Siam and Eric hung out a little more after the hookup, but at first they couldn't really hang out for more than twenty minutes. They usually ended up bickering and arguing because Eric was such a huge asshole. Tori teased her mercilessly about how all the previous fighting with Eric was just her "pulling his pigtails" and she rolled her eyes, but smiled shyly. That's how she knew something was changing, Siam did not do shy.

Soon the time that they could spend together extended. Siam learned to curb Eric's nasty behavior with curt words and curses. Eric snapped, bitched and moaned and Siam would tell him to shut the fuck up and he would glare at her, but bite his lip and keep quiet. At first she didn't think it would work, but Eric surprisingly kept quiet after being snapped at.

Siam soon learned exactly why Eric kept quiet. At the end of a week of Siam bossing Eric around, he pushed her against one of the tunnel walls and growled into her mouth. "You gonna boss me around all the time?" He asked.

"You want me to?" She wondered, raising an interested eyebrow.

"What if I do?" He questioned.

"Well, you're gonna have ask me a little nicer." She purred, grabbing his collar.

Siam walked out of the shower, humming. "I was scared of dentists and the dark.

I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations. Oh, all my friends are turning green

You're the magician's assistant in their dreams."

She swung her hips slowly and turned slowly. "Lady, running down to the riptide.

Taken away to the dark side."

She clapped rhythmically and raised her hands above her before head slowly waving them around her. She took off her shower cap and untangled her braids. "I love you when you're singing that song and I got a lump in my throat because you're gonna sing the words wrong."

She walked to her dresser, pulled out a tank top, shorts and a pair of underwear. She shimmied into her underwear and shorts and pulled her tank top over her head. "This cowboy's running from the south and she's been living on the highest shelf."

She turned around and saw Eric standing there, arms crossed and a smirk on his face. Siam almost screamed, instead letting out a small hiccup. "Eric, you scared the hell out of me!" She scolded, crossing her arms.

"I didn't want to interrupt your singing," He teased.

"Shut up," She ordered, rolling her eyes.

Eric walked closer to her and put his hand on one of her hips. "I didn't know you could sing," He murmured quietly.

"Yeah, we did it a lot in my old faction," She admitted, surprised she even told him.

He raised an eyebrow at her and asked, "You were a transfer? I thought for sure you were Dauntless-born."

She shrugged nonchalantly. "I came from Amity," She responded.

"Amity? Really? Wow, that's surprising."

Siam rolled her eyes, but didn't respond. She really didn't like talking about her old faction. "What was it like? Did you all sit in a circle singing songs?"

"Nah."

"Really? I've heard Amity is made up of a bunch of tree-hugging hippies."

"Well, it's not and seeing as how you've never spent time there, I want you to keep ya' mouth shut."

Eric raised an eyebrow at her and she looked right back at him, crossing his arms and daring him to argue. He raised his hands in surrender and she rolled her eyes. "Didn't think you'd get so offended."

"I did grow up there, honey. I spent sixteen years there and just because I left doesn't mean I wanna hear some stuffy know-it-all tell me about my old faction."

"Stuffy know-it-all?"

"Doesn't feel as good, does it?"

He laughed at her and she smiled. "So why'd you leave?"

"I didn't like the whole peace thing."

He raised an eyebrow at the vague answer and she shrugged. "That's it? Come on, there's something you're not telling me."

"That's pretty much it. They were always telling me that I needed to be less loud, less aggressive, less everything. I got tired of them telling me who I needed to be, what to do or how to act. So I left."

Eric looked at her with something akin to pity and she glared at him. "Don't look at me like that. Jeez, I knew I shouldn't have told you the reason."

She whistled and Ruby looked up from her spot on Siam's bed and trotted towards her. Ruby butted her head against her hand and she patted her head softly. "I didn't mean to piss you off. It must've sucked to have to live through that for so long."

She eyed him warily and nodded. He moved closer towards her, letting Ruby sniff him for a second, and then wrapped his hands around her waist. While they stood there for a moment, Siam realized that she was completely and utterly fucked.

It's not like Siam forgets the situation she was in when it came to being with Eric. He's connected to Jeanine, she knew that. But she also knew that he almost cried when he thought something happened to Ruby on one of her patrols. He threatened to shoot her if she told anyone afterwards, but she didn't really take him seriously. Eric was Erudite through and through and while Siam really likes him, she also knows that telling him too much would be dangerous. Siam hasn't forgotten, but she's become relaxed and comfortable.

When Tori tells her that there's a new transfer who is Divergent, she sighs and agrees to watch over her. The mention of another Divergent initiate rattles her. She can't sit next to Eric without thinking about how he came from a faction that's determined to kill people like her. She can't stop thinking about how they hunt down people who are Divergent just because Jeanine tells them; because they "threaten the system." It gets worse when Eric starts visiting Erudite with Max more often. He never tells her what they discuss with Jeanine and she never asks. Instead, she tries to focus on watching Tris, the girl Tori told her about. She gets up from the bed slowly, hoping not to wake up Eric. The initiates came in a few days ago and Siam has already been putting off seeing her.

The transfers talk and those who are Dauntless-born have most likely already blabbed about what a hard ass Eric is. Siam's convinced that even if they didn't, Eric's probably already made an ass out of himself. Tris doesn't make it easy. She's nervous when Siam comes around and asks to speak to her and it's obvious that the transfers have also mentioned Eric's relationship with her. When Siam asks to speak to Tris on Tori's behalf, another girl gives them a weird look. "What's going on?"

