TMR/ the day I fell in love

Seven Days Of Waiting Part Two

A/N: I know I said I wouldn't do every day, but this one is so important.... Well, more so cute than important. All I will say is you're welcome. 😈

Day two
Newt is spending more time awake then before. His major wounds are healing, but not very quickly. His minor wounds are almost completely healed. He spends a lot of his waking hours looking out the window.
Morning
I wake up in Newt's arms. I look around. We're not in his room, or mine for that matter. I look down at him and see all his bandages. Then I remember. Newt's in the hospital. I decide not to wake him, so I get up and look around for a pen and paper. I find one on a table nearby and snatch it up. I write him a quick note.
Newt:
Gone out to run. I miss you. I though I better not wake you up so that you can get better and get out sooner.
I love you,
Adrienne
Like always, I draw a heart on the back of the note, then tape it to his face so that way it would be the first thing he sees when he wakes up. What I do to tease him, though, is only put the tape on his eyebrows, so that he has to be very careful taking it off. I giggle as I remember once taping up his eyebrows and him screeching, then rushing out with only one eyebrow. It took a week for it to grow back. He stirs and I rush out. I hear him mumbling out the note. I rush out to go get breakfast, hurriedly eat then rush into the Maze. I meet up with Minho and we run together. He laughs and jokes for a bit then puts on a bit of a serious face.
"Hey, so I came to wake you up this morning, and you weren't there. I didn't see you at breakfast either," he points out, "You scared the crap it of me."
"Oh. Sorry. I forgot to mention that I was staying with Newt. Well, more so that I may stay with Newt some nights. There really won't be much notice. I just sometimes fall asleep with him. Sorry," I sigh.
"Oh," he sighs. A flicker of disappointment crosses his face for a second. He tries to cover it up, but I catch him, like the best friend I am.
"Huh? You're not jealous, are you?" I giggle. He looks at his feet and says nothing. He... Likes me? So that's why he was so willing to "help." He wasn't doing a favour for Newt, Newt was doing a favour for him!!
"You like me?" I ask, shocked.
"Pfft, no. You're my best friend. I-I don't like you," he stumbles awkwardly.
"You do!!" I giggle, "You loOooOve me!" He blushes profusely.
"Um, maybe just a little bit..." He mutters.
"Aww, you're all red!! That's so cute!" I giggle.
"I-I'm just all sweaty and hot from running!"
"Sure, lover boy. Sure." I smack him in the chest and we keep running.

Afternoon
We race out of the Maze a little bit early, since we made it through the our section extra fast. Mainly cause I would tease Minho for crushing on me, then sprint away, and he would chase me. He gives me a piggyback to the Map Room, just like yesterday. I guess it's our best buddy thing? I don't know. We finish up our map really fast, and I decide to go visit some of my friends around the Glade. First, I go to the fields to visit Kelsey.
I step over to the plants she's tending to and hunch over, dripping with sweat. I pant for a few seconds, then proceed to stealing Kelsey's watering can and drinking half of it.
"Oh, just sweat all over my plants, why don't cha?" She says sarcastically.
"Isn't it good for them? Hmm, Plant Girl? Why don't you activate your tree powers?" I giggle.
"Cause, I used them all up to keep your boyfriend busy," she laughs, wiggling her eyebrows.
"God, I'm the one who spends all day with Minho. How'd you get so sassy?"
"Minho rubbed off on you and you rubbed off on me. Next thing you know, half the Gladers will have 'Minho Sassitosis.'"
"Reece, Clint and Jeff'll have to wear hazmat suits when they treat people (lol that almost auto-corrected to peplum, anyone know what that is?) so that they don't catch the Sass!!" We collapse into hysterics. I can't risk giving myself a laughing cramp (last time Kelsey and I laughed so hard, I got a cramp that lasted for a week!), so I wave and run off to go find Reece, maybe help him out a bit. Minho always says I would've been a Medjack if I hadn't been such an epic Runner. I rush into the hospital and up to the first Medjack I see: Clint, who I became friends with shortly after threatening to pummel him if he didn't tell me where Newt was... Hehe that was awkward.
"Hey Cliffhanger," I chirp. The first time he told me his name I had thought he said "Cliff," so now I call him Cliffhanger.
"D'you know where Reece's Pieces is?" I don't even know why I call him that. I guess I just like handing out nicknames to the boys.
"Um, yeah, I think he's with Newt!" He laughs, pointing up towards Newt's room. I run up stairs, down the hall and into Newt's room. The boys are snickering about something but stop when I walk in.
"Why does every boy I see today laugh and then when I get close they stop?" I scream. I'm so pissed at everyone.
"Haha! I was right!! We'll call a Gathering to get everyone to pay up," Newt giggles.
"Aw, man, I was so sure she would crack on day five!" Reece groans.
"What! What does that mean?!"
"We had a betting pool. We wanted to see how fast we could break you," Reece chuckles.
"I knew I could break you in two days. I know you so well," Newt grins.
"You. Suck," I shout, lying down and hugging him.
"You too," he grins, hugging me back. I lean down and kiss him.
"Gross!" Reece shouts. I forgot he's there...
"Get a room, you two."
"Well I believe you're standing in it," I point out frankly. We all laugh and I get up.
"Ha, I'm starving, wanna get some dinner Reece?" Newt's cheeks flare up and he frowns.
"What? D'you want some dinner?" I giggle. He nods, still frowning.
"All right, Newtie." Reece and I walk out to go get some of Frypan's dinner, chatting and laughing.

