sees Tris throwing up. Quickly, he pulls her long hair away from her face and rubs her back as she continues to empty her stomach.
Eric wakes up and looks around. Judging by the darkness outside the window he concluded that they have slept a major portion of the day and it's night.
His musings are cut short by a small, angelic voice "Hi" Tris says, as she gets up and looks at his face. Eric smiles at his girlfriend who smiles back at him. "Hi! how's your head feeling?" he asks, concerned. Tris smiles lazily and replied softly "It feels a lot better. Thanks for taking care of me Eric. I love you." and his smile gets even bigger if that's possible. "I love you too baby girl, I love you too."
Tris giggles and settles back in his arms, playing with his chest hair. "So tell me about yourself Eric, about your time before we got together." Tris says softly.
"There isn't much to tell. I was Erudite as you know already. I never felt like I fit with them. I never had the perfect Erudite score and always admired the Dauntless. Eighteen years of boredom and suffering later, I was finally free and joined Dauntless. I was second place and joined leadership. My biggest hobby back in Erudite was stare at you no matter what you were doing. My favorite colour is dark blue."
Tris giggles. "what about your aptitude test and did you uhh.." her tone becomes serious as she contemplates her words. "You know you can ask me anything, right?" Eric asks her softly. Tris nods absentmindedly and blurts out "Did you fuck Jeanine?" Eric is taken back by her bluntness and tries to fight back a smile. It doesn't work and Tris stares at his face, nervously waiting for his reply.
"Now why would I do such a terrible thing, when I had the hots for you for as long as I remember. I have been in love with you for so long. I was a virgin before you. I waited for the moment you will acknowledge me and my feelings for you. I decided if I was ever gonna have sex than with you only, else I would've died a virgin." Eric pauses, takes a deep breath and continues.
"I wanted to be with you Tris so I had decided that if you and I get together, I would follow you wherever you go. I tried very hard but you never noticed me. And then Jeanine approached me and did my aptitude test when I was seventeen. I got Dauntless 80% and Erudite 20%. Jeanine told me that Divergents deserve to die since they don't confirm to any faction. I begged for my life and she told me she knew that I would defect to Dauntless. She made me promise to become her loyal lapdog in exchange of my life and a part in whatever success her plans would achieve."
He sighs "I had to agree. She was the only one who thought I wasn't worthless so I followed her and here I am. A Dauntless leader." Tris rubbed soothing circles on his hands and tentatively asks the question he never answered for anyone. "Your parents?"
"Always abused me physically and verbally. I was a failure, a disappointment to the family. I was always deemed worthless since I was never a perfect Erudite. They thought I stained their family's reputation. The abuse got so bad that I started spending nights in the library and hardly went home. I never knew what loving parents were like. That was another reason why I wanted to be Dauntless, I wanted to be free of fear. I wanted to become a different person not like the Erudite all vain and studious. Guess I did become a different person after all." He finishes bitterly.
Tris kisses him deeply and brings her forehead to his. "You are not bad Eric. I know you and now that I know what happened to you, I am positive that you are a great person. Eric and you are strong, brave, loyal and loving. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
She sighs and adds softly "I am so very lucky to be with you Eric. I still ask myself what I ever did to deserve a perfect man like you. I love you so so much. Nothing can change that Eric. And thank you for trusting me, it means the world to me that you do." she smiles at him and his heart skips a beat.
"I was never able to say that but I am so sorry about your family Tris, they were good people. Don't blame yourself about it. Just be happy that they loved you Tris." Eric says, looking deep in her eyes. She gives him a sad smile.
"I was there you know, I saw it all happen in front of my three year old innocent eyes. I used to think that we live forever and I would've probably continued thinking the same if the world wouldn't have opened my eyes to the ugly truth. They told me.. told me they loved me and Caleb and hid us in the closet. I was so scared and cried. They heard me Eric and approached the closet. They wanted to kill me and my brother too but Caleb, he..." she lets out a painful sob.
"Caleb saved me. He hugged me and made me promise to stay in the closet and stepped outside. He distracted them and led them away and they killed him too." she sobs in his chest as he strokes her hair in a comforting gesture.
"Then when they left, I secretly got out and ran to the house beside mine. It was Marcus Eaton's house. Marcus and Evelyn tried to comfort me. They took care of me and Tobias became my best friend. He was so nice and considerate. He used to make me laugh." she lets out a chuckle "with his silly jokes and faces. He used to hug me and hold me in my sleep to chase away the nightmares. Even though Abnegation had very strict rules about touching. He ignored them all and made me better, kissed away the tears and grief. He was very close to me. And a few days later Jeanine claimed me. She was my mom's sister and the last remaining family member I had. She acted like she cared. But I know better." she lets out a laugh.
Eric can see how hurt she is and let's her talk. "She only ever manipulated me. Everyone praised her for adopting me. She was perfect and loving as far as they knew but she is just a manipulative bitch in reality."
She speaks bitterly now "she forced me to choose Erudite. Said she had better use for my intellect rather than jumping of trains and scaling buildings. She made me her successor since she knows I am intelligent and is trying to manipulate me into ensuring your loyalty to her cause."
Taking a deep breath Tris continues "What she doesn't know yet is that I am Divergent and I am anything but loyal to the heartless vixen."
Eric smirked at his daring girlfriend. She was and is all he ever wanted. He wanted to dissolve this atmosphere of grief and hurt so he does the only thing he can think of...
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He kisses the shit out of her.
Sorry for updating randomly everyone. The ISP sucks and I don't have internet a lot of times so yeah. And besides that I am trying to make this fanfiction as interesting as possible so I spend a lot of time rephrasing, proofreading and formatting. I update as soon as I can and I hope you understand and continue reading. I love you all. And this is a war story so yeah but there will be a happy ending soon. I love you people :)
Be brave!