Double Trouble

Chapter 2- life in the Glade

DISCLAIMER: again, I don't own anything except Laura and Hannah and you can tell I made them up :) the rest of everything belongs to the great James Dashner.
To anyone reading: OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You are truly aMAZEing ( see what I did there:) I hope you'll appreciate the relationships forming in the Glade as much as I do ;)
-subjectA5andahalf

Newt's point of view
The days in the Glade add up to about a year and a half, maybe more. We've been marking them down on our "calendar" here. Even though I've grown to know the boys In the glade, I still have nightmares about getting out of that box and not knowing anything except for my name. Newt. there was only one other boy. Alby. Where was my family? Do I have a family? Why am I here? I didn't know shuck( as the other gladers would say.) and then there were the dreams. . Im on my way to eat one of frypans sandwiches when the newbie alarm went off and sent everybody into bloody chaos.
I raced over to the box and as soon as the alarm stopped I bent down to open it up. I'm met with shrill screams.
"Help!" "It's really dark and smelly down here!" " where the heck am I?!!?!"
Oh, And the most prominent :
"HELP!"
Once the box was open, I jumped down into it to help the greenie out. But then I noticed something that scared me as much as a bloody greiver: it was a girl. She was tied to a chair so i freed her with my knife and got a rope to climb up from alby.
When she stopped struggling, I put her down and there were various reactions.
" ooooh a girl"
"Is she cute?"
"I got dibs!"
You get the point.
I decided to shut them up"Shut your bloody holes, you shanks. It's just a girl not a griever and not anything dangerous." Alby came over and have her the usual newbie speech: don't leave the glade blah blah blah etc etc etc. I eyed the girl. There was something familiar about her and I couldn't quite grasp it. It was a permanent itch in my brain.

Laura's POV

Shank, shuck, slopper? The words popped out of the boys mouthed so easily I felt worried that I didn't understand. The dark boy who's apparently named alby was listing rules and instructions left and right but I didn't get it at all. To my right is a muscular Asian kid. He obviously doesn't need to be messed with.The blonde boy looks familiar, but I can't put my finger on it. When his eyes meet mine, I get a sense of home. it's like I've known him for a long time. The dark boy introduces himself
" names alby, greenie. I'm the leader here. I'll have newt here give you the tour tomorrow morning; you'll hear everything you need to know about the glade."
A thousand questions arise in my head and It threatens to explode, but I keep silent.
"Got it greenie?"
I look down at my hair, braided In two French braids down to my shoulders. I can't put this puzzle together: why was I sent here?
"Did I do something wrong to be sent here? What did I do I deserve this?"
Newt speaks up this time
"What you're feeling greenie, we've all felt it. How hard it is to not remember anything no matter how hard you try." I tug at my braids, a nervous habit that Feels natural unlike the rest of this. Trying to make a mental list, I put together what I know: this is the glade. Nobody knows who sent us here or why they did. Just Great.

Newts POV
She's zoned out,I can tell. I'm trying to choose my words carefully as not to freak her out or send her running into the maze as past newbies have done. "So, can you tell me your name?"She looks up but pauses as if deep in thought.
"I-I can't remember. Why can't I remember?" She asks.
"Don't worry that's normal, it'll come back. Our names are the one thing they let us keep."
"Who're they?"
"We don't know. But they send us supplies and a new greenie every month; this month it's you." She stares at the ground. "Alby or I'll give you the tour in the morning, but you need to get some sleep, so follow me." I turn and start towards the other side of the glade, where the other gladers have gathered for the night, but I bump into alby. He takes me aside.
"So what're we gonna do with her tonight ?" He asks.
"What do you mean?"
"Well.. Umm..." I've never seen alby look so uncomfortable. "Well she's a girl and.. Ya know... There are 50 guys over there and... " he glances around. "I just don't think we should make her sleep over with all those guys. Something could happen." He raises his eyebrows at me.
"Oh." I can feel myself blushing. Now I see what he means.
"She could stay in the homestead, but she'd have to stay in one of the keepers rooms."
I didn't even think, it just popped out of my mouth "she can stay in my room." I don't even know this girl, what am I getting into?
"It's settled then. " he turns toward the homestead and then yells back" you two coming or what?"
We both follow alby back to the homestead.