Blank Spaces (A Maze Runner fanfic)

Chapter 11 (Alice's POV)

I wake up and breath deeply. For the second time, I wake up with Newt. Only this time, he's still asleep. His warm arms are wrapped around my stomach. His head lays in the nook of my shoulder and my head. His eyes suddenly open.

"Mornin', beautiful," he says. I smile and run my hands through his hair. I place my hand on his neck and he sets his hand on the small of my back. The other goes to my neck that's downward toward the pillow. He cups my neck, pulls me closer, and kisses me. I remember and recognize the sensation as it was last night. He slips his hand under my shirt and begins to trace up my spine. I stop him.

"One, it's morning. Two, we have to get up," I say. He smirks.

"Fine, shank," he says. Then he adds,"but when you're ready, I'm always here."

"You are such a perv," I say, faking disgust.

"I know," he smirks. I roll my eyes and hop out of the bed. I messily pull back my hair, tying it off with a piece of worn leather I found. I head off to eat, but stop in my tracks. Gally's there, eating. How dare he?!?! I know this is no time for humor, but my brain told me to hurt him. I don't want to hurt him, I just want him to know how it feels. Sadly, that's out of the selection, so I need to contain myself. I search and find my sister and jog toward her.

"I can't believe he's here," I say. I sit next to her and begin to eat. Soon, Thomas and Chuck join us. Thomas has some fun with teasing about Lizzy and Minho. Chuck lightly adds his commentary in, too. They eventually stop, seeing my sister is kind of out of it. Minho then joins us. He sits on the other side of my sister. I chuckle to myself. In time, Newt also arrives and sits next to me. Thomas is the first to speak.

"So, where was everyone last night?" he says. God dammit, Thomas.

"Seriously?" my sister asks. Thomas smirks evilly.

"Seriously," he responds. Suddenly, Newt takes my hand under the table. I look at him and he glances at me before re-focusing on something behind me. I look. Gally is staring directly at me. I snap my head back to my food and Newt gives my hand a squeeze. I look at him and squeeze his hand back. He chuckles and I smile. Back in reality, I notice Minho and Lizzy staring at each other. I can only imagine the thoughts going through Minho's mind right now. Lizzy breaks her gaze, but Minho continues scanning her up and down.

"Soooo," I say breaking the awkward silence that fell. "What were you two up to." Lizzy looks down, blushing.

"Nothing too serious," Minho says through a laugh.

"Did you guys kiss?" Chuck pipes in suddenly. I burst out laughing, as did many others.

Soon, Thomas and Minho head out to run. We get our assigned jobs for the day. I'm set to help the Medjacks. I actually sort of like this one. Clint, Jeff, and I get along well. We joke and have small conversations. The Greenie job consists of cutting and storing bandages, sanitizing tools, checking first aid kits, and a lot more.

I finish and walk out of the infirmary. I wish I hadn't. I see Gally, standing, an expression of anger on his face. My sister is standing behind Alby, who's blocking her from Gally's view. I run to my sister, anger threatening to boil me over.

"Are you ok?" I ask.

"I'm fine," she responds a little too quickly. She walks away just as Newt joins Alby. I push in front of them and confront Gally.

"What are you fucking thinking?!?!" I say.

"Well, you guys are fresh meat. Weak. Powerless. You can't take care of yourselves. But you're attractive, so why not try and get in your pants?" he says. That snapped me. Anger boiled up and I ran at him, pushing him swiftly to the ground. I kick him square in the ribs and sit on top of him. "Funny, it was me on top of you first." I bring my fist back and punch him hard in the face. Suddenly, I feel hands on my arms. They pry my writhing body away from Gally, who stands. "You may be stronger than you look, but you're still hot," he says. Newt pulls me into his arms, forcing me to calm down. Then, I hear Minho's voice.

"Ok," he says,"I understand he tried to rape you or whatever, but why would you try'n kill him now? That's kinda pointle-"

I cut him off. "He tried to do the same to my sister!" I yell. "NO ONE, TOUCHES MY SISTER!!" This sets Minho off. He goes full speed at Gally. The scene unfolding in front of me caused Newt let go of me, so he could now pry Minho away from Gally. With Alby's help, and a lot of force, they managed to get the two apart and they escorted Gally to the infirmary. "Thanks for finishing the job," I mumble. He nods curtly.

"No problem. No shuck-face will ever hurt Lizzy while I'm here," he says.

"Good," is all I manage.

"I'm gonna go find Lizzy," Minho suddenly says. I nod and head toward Newt's hut. I need to think.