Part 9

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Later on in the evening, the boys and I are sat around the bonfire just talking to each other. "Oh look, the man has  risen." Minho says. I turn around and see Thomas stood there. "Y/N can we talk." "Sure." I say and I get out of my seat and we walk together. He doesn't say anything at first but then we come to a stop. We are stood at a wall with loads of names on. "What is this place." I ask. Then I see the name Ben with a cross through it. "Oh, these are the names of the fallen gladers." Thomas looked at me and nodded. He grabbed my hands and said  "Y/N I don't ever want to see your name on this wall, not ever and if you go into the maze, you have a higher risk of being on that wall." He bows his head, I lift his head up and say  to him "Listen, I need to do this, I need to help  you find a way out of this place and when we do, we can all live the lifes we have always wanted, the lives that we deserve to live. I promise you I will do my very best to stay safe. Plus you and Minho are going to be with me most of the time." "I know, I just could never forgive myself if you got hurt." I hug him and he kisses my forehead and then I look up at him. We make eye contact  for a few seconds and then he leans in and kisses me. I pull away and say "Thomas, I've only just got here, we can't do this." He looks a little bit defeated. Then I look away from him and see  Newt. "Uh I just came to see if you guys were okay." Newt says. "Yeah we are fine, we are coming back now." Thomas walks away. "Newt. This isn't what it looks like." Newt doesn't say anything, he just walks away.

I get back to the bonfire and I  chill out with everyone except Newt, who hasn't come and sat with any of us since he saw Thomas kiss me. I decide it's time for me to go to bed so I get up and announce to the guys, "Right I think I am going to turn in for the night, I have got a big day tomorrow." They all get up and each of them hug me. "See you bright and early tomorrow, Greenie." Minho says to me as he hugs me." I walk away from them. To get to my tent, I have to pass Newt. He has been sitting alone just looking up at the sky for the last hour. "I'm going to bed now Newt." I get no response so I start to walk away but I turn back around and go sit next to him. "I can't go to sleep whilst your mad at me." He stares at me in my eyes. "Do you want to know why I am not a runner anymore and why I have a limp?" I nod at him silently. "I used to be one of the fastest runner here but each day I went into the maze I lost hope of  ever getting out of this place. One day, Minho and I decided to split up and go into our own section. I went in that maze that day with no intentions of coming back out of it. I climbed to the top of the wall and I jumped. My leg got caught in the vines and I broke it.  Minho came and bought me to the med jacks. We have no real medical help here so my leg will never heal properly again. That was the last time I went into the maze." I look at him and I could see the pain in his eyes but he wouldn't look at me properly. I rested my head on his shoulder. He continued talking "Ever since you came into the glade, my life has never been brighter. You bought  back something in me that I haven't seen in a while. Hope, you bought back my hope. If you go into that maze and something happens to you, I could never get over it and my whole  life goes dark again." At this point he has turned away from me. I grab his face softly and I hold it in the palms of my hands. "Newt I am not going anywhere. Apart from the hell out of this place." He laughs quietly. I hold his hand  and look at him "I never ever want you to feel that way again, hope is all we have in this place." Newt tries to kiss me. "Newt we can't do this right now. I only just got here, I really appreciate it, I do. But we've only just met really." He puts his finger on my lip as if to quiet me. "Don't worry Shortie. I can wait." He winks at me and stands up. "
You young lady have a very long day ahead of you tomorrow." I stand up and we hug. I hug him tighter then usual and for longer. We got to a point of our hug that we were swaying slowly side to side. "Goodnight Blondie." I whisper. "Goodnight Shortie." He kisses me on my head and I leave and go to my tent.

That night as I got in my hammock, I had so thoughts going through my head. But the main one that stuck there was Newts story and how alone he must of felt. I stopped myself from thinking about  it  any longer. Like Newt said, I  have a very busy day tomorrow. I'm going to be a runner. I let out a little sigh of excitement and then I turn over and fall asleep. I slept through the night  fully and happy because I knew with the friends I have now, I could get through anything.

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