Before you read this chapter, I want you to know that Amar wasn't Four and Eric's instructor in this story, it was someone else. It doesn't make sense now, but trust me, this information will become useful when you get to a certain part of the story.
Tris' jaw drops as she sees the intruder. "Holy guacamole!" she exclaims. "Could it be…?"
Suddenly, she's sure it's HIM.
Caleb.
"Oh, hello, Beatrice," he says.
"What are you… How did you-"
"Say no more, sister! I am here because I heard the Erudite anthem. Well, our unofficial, party anthem. And therefore it was my duty to show up!"
"Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel is Erudite's anthem?" Uriah asks.
Caleb laughs. "Hell no! Haven't even heard of that song! What are you guys, fifty?"
Everyone is more confused by each second that passes.
"Eddie, Grace, Martine, Eric, Will-"
"Will's not here."
"No Will, then. Erudite transfers, you know which song I'm talking about!"
"What is this? You guys know what he's talking about?" Uriah asks.
"Oh, we know!" Grace says.
"But… how did you hear the song if it hasn't started yet?" Edward asks.
"Simple- true Erudites feel it! Now, DJ, play the song!" Caleb says in a loud, party voice that Tris doesn't even recognize.
Grace puts the record on and the song starts playing, some dude is narrating something and then he stops. A boy's voice starts singing the pre-chorus and Grace jumps out of the DJ booth, joining Caleb on the dance floor. Edward does the same. They just stand there for some time, until the chorus starts. Then they start dancing like maniacs.
"Caleb, I didn't know you could dance!" Tris says, impressed.
"Every Erudite can dance!"
"I never could…" Eric comments and sighs. Martine doesn't seem like she can either. They just stand there awkwardly.
"What is this song?" Zeke asks.
"MMM YEAH!" Edward, Grace and Caleb say in unison.
"I ask you again- WHAT IS THE TITLE?"
"We told you- Mmm yeah!" Caleb explains.
Suddenly, Zeke realizes that the singer is saying 'Mmm yeah' too. "Oh, ok."
They all gather around these Erudite and ex-Erudite dancing prodigies and observe their skills with admiration.
Suddenly, Cara and Fernando crash the party. They start wildly dancing with the other Erudites.
"This is literally a thing in their faction," Four says, amazed.
Cara looks so free on the dance floor! So free, Tris finds herself forgiving her rudeness on the Visiting Day and claps along to the beat, cheering for the dancers. Cara eventually even lets her hair down.
The last chorus is just about to kick in again, but someone pauses the song. Despite the turned-off lights everyone recognizes the person. Her face is bright red with fury. Her eyes cold with disgust.
"Oh my god, it's Jeanine Matthews!" Tris whispers to Four.
"This isn't good…" he replies.
Jeanine glares at the dancers. "What is going on here? Do my eyes deceive me?" she asks. "How could you, members of my own faction, betray me like this?"
Cara, Fernando, Caleb, Grace and Edward look frozen.
"Eric, are you supporting this?" Jeanine asks. Eric looks down and shakes his head.
"I simply cannot believe you are having a dance party…" she shakes her head disappointedly. "… without me!" she presses the play button and a second later, she is on the dance floor, busting down only the sweetest of dance moves.
"Oh, god…" Shauna shakes her head.
The song is over and all the dancers gasp for air. Their clothes are wet with sweat.
"Well…" Jeanine says. "We better go!"
She leaves and so do Fernando and Cara. Tris invites Caleb to stay. He sits on the couch next to Four and Tris and looks like he's about to pass out. Edward and Grace do too.
"Wow. Some skills you guys have!" Tris says.
"Dancing is our passion!" Caleb confesses.
Uriah grabs the microphone again. He announces they'll start playing Never Have I Ever now.
Tris sends him a puzzled look. "Aren't we gonna wait for Christina and Will?"
"I'd like to do that, but I need to keep entertaining the guests! The party can't wait for anyone!" Uriah replies and shrugs.
