Authors Note: No matter how many time I wish upon a star: Eric will never ever belong to me. Nor will Tris and Eric be a couple.*sob*

Fanfiction is written for the Author's enjoyment. I write for my readers too but if you don't like the pairing please don't send me reviews or pms saying it sucks. I'm not forcing you to read it. You chose to read this and you can stop at any time. I'm all for constructive criticism or even idea's (you will be credited for giving me it) and I'm not a mean person I swear!

A big thank you to Acromania for helping my inspiration for this chapter. She may not be my beta reader but she is a wonderful person for a sounding board and letting me know if things work together.

Notes for My readers

All characters look like the movie version, and are now two years older. So Tris is 18, Four and Eric are 26.

Divergent belongs to Veronica Roth

OC's belong to me (Suzanne, Vivian, Hades, Ares)

Recognized Character's might be OOC at times (Just giving you fair warning!)

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Chapter 13

Tris and Eric fell into the house laughing, Eric holding Vivian in one arm and Tris in the other. Setting Vivian onto the floor and letting her take off her shoes on her own like she preferred to do it nowadays Eric pulled Tris closer and gently nuzzled her neck.

"Will you two be ok while I go shower?" Eric asked softly as Tris looked up at him shyly.

"Pity I can't join you" Tris teased making Eric moan low in his throat, his hands tightening on her waist just the slightest bit for her to feel just how much she affected him with a simple tease. Nuzzling her neck lightly, his lips brushing her skin slowly, he wasn't aware of Vivian glancing up at them, happy that her daddy liked Tris as much as she did.

"Don't tease me like that. Although if you really wanted to I could get my dad to come pick her up and watch her for a little while." Eric said lowly as he pulled back slightly to look at Tris's face.

"Maybe next time" Tris said smiling softly before she leaned up on her tip toes and kissed his cheek. She let her lips trail over to his ear enjoying his scent and his warm skin against hers. She bit his earlobe lightly making him shudder and his hands tighten on her waist before she kissed his neck gently.

"We'll be making breakfast" Tris said as she pulled away and took Vivian's hand Eric watching them go to the kitchen. Once they were out of sight Eric dropped his head back and groaned, his hand going through his hair and to his neck afterwards. As he made his way up the stairs he wondered what he did to deserve a woman like Tris in his life, kind and caring, beautiful and strong but such a tease when it came to them interacting. He smiled softly at this, hand rubbing the spot where she kissed him.

And as he sat down to enjoy the delicious breakfast his beloved daughter and the new woman in their life made he was sure he wouldn't let her go for anything, even if she teased him mercilessly or maybe it was just something that added up to the reasons to keep her with them.

The next few weeks carried on in the same pattern, Vivian growing more and more attached to her nanny and Eric was equally as attached to Tris. Their relationship hadn't progressed to actual kisses and even though he knew if anyone was aware of that they would tease him about being whipped he was more than ok with it. Tris was worth taking it slow.

They had been together for three weeks now when Tris invited them over to her parents' house for dinner. Eric found himself torn between looking forward to speak to her parents and getting to know them and being nervous out of his mind because Tris loved them so much and their opinion of him would make an impact on their growing relationship one way or another. He was just happy that on top of working, getting comfortable with Tris, being teased by her and worrying over the impending dinner Suzanne had been absent for the last couple of weeks and weekends.

Eric was grateful for that on more than one level because he feared that Suzanne would destroy the progress Vivian made, growing more confident and happy under Tris' careful and kind hands. He was happy that a woman like Tris took over a part of raising Vivian because he knew that he could only do so much but never replace a mother. And because he watched Vivian's development with a close and happy-glinting eye he wasn't surprised when Tris told him after only two weeks that Vivian may have made a friend in one of the other little girls at the park. It was a little too soon to tell, Tris said, but he was certain she was making a big impact in their lives – for the better.

