I walk back to Erudite headquarters in a hurry. I had to leave. Now.

"Peter!" The man called, racing up to me. I only walk faster. I needed to leave.

"Get away from me!" I yell, running to the Erudite compound.

The compound is far, I didn't realize how long we had walked.

"Peter!" He calls again, chasing after me. "You don't plan on telling anybody what I did, right?"

I shake my head. I wouldn't dare. He would tell that I killed Eric, and I would be in deep trouble.

As if I needed anymore strikes.

I ran to the compound, and sped up. I was nowhere near close, but I needed to keep going.

"Peter!" He calls once again, and I get annoyed. "Wait, please!"

I only run faster. I needed distance.

He breaths heavily behind me and I her him stop.

He has stopped following me.

I run the rest of the way.

Marlene.

Jacob.

Will.

They are all gone.

Not only because of the man, but because of me.

I am the reason that they are gone.

I feel a tear slide down my cheek as I remember Marlene's easy smile, Jacob's voice, and Will's...

Will's something.

I am now officially responsible for 4 deaths.

I wipe away the tear and continue running.

I am almost there.

When I am back at the Headquarters, I don't bother to check myself before entering.

Big mistake.

Everybody stares at my blue clothing, grass stained and dirty. I had tripped a few times on the way back. I head for the dorm, but somebody clears their throat. I turn to the direction it came from and feel my eyes go big. In the distance, I see Jeanine Matthews, staring back at me.

She holds up two fingers, and I gulp.

Strike. Two.

I wake up to a glare from a short-haired blonde woman.

Tris.

I wanted to groan, I was tired, honestly. But I figured that wouldn't be a good idea to do so, it would only upset her more.

I think of the time at Dauntless when I woke up and Tris was not laying next to me.

Yeah, I found a new and even worse way to wake up.

I sit up and look towards the window. The sun was high, shining brightly. Four should have woken us up already.

He did.

Nobody else was in the dorm.

The meeting earlier this morning had made me oversleep.

I don't hold back this time. I groan and sit in a slouched position.

Tris clears her throat and her glare softens, and she pulls a paper from under the pillow.

The paper from under the pillow.

I feel my pulse quicken when she tosses the paper onto my lap and folds her arms.

When she speaks, it is firm, and dangerous.

"Spill."

I do not want to upset her now. I would pay for it.

I gulp and unfold the paper.

On the track. 2:00 Come alone.

The same thing the last time I read it.

I could feel Tris's eyes on the back of my head as I re-read the note.

I wipe under my eye as I remember the events of earlier this morning.

I clear my throat before looking at her to respond. "Just..some guy."

I look up from the note and at her.

She raises her eyebrows. "Guy, huh?"

I realize what she means.

She thinks that I met with a girl. She thinks that I am cheating on her.

I nod. "Yeah."

She gives me a look, and I know she wants me to explain.

I sigh. "He's Eric's brother." I reply. "He's also been...watching us."

She nods, urging me on.

Was I the only one who found that creepy?

"Basically," I begin. "He knows I killed Eric."

She puts a hand over her mouth.

"Did he threaten with it or something?" She asked, her glare replaced with a look of curiosity.

I shake my head. "He started the compound fire."

She looks at something in the air for a while, then nods.

She begins to get up, and stands up in front of her bunk.

The way she stands up and the way I am sitting down makes her seem taller than me. Me head reaches her waist; I could see her tattoo if it weren't blocked off by the light blue dress that she wore. I had to look up just to see her face. She put a hand on my shoulder and bent down to kiss my cheek.

Seconds later, she was out of the dorm, doing whatever she was assigned to do.

Clean the restroom, maybe.

Odd. How she acted.

I didn't bother to stand up. I was tired.

I hadn't gotten sleep all night.

I sighed as I laid back down and looked at the clock.

1:00.

Wow.

It was in the afternoon?

I needed to get some rest.

These thoughts run through my head as I drift of.

I am in the Dauntless compound.

The old design. The known one.

I sit next to Tris at a table, our hands joined.

Across from us is Marlene, Uriah, and Zeke.

Marlene.

She is the first person I notice.

She smiles at me, her cheeks flushed, her hair falling in waves over her shoulders, her eyes shining brightly in the light of the Pit.

She is alive. Happy.

I smile back at her, and she reaches for something on my plate. I am about to stop her, when suddenly, everything freezes.

She is gone.

I wake up with a gasp, and I feel moisture everywhere.

I cannot tell if it is sweat or tears.

A mixture.

I look outside. The sun is still up.

However, the clock reads something else.

4:53.

I have been asleep for three hours.

I quickly wipe the moisture on my face and sit up.

It was the first dream I had about Marlene ever since she passed.

I pull myself out of bed and head to the bathroom, helping to improve my appearance.

