Burning With the Fire (Eric Divergent Fanfic)

I Won't Let You Go

***Arielle's POV***

The tears are involuntarily falling down my face, and it just makes me even more angry that I'm still a hormonal mess, even though I've had the baby already. Sometimes being a girl sucks.

Eric blowing up on me really hurt. I thought I was doing the right thing. And he made it out that I wasn't planning on revealing Tobias' confession to him. I may have been keeping it quiet for a few days, because the death of Eric's mother was still fresh in his mind, but I would never keep anything like that from him. The last time we kept secrets like that from each other, we damn well near lost each other. I can't go through that again.

I wander the Candor headquarters building for hours, trying to calm myself. I occasionally bump into other people, but luckily, the people are strangers to me.

I somehow make my way back to the dormitories, and find everyone packing up their belongings. I head towards my bunk area, and Uriah and Elizabeth are packing up their own belongings, as well as mine and Jen's. Eric is nowhere in sight, and I do want to know where he is, but not enough to take action. He's likely at Dauntless already, or punching holes in walls somewhere. Likely the latter, because violence always makes things better. Note the sarcasm?

"Uriah, El, what's going on?" I ask them, and they look back to me, beaming.

"We're going home! Four, Tori, and Harrison have decided for us to return home!" Uriah announces excitedly. Elizabeth approaches me, and hands me a backpack-looking thing, except there are lots of holes.

"It's for Jen. You can strap her to your back or stomach, and she'll be safe. It's a baby carrier." Elizabeth explains, and I put on my front, smiling.

"Thank you so much El." I thank her gratefully, and she places my baby gently in the carrier, her sleeping face facing me.

I grab the backpack full of what little I have, and throw it onto my back. Despite the other Dauntless, I decide to walk to our headquarters, because, for one, I have a baby strapped to my chest, and two, I gave birth to said baby less than a week ago. My body is still recovering from my big, but still tiny, baby girl.

Elizabeth and Aria opt to walk with me, given they aren't Dauntless. Uriah, oddly, decides to join us as well, but when I see him hovering, and talking to, Elizabeth, I know exactly why he chose us over the Dauntless.

He likes Elizabeth.

But I can't blame him there. She has long, shiny blonde hair, sparkling hazel eyes, and a kind personality, like her mother. El openly engages with Uriah, giggling at his attempts to be humorous. Uriah is terrible at flirting, but he seems to be swaying Elizabeth anyway.

I don't hear any complaining yet from either of the girls, and we may have a little ways to walk, which wouldn't bother me usually, but it has started to rain. Uriah hands me his jacket, and I throw it over Jen's head. If I didn't have my baby, I wouldn't have taken his jacket. This should be Eric's jacket...

Eric should be here beside his sisters and I, taking care of the four of us. Yes, I love Uriah for taking care of us, but it isn't his job. He has a family too. Eric needs to grow the hell up and throw his differences aside.

But, for one, its easier said than done, and also, I'm being hypocritical. I should grow up too, but I just can't bring myself to.

Then stop hoping that Eric will and enjoy your lonely time because its going to be a long while. Ugh, I hate it when my brain is right.

We continue our walk in the rain, and downpour quick to drench Uriah and I, and even Elizabeth and Aria get wet too. Now I have to pray we won't get sick after this.