Cruel//Eric Divergent

14- Pardon

I wake up with a pounding headache and a weight on my stomach. What's going on? I open my eyes to see myself once again in Eric's room, and look down to find his arm across my stomach, holding me against him. I try to get out from under his arm without waking him, but apparently I'm not going to have that luck today, as he stirs then sits up. Shirtless. Not that I'm complaining.

"What the hell happened last night? I can't remember anything, and my head hurts," I say while massaging my temples as if to prove my point. Suddenly a horrible thought cuts through the pain.

"We didn't do anything, did we?!" I ask with a little gasp.

"No, Addi, we were drinking and you were pretty much asleep on your feet so I brought you back here, and you slept like a baby, that's it. Nothing happened. Now, if your head hurts as bad as mine, you're going to need Aspirin," Eric says, promptly climbing out of the bed and walking in the kitchen. Thank my lucky stars we didn't do anything, that would have been awkward. I mean, I'm only 16, and he's my trainer, he's my leader for god's sake! Even being with him is probably breaking some rule, let alone sleeping with him.

Eric walks back into the room and places two tablets and a glass of water in my hands, which I thank him for, before giving me a smile and heading to the bathroom. I take the tablets and then lay back in the bed and listen to the running water of the shower.
Wow, how did I end up here? A month or 2 ago I was in Amity, picking strawberries everyday. Now I'm in Dauntless, living each day like it's the last, in my leader's bed.

"You can have a shower now, if you want," Eric's deep voice startles me out of my thoughts. I nod in agreement and with a push I get out of bed and pad into the bathroom.

I close the door and strip down, adjusting the unfamiliar shower to the right temperature, which proved to be more difficult than I first thought. I keep switching it from 'third degree burns' to 'showering with Antarctic water'. I finally adjust the water and step in, beginning to lather my body in whatever shower gel Eric has. Great, now I'm going to smell like a guy. Whatever, let's demolish gender stereotypes.

I hop out of the shower feeling all brand new, dry myself with a towel, and notice a neatly folded pile of black clothes just inside the door. Eric must have put them there when I was doing the encore of my shower concert. That was either really nice of him, or he was being really perverted. I slip into the clothes, realising that the outfit is simply a large sweater that I can pull off as a dress. Nice.

I try to dry my hair as much as I can, although it's still slightly damp. I trudge back out to the bedroom and pull on my shoes from last night, then manage to pull my hair into a reasonable looking side braid which I guess will have to do. I make my way to the kitchen, and when I reach it I am greeted by Eric giving me a kiss on the cheek and handing me a steaming hot cup of coffee. Ah the miracle juice. Eric and I stand in silence, drinking our coffee in the vain hope that it will help our pounding heads.

We both finish out coffee at about the same time and place the cups in the sink, before we decide to leave and start the day. Just as we are about to walk through the door Eric stops me.

"Addi? You know how much I adore you and want to be with you, right?" Eric says with a serious look on his face as I nod.

"Good, because once we leave this room I can't show you that until we're alone again, okay? I'm your trainer, so until training is over, we can't be seen like this by anyone, alright?"

I'm taken aback by his words, but when I think about it, it makes sense, lots of sense. Anyway training only has a week or two left, and we can continue meeting in secret, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Instead of replying I just grab the back of his neck and pull his lips towards mine, kissing him passionately for a few blissful moments. Hey, if I can't to this anytime I want I'm going to make the most of it when I can. I let go of and give him a sweet smile before I walk out of the room and close the door making my way down to the cafeteria.

So that was very short and a filler but it has been so long since I updated I thought you guys deserved it... Also by you guys I mean 10,000 OF YOU! WHAT THANK YOU SO MUCH. Anyway hope you enjoyed that chapter full of cute #Aric moments

- elinya❤️