Love Me Till The Limit - Newt x Reader x Thomas

08

"You get everyone else?" Thomas questions as I jog up to where he was standing with Minho and Cora, everyone else was semi spread out conjugating into their own little groups.

"Ya, as far as I know everyone's right here." I reply, confirming we had everyone and we're ready to set off towards the glade. Thomas suggested taking the lead in which I thought was a great idea considering the one time I did go there it was by accident. I stuck towards the back of the group, making sure no one got separated somehow. We had to be extra careful especially since my run in with a griever during the day, I wasn't planning on loosing anyone today.

Lizzy of course took advantage of my absence from Thomas and made sure to be at the front right up next to him. My main worry wasn't even the chance of a griever making an appearance, it was the fact not everyone were runners meaning the amount of stops we would have to take would most likely be in double digits. If we were to make to many stops this could lead us taking to long to get to the glade and ending up in the maze overnight. If it were just runners out here I wouldn't be worried about it considering we were trained to stay out in the maze overnight but like I said not all of us were runners. Thomas had no trouble finding his way back to the glade luckily and there were no wrong turns taken. As we took our final right turn we were met with the sight of the opening to the glade. Since we had taken so long to leave my clearing the doors began slowly sliding shut when everyone was halfway through. At that moment it began complete chaos, every man and women for themselves.

Being at the complete back with Cora I knew there was no hope for us to make it so instead of sprinting towards the closing doors I stopped completely. She saw what I was doing and did the same after coming to the exact conclusion I did. Through the crack of the sliding doors I saw Newt and Thomas shooting me a concerned look, both boys were probably worried for my safety over night whereas I wasn't. I had spent countless nights in the maze and had still managed to stay alive this long but the gleaming in their eyes told me they were about to do something very stupid on their part. They exchange one glance between each other before both slipping through the narrowing doors before they shut completely.

"I now not only have to look after my sister tonight but now you two also because you idiots felt the need to be 'heros' for no apparent reason considering I can damn well take care of myself." I scold, gesturing dramatically with my hands. I don't even think they fully understood what they did until that moment because a look of realization settled onto their faces shortly after my outburst.

"Ya this might not have been the best idea." Newt sheepishly admits, Thomas nodding alongside him.

"No, you think?" I sarcastically snap back whilst rubbing my temples, trying to subside the oncoming headache that was being brought on by pure irritation. Wondering around the maze at night by my lonesome was easy but now that I had an extra 3 people to care after things were looking much more complicated. No matter how much I wanted to lecture them on their stupidity I knew better than to do that when we should be getting somewhere semi safe, standing out in the open like we were doing wasn't great on our chances of surviving the night.

"Just everyone follow me." I demand before taking off in a light jog to where an entire wall was completely covered in vines. Just as I was about to give everyone instructions on what my plan was a loud screech of a griever distracted me from doing so. I knew even before looking that it was way to close for my comfort. Turning to my right I'm met with the back of a griever about 20 ft away from where we stood. Thinking it hadn't seen us I signal everyone to start climbing up the vines, unfortunately we didn't get very far since when Cora went to grab onto what looked like the vine it was a snake instead and she couldn't help but let out a little squeal. At first I thought we were in the clear considering she managed to stay mostly quiet but grievers must have advanced hearing because it had no problem hearing her.

"Run!" I yell just seconds before it begins sprinting towards us at an absurd speed. At first we all were running in the same direction but somehow throughout the multiple turns we took to loose the griever I lost sight of Thomas and Cora. When both Newt and I were sure we were no longer being chased I called out for them but received nothing in return.

"Did you see which way Cora went?" I frantically question Newt, greatly worried for my sister's safety.

"I think she took a left back there with Thomas. The last time I saw her she was with him." Newt replies, attempting to put my anxiety at an ease by informing me she's most likely with Thomas and not by herself. Thomas seemed to know how to handle to maze from what I've seen so far so the thought of her being with him helped lift a pressing pressure off my chest.

"We need to find them." I announce only to be cut of by yet another scream belonging to a griever.

"I agree but we can't find them if we're dead, the best thing we can do right now is stay alive." No matter how much I wanted to find my sister he was right, I couldn't help her if I was dead. Newt could see I was visibly struggling to calm myself down and took ahold of my hand, grounding me to reality.

"Focus on me." He softly instructs, brushing his thumb on the back of my hand. His skin was rough but not in a bad way, it was comforting. Glancing up at him I'm met with him already starring down at me, nothing but deep care in his eyes. If we weren't in the middle of the maze I could have stayed like that forever but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

"We should get somewhere more safe." I say after calming down quite a bit, Newt agrees but doesn't let go of my hand. Not far from where we were I knew of a small chunk broken out of the wall where we could hide out for the night. Not wasting anymore time I start jogging over to it whilst instructing Newt to follow me. It took us less than a minute to come upon it and luckily it was much more secluded than I remembered it to be. Vines had overgrown and created a thin curtain separating the 'cave' from the outside. Newt insisted I go in first, wanting to make sure there wasn't going to be a surprise visit from a griever. Instead of arguing like I usually would I nodded and crawled inside, him shortly following soon after. There wasn't as much room as I would have hoped but we made do by sitting closely with one another. I didn't mind, it was Newt after all.

A few minutes of silence passed, the only noise was the faint sounds of our breathing mixed with the beating of ours hearts. Without even meaning too a yawn erupted from my lips, making me aware of my tiredness that was growing by the second. Newt seemed to sense my drowsiness and patted his chest, telling me without words I could lay my head there. Considering today had not only been physically exhausting but also mentally I knew if I wanted to have a clear and focused mind tomorrow I needed to rest.

"I'll stay up and be look out." Newt says has I scoot closer to him and gently place my head near his collarbone. I could hear his heartbeat form where I sat before but now that my ear was pressed up against his chest the beating was now louder and much more rapid.

"If I didn't know any better I'd say I make you nervous." I joke, and it being dark I couldn't make out the blush creeping onto his cheeks but knew it was there regardless whether I could see it or not.

"Just go to bed, will you?"

"Ya, ya." Listening to his shallow breathing it didn't take me long at all to fall into a dreamless sleep.