Tris sat on the ledge of the rooftop overlooking the net and contemplated her life. She was all but married to the man that she shared an apartment with for the last five years; yet she yearned to be in the arms of another man that made her feel more desirable and beautiful than she had her entire 24 years of existence.

Eric had confessed his love for her and his want to share a life together. Tris was certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that she was in love with Eric. For months, she had secretly fantasized about being in a real relationship with him. One that could blossom in the open and not concealed behind closed doors and shrouded by her shame of betraying her boyfriend.

Tris had always thought the feelings she had for Tobias was truly that of love. However, after being with Eric, she came to the realization that what she felt for Tobias was nothing more than that of comfort and familiarity because of their shared upbringing. Eric's touch made her skin feel a blaze which was something that never happened when Tobias would touch her. She never yearned for Tobias' touches like she did for Eric's.

Flashback

It was after hours at the tattoo parlor. Tori had already closed the shop for the night but Tris had stayed late. She just finished Eric's latest tattoo and was cleaning up her work station while he began to redress. The two had been flirting shamelessly with each other all evening. Casual flirting was nothing new for them since they began hanging out with one another. However, tonight it had risen to an entirely new level which neither of them shied away from. The chemistry between them that night was undeniable.

Tris watched Eric as he began to button his shirt and couldn't help but appreciate his finely chiseled abs and sculpted muscles. Blush crept up her neck to her cheeks when Eric caught her watching him.

"Enjoying the view?" he teased her.

Not wanting to show cowardice by denying her actions, she decided to embrace the Dauntless lifestyle she had chosen and to show bravery with her response. "Yes, I appreciate a fine piece of work when I see one."

Intrigued by her boldness and reflecting on all the interaction between the two of them over the last few hours, he decided to reply to her with the same courage. With a smirk on his lips and a mischievous glint in his eye, he decided to make her an offer that he hoped she couldn't and wouldn't refuse. "How would you like a personal viewing in my apartment?"

Tris sucked her bottom lip between her teeth and smiled as she considered his offer. Her eyes slowly raked up and down his body. Without giving a thought to anything, or anyone else, she nodded and accepted his offer.

The smirk on Eric's face turned into a full blown grin. When he finished buttoning his shirt, he extended his hand to Tris who did not hesitate to grab it. They left the parlor, fingers entwined with one another as they walked to Eric's abode. He punched in the entry code and opened the door, gesturing for Tris to enter. Before she could take in her surroundings, she felt strong arms wrap around her waist. "If you want to leave, I won't stop you." Eric whispered in her ear before he grazed his teeth over her earlobe.

"I don't want to leave." Tris moaned from the sensation. "You promised me a personal viewing and I plan on holding you to it."

Eric continued his ministrations as he kissed and nibbled his way down her neck to her collar bone. "Are you sure? I'm not going to stop once I start."

"I'm sure." She sighed, feeling her nipples harden under her bra just from his lips on her skin.

Tris turned in his arms and began to unbutton Eric's shirt. She returned his teasing by licking and gently biting her way from the bottom of his leadership marks all the way up to the top. Eric tightened his grip on her hips, which threatened to leave bruises, and groaned as she her mouth touched his skin. Tris threaded her fingers through his hair and pulled him to her. Fireworks ignited between them as their lips touched for the first time. Tris could feel Eric's erection when he pressed his body flush against hers and gasped at the feel of it against her.

Eric took advantage of her slightly parted lips and slipped his tongue between them. He was rewarded by the feel of her tongue massaging his with her own. He wound his fingers into her silky mane and gripped it tightly. They only pulled apart when their need for oxygen became too great.

Tris slipped from Eric's grip and took a few steps away from him. With her bottom lip pulled between her teeth and flashing him a sexy smirk, she slowly unzipped her sleeveless vest and let it fall to the floor while revealing a lacy, fire-engine red bra. Eric's pupils blew open wide with desire. Pleased by his reaction, Tris turned around and began searching for Eric's bedroom.

