A/N: this is my first story so please be gentle with the comments.

it is mostly in Eric and tris' POV but i will end up adding some of fours POV and maybe some others.

let me know what you think of this story

i will be updating every day considering i am not working right now.

thanks for all the amazing comments.

Eric's POV

I do not know when I fell for her. Was it when she landed on the roof. When she volunteered to be the first jumper? I guess I really do not know but that is okay. I know I love her. I guess I just need to find a way to show her.

Tris' POV

I can not tell if Eric keeps watching me because he finds me attractive or if he finds me repulsive, what ever it is, I want to find out what… without him knowing what I am doing.

Eric's POV

I see her walk into the pit where I will be explaining how the initiates will be ranked. I see her and my heart stops. "this board is where you will be ranked!" I yell. And in my heart, I hope she ranks above the line.

But I ache to help her get there. Although I know I cannot because the leaders will not allow it.

I see four staring at her and jealousy starts to rise and all I can think about is punching him as hard as I can in the face, to let him know that she is not for him. I go back to the board and say "if you are ranked above the line you get to stay. If ranked below you are out." I hear gasps and see shocked faces in the crowd of initiates and smile. Then I add "you chose us… now we choose you."

Tris' POV

I woke up early the third day of training and went running, as I was rounding a corner I smack right into Eric's hard chest with an 'oof' I look right into his blue-grey eyes. "where are you headed stiff?" he asks with a low growl. "no where special. I just wanted to go for an early run. Also, I could not sleep." I replied with a grin.

Eric's POV

I went to wake up the transfers for training and as I went to go around the corner headed to the dorms a small figure appears out of no where and slams right into my chest. My heart stops as I look into her grey eyes and ask her where she is going. She decided to be sly and a smart-ass. But I can not help but think about how her body would look waking up next to me in the morning. I instantly remove the thought from my head.

Fours POV

I think something is going on between Eric and Tris but I am not to sure. Sure, I hate Eric with a passion but it does not mean I want him to be unhappy… or have Tris. It turns out I may have feelings for her but I am not to sure.

Tris' POV

"want to maybe grab a coffee after training today?" I ask Eric. Also, I can not believe I just asked my instructor out. But it is kind of a good thing because I need to see what his intentions with me are. "sure." He replies. Oh my god I can not believe he is agreeing to go out with me. "great I will beet you at the coffee shop after. I am going to need to have a quick shower and change after. So how does 6:30 sound?" I ask "6:30 sounds good. See you then."

Time jump to 6:30

Eric's POV

I am sitting in the cafe waiting for Tris to come in and as soon as I see her, I feel my heart stop. Then I see four walking towards her and I feel my face heat up with anger and I walk over "hey what's up Tris?" is all I can manage to spit out. "nothing I was just coming over to see you." She says. I look at four "what are you up to four?" I ask with a touch of venom in my voice. "what do you want Eric?" he asks with fire in his voice. "nothing I was just having a coffee with Tris. And I am your leader so you better watch yourself Four." I say with a stern voice.

Tris' POV

I am standing in front of two of the most intimidating men I have ever encountered and I am fairly sure they are going to have a full out brawl in the middle of the coffee shop. But I say, "okay Eric lets go." He still stands there and crosses his arms across his broad chest. I am trying to find a way to break the silence here so I do the one thing I would never do, I reach up around Eric's neck and pull him close to me and kiss him. He is startled and deepens the kiss wrapping his arm around my waist.

Fours POV

I am shocked at what I am looking at I want to walk away but I also do not want Eric to think that he is going to win Tris' heart. I just stand there watching them kiss and I am a little uncomfortable so I look away. "okay that's enough." I say, and they break the kiss Eric keeps his arm around Tris' waist and she wraps her arms around him. I do not know what to do at this point so I say, "see you in the morning Tris."

Eric's POV
I am shocked as Tris presses her lips to mine, I deepen the kiss, she parts her lips a bit and allows me to deepen it even more, I know that Four is standing there seething with anger and frustration. But I am loving every minute. As soon as I hear fours voice, I am frustrated when tris breaks the kiss. I keep my arm around her and she does not even bother to move away from me, but instead she wraps her arms around me and does not let go.

