Broken and Gone ( A Newtmas Fanfic)

Chapter 3

         Keisha sat back on her heels and sighed.

"You really do have a hell of a life."

Newt laughed bitterly; Keisha had pretty much summed up his life in only a few words.

"What happened to you?"

Newt said trying to change the subject.

"I mean after Ya' know, I left"

Keisha sighed closing her eyes for a moment, and Newt took a second to realize how much younger and beautiful she looked without those early wrinkles due to stress. Keisha opened her eyes and furrowed her eyebrows.

"What"

Newt figured he was starring and quickly look away.

"Um....Nothing, just zoned out"

Keisha sniffed.

"Well, it was nothing special, we walked for a few days, found an abandoned house, and stayed there a few days, when my brother left in the night. After that we have just been bouncing between different houses staying there two or three days at most in some if we were lucky, we found clothes and small amounts of food. When we found you, we had just woken up when we heard a bunch of loud noises then a gunshot,"

Newt winced at the mention of this.

"Then after we heard it quiet down, I left Jackie with Dante, hoping to find some clothes of food but instead I found you, unconscious, bleeding, and half-dead."

Keisha glared at him as she said this,

"Jackie helped me build a makeshift stretcher and we've been on the road ever since."

Newt now not ashamed to stared, did just that for at least a minute, he couldn't believe she managed all that after the weeks without her he had almost forgotten how bloody amazing she was. He couldn't imagine what she felt during this, caring for two children all by herself while others struggled to survive on their own. Right then and there, Newt made a promise, that he would never let them go through something like that again, swearing to every one of the dead Gladers, Alby, Chuck, Jeff, Winston, Zart, and all the others that he would never break that even if Thomas shot him again.

"I know, you probably will never fully forgive me or forget what I did. I know what it's like for someone you care about to let you down, that's practically my life, so I promise that I will never make you go through that again, and I'm hoping that if you can't forgive me today you will be ready to in the future. You're my family Keisha."

Keisha now had new tears streaming down her face, and she reached forward and pulled him into a tight embrace. Now Newt was crying to tears dripping from his eyes as he buried his face in her shoulder. She smelled like wood smoke and cinnamon, her dirty clothes didn't bother Newt in the slightest, as he sucked in this small moment of contentment that he hadn't felt in years wishing he could live in this moment forever. Dante who was still sitting next to his mother now moved forwards and wrapped his arms around Newt's torso, and even though she had only new him for a few days Jackie also hugged Newt. He felt as if he was with his family for the first time in a long time.

"I love you guys" Newt whispered.

...End of Chapter 5...

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Authors Note: Hola :) 

Sorry this Chapter was a bit short. Hopefully I can write a longer one next.

Question: What is your favorite ship from TMR (besides Newtmas)