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Bella's spar with Edward went much like she thought it would. She was able to knock him out with a spinning sidekick to the face that he conveintly ran into at the same time. Tris and Bella were not speaking to each other because when Bella made it back to the sleeping quarters she had to hear Tris complain that Bella was being too promiscuous and that she was throwing away virtue and that it was important to stay to their values and not demean themselves and then she had to hear Tris complain about Bella getting a tattoo. It was like Tris held it all back until that moment and then unloaded on her and the last thing Bella wanted to talk about was how fucked up she was. So she told Tris to fuck off and now they weren't speaking.
Bella's hand was a little sore from punching Edward's nose before she knocked him out with her kick and she was sure she dislocated a couple knuckles so she went to the clinic room that was off of the training room, once training was over and she looked at supplies. She glanced up at the door when it opened and it was Eric. "I just dislocated my knuckle." She said, shrugging like it wasn't a big deal, which to her, it wasn't.
Eric closed the door and walked towards her. He grabbed her hand and inspected it. "You have been increasingly aggressive during training. What is going on with you?" He asked as he pushed her knuckle back into place and Bella flinched a little. He started wrapping it before she could pull her hand back.
Bella shook her head. "I'm fine."
"No you're not."
"Why does it matter? I'm just pissed off. I can feel pissed off without it affecting my position on the board." Bella scoffed.
"It does affect your position on the board. Your aggression is holding you back. The first time I saw you fight Lukas, you were logical, methodical. You moved fluidly with no restriction. Now, you are tense and you are being aggressive against all your opponents." He said and dropped her hand after he finished wrapping it."
Bella glared at Eric. "It's because I'm Dauntless. This is who I am Eric, if you have a problem with it, then I don't know what to tell you." She said and started to push past him, but he stopped her, forcing her to stay in front of him. "I'm fine." She said again and then she pushed past him and left him there in the clinic room. Eric sighed and tapped the counter a couple times with his fist, before he looked at the door. He had a feeling Bella was going to destroy herself before she could make it to the top and he hated to see good Dauntless material burn out like that. Max didn't give a fuck about the recruits, which is why Four and Eric trained them each year. This year was just concerning. Max was buckling down on Divergent hunting and the amount of deaths were increasing in the city. He didn't need to lose good recruits.
Bella went to the bazaar just to blow off steam and dance. She loved to danced and she wondered why there wasn't an entire faction that was dedicated to dancing. She went to the bar and ordered some drinks, her usual and she knocked a few back before she found the guy with the drugs and he slipped her two orange pills this time. She took them without hesitation and she just let all the stress and worry melt away. She danced, taking her shirt off and this time her bra and just danced topless, letting the rainbow envelop her with it's warmth.
Lukas didn't see Bella in the training area like she had been the last couple days and she wasn't in the sleeping quarters, so the last place was the bazaar. He thought she was doing better about avoiding the bazaar, so he wandered in, looking at the bar and not seeing her, but he walked all the way over to the bar and Juan the bartender handed him a beer that Lukas took mechanically. He tipped it up and took a drink while he searched for Bella. He found her, on the dance floor and it was shocking. He never expected this, never anticipated that he would ever see her half naked on the dance floor with someone's hands rubbing over her and basically having sex on the dance floor. His mouth dropped open from the shock.
Bella was enjoying the music and the drugs that coursed through her. There was a man there she knew, dark skin and dark hair, piercings on his lips, and his mouth was on one of her nipples, his tongue just swirling around and it felt nice so she let it happen. There was another guy behind her, grinding against her as she twirled her hips. The music was like a big bubble to her and she just felt so at ease when the music was playing. The man behind her pushed at her pants, pushing them down to get access to her from behind, his cock popping out of his pants.
Lukas stepped in then, stopping the man from what he was about to do, the man was high too, so he just sauntered away in his own bubble, but the man sucking on her nipple didn't stop when Lukas came over.
Bella opened her eyes and looked at Lukas. "Lukas… join me." She said, her hand going over his chest. The man stopped sucking on her nipple and he moved to her mouth and kissed her, and she kissed him back. She smiled and winked at the man and he walked away, smiling. She turned to face Lukas.
