Two things...

1) In no way do I condone domestic violence or abuse of any kind. If you or someone you know is going through that, please seek help immediately!

2) I also don't like it when people get drunk all the time. The occasional drink to relax and socialize with friends, I understand. But a lot of times, people use that as an excuse to behave improperly, which I feel isn't right. Some of that fun does go overboard and people do get carried away. If you or someone you know is suffering from a drinking problem, then please seek help immediately!

For those of you wondering about the story plot:

I just want to apologize right now. Eric POV is going to be gone for a while. He'll come back in a couple chapters or so. Sorry. But don't worry, you are going to love it when he returns. The chapters are getting longer, but I will make the next few ones after this shorter. That is until Eric POV comes back!

Once again. I do not own Divergent or any characters/places/names/etc. associated with the trilogy. Everything belongs to Veronica Roth. (EXCEPT Aidan and Alex Kent) Props to the Fast & Furious character names who occasionally make a cameo in the story.

ALEX

Last night I stayed in Aidan's room until almost 1 in the morning. It was actually a huge relief for both of us to get everything out in the open. Sometime about 9:30, Eric came back to their room from dinner and joined us in reminiscing about all the stupid things that Aidan and I used to do when we were younger. I didn't get to tell Aidan about Eric sleeping over, but after last night it wasn't that I felt every wall between us fell, but it most certainly was breakable.

Principal Phifer said that he would allow me to cheer at this week's game tomorrow, which would be my first home game. I would still be on curfew though for the third and final week. Also, there would be no cleaning on anymore bathrooms. Thank God! Tryouts at volleyball were going totally awesome. Lauren told me in PE that she felt there was a 100% chance that I was going to make the team. Aidan and I didn't work everything out in one night, but we were definitely heading in the right direction. And to think, the person I had to thank for that, was someone who I totally disliked earlier this year. Eric noticed that extra bounce in my step tonight as we left from working on our Psych project in the library .

"You and your brother seemed really happy last night," he said.

"Yeah, we were crying before you came in," I replied.

"He told me you folks were crying," Eric said trying to hold back laughter.

"It's not funny that we were crying."

"No, that's not why I was going to laugh."

"Then what?"

"After he told me about you folks crying, he asked if I slept in your room," Eric said while chuckling. I stopped dead in my tracks. Oh my god, what did Eric say?

"I told him to ask you," he stated while stopping to turn and look at me.

"So I still have to have that talk with him?" Eric looked at me confused. "He asked me that too, but we got caught up in him answering my questions, that I thought I wouldn't have to bring it up." Eric started to laugh. "It's not funny!" I pushed him and he stumbled a couple steps.

"I mean I know we sort of aired out a lot of things, but he is still my older brother. And after I heard him speak about Cara, I highly doubt he'll take to it that one of his friends slept in his sister's bed."

"He told you about Cara?" I nodded my head. "You two really did air out a lot of things, huh?"

We finally reached the floor that my room was on. Right as I turned the door knob to open it, I heard a giggle come from in the room. I stopped and pressed my ear towards the door. Christina didn't tell me that Will was coming over, but there the two of them were, in my room.

"What's wrong?" I moved my head from the door and turned to look at Eric.

"Will is over," I said as I nodded towards the door.

"Not for long," Eric said shaking his head. He then turned the door knob to open the door and walked straight in.

"Let's go Turner. Kent wants her room back." He pulled Will off of Christina and thankfully they both still had clothes on. Christina looked pissed.

"You didn't tell me Will was coming over," I said giving her an apologetic look. "I wouldn't have came back. But's it's already late and I sort of still have curfew."

"Well, you didn't tell me you were bringing Eric over," she replied sarcastically.

"Wouldn't be the first time, either," said Will trying to get his books into his backpack.

"That's right Will. I wonder," Christina said tapping her finger on her chin. "Does Aidan know that Eric slept over here?" Will started to laugh. Eric looked at me. Oh crap! Christina stood up from her bed and began to walk towards the door.

"Wait!" I stepped out in front of her. I knew she was going to tell Aidan. I bolted for the door, trying to get to it faster than her. We both collided in the doorway. This time Eric and Will were both laughing. I got up quickly, but she grabbed my ankle and I fell in the hallway. I turned back to look at her.

"Wait, Christina." I said holding up my hands. "I'm going to tell him, I just want to be sure of something first."

"Be sure of what," she asked looking at me accusatory. I looked back in the room and Will and Eric were sitting down, so they wouldn't hear. Just to be safe, I offered her my hand, got up, and walked a couple feet away from the door.

"I want to be sure of how I feel about Eric, before I tell Aidan."

I was glad to be back with the squad for the game. Before the game started, I was wishing Aidan good luck by the locker room. After he left, Eric came by and I gave him a kiss on the cheek. He smiled and kissed me on the forehead. We stayed like that for a while, his lips still on my forehead. I wanted a different kiss from him, but these kisses felt so much more intimate, real, and important. It was like there was so much meaning behind it. We no longer had to say anything, but we both knew what the other was thinking.

