The rage in Eric's face does not weaken as we stand there in silence and my eyes glance down to where Four is lying unconscious. I don't think I have ever seen Eric so angry and I'm not sure why he would get so enraged by Four calling me a dumb slut. It hurt that he said it but I didn't expect Eric to react like that. I can see Four start to come round and walk up to Eric slowly so as not to startle him.
"Eric, we need to move him. Take him to the infirmary or something." I tell him trying to get him to look me in the eyes.
His eyes are glued to Fours lying form and his eyes are cold and harsh. For the first time since I have known Eric I can see why he might hate Four. I thought I loved him but he took one of my weaknesses and accused me of cheating on him when he had one it himself. He can be cruel and hurtful when things aren't going his way and now I am beginning to see that things between Four and Eric may not be all black and white.
I try to grasp Eric's attention by gripping his shoulders and he slowly turns his head towards me; his eyes catch mine and immediately soften.
"We need to take him to the infirmary. He might have a concussion." I tell him and he nods his head slightly.
He bends down and grabs Four's arms and slings him over his shoulder, without a noise. We walk through the dark hallways and across the Chasm to the infirmary, which isn't that far away from Eric's apartment. He dumps Four's body on a bed and we both walk back out, leaving him to be tended to. We walk back to Eric's apartment to get showered and ready for the day. While Eric is in the shower I make a small breakfast while I let my hair air-dry. When he is finally finished we eat in silence. I try to find something to say but I can't think of anything that could make this morning any less uncomfortable. I give up and look up from the breakfast I seemed to find fascinating to find Eric staring at me. Our eyes meet and I can't help but think about this morning. He looked so relaxed and calm and peaceful and then Four turned up ruining the moment I couldn't help but want to experience again. I have never see Eric that calm and relaxed and Four ruined it.
"I want to thank you." I say barely above a whisper.
"What for?" Eric asks me with confusion blanketing his face.
"For defending me. He- he has never said anything that cruel or horrible to me before." I mumble trying to find my voice.
"I have." Eric says while staring intently at the wall behind me. "He had no right or reason to call you that and if he ever does again remember what I said." He tells me and I nod.
What does he mean by he has seen him be so cruel? What happened between them? Has Four always be like this? I have so many questions I want answered. I look to Eric hoping that he can answer them but he is completely zoned out. Another time then.
"We should probably start to head to the office. I remember you saying that we have doubled the amount of paperwork to-do today." I say and I see a hint of a smile pull at his lips but it disappears as quickly as it came.
"Come on, then. The quicker we get it done the better." He replies and leads me out of the apartment.
XOX
Eric and I spend the whole day in our offices going through yesterdays and todays paperwork. By the end of it my hands are sore from typing and writing and my eyes are dry from reading so much. I am just about to turn the lights off and leave when I hear someone knocking at my door.
"Come in." I sigh. The door opens and in pops Christina.
"Are you okay?" She asks. Forever going straight to the point.
"Honestly?" I ask and she nods while taking a seat in the seat in front of my desk, "Horrible. How did you find out, I have been meaning to talk to you but I had double the amount of paper work I needed to do today." I finish.
"The slut he was banging was telling people all about how she was 'caught by you shagging the legendary Four'." Christina says while putting the last bit in air quotes.
I can feel the familiar burning sensation behind my eyes but I refuse to let the tears escape. Christina must have noticed because she is already around the desk and pulling me into a hug. We both just stand there for a few minutes. When I have finally calmed down I pull away and make sure none of the tears has fallen down my face and I am assured they haven't. I hear another knock at the door and sighing I shout for them to come in. I see Eric's head pop though the gap between the door and the doorway.
"Max said that your new apartment will be ready the day after tomorrow so you're just going to have to put up with my company for two more nights." He says with a small smile. I smile back and thank him and he disappears.
"Well at least everything's not all that bad." Christina says with a grin.
"What do you mean?" I ask while frowning.
"Omg you are so blind." She laughs.
"What are you talking about?" I ask getting irritated.
"Sorry Tris I'm just going to let you figure this one out on your own." She says while dragging a frowning me out of my office. "On another note why don't you and Eric come for a movie night with Will and me?" She asks.
"I'll come but I'm not sure about Eric. I'll ask him at later." I tell her and she grins mischievously.
"Sure just let me know." She says and heads down the corridor to her own apartment. I sigh and head back towards Eric's apartment.
The doors unlocked when I get there so I let myself in and find Eric lying on the couch watching TV. I fall down gracefully next to him and he stiffens.
"Christina invited you and I to go for a movie night with her and Will at their apartment tonight. I'm going but I told her I would ask you, so do you want to come?" I ask him.
He looks like he is contemplating it for a few moments and then nods his head and says he will come and I can't help the small smile creeping up into my face. I turn my head away from him hoping he didn't see and I walk to the bathroom to shower.
XOX
Eric and I walk through the halls to Christina and Wills apartment and knock on the door. Almost immediately Christina appears and stands to the side to let us in.
"So we have to choose two movies from before the war: Guardians of the Galaxy, The Lego Movie, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone or The Woman in Black?" Will says from the living room that has a gigantic bean bag on the floor and a sofa right in front of the TV. Eric and I look at each other.
"Guardians of the Galaxy and The Woman in Black." I reply and Christina grins and says that she was hoping we would choose those.
"Do you guys prefer the bean bag or the sofa?" Chris asks and I look to Eric.
"The Bean bag. That way if you guys start making out I don't have to see it." He says which gets a laugh from the rest of us.
Christina turns out the lights; Will gets the popcorn, juice and snacks while Eric and I get comfy on the bean bag. His arm lies across the top of it and as we watch the movie we drift closer and closer together and by the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Eric's arm is wrapped around me. I know that Christina and Will are watching us but this is the most normal I have felt since I saw Four and that girl and I don't want to go back to feeling like I did this morning.
The Woman in Black is scary and halfway through the film my face is hidden in Eric's chest and his arm is wrapped securely around me. Also because of my luck whenever I sneak a glance at the film there is a jump scare and I cower back into Eric again which makes his chest rumble from what I assume is laughter. If I wasn't so scared I would probably punch him but I don't want to risk looking back to the film. Before long I blank out the film completely and focus on Eric's body heat that is radiating into me and the feeling of his warm body pressed up against mine. He smells like pine trees and cinnamon and I am intoxicated completely by it.
Every now and then I feel him flinch so I know I'm not the only person who finds this film scary but he seems to be handling it fine. I can feel my eyes starting to close and I fight sleep as long as I can but eventually I fall into a deep slumber.