new life

dinner

we were currently on our way to my dads, all the gladers had agreed to come with although im sure most of them only came to get embarrassing information about me from my dad. I had already sent him a text earlier explaining the whole Thomas thing and he was a little confused but allowed it- obviously I didn't explain that I had used it so that they wouldn't know my real name when entering an illegal driving race.

newt was beside me in the passanger seat, seeing as I knew where to go they opted for me to drive which I was more than happy to do. I was sharing air pods  with newt as we listened to his playlist labelled 'banging songs' I had to admit his taste was pretty good. I hummed along to the tracks as I drove and newt did the same, the rest of the gladers were loudly talking in the back as we went. soon the familiar driveway came into view and I pulled the car in- all of the gladers bounced out and I handed newt back his air pod with a small thanks as we got out last. my dad had already opened the door and was currently being introduced to all of them. i sighed internally knowing this could only go wrong.

Regardless of the fact i'd  prepped the gladers that he was the sherrif of the town and so they couldn't under any circumstances mention the raciing, he was a sherrif- he knew when someone was lying. i knew that from experience...
i expected him to interrogate them so i explained a few fallback answers: if he asked how we met we would say through a run in at a bar and we just hit it off. Minho made a snarky comment along the lines of

"pretty sure we did not just hit it off. I wanted to hit you"

i cuffed him round the head.
if he asked why we were there: just for fun so they could see where i grew up.

but i was honestly more on edge because now they were all acting more polite then I had ever witness and it actually threw me off a little. as me and newt apporached though his eyes fell to us.

"ah! this must be the famous newt ive heard all about! nice to finally meet st- thomas' boyfriend. im Noah"

he stated confidently, beaming at newt- the gladers erupted into laughter as I turned red as a tomato, newt looked about the same but Teresa was the only one completely stony silent. I cursed my dad to high heaven in my head as his face twisted into one of confusion.

"uh- no actually me and tommy are just good friends... yes though- I am newt and its lovely to meet you"

newt said, collecting himself, the gladers were still chuckling or trying and failing to stay quiet.

"Oh... sorry about that- in my defence- thomas don't give me that look- he has talked my ear off about you, I only presumed there was something there. my apologies though."

my dad responded I internally face palmed.

"lets just go in shall we"
I mutter making them all laugh more, they filed through the front door- led by my dad until it was only me and newt left outside. newt shot me a small grin and stepped closer to me.

"wow I must be a pretty special boyfriend for your dad to already know about me"
I rolled my eyes playfully at him.

i wanted to say 'i wish you were my boyfriend' or anything along those lines but newt was a mystery to me. as much as i wished i could read him he was the first person i had struggled so much with understanding so i settled for a pathetic

"yeah you wish, come on lets go in before the gladers tell him were engaged"
an emotion flickered behind his eyes but i couldn't quite place it. shaking my head free of thoughts I grabbed his hand and pulled him into the house, pleading him not to take any photos of my baby pictures. that eased the tension that rested between us as newt laughed out loud, promising to do the exact opposite, I couldn't help smiling at the sound.