"This feels like falling in love

Falling in love

We're falling in love

Settle down with me

And I'll be your safety

You'll be my lady

I was made to keep your body warm

But I'm cold as the wind blows so hold me in your arms"

Kiss Me by Ed Sheeran

Gage's slender fingers nervously raked through her hair. She'd watched Eric fight before, but it always made her nervous. Eric rubbed his hands together and specifically cracked each of his knuckles. Gage knew he was focused now. He always cracked his knuckles before a fight. Gage knew the Dauntless boy too. He was rude and a nuisance, but he knew how to fight and that was the only reason that he passed initiation last year. His name was Roy and he was a towering young man with a buzz cut and tattoos coating his chest.

"Go Erudite!" some people chanted.

"Go Roy!" the Dauntless roared.

Gage never chanted with the crowd. She watched as the ring-girl lowered both of the boys' hands and clapped her hands to start the fight. Eric darted around Roy like he was teleporting back and forth. Suddenly Eric lunged, he always likes to get the first punch in. His fist slammed into Roy, a vicious uppercut. Roy wheeled after Eric with malice clouding his eyes. Roy charged at Eric like he was a bull and Eric was the matador.

Eric agilely darted around Roy's lumbering stride. He leapt into the air and spun his foot slamming into Roy's face. Eric then clapped his flat palm right over Roy's ear. Roy roared in rage and lunged for Eric. He merely kicked forward. Eric's foot slammed into Roy's ribcage and Roy staggered backwards. Eric smirked manically at Roy and circled him like a lion stalking it's prey.

"Get up Roy!" the crowd roared. Roy got to his feet and wiped the blood out of his eyes. The look he gave Eric made Gage shiver, but Eric merely smirked back and motioned with his hand for Roy to come forward. Gage quickly noticed that Roy was smarter than everyone thought. He waited patiently baiting Eric closer and closer.

"Eric!" Gage yelled. "Be careful!" she watched Roy. Eric went for the punch tired of waiting. Roy grabbed Eric's arm and twisted it. Eric was flung onto the harsh concrete and he whirled around, clutching his shoulder. Roy grabbed Eric's foot and yanked him back toward himself. Roy straddled Eric and began throwing punches with an inhumane maliciousness. Blood splattered and Gage could hear snapping noises. She looked away uneasily. She saw Eric's friend, Petra, a row below her. Petra had her face buried in a tall, blonde-headed Erudite boy's shoulder. Gage wondered if he was her boyfriend.

"Hey get him out of there! He's going to kill him!" Zeke yelled angrily. Soon the uneasy crowd took up the chant. Zeke, Shauna, Gage, and Quentin soon went down there. Zeke grabbed Roy's arm and Roy turned on Zeke. He lunged for him, but Zeke blocked the punch easily and grabbed Roy's wrist. Quentin quickly grabbed the other wrist and twisted it behind Roy's back. Zeke and Quentin kept Roy's wrists pinned behind his back as Shauna pushed him backwards away from Eric. Gage knelt beside Eric.

"Gage," his face was splattered with blood. Eric was clutching his shoulder and his bare chest was already bruising.

"Hey relax," Gage said as she helped the couple of stand-in medics slid Eric onto the stretcher. The "medics" were just some volunteer Erudites who helped out when needed. They quickly got Eric far away from the crowd and Roy. "You're okay." Gage's small hand found Eric's large one. Gage looked at their clasped hands. Hers was small and slightly tanned, but scarred and calloused from working in the compound. Eric's was large and pale with split knuckles and blood splashed across it. The red blood looked strangely bright against Eric's pale skin.

Eric let out a pitiful whimpering noise, "Damn." he hissed as he was laid across a table. The stand-in medics got to work. Gage held tightly to Eric's hand as they cleaned the blood off and began bandaging the cuts. Gage just looked at his hand as she cleaned it off carefully with the soapy water. She bandaged it up cleanly and slowly making sure to wrap it right.

"Thank you," Eric said softly only for Gage's ears. Gage blushed and ducked her head. She tucked her hair behind her ear.

"It's nothing, really." she dropped his hand. Eric didn't say anything. He merely picked up her hand and held it gently like Gage was fragile if he squeezed too hard she would break. Gage liked that Eric treated her as if she was going to break. Gage had always been pushed too hard and too fast by boys and it was nice to slow it down.

"Hold still." the medic, a stern-faced, dark-headed boy in blue, said. The boy held Eric down as a girl with short, dirty-blonde hair pushed Eric's shoulder back into place. Eric yelled loudly and his chest pushed upwards to escape the pain.