Once she found his bedroom, Tris turned, winked and motioned for Eric to follow her. Eric could only nod in agreement since he found himself speechless at the fact that Tris Prior was standing half naked in front of him and inviting him to join her in his bedroom. With quick strides Eric entered the bedroom and found Tris lying on her stomach and wiggling her sexy ass at him. She put up a hand to stop him as he approached the bed. With a wicked smile she said, "Not so fast, Big Guy. I'm still waiting for that private showing you promised me."

With an equally wicked smile, Eric replied, "My apologies. I've been so rude. Please forgive me?"

Tris shrugged her shoulders. "That depends."

"On what?"

"It depends on if I like what I see."

Eric couldn't help but grin at her. "Don't worry, Baby. I guarantee you will."

Tris rolled her eyes. "You're so cocky, pun intended."

"Baby, you've never seen cocky until you've seen mine." Eric winked at the double meaning behind his words before he slowly approached the bed and kneeled down in front of it. He placed a soft kiss on Tris' lips. "Are you ready?"

Tris eagerly nodded. Eric stood back up and proceeded to perform a striptease for her. He slipped a few buttons through their holes on his shirt before he gripped the opening and ripped it open, the remainder of the buttons flying everywhere. He then slowly turned around a few times, while flexing his muscles, giving her an up close and personal look at his extremely defined torso. He looked at Tris for permission to continue. She smiled and nodded for him to proceed.

Eric unbuttoned his trousers and with an achingly slow motion, he pulled down the zipper enough to reveal his V. He bent over, making sure Tris had a good view of his ass, and removed his boots. After he stood upright again, he moved towards Tris and offered for her to remove his pants. Tris crawled to the edge of the bed and sat on her knees in front of him. In one swift movement she pulled down his pants along with his boxer briefs. She licked her lips when his fully aroused erection sprung free from its confines. Eric managed to slide his pants off the rest of the way just as he felt Tris wrap her hand around his cock. He moaned when her warm mouth encased him.

Tris felt wetness pooling between legs as she moved his long thick shaft in and out of her mouth, swallowing when it hit the back of her throat. Eric could feel his orgasm quickly approaching and tried to pull out of Tris' mouth just before he came. She shook her head and refused to release him. She began to roll his balls in her hand and swallowed hard one last time before she heard him give a guttural growl and felt him his warm essence fill her mouth. She continued to swallow until he was finished then finally released him.

"Fuck, Tris. That was awesome. My turn to pleasure you, Baby."

Tris grinned at him before he gently pushed her back onto the bed. He slowly unzipped her pants and she raised her hips slightly so he could remove the object that was concealing the object of his desire. He was pleasantly surprised to find the matching panties to her bra. He wrapped his fingers under the fabric and ripped it from her body. He did the same to her bra. Tris pouted at him for ruining them. "I promise I will buy you a new set."

Tris smiled at the fact that he would even make such an offer but her thoughts were interrupted when Eric's lips slowly moved down her body. He made sure to give adequate attention to her creamy mounds and hardened pink buds. Tris moaned as he bit than soothed them with his tongue. He continued his trek to his real destination and was pleased to find her core hot and dripping wet. He smirked at her just before his tongue swirled around her bundle of nerves. Tris wrapped her hand around his head to pull him closer to her as he continued to bite and lick her clit. She couldn't contain the moans escaping her mouth when he thrust two fingers into her and began furiously pumping them in and out. It didn't take long before Eric's name rolled off her tongue and the burning in her lower belly exploded. Eric lapped up her juices and thought he just might drown because she came so much. A smile graced his face as he decided he would die a happy man if he did happen to drown in a pool of her delectable tasting juices. Eric continued his actions while she rode out her orgasm. When she finally came down from her high, Eric sat up and pushed her legs apart and settled between them as he stroked his rebounded erection. He rubbed it between her soaking folds, using it as a lubricant, then lined himself up at her entrance. He looked into Tris' eyes one last time, making sure she still wanted this as much as he did.

"Please, Eric. I need to feel you inside of me." she begged. Taking that as his cue, he buried himself inside of her in one hard thrust. He groaned at the feeling of being encased so deep inside of her.

"Oh. My. God." Tris screamed at the delightful fullness she felt with Eric's cock inside of her. She had never felt so full or stretched before. "Eric, you feel so good." She pulled his mouth to hers and thrust her tongue into his mouth. "Fuck me, Baby." She told him. "Don't hold back. Show me how ruthless of a leader you really are. Give me everything you got!"

