Bad Dreams | Newt x Reader (Being Edited)

Chapter 78-I'm Surrounded by Idiots.

Warnings: torture, angst

Y/n's POV

49 days after his death

I locked myself in my room.

Élliot knocked and called my name but I ignored him. I took a long nap, content on ignoring life.

Several hours later, someone knocked on the door. I ignored it. The lock clicked open and the door opened. Bella entered and closed the door. She raised an eyebrow at my spot on the carpet.

"Did you just pick the lock?" I asked.

"Yep."

"What do you want?"

"Élliot sent me to check if you were alive and also to tell you about the party tonight," Bella said and sat on the edge of my bed.

I groaned, pressing my hands to my face. "I don't care, I'm not going."

"It'll be fun," Bella promised.

"Hmph."

"Things aren't gonna get better if you mope around all day," Bella advised me, then rolled her eyes and sat on the floor next to me. "Sit up."

I did as she asked, she frowned at my puffy eyes. "What?"

"Therapy," she said dryly. "Tell me about those people."

I sighed. "I've known you for three days, I'm not going to—"

Bella stubbornly folded her legs. "Tell me your tragic backstory. You'll feel better if you get it out of your system."

"Tragic backstory?"

"Everyone here has one."

"I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours," I replied.

"Fine. Both my parents caught the Flare and died soon after. I was eight. I lived on the streets here for years. One day, I ran into Élliot and we became best friends. Kei and Leo joined us eventually. One day we decided to overthrow a king, because we could and he was a tyrant," Bella finished. "I'm one of the lucky ones."

"I'm sorry about your parents," I said quietly and she shrugged.

"I barely remember them now, it's better that way," Bella said.

I fell quiet for a moment before I spoke, "Why are you here if you're not Corrupt? Surely it's dangerous."

"Leo's not Corrupt either," Bella informed me. "We chose to stay here with Élliot and Kei. There's others like us who've chosen to stay with friends or family. Go on, your turn. Tell me your story."

I told her about everything except the Wraith.

"I held on for sixteen days after he died. Vince, that's the older man, started blaming me for my brother's death. Alex blamed me too but I still made him promise to kill me before I completely lost my mind. The things they said...it was enough to completely push me over the edge. I don't know how I'm sane at the moment. I spent an entire month completely gone. They all broke my heart," I finished.

"That's got to be one of the worst one's I've heard," she said after a minute. "That must have been so awful, I can only imagine a small part of your pain."

She reached out and held my hand.

"So, there's a party?" I asked, wanting to change the subject.

Bella picked up on it. "Yep, Élliot wants you to come."

"I don't have anything to wear," I said and Bella smirked, jumped up and flung open my closet. She pulled out a black dress. It would be short on me, midway down my thigh, with long sleeves and a decently high neckline.