Tris shrugs nonchalantly even though Siam is sure that the mention of Tori clears up exactly why Siam wanted to talk to her. The girl seems dissatisfied and doesn't have a problem saying so. "Where are you guys going?" She asks. "How do you guys even know each other?"

Siam can tell that she's going to like this girl. "I wanted to meet the Stiff who actually had the guts to transfer to Dauntless," She explains unconvincingly.

The girl eyes her for a second and scoffs. "It's obvious you weren't a Candor transfer."

"You're right, I wasn't. I'm a Dauntless member. Which is why I don't have to tell you the truth right now. My business is my business and you should remember that if you want to make it here, initiate."

Siam smiles at her brightly and the girl remains quiet. "Good."
When they get back to the tattoo parlor Siam leads Tris into Tori's office. Tori nods at Siam and she rolls her eyes. Tori gives Tris the usual talk about being discreet and not making a commotion unless she wanted to end up dead. Tris looks scared which is a good thing. If she's scared, she's less likely to act out and get herself noticed. "Siam will try and help you when she can," Tori tells her.

"Why can't you?" Tris wonders, eyes darting to Siam quickly. "No offense."

Siam just shrugs and Tori sighs. "I'm already under suspicion and being seen with me would do more harm than good."

Tris nods and when they're finished, Siam agrees to walk her back. "If that nosy friend of your's asks, tell her that I wanted to make sure you weren't being harassed by the other transfers," Siam orders.

"She's going to ask why you would care," Tris points out.

Siam sighs and rubs the bridge of her nose. "Tell her it's because you came from Abnegation and I came from Amity and since those are the two factions no one expects people to transfer from I know that some people are gonna give you trouble," Siam explains.

"You came from Amity?" She asks, surprised.

"Yeah, why?"

"It's just- some of the Dauntless born initiates were saying that we're lucky that you're not training us this year and that they'd deal with Four and Eric any day."

"And you wouldn't expect an Amity transfer to be so- what? Scary?"

"Pretty much."

Siam can't resist watching the initiates train. She goes towards the end of a fight between two guys. On the chalkboard are two names, Al and Will. The bigger guy is built like a brick wall, but his punches are hesitant and uncoordinated. If he actually knew how to use his strength, the pale haired boy would be out like a light. The two stop fighting for a moment and throw a cautious look at Four. Eric scoffs and calls out, "Do you think this is a leisure activity? Should we break for nap-time? Fight each other!"

Siam can't resist a small snort and Eric looks back at her and grins. The bigger boy asks when the fight should end and Eric starts spewing about how "a brave man never surrenders." Four and Eric stare at each other for a few seconds and Siam rolls her eyes at them. Eric has more power than Four in this situation so the two continue to fight. The two begin to fight seriously until the large boy punches the other in the jaw, knocking him out. The boy taps the other's jaw and when he doesn't respond, Eric orders him to be taken away. Four circles the name Al, who must be the bigger boy, and the two carry the other boy out the arena. Tris' friend and another burly girl step into the arena when their names are called. Tris' friend kicks the other girl in the side and she grits her teeth, looking very much like a bear. The other girl pins Tris' friend to the mattress and Siam becomes a little bored by the fight. She forgot how bad transfers fought. She leans back and zones out a little and only focuses when Tris' friend calls out a few minutes later. Siam sits up when she sees the cruel glint in Eric's eyes. "I'm sorry," Eric says, alerting Siam that he's up to something. "What did you say? You're done?"

The girl's nose is bleeding when she nods and Eric glares down at her. "Get up," He says quietly.

Eric's voice is calm with an underlying coldness as he looks down at the girl. Siam watches as he pulls on her arm and drags her out of the arena. "Follow me," He orders the other initiates.

Siam gets up eagerly and follows the crowd of initiates. He leads them to the pit and she can't help but wonder where he's going with this. Eric's hand is on the girl's side and she narrows her eyes at him. He speaks to her in hushed tones and she can hear her reassuring Eric that she's okay. His hand moves around her waist and Siam crosses her arms. He quickly knocks the girl off balance and dangles her over the edge of the railing. She grabs onto the edge of the railing with her free hand and Eric lets go of the other. "If you can hang over the chasm for five minutes, I'll forget your cowardice. If you can't, I won't allow you to continue," He tells her quietly.

Siam watches as the girl grunts and grips the railing. The boy, Al, sets his watch timer. Water rushes behind her, hitting her back and wetting her hands. The girl's grip falters for a second and she cries out. Siam watches behind the initiates as the girl struggles to grab the railing more securely now that her hands are wet. Tris encourages the girl, telling her that there's only a minute left. Another wave of water crashes into her and both her hands slip a bit, drawing a scream from Tris that's overshadowed by the sound of the waves. The girl doesn't fall though and she grips the railing, her head barely visible. "Five minutes are up," Al practically hisses at Eric.

Eric slowly checks his wrist and nods. "Fine. You can come up, Christina," He agrees.

After arguing with Eric about helping Christina, Al helps her up. Tris rushes forward to help and Siam looks at Eric. He smirks at her and she glares at him, flipping him the bird.

A/N: We're not big fans of author notes but, thank you all for reading, following, reviewing etc. Shoutout to that anon that has been reviewing. We see em' and we love them! Don't be shy, we don't bite LMAO. as y'all can probably tell, we update wednesdays, and most of this story is written already so :) have a nice one y'all.