ᵒⁿᵉ 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐘 𝐎𝐖𝐍 ⁿᵉʷᵗᵐᵃˢ (ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉᵈ)

My Favorite Mistake

THOMAS POV

I start walking towards the Maze entrance when Minho walks up to me.

"Where are you going?" He asks

"Back into the Maze." I say plainly.

"Hey, hey, Thomas. What is it with you?" he asks me. "A death wish? You just got out and now you want back in?"

I look at him. "Newt said that no one has ever seen a Griever and to tell about it, right? Minho, now we have one. You're me you're not even a little bit curious?"

He shakes his head. "Not really, no." There's a beat. "So what's the plan? You going to go dissect that thing all by yourself?" He asks.

"I will if I have to." I say confidently. "Have the other Runners left yet?" I ask.

"The other Runners quit this morning." He says, gesturing to them. "After Alby got stung, they're not in any to get back out there. Why are you?"

"I want to know what we're really up against." I say.

"All right. But you're not going back out there alone. Meet me in the woods in half-an-hour."

Fifteen minutes later, I sit with Newt by the forest. 

"You don't have to come." I tell him.

"If you're going, I'm going." He insists. 

"But, Newt-" I start.

"No, Thomas." He says. "I'm coming."

I rest my head on his shoulder and I feel him stiffen. "Fine."

NEWT POV

When Minho walks over with Frypan, Winston and some others, Thomas jerks his head off my shoulder.

"Will this be enough?" He asks us.

We walk into the Maze. I'm rather scared. I've never been inside the Maze before. Thomas walks in the front so I do too. I really want to grab his hand, but I know I can't. God, what is wrong with me? When we reach it, everyone stops. It's organs pool around it's legs at the base of the wall.

"That's disgusting." Zart says.

"There's something in there!" Minho spots.

"You mean besides a Griever pancake?" Frypan asks.

Minho reaches in.

"Whoa, what are you doing?" I ask.

It's leg jerks.

"WHOA!" We say, jumping back.

"I thought you said it was dead!" I say.

"Was it a reflex?" Zart asks. (A/N: He played Dr. Cross in Grey's Anatomy, so I was made weirdly happy by that line.)

"You hope." Frypan says. 

"Okay, come on." Thomas says. "Let's try at pull it out."

We wrap our hands around the leg. Thomas's hand brushes against mine and I blush.

"On three!" Thomas shouts. "ONE! TWO! THREE!"

We all pull and it comes out. Minho pulls a device. It's a cylinder with a beeping number 7. 

"What the hell is that?" Thomas asks.

"Interesting..." Minho says.

"Okay, whatever it is, can we take this back up to the Glade?" Frypan asks. "I really don't want to meet this guys friends."