My life as Dauntless

Part 9

I feel someones arms around me. I force my eyes to open and find Eric.

"Eric..." I whispered. He lets go of me and stretches. I notice that he has tattoos on both of his arms. They look like mazes but I don't ask about them.

"Yeah?", "How'd you end up on the bed?" I smiled. He sits up. "You talk in your sleep, you know that?" he said. "No I don't" I protested. "Yes you do. You were freaking out so I comforted you and you fell asleep" he sat up.

As he sat up, the covers slid off of him. He's shirtless. "No shirt! Really Eric!" I turned away from him. He laughs. "Its how I sleep." He gets off the bed. I turn to face him again. I just now notice that his hair isn't combed the way it usually is, its all messy and his neck tattoo stops at his collar bone.

"You should get ready... first day of initiation is always the hardest." he put on a tight black shirt. I nod my head and get off the bed, and walk back to the dormitory.

"Where were you?" asked another initiate. She has light skin and dark gold hair. "Eric wanted to talk to me" I got dressed in a black tanktop and black sweatpants. "What about?" she asked. "Stuff" I walked out of the room and into the Pit with everyone else. "Im Sam" she smiled. "Ace" I replied.

"Everyone over here" said Eric standing on a mat with Four and someone else. We all stand around the mat and pay attention. "Four will demonstrate what all of you will be doing today" Eric walked off the mat.

Four and the other guy position their fists in front of their faces. The other Dauntless throws the first punch and Four quickly wins the fight.

"Today will just show us what you got but it will count" Eric said. I look over at the board and see everyones names.

Eric scans the crowd. "Matt and..." Eric and I make eye contact. "... And Ace"

My heart drops but I walk onto the mat. Eric grabs my arm. "Hit him in the throat" he whispered and let me go.

I walk onto the mat. Eric stands in the middle of us but off the mat. I look at him and he nods his head.

Matt readies himself. "Ill take it easy on you if you go on a date with me" Matt smirked. I look at Eric again. Eric chuckles. "No thanks" I put my hands up. "Im interested in someone else" I said and smirked.

Matt clenches his jaw and puts his hands up. Matt and I look at each other for a few seconds, then he throws the first punch. I go under his arm and end up behind him. He's slow but his punches pack a lot of power.

I quickly go up behind him and knee him in the back of his knee, causing him to fall on his knees. I jump on his back and he throws me over.

I lay on my back and he kicks the side of my neck. I groan loudly and get up. He runs to me and I punch him in the throat. He puts his hands over his throat and falls to the floor, gasping for air.

I look at Eric. "What do I do now?" I mouthed out. "Finish him" he mouthed back. I look at Matt and think about all the emotional pain he's made me go through. I grab him by the collar of his shirt and pull him up to my face. "Don't underestimate me" I said through gritted teeth. I clench my hands into a fist and punch him in the eye. He pushes me off of him and he squirms around on the mat.

I get up. "You son of a-" "Thats enough Matt. Ace won. Deal with it" Eric stepped between us. Matt gives me a death stare and walks away.

"Four" Eric called him. "Put Ace down as a win" he said. Four goes to the board and Im in the green section of the board.

Eric takes me behind a pillar and puts his hand on my neck, gently. "You okay?" he asked. "You got hit pretty hard there" he said. "Yeah, Im fine" I looked at his grey eyes. He smiles, "Is it bad that I want to kiss you right now?" he asked. I shake my head slowly.