"Your wish is my command. Hold on tight." Eric said as he began to thrust into her hard and fast. Tris met him thrust for thrust. She managed to maneuver her hands to Eric's ass so she could push him deeper into her. He crashed his lips to hers and soon their tongues where in a battle for dominance. He eventually relented to Tris when he could only focus on the feel of her hot core wrapped around him. "Fuck, you are so tight and warm. I love how your pussy feels around my dick."

"Mhmm." Tris moaned. "I love how your dick feels inside my pussy. Then, without warning, Eric pulled completely out from Tris. She whimpered at the loss of feeling him inside of her. Then before she could voice her objection, she grabbed her legs and flipped her onto her stomach. He grapped her hips and pulled them up so she was on her knees. He then thrust back inside of her and began furiously pounding away at her.

Tris felt her walls begin to flutter. "Fuck, Eric. I'm going to cum. Cum with me." As soon as the words left her mouth, Eric felt her walls clench down on him as her orgasm washed over her. He continued to thrust into her fast and hard as she rode it out. He then obeyed her command and finally gave into his own orgasm as he released his seed deep inside of her. Once he finished, he pulled Tris flush against his body, keeping himself buried inside of her.

Tris molded herself to him and nuzzled her face into her neck. Eric wrapped his arms around her and began tracing random patters on her stomach. Eventually Eric softened and slipped out of her much to both of their dismay as they both whimpered at the loss of connection between them.

Tris turned around to face Eric and they wrapped their arms around one another before flopping down onto the bed in exhaustion. "I think I could get addicted to that sweet pussy of yours." Eric told her. The devilish smirk that graced Tris' face from his comment caused Eric's dick to twitch back to life. Tris gasped when he pressed his hardened erection against her thigh. "Ready for round two?"

Tris wasn't about to pass up the opportunity to have sex twice in the same night for the first time in her life. "Bring it on!" she said with a huge grin on her face. With no more motivation needed, Eric crashed his lips to hers and thrust himself in side of her once again and began pounding away.

End of Flashback

Tris returned her focus back to the present. She smiled at the memory because they ended up having sex three times that night. Tris thought of all the reasons, besides the incredible sex, why she wanted to be with Eric. Sadly though, it always ended with the one and only reason that was stopping her from doing so, her guilt of deceiving Tobias. He had been so good to her throughout all of the years they had spent together but yet all she had done in return was betray his love and trust for her. Despite her overwhelming desire to be with Eric, she could never hurt Tobias in such a way by leaving him, let along leaving him for his sworn enemy.

Tris looked up when she heard the scraping of the steel door against the roof. A smile graced her face at the sight of Uriah. With quick strides he walked towards her and sat down on the ledge beside her.

"Hey, Uriah. What brings you up here?" Tris asked him.

"I was on duty in the Control Room when I saw you come up here on the cameras. I wanted to talk to you during my break so here I am!

"What did you want to talk about?"

"I felt bad for making fun of Eric earlier in the canteen and I wanted to apologize. I should have been more sensitive about it considering your relationship with him."

Tris' heart began to race at the thought of someone knowing about her being with Eric. She tried her best to calm down before replying so that her voice wouldn't crack. She cocked her head at him and feigned ignorance. "What do you mean?" she asked.

"It's OK Tris. I know about you and Eric. You don't need to hide your relationship with him from me. Don't worry either, I haven't told anyone about it."

Tris felt her mouth become dry and she began to shake as her guilt washed over her. The flood gates opened and tears rolled down her cheeks. For the second time that day she began to sob, unable to respond to Uriah's comment. Uriah snaked his arms around her and pulled her to him as he tried to comfort her. "I've got you. Let it all out." He cooed to her as he soothingly rubbed her back. Finally feeling the guilt lifting, Tris' sobs eased enough that she could speak.

"How long have you known?"

"Ever since the night the two of you left the tattoo parlor holding hands and went to his apartment."

"Why haven't you said anything before now?" Tris asked as she continued to sniffle.

