Blank Spaces (A Maze Runner fanfic)

Chapter 9 (Lizzy's P.O.V)

I wake up and see Minho awake. He is looking directly at me. I smile.

"We're you watching me sleep?" I ask laughing.

"No," he replies and chuckles, obviously lying.

"Well, that's not creepy at all," I say sarcastically. I don't bother to put my shoes on and stand up, balancing on the branch I slept on. I like the feel of the bark on my bare feet. I wonder what time it is, I don't think the doors have opened yet because Minho is still here. I can see the slight orange tint to the sky from the sunrise, so my guess would be 5:30ish. I look back over at Minho and notice a watch on his wrist.

"What time is it?" I ask and he checks his black digital watch.

"5:15," he replies.

"Dammit!" He gives me a confused look. "my guess was 5:30." He laughs and I laugh also.

"You better not fall," he says looking to the ground that's about 25 feet away.

"I won't." then I eat my own words and I lose my balance, I fall off the branch I was standing on. I hear Minho shout my name as I fall. When I hit the ground I land on my shoulder and literally hear a loud pop noise. And god damn it hurts. Minho hurries to the ground.

"Are you okay?" He asks.

"I'm fine," I reply gripping my shoulder and standing up using the tree for support. I check my shoulder, expecting a bloody mess. There's nothing visibly wrong, but it hurts like hell. I wince and look up at Minho.

"C'mon, I'll carry you," he offers.

"No, I'm fine," I hold up my hand. "I can walk." I walk a few feet, pain shooting through my shoulder each step I take. I clench my jaw and wince as I walk. I almost fall over but catch myself on a tree.

"For shucks sake," Minho says and picks me up, his strong arms holding me up.

"No, I'm okay. I can walk," I complain.

"Sure, and Grievers can fly," he chuckles. I laugh also, even though it kinda hurts.

"Wait, can they?" I ask and immediately regret the stupid comment I made. Minho starts laughing. We break through the tree line and I notice Minho pick up his pace.

"Where are we going?" I ask

"Medjacks," he replies simply. He continues toward a small wooden building, quite like the rest. When we get there we explain what happened and the Medjack confirms that I dislocated my shoulder.

"It's ganna hurt," the Medjack says and he gets ready to put it in place.

"I would assume," I reply and wince at the pain in my shoulder. Minho gives me a worried look, why is he still here? I ask myself.

"Ready?" He asks and I nod. He quickly shoves my arm in such a way that makes it pop back into place. I jump at the sudden pain and faintly yelp but the pain quickly subsides to a sore in my arm. I have a few scrapes on my arm and one on my leg from the fall and the Medjack, now I know is Jeff, cleans them up.

"You should sleep here tonight, there might be more injuries we don't know about," Jeff says putting his supplies away. I groan and then laugh. I look over at Minho.

"Shouldn't you be leaving soon?" I ask him and stand up.

"Not for another hour, but I should get ready," he says and I follow him out of the infirmary.

"I'm ganna go find my sis," I say and head towards Frypan's kitchen. I don't find her there, and I lazily give up the search and get some food. I guess she's not up yet because it could only be 6:00. I eat slowly, alone, and spot Minho getting food from Frypan for his daily run. Alice comes up from behind me and sits next to me. She's wearing
Newt's shirt still.

"Hey, what happened to you?" She asks, noticing my injuries and a faint bruise that's forming on my shoulder.

"I fell out of a tree," I reply and continue to eat slowly. Alice laughs.

"How did that happen?" She asks.

"Well, I slept in a tree last night, cause why not? And I woke up and was standing on the branch with no shoes on, like an idiot, and fell. Minho carried me to the infirmary, and..." Alice cuts me off.

"Minho?" She asks raising her eyebrows.

"Yes, Minho," I look at her, a slight smile on my face at the mentioning of his name. A grin spreads across her face.

"How did he find you there?" She questions, still grinning.

"He slept in the tree too," I reply and Alice breaks out laughing.

"How can you not see that he likes you?" She nudges me playfully, and I full-on shove her and she almost falls on the ground. We both start laughing.

"What're you guys laughing about?" Thomas sits down in front of us.

"Nothing," I reply quickly.

"About how Lizzy and Minho totally like each other, and this slinthead is completely oblivious to it," she says and I shove her again. Did she just say slinthead?

"Shut up!" I say and we laugh again. Thomas grins and laughs too. "Aren't you supposed to be running the Maze soon?" I ask Thomas.

"Not yet," he says, checking the time on his watch that is exactly like Minho's. "Minho and I will be heading out soon, though," he grins evilly.

"You better not say anything," I playfully threaten. For some reason, right then, I realize I have no shoes. "Shit," I look at my feet.

"What?" Alice and Thomas both ask at the same time.

"I have no shoes," I put my foot on the table in front of me and I wiggle my toes. I laugh and stand up. "I bet you weren't expecting that."

"Expecting what?" Minho's voice asks from behind me. I turn around and see him. I pause then point at my feet.

"I don't have shoes," I laugh. Thomas and Alice are giggling behind me. I turn towards them. "Oh, and Alice, where we're you last night?" I grin evilly. She blushes and looks down.

"Nowhere," she says.

"Where?! You will tell me!" I joke. She sighs.

"I was with Newt," she says.

"With Newt?" I tease and Minho laughs. "We're you shucking?" I ask. Oh god, I'm using Glader vocabulary now.

"No!" She quickly answers.

"Did you sleep in the same bed?" I push, Thomas and Minho both laughing now.

"Maybe..." she blushes and I laugh,"what? You slept with Minho!" She says. I feel my cheeks heat up.

"Yeah but we slept in a tree, not the same bed" I said,"and we weren't sleeping together, just were in the same tree." I don't like this conversation anymore. I look at Minho and he's looking at me. I look back towards Alice. Newt walks up to us, running his hand through his hair which is slightly damp. I'm guessing he just took a shower. I start laughing.

"Hey, guys," he says and he looks at Alice. I start giggling along with Minho chuckling. Thomas is looking between the two.

"Hi, Newt," Thomas says. "How was last night?" He grins. Newt looks surprised and looks to Alice questioningly.

"They forced me," she looks to the ground. I laugh.

"I'm ganna go get my shoes," I turn and head towards the Deadheads.

Hello everyone! I'm Trinity but this comes from the both of us, Thank you so much for the 100 reads! This book has really taken off and we try to get a chapter of both P.O.Vs out everyday. We do write really late at night and this past week every night we would stay up until 12:00-2:00 (ish). Thank you again for all of the support!!!

~Trinity&Maddy