Lost in the Glade

Chapter 10

I remember fainting at the sight of the note and waking up 30 minutes later. Ever since I fell asleep I have been scared by the note. What does it mean? I made a mental note to not tell anyone about. I fell asleep only to be caught in a nightmare.

I am at a table strapped to a chair staring at a window and inside they are beating... Thomas. I am crying and every time i scream or thrash they do something worse to him. I finallly give up and watch him in pain. It hurts to seem him like that old me thought and suddenly in my dream Thomas screams my name before falling asleep. At the end of the nightmare a person walks up to me and says "This is what happens when you do not obey WICKEDS orders"

And at that I wake up crying and sweating. I sit up only to see Thomas there looking at me in concern. "Jennifer are you okay?" He asks. I didn't reply. "Jennifer please tell me about your nightmare" he says pleading "Okay" I say sniffling. 'I-I was strapped to a chair and I was forced to watch someone get beaten and passed out. He was someone who I cared for but he didn't obey orders so they hurt him" I finish in a full blown sob. "Jennifer its okay, who was this boy?" He asks uncertain of wanting to know the answer. "It-It was Y- You, Thomas. It was you" I say looking down. "Oh, okay well maybe it wasn't real?" he says. I pull up him shirt and on his back sure enough are the marks along with some writing. "Thomas there are marks it was real. There is also writing" I say. "Well what does the writing say?" he says. I gulp. "It says you better be careful or next time the ones you love will be hurt" I say. "Oh, how about we go to sleep and I will stay here and fight off all of the nightmares?". he asks. "Okay." I sigh and moments later fall asleep back into his arms.

I wake up to find myself in Thomas's arms. "Good morning love" He sasy smiling. "Morning" i reply. " Come on we got a day of running ahead of us." He says pulling me out of bed. "Ooookaaayyy" I say sleepily. He walks out of the room and I get dressed. I decide to do my hair in a french braid and walk out the door to breakfast. "Hey beauty queen"Minho says at our table. "Minho shuck it." I say and he chuckles. "Come on lets go, the doors are about to open." He says and we meet at the door. We finally hear the familiar rumble of the doors and they open and we take off. I feel the wind whip across my face and the familiar burning sensation. I run for a while until it is time for lunch.

After a while of running I return to the glade and head for the map room. Minho is there. "Hey did you find anything today?" I ask. "Actually I did. There was a dead griever." He says. I stood there my mouth hung open. "Me and Alby are checking it out tomorrow." He says walking out of the map room and to dinner. I meet him there a few moments later to find Thomas there with Newt, Minho, Chuck, and Alby. I decide to sit by Thomas and we try to secretly intertwine our hands but Minho saw. Ugh That shank. As if right on cue Minho says "Ooooh" In his girly voice only so our table could hear. Soon everybody's head at our table turns to face us. I blush and I think Thomas does too. "shuck it you shanks" I growl and then burst out laughing. Soon everyone else joins too. "on a serious note tomorrow Minho and I are checking out the dead griever all runners are off duty and I'm leaving Newt and Jennifer in charge." Alby says. "Okeeeyy Dokeeey" I say with a grin.

Thomas and I walk back to our rooms to change. After I take out my braid and brush my hair. I walk across the hall to his room and knock. "Come in." he says. I walk in and he doesn't have is shirt on and oh my gosh he is so perfect. I almost squeal, almost. "Hey, Jennifer stop staring at my gorgeous body." He says flashing a grin. "Ugh, I wasn't." I say reddening and then laughing. "Thomas can I sleep with you tonight?" I ask. "Sure love." He says and then we snuggle together and went to bed.

Authors Notes:

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