r o s e m a r y. ➳ ; eric coulter

➳ five.

"Get up, initiates!" I groan and look over to see Four with a metal rod, banding on someone's bed.

"Training starts in ten!"

I hop up from my bed and quickly begin to undress, not wanting to be late on the first day. I look over to Ellie and see she's still in bed. How was she not bothered by the noise?

"Should we wake her?" Elijah says while putting on a shirt. I shrug.

"Maybe we should just let her be late." I tease.

"Not funny, guys." A sleepy Ellie says and rises up, rubbing her eyes. "I would literally be killed if I was late on the first day."

I laugh and began to tie up my boots. What would today consist of? Actually now thinking about it, what do Dauntless train for? Scaring the shit out of people and doing crazy dares?

"What are you smiling at?" Ellie asks me, bringing back from my thoughts.

"Oh nothing, let's go."

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"First up for training, we're going to learn to arm and disarm a gun." Four says as he hold a gun into the air.

I've never seen one before or even held one. Guns were simply banned in Amity, for we-I mean they don't believe in them. I stare at the weapon in Four's hand, we won't have to use actual living targets. Would we?

It has been almost an hour and I still haven't got the hang of the whole gun thing.

"You ready to shoot?" Four says to me and I shake my head.

"Not even close." I say and my fingers began to tremble as I worked steadily at my gun.

"Well, the big boss is here so might as well take a chance." He points at the doorway where Eric was now standing.

I nod my head slowly and made my way over to the targets, taking a place next to Elijah. We were on the roof and I've come to the conclusion that if I do poorly, Eric could easily throw my off it. I gulp.

Raising up my gun, I begin focus my eyes on the center and out my finger on the trigger.

"Wait." I turn behind me, looking for the body who held the voice. Eric.

"Your stance is wrong."

I tense up as I feel his presence behind me.

"How so?" I question trying to focus on the target and not Eric.

"Well for one, you need move your feet farther apart." He says and uses his feet to kick mine.

"Keep tension here." I feel his cold hands against my skin. Damn it, why did I wear a crop top?

He continues to shift my body into the perfect position before he felt satisfied. "Now, you'll put your fingers on the trigger and-"

He wraps his hands hands around mine and I can feel his chest on my back. "Pull."

I fly back into Eric's chest and he lets out a low chuckle. Smiling, I look up to the target. The bullet mark was dead in the center, I giggle.

"Now just do that every time, Rosie." Eric says and begins to walk away.   

"Thank you!" I call out and return to my target, still smiling. Wait, did he just call me Rosie? My smile grows and soon my teeth are showing, I like it.

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"Ugh, I'm starved." I say as I sit down at the table. We were currently having a lunch break before we continued training.

"Me too, training will soon be the death of me." Ellie responds, shoving mashed potatoes in her mouth. "Where's Elijah?"

I shrug and begin piling green beans on my plate, "I think he's staying in the dorms."

"Why?"

"Tired I'm guessing." We both engage in conversation about training, tattoos, and what we'd like to do in Dauntless. I start to laugh at a lame joke Ellie said when Four came over.

"Having fun?" He says and takes his same spot next to me.

"Of course, mister trainer sir." I joke with him. He sends me a playful glare.

"I see you're not the only one who gives nicknames." I give him a confused look, but Ellie beats me to the question I'm about to ask.

"What are you taking about?" I nod and point at Ellie, "Yeah."

"Oh don't you remember, Rosie." He says making the 'Rosie' part louder than the rest.

"Shut up." I say and flick some potatoes at him, them hitting him square in the jaw. He just laughs and send me a weird face.

"Wait I'm confused." Ellie says slowly.

"Awe the ex-Erudite is confused." I start to laugh, Four and Ellie joining in.

"Something funny?" I hear Eric say from behind me.

"No uh- no sir." Ellie stutters out, while trying to stifle a laugh. He just stands there and cocks a eyebrow at me.

"Just some friendly jokes, right Four?" I say with a completely straight face.

He only nods.

"Rosemary, I want to see you after training. Got it?" Eric says, almost with a soft expression.

I nod, not even sure if he saw me. That's how fast he walked away from me. I turn back to Four, "That was weird."