"Eric," Gage spoke to him softly. "Eric, it's okay," her voice was gentle and coaxing like honey. "It'll all be over soon." she soothed him, stroking his hair back away from his eyes. Eric merely nodded and gritted his teeth as the Erudite fitted him into a sling. They then sat him up and began feeling his ribs.

"We'll need to do a closed reduction." the boy said to the girl. "These ribs are fractured." Gage looked back and forth between the two.

"This'll be quick." the girl promised Eric as the boy reached across his chest. He torqued the chest harshly and Eric yelled loudly. The girl then wound stiff bandages tightly around Eric's chest.

"I'm going to get your clothes." Gage told Eric. He nodded and she went to the lockers in the little closest-like building. She grabbed Eric's clothes and bag. She returned with them and the two Erudites were giving Eric his medical run-down.

"So just don't over-do it." the boy said before giving a brisk nod. "Now, I'll be going I think that the girls just started." he said.

"Thanks Tim." Eric nodded curtly and Tim gave the one-finger wave before exiting the tent with the short girl. Eric took his clothes from Gage. "Thanks," he pulled on the crisp white button up. He only buttoned it up halfway and pulled on his blue slacks when Gage turned her back to him. "Ready to go?" Eric asked, his eyes downcast. He moved toward the back door.

"You're not going to say goodbye to anyone?" Gage asked softly.

"No, not tonight." Eric moved for the backdoor. Gage merely nodded and followed him out the door.

Eric opened the door to his loft. He'd lived alone as long as he could remember. His parents worked very hard. His mother, Justine, worked as Jeanine Matthews' third-in-command. Justine spent all of her time in the lab. She worked there, studied there, ate there, and sometimes even slept there. Eric would go for days even weeks without seeing her. As for his father, Nixon, he worked at the front desk of the library and he was always working the night shift as well as the day shift. Eric was practically raised by Petra's parents.

Gage walked in as she always did, slowly with trepidation. Gage never really intended to stay with Eric, but it became something of a tradition after one night where Gage had to take Eric home herself he was so badly beaten. Now she came to his loft after every fight especially when he lost. Eric grabbed a water from the fridge and sat down on the love-seat. Gage joined him cautiously. Eric could see her timidness like a doe stepping slowly through the woods ready to flee at the first sign of danger.

Eric held an ice-pack to his jaw and looked sideways at Gage. She never seemed to know how to act around Eric. She didn't know whether she should stick to her guns as Dauntless Gage or whether she could be Divergent Gage like she was with Tobias. Dauntless Gage was what pulled Eric in at first with her fiery, hot-headed outbursts and short temper, but Divergent Gage was what intrigued him. The girl who had a secret reading nook in the library, who aced her classes, and who cared about other people. Gage knew he was watching her, but she stayed silent toying with her hands and the hem of her dress.

Eric rose to his feet and put the ice pack down. He pulled a large wooden box out of a drawer. Gage watched him with a curious expression. He pulled out something flat and black. He opened the wooden box and placed the black circle inside it. Gage heard a crackle and music began to play. Gage knew what music was, because her mother was an Amity transfer and she loved to sing. Her mother even had a guitar from her parents and she played it all the time. Or she used too.

"Will you, Gage Holston, allow me this dance?" Eric's voice brought Gage back from her thoughts. He had his good hand out to her and he smiled softly. The jazzy music swelled and soared as a woman's voice came from the box.

"Every time we say goodbye, I die a little,*" the woman sang. Gage looked curious and smiled shyly at Eric.

"Of course, Eric Davenport." Gage allowed him to take her hand and lead her to the middle of his living room. Eric spun her one-handedly and held her as tight as he could. "What is that?" Gage looked toward the box as the woman's voice drifted off, but the music continued. The box looked pretty beaten up with scratches and dents.

"It's some old thing my mother had. She just to play it all the time. It's called a record player. She used to play it and we would all dance, my father too." Eric smiled. "Then when she got promoted she threw it out, but I got it back." he looked downcast.

"When you're near, there's such an air of spring about it,*" the woman's voice returned and Gage found herself swaying. Eric just watched her. He could visibly see the music notes wash over her and give off a sense of euphoria. He spun her again and her dress whirled with her. Eric smiled at her and Gage smiled back. The genuineness of the gesture was not lost on Eric. Gage giggled softly as Eric dipped her with his one hand and brought her back up.

"Eric," Gage said softly as she leaned against his chest.