Tris was nervous about Eric coming to her parent's house for dinner as well. She cleaned the house for the better part of the day and if she wasn't cooking she found herself searching for something else to dust off, replace with or right. She tried to find something to do to distract her from her nervousness that seemed to course through her whenever she thought of the man in her life and his daughter that she loved to bits coming over to her parents' house and even talking to her friends could only do so much and didn't stop her nerves. But when her laptop chimed up with an incoming call, her mouth pulled into a smile anyway because she knew who would call at this time of the day.

"How are my favorite idiots?" Tris asked as Hades and Ares appeared on the screen.

"We will be better in a couple months." Ares said coldly Hades rolling his eyes. Tris raised an eyebrow, the gesture enough to prompt a reply to her nonverbal question.

"We found out today that our father hasn't been ignoring us. Our mother has just made it really hard to contact us. Needless to say he works in Chicago at a school called Dauntless." Hades said, frown on his face and Ares huffed in anger.

"No way. You're coming here for the end of the school semester then?" Tris asked excitedly the twins looking at each other then back at her.

"How did you know?" They asked out of one mouth and Tris smiled at their behavior. She missed them dearly and calls could only do so much.

"Eric, the man I'm dating, is taking me that night. Remember, I told you about him and his daughter... I also sent you emails with pictures..." Tris said watching as Ares frowned.

"Clearly Ares's ex-girlfriend didn't like it and deleted them but I got them. Is your blonde friend, the one that shaves part of her hair off single? Maybe we can hook them up" Hades teased his brother making him blush. Tris chuckled and just knew that Ares would reciprocate his brother's teasing with a statement of his own.

"Well this little shit here finally came out of the closet as gay." Ares said messing up Hades already messy hair, making him blush now. Tris raised her eyebrows.

"About damn time." Tris said, voice playfully bored, making them laugh.

"As for Lynn she's still single. I got a friend named Will if you're interested, Hades" Tris teased them both watching them flush.

"Tris!" They whined together before wearing matching pouts.

"Beatrice? Are you dressed? There's a woman outside that wants to speak to you" Caleb said stepping into the room, his white shirt and blue tie neatly ironed.

"I'll be there in a moment. Thanks Caleb." Tris said giving her brother a smile. Nodding smartly at her he left the room as Tris looked back at the screen, rolling her eyes at his stuck up behavior.

"I'll talk to you two later. I have to go figure this out. Love you!" Tris said before blowing them both a kiss and turned off the call on Skype. Walking down the stairs she stepped into the living room and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw just who decided to pay her a visit. She took a deep breath, schooled her features and continued on into the living room.

"Suzanne" Tris said evenly as the other woman turned to face her. Suzanne's facial expression showed that she wanted to be anywhere else than here, the glint in her eyes contemptuous when she looked Tris up and down. She didn't bother to stand up to greet the younger woman and just raised an eyebrow.

"Beatrice Prior. It's taken a little while to get the information I wanted about you. Normally I would be impressed with what you managed to accomplish but I'm at a loss when it comes to you" Suzanne said, Tris keeping her face blank and taking up the recliner opposite of the couch Vivian's biological mother sat on.

"That's a shame. But you're not here to talk to me about what I've done. You're here for another reason." Tris said knowingly, Suzanne humming as she crossed her legs in a superior and business-like gesture.

"You're correct. I'm here about you playing mommy to Vivian" Suzanne said, narrowing her eyes at the chit of a woman sitting across from her, her voice laced with annoyance and anger. Tris' eyes flashed with something but it was gone before Suzanne could identify what it was.

"Eric doesn't have a problem with it, knows about it and is supportive. And I don't see how it's any of your business. You have no rights over Vivian, the courts took them away and Eric is the only one that has them." Tris said her voice levelled as she spoke her hands resting on her knee. The sly smile playing at the other blondes' lips made Tris shiver inwardly, a foreboding feeling settling in her stomach and she tried to brace herself for whatever this little talk could bring and mean.

"I see. But that's not going to stay that way. I've gone back to the courts requesting my rights back." Suzanne said as Tris snorted in a very unlady-like manner.

