My True Love

Chapter 6: 3 Years Later

It's been 3 years since I came to the Glade. Today a new Greenie will be coming up. Summer is still the only girl. She's been made Keeper of the Med-Jacks. Newt's Second-in-command, behind Alby. Minho's Keeper of the Runners and I'm Keeper of the Builders. Then there's of course the Keepers of all the other jobs that were given to those who came after us but I'm not going to name them all.

The alarm goes off and everyone heads for the box. I get there first, followed by Newt and we open up the box doors. I jump in and help out the Greenie. He looks very confused and scared. That's when he makes a run for it. Everyone just watched him running, laughing. Then he faceplants. What more do I need to say? We shove him in the pit until he's calmed down a little.

I then go back to work for the rest of the day, until dinner, however there's really nothing to do as we aren't supposed to be building anything at the moment and nothing needs fixing. I decide to sneak off and find Summer. Shes in the Med-Jack hut as usual. "Hi." I say, closing the door behind me. "Oh, Gally! Hey!" She smiles, coming towards me. She kisses me gently on the lips and hugs me. "I've missed you." she whispers against my chest. I smile at her and lead her to pit. We kneel down at the entrance of the pit where the Greenie is sitting curled up in a corner. "Hey." Summer says, causing the Greenie to jump a little. She laughs a little. "Look. We'll explain the rules to you, give you a little tour okay but no running away. Got it?" He nods and we let him out. We then show him around and explain everything to him. We then get him some food and let him sleep for awhile.

The Bonfire is starting. Everyone gathers round and lights the fire, throwing in the sticks. Summer and I go to sit with the Greenie and give him a drink so he can relax a bit. Later on the wrestling match starts. People stand around in a circle and watch the Greenie wrestling his opponents. They seem to go a bit easy on him at first until one guy kicks his leg and he falls, his head banging against the ground. He slowly stands up. "Thomas. I remember my name! My names Thomas!" He shouts, looking around. Everyone crowds around him and starts cheering. "Welcome home Thomas."