"Yes?" Eric pulled back to look at her. Gage smiled at him softly and placed her hand on the side of his face. They both went closer and their lips locked. The kiss was delicate and gentle. Eric's hands trembled and he cupped Gage's face like she was a china doll who would break at the slightest pressure.

"Eric," Gage whispered sweetly against his mouth. Gage gripped the lapels of Eric's jacket as her lips searched his own. They both then pulled away and looked at each other with wide lovestruck eyes. Eric's normally icy blue eyes were warm like spring water and Gage's normally guarded, golden, brown eyes were vulnerable.

"I love you." Eric said softly, his rough voice a rasping whisper.

Gage's gaze faltered and she looked at Eric in surprise, "What?"

"You heard me," Eric returned evenly. "I am in love with you Gage Reyna Holston and there is nothing you can do about it."

"Eric, you can't." Gage shook her head. "You can't love me." she said quickly, shaking her head in dismissal. She raked her hand nervously through her hair. "Please don't love me." she begged him.

"Gage, what is so wrong with me loving you?" Eric asked, anger filling him like a ticking clock.

"You just don't understand." Gage shook her head.

"Well make me understand." Eric grabbed her biceps, holding her in place.

"I can't," Gage was in total dismay. "You can't." she muttered. "I'm not who you think I am." Gage finally answered.

"That doesn't make any sense." Eric snapped. He suddenly threw her on the couch. Gage was startled for a moment before Eric was on top of her. His lips suddenly crashed into hers and Gage responded instantly. This kiss was nothing like the others. This kiss was needy and sensual and animalistic. Gage couldn't say that she didn't like it. Eric pulled back and looked at Gage.

"You can't tell me that you didn't feel anything." he growled. "You can't tell me that you don't want me to do it again." he snapped. "I can feel it, you can feel it." Gage got to her feet. "Gage please," Eric begged. "I love you! You're all I can ever think about it and I don't know what I would do without you! I can't just let you go." his voice was softer now. "Gage," his voice cracked. "Please."

Gage just looked at him. "Eric, let me go." she said void of any emotion. Gage walked to the door and opened it. Eric ran to the door, but Gage shut it. He wrenched it opened and yelled,

"Gage!" but she was nowhere to be seen. Eric sank to his knees with his back pressed against the wall. He clutched the jacket that Gage left behind tightly in his hands. He wrapped his arms around his legs like a child and just stared. A door opened and footsteps echoed down the hall.

"Eric?" it was Petra. "Eric! Thank goodness you are alright!" Petra sat down beside him. "What happened to you? Is that Gage's jacket?" she asked noticing his expression and the jacket. Eric stood up and turned his back to her.

"Leave me alone." he snapped and slammed the door behind him.

Gage had her back pressed to the wall of the Erudite apartment building. She had her face buried in her knees. Tears dripped softly down her cheeks. She knew it was stupid of her to sit around like she was asking to be caught. She stayed though in the shadows of his apartment building, crying, because she felt closer to him here. "Eric," she cried softly. "Eric…"

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello! So there was the Gage and Eric chapter! *The song that Garic danced too was Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald if you didn't recognize it! Gage and Eric are not technically finished, because anything can happen from now until the story ends... So I'll leave you with that probably very unsatisfactory statement! Sorry again! Ha ha! Thank you for all the reviews though! I will answer those nowww! :)

anonymous: Yes and it got a bit obvious who it was especially toward the end of the chapter! Ha ha! And well here is the next chapter! Also you're welcome! I would never separate FourTris, but Tobias will be a good part of this story still!

Guest (1): Hi! And thank you! I like bouncing back and forth between Gage and Petra! It's a cool way to explore the different factions! Thank you again, I've worked very hard on this story and try to get the tone of it just right! :) Well Eric and Gage were together in this chapter, but they are not "over" just yet! The two will have a bit more interaction before the Choosing Ceremony! Here is your update! Ha ha!

Guest (2): Thank you so much! Here is your update! The next should be up soon enough!

icexblue: I PM'ed you, but thank you again for reviewing!

Thank you all again so much for all the reads, reviews, favorites, and follows! It means the world to me! Love you guys to infinity and beyond! Ha ha! The next chapter will be Petra-centric as per rotation and I'd love for you guys to tell what you'd like to see! Perhaps should Elijah make another appearance or should Arabella, the absent twin, finally make a materialization or would you even like to see more of Petra and Zeke? And what about Eric and Petra? You guys tell me what you think/want!

P.S. Also in the fourth chapter did anyone catch the guest appearance? She was never named in the chapter, but the whole climbing the sculpture/leg-breaking thing was mentioned in Divergent and I wondered if anyone caught who it was! ;)