Lukas's arms went around her to shield her from others seeing her half naked. "Bella, you're high." He wanted to be surprised, but he wasn't. She was spiraling and he knew that something was wrong with her after last night. "Bella, let's go."
"No, I want to dance Luuuuukaaaassss." Bella said and then turned in his arms, her hands on his and placing his hands on her breasts.
Lukas kept his hands there, at least no one could see her with his hands there. She grind against him and he sighed, closing his eyes, his heart hurting in his chest because he didn't like seeing her like this and it was starting to break his heart. He struggled with himself. If he fought her to get back to the room, then it could escalate. He didn't want to escalate anything, so he stayed there and let her grind against him, his hands over her naked breasts. He opened his eyes and then he just leaned his mouth down to her neck and he kissed her, nibbling up to her ear. "Bella…"He murmured, his voice dropping in tone, huskier.
Bella made a purring noise. "Lukas." She whispered. "Fuck me." She murmured.
"I will. Come back with me. I'll do all kinds of things to you." He breathed in her ear.
Bella bit her lip and she turned in his arms, pressing against him, her mouth seeking his before she launched herself up and he caught her, his hands firm on her ass, as she kissed him deeply on the dance floor, her tongue tangling with his. Lukas carried her away, off the dance floor and walked right past Jasper, who was looking amused. He slapped Will on the chest. "He's getting laid tonight." He joked.
Will smiled. Him and Christina had been seeing each other for a couple weeks now, but he drunk his beer. "Yeah, Bella is pretty volatile though. He's in over his head for sure." He said and Jasper nodded his agreement.
Bella's hands ripped at Lukas's shirt when he got her to the room and her mouth went to his throat and she sucked at his throat, kissing him and moaning a little. She was extremely horny, that much was clear.
Lukas found it hard to handle her sometimes and this was one of those times. "Bella, you have to stop." He said, his hands peeling her off of him as he laid her on the bed, but she tried pulling him with her, but he was able to slip free. "Bella you are high right now. You need to sleep this off. I'm not going to fuck you right now." He said, his voice stern.
Bella frowned, her bubble was starting to crumble now as the drugs started to wear off. They weren't as strong as the first ones she had taken. "Lukas… what the fuck is wrong with you?" She said harshly.
Lukas ran his hands over his face. "You… Bella." He sighed. "You should drink water and sober up." He said.
Bella shook her head and then sat up in the bed. "I don't want that. I want to be at the bazaar dancing and-"
"A guy was about to fuck you from behind Bella." Lukas said, shaking his head. "He was pulling your pants off to fuck you and you wouldn't have known it because you're high."
"The drugs are wearing off now. You can go." Bella said, looking away.
"I care about you. I want you to be safe." Lukas said, his voice gentling a little.
Bella was quiet. "I don't need your help Lukas." She stood and she looked at him. "You don't need to be a knight in shining armor. You're not a hero." She said, her voice shaking a little.
Lukas felt pain in his chest, his heart hurting from her words. "Bella…" He reached for her and pulled her into his arms to hug her. She melted against him and he kissed the top of her head. "I know you don't need me and I'm not a hero. I just…"
Bella leaned back and then she kissed him, her tongue meeting his again. Lukas kissed her back, before he pulled away. "Lukas…"
Lukas took her hands in his and he held them, kissing her knuckle that was taped. "I want you to get some rest. Sleep here. It's quiet, no one is going to disturb you. We should talk… we need to talk Bella." He murmured.
Bella just nodded, feeling a couple tears threatening to spill over. "Okay."
Lukas then kissed her forehead before he walked out of the room, giving Bella some privacy.
Bella hugged her arms around her body and she just slid to the floor and cried the hardest she had ever cried ever in her life before.
Bella felt the roaring headache as soon as she woke in the morning. She was still sitting in the floor against the wall. She was shirtless, but her pants were still on at least. She groaned, closing her eyes. She was stupid. She got to her feet and she saw clothes laying on the bed and she walked over and picked them up. There was a note.
Aspirin and fresh clothes. Drink the water on the table with the aspirin. We need to talk when you're ready.
