Blue Eyed Man

Chapter 13

Tyler's POV

    I am awakened the next morning by Eric who is shaking me as gently as he can. I don't even know exactly how I got to bed last night. I'm so sore. School is gonna be interesting today. Getting on and off the train is going to hurt.

    We eat breakfast in mess hall and Eric walks me out to where the train will come. We go to school in Erudite because, well, Dauntless doesn't exactly have teachers. Once we reach the train station, I expect Eric to leave, but he doesn't. He waits with me for the train to come.

Eric's POV

    The train should be here any minute. I should've left when I brought her here, Tris says they just drop her off, but for some reason, I don't want Tyler out of arm's reach. I'm scared something will take her from her family... take her from me. I'm so paranoid about this kid.

    The train comes, she jumps on and they're headed for Erudite. She'll get to see Tris for a little bit. I stand on the platform until the train is completely out of sight.

    The rest of the week follows this same pattern. It becomes routine. As normal as it is, every moment in itself is different. Tyler is definitely unpredictable. She comes up with something crazy to do every day. I don't really want our week to come to an end, but today is Saturday, and Four is coming to get her in a few minutes. I don't think I've ever had a week like this, even before I transferred from Erudite.

    Before long, there's a knock at the door that I sadly know to be Four. He comes in and doesn't take long to gather all of her stuff. He begins to take her out the door, but before he can, she runs to me and wraps her arms around my waist. She stays there a few moments before I can comprehend what's going on or what to do. Eventually, I wrap my arms around her. This has never happened before. Not just someone hugging me like this, but just someone genuinely caring since... well I'm not sure how long it's been.

    She eventually releases me and walks back over to Four. He seems to be in shock. It's like he doesn't know what to think about this. All he does is quickly rush her out of the door.

    I would end up getting lucky later. Turns out Four and Tris would have many weeks where they would both have to be in different factions. Every time they were, Tyler stayed with me. Eventually, if they weren't going to be in Dauntless, she just showed up at my door with a bag, and I gladly let her in... every time.