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Section 14

The meeting drags but it's not as bad as I thought, Jeanine basically says that the blue prints were good and accurate and will work with what she wants to use them for. She also showed us the prototype and asked if it all seemed right to me, I agreed and now I'm sitting on one of those blue chairs outside of her office while she privately talks to Eric and Max. I think I've been sitting here for 20 minutes, I'm so bored I've done three fish tale plaits in my hair and I'm currently doing a forth one.

I wrap a black bobble I had in my jacket pocket around the end of the plait just as the handle on the door goes down, Eric coming through and then the door shuts. That's interesting.

Eric looks at me scanning my face then my hair, he comes over and sits next to me, silent. He leans forward and puts his head in his hands, I look at my watch and it's 11:50. I look at Eric and he doesn't seem in a very good mood we didn't talk when we walked to the car we didn't talk getting out the car we just basically haven't talked once we left his apartment, I hope I haven't done something to upset him.

"Are you okay?" I ask quietly looking at Eric, he looks at me and gives me a quick smile before sitting up a bit more looking at me in a strange way.

"Yeah, just annoyed that's all." I bite my lip making his eyes flicker to my lips but he quickly moves his eyes away.

"I haven't annoyed you have I?" I ask in a worried tone lacing my fingers together, he looks at me strangely and shakes his head.

"No, of course you haven't." I breath out heavily in relief,

"Ahhh good! I thought I had done something." He shakes his head and I decide to stay quiet something isn't right but I won't push it.

Eric stands up moments later I look at him confused with his actions, he grabs something from his pocket it's some keys. "Let's go." He says bluntly, I get up quickly and follow him obeying his orders.

"What are the keys for?" I ask catching up with his quick steps.

"The car." He says bluntly and I nod suddenly confused.

"But Max pushed a button for the car to start so what the keys for?" I ask curiously, he huffs out.

"How about you ask Max." He says harshly and I shut my mouth and walk a few steps behind him, what's wrong with him today something must have happened during the meeting maybe.

We walk through the white corridors and then we reach the lift, I stand and look at it but Eric just walks towards the stairs not taking any notice of me at all. I walk towards the lift and push the down arrow, the doors open quickly and I'm about to step inside but I quickly look for Eric but he's already going down the stairs. I walk in and press the G1 button, the sliver doors close quickly and the glass elevator begins to move down at a fast pace but it's not to bad.

The lift reaches ground floor quickly and I get out just as quickly, like Max is looking at me disgusted that a Dauntless would take the lift. I walk over to the stairs and wait for Eric, he could be a while but he isn't in a good mood so he's probably coming down pretty fast. I look around the space lots of Erudite of all different ages mill around the place all looking smart, I feel like a sore thumb everyone is looking at me and I don't like it.

Eric flys past me and I quickly jog after him, someone is really hormonal today! He's out of the doors before I know it and I have to run to catch up with him, I'm probably going to get lost.

I run out the doors and Eric is just about over the ramp, "Hey!! I've only got short legs!" I shout to him he stops and folds his arms. I run towards him breathless once I reach him, "What's..... your ....... problem!" I wheeze out, he doesn't reply. I straighten up and Eric starts walking again but this time at a normal pace. I walk next to him trying to stop myself from walking closer to him, a woman with dark brown hair and fair skin walks towards us from my side, Eric doesn't notice her.