Group C

Chapter thirty-four

"What?"
"I LOST HER" she pulled away from me and put her head in her hands again. I rubbed her back.
"Who?"
See stood up in range.
"ARE YOU JACKED IN THE HEAD NEWT? SHES GONE! ANNIE! SHES SHUCKING GONE! AND ITS MY FAULT!"
"What?"
She was crying uncontrollably. I just held her. At some point she pulled away.
"...after she ran into the maze, I ran after her...until" she sobbed
"I saw her and ran to her, but she...she...just kept running....and...I lost her....I just left her there...to die.." She sobbed again.
"She's gone!"
Silence.
"Look Flo! We don't know she's dead, It wasn't your fault-"
"DO YOU REALLY THINK SHE SURVIVED? SHES SICK NEWT! I...I DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT OKAY?"
"Okay"
She'd stopped crying. It was just silence now. But there was something there. Something. Something I'd missed. Something I needed to say. I knew I couldn't just walk out, not now
"Flo is there-" she cut me off.
"Newt..."
She turned to me and looked me dead in the eyes.
"I'm going to ask you something...and I want you to answer...truthfully...okay?"
"Of corse"
"Okay well...in the maze...of corse I thought I was going to die so...so lots of thoughts came into my head and...and one if them was..." She stopped herself.
"Go on"
"Well...I just, I just, I promised myself if I got out that maze I would...ask you if...if..."
"Just say it Flo!"
"IF YOU AND THOMAS WERE MORE THAN FRIENDS!"