"Because for the first time, in a long time, you finally looked happy. I couldn't take that away from you. Four is my friend but you are my best friend and I know he hasn't been around much for quite a while. Granted, Eric isn't my favorite person in the world, but he seems to treat you well from what I can see and you look really happy. Besides, since you two have been together, he hasn't been as much of an asshole either. I figured that was good for the entire faction."

Tris laughed at the last part. "Thank you, Uriah."

"You're welcome. That's why I felt I needed to apologize to you. I'm really sorry Tris. I just got caught up in the conversation with the others."

"It's OK. I know people don't see the side of him that I do when we are together. He is so much different than the persona he displays to the rest of the faction. He is kind, gentle and loving with me. Please don't ever tell anyone but he actually likes to tell jokes and he has a great laugh."

"I love jokes! Maybe you can convince him to tell me some!"

Tears began to trickle down Tris' cheeks again at the thought of never being close enough to Eric again to be able to do what Uriah asked. "I wouldn't count on that happening."

Uriah noticed her sudden mood change. "What's wrong Tris?"

Tris shook her head, not wanting to answer.

"Does this have anything to do with the miserable look Eric had on his face a little while ago?"

Tris nodded her head. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself enough to speak. "He ended things between us last night."

"Why? What happened? Did you guys have a fight? Just give him a few days, Tris. I'm sure he will get over it."

"No, we didn't have a fight." Tris took another deep breath then continued. "He wants me to leave Four and start a life with him but I'm too much of a coward to do it."

"I'm so sorry Tris. I had no idea it had become that serious between the two of you."

"I only have myself to blame. Four has been so good to me over the years. I just don't think I can betray him any more than I already have by leaving him for his sworn enemy."

"Do you still love Four?"

"I will always love Four."

"I understand that. I meant are you still in love with Four?"

Finding her courage, Tris finally admitted aloud for the first time. "No."

"Are you in love with Eric?"

Tris bowed her head as guilt fell upon her once again over her lack of feelings for Four. Unable to deny it any longer, she answered Uriah's question. "Yes." She swallowed hard before she proceeded. "I thought I knew what being in love was with Four but what I feel for him is nothing compared to how I feel about Eric. With Eric, I feel a part of me is missing when we are apart from each other. I only feel whole and complete when we are together." A smile formed on Tris' face as she finally admitted her feelings. She couldn't hide the joy she felt when she finally confessed, "I am in love with Eric Coulter."

Uriah nodded his head in acknowledgment of her response. He thought long and hard about how to say what he needed to say to convince Tris to end things with Four but yet not reveal what he knew about how Four's been spending his time lately.

"Tris, you need to make yourself happy first and foremost. Do you want to be with Eric?"

"More than anything. I can't imagine my life without him in it."

"It sounds like you are choosing Eric."

"Yes, I choose to be with Eric."

"Then that is what you must do Tris."

"It's not that easy Uriah. I have Four's feelings to consider and..."

Uriah raised his hand as a signal to stop Tris before she could continue. "I know you don't want to hurt Four. I'm also not advocating that you go tell him you are leaving him for Eric either. I do, however, think you should sit down with Four and have a serious conversation about how your feelings for him have changed over the last few years. I suspect that Four may have similar feelings as you do about your relationship."

Uriah could see the wheels turning in Tris' mind as she processed his comments. He saw the proverbial light-bulb go off over her head. "Has Four said anything to you about our relationship? About not being happy?"

"No, nothing verbally but I've been watching his mood lately and, like you, he hasn't seemed happy for a long time either."

Tris sat there and contemplated Uriah's observation. Finally Uriah spoke up with some final words of wisdom for her. "Tris, you are as Dauntless as they come. It's time to start acting like it!"

Tris' eyes became wide as saucers and her mouth gapped open at the meaning behind Uriah's words. After regaining her composure, Tris stood up and before jumping off the ledge into the net below, she said "Thanks, Uriah. It's time for this coward to take control of her life."

Just a note to say Thank You for all the wonderful reviews and comments and favorites and followers. I'm glad you like my story. I'm sorry I haven't updated in so long. College and clinicals are kicking by butt this semester but spring break is approaching quickly so I'm looking forward to spending some time writing. I have one more chapter planned after this with a couple of surprises that I hope you will like. See you soon!

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