Soft Girl - Gally

Chapter six

I wake up once again but this time it's lighter outside. Frypan wakes up as well but the others keep on snoring. He signs at me to follow him which I do. "We are the first ones awake everyday, got it?" He asks as I nod.

We get into the kitchen and make toast for everyone. "So everyday we just wake up before everyone else and make these spoiled asses their breakfast?" I ask.

He laughs softly and nods. "That's exactly what we do. By the way, I found this in the cabinet yesterday." He says giving me a notebook with pen.

"And what am I supposed to do with it?" I ask looking at it. He raises his shoulders and turns to me.

"Girls usually keep diaries right? Maybe you can put your emotions and thoughts in there. No one knows it exists and I will not tell anyone." He says.

That may be not a bad idea. "Thanks Fry." I say smiling. We finish the toast right on time. We had a genius idea so we put the pots of jam on the table along with ham, salami and cheese so people can customize their own toast.

We sit down and start eating. I eat two toast with salami. "This is an amazing idea. Why didn't we do this sooner?" Thomas asks smiling.

"It is! I mean, now we don't have to complain about the toast we wanted." Chuck replies.

"Maybe they send me up here because you lot can't think of these things." I say. They look at me shocked.

"How dare you? We've been really smart until you came." Minho says sarcastically.

"Ever thought of building a ladder to climb to the top of the maze walls and take it from there?" I ask.

"That would never work." Newt says.

"If you don't try it wouldn't work no." I say. We finish our breakfast and I return to the kitchen.

"Oh Summer, you can take some time off, I mean we can start at ten if you want." Frypan says smiling.

"Alright, I'll go and write something then." I reply taking my new notebook to the tower. I climb to the top and think about yesterday. How am I even gonna start this whole lot. I never even wrote in a diary. What did Frypan say? Oh yeah leave your thoughts and feelings and put them in here or something.

Dear Diary,
I'm gonna admit it. I'm scared, these boys have been here for three years already and never found a way out. This night, Gally leaded me to the wall with all the names of the people here. He told me about the crossed out names which were boys who didn't survive the dark days. It made me really scared but when he touched my hands to guide me while carving my name into it, the fear faded away.

It felt like there was nothing to be scared of anymore, the warmth of his hands spread through me and we finished my name though. After that, we teased each other but when he pulled me close I swear just for a second I could feel some sort of tension. Is it just me?

What is wrong with me? No one can find this stupid book otherwise they know. I sigh deeply putting my book down and looking over the glade. I find Gally building with the gladers. He's screaming at them again which makes me think about the first time meeting him. His eyebrows... I start laughing again.

"Summer, let's start lunch!" Frypan screams from down there. I stand up, picking up my book and pen and get to the kitchen. I walk past Gally and the builders. He looks at me and I smile at him. He smiles back and turns back around to the boys.

I get inside the kitchen and help Frypan with the churros he had in mind. "So did writing in that little book help?" He asks. I look up at him confused. "I saw you writing in there." He adds.

"Yeah, sure. It actually made me more confused then before." I reply almost cutting myself.

"Hey, pay attention!" He says. "But alright spill the tea. What makes you confused?" He asks. "I won't tell anyone remember!" He says.

I sigh putting my knife down and leaning against the table. "Gally." I say. Frypan immediately turns to me with his eyes widened.

"Gally?" He asks confused. "Oh wow Summer, you like him don't you?" He asks smiling.

"No, yes, no!" I sigh again. "I don't know. It's makes me confused that's all. It's impossible to like someone after two days." I say while continuing to make the churros.

"Nothing is impossible Summer. It's obvious he likes you back. No one! I repeat no one! Embarrasses him with getting away." He says.

"Alright but I don't even know what love is. So how do I know if I'm in love?" I reply. He places a hand on my shoulder and pets it.

"You gotta find that out yourself, but for the record. i've never seen Gally this happy and chill before and I know that shank for already three years." He says.

"But who says it's because of me? Maybe he just fell and hit his head to hard." I reply which makes both of us laugh.

"When you came up in the box, he jumped in to see you, and he didn't really leave your side until Alby came in and wanted everyone out of there." Frypan laughs.