ᵗʰʳᵉᵉ 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 ⁿᵉʷᵗᵐᵃˢ (ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉᵈ)

Back Where You Belong

THOMAS POV

A girl around 14 or 15 walks into my room.

"Hello." She says. "You're Thomas?"

I nod. "Yeah. Who are you and why are you in my room?" 

"I'm Olivia." Is all she says. She steps closer to me. "Are you feeling alright?" She asks. "You doing okay?"

I look at her. "What? Why do you care?" 

"Oh, I don't." She says. "But you need to tell me anyway." 

"I'm fine." I say. "Why?"

"Just filling out a survey." She says.

"I don't believe you." I say.

"Yeah, yeah, okay." She says. She walks over to me. "Newt told me to ask."

I narrow my eyes. "Are you lying?"

"No." She says. "He did, I swear."

"Oh." I say. "Well, tell him I'm fine. And that I love him."

Olivia smiles softly. "You guys are cute."

"Shut up." I say, blushing slightly. 

She giggles. "Bye, Thomas." 

"Bye, Olivia." I say.

She leaves. I lean back. I'm smiling like an idiot. I sigh and shake my head. 

NEWT POV

Olivia comes back into my room.

"Hey, Newt." She says. 

"Hey, Olivia." I say. "Is he alright?"

"He says he's fine and that he loves you." She says. 

I sigh. "Okay. Okay, good." Olivia turns to leave. "You wanna stay?" I ask her. 

She turns, her face lighting up. "Really? I don't have any friends here."

My heart reaches out to the young girl.

"Yeah, sure." I say. "Stay."

"So." she says, sitting on the edge of my bed. "How'd you and Thomas meet?"

I laugh dryly. "That's a long story, a long bloody story." 

"So tell me the long story." She says, laying back. "I've got time."

So I tell her all about the Maze, the Scorch, the Safe Haven, everything. She's a great audience, I have to admit that. She laughs and gasps at all the right times. 

"You're right." She says. "That was a long story."

"You get bored?" I ask teasingly. 

"Hell no." She says. "Hey, can I sneak Thomas in here?"

"Can you?" I ask.

"Sure can." She says. "And I'll make sure we don't get in trouble."

In about half an hour, she comes back with Thomas. I run over and hug him. 

"Tommy, thank god you're okay." I say, pressing my face into his neck. 

He pulls my face up. "I missed you." He says.

"I missed you too." I say. 

He kisses me quickly before letting me go. Olivia stands squealing in a corner. I laugh.

"You good, Olivia?" I ask. 

"Ugh!" She cries. "I love you guys."

Thomas laughs. "I like this one." He says to me. "Let's keep her."