"I'm sure that will go down well when they see how terrified of you Vivian is and how you don't know how to handle her. You don't even know her favourite color do you?" Tris said confident in her knowledge that she knew Vivian far better than Suzanne ever did. Tris wasn't surprised at her own voice, laced with protectiveness and a bit anger, because she knew she adored Vivian and Eric and would do anything for them. Even go head to head with Suzanne even though the older woman made her feel uncomfortable.

Suzanne didn't seem faced at her words, only change her posture delicately on the couch, leaning forward a bit. Tris was aware that Eric knew Vivian preferred her over Suzanne. She was aware that he was grateful for the things she already accomplished with Vivian, making her more confident and outgoing, making her laugh more and a happy child all in all. That didn't stop the doubts from slipping into her head though as she watched the other woman. These doubts had nothing to do with Vivian or Tris' being her surrogate mommy. They rooted in Tris' own awareness that she lacked the things Suzanne had on the level of being a beautiful and confident woman. Where Suzanne was a fair blonde with nice sharp cheekbones – Vivian was going to be a very attractive girl as she got older – Tris was painfully aware that she was plain.

"Maybe but it wouldn't matter if I got my ex-fiancée back." Suzanne answered, shrugging nonchalantly and smirked when she saw the first sign of anything on Tris's face – the slight panic before it was smoothed over by cool indifference.

"You can try." Tris said, struggling to keep her cool and not let the older woman see that she was affected by her. Suzanne got to her feet and when she spoke up, her voice was angry and filled with superiority.

"Little girl, I stand by me calling you stupid. What he sees in you will pass. Your nothing compared to me. You have a plain body with no curves to be seen. Not to mention I doubt you're good in bed. Not in the way he likes. He's a rough and wild man, he needs a woman that can keep up with him." Suzanne said, crossing her arms in a display of smugness but was slightly taken aback as an animalistic look came to Tris's face, the younger woman laughing hollowly.

"Pity I can't see you with giant hickey's visible and proud of, your hair a mess after he's fucked you into the mattress, and against the wall, and in the shower." Tris said once her laughter was in control a naughty smirk came to her lips. She was seething with rage at the hidden threat and insults the woman in front of her had the gull to throw at her head in her own house in a talk about the man she liked. Suzanne was slightly surprised at her brash words, Tris could see and felt a small flutter of satisfaction in her heart, when the peachy-perfect complexion of the other was clouded by an angry blush. Before Suzanne could answer, Tris stood up, squared her shoulders and continued.

"Frankly between the two of us I'm the one that can handle him. You can't and you'll never get them. They're mine. Eric will never take you back and I would rather die than let you lay your hands on Vivian. Now get out and don't come back" She said her voice getting colder as she talked, her eyes blazing. In that moment Suzanne saw what Eric saw in her. A woman despite her age that would never give in. She took Tris in a last time before raising her chin in defiance even though both knew that she had lost.

"Goodbye then" Suzanne said, turned around and left the house. Tris slowly went to the door to close the door behind the blonde, her hands shaking in suppressed anger and hurt. She heard footsteps behind her and turned around slowly meeting her mother's worried eyes.

"Beatrice are you ok?" Natalie asked looking at her daughter concerned. She had heard the last bit of the two blonde's argument and it clearly said a lot about how Tris felt about Eric and Vivian. But it also showed what Tris had to go against and Natalie was aware how difficult something like that could be in the future even though her daughter was strong-willed and sure of herself mostly.

"I'll be fine mom. I'm going to have a quick shower." Tris said, kissing her mother's cheek to placate her before she rushed up the stairs to her bedroom, grabbed her black dress for the night and vanished into the bathroom. As soon as she stood under the warm water she started crying, the tense atmosphere, the hurtful words and nervousness finally catching up with her. She was angry as well that she let someone like Suzanne pull up all the small doubts and let the words of the blonde affect her so much.

