Paradise in the Safe Haven (SEQUEL to Maze Runner Newt x girl Glader)

Chapter 19: Unexpected Crush

One day, Angelina went out to walk on the beach for a little bit. She came home with a visitor. It was a boy. He looked like he was around her age, he had dark hair and ocean blue eyes. I walk over to her.

"Hey, baby. How was the beach?" I ask her.

"Oh, it was...you know...same as always." she says nervously.

"I...I see you...brought a visitor." I say to her as I see the boy.

"Oh. Yeah. Mom, this is my new friend, Justin." Angelina introduces her friend.

"Hi." Justin greets me enthusiastically.

"Hello, Justin. I'm Jacqui, Angelina's mother." I introduce myself hesitantly.

"Nice to meet you." Justin says as he shakes my hand.

"Nice to meet you, too. So...how'd you two meet?" I ask.

"Oh, we met at the beach. As I walking, I saw him, then he saw me. We were just minding our own business and he walked over to me and said hi and we became friends." Angelina says.

"Ah. So...how long have you lived here at the Safe Haven?" I ask him.

"Pretty much my whole life. My parents used to be hostages at W.C.K.D. and I guess they fell in love and had me here, so...yeah." Justin answers.

I hear footsteps approaching and I see Newt coming to see what's happening.

"Hey. I hear voices. What's going on?" Newt asks as he comes over. He stops as he sees Justin. I can see he's getting uncomfortable.

"Oh. A boy. Great. So...when's the wedding?" Newt asks sarcastically and in annoyance. Angelina and Justin blush and feel embarrassed.

"Um, Newt? Why don't you come with me to the other room? I'd like to have a talk with you." I say to him.

"Fine. But if you lay a finger on my baby girl, your ass is longer welcome here." Newt points to Justin with a glare. Angelina gets in front of him.

"Dad! You're embarrassing me!" she whispers to him in annoyance.

I grab Newt's shirt and pull him to our room.

"Okay, okay, I'm coming." he whines.

As Newt and I go to our room, I close the door so Angelina and Justin don't hear us.

"How could you do that? Hm?" I ask him with a stern face and I cross my arms.

"What do you mean?" Newt asks as his eyebrows furrow in confusion.

"You know. 'When's the wedding?' She just made a new friend and you're embarrassing her." I scold Newt.

"Yeah, her new friend's a boy. Who knows what could happen? And she's too young to be dating boys." Newt complains.

"She's only 13! She's old enough, just not old enough for sex and making out. You know that. And she knows that, too. She's kind, innocent, and if he tries to hurt her, she'll stand up for herself. She's confident, too. You should be proud of her. Besides, her and Justin might feel a connection the way we did when we met." I say to him, trying to get through him.

"Yeah, that's true." Newt says guiltily.

"I'm gonna go check on her. I'll be back." I say to him as I leave the room to go check on Angelina and her new friend to make sure they're not doing anything. As I was walking in the hallway, I heard singing. I slow down and watch from the doorway, and see Angelina singing the first song I sang at the Glade to Justin. She sounds so good and Justin is looking at her in awe. My heart warmed up at the moment. I whisper to Newt to come see this. He peeks with me and stares at Angelina singing to Justin in awe, and that she's singing the first song that I sang at the Glade. I smile at Newt and he smiles back. He has a look of realization on his face. He grabs my hand and we go back go to the room.

"You're right, Jacqui. Angelina, she...she has your voice, your kind and innocent personality, your confidence, and she has...both our good looks." he smirks as I laugh at that.

"Yeah, now get to the point." I say with a smile.

"Well, since I fell in love with you, you had all those qualities, and...since Angelina is like a mini you and half of mini me, and the way that boy..." Newt says and I cut him off to say the boy's name.

"Justin." I say his name.

"Right, right, Justin. The way he looked at her, I remembered it was the way I looked at you. That I would never hurt you, I trusted you, and the moment that I fell in love with you. And I feel like Justin would be perfect for her cuz...I feel like he won't ever hurt her." Newt says to me. I smile at his words.

"That's right. I'm glad I got through you, my sexy hunk." I tease him flirtatiously and wrap my arms around his neck. He giggles and kisses my lips. I smile in the kiss.