Newtmas Oneshots ^~^

The Pond

I jerk awake and sit up, my heart beating rapidly.

I'm in a hammock and around me are more hammocks, all occupied by boys.

Then I remember I'm in the Glade.

A village surrounded by ivy covered walls, a hundred feet high.

I can't remember anything before this, only my name.

I sigh and rub my eyes. Sleep won't find me anytime soon. I get up silently and make my way around the hammocks with sleeping boys. Then I walk to the Deadheads, only one goal in mind.

To get to the pond.

It's not big, just about two meters wide, the moon casting a silvery glow on it. Crickets quietly chirp in the tall grass. I sit by the edge, watching bugs dance and skim on the surface of the pond. I found the pond before Ben attacked me on my second day. I made a mental note of each turn, each broken path, so I could find it again. The silence in between crickets is so loud, but it's the best kind of silence.

I lie down, watching the dark sky and the canopy of trees.

I lie in silence until it's broken. A snapping branch.

Light footsteps come my way. I sit up and turn around.

"It's alright Tommy, just the village cripple." I'm surprised to see Newt, sitting down next to me. "Can't sleep either?"

I sigh. "This is all...crazy."

He shrugs. "Hey, I get it. I remember being the greenie, I though I was going absolutely mental. I hated every second, I didn't want to accept that this was my life. So I..."

"You what?" I ask.

Newt shakes his head. "That's a story for later."

We sit in silence, a comfortable one. For how long, I don't know but eventually I feel my eyelids dropping.

"Is my Tommy getting sleepy?" Newt asks playfully. I open my eyes. My?

"No." I say. My voice is rough and cracks. Newt laughs.

My eyelids drop again and this time I doze off for about a minute.

I wake up on Newt's shoulder. "Sorry." I mutter, moving away.

"Come back." Newt frowns at me. "You're warm."

I slowly rest my head on his shoulder again. "There we go." Newt says quietly and rests his head on mine, signing. We fall asleep.

I scream and a hand clamps over my mouth.

"Tommy!" I open my eyes and Newt looks down at me. I quieten. It was a dream. "There, hush now, it's okay." Newt takes his hand away but as he does I'm pretty sure his fingers linger on my lips. Then he blushes a little. "Just a dream, yeah?"

I swallow and nod.

Suddenly I'm wondering why he's looking down at me.

Because my head is in his lap.

"We fell asleep and you...fell sideways." Newt laughs. Then he gently brings his hand up to my forehead, brushing hair from my eyes. "You're cute." He whispers.

Then I realise what I've been feeling.

Something possesses me so I sit up and pull him in by the neck.

Our lips meet.

Newt gasps but kisses me back.

It lasts a few seconds.

"Well..." Newt clears his throat as I smile.

Last one I promise@George2216 pls stop reading this and go to sleep ^~^