Strangers All Over Again | Maze Runner

Chapter 6 | Memories

Hi! I hope you will enjoy this chapter, I have been rushing this one a bit since I am almost reaching my exams :((.

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As the boy and Ember walked out of the forest, Ember tried hiding the wound, hoping nobody would notice. It was hard though, especially since it hurted alot, and her clothes got dirty from the fighting.

She felt guilty, and didn't feel like giving some boy who got stung the blame, when he probably didn't intent to hurt her, did he? And how did he know her, she had never met him before, had she?

Too many questions with no answers, it drived her insane, but she tried to shut it out. Everything.

"Hey you okay?" The boy asked as he looked directly at Ember, she was too deep into her thoughts that she hadn't noticed with who she was. "Why are you being so nice so sudden?" Ember looked at the boy, confusion painted on her face.

"I have never been mean to you, haven't I?" He looked down at the grass as he kept walking, he walked slower, probably because he knew Ember was a slow walker.

Ember thought about what he said, and he was right. He had never been, he just looked like a mean person. I guess you can't judge a book by its cover huh?

"So your name is Ember, how'd you know?" The boy asked and Ember her first thoughts were seriously, how'd I know?

"Well when that boy attacked me, he slammed my head pretty hard on the ground. I didn't feel much of it, but I guess it made me get my name back." She giggles as she tries explaining it, the attack didn't really feel like something she wanted to talk about.

She would rather just forget that all happened, than talk about it. But I guess humor could cover up the event, right?

"Are you sure you don't wanna get that, checked out?" The boy looked over at her shoulder, seeing strangle marks all over her neck, and three, deep wounds. It looked like his nails had digged in so deep, It had some black around it, but it was mostly just blood.

"Yeah I am sure." She wasn't hesitating as she tried covering it up, because they arrived at Frypan's again. "What are you gonna tell them?" The boy looked in Ember's eyes as he was waiting for the answer that was most logical.

But instead, "Nothing, I'll just try covering it as much as possible. Alteast until it isn't so obvious anymore.". He got the most dummest answer possible.

He rolled is eyes as they entered Frypan's place, you could see all the tables being set up, most of them were already filled but most gladers were in the row for their food.

"Is it already dinner time?" She looked up to the sky, but she didn't see the sun. Why hadn't she noticed it before? The warm sun hadn't reached her skin but she did notice the colors of the sky changed from baby blue, to purple with pink.

It was beautiful, yet she couldn't enjoy it because she was stuck between four big walls, the ones she had still no clues about.

She started walking towards the shed where Frypan was handing all the food out, and before she knew it Ember heard her stomach growl as it wanted food.

She hadn't been thinking about food lately, but she wanted to take her mind off of things. It was probably for the better.

Ember took a plate with a bowl and walked to the long queue infront of her. "Hey, where have you been? I've been searching the whole glade for ya."

Ember turned around to see a blonde boy behind her, probably for the food. "Oh, I have been walking in the forest, I needed some fresh air."

Newt his look turned from friendly to concerned as he kept questioning Ember. "Wait, where?"