Spinning me around to face him, our lips touch and move in sync. Kissing Newt made all your worries go away like you were free from pain, but then reality comes and you realize you live in the Glade. Where all your troubles never go away.
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That night was miserable there was an eerie silence and a feeling of sadness spread across the Glade. No one dared to speak to the other, their hearts were to heavy to bring false hopes that maybe they survived. Even Newt, who had undying faith in his friends, sulked around knowing they were not coming back. I didn't try to cheer him up, he deserves to morn for his friends.
I felt terrible, I had just got to know Thomas, I hadn't asked him if he felt the same feeling of familiarity that I had. I didn't get to know him very well. Minho on the other hand was one of my best friends here. Even though I hated all the jokes he played on me, I would miss them anyway. And Alby, he was bossy and annoying, but I will still miss him.
Even though none of us believed they were coming back, except for Chuck, we were still gathered around the entrance. The doors opened and there was no one there, the small bit of hope vanished.
"I told you Chuck." Newt said, I've never seen him so hopeless. "They're not coming back. Let's go." He grabbed my hand and lead me away, before I heard Chuck scream.
"YEAH!" I turned around to see Minho and Thomas carrying Alby out of the maze. My heart fluttered with joy at the sight of them.
"What happened out there?" I asked.
"You saw a Griever?" Chuck asked.
"Yeah I saw a Grieved." Thomas said.
"He didn't just see it" Minho said looking at me. "He killed it."
We had gathered in the Gathering hut to talk about what happened last night. I stood in the doorway observing it unfold.
"Things are changing. There's no denying that." Gally said trying to be the leader of this gathering. I just rolled my eyes. "First, Ben gets stung in broad daylight. And then Alby. And now our Greenie, here, has taken it upon himself........ to go into the maze which is a clear violation of our rules here."
"Yeah but he saved Alby's life." Frypan says.
"Did he?" Gally asks, I roll my eyes again. "For three years, we have coexisted with these things. And now you've killed one of them. Who knows what that could mean for us."
"What do you suggest we do?" Newt asks with the same annoyance I feel.
"He has to be punished." Galley says, earning shouts.
"Minho you were there with him. What do you think?" Newt asks.
"I think..... in all the time we've been here.... no one has ever killed a Griever before." Minho said. "When I turned tail and ran..... this dumb shank stayed behind to help Alby. Look, I don't know if he's brave or stupid. But whatever it is we need more of it. I say we make him a Runner." A small smirk grows on my face and on Newt's.
"A Runner? What?" Fry says confused. "Minho, let's not jump the gun here."
"If you want to throw the Newbie a parade, that's fine. Go ahead." Gally says frustrated. "But if there is one thing I know about the maze...... it is that you do not-" He was cut off by the sound of the box coming back up. I immediately ran in that direction.
I was the first to reach the box with Newt and Gally right behind me. "Newt what's happening, the box shouldn't be coming back up." I said with a million questions going through my mind.
"I don't know love." He responded placing a hand on my arm. "I'm just as confused as you are." Him and Gally opened the doors reveling a small figure unconscious on the ground. Newt jumped in, rattling the box.
"What do you see Newt?" Gally asked.
"It's a girl." He said, I jumped down beside him approaching the girl slowly. It was a girl, she had black hair and pale skin, she was beautiful. "I think she's dead."
"What's in her hand?" I ask Newt, noticing something in her hand. He kneeled down grabbing a small piece of paper out of her hand.
He read it out loud. "'She's the last one ever.' What does that mean?"
"Thomas!" I jumped back as the girl opened her eyes and let those words out. Newt put his arm in front of me protectively. Her eyes rolled back into her head as she went unconscious again. I look up at Thomas who has a look of confusion.
"Still think I'm over reacting?" Gally says eyeing the Gladers.
The girl was taken to the Med-jacks hut where Jeff and Clint examined her. Alby was in the next room over, screaming. I looked at the door as Newt came in with Thomas and Minho. Newt placed a hand on my back and I smiled at him.
"Jeff, what's going on? What's the matter with her? Why won't she wake up?" Newt asked, just like Thomas.
"Hey man, I got my job the same way you did." Jeff says with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Do you recognize her?" Newt asked Thomas.
"No." He said.
"Really? Because she seemed to recognize you." Newt said.
"What about the note?" I ask.
"We'll worry about the note latter." He answers.
"I think you should worry about it now." Thomas says.
"We've got enough to deal with at the moment." Newt says.
"He's right, Newt." Jeff says. "If the box isn't coming back up, how long do you think we can last?"
"No one said that." Newt says trying to reassure us. "Let's not jump to any conclusions. We'll just wait till she wakes up and see what she knows. Somebody has gotta have some answers around here."
"Okay." Thomas says leaving the hut, Minho going after him. I look to Newt who is still staring at the girl.
"Newt come on." I say, pulling him out of there.
"Where are we going?" He asks following me.
"Somewhere to take your mind off things." I say leading him to the watch tower. I climb up the latter with him right behind me. I sit leaning against the railing and Newt sits next to me. "Newt, it will be ok."
"I know love, I just have a bad feeling." He says, I lean my head on his shoulder. "First Ben, then Alby, and now the girl. Part of me believes Gally, but I know it can't all be Thomas's fault."
"No it's not. There is just something about Thomas that's familiar." I say my thoughts out loud.
"What do you mean." He asks.
"I feel like I know him, like we have a connection." I say.
"What do you mean connection?" Newt asks tensing up.
"Is someone jealous?" I ask smiling.
"N-no, just wondering." He says uneasy.
"Newt, you don't have to worry it not that type of connection." I say looking up at him. "I just have a feeling like I know him, like I've seen him before." He nods, and I smile deciding to tease him. "You know that new girl is very beautiful." He looks at me raising his eyebrows then smiles.
"I know what you're trying to do love." He says.
"What? You don't think she's pretty?" I asked.
"Love-"
"You didn't answer my question." I said raising my eyebrows. "Do you think she's pretty?"
"Yes she is." He admits taking my face in his hands. "But you love, are gorgeous." He kissed my lips, I smiled inwardly. That's all I wanted to hear.
"So you don't have feelings for her?" I say once we pull apart.
"The only feeling I have for her is curiosity and confusion." He says staring at my eyes. "Which is not how I felt when you came up in the box."
"Let me guess you felt complete and utter shock." I said with a smirk.
