Around 5:30 a.m. his phone buzzed on the night stand waking them both. The screen read "Four."
"What?" growled Eric.
"Ok... Idiots... Ok." Click.
"Well, I know what caused your sudden fainting spell."
"You do?"
"Apparently some fucking moron from the Dauntless born initiate class thought it would be fun to roofie some transfers."
She thought of Kyle, Sarita, Luke and the others.
"Apparently they got 6 others. No one knows about you obviously. But everyone is fine," he added sensing her concern.
"I should take you home before anyone wakes up and notices you coming out of here."
"Yeah," Clea agreed knowing her disappointment was more audible than she would have liked. She was surprised at the feeling herself.

Eric brought her a neatly folded pile of her formerly wet party clothes and Clea headed into the bathroom to climb back into them.

When she came out she found Eric waiting for her, seated on the end of his bed, head in his hands. He looked up when he heard the door and gestured to the bed next to him.
"I want to see you again, Clea," he said with surprising earnest.
She sat next to him. "Me too. But with your job..."

"What are you gonna tell your friends about where you were tonight?"
"That I hooked up with a ranger who works the wall at the party and went back to his place."
"And maybe you'll be seeing a lot more of him?" asked Eric.
"How would he like to arrange that?" asked Clea following his train of thought.
"Tomorrow after dinner, head to the training room alone. I'll come by then."

With a plan in place the two headed back to Clea's dorm.

Then Eric stopped. "You've got it from here?" he said glancing around and scanning for privacy.
"Yeah. I can make it."
Fire burned behind his eyes betraying just how much he wanted to crush his lips to hers.

With one last look, she was off, knowing she needed to get home or she'd have a lot to explain. This way, she might be able to get away with only telling Sarita.

Once inside she stripped off her clothes and threw on her sweats, knowing she'd only wear them from a short time before the wake up call came. Quietly she stole into the sleeping area and tucked into her bunk, still smelling Eric on her skin.