The line at the food counter was so long, it took us an hour to get our food. I finally got back to Newts room with both our portions. I sat down in a chair by his bedside and handed him his stew, helping him get propped up on pillows. We both finish up.
"D'you mind scooting over? I want to cuddle," I giggle at Newt. Despite everything, I still get bashful.
"Why don't you go cuddle with one of your other boyfriends?" He growls angrily.
"What are you - ooh right," I sigh.the memories of today and yesterday flash through my head. Minho giving me piggybacks to the Map Room. Reece and I spending an hour getting food.
"There's nothing between me and anyone else. Minho is my best friend, that's why he carries me. And the food line was sooooo long you wouldn't believe it," I giggle.
"I don't believe you," he whispers, rolling to face away from me. Just before he finishes flopping, I see tears in his eyes. I know he's sensitive, it's one of my favourite things about him. I roll him back around to face me.
"Newtie, you know that I don't like them right? I always liked you. I love you, Newt." I cup his face in my hands, wiping away his tears. I had never said, "I love you," to him before. He said it many, many times before, but I never said it back. I guess I knew I needed to save it for just the right moment. And this is it. He needs to hear it the most, right now.
"I love you, Newt," I whisper. I lean in and kiss him softly. He looks at me and smiles, still crying.
"I... I love you too, My Greenie,"
"I'm not a Greenie anymore," I said.
"I know, but you're my first love. You're my green love. You're my Greenie." I kiss him again softly. He lifts the covers and let's me slide in.
"Hi," I whisper.
"Hi." We'd spent the night together before, but this is different somehow. He slides out of his shirt. The first night, he hadn't worn a shirt but I hadn't noticed. Now, I do. He has toned arms, not quite as musclely as Minho, but this was somehow better. He has a partially toned stomach and chest, to the point where it's really good looking, but not extreme. I gently place my hands on his warm, soft chest. I rest my head in between them. His heart is beating very, very fast. I can tell that, for one reason or another, he's nervous about something.
"Why's your heart beating so fast?" I giggle, "You're not nervous, are you?" His heart beats a bit faster.
"I-I just... I just love you too much to ever not be nervous when I'm with you. You are just so perfect I can't help but love you more and more every second I'm with you," he sighs. I hold him tightly.
"Dido," I laugh. I'm not a wordsmith of his caliber anywhere but in in my own thoughts.
"Wha? That's it? No 'you are the one and only love I have ever known,' no 'If the summer ended here I would never notice as long as you were there to keep me warm,' no 'the day I met you was the day my heart stopped and my life began?' It seems that I have little to no influence over you," he rants, "Do I not mean enough to you that you could work on your romantic speech? I -" Before he can stop me I kiss him.
"Okay. I'll be quiet now," he laughs.
"Aw, but then I'll have no excuse to kiss you again," I mock pout. He leans over and kisses me.
"Then I'll just have to kiss you," he sighs, "Oh well!" I sigh and he kisses my nose. I close my eyes, cuddle up close, laying a hand on his epic abs. I fall into a deep sleep. I hear one last thing:
"Shall I compare thee to a Glader's day?
Thou art more lovely and temperate
What will happen I can not truly say
And the Glade's lease hath all too short a date," Newt whispers softly. I believe what I had said now. I do really love him. I am in love with Newt.

A/N: so I googled "peplum." Here's what I got:
pep·lum
ˈpepləm/
noun
a short flared, gathered, or pleated strip of fabric attached at the waist of a woman's jacket, dress, or blouse to create a hanging frill or flounce.
(in ancient Greece) a woman's loose outer tunic or shawl.
Weird right?
The short poem was a take on William Shakespeare's 18th sonnet's first four lines, changed to fit the Gladers. It was hard, since they have no months or seasons.... Lol but I stuck to the rhythm and I think it turned out kinda cutish. Lol okay, this is getting super long, so.... You guessed it,
KEEP ROCKING!!! (Dang it emoji doesn't have a rock hand....)
Lol, lyg!!!
Adrienne