-Lukas
Bella sighed and then she got dressed in the new clothes and then she took the aspirin and drunk the water. She left the room, going into the training area. It was five in the morning, which meant there was still a couple hours until training officially started, so she decided to just work out on the bags. She was going over in her head everything from the night before. It was blurry but she remembered Lukas turning her down, he did the honorable thing and he left her alone. He got her out of a bad situation she realized and she felt so confused or conflicted that she didn't know what she should do or say. She punched the bag, harder and harder until blood dripped from her knuckles and fell to the floor. She didn't even register the pain in her knuckles as she pounded the bag. She screamed at the bag and hit it harder, tears starting to blind her a little. She felt arms come around her and she fought, sliding her foot behind her and hooking it, tripping the person behind her, taking them to the ground. She quickly went for side control, but she stopped when she realized it was Eric. His hands were firm on her wrists, as he looked up at her from his back. She was panting, sweat dripping off her and blood from her hands.
Eric blew out a breath and relaxed a little when he saw her loosen up. He got up from his back, standing and helping her up. "Come." He said and lead her into the clinic room. He hoisted her up onto the counter, making her sit. She was silent as she stared at her bloodied hands. Eric silently cleaned her wounds on her knuckles and bandaged them. "Something is wrong." He said and looked at her with concerned steel eyes.
"Why do you care? You're Dauntless leadership. Your job is to break me. I'm broken, congrats." Bella retorted.
"No, my job is to teach recruits how to be Dauntless." Eric said and crossed his arms. "Something is wrong. You can keep snapping at me or lying to me all you want, but it doesn't change the fact that something is wrong."
Bella looked up at him, her eyes were guarded, she didn't want to talk about her issues. Her issue was that she was feeling fractured, like she wasn't Bella, like she wasn't anyone. She was Divergent so it made her question herself all the time. Was she suited for Dauntless? Could she be Dauntless if she was really Divergent? Then she thought about the shower again. It lived in her head rent free constantly. That was the one moment she felt the weakest. Like she was incapable of defending herself, like she was nothing. Like she had no control over her life right now. "I'll tell you what's wrong." Bella said snidely. "What's wrong is I'm here to train to be Dauntless, not be some sideshow for you or anynone else to take pity on. Oh the poor Abnegation girl, the stiff that is here trying to prove something."
"You don't have to prove anything other than being Dauntless." Eric interrupted her. "You're not some poor Abnegation girl. You're Bella Prior, Dauntless. You are number six on the board, the only Abnegation to take that spot. You're on your way to finish first in your group and you're willing to sabotage yourself because you're angry at something."
"I'm angry that you're harassing me." Bella said pointedly.
"I'm not harassing you." Eric snipped. "You're not listening to me."
"We're not training right now." Bella quipped back.
Eric shook his head. "Being stubborn and insubordinate will get you no where. You need to clean up the attitude."
"Don't tell me strong females piss you off." Bella mocked.
Eric raised a brow. "No, in fact, you don't piss me off Bella. You worry me." He said and sighed. "You're going to burn yourself out. I know you didn't want to hear it yesterday, but it's true. You're burning out and it'll make you lose more of your spars and then the faction suffers for it. The city… suffers for it. Our jobs are dangerous and right now, you're a loose cannon."
Bella slid forward on the counter a little bit and then bit her lip and tried the seductive act. "So, you're telling me… if I just… stop being so aggressive… I can be number one?" She said and brought her hand up and put it on Eric's hard chest.
Eric didn't seem to be phased. He studied her as she leaned in close, her body language showing that she was trying to be inviting to him. "Bella, that's not all that has to happen. You need to think your actions through. Don't be self-destructive."
Bella's hands moved over his chest to his shoulders, feeling how strong he was. "Well, I think-"
Eric's hands came up to stop hers from moving over him. "Bella, I'm immune to seduction. I am your leader."
"So?" Bella bit her lip again and then leaned in to try and kiss him, but Eric put her in her place. He was stronger than her but it doesn't seem to work, so Eric shook her a little break her out of it and she starts to cry a little, her mind fracturing a little.
Lukas walked into the clinic, not expecting anyone to be in there. He needed more tape to take his wrists, when he saw Bella and Eric. Bella was sitting on the counter and Eric had Bella's wrists and she was leaned in close, like something intimate was happening but also she was crying it seemed, so he wasn't sure what the hell was happening here. "Are you fucking kidding me." He cursed.
