𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 - Maze Runner, Newt

Chapter twenty-three - Locked Up

'Hey, love.' I opened my eyes and stared right into Newt's eyes.

'Hey.' I quietly replied.

'You okay?' Newt asked and I nodded in reply.

'Should we get up?' I asked. No matter how comfortable I was, we had to get up before Minho walked in again.

'Sure.' Newt groaned and stretched his arms. We both got dressed and got some food. Together we looked at all the picnic tables. To my suprise Logan was sitting with Minho and Gally. The three of them were whispering some stuff to each other and they had a big smirk on their face. I gave Newt a glance and he shrugged. We joined their table and they all started grinning at us.

'What?' I looked at the three boys.

'Nothing.' Minho grinned. Newt frowned and I raised my eyebrows, but we both ignored them.

After lunch I said goodbye to Newt and got to work in the med-hut. About an hour after, Gally walked into the hut and looked at me.

'Another cut?' I sighed.

'Nope. I just need your help with fixing something.' Gally replied.

'My help? I'm not very good at building, remember?'

'Just come with me.' Gally ignored my comment and I followed him outside. Gally lead me to the gathering hut and waited, until Newt, Minho and Logan appeared.

'Gally, what could go so wrong that you need all four of us to help?' I asked when I saw the others.

'I'll show you.' Gally's face expression was blank and he walked into the gathering room. The rest of us followed and I gave Newt a confused glance. 'So the wall is broken, and we need your help.' Gally looked at all of us.

'What's wrong with the-'

Gally interrupted me before I could finish the sentence. 'Logan, could you help me grab some wood out of the Homestead?' He looked at the boy, who nodded.

'I'll help too. That wood is shuckin' heavy.' Minho followed the boys outside and closed the door behind him.

I looked at Newt for a second before walking over to the wall. I inspected it and noticed nothing was wrong with it. 'The wall isn't broken.' I looked at Newt again. 'I'll go tell Gally.' I walked over to the door and grabbed the handle, but it didn't open. After pulling it multiple times I sighed and looked at Newt, who was smirking.

'What?' I asked, annoyed.

'You're too small to open it.' He smirked.

'I'm not.' I tried to open the door again, but it was stuck. 'You try it then.'

Newt smiled and walked to the door handle. He pulled and pulled, but the door didn't open.

'Guess you're too small too.' I laughed at him.

'Something is blocking the door.' Newt said.

'Great.' I sighed and walked closer to the door again. 'Gally! Open up!' No response. 'Logan? Can you open the door?' I tried again. 'Minho!'

'It's not going to work.' Newt sighed and sat down on the ground, back leaning against the wooden wall. 'They locked us up.'

I sat down next to him and for a few seconds we were silent.

'Do you like Logan?' Newt asked, not making eye contact.

'In a friend way.' I replied. 'Why you asking?'

'No reason.' Newt's cheeks turned red.

'Oh, I see.' I smirked a little.

'What?'

'You're jealous.'

'Me? Jealous? About you and Logan? No.' Newt stumbled over his words and I let out a small laugh.

'You're a bad liar.' I got up.

'So I'm the bad liar now?' Newt got up too and leaned against the wall.

'Yes.' I bit my lip.

'Your biting your lip again.'

'So?'

'So you don't know what to say next.' Newt commented.

'That doesn't make any sense.' I shook my head and looked at Newt.

'It does. Whenever you bite your lip you're either thinking about-'

'Newt, just stop talking with that hot accent of yours and.. and try to open the door or something!' I threw my hands in the air.

'What did you just say?' A smirk appeared on Newt's face.

'I said stop talking with your hot-' I immediately stopped talking and my face turned red when I realized what I just said.

Newt got closer to me. 'So you think my accent is hot, huh?' He smirked as I looked down, embarressed.

'I didn't mean to say that.' I blushed.

'Mhm.' Newt replied.

I looked up and met Newt his eyes. For a second I could only look in his beautiful eyes. Slowly Newt leaned in as he looked at my lips. My breaths hitched when our faces almost touched. My entire body freezed when Newt pressed his lips on mine. I stood on tiptoe and kissed him back. I closed my eyes at the amazing touch. Newt grabbed my waist and it felt like every single contact with him was magical. My hand automatically slid in his hair as I still kissed him.

I slowly opened my eyes when Newt gently pulled away. Our faces were so close that I could feel his warm breath on my skin. A small breath escaped from my mouth before I looked at Newt's lips and connected them with mine again. An amazing, warm feeling flowed trough my whole body. Newt pulled me even closer to me and our bodies touched. The kiss was slow and passionate, which made it even more intense.

Newt's breath tickled beneath my nose as I shivered lightly at the touch. One of Newt's hand move up and he cupped my face. My hand slid under his shirt, making me touch his warm back. His lips fit on mine perfectly and I was hypnotized by his soft lips.

After a few more seconds we let go off each other and had to catch our breaths.

'Nora,' Newt breathed. 'I really like you.' He put his hand on my waist and looked at me. Amazed by his sudden action I stared in his eyes.

'I really like you too, Newt.' I blushed.

I heard a loud crack and the door opened. Newt let go of me and we looked at the people walking in. Minho, Logan and Gally came back without wood in their hands. Hope filled their faces while they looked at the two of us.

'Where's the wood?' Newt asked. I got the joke and started playing along.

'I'm not sure if the walls totally broken, Gally. Me and Newt have been studying it the whole time, but we can't find anything that's broken.' I added.

The three boys their faces dropped and I almost laughed out loudly.

'You should look at the door though.' Newt said. 'It was stuck. We couldn't get out of this hut and the only thing we could do is try to fix the wall, which isn't even broken!'

'Uhm okay.' Gally replied, looking disappointed. 'Thanks for helping.' He gave Minho and Logan a quick glance.

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A/N: I tried to write the kiss scene good and in much detail, but idk if I made it cringey now :)