I'm sorry for taking this long to update this story! I have some new music that I've been dying to use as inspiration to write more so hopefully I'll be able to write some more.
I don't own anything related to the Divergent trilogy only my own characters and some major writer's block.
Ramona traced the smooth, pink scar on her palm. It had been close to four weeks since she had gotten her stitches out and the wound had healed nicely. When she went to Jeanine's office to have her remove them she had been sent directly to another Erudite. After that she only saw Jeanine a handful of times and when she saw her the older Erudite would hardly look at her.
"So this is what little Ramona Mason does all day? Sits around playing secretary while everyone else has a real purpose. I'm sure Red and Freya are very proud." The sound of his voice sent a cold chill down her spine. "But then again, we all knew the Mason's were worthless."
Ramona looked up and was greeted with the cruel smirk of Eric. "I thought I heard a lapdog barking around. Good to see that Max let you off the leash to get some fresh air." She gave him a little smile.
"You know I saw the little Mason runt running around a few nights ago. What's his name again? Kip? Kurt? Kit, that's it. Always playing jokes on the older Dauntless. It would be a shame if he got too close to the chasm, think about what happened to poor George."
Ramona stood up so abruptly that her entire desk shook. "You go near my family and that'll be the last thing you do."
Eric laughed. "What are you going to do Mason? You've been stuck in Erudite and we all know you were never Dauntless as a child. Your brother is better off taking a dive in the chasm."
She was over the desk and tackling him down before he finished his sentence. They were a tangle of legs and arms, fists flying and hitting their mark. Ramona felt a pair of strong arms pull her off Eric's body and thrashed in the hold.
"Let me go!" She watched as two Erudite guards kept a firm grasp over Eric's arms. His nose and lip bloody.
"Enough." The voice carried through the room and caused both Eric and Ramona to stop moving. Jeanine watched them both with annoyed looks. "What is this? We're not in your faction Eric, we don't resort to violence here."
"I didn't start this. Your little assistant attacked me." He shook off the guards.
Jeanine scoffed. "I didn't ask." She skimmed over Ramona's body to check her injuries. "Now, what is it you want?"
He squared his shoulders. "Max wants a meeting. Tomorrow in Dauntless headquarters."
"Next week is the earliest I can- "
"Tomorrow. Or we go public with our information." Eric smirked.
Jeanine's gray eyes widened slightly. "Fine. I will be there." She looked at her guards. "Escort him out." They nodded and walked him out.
"Miss Matthews, I am so sorry about causing a scene. I will understand if you want to fire.." Her words died on her lips as Jeanine put her hand up.
"I don't care about that, I'm sure he had it coming." She motioned Ramona to follow her into her office. "You know where the bathroom is." Jeanine went back to her desk and took her glasses from the desk.
She found Ramona sitting on the edge of her sink with a worried look. Jeanine lifted Ramona's chin to meet her eyes. Her blue-brown eyes watering. "What did he say?" Ramona tried to look down again but Jeanine's fingers tightened their hold on her chin. "Please."
She took a deep breath and tear slid down her bruising cheek. "He threatened my brother." Ramona sniffled. "He's only a child. He can't defend himself."
Jeanine couldn't help the pull she felt in her heart and wrapped her arms around Ramona's frame. She let the younger Erudite cry into her shoulder, not caring about the growing wet spot forming on her shirt.
When her cries died down she pushed away from Jeanine and tried to wipe at her tears. She grazed the cut above her eye and her bruised cheek and winced. "I'm sorry. That was inappropriate."
Jeanine pushed Ramona's dark hair away from her wet cheeks. Something flashed in her eyes, a flicker of emotion and she pulled the young woman to her. Lips crashed together and hands tightened their hold.
The kiss was anything but sweet, their teeth clashing and tongues touching. Ramona pulled away. "Wait."
Jeanine's smirk reappeared. "That was inappropriate." She kissed Ramona's lips once more and then pulled away. Her thumb grazed Ramona's red and kiss swollen lips. "I should get you cleaned up and sent home for the day."
