I didn't want to admit it, but Eric and I got along the next day. Joking and flirting, yes I said flirting. During AP Gov, I decided to work with Myra, Christina, and Tris for the class project. I could tell it was going to be awesome. The project was called "What If". We had to choose some war, law, or some influential person in government and what the world would be like if it/they did not exist. It sounded really fun.

After PE class was done and I picked up my cheer-leading uniform, I followed Myra to some abandoned looking building. Apparently it was still in use, because there was a lock on the door. Myra knew the code. We walked through some rooms where people obviously had been digging through old documents and file cabinets.

"This looks ancient," I said as we walked into the last room.

"I know right," she said giggling. "Here," Myra pulled out a box that was labeled 'Jonathan Kent', my father's name. "I came in here to look for something else and found all these boxes containing previous students here at Dauntless."

"Does my brother know about this?"

"No, I don't really talk to any of those guys," she said shyly looking down.

"You talk to Eric, Will, and Edward."

"I knew them since we were in diapers. Edward's family and mine lived on the same street. We all went to school together at Erudite Scholar Elementary."

"Wait, what? You are all from the Erudite district? Aren't you all supposed to be like geniuses to go there?"

"Yeah, we sort of still are." Myra started talking about how smart Will, Edward, Eric, and here still were. I couldn't help but think no wonder Edward is in Honor Society with Will and Eric knew all that stuff from AP Psychology. "We kind of drifted away after seventh grade. We still talk, but we're not as close as before."

"I'm sorry Myra. I sort of know how that feels. My brother and I were super close, we kind of still are, but not..."

"Like before," Myra said finishing my sentence.

I thanked her for the box and promised I would take it back to my dorm only for me to look at, return it unharmed, and not mention it to anyone else. Curiosity sparked me. After all, this was my dad, my dad who was cool and fun, but never talked about his high school days.

Friday night we celebrated at Shauna and Lauren's dorm room. I still couldn't believe that we could fit twenty five girls in here. Some of us took shots and instead of heading back, most of us passed out in Shauna and Lauren's room.

Considering we didn't sleep until the next morning, we didn't really wake up until three o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday. I went back to my dorm and finished my homework within a couple hours and then got a text from Edward saying that he was going to walk down to my room to get me. A few minutes later there was a knock at my door. Christina immediately jumped up and ran to the door. In ten seconds she came back looking totally bummed.

"It's only Edward," she said plopping herself onto her bed.

"Well, hello to you too, Christina," said Edward chuckling. "You ready to go," he asked sitting down on my bed.

"Almost," I said walking to the closet. "Do I need a jacket?"

"Are you two going on a date," Christina squealed jumping up from her bed looking at Edward and I expectantly. As if on cue, we both started to laugh. "Oh, come on, don't tease me. A simple yes or no would suffice."

"No," we both said starting to laugh once more.

Even though Edward didn't answer me, I grabbed a jacket and he followed me out. We were both still laughing as I closed the door.

"She was expecting Will, wasn't she?"

"Yeah," I answered. "Thanks for inviting me to hang out with you. The last time Will came by, I couldn't find Tris or Marlene, Molly was somewhere, and Peter went to see Lauren, I ended up sitting down outside on the dorm steps just reading on my iPad."

Edward started to laugh. "I thought you would go to Aidan's room?"

"Eric would there though."

"I thought you two were starting to get along."

"We do now. I just... I still can't fully trust him. He won't tell me anything either."

"He really is a cool guy, you'll see. Just give him some time. Besides winning your trust, you need to win his too."

"Thanks, Edward. So are we really going to the rec center?"

"Yeah, let's go."

We got there and had fun. We played pool and of course I lost. We next switched to darts, which I was glad that I won. It was nice just to relax and have fun. For once my mind was not on any problem that was going on.

After we sat down and had some hots dogs and fries. We talked about our families, school, what we playing on doing after, music, and movies.

"I'm totally upset about Catching Fire," he said smiling.

"I've actually never seen the movie," I said.

"Seriously? You've seen Hunger Games though, right?"

I shook my head.

"You like to read though. Did you at least read the books?"

I smiled and shook my head again.

"What!? I can't believe that. Usually girls like that kind of stuff. I know Myra does."

I looked up at him. If I didn't know better, at that moment he was thinking about Myra and had the hugest smile on his face because of her.

"It's one of her top favorites. She likes the Harry Potter series. We started reading that together when we were younger. She loves Anne of Green Gables. But Hunger Games is her top favorite." The smile returned.

I threw a fry at him to wake him up.

"What was that for?"

"Talking about someone special to you," I teased. He shook his head and tried to suppress his smile. I thought I have a little fun. "She talks about you too."

"Really," he practically jumped out of his chair.

I tried to hold back my laughter. He sunk back down in his chair.

"That's not really nice, Alex."

"Well, payback for making us think you all didn't make the football team, which by the way she," I said emphasizing Myra and winked my eye. "Spoke very highly of you, of course the rest of the defense too. But I saw the same smile on her face that you have on yours right now."

"I'm sorry. I'm supposed to be spending time with you and here I am thinking about another girl."

"This wasn't a date Edward," I said to which he started to laugh too.

"It's so much easier to talk to you. I just feel like I'm going to say something stupid to her. We used to be so close before. I could tell her just about anything. Do silly stuff too. I just miss all of that. I can't really talk to her, talk to her."

"She said the same thing. And no, I'm not playing about that." He was quiet and played with a fry, squeezing it thing. "I'm assuming you don't really tell the guys about this."

"Why would I? Big defensive tackle like me rendered speechless by some girl. I think I would get laughed at."

"Just talk to her. She misses those good old days too."

"I don't know." He got quiet again.

"Well, if this date," I said putting quotes into the air. "Isn't going anywhere, then perhaps you should walk me back to my room now," I teased.

"Sorry, I just..." he paused and then his smiled brightened as he turned to look at me.

"You are the second person to do that to me in two days. Whatever you're thinking in that little head of yours needs to stop right now," I commanded.

His smile widened. I felt a little nervous. "I'll talk to Myra more, if you talk to Eric more."

"No," I said still smiling.

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"Really Edward?"

"Just give the guy a chance. Peter likes him, I like him, Will likes him, and your brother likes him. Four tolerates him," he said with a small look of uneasiness.

"There's got to be a reason you all like him, right?"

"Right. And if you're wondering, no, he didn't send me here to talk to you." Edward leaned closer over the table. "Actually he would kill me if he found out that I did talk about him, especially to you, so..."

"I already forgot about it," I said smiling back at Edward. "You know what? I'll make that deal." He smiled. "But you really need to talk to Myra, Edward. You both miss each other. You're back in the same school together and you're just going to ignore her? Talk to her, please Edward. Trust me, you'll both be wondering why you didn't talk sooner."

"Alright," he said extending his hand, which I shook. "It's a deal then."

After we got back to the dorms, it was still rather early. I knew Will had come up to the room and was still there. After all it was Saturday night. I decided to walk with Edward up to the boys' level of dorm rooms. He dropped me by my brother's door and whispered to me good luck.

I stood there for a couple minutes, shuffling my feet, fiddling with my hair, and dusting off invisible dirt from my shirt or my jeans until my phone beeped.

Just get in there already - Edward

I turned to look down the hallway to see Edward laughing at me. I shook my head and smiled. I raised my hand to knock, but it was no use. I couldn't bring myself to knock on the door.

"Oh my," said Edward. "Knock on his door already," he walked in front of me, knocked on the door and then ran down the hall back to his room.

"Wuss," I screamed after him.

I turned back to look in the doorway and found a shirtless Eric with that stupid smirk of his.