Tris wasn't a virgin, had her share of admirers and even short-time boyfriends while she was in France but Suzanne was right and she wouldn't be as experienced as Eric probably was by any means. She brushed away the tears though and with that a part of her insecurities. She would worry about intimacy with Eric when they reached that level in their relationship and not beforehand to maybe destroy the feelings she knew she had for him.

Getting out of the shower she dried off and started doing her hair and make-up leaving her hair down in waves. She decided on doing a simple, natural makeup even though it was more than she usually wore. She slipped on her dress and heels before nodding at the woman in the mirror. She wasn't as pretty as Suzanne but she liked what she saw. Opening the door she gasped softly as she walked into someone. Looking up she flushed when she realized that it was Eric.

"Hi" She said softly as she looked down at him dressed nicely in a sharp pair of dress pants and his black button up shirt. Tris smiled softly at the afford he put into looking acceptable and smart for her parents.

"Hi yourself. You look like an angel, all dressed up" Eric said gently as he lifted her chin up and stroked her cheek, his eyes worried as he saw the light redness around her eyes.

"Thank you. You look nice too, but I think I prefer you in jeans and a t-shirt" Tris said as he chuckled lightly.

"Thank you. I missed you today." Eric said making Tris smile slightly.

"I missed you too" Tris admitted softly her eyes falling to his chest before he rubbed her jaw with his fingers.

"Your mother said Suzanne came here not too long ago." Eric said softly as Tris looked up at him, her eyes betraying her doubts.

"Eric, why are you with me. Really?" Tris asked him, biting her lip at her own insecurity, Eric's eyes soft as he glanced around the upper floor before linking their fingers together.

"Can we talk in your bedroom? Your mom is quite fond of Vivian, entertaining her with pictures and stories and I would like to make some things clear." Eric said and Tris nodded slowly, nervousness bubbling in her stomach. She led Eric to her bedroom. She had a simple set up, her bedspread and the chair being the only real color in the otherwise grey and light brown room. Sitting together on her bed, Eric wrapped his arms around her before gently bringing her into his lap.

"What did she do this time?" Eric asked and Tris recognized a hint of anger in his voice but was aware that it was directed at his ex, not at herself, his fingertips stroking her back calming her down a bit. Tris leaned against his chest and turned her head to look at him.

"She said she was going to take you back to court to get her rights for Vivian back and that she was going to try to get back together with you as well." Tris answered, voice low and Eric couldn't help it as he started to chuckle.

"Eric, that's not funny" Tris said, hurt evident in her voice and Eric tried his best to calm his laughter, his voice and face serious when he started to talk again.

"Sorry, Angel. But that's just ridiculous on so many levels. For example: Why would I go back with her when I'm clearly head over heels for you." Eric said softly, his thumb rubbing circles on her arm. Though sweet and making her heart flutter, his words didn't reach her fully and the doubts were still heavy on her mind, making her bite her lip in self-consciousness.

"Because I still look like a fucking middle schooler. I have no tits really to speak of, no ass that's for sure. I'm plain" Tris said, voice laced with self-doubt and hurt. She and Eric didn't know her father was standing in the hall about to collect them for dinner listening in on their conversation with bated breath.

"She's beautiful. She looks like a fucking model." Tris continued and Andrew cringe at her words. Normally he was against swearing in the house but his little girl despite being all grown up was clearly hurt and disturbed by the woman's visit.

"She's appealing on the outside, Tris. Not the inside. It was an arranged marriage anyways and I wouldn't have been happy. I'm far happier with you. You know exactly how I like my tea in the morning and somehow always know when I need a coffee instead. You're the one that Vivian calls mommy now. I'm not sure if you noticed it but she's called you mommy and you answered her without a second thought. I've even slipped and referred to you as her mother at the doctors." Eric said tilting Tris's head back so he could look at her.

"Besides Angel, she's not the one that makes me smile with just the sound of her name. She doesn't know anything about me actually now that I think about it. You know more about me than anyone other than my father, and he still doesn't know most things about me." Eric continued as Tris's hand came up to his cheek.

