Four's POV

How did this just happen? We invite Tris to a party for a game of Candor or Dauntless, so that I get the chance to hook up with her before Eric does and the freaking douche not only gets to kiss her and gets a lap dance has he made her say his name in front of us all. I don't believe that he loves her Eric only loves himself conceded jerk, I HATE him. Now he took Tris from here to his apartment…. is that even legal when she's an initiate? I'm going to Max's house right now regardless of how late it is.

I quickly stand to my feet and give my friends a quick see you in the morning before sprinting out of Zeke's door and heading toward Max's apartment. I know that if I can get there in time he will either: walk to Eric's apartment with me and make him let Tris leave or we can go to the control room so that he can see that he is trying to seduce an initiate.

As soon as I reach Max's door I begin to pound on the door, I don't stop pounding until Max pulls the door open looking extremely tired and annoyed.

"What the hell Four?"

"Max you have to come quick Eric has one of the initiates in his apartment and I think that he is trying to seduce her."

"Four what are you talking about? If any initiate is in Eric's apartment it's probably Tris and it won't be the first time that she has been there. You know this already….remember you're the one who let me know that he was sneaking her in here when she was still in Abnegation."

"You don't know Eric like I do he will only tell her what she needs to hear until he gets what he wants from her and then he will throw her away and she will be ruined."

I'm seething now, how can he be so nonchalant about all of this?

"How do you know what Eric will do have you ever seen him with any girl before? Before Tris came he didn't have a girlfriend, even in Erudite he didn't have one. I was there the day that he found her when those two jerks attacked her, until that day I had never seen Eric so protective in my life. Leave them alone Four."

"No I won't go until you at least come with me and make him show us that she is okay."

"Four, you seem to have some kind of obsession with this girl but if it means that you will leave me alone and let me head back to bed then fine I will come with you."

Meanwhile back in Eric's apartment…

Tris and Eric have completed their bedtime ritual and Tris is sprawled across Eric's chest and Eric's right arm protectively wrapped around her and his fingers playing with the ends of the strands of her hair, his left hand behind his head. Tris' breathing had evened out so Eric knows that she is sleeping.

Eric completely relaxes and imagines the life that he could have with this beautiful woman that is currently laying in his bed.

He never in a million years would have imagined that he would fall in love or that someone would love him back. But the day that Tris walked into the room for her simulation something deep inside of Eric changed, when he looked into her eyes he felt as if he found everything in life that he was missing. He never imagined that a "stiff" could have such a profound effect on his life. Even after she had been dismissed after taking her test twice Eric couldn't get her off of his mind. So when he came across Peter and Drew trying to rape her Eric wanted to kill them, but he had to remember what his job was in that moment. The frustration of not being able to harm them was easily forgotten when Tris fell into his arms and was holding onto him for dear life pleading with him not to leave her.

Every day from that day on Tris and Eric spent time together. He taught her absolutely everything that he knows and he watched her go from a scrawny and weak child to a strong independent and very determine young woman. The first time that he snuck Tris into Dauntless, she had met him at the train tracks like always but he knew as soon as he jumped and saw her that something was wrong. She looked up at him with so much pain in her eyes that he knew that someone was going to pay. She told him that her brother Caleb had told her that she was not a good Abnegation and if she was and hadn't attacked Peter then she never would have been taken by Drew and Peter and that she would have deserved whatever they had done to her because she didn't know her place.

When she told him what her brother had said Eric was so angry that his body was vibrating with fury. He used his thumbs to wipe the tears from her eyes and took her hand and told her that everything would be ok. They came to Dauntless and he had her wrap herself around him when they jumped off of the ledge and into the net. He took her through passageways that he had found that were rarely used and to his apartment. That was the first night that they spent together nothing physical but hugs were shared between the two but that didn't matter to him he just wanted her happy and safe.

As time progressed she was introduced to a lot of people in Dauntless and they never questioned if she belonged because when she was there she looked like one of them thanks to Tori and Eric.

While they obviously hadn't been dating officially it was as if they had been for two years.

Eric knows what he wants but he doesn't want to scare Tris away. He would have to talk to Max and let him know that Four was on his own tomorrow with the rest of the fights with the other initiates he had more pressing matters to attend to.

Eric had just fallen asleep with a huge smile on his face and hope in that once cold heart of his when a very loud pounding was heard through his apartment.

"Eric, who in the world could be banging on your door at this time of the morning tell them to go away or I'm going to kick their ass."

Eric just chuckled and got up he didn't bother to put on a shirt he just walked to the door not realizing that Tris was following behind him wearing nothing but one of his t-shirts that had been cut off about two inches below her breast and the booty shorts.

He flicked one of the overhead lights on and snatched the door open only to see a seething Four and a slightly amused Max standing in front of him.

"Where's Tris?"

"Four what are you doing here and why are you looking for Tris? Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"Just answer the question Eric… don't' play games with me."

When Tris saw Eric's muscles tense and his hand become a fist she knew that she needed to do something or Four would be heading back to the infirmary and Eric may get into trouble.

"I'm right here, what do you want Four?"

At the sound of her voice all three men's heads turned in her direction. Max let out a very low sounding damn, Four took in a quick breath and Eric well he looked at her like he would forget the men standing there and drag her off to bed with him.

"Well don't all of you jump to answer my question at once?" She said with her voice dripping with sarcasm, she hates being woken up from a good sleep and they had taken her personal pillow away.

"I, I, I was just making sure that you were okay. You were behaving so unlike yourself tonight at the party I thought that maybe someone had slipped you something in your drink and I didn't want you to be taken advantage of."

"Four while its sweet and all that you were concerned about me but why you would think that any of our friends would try to do something like that to me? I wasn't behaving out of character I was being the Tris that Eric knows … very well."

The innuendo being picked up on easily by Four and Max.

"No one drugged me and trust me Eric isn't taking advantage of me I've known him for years unbeknownst to you I have spent many nights here with Eric and he has never done anything to me that I didn't want him to. I love him and he loves me."

At Tris' confession Max just shook his head and smiled to himself his question of what was going on between the two finally having been answered.

"Now that Tris has assured you that she's fine Four may we all please go back to bed, Tris is not the friendliest person in the world when she gets woken up and you disturbed her sleep by making her pillow leave the bed."

Four just looked between Eric and Tris and stormed off.

"Hey Max a quick word with you if it's okay I was going to talk to you in the morning anyway."

"Sure Eric what's the problem?"

"Well as you know me and Tris are together well I need your help with some things if Tris agrees to it and I would like to do it tomorrow if possible. But this all hangs on if Tris agrees."

"Sure let me know for sure in the morning…. Well I should say later this morning."

With that Max headed home and after a serious talk between the two, Eric and Tris headed to back to bed as well.