Cold

Confronted



Eric let out a low,sort laugh.
"No...no she is not."
But the way he said it was clearly for him to believe it.
Ι kept my gaze fixed on the floor.I felt my eyes stinging,tears slipping out.

Jeanine sighed.
"I suppose the baby is yours Eric?"

I didn't have to look at Eric's face to realize how shocked he was.

"She can't be pregnant,Dauntless gives each woman a birth control shot."Eric kept insisting.

Suddenly he was in front of me.
He took my face in his hands and made me look at him.
The tears in my eyes confirmed his worse fears.

"I wasn't able to take the last shot,was I?I was a prisoner." I whispered.

Eric had nothing to say.
So he did what he would always do.He became violent

His hand found my cheek and I fell to the floor.
Tobias run to my side but the guards held him in his place.

Eric knelt beside me and I tried to get up but he quickly got up and kicked me.

I held my stomach in a stupid attempt to protect my baby.

"Was this an attempt to what?To make me pity you?All that crap you wrote me to manipulate me?" Eric screamed at me.

I've never seen him angrier and that scared me.
It was also the moment I vowed to have this baby and protect it by him.

"You don't know what you are saying...i didn't know I was pregnant until this morning.Evrything I told you was true...i did love you,but there's nothing of that love anymore I assure you." I yelled back at him.

After that everyone was quiet.It sure was an awkward moment even for Jeanine.I got up to my feet and stood in front of Eric,his angry eyes never leaving me.

"Well we will sort this out I guess."Jeanine said in a not so amused voice.
She went behind her desk and pressed a button.
"Coley get the doctor immediately,tell him to get ready for an abortion,it's about the project."

The moment I heard her cold voice talking about abortion I almost fainted.But the fire inside me burned brighter than the fear.

"If You think I am letting you touch my baby you are damn wrong." I hissed directly at her.

"And how will you stop it?"she folded her hands over her chest.

"You need me for whatever project you want Jeanine one way or another I will have to participate and if you do this...i will find a way to kill myself and your perfect little project will be ruined."

The cold smile left her lips.
She stared at me for a while.

"Why do you want this baby?" she finally asked.

I stared back at her completely lost.
Then I realized I never even considered getting rid of the baby...my baby.

"It's the best thing that has ever happened to me."I whispered.

Jeanine stared at me,considering what could she do.

"I just want for my baby to have a normal life...and a family." I said.

Eric who had not spoken the whole time let out a sigh.

"Since Eric's stamina got us in trouble he is the one to decide." Jeanine's cold stare was fixed on him.

The girl whose name as i heard was Jose (Josephine) crossed her arms over her chest and let a short laugh.
She wanted to show she didn't care but I knew she was hurt.

"What do you want me to do Jeanine?Raise the kid?" Eric looked exhausted.

"Exactly."

But that wasn't what I wanted.
"My baby will have nothing to do with Eric.I will choose a family for it to leave.He is biologically the father but he is and he will never be something more than that."
I heard my own voice coming out tired.

Jeanine considered this for a while and then nodded.
"Very well."

Eric stared at me,his chest rising and falling and I stared back with tears in my eyes wondering if somewhere deep there was the man I fell in love.
I sighed.Of course this man never existed.

Jeanine dismissed us and the moment we got out Eric's fist found the wall.
He let a growl and his forehead touched the now broken wall.
He told the soldiers to get my brother and Tris in their sells and now I was alone with Eric and Jose.

"Jose please live." Eric said.

"But Eric I-"

"LEAVE!" He screamed at her.

She took a step back out of fear and quickly dissapeard.
I secretly wished she hadn't.

Eric pushed himself away from the wall and stared at me.
"When did all this happen."

He seemed so tired.Not his usual leader mode self.

"I did love you Eric." I whispered,my eyes fixdd on the ground.
"If things were different I would still love you."

I looked up to see his reaction,not really believing my eyes.

Eric,the mighty Eric,strong leader,ruthless...

was crying