We both walk down the halls of the Dauntless compound hand in hand. I peek a look at her and see her smiling. "so, what do you want to do?" I ask her. "do you have any movies to watch?" she asks I lead her to my apartment. We go inside and she takes off her jacket and puts it on the back of the kitchen chair.

Tris POV

I am inside Eric's apartment and I look around it is nice, it has black wood floors and grey blue walls, simple yet masculine furniture. I go and sit on the couch as he riles through the small stack of movies he owns. "we have 'the hunger games', 'Armageddon', war horse' and 'Jack Reacher'". He says I look at him giving him a look as if I really asked him to watch a movie. Raising my eyebrows, he moves to the couch next to me. I look into his eyes and lean in to kiss him ' this was not the plan' I think as I meet his lips, and tangle my fingers though his short blonde hair, I feel the need to deepen it. I move my hands to the hem of his shirt at pull it over his head, I pulls away and asks, "are you sure about this?" I just look at him with lust in my eyes, it all the answer he needs and kisses me again this time removing my black tank top. I am now sitting in front of my dauntless teacher half naked. And he stands up and leads me to the bedroom, where there is a huge bed with light blue sheets and a black comforter, he leads me to the bed and lays me on the bed, I pull him down to me, kissing his neck, I hear a low growl and I nibble on his ear, I see his eyes fill with lust and he stands up, removing what was left of his clothes and I follow suit, we are standing in the moonlight and admiring each others naked bodies, I lead him to the bed and he lays on his back and allows me to crawl on top of him, we made love and fell asleep in each others arms. I wake up in the morning knowing I did not drink last night and was completely sober I feel a strong arm around my middle. I smile and think to myself 'this may not have been the plan, but this was damn good too.'

Eric's POV

I wake up to Tris in my arms and think 'this is perfect, four can not have her now.' But I need her to know how I feel "I love you Tris" I whisper in her ear. I hear a small giggle and see her turn around to look at me "I love you too Eric" I smile and kiss her I say, "I think someone woke up before me." She smiles and laughs and kisses me and we made love for the second time, before we have to go to the training room.

Fours POV

I see Eric and Tris walk into the training room holding hands. I am seething, I walk over to them and tell Tris to run a lap and do some warm-up stretches before her first fight. "what the hell Four." Eric spits at me, "why the hell do you think sleeping with the initiates is a good idea." I say to him, with a look that means I will report him for insubordination to the leaders. "A I am a leader so I can do what I want, also it was consensual and she was the one that came on to me and I can tell you right now that you have no place telling me what to do." I turn to leave and return to the initiates who are fighting already.

Tris' POV

I am running my laps and see that Eric and Four are arguing because they look as if they are going to start throwing fists at each other, but I choose not to interfere as things are already complicated with the fact that Eric and I are in a committed relationship after what we did last night. as far as I am concerned I could have already botched my chances at remaining in Dauntless. but I cant think that way, I need Eric to see that I am serious about staying here so we can be together. it is safe to say that his intentions with me were not repulsive and the feeling was mutual.

Christina's POV

I can see tris tense up as soon as she sees four poke Eric's chest and i walk over to her and put a hand on her shoulder, she jumps a bit because she didn't see or hear me come up behind her "are you okay?" I ask her, "yeah i guess so, i might be a bit nervous to fight peter." she replies with a false smile. "girl i know something is up" i say she cant hide anything from me i can instantly tell if someone is lying i guess that is just the former candor in me. "okay here is what we are gonna do, after training today we are gonna go get a tattoo, go to the shops and get some comfy clothes, snacks and some booze and you and i are going to the dorms and have a chat okay?" i tell her. she nods but isn't totally paying attention.

