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"Hey," I looked up from my food as Jake sat in front of me. I smiled at him, glad to see a friendly face so early. Eric wasn't down in the dinning hall, but I would see him shortly for a training session.
"Hey, Jake," I looked over his shoulder, expecting the others to join, but was met with their absence. "Where's the gang?"
"Aidan had an early shift in the control room, Liv is dealing with a baby in the infirmary, and Kristen is still at the fence," he informed me. I frowned at this information I felt as if I hadn't spent any time with my friends. It was training all day with either Jenn, Eric, Leo or the others and by the time I was done I was exhausted. "What's that frown for?"
"I don't know, I just miss you guys, ya know?" I picked at my food as I shrugged my shoulders.
"Well, I'm having everyone over at my place tonight and you know you're welcome to come," Jake offered.
I considered his offer. I was supposed to go over Eric's tonight after training with Jenn today, but I'm sure he would understand. "Yeah, I would love to come," I beamed. "Will there be liquor involve?"
"Duhh," he gave me a stupid face and rolled his eyes.
I couldn't help but laugh. I flicked a piece of egg at him, but he gracefully swatted it away, laughing with me.
"I feel like I never see you anymore," Jake moped. "You're always with that big scary boyfriend of yours," he complained.
"Not always. That's just during that day when I'm training. Honestly, I spend most of my free time with Four." Ever since my run in with Marcus two weeks ago, I found myself seeking my brothers company more and more.
"I don't understand how you could stand him to be honest," Jake continued, ignoring my comment about Tobias. "Especially after all the shit he put you through during initiation. He's just so-,"
"Jake," I interrupted. I locked my blue eyes with his.
"I'm just saying," he shrugged. "I'm worried about you. I care too much about you to not be."
I broke his eye contact and looked back down at my breakfast. "Well, you don't need to be worried, I'm okay. I can take care of myself."
"Oh, trust me, I know," he smirked.
There was a few seconds of silence before I spoke. "How's the tattooing going?"
"Great, actually," I saw his whole face light up at the mention of it. "You should really stop by and let me tat you up," he chuckled. "I could suggest a few that would look great on an ass cheek."
I almost choked on the orange juice I was drinking as I begin to laugh. "I'll get a tattoo on my ass when I run out of space everywhere else."
"Your loss," the corners of his smile faltered as he looked over by shoulder. I followed his gaze to find Eric as he entered the dinning hall. "I wouldn't suggest inviting him, by the way."
I looked at him, slightly ofeneded. "No, no, no," he said when he saw the look on my face. "Four is most likely going to be there and we all know how that'll end up."
"Oh," my shoulder relaxed from their tense position. "Thanks for the heads up."
"Always," he smiled before getting up and making his way out of the dinning area.
Eric was standing behind me a few minutes later just as I finished my breakfast. "You ready?"
"Yup," with that I got up, threw my trash away, and followed him to the training room.
"So," I huffed as we finished our mile run. "Jake invited me and a few others over to him place tonight for some drinks. I know we where going to hang out tonight…"
"Which one's Jake?" He asked, not fazed by the run. "That tattooed boy right?"
"Yeah with the dark hair and blue eyes," I described.
He took a few moments before he answered. "Who's gonna be there? It's not just gonna be you and him, right?"
"Four, Aidan, Olivia, and I don't know who else?" I raised my eyebrow as I adressed his second question. "He's my best friend, it doesn't matter if we'd be alone."
I don't know why, by this conversation put a sour look on his face. "I'd rather you didn't go."
"Well, too bad," I shrugged. "I just wanted to informed you about it, I wasn't looking for permission."
"God, you're so fucking… aggravating sometimes," he sighed, frustrating.
"Aw, thanks, babe," I rolled my eyes as I walked out of the training room to go meet Jenn.
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I knocked on Jakes door that night, happy to spend the night getting drunk with my friends. Jake answered the door with a smile. "Our favorite leader-in-training is here guys," he announced as I entered the apartment.
I was met with so many familiar faces; Aidan, Olivia, Tobias, Lizzy, Dean, Zeke, and Shauna. I was greeted with a hug and a smile from everyone. "Time to start the games," Shauna declared.
"Games?" I looked at Zeke who wiggled his eyebrows at me.
"Everyone grab some alcohol and get in a circle!" she instructed. Everyone did as she said, the boys moved Jake's couch and table aside so we could sit in the middle of the living room. I had Tobias on my left and Lizzy on my right.
