So, we didn't escape apparently.
I still barely know what's going on, but I know more now:
W.I.C.K.E.D. is a real pain in the ass, walking through sand dunes should be considered a sport, and searching for a mysterious rebel group is like searchin...
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A NEW SCANDAL HAD slithered about the cafeteria that morning.
Gossip dripped from the lips of rejuvenated teens, sizzling through the room like pop-rocks to moisture. The rumours jumped between subjects as they giggled and gasped, spreading like a wildfire amongst dry land or like contracting the common cold—filling the room quicker than the soldiers as they led maze after maze into the cafe for breakfast.
The room grew fuller by the minute.
The mouth-watering scent of breakfast lured us in from the door, the breakfast line nearly circling around the cafeteria as numerous subjects shuffled into line for the fresh cooked meals that wafted through the air like magic.
An array of delectable foods lined the walls, sprawled across a long silver table against the back, a cluster of lunch ladies swarming the kitchen divided by the steel wall as breakfast steamed off the stove.
Breakfast was a buffet of delicious foods ranging from fluffy white pancakes, crispy bacon, golden scrambled eggs, and delectable slices of cubed fruit.
And amongst the line, came a whisper of gossip.
"Have you heard about that blonde girl from Maze A?" A redhead girl uttered excitedly.
"From the maze that just got here?" The tall girl next to her asked, her gaze beaming with sudden interest as she passed a lunch tray to her redhead counterpart.
"Uh-huh." Redhead replied.
"No, what about her?"
Redhead beamed, eyes blazing with a wicked gleam, "Well, I was chatting to these guys in this other maze and, apparently, this girl was talking to them yesterday and they said she's a complete bitch and a total whore."
Tallgirl gasped, her face immediately twisting with excitement at the new scandal, "Oh my god, really?"
"That's what they told me." Redhead smiled smugly, shrugging her one shoulder.
"Wait, is this the same girl that was in a maze full of boys?" Tallgirl asked with an arched brow, plopping some mucky oatmeal onto her lunch tray.
Redhead vigorously nodded, "Yeah, that's the one!"
Tallgirl gasped again, her mouth wide with a shocked smile, "Oh my god! Then, of course she's a whore. One girl in a maze full of guys? She'a probably gotten with all of them."
"Right? And the guy I was talking to said she was flirting with his buddies yesterday before dinner." Redhead whispered, her pink lips twisting with gossip.
"Are you serious?" Tallgirl's eyes widened.
Redhead nodded, "Yup."
"Oh my god, she's definitely a whore." Tallgirl giggled above a whisper.
