Blank Spaces (A Maze Runner fanfic)

Chapter 13 (Alice's POV -PG13-)

Newt pulls me to my feet and into his arms. I thrash, trying to get free. This can't be happening!! Tears continue to stream down my face as Newt picks me up, cradling me just like he did the day Gally attacked me. I snuggle against his chest, burying my face in his warm shirt. He's crying, as well. We go to Frypan's kitchen to eat, but I don't. I sit and pick at my food the entire time. Newt refuses to eat as well. After we're done, Gally approaches me.

"Hey," he says smugly. We're near one of the walls. I whip around, pinning him against the wall. My forearm is pinned against his throat. I begin to push down on his throat.

"You don't have the right to even look at me or my sister, you understand?" I say.

"You're sister's probably already dead," he says. I knee him directly in the groin and press down harder on his throat. Next thing I know, Newt whips me off him. I begin to cry again and turn and run full speed into the Deadheads. My full speed is pretty fast, but my sister is faster. I crash at the base of a tree and put my face in my hands. Soon, Newt limps up to me and sits next to me. He puts his arm around my waist.

"C'mon. We'll go back to my hut. It'll be safer there," he says. He has a strange tinge of something in his voice. Nervousness? It sure sounded like it. He stood and pulled me to my feet. We walked back to his cabin. As soon as I entered, I plopped down on the bed and covered my face with my hands. Newt came over and took my hands off my face. He kissed me, longer than he had before. Less movement. He didn't completely pull away when the kiss was done. He leaned in.

"Are you ready?" he whispered.

"Not completely," I whisper back. Then, I cup my hands around his neck,"but we can go a little farther." What the hell did I just say.

"That's enough for me," he says. He climbs instantly on top of me and places his hand on my hip. He begins to kiss me. I respond deeply. My heart begins to beat faster. My breathing quickens. I let it. He works his way onto my jaw, lining kisses down to my chin, working his way down my neck.

"Damn...for never doing this before you're ok," I say. He stops.

"Ok?" he says. I nod and smirk. He grins back. Climbing off of me, he pulls me up with him. He gently pushes me against the wall and presses himself against me. He kisses the base of my neck. He puts his hands right below my butt which causes me to jump. He chuckles, hoisting me so my legs are wrapped around his hips. He presses me against the wall and works his way back to my lips with kisses. He pauses. "Am I still just ok, shank," he says. I nod and smile. "Ok then," he says. Something mysterious glints in his eyes. His right hand suddenly creeps to the small of my back. He begins to kiss my neck again. His hand slowly, teasingly, makes its way up my spine, sending shivers throughout my body. I'm surprised when it stops. Even more, where it stops. He reaches his finger on the inside of the back of my bra and undoes it quickly and easily. I gasp. By this time I feel I should respond, I strip his shirt over his head and toss it to the side. He moves his hands from the back of my undone bra to the front, slipping under.

"My god," I say through a groan.

"Still think I'm just ok?" he asks. I just sigh and take more deep breaths as a response. "I'll take that as a no," he says, pressing himself further against me. His left hand slips with his right and he kisses me again. I respond with my lips to his, breathing heavily. I link my fingers through the belt loops of his shorts and pull him, if possible, closer to me. He stops kissing me. "Ok...we should stop now. Before we get caught," he says, laughing. I nod. He sets me down and I quickly re-hook my bra. He stays shirtless for the night, though. We climb onto the bed and he wraps and arm around my waist. "That went well," he says. I just laugh as I fall asleep.

Newt wakes me early the next morning. He pulls me up and we run out to the just opening walls. Chuck and about a dozen other Gladers are already there. The rest file around soon. After five minutes passes with no sign of them, I begin to cry. Newt pulls me close and I cry into his chest. My thoughts drown out any sound around me. I loved my sister so much. How will I survive without her? Suddenly, a voice pulls me out of my thoughts. "Alice!" it says. It takes me a second to process the voice, then I realize. Lizzy. I look up and see her. I break away from Newt and run forward, tears streaming down my face. I hug her, burying my face in her shirt.

"What the absolute fuck were you thinking," I say weakly. Suddenly she pulls away, collapsing. I go down with her, but somehow I know she won't die. Not today. She's a trooper, my sister. She'll make it through. Clint confirms this when checking her pulse.

"She'll survive," he says. I look at him, smile, and hug my sisters unconscious body.

"I love you," I whisper.