Never give up

Drunken mess

"Is she dead?" I mentally roll my eyes at whoever said that. I try to back to sleep but it's impossible. I'm overtired because Ben kept shouting and rattling the bars to be let out. Like that was going to happen.
"Should we just wake her? I mean, she's got to take the greenie for the tour and she has to help Frypan make breakfast." Newt says. Wait, Newt?! I thought he was on my side!
"It's dangerous to wake girls up. Don't you remember what happened the last time? I thought the whole glade was going to blow up." I think Minho says. Thank you Minho! I think to myself.
"I think it's either the bucket again or we get Alby to yell in her ear." Newt says.
"I think the bucket would be safer for everyone. I'll be back in a Minho. Get it? Instead of minute, Minho? No? No? Ok." Minho says as he runs out of the room. I hear his feet pound down the stairs to exit the homestead where the water pump is. I hear the water turn on and the sound of a bucket being filled up. I leap out of bed and move away from the bed at a respectable distance from the bed.
"I'm up!" I shout shoving Newt slightly. I hear Minho's feet pounding back along the corridor to my room, I only have time to hide behind Newt before at least one of us is drenched.
"You don't think he's going to do it?" I ask
"Its Minho we're talking about. Of course he's going to do it." Newt replies.
The door slams open and Newt only has time to shout, "Min-!". Before he is completely drenched head-to-toe in water while I only got a couple of splashes. I move out from behind Newt and look at his face. He is shocked but if you look closely at his eyes, he had a look of pure anger.
"Minho!" He yells. I try to mask my laugh but I fail, I have a bout of the giggles before I sound like a constipated banshee.
"Sorry? Well, I've got to go? Yeah, I have to leave. See ya. Newt you might need a dry pair of clothes." Minho winks and walks out of our room whistling seriously out of tune.
"Well, it looks like I'm not going running today." Newt grumbles.
"Gee thanks. It's not like you can spend the say with one of your best friends that your love dearly." I say sarcastically.
"You've got the greenie to take on the tour today." Newt reminds me.
"No! He kept me up the entire night. So, can you pretty please take him on the tour while I catch up on my beauty sleep." I say while flinging myself into the bed.
"And what about Alby?" Newt asks while trying to pull the blanket off me. He has no luck.
"Well, tell Alby that I took him on the tour but you have instead of me and tell the greenie that its me that took him on the tour." I say while pulling the blanket over my head.
"And what about helping Frypan?" Newt asks as he tries to take the blanket off me.
"What time is it?" I mumble with my eyes closed.
"Breakfast, why?"
"He'll be fine, I'll be up by lunch." I mumble.
"Fine but if Alby finds out, the blame is on you." Newt says while shutting the door.
"And if Alby does find out, the blame is on the greenie." I say as he shuts the door.

I toss and turn for about an hour when I realise that I wasn't going to fall asleep any time soon. I sigh and get up, may as well go and help make lunch I suppose, I think to myself as I slip on my shoes and walk towards the door. I clumsily walk down the stairs seeing as I'm not fully awake yet. I step into the kitchen and I walk over to the counter that has my apron on and I put it on. Frypan isn't in, so he must be getting vegetables from the gardens. I hear someone with heavy feet walking around and I know that it isn't any of the other cooks. I go to my little counter area and I see Gally has his back to me.
"Gally!" I yell, he jumps around nearly knocking a jar of God-knows-what.
"What?" He asks irritably.
"What are you doing? I thought you were meant to be building stuff not cooking?" I ask trying to look over his shoulder.
"I'm making a drink, wanna try it?" He asks as he brings out of jar of yellow stuff.
"Fine," I take the jar and take I sip. The drink burns my throat and my insides, "what the shuck is that? It tastes like klunk." I say spitting it out.
"I know it tastes bad but I've already had like a jar of it. I'm planning something tonight and it's going to involve this." Golly says.
"Great. Now we can all throw up" I say sarcastically.
"Just you wait and see." He says as he turns around. I roll my eyes and I start to prepare lunch.
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(Time skip to that night)
I sit on a log staring into the large fire, the sounds of gladers laughing and having fun is like music to my ears. It's peaceful sitting on the log so I don't notice Minho 'gracefully' walking up to me.
"Heyy." Minho slurred into my ear while sitting next to me. I try to shove him away but I end up falling off the log I was sitting on.
"Minho, have you drunk what Gally's givin'you?" I ask while standing up.
"Maybeee." He says as he slings his arm over my shoulder.
"Slinthead, you've got to go running tomorrow and your drunk." I say while hitting him on the side of the head, "oh no, I'll be back in a minute." I detach myself from him and I walk- well stumble my way over to Gally- and he's currently pushing Newt out of a circle.
"Anyone else want a go? I promise to go easy on ya shanks." Multiple laughter a erupt from the crowd but no one steps forward.
"Gally! I need to talk to you." Gally walks out of the circle and he follows me to the door of the homestead, "you didn't tell my that was alcohol that you were making." I say sternly.
"It can't be that bad, can it?" He asks.
"Oh really? Our best runner is drunk and I'm pretty sure more than half of them are drunk." I say while crossing my arms.
"I didn't think it was that bad." Gally says.
"Well the Glade is a drunken mess and if anyone's sick, your on sick duty." I say.
"And what about you?" He asks.
"I'm going to sleep, I don't want to find out what happens later on tonight." I say while opening the door to the homestead.
"G'night." Gally says as he walks back to the bonfire.
"Night." I mumble. I slowly inch my way up the stairs and I fling myself onto the bed. The shouts and laughter of the glader's doesn't help sleep but after I welcome the darkness, I wish I stayed up with the rest.
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(A/N) I know some might not read this but I'm sorry that I've not updated for a while as I've had an incredibly tuff time with my great auntie passing away two days before my birthday and I've been ill since then end of May/June. It got to the point where the doctor told me to stay off for a week and gave me stronger medication because something that I have was acting up but I'm feeling a lot better now! So I'll probably be back updating once a week again.