When I first see myself in the mirror, I stagger a bit.

I looked awful. My hair was disheveled, sticking out in odd places. My face was oily, wet from the mixture of tears and sweat. Under my eyes were purple bags, making me look as if I were squinting.

Why did Tris not tell me how horrible I looked?

I sighed and pushed a lock of hair behind my ear.

I did whatever I could to approve my appearance temporarily, and exited the restroom.

Then, I headed downstairs.

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It's alright, I've come prepared. *Pulls out notecards*

So basically, I had another idea for the same chapter but I still wanted to add it, so just consider this an alternate scene! Hope you enjoy!

I walk back to Erudite headquarters in a hurry. I had to leave. Now.

"Peter!" The man called, racing up to me. I only walk faster. I needed to leave.

"Get away from me!" I yell, running to the Erudite compound.

The compound is far, I didn't realize how long we had walked.

"Peter!" He calls again, chasing after me. "You don't plan on telling anybody what I did, right?"

I shake my head. I wouldn't dare. He would tell that I killed Eric, and I would be in deep trouble.

As if I needed anymore strikes.

I ran to the compound, and sped up. I was nowhere near close, but I needed to keep going.

"Peter!" He calls once again, and I get annoyed. "Wait, please!"

I only run faster. I needed distance.

And suddenly, something hard hits my head, and I am sure I see Tris before I black out.

It is dark, where ever I am.

Where am I, exactly?

Who knows.

All I see is darkness.

I hear rustling sounds, and the room that I am in smells of cleaning products and something else.

The dorm.

I am in the dorm.

I try to pick my lids up but they are heavy. Very heavy.

I try again. No such luck.

"I think he's waking up."

I hear a voice that I don't recognize.

I feel something familiar press against my lips.

Air.

No. Not air.

Tris just kissed me.

I feel her lips leave mine and I sigh.

When I do, my head thumps rapidly.

My eyes snap open, and I groan.

I am in a blue room, it smells similar to the dorm, but it is the same room I took the simulation in.

Lab C.

I shiver and clutch my pounding head.

Uriah and Lynn sit next to my bed, Tris on the other side, giving me a look I don't quite recognize.

Anger? Worry? Sadness?

Neither. I don't know.

Uriah puts a hand on my shoulder, and gives me a look of pity.

Why?

I don't know.

I look around the room more.

Was it all a simulation? Meeting Eric's brother, earning a strike? Visiting Dauntless?

I bit my bottom lip.

It was not a simulation. It was real. It had to be.

My head thumps more as I look around.

The pain in my head is so intense that I scream out.

Uriah looks startled and moves his hand. I clutched my head harder. I'm surprised I didn't suffer memory considering the amount of pain I'm in.

What happened? Why was I here?

Tris speaks up.

"I'm sorry, Pete."

Why?

I yelp again as my head thumps.

Lynn puts a hand over her mouth to hide her snicker, but I hear it clearly.

What was she laughing at?

Another thump.

I grit my teeth together.

Tris removes my hands from my head and I groan. She gently places her hand on my head and kisses me again.

"I'm really sorry, baby."

I shake my head, and when I do, I whimper.

"It's not your fault." I say, clutching her hand closer onto my forehead.

She bites her lip and looks at me.

Lynn snickers even more and clutches her stomach.

"Yeah...it kinda is."

I shake my head.

Abnegation.

"Really, Tris." I say, looking back at her.

Uriah nods at me and his look of pity is still there. "Yeah, it is."

I scoff. "Are you seriously blaming her?" I clutch her hand tighter as I speak.

The look Uriah gives me is completely serious.

Lynn's snickering becomes a laugh session.

Uriah continues. "No, she is literally the reason you're laying here."

I raise an eyebrow at him.

He clears his throat and speaks again. "Tris saw you leave the dorm and woke us both up to go after you." He says, trying to fight a smile. "We saw the note, too, if you were wondering." He snickers lightly. "You need a better hiding spot."

I sighed, making him continue.

"By the time we found you, a man was chasing you, yelling things at you." He shook his head. "We didn't know what to do. Tris grabbed a nearby heavy rock and swung at him...it ended up hitting you instead."

For the first time since I was struck, I laugh.

I had been knocked out by my girlfriend.

My head stings as I laugh, so I try to stop.

Tris gives me a look and strokes my hair. "You're not mad?"

I snicker and pull her hand off of my forehead to kiss it.

I am sure her question is answered because she smiles.

I laugh again and place her hand back on my head. "It's kind of funny, actually."

She strokes my hair gently again, soothingly; it calms the pounding in my head. I sigh and bit my lip.

"Oh Jeanine said we have another strike." Uriah says, scratching his hair.

I sigh.

Of course we did.

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