Just as he says that, the doorbell rings.
Everyone looks at the door. They're wondering the same thing.
"Is someone gonna get that?" Tori asks.
Zeke stands up and opens the door.
"Hi. Sorry we're late, I hope we didn't miss too much."
It's Christina and Will.
Zeke lets them in, speechless.
A smile appears on Tris' face. She gets up to greet them. First, she wants to give them both a hug, but decides to just say 'hi' after she sees how angry they look.
"Are you feeling OK?" she asks them.
Christina and Will put on unconvincing smiles.
"Yeah," says Christina weakly.
Tris wonders if they never really were mad at her, but only at Four. Maybe that's what's going on.
"Alright! Everyone, take a seat- we'll be playing a really fun game now!" Uriah says and it's easy to see how excited he is about all this.
Everyone sits down in a circle.
"What kind of a game will we be playing?" Christina asks.
"Never Have I Ever!"
"Oh. That," she nods.
Zeke leaves the room and comes back with a plate full of plastic cups.
"Uri, get the other plate!" he tells his brother and places the plate in the middle of the circle they formed. He sits down next to Shauna.
"Here," Uriah says after going to the kitchen and placing the other plate on the floor. He sits between his brother and Marlene.
"Everyone take a plastic cup!" Zeke commands.
After everyone took their cup, Zeke opens the bottle of beer and pours some of it in each cup.
"We're ready to start!" he announces.
"Can I start?" asks Marlene.
Uriah nods.
"Alright. Never have I ever… pointed a gun at someone!"
"Really? No one's done that!" Edward protests.
Four, Eric and Tori drink from their cups.
"I stand corrected," Edward says.
"My turn now!" sings Uriah. "Never have I ever cried during initiation!"
Al, Tris, Lauren, Tori, Grace, Martine and, surprisingly, even Caleb take a sip.
"Caleb?" Tris asks.
"I couldn't get Gangnam Style right! It was traumatizing!"
"You actually have to learn how to dance to get in Erudite? As in the faction that values knowledge and dresses in suits?"
"Yes. Yes you do."
Now it's Zeke's turn. "Never have I ever had a crush on an instructor."
Tris smiles at Four and drinks. Tori does too which doesn't seem interesting to anyone since they have no idea who was her instructor. Eric is the one who everyone stares at after her drinks from his cup.
"Eric? You had a crush on our instructor?" Four chuckles.
Eric glares at him and blushes.
"Oooh! Who was your instructor, huh?" Uriah asks.
"It doesn't matter, it was not a big crush," Eric says. "I mean… it was not a big crush but a huge crush!" he, for some reason, corrects himself.
"Never have I ever tried to kill someone," Shauna continues the game.
"What kind of a question is that?" asks Zeke.
"I just wanna be sure I'm not surrounded by potential murderers!"
Peter drinks.
"You helped, Al- didn't you?" he teases.
"I didn't try to kill her. I only tried to scare her and I'm very sorry for that. Could you stop bringing it up?"
"You don't have to drink if that's true," Shauna says.
Al doesn't touch his cup. They continue.
"Never have I ever… um… kissed a stranger!" Tori says.
Zeke and Uriah drink.
"Never have I ever… um… um… um…" Will needs a LOT of time to think about what he has never ever done. "Um… I know! Never have I ever lied… in my previous faction."
Zeke, Uriah, Lauren, Grace, Caleb, Tris, Four, Edward, Shauna, Marlene, Eric, Peter, Lynn and Tori drink. The only ones who don't are Al and Christina who are from Candor and for some reason also Martine.
"Oh, come on! You certainly lied at least once!" Zeke says.
"Not that I remember!"
"Oh I do. You told me you had a surprise for me in the bathroom when we were little and then you locked me in there and turned off the lights. How do you not remember that?" Grace says.
"I don't remember that. Really. And I am truly sorry. I was an evil little child. How long were you locked in there?"