Ramona could only nod. She watched Jeanine rummage through her cupboard and take out supplies. Jeanine ran a hand towel under warm water and wiped at the blood from her nose, split lip and around her eye.
"The good news is that this won't need stitches, just some ice and pain killers. It'll be bruised for a while." Her fingers lingered on her cheek.
Ramona took the wet cloth from her hands and gently wiped Jeanine's cheek. "You had some blood smudged on your cheek." She felt a sense of pride as Jeanine's face flushed red. "Now, what was the bad news?"
Jeanine smiled. "You and I will be visiting Dauntless headquarters tomorrow. I need you at my side."
"As long as Eric stays away from my family I will play nice." Ramona slid off the counter and stood there awkwardly. "I should go now."
The older Erudite smirked before pulling her for a searing kiss. "Good night, Ramona." The younger woman smiled and turned to leave, Jeanine following her out of the bathroom.
Before she left the office Jeanine called out her name, Ramona turned around. "Eric won't touch your family. I'll make sure of that."
"You don't know Eric the way I do."
"I know more than you think. Besides, you're mine and I take care of what is mine." The look in Jeanine's eyes made Ramona shiver.
When Jeanine was sure that the young Erudite had left she lifted her fingers to her lips. She could still remember the softness of Ramona's lips against hers despite the harsh kiss. She could still taste the coppery taste from blood mixed with saltiness of tears.
Jeanine tried hard to keep Ramona away the last few weeks but something had snapped inside of her at the sight of the girl crying. Her stomach had clenched when she looked into sad, watery eyes that she did the only thing she could think of. As soon as their lips had met she couldn't control herself and if Ramona hadn't pulled away she would have taken the girl right there.
Jane had quit after that night and she hadn't had a release since then. She was desperate for contact. Every day her desire to have Ramona grew and today she had gotten a small taste of her. She didn't want to admit it but she wanted more, needed it, craved it.
Perhaps having her in bed would make it easier to confirm her divergent status. She would have a test subject that was loyal and willing to comply with tests. She could be the subject she had been searching for all this time.
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As soon as Remy saw her face she erupted with anger. Anger at Eric for his actions and anger at her for resorting to violence.
"You could've been fire Mona. I honestly don't see how you still have a job." Remy pressed the ice pack harder on her cheek. Ramona hissed at the pressure. "Oh shut up."
"But I wasn't fired. I apologized for my actions and Miss Matthews accepted it." Ramona pushed Remy's hands away. "I couldn't just stand there while he was threatening Kit. I had to protect my family."
Remy ran a hand through her long blonde locks. "Well, I hope you have enough common sense to not repeat your actions tomorrow."
"I won't. At least not all my actions."
Remy noticed the dreamy smile. "What was that?" Ramona shook her head and grumbled. "Don't test me, Mason. What was that? What actions are you repeating tomorrow?"
Ramona sighed. "Jeanine kissed me." She nearly lost it when Remy's blue eyes widened to the size of saucers.
"What? When did this happen?"
"After the whole Eric dilemma. She took me to her private bathroom to clean me up and I cried on her like a child. It was really sweet. She held me the whole time - "
Remy waved her hands around. "Yeah, I don't care about that give me the details."
"She just pulled me into this really harsh kiss and I thought I was dying. I pulled away and told her to wait and she gave me the most tender kiss. Then she cleaned me up, kissed me again and sent me on my way."
"That's it?" Remy huffed. "Seriously?"
Ramona almost nodded but then shook her head. "She also said that Eric wouldn't touch my family, that she would make sure of that. That I was hers and she protected what was hers."
"That doesn't sound territorial at all. I think it's safe to say that Matthews definitely has the hots for you." She snatched the ice pack from her hands and threw it in the freezer. "I would watch out for that Mona. People like that always have something to hide."
Ramona watched the retreating form of her best friend in a daze. The memories of that kiss still playing in her head.
That's about it. I took a while to post it because I originally had a completely different version ready to upload but something didn't feel right about it. So I wrote another chapter and I'm semi happy about it. Anyway, more will be coming.