Freezing Fire - The Maze Runner

Chapter Four - Take Your Pick

I woke up to feel someone shaking me. Actin gon instincts, and since I got a fright, I rolled swiftly out of my hammock and spun around on the ground, my foot tripping the person who shook me, and they hit the ground hard. "Ow!" They cried with an accent, and I knew it was Newt. "Sorry!" I apologised, helping him up. "Instincts - and you gave me a fright." He brushed himself off. "Yeah well, you gave me a bloody good fright too!" He cracked his back, and so did I. "You'll be picking your jobs today." He said, then looked over at Issy. "You wanna wake her up?" He asked without looking at me. "Nah." I told him. "I wouldn't want to risk getting hurt."

I laughed as I walked towards the Homestead just as the breakfast bell began to ring, waking Issy up for Newt. He had told her we would be picking jobs today, and when we got to the Homestead, everyone knew and wanted us to pick their job, as we were the only girls. Newt had told me he worked in the Gardens mostly, so I figured I might want to do that, or be a Medjack, but sometimes I got a bit sqeamish so I thought Track-hoe would be better.

I breathed a thanks to Frypan as I got my food and sat down at my usual table with Newt, Chuck, Thomas, Minho and Issy. I sat down and reached up to tie my hair in a high ponytail. Minho sat down across from me, Chuck and Thomas following not far behind. Issy sat next to me with Thomas, and Chuck sat with Newt and Minho. "Morning." Chuck said as he sat down, and we all prepared for the following flood of words, which, sure enough, came.

I ate my breakfast quickly, muttered an excuse about going for a shower, and left Chuck and his chatter. Issy came after me, trailing on my heels, deep in thought. "Hey Issy," I said, breaking the silence. "Do you want to go for a shower first?" She shook her head. "No, you go, and I'll stand guard the door." She said, snapping out of her reverie. "Thanks Is, I'll do the same for you." We smiled at each other, both realising we were quite close friends.

After our showers, we walked out into the Glade to find Newt. "What job do you reckon you want?" Issy asked me. "Track-hoe. You?" I replied. She shrugged. "I think I want to be... Cook maybe? I don't really know. I think I would like Track-hoe best." Issy admitted. "Neat! Same here! Too bad we have to try the other jobs first," I glared in Gally's direction. "I am going to hate my Builder day. Too bad we are going to have to do our job days seperate." I sighed, and Issy put a hand on my back. "Hopefully we will have one day similar?" She said. "I doubt it." I groaned.

"Amy! Issy!" An accented voice called. "Newt," I breathed. "Hey." Issy greeted him when he jogged over to us. "I've got which jobs you'll be doing today." He told us. "So, what have we got?" I asked. "Umm... Issy, you're on Cook duty, so you'll be working with Frypan." She nodded. "And Amy, you're a Medjack." I breathed out. "Bloody hell." Newt said. "What?" I inquired. "You got Builder duty with Gally tomorrow!" Newt started laughing, and I turned red. I thumped him on the arm. "Don't laugh, it's not funny!" I cried. Newt stopped laughing, but was still giggling like a schoolgirl. I glared at him. "Sorry, sorry. See ya, Medjack." I rolled my eyes and walked towards the Medjack hut.
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A/N:
Hey, sorry this one was a bit short for me.
This chapter was, again boring, I apologise for that!
Next chapter or the one after she will be a Builder for a day, I promise that will be entertaining!
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