Accidental Maze Lovers

The big question

"It's about time you two showed up. What took you so long?" Janson asked angrily.

"We were just chatting a little. Sorry for the inconvenience." I say without any emotion showing on my face.

"Anyways, let's start the procedure, shall we?" Janson says while motioning to the empty beds. I start to feel tears welling up in my eyes again. I try desperately not to let the tears escape, and I kind of succeed, only about 5 tears fall down my face before I regain control. I pull my sleeve down over my hand and use it to wipe away my tears.

"Janson, I'd hate to see my closest friends get their memories wiped. I can kind of bear with that, but I can't live my life knowing I'm sending them off to a place where I'll never see them again and they won't remember me. Can I get my memory erased too?" I say, while looking at Newt in the corner of my eye. He looks like I just shot him. Minho's jaw basically drops to the ground.

"You don't have to do that! Why would you even think that's a possibility?" Newt says angrily with a hint of sadness in his voice.

"I'm doing it because-... I love you. I can't live my life loving you and knowing that I might never see you again. I can't know that you'll be in danger, and just live my life like its nothing. If I'm going to continue my life, I need to forget you. Would you rather I forget you, or kill myself?" I ask Newt.

"Of course I'd rather you forget, but I still wouldn't want you to forget about me. I love you, and I can make sure we meet again." Newt says, trying to comfort me. It kind of works, but I stand my ground.

"You can't be sure of that. They can still remove the Swipe anyways." I say, giving Newt pleading eyes.

Newt gives in and says "Fine. But I want you to be careful while I'm gone. Even though I won't remember you, I will miss you. I will love you for the rest of my life. No matter what. I don't think it's possible for me to forget about you, and how much I love you." I give him a huge hug and start crying again, but I quickly recover. "So, Janson. Are you really going to let her get her memory erased?" Janson just nods.

I hold Newt's hand as we walk over to the beds. We pass by Thomas, and I nod at him. He just smiles. Newt has a pretty strong grip on my hand, but I don't really mind it that much. If anything, I like it. It shows how much he is worried about me, and that he cares about me.

We arrive at our designated beds, and I was lucky enough to find a bed right next to Newt's. Minho lays down first, then Newt and I sit down at the same time. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Newt and I ask each other at the same time. I giggle, and say "Yeah. I'm sure." Newt nods in agreement. We lay down, and Janson lowers the contraptions over our heads. Right before the mask touches my face, I blow a kiss at Newt. He smiles and blushes.

The machine touches my face, and suddenly everything goes black. Everything gets fuzzy, and I black-out.

I wake up, but only half-way. My hearing works, but that's about it. I try to open my eyes, but I can only open them a crack. Even then, everything is blurry and fuzzy.