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4- Shifting (Kat's POV)

Tomorrow will be a nice day, I thought as I sent Liv my usual goodnight text. I get to see angel face! I thought, excited to do so. I turned off my phone and headed to bed. I fell asleep thinking about Newt and everything that could happen tomorrow.

The next morning, I woke up in a familiar room, but it wasn't mine. I shot up and looked around me. I remember this! Wait... I thought while getting up. I looked through the small window and saw that I was in fact in the Glade.

"Woah," I whispered, shocked. "How did I..." I trailed off, looking over in the other bed on the other side of the room. I noticed Liv sleeping soundly and decided on waking her up. I shot one last quick glance at the Glade and moved to where Liv was sleeping. I shook her awake and she looked around, confused.

She went to look out the window and I followed. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. I went and opened it, but noticing how it was Newt, I closed it on his face. I'm sure I'm as red as a tomato right now, I thought, letting my best friend open the door at my place. I went behind her and she opened again.

Newt slightly pushed her aside and came to see if I was okay, seeing the unsure look on my face. He put his hands on my cheeks and looked in my eyes.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt? What happened?" he asked me, concerned. I noticed Liv slowly going out of the room. I let her do her thing and answered, "Yeah, I'm okay. Why? Do I look not okay? Haha," I laughed nervously, not looking at him in the eyes. As much as I love Newt, I'm still not quite sure what's happening and how I arrived here.

I moved away from his grasp and took a tiny step away from him. He looked at me, confused.

"Something is definitely wrong. You're acting weird," he said in his beautiful British accent I adored so much. He took a step towards me and put his hands on my shoulders.

"You can tell me, I'm here for you," he spoke softly. I finally gave in and talked to him about my worries, telling him how I had no clue how I ended there and everything. He listened to everything I said intently, waiting until I was finished to speak.

"You said there was something you did sometimes called "shifting" right? Maybe you did that subconsciously, without noticing it," he concluded. I agreed, and he engulfed me in a hug.
"I really thought something bad happened, I'm glad you're not hurt," he said while resting his chin on top of my head. It's not fair, how is he so tall?!

I hugged him back and we stayed like this for a little bit until he let go.

"You should probably go though, the doors are about to open and you're a runner, if you didn't know. You should hurry and go there," he told me. No way! I'm a runner?! I thought, a big smile appearing on my face.

"I'm really a runner?" I asked, hopeful.

"Yeah, of course you are. Might be the fastest of them all after Minho," he said, matching my mood. I suddenly felt a surge of energy flowing through my veins, and I quickly pushed him out of the room so I could prepare all the things I needed for the day in the Maze.

I packed up everything in a bag I found on the floor and headed out of the homestead. I saw Liv heading to what seemed to be the med-jack hut, but I didn't have time to go talk to her since Minho came to talk to me before.

"C'mon! The doors are about to open," he told me. I hurried over to the doors and as soon as they opened, me and Minho ran in. It was amazing, I didn't have to stop every 30 seconds to take a breath because I had asthma, I could run for hours without ever stopping. My lungs didn't feel like they were gonna explode all the time, and I felt minimal pain in my legs.

I admired the Maze and followed Minho until he told me it was time to take a break. It also felt weird to be here with him, running the Maze as if I've been doing this my whole life. It felt natural, like I was born for this.

We took a 20-minute break and restarted running. We ran for hours, only stopping ever-so-often to drink water and eat lunch.

"Still the same," he said as soon as we reached the last dead end. I laughed inside because I knew how this is going to end; I wanted to tell him how to get out but that would play with the future of this reality, so I didn't. I just sighed and sat down.

"We'll find an exit at some point, I know we will," I told him. He sat down beside me and took a big sip of his water.

"Yeah. I hope," he sighed. "So. You and Newt huh?" he said.

"What? Pfft no," I answered, wondering why he suddenly said that.

"Yes, I can feel the chemistry between you guys. Just like Liv and Thomas. It's gross," he explained. I looked over at him quizzically.

"Liv and Thomas?" a small smile made its way to my lips. Of course, Thomas, I thought.

"Yes, but anyway. We should head back, don't wanna get stuck here for the night," he said and got up. I shivered at the thought of having to run away from Grievers all night and nodded. I got up and we restarted running towards the main Doors.

We arrived just on time, because as soon as we got through the Doors they started closing. That was close, I thought. I ran to my room in the homestead so I could try to figure out where the showers were, and I actually found a bathroom in mine and Liv's room. I went in and took a quick shower before going out and finding Liv in the med-jack hut.

I entered and saw her waiting on a chair looking bored out of her life. When she saw me she immediately got up and ran to me.

"How was it? Did you like it? Do you still have asthma? Did you tell Minho about the exit? Oh wait, no you couldn't it would mess up the whole timeline. What happened with you and Newt? Are you guys together? Did you-" she asked without stopping to breathe in between her questions.

"Woah, woah. Slow down," I laughed nervously.

"Are you a runner?" she asked, eager to hear my answer.

"Yeah, I ran the Maze with Minho today, we didn't find anything. But it was pretty fun, I don't have difficulty breathing and I really like it," I said.

"That's cool! What happened with Newt?" as if on cue, said person walked into the hut. He looked at me and signaled for me to come out. I looked over at Liv and she nodded with a smile. I turned around and exited the hut, following Newt out.

He brought me to the forest, holding my hand. He suddenly came to a halt and turned to face me.

"Kat I.." he started and stopped to take a deep breath. I watched him intently waiting for him to say what he had to say. "I just wanted to tell you how much you mean to me. You're like, the light in my life. The one that brings a smile to my face every time I feel down. I like you Kat, more than you think. I... I'm in love with you," he said, holding both my hands and looking at me in the eyes.

I didn't say anything, shocked by what he just revealed.

"I- it's okay if you don't feel the same, I would understand but I just wanted-" he started, but I cut him off by kissing his lips gently. I put my hands on his cheeks and pulled away.

"I'm in love with you too. I'm so happy I ended up here, God I can't believe this is happening," I said, laughing lightly. He had a surprised but happy look on his face and put his hands around my waist. He leaned in and kissed me again, which I returned. I put my hands around his neck and deepened the kiss.

At some point we had to pull away for this thing called oxygen, and I smiled widely.

"Will you be my... girlfriend...?" Newt said uncertainly.

"Yes, why do you sound so unconfident? Of course I will," I said and kissed his cheek. He put his chin on the top of my head and we hugged for a couple of minutes, the feeling of his arms around me bringing me a great source of security.

"We should probably go back, it's starting to be late," I said, letting go of him much to my disappointment. He agreed and took my hand, and we started walking towards the homestead. I grinned, thinking about how lucky I got to end up here. 

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