( I do not own Divergent, and it makes me cry)

Tris POV

I can't describe how incredibly angry I am right now, he just sat there and let me make those decisions by myself. I don't understand how perfect he can be in out little bubble and then we leave it and he shuts down. I mean I know he loves me, I really do. I know for sure that I love him, but we really need to talk this out. I look down at my watch and it is 6:30, he should be home now and even though I am mad I want to show him my newest tattoo.

I get to our apartment and the door is locked. I fish the key out of my pocket and unlock the door and immediately I can tell he has been here because everything is spotless. I check all the rooms and other than being clinically clean every room is void of Eric. "Maybe he went to dinner." I say aloud. I lock the door and head to the Mess Hall.

He also isn't there so I resolve to grab something to eat and wait. I sit down with Christina and Will and she immediately sees that there is something on my mind. "What's going on Tris?" she asks. "Have you seen Eric anywhere?" I ask. She shakes her head. "Not since I had my meeting with Max, but he is a leader and the hours can be weird so I will go up to his office with you as soon as we are done, okay?" I nod my head and take a bite of my spaghetti and it is actually pretty good, so I eat the rest plus everything else on my plate and deposit my things to where they go.

Chris and I start walking and she looks at me with this weird look in her eye. I arch my eyebrow at her and she says, "You really love him don't you?" I look at her and whisper "yes" because the feeling that something is not right is getting stronger and stronger. We get to Eric's office and knock on the door but it is completely quiet and the lights are shut off. "He's not here." I say in a panicked tone. "Let's go check your apartment one more time." she says. "There are lots of ways to get there maybe you just missed him."

I nod my head but the feeling of dread is consuming me. I reach for the key one more time when all of the sudden Uriah is standing in front of me. "Max wants to see you." he says. The three of us head back up to the offices and when I knock on Max's door Chris tries to back up but I grab her hand. She gives me a reassuring smile and then we hear Max telling us to come in.

Uriah opens the door and we enter the office. Max stands up and walks around the desk, which I find extremely odd and he says, "follow me." My heart is beating faster and faster as he locks his door and Chris and I follow him to a path that leads outside the compound. When we reach the motorpool I see that there is a car waiting for us. Max holds open the door and we all get in and start moving towards the city.

Max clears his throat and looks at me directly. "Tris, this is about Eric." he says as tears threaten to prick my eyes and I feel Chris' hand grab my own. "He was going to the factinless sector on an urgent call and he was attacked. He was stabbed once in the stomach and once in the back and he would have bled out but he fired his weapon and the Dauntless guards that were on patrol heard the shot. When they got to him he was completely blacked out. They took him to the hospital in Erudite and that is where we are headed now."

Tears are pouring down my face and I take a deep breath, "Is he awake, is he going to be okay, did they catch whoever did this?" I ask. I put my head in my hands and sob. "He is in surgery right now, the wound in his back missed all of his organs completely but the one in his abdomen penetrated his liver. They are trying to repair it as we speak. As it turns out his mother is the best general surgeon that they have on staff so hopefully she can save the liver." Max says.

I lean on Chris and let my emotions take over. "Did they catch whoever did this?" I ask through clenched teeth. "Not yet." he says. "But we will be working on it diligently." I nod my head and look out the window and shortly afterward I hear a beep coming from Max's pocket. I look at him and he sighs a little bit. "He is out of surgery and they say that they are hopeful that he will be as good as new."

We pull up the hospital and Max leads us to the elevator and then hits the button for the third floor. He leads us to room 311 and when I see Eric I feel my knees get weak and my chest tightens. I slowly walk over to where he is laying and he looks so small and weak. Who could do this to the man that I love? I pull a chair up beside the bed and wrap his hand in mine and kiss the back of it.

When I look up a woman doctor is staring at me. "Hello." I say. "You must be Tris , I'm Eric's mother Dr. Julia Coulter." she holds her hand out to me and I shake it back. "He told you about me?" I ask. She shakes her head. "Max did when I called him to let him know about Eric's status." I nod my head once more and ask. "When will he wake up?" "Well," she says. "He is pretty heavily sedated right now, but we are hoping he wakes within the hour."

I lay my head on the back of his hand and give her my thanks. Dr. Coulter and Max go into the hall and in a matter of seconds I feel Chris' hand on my back rubbing reassuring circles. "Thank you for staying with me." I tell her. "No problem, I dont know what I would do if this was Will, but I know that I would need a friend." she says as she pulls up a chair next to me and sits down.

I keep my face on his hand willing him to wake up or move or do anything really. It has been 90 minutes since his surgery completed and there is still no indication that he is even close to waking up. I switch chairs with Chris and begin stroking his hair while whispering "Please come back to me, I love you. I'm sorry I was mad today, please don't leave me." Tears are streaming down my face and Max comes and strokes my hair and talks to me.

"Here is your communications device, I was going to give it to you on Wednesday along with your tablet but I want you to message me as soon as he wakes up. Do you want me to bring anything from your apartment when I come back in the morning?" he asks. "Yes, take Chris when you go, we will both need clothes and if you could get Eric's slippers out of the closet and the blanket from the back of the couch please."

Chris and Max leave after they verify everything that I want and I settle in my chair falling asleep on Eric's arm. Sometime later I wake up to a tap on my shoulder and I look at Eric's mother. "Tris, you should lie down and get some sleep. I had the nurse bring this cot in for you." I look at her and say, "no, I need to be here when he wakes up, he needs to know that I am here." She pats my shoulder and moves around the bed.

"I need to check his incision and his vitals for signs of infection so I am going to need you to move for a minute please." she says. I move and excuse myself to the restroom and as I look in the mirror I see how tired and haggard I actually look. I wash my hands and go back to the room and Dr. Coulter looks at me. "He still isn't awak but, he is breathing on his own so we can take him off the ventillator, however I don't think that that is something that you would like to see. Why don't you go to the vending machine on the other side of the floor and and it should be over by the time you get back."

I walk out of the room and make it to the vending machine and after looking at it for a minute I decide I am hungry and get a package of trail mix. I type in my credit code and then look at the drinks. I decide on apple juice and then make my way back to Eric's room.

It's about 4am but I decide to update Max about the ventillator and Eric's condition while walking, I make it back to his room and Dr. Coulter is standing outside of it. "It's obvious that you love my son very much and I just wanted to tell you how very grateful I am for that." I smile at her and say. "You're welcome. At first I couldn't believe what was happening but now I can't imagine my life without him, if you don't mind I would really like to go back to him." She bends down to give me a hug and I automatically stiffen. "I never thought that my son would love someone from Abnegation." she says. I look at her pointedly and say. "I'm Dauntless."

I go back in and sit down next to Eric. I tell him about everything that his mother just said to me and all of my thoughts from the day. I pull the chair closer and put my head on his strong arm and intertwine our fingers. "I love you" I say as I slowly drift off to sleep. After a few hours I am brought out of sleep suddenly by a gentle squeeze to my hand.