Dauntless Desires

14

The next morning came all to quickly, Tris and Eric lay in her bed entangled in the sheets. Tris had woken a few minutes ago and couldn't find herself to get up out of the jumbled mess.

They were supposed to return to Dauntless today. She vowed to herself that she would get past Four's leaving and live on to be happy with Eric. She was sure that's what she wanted.

Her thoughts flitted to her outburst yesterday, Jeanine agreed to put her father under a truth serum at Candor within the following month to hear what he had to say about Marcus Eaton. If he was innocent then he would likely be appointed as Abnegation's new leader, if he was lying to cover up Marcus's sins, Jeanine herself would choose who to appoint, and according to Eric, that option could be very dangerous. For every faction.

The sun was streaming through the windows, casting light across the entire room. She finally managed to get herself up out of bed and shuffled to look out over the cityscape below her balcony.

People were walking to their destinations, going to work, running errands, doing whatever it is that people do on a Wednesday morning.

She turned to look at Eric. His face was so peaceful while he slept. The sun glinted off of the dermals he wore in his eyebrow, she never really noticed how attractive his piercings were until now, his tattoos shouted against his pale skin...he was hers now.

She smiled at the thought and felt her cheek growing hot.

Tris was taken out of her thoughts when there was a knock at the door. Shit! She scrambled to get into her shorts and remembered all that remained was her tattered tank top, so she threw on the first shirt she came to in her bag. Another knock.

She ran to the door, and opened it. Caleb. Her eyes widened when she saw her brother, she thought back to Eric sleeping in her bed and walked out to the hallway to meet her brother.

"Caleb," she crossed her arms over her chest, trying to hide the fact she wasn't wearing a bra.

"Tris..."

"What are you doing here," she asked looking around as if they were children about to be caught for sneaking out of bed.

"Tris, I came to warn you...about Jeanine. Can we go inside?"

Warn her? She tried to think fast, her eyes landed on Eric's door to his room. Then glanced at Caleb before walking to it and going inside.

Caleb looked confused as he looked around, obviously wondering why they weren't in the room she had just exited.

Before he got a chance to comment, Tris spoke up, "what do you need to warn me about, Caleb? What's going on?"

"Tris, she is not going to have Andrew go under a truth serum." Tris scoffed at him calling their own father by his name. "She knows he is innocent, that he knows nothing of Marcus's abuse to his son...Tris, she is going to attack Abnegation, rather than appoint a new leader. She says she feels that it would be much more desirable to rid the faction system of Abnegation than try to 'fix' it."

Tris' eyes went wide, "Caleb, if she is going to rid the faction system of Abnegation, that means..."

"She's going to kill them all, Tris...I don't know how yet, but I have a feeling she's going to use Dauntless to help her."

"No one will stand for it," tris said hastily.

"They might not...but there is a new serum, and it makes you do things without hesitation. If she somehow uses it on Dauntless, you'll all be used as her soldiers at her disposal. She will be able to control you."

"Caleb, we have to tell Eric."

"Tell me what," came Eric's husky voice from behind them. Tris turned to see him in just his shorts, walking towards them. His hair was in a ruffled mess and his face looked tired.

Caleb looked from Eric to me, then back to Eric.

Eric looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to repeat what he'd just told me. "Well?"

Caleb shook his head out of his trance before repeating to Eric every bit of information that he had just told me.

Eric's face scrunched up, in confusion, or anger maybe? "And when will this happen, how do you even have all of this information?"

"Because I am her right hand man, I work personally with Jeanine. I know everything that she has planned."

Tris looked to Eric, remembering the 'something' he told her that Abnegation had hidden. She debated on asking Caleb about it. But decided against it, for right now at least.

"Thank you, Caleb,"  Tris said hugging him, he awkwardly hugged back before bidding them a farewell. Once the door shut, she turned to Eric biting her lip.

He looked down at her, "quit biting your lip, Tris...or I'm going to lose it again."

She laughed lightly throwing her head back trying to keep in a squeal when he grabbed her around the waist and crushed her into him for a hug. She couldn't help herself she strained her neck to lift her head to his tattoos to kiss up his neck. He groaned quietly, before grabbing her face to kiss her lips.

He pulled away before things got too heated, "We need to get back to Dauntless."

She pouted slightly, but agreed. She was ready to be home.