Shauna placed a bottle in the middle before sitting crosslegged next to Zeke and Dean. "Time to play a little Candor or Dauntless. We're gonna spin the bottle and the person who spun it has to ask the person that it landed on Candor or Dauntless, got it?" We all nodded.
Shauna reached to the center and spun the bottle first. The games first victim was Aidan. "Candor or Dauntless?"
And it all when down hill from there. Several beers, bad dares, and stupid questions later we were still at it.
Dean spun the bottle and we all watched as it landed on Zeke. "Candor or Dauntless?"
"I'm gonna go with Candor on this one," Zeke chuckled.
Dean quickly whipped up a question. "Out of all the guys in here, who would you bang?"
"Pft, that's an easy one. Four, hands down," we all bust into a fit of laughter as Zeke made a kissy face at him. Tobias just rolled his eyes with a smile on his face.
Zeke took the bottle and spun it. I was the victim this time. "Candor or Dauntless, Alex?"
"Candor, I don't trust you," I chuckled as I felt the buzz from the alcohol.
"Hmmm, who was the last person you kissed?" My eyes went wide at the question.
"Pass," I tried to wiggle my way out of it.
"Nope, you can't do that," Zeke smiled mischievously.
"Oh, come on guys, we all know it was a certain leader that's taken a special interest in her," Jake smirked as he downed the last of his beer.
"Jake!" I glared at him
"It was Eric, wasn't it?!" Lizzy exclaimed.
I buried my head in my hands, trying to avoid the looks on everyone's faces. "I knew it!" I heard Olivia shout.
"Fine, fine, fine, yes, it was Eric, but it was a long time ago," I lied. It was just recently actually.
"Bullshit!" Jake laughed. I looked over at Tobias, he glared at me, but I was pretty sure he was so drunk that he wouldn't remember this in the morning.
"Moving on!" I spun the bottle and the game continued.
A few spins later, the bottle landed on Jake and Aidan had the honor of asking the golden question. "Candor or Dauntless?"
"Dauntless," he smiled.
"I dare you to get up and kiss some in this room," Aidan challenged as he took another swig from his beer. Jake, without hesitation, got up and headed my way. My heartbeat quickened. Oh shit.
He pulled my face to his and smashed his lips against mine. I was too shocked to do anything. I felt Tobias move from next to me and push Jake away from me. "Sit your ass down," he growled.
Jake stumbled back to his seat, a shit eating grin on his face. I blinked a few times, and looked over at Lizzy. She just simply shrugged as Jake spun the bottle.
The next thing I remembered was waking up to a knock at the door. Where was I? I opened my eyes to see my friends passed out on the floor. Zeke was curled on the table, Aidan's head was laying on Olivia's stomach and Shauna's head was on his legs. Dean was curled up in a ball next to her. Oh yeah, I was still at Jake's. I looked around, but didn't see Tobias. He must have felt already. I felt and arm draped over me and I shrugged it off of me. I was on the couch with Jake.
"What do you want, Eric?" I heard Lizzy moan as she answered the door.
"Where's Alex? She late for training," I could hear the annoyance in his voice. I sat up as Eric brushed past Lizzy.
I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes as my head began to pound. I looked up at Eric as he spotted me and Jake on the couch. His face turned into a scowl. My Eric was nowhere to found in that expression, just the cruel and cold Eric. "Lets go," he growled. I groaned at his words. He was talking too loud. "Now."
"Chill out, man," Jake said sleepily as he sat up next to me.
"Was I talking to you? I don't think so," Eric snarled. "Alex."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm coming, grumpy pants," I pushed myself off the couch and headed to the open door. Lizzy shot me a sympathetic look as I walked past her.
Once we were in the stairway and out of earshot of everyone I turned to him, annoyed. "What the fuck was that about?"
"I should be asking you the same damn question," he shot back.
"What are you talking about?" I countered.
"You were curled up on the couch with that little punk, were you not expecting a reaction out of me?" His voice was harsh and made my head throb harder.
"Nothing happened. He's my best friend. Did anything I said yesterday get through that thick skull of your's?" What was his problem?
"Best friend my ass. That's certainly not what it looked like," he growled.
I rolled my eyes as I rubbed my temples. "I don't have time for your childish bullshit," I turned and began to head down the stair.
"Don't walk away from me, Alex," he shouted as I continued my descent.
"Come talk to me when you've chilled the fuck out," I shouted back as I exited the stairway. I hated arguing with him, but I needed to make sure that he knew he couldn't just jump to conclusions like that and that he needed to trust me.
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