Newt Imagines : Maze runner

New Years

A/n: bit late for new years but here we go

I messed with my hair in the mirror, trying to get it to look the way I wanted. It always sort of just fluffed up for some reason. The buzz of my phone startled me, and I picked it up to see it was Thomas calling. "Hey, everything good?"

"Yeah, I just thought I'd mention that Teresa is coming with us to the party, so she's meeting us at the park."

I clenched my jaw, a little annoyed. "Tommy, we agreed it was just gonna be the boys tonight."

"I know, but Minho is bringing Harriet because he wants someone to kiss at midnight. It is a New years tradition."

I took a deep breath and tried not to get frustrated. Arguing wasn't something I wanted to do in New years.

"There's more."

"More?"

"Teresa is bringing Y/n, and they're both gonna be meeting us at the park in twenty minutes."

I lost it. "You have got to be kidding me!" Thomas knew that I've had a crush on Y/n for ages and was only telling me now she was going to be there. "I can't go. I'll embarrass myself! That can't happen Thomas, she can't be there!"

"Listen, Y/n has been childhood friends with Teresa since they were basically born. I can't exactly ask her not to bring her." I could almost feel him grinning through the phone."You never know. You might... hit it off."

"Stop talking, Tommy. See you in ten." I hung up.

The new year hasn't even started, and it's already going awful. I was going to be the only one without someone to kiss at midnight. Not that I really cared about kissing anyone, but it would look really awkward and lame if I was the only one without someone to kiss. What was worse, my crush was going to be there, and I'm totally unprepared.

When I met with Thomas, I protested a little bit, but he kept assuring me it would be fine. As we approached the park, I saw Teresa and Y/n walking towards us.

Teresa jumped forward and hugged Thomas, and Y/n stood behind with her arms folded.

"Hey, Y/n." Thomas smiled.

"Hi." she looked at me. "Hey, Newt." She smiled at me, and I just stood staring. She looked so damn pretty. How did she get her hair to look so shiny? And her skin? And her outfit fit her figure perfectly. Denim shorts and a polo top with the first few buttons undone. She looked so...

"Newt." Thomas shoved me.

"Oh, uh, yeah, hi. Nice shirt."

"Thanks."

As we started walking, I wanted to slap myself. Nice shirt? Really Newt?  Now, she probably thought I was staring at her tits. You fucking moron.

When we got to the party, we found Minho and Harriet playing beer pong. Thomas and Teresa wandered off, probably to make out somewhere, leaving me and Y/n alone. Standing in silence.

"Do you want I drink?" I made a feeble attempt to diffuse the tension.

"Sure."

I quickly grabbed two drinks and headed back. I was unsure what the concoction was, but it was definitely strong. This would be my first and last drink tonight. "So you go to the all girls school how that?"

She swirled her drink in her hand. "Yeah, I might be moving to your school soon."

I almost spat out my drink. That would mean seeing her every day, and most likely, she would hang out with Teresa, which meant i'd be forced to talk to her more. "Do you not like it there?"

"It's insanely strict. They consider anything below a B failing, and I got a C in Chemistry. Plus all the girls are pretty bitchy."

"I can't guarantee our school is much better, but I'm decent at Chemistry so if you ever need any help I'll be glad to." I'm shit at Chemistry, why did I say that?

She looked down, almost embarrassed to meet my gaze, but a smile plastered across her face "Thank you for the offer."

"Everbody two minutes until midnight!" Gally yelled over the crowd, who started cheering.

I started to panic, then saw Thomas in the crowd. "Sorry, I'm just going to talk to Thomas."

I pushed through the gaps to get to him. "Dude! One minute! What am I going to do? Is everyone kissing?"

"Yep, everyone." He sounded drunk, and Teresa, who was clinging to his arm, didn't look much better.

"Tommy! I don't have anyone to kiss! I'm gonna look like such an idiot."

"Y/n will kiss you, just ask." Teresa spilt some drink on the floor.

"WHAT!?."

"I know you like her, so just go for it and kiss her man." Thomas patted me on the back a little too hard."What's the worst that happened?"

"One minute!"

I shook my head and walked away, Thomas was too drunk to be giving advice. I spotted Minho in the crowd, and he looked surprisingly sober. "Minho! Minho, I need your help!."

"Hey, man," Mimho grinned.

"I don't have anyone to kiss at midnight, but..."

"Y/n is here, and you like her and want to kiss her, but you're too scared to ask?"

"How did you know?"

"Thomas told me."

I rolled my eyes. "What do I do?"

"Just ask, and if she doesn't like you back, you can just say it was for New years."

"Thirty seconds!"

"Now get over there!" He shoved me back into the crowd.

Finally, I made my way back to Y/n, who hadn't moved from where I left her. "Thought you got lost in the crowd."

"Yeah, it's chaotic in here." I inhaled. Now or never. "So, do you have anyone to kiss at midnight? Everyone's doing it this year."

"No, I didn't come here with anyone, and I don't know any of these people yet they go to your school."

I rubbed the back of my neck nervously. " Well, I don't either, so if you wanted to, we could?"

"Sure." She smiled.

"TEN!"

"NINE!

"EIGHT!"

We inched closer to each other.

"SEVEN!"

"SIX!"

"FIVE!"

I looked into her eyes, my heart racing.

"FOUR!"

"THREE!"

"TWO!"

"ONE!"

We kissed, and it was like fireworks exploded in my brain. It only lasted about five seconds, but it felt like much longer. The whole room seemed to disappear around me. It was just us.

All of us walked back home, and we got to the poky where Teresa and Y/n split off from us. Teresa and Thomas hugged and kissed goodbye.

Y/n came up to me and handed me a piece of paper. "Just in case you wanted to help me with chemistry. But given our kiss, I think we already have it in the bag."

When we separated, I shoved the paper in my pocket, grinning.