Christina noticed the kiss and waved her pompom in my face, once the guys had ran out on the field.

"I'm pretty sure you know how you feel, you're just in denial."

Which was probably true. I totally didn't want to admit it. To me, once I admitted that I liked Eric, I was setting myself up for heartbreak. I tried so hard not to believe all the stuff I heard about him. I mean after all, he said that that wasn't the real him last year. And he really was acting so different with me, like I was important.

I just noticed during half time that Rachel and Tara were not with us. Marlene said that last week they caused a whole lot more trouble than they were worth, so Shauna had to cut them from the squad. At last week's game Rachel was drunk and Tara had been high during practices. During one of the practices, both of them took out Christina's uniform and her clothes and threw it inside the toilet. Rachel teamed up with her posse and were sending threats to Jennifer, another cheer leader who was going out with Nicholas, one of the guys on the football team. (Congrats. I heard Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to Nicholas Hoult. If that's a rumor, then I'm sorry.) Because of all of that, Shauna had to do what a captain does and was now looking for two new cheerers. So before the third quarter started, I called Myra down and Mia had called her friend Giselle to introduce to Shauna.

The team won and of course Zeke and Uriah just had to throw another party. But this time, they wanted to leave the party on the football field.

"You know they lock the gates up after everyone leaves," said Marlene.

"But I found a way around it," said Uriah throwing his arm around Marlene. They were staring at each other for a little too long, until Al came up and dumped some water from their water cooler on top of Uriah.

"Cool it down you two," joked Al. Marlene was mad, but Uriah just turned around to throw water bottles at Al.

"Can you stay for the party," asked Peter.

"Yeah, now I only have curfew during the weekdays and it's only for next week," I answered.

"Great," screeched Christina. "We can totally celebrate tonight!"

"So we're not going to celebrate together," asked Will trying to sound sad.

"Oh, of course we are, baby!" Christina ran away from me and into Will's arms.

"We rather not hear about the two of you celebrating, thank you," said Lauren. Christina turned around and stuck her tongue out at Lauren.

For some reason, Uriah was able to pull off throwing a party at our football field. Zeke, Four, and Eric broke into the announcer's booth and rearranged the PA system to play music. Four, Tris, Shauna, Zeke, Brian, and Mia sort of set up in there to play DJ and watch out for any teachers. Eric came down to sit with me and Aidan, outside the announcer's booth. This was only the third party I came to, but it seemed like every one was different from the last.

Edward, Uriah, Drew, and Peter got drunk really fast. Aidan yelled something in the booth and Zeke turned the playlist to the next song which was "Sexy and I Know It", by LMFAO. Almost immediately the four of them were running and dancing like crazy. Peter and Edward started to climb the goal post and were dancing and shouting on there. Uriah ran around the bleachers doing weird dance moves screaming "This is my song!" and then there was a part of the song the guy starts singing "wiggle, wiggle, wiggle," and the four of them came back together and started stripping in front of the announcer's booth. Unfortunately that's exactly where me, Aidan, Eric, and a few other guys from the football team were sitting.

"No one's going to stop them," I asked trying to hold back my laughter.

"No way," yelled Roman.

"That's what happens when you get drunk," shouted Justin. I looked down at the beer bottle Aidan gave me. It was my third beer.

"You're going to stop me before I start acting stupid, right," I said turning to Aidan.

"Hhmm," he pretended to think about it.

"Aidan," I screamed.

"Of course, Sis. Don't worry, I'll make sure you get back to your room in one piece." He then leaned in closer and whispered. "If not, I'm pretty sure my roommate wouldn't mind making sure you're okay." I snapped my head back and looked at him shocked.

"We still need to talk about that, don't we?"

"Yes, we do," he answered and then turned back to the show going on in front of us.

Despite them being drunk, I couldn't resist but end up dancing when they asked me to. I danced a couple times with Edward, once with Uriah, until I decided to grab Marlene and pull them together. Sometime after that the sprinklers came on and people got even more crazy. There was a small patch of mud on one corner of the field and for some reason, Lauren thought it would be a good idea to wrestle in it. Deena and Jessie, a couple girls on the volleyball team, and I decided to join her. We ended up throwing mud at everyone else, too. After that I danced a few more times, once with Dominic and twice with Trick. The last song that I danced just happened to be with Eric and it was a slow song.

"Eric," called out Aidan when me and Eric were dancing. He pointed to something I couldn't see. Eric nodded at him, took my hand, and pulled me away from the crowd.

"What's going on?" Eric didn't answer me. I took out my phone and saw that it was 1 in the morning. I was surprised that no teachers caught us yet. Eric and I rounded a corner and he opened what looked like an electric box. Once it was opened, he flipped a few switches. Everything went dark. I heard all the boys shouting Hootie Hoo and I could tell people were running away from the field. (Got it from the movie "Neighbors" with Seth Rogen and Zac Efron. Funny movie! Well, at least I thought it was.)