"Lukas." Eric started, but Lukas was already upset. He decked Eric, and Eric let him. He could have blocked it, but it wasn't worth the scuffle.
"Keep your fucking hands off her. I-"
"Calm your ass down." Eric yelled back at Lukas.
Bella became frustrated, putting herself in between the two men. "Stop it!"
Lukas stopped short, his brows furrowing together as he looked at Bella. "What is wrong? Are you in love with him or, or, or are you just looking for different ways to test me?"
"Why the fuck does it matter?" Bella yelled. "Don't act like you care."
"I do fucking care Bella. I care so goddamn much but you keep doing things that are driving me crazy! Last night you were just ready to let anyone fuck you including me and the drugs, it's driving me insane. All I want is to care for you but you are hellbent on pushing me away. I fucking care."
"If you fucking cared then the shower wouldn't have happened." Bella screamed at him. Her body shook. "You would have… you would have…"She felt tears running down her face.
Lukas felt the world stop around him. The realization that Bella knew she was raped. "What?" He asked, his voice tight.
"Don't pretend like you don't fucking know." Bella said and wiped her face.
Lukas couldn't believe it. All this time, Bella thought it was him that raped her in the shower, this entire time she placed blame on him and all he did was help her. All he's done is try to help. Sure they fought a lot, and she yelled at him more, and people typically thought they hated each other, but she was so infuriating at times, even now, when she shouted at him, it hurt him, made him angry that she would even think that it was him. "I would never… I would never do something like that." He said, shaking his head. "I would never, stoop to that level. I would never force you to do anything you didn't want to do!" His voice steadily raised as he spoke. "How could you even think that I could do something like that? The kiss? Our bet? Bella we have had sex." He said, shaking his head. "We had sex two nights ago and you never thought…"he shook his head again.
Eric realized what they were talking about. He felt anger himself. "You were raped and you didn't report it." He said it as a statement. Bella teared up, confirming what Eric just said. "When did this happen?"
Bella swallowed, wiping her face. "Um… five days after we got to Dauntless. It was at night. You gave us an early night off. Most of the recruits went out and got drunk. I was drunk… in the shower close to midnight." She explained finally.
Eric was quiet a moment as he revisited his memories. "Lukas was in the training room. I was personally there. He was working on technique with Jasper Whitlock and Will." He said. "Lukas didn't do this."
Bella felt a little stunned. This entire time she blamed Lukas… thought it was Lukas. Rationalized what happen because she thought it was Lukas and the feelings inside her were so conflicted. "It wasn't Lukas…"She whispered, her blue-green eyes shifted to Lukas. "Lukas…I-"
"You should have talked to me." Lukas cut her off. "Fuck, I deserve to know if I'm being accused of being a fucking rapist." He was angry.
"Lukas I just-"
"It hurts." Lukas cut her off again. He shook his head. "It hurts that you thought that of me. I fucking know who did it, but that doesn't change the fact that you didn't talk to me."
Bella frowned. "What? You know who did that to me?" She looked at Eric and then back to Lukas. "Who did it? How do you know?"
"Don't fucking worry about it because I'm going to handle it. I have been handling it."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"And what? Trigger you? I didn't know if you knew it happened. I didn't want to bring up a trauma and upset you because you know what Bella, I fucking care about you." Lukas said and then shook his head before walking away.
Bella felt more tears as they washed down her face. "I… am fucked up."
Eric sighed. "You're not fucked up. You were violated. That is something not tolerated in Dauntless. I need to know who did this so I can handle it before Lukas gets himself in trouble."
Bella wiped her face. "I don't know. It happened fast and he came from behind."
"Why did you think it was Lukas?"
"When I woke up, Lukas was the one that found me. He gave me a towel, helped me off the floor. There was no one else around I just…"
"Jumped to conclusions?" Eric asked gently.
Bella nodded. "Yeah, I'm a fucking idiot." She sniffed.
Eric was quiet a moment. "Lukas obviously cares. Listen… take the day off. Both of you."
"What?" Bella frowned.
Eric nodded. "I'll enter in a clinic visit for both of you. This is Dauntless, we're not monsters. Sick days exist." He said and ran a hand over his hair. "Go before I change my mind." He said with a nod.
Bella just nodded and left the clinic room, to go and find Lukas. She needed to make things right with him.
