to love too late

chapter 1 || welcome to the glade

I'll never forget the way he looked at me. It was full of curiosity and wonder. His warm dark brown eyes lay on me as I sat in the corner, a knife of some sort in hand. 

"It's a girl..." He said to whoever was outside of the box. 

My body was taking me in and out of sleep. Each blink I made felt longer than the next, but I tried to stay awake.

I don't really remember what happened before I met his eyes. Honestly, I don't remember anything about my life or myself. 

Dizziness and heat came over me. It was all to much. I passed out, not caring at that point.

"Wicked Is Good"  played through my head as my senses faded away.

- - - -

Opening my eyes, I was met with the same boy that had greeted me down in the metal box. Except this time, I was on a bed, and he sat slumped on a chair. He had blond hair that had fallen right in front of his eyes, dangling in front of his head. 

I sat up from the bed, my arms supporting my body from underneath me. The floor made a small creak as I put pressure on my two feet. The boy jumped slightly, his eyes opening wide as he noticed I was awake.

"Oh you're awake" He said, rushing over to me. "Clint. Jeff, she's awake!" He shouted outside of the wooden hut that we were in.

Two boys quickly made their in, shoving Newt out of the way as they came over to me. They bombarded me with questions, seeing if I was okay and asking what had happened.

"She just woke up, calm down with the questions" The blond headed boy said, sitting back down in his chair.

They nodded, just taking my temperature and helping me stand up. 

"How long have I been out for?" I asked.

"Uhm. Three days..." The blond headed boy said, rubbing the back of his neck. 

I looked at all of them before getting up from the bed, walking out of the door. 

"Hey, wait no! Greenie! Come back!" I heard shouts from behind me. I ignored them, walking outside to see where I was.

As I peered out into the place. I quickly noticed that cement walls had encased us into a square box. 

I walked down from where I stood, taking it all in as I stood in the middle of a field of grass. By now, The three boys had followed me out. 

While looking at the place, I noticed there were a bunch of boys. All of them were boys? That thought suddenly seared into my mind. All of them were boys. No girls were in sight.

I did what my mind had first thought to do. Run.

I sprinted as fast as I could. Running straight towards what looked to be an opening in the walls.

"Hey! We got a Runner!" Someone shouted from behind me. 

I heard a bunch of things being dropped behind me, but I ignored it. I just kept running towards the opening. Running as fast as my legs could take me. My mind was set on one thing only. Getting out of this weird place.

I could only get so far before I felt weight being thrown onto me. Throwing me to the floor and into the soft grass. The same blond headed  boy now lay on me. I looked at him a little closer now, he was actually rather close to me now. 

My back ached from hitting the ground so hard, but the boys head lay on my stomach. Encasing me onto the floor as his arms sat right next to me legs.

While taking a closer look at him, he seemed to be around my age. Taller than me, but he looked around the age of 16 or 17.