"Principal Phifer, all the coaches, and campus security is on their way," Eric whispered into my ear. I couldn't see exactly where he was standing, but I could tell that he was really close. "Even though you don't have curfew, you could still get into a whole lot of trouble, since you're still on restriction." I felt his hand grab mine again. let him lead me away from the field.

"Everybody else could get in trouble, too." I said trying to stop us, thinking about Aidan.

"Why do you think I turned off the lights and Four and Zeke started shouting? They can't catch anyone they can't find." I couldn't help but wonder, how many times Aidan them narrowly escaped being caught.

I held onto Eric's hand tighter as he led me back to the dorm room building. Instead of walking me back to my room, we ended up walking up to the roof. Once up there, he released my hand.

"Stay right here," he said and then walked over to the edge of the rooftop and looked out into the darkness. After a few minutes, he smiled and stepped away. "Looks like everyone got away safely."

Eric walked back over to me, licked his finger, and tried to wipe away the dry mud that was on my forehead. I knew exactly why too. Once it was clean, he smiled slightly and kissed my forehead.

"You're okay, now." I felt his lips mumble against my forehead. I couldn't help it. I wrapped my arms around him and pressed myself into his chest. His hands started to rub my back. We stayed like this for a while until he decided to break the silence.

"Alex," he whispered in my hair. I pulled back and looked up at him. He stroked my cheek and started to lean in, as if to kiss me. Finally, I thought to myself. I closed my eyes and leaned in too.

"I'm alive," someone shouted. Nope, I guess it wasn't going to happen. I turned my head to see Uriah and a whole bunch of our friends coming out on the roof. I let out a deep sigh of frustration as Eric released me. Eric turned away and kicked the rocks on the ground, obviously furious. This was the third time, I thought to myself. The third damn time we got interrupted from kissing one another.

"I'm alive," Uriah shouted again as if he was Dr. Frankenstein.

"Not for long, Pedrad. I swear I could kill you right now," said Eric irritated.

"What did I do? I didn't call campus security."

"I don't think that's what he was talking about," said Peter, motioning to me.

"Did we interrupt something," teased Lauren who came by me and nudged my shoulder. Peter started to make kissing noises until Eric turned to glare at him.

I wanted to tell Lauren that they did. But then that would be admitting that I liked Eric. I mean I did, right? And that kiss! I swear it was like we were cursed. You know that saying third time's a charm. That just wasn't the case with Eric and I. Then I was thinking about three strikes and you're out. Would that apply to us? Was this kiss just absolutely not going to happen?

I stayed up there with Lauren, Shauna, and Tris until I saw that Aidan got away safely, too. He was one of the last people to come up. He, Dominic, Roman, and Brian created another diversion so no one else would get caught. Zeke claimed that it was only 1:30 and that they could still continue the party up here, which they did. I told Aidan, I was going to head back down. He asked to walk me, but I told him I could manage. Right as I walked into the stairway, I felt Eric pull me back.

"Not going to say bye?"

I smiled and he pulled me into his arms.

"Bye," I whispered in his chest. He pulled me back and kissed my forehead.

"I'll see you tomorrow," he replied. With that I left the party and Eric and went back down to my room, wondering if fate was working against us.

Of course on Sunday they had an emergency assembly to determine who was responsible for the chaos on the football field. No one came forward though. Monday after classes, I did cheer practice, which Myra and Giselle attended. Shauna selected them to be the new members on the squad. After that I followed Lauren to volleyball tryouts.

"Alex," called out Tori. "I just need one more form. On here I need three teachers to sign, along with Sharon, your cheer coach, and of course Shauna."

"Sure. What's this for?"

"You and Lauren are the only ones on the volleyball team who are also cheering. I just need an okay for you to participate in both activities during the same season."

"Wait, did you just say on the team?"

"Yes, I did. Congratulations Kent, you made the team." I ran up to her and hugged her. She seemed a bit shocked.

"I'm sorry," I said as I pulled back. "Sorry, I'm just really excited."

"Of course. I still have a few more positions to fill, but you're our starting setter."

"Starting?"

"Yes, see you here Wednesday, we got do some fine tuning before our pre-season opener this Saturday."

I thanked her and ran out of the gym to find Aidan. He was just finishing up practice. Apparently, their coach figured that some of them had something to do with the party and had them run extra laps, hoping that they would give up who was there. Smart move. Unfortunately for him, the whole team was at the party.

The second I saw Aidan, I didn't care that he was still sweating and in his football gear. I ran up to him and jumped up into a hug.

"I'm happy to see you happy," he said pulling away. "But a little explanation might be nice." We both started to laugh.

"Sorry, I just found out that I made the volleyball team. And I'm a starter!"

"Alright!" Aidan pulled me in for another hug. "I'm so proud of you, Alex. Although I could kind of tell you were going to get on the team," he teased as he let me go. "You know what this means?" I smiled and look at him expectantly. "PARTY ON THE ROOFTOP!" I nodded and then hurried off to find some of the girls.