"I want to be with you and I'll be damned if anyone gets in our way. I know your family despite how little you talked when you were away means to you, and I know you're happy that your dad is willing to accept me. You hate the fact that your brother seems so distant and doesn't talk to you anymore unless he's criticizing you, a thing I'll make quite clear tonight I don't like. I know you want your parents to accept me Angel. But even if they don't I'm not going to let you go. I care about you too much. That and it would devastate Vivian to lose you" Eric said his voice softer as Tris sighed and cuddled close, Andrew peeking in to see the two of them holding each other.

"I'm not going to let you go for anything or anyone Eric. Not my dad, not my mom, not Suzanne. No one" Tris said firmly before Eric leaned his head down and kissed her cheek lightly.

"Good because I'll knock anyone off their feet for trying to get you away from me." Eric said making Tris giggle.

"Even Tobias?"

"Fuck yes. Even him. I hate the bastard and I want to hit him every time he flirts with you." Eric growled as Tris giggled again.

"Well he can't have me." Tris said as Andrew knocked on the doorframe.

"Dinnertime. I'm not sure who made what but I know I can't wait"

"I look forward to it" Eric said letting Tris up from his lap before getting up himself and slipped his arm around Tris's waist as they walked together down the stairs, Eric making sure she was comfortable. Once they were on the main floor and headed towards the dining room Vivian spotted Tris and came running in her cute black dress and white bow on the waist, her black flats tapping the floor lightly.

"Mommy!" Vivian said happily as Tris caught her and picked her up, Eric's arm around her giving her strength as well as their talk.

"Hi sweetie. Were you having fun?" Tris asked as she took Vivian to the dining room, Eric making sure he had Vivian's Sippy cup. As he wanted to join his baby girl and girlfriend Andrew's hand on his arm let him pause. Before he could ask anything, Tris' father spoke up, serious expression on his face.

"Did you mean it? What you said upstairs to her?" Andrew asked, Eric's cheeks flushing slightly.

"Yes I did. Listen I mean no disrespect about saying what I did about your wife and you"

"Eric. I didn't see what she was like after that woman left. But Natalie said she was shaken, badly. Whatever you need to do to keep that woman away, even if you need me to help with restraining orders or anything like that I will. You make my daughter happy, far happier than I've seen her in years. I missed a lot of time when she was growing up, her and Caleb both, because of my career in politics but you bring out something in her I've never seen." Andrew paused.

"A father doesn't like to admit he failed his children, least of all his daughter, but I have. But where I failed to make her a strong confident woman you have. And I know that's the best thing I can ask for. Just please don't break my little girls heart. She's not so little anymore but I don't think I'd know how to fix it if it was. I don't think Natalie would know either." Andrew said Eric's eyes remaining on the man before him. It took courage to admit he had failed, just like it had taken Courage for Eric's own father to admit he had been a shit father.

"Mr. Prior. Andrew, Your daughter is one of the strongest people I know, and I know a lot of different people. She's also one of the kindest and sweetest I've ever met. She never would have become that way without you or your wife. So don't sell yourself short. I can see how much you love her. That you would do anything for her, just like I would Vivian, and I know how much it hurts to admit you failed. I came to terms with that when Vivian was a year old and asking for her mommy and I had nothing to say to her." Eric paused to get his thoughts in order and to calm his own emotions, the elder man's speech having gotten to him on a personal level.

"I'm not planning on going anywhere. I'm here for as long as she wants me to be. If that means a month from now Tris changes her mind then that's what it means. But if it means that in five years or more I'm still here, I'll be asking for your blessing to marry her. She's one of the best things to ever happen to me, and All I've had to do was wait for her" Eric said looking up at Andrew who looked just as emotional as Eric felt.

"I'm hoping you stay. I'd like you as a son in law. I think I'd get some pretty damn good looking grandkids out of the two of you." Andrew said Eric chuckling as they walked towards the dining room, Caleb moving as well from his hiding spot.

Why? Why did his parents favor his sister over him now that she was back? She wasn't anything special.