"Not long. Mum realized something's wrong obviously."
"Ok, ok! Enough of that, it's Christina's turn!" Uriah says.
"Never have I ever skipped school."
Uriah, Zeke, Lauren, Lynn, Four and Peter drink.
"Never have I ever been so drunk I couldn't remember my name!" Lynn says.
Zeke, Shauna, Tori and Eric drink.
"Never have I ever… got in a fight with someone," Martine says.
Eric, Tori, Peter, Lynn and Four drink.
"FOUR?!" Tris asks.
"It's… a long story…" he says.
"Shut up, it's my turn. Never have I ever been arrested," says Eric.
No one drinks.
"Really? Not even you, Peter?" Eric asks. "What now?"
"Now you gotta drink," Zeke explains.
"Ok," Eric says and drinks.
"Never have I ever… dated someone older than me," Peter says.
Shauna, Tris, Tori, Marlene and Eric drink. So does Will.
"Yes. I am a few weeks younger than Christina," he states.
"Eric? Was the older person your instructor?" Marlene asks.
"No comment."
"Never have I ever woke up from a simulation in less than 15 minutes," says Lauren, continuing the game.
Tris, Four, Uriah, Marlene, Grace and Peter drink.
"Never have I ever prank called a stranger," says Al.
Zeke, Uriah, Marlene, Tori, Grace, Martine, Peter and Lynn drink.
"Does Edward count?" asks Four.
"He's not a stranger, now is he?" asks Lauren.
"No, but to me he was at first, because I didn't know it was him."
"Why do you want to drink so badly, Four?"
"Oh, right. Edward is no stranger then!"
"Speaking of me, it's my turn. Never have I ever sang Fancy in the shower," Edward says looking at Four.
"Is that because I called you a stranger?" Four asks, taking a sip from his cup.
"Maybe."
"Gracie's turn! Yay-uh! Never have I ever wanted to start an acapella group," Grace says, getting a lot of surprised stares.
"Why would you… How did you come up with that?" Peter asks and, surprisingly, drinks.
"WHAT?" Grace asks.
"You asked the question!"
"I didn't expect an answer. Especially not from you."
"Well, as a matter of a fact I dreamed of having an acapella group. We'd be called Peter and The Singing Ladies!" his eyes sparkle with enthusiasm. "We'd be aca-awesome!"
"I really appreciate that, Peter," Grace nods.
"My turn, right? Never have I ever cheated on an exam," Caleb says.
Tori, Zeke, Uriah, Lauren, Shauna, Peter, Lynn and Al drink.
"Never have I ever dyed my hair," Tris says.
Martine and Tori drink.
"Never have I ever… been mad at Tris," says Four and looks at Christina and Will.
Some people drink, but Will and Christina hesitate.
"Will? Christina? Were you ever mad at Tris?" Four asks.
Christina opens her mouth to say something.
"I don't like this game. Also, Christina and I should probably go…" Will says and puts his arm around Christina protectively.
"Just drink!" Four demands.
"What if we were never mad at her?" Will asks, getting angry.
"OKAAAY… We finished one round and I think some of as had enough beer for now..." says Zeke.
"NO!" screams Uriah and kicks Zeke.
"Ow! What the hell?"
"I want to continue the game!"
"No. We'll stop now," says Zeke.
"I agree with Zeke," says Will.
"Alright. Next on the party activities list is… CAPTURE THE FLAG!" says Zeke. Everyone cheers, except Will and Christina, who still seem to be in a bad mood.
"Follow me!" Uriah says and runs out of the apartment. Everyone follows. Capture the flag really seems like a good idea now. Everyone will just have fun and hopefully forget all the arguments that have been going on in the past week.
Excuse Jeanine's funkiness, please. I am very well aware of the evil she has done, but... can't she still be a good dancer? I think she can. After all, Erudite is apparently the dancing faction :)