Tris POV

after training Chris and I head to the tattoo parlor, I pull Tori aside and tell her that Eric and I are together, she squeals and I tell her that it is new so we would like it be kept a secret for now. "anyway, what tattoo do you want?" Tori asks. "can we go to the back?" I ask in return, "yeah for sure." as we head to the back Christina stops me "and where do you think you're going?" she asks "in the back I have to take my shirt off for where I want my tattoo." I reply, she looks at me with a shocked look. "I will tell you everything tonight, okay, the tattoo kind of goes with my little tale I am going to tell you." Chris just squeals and releases my arm. as soon as I get in the back Tori asks what it is I want and where. "well i kind of want Eric's name tattooed in cursive but I don't know what else to put with it." I say with a confused look on my face "leave that to me... i know Eric and I know you so this is going to be amazing you may want to tell Christina that you are going to be awhile." I nod and open the curtain. "hey Chris, we may need to postpone our chat, this tattoo is going to be awhile." she looks at me sad but nods in agreement.

Tori's POV

as Tris is removing her shirt I see where she wants the tattoo "are you sure you want it there it will hurt like hell?" I ask raising my eyebrows, she has asked that I put it in her rib cage. she then looks at me with a confused look "it is bone there so the needle will hurt more." I explain "can we put it here?" she asks pointing to her side under her left rib cage. "yeah it wont hurt as bad and will take less time to heal." she smiles and nods. I turn to my computer and pull up the design platform I use for custom tattoos and start designing her tattoo, she is watching me with awe and amazement, I cant help but smile. I then show her the design before I print it onto the transfer paper. "I love it Tori that is amazing, and I have no idea where you got his exact handwriting, but I love it and so will he." at that I print the design and start on the tattoo.

Tris POV.

It took about four hours for my tattoo and when I went to pay for it Bud had told me that Eric had come in and payed for the session with his points, "Eric is such a sweet guy." I say and so many people around me stop and look at me with their mouths open. "What do you mean hes a sweet guy?" I hear a familiar voice behind me. Four of course he is in here betting more ink. "I mean he is sweet and nobody takes the time to get to know him, everyone thinks he is rough and mean but he isn't" four grabs my arm and drags me out of the shop, with Tori and Bud in tow. "Listen to me Prior you do not know him, he is mean and evil and harsh." he spits at me "well that's because you prefer to look at him that way." I spit back. four goes and lifts my shirt where I just gotten my tattoo. "what the hell?" he spits again looking at my tattoo it was a intricate cherry blossom tree with Eric's name engraved in the tree it was all black and white except for the flowers on the tree and cascading down into a pool at the roots. "you're getting tattoos for that jack ass now?" he spits again.

Eric's POV
I was heading back to the tattoo parlor to see how my Tris was doing with her tattoo, I paid for it because I knew she wouldn't have enough credits to pay for a four hour session. as I go around the corner with a huge grin on my face I see four holding her arm and is right in her face with one hand holding up her shirt exposing her brand new tattoo that I sadly couldn't see yet. "you're getting tattoos for that jack ass now?" I hear and the smile fades from my face and I start running towards him. "back off four!" I yell "you have no right to tell her what and who she can get tattoos for!" I am still yelling and I love at my Tris she looks so small and frail next to the monster that if Four. "Eric, its okay." Tris squeaks out next to me, as I was yelling at four I failed to notice that he let her go and she was now glued to the side of my body.

Bud's POV

I didn't know what to do exactly I wanted to tell four to back off but I am a bit afraid of him, he has been known to lose his temper so easily over nothing. it is aware to me now that four has feelings for the young leaders girlfriend and that is not good. at least Tris will be safe with Eric he is strong and no coward he takes no bullshit from anyone. I see him coming around the corner and watch as the smile fades from the young leaders face, the smile is replaced with hatred and anger for the man hurting the love of his life. in all the years I have been here at dauntless the last few years with Eric were amazing. I got to see him grow from a hot headed boy to a man that is now a proud leader of a brave faction, and in that time I have seen him with a girl on his arm every so often but he didn't sport the look he wears when he talks about Tris he loves her and I guess that gives the fearless dauntless leader one more thing to fight for.