Tris POV
I can't believe what just happened and I am hardpressed to contain my smile as I remember the electricity that passed between us. Christina looks at me with her eyebrows raised as if asking "Why are you grinning like a lunatic?" I just continue to smile at her and shrug my shoulders to brush her off. I certainly do not want to discuss everything that is going on in my mind right now.
At first I thought he was gruff and cruel and way above anything I could hope for myself. Standing there on that ledge like he owned the place. Gorgeous and self-confident and a leader. I need to stop this thinking because there is no way that he could be attracted to me, but I couldn't deny what I felt I couldn't forget his touch. As I grab my sleep clothes and shower things and go to clean myself up from the day my fingers absentmindedly trace where he touched my ear longing to feel that jolt again. "I am definitely not in Abnegation anymore." I whisper to myself. I fumble into my pajamas and slowly crawl under the covers of my bed not wanting to wake anyone. Thoughts of Eric and our next interraction filling my mind I smile to myself and sigh, "I can't wait til tomorrow.
After a few hours of restless sleep I am awake way before anyone else and no matter how hard I try I cannot for the life of me fall back to sleep. As a result I resolve that I need to get up and possibly try to learn my surroundings so I don't get lost anymore. I pull on my boots and open up the door as quietly as possible. As I stumble through the door I notice that the atmosphere is definitely different at this time of the day. People with cups of coffee and rubbing sleep from their eyes as they try to wake for the day. There is a kind of calm that I am certain I can get used to, there is a kind of beauty in the silence, and it once again reinforces my decision to come here to Dauntless. I walk past the training room that Four told us we would be in yesterday and look through the window and inside there is a black figure.
Eric POV
After getting as much sleep as my body will allow I look at the clock and it is currently 6am and just as I do everyday I get up and pull on my workout clothes and head to the transfer training room because it is usually quiet at this time of the day. Consequently this is my favorite time, it's the only time I feel at peace with myself and today I need that more than usual. I walk in and do my stretches, don't want to hurt myself, and then I begin to lift and as I am doing so once again my thoughts turn to Tris.
How can one tiny little person disarm me so much? I can't let this be known, I can't let my guard down. She will destroy me and this is not the way things are supposed to be. I am a leader, I am someone to be feared and I worked hard to get where I am. All at once I am aware that I am not alone. I look up from my musings and I see her standing in the doorway. "Why is she always around?" I spat to myself. She glances my way and turns to go farther down the tunnels. Thank goodness.
I finish my final rep and grab my water bottle and my towel and make my way back to my apartment for a shower. I finish it up and put on my usual black cargo pants and black t-shirt with a vest over every pocket filled with some weapon or another. I walk to the Mess Hall and when I enter there is minimal chatter and more than enough seats available. I grab my usual omelette and and sit down in my favorite corner. I notice immediately that Tris and the other transfers are sitting fairly close.
Her proximity makes my musings go further into thinking about her. "Did she feel it too, is she aware of what she does to me?" I wonder. I laugh out loud a little earning a glance from her table. I rise in a hurry and say, "Don't be late initiates Four doesn't tolerate lateness." I take my tray to the dishwashing station and hastily make my way to the hall and I am suddenly aware that someone is behind me. My heart leaps but I swiftly push it back down. I smirk to myself and then I stop...
"Ow." I hear as she runs straight into my back. Oh God there it is again that spark is driving me insane... "Initiate, do you ever pay attention to where you're going?" I say gruffly. Her eyes slowly raise to meet my own and I feel this sudden urge to lean down and touch my lips to hers but I push that thought away as hastily as it appeared. I can't be the reason that she is factionless. "Sorry." She says. I blow out a breath and with a twinge of anger I say, " Stop saying sorry you're not in Abnegation anymore Stiff."
I see her flinch at the word and once gain saying this to her makes bile rise in the back of my throat. She averts her gaze and steps to the side to move past me. I sidestep to once again be directly in front of her. She looks at me and glares daggers shooting in my direction and I can't help but laugh. Her eyes suddenly shift and though there is a glimmer of stubborness I also see a suppressed laugh in them. Before I can stop myself I once again find that one stubborn strand of hair and I tuck it behind her ear and then without stopping I turn around and walk away.