Not just a Girl || Newt

Chapter 23

I turned my head up to see Frypan standing at the door in total fear. I quickly walked up towards him and grabbed my knife from the ground.

Frypan stood frozen at the door, looking at us both. Me obviously dressed as I was leaving and Newt without a shirt.

I turned around to look at Newt who also stood frozen.

"Nice chat, Newt." Note the sarcasm. I winked at him and moved my way out of the kitchen. "Come on Newt, not in my kitchen. I make food here!" I heard Frypan yell at Newt, making me giggle.

"Nothing happened, mate." Newt countered back. I made my way towards Minho's hut in the back, to sharpen all my knives.

Part of me thinks that I was smart to not fall on my knees for Newt after I heard him say I was not his chosen runner. Part of me think, fuck it, I should have taken him right there and then. The tingling of his lips against mine was still there.

"Cassie!" I heard someone yell behind me. I turned around to see Newt running up towards me. I rolled my eyes at him.

"Round two?" I questioned him with a smirk. I saw a blush forming on his cheeks. This guy can have the confidence of  I-don't-know-what, but that makes him blush.

"I want to explain myself." He simply told me.

I was sad to see he had put on his shirt. Wait what?

He directed me through the woods and I followed him close by. He stopped at the end of the woods where the ivy covered wall of the maze were seen.

"Okay explain." I eventually said.

"Please don't interrupt me." Newt started, his eyes were pleading, and I let my guard down for just a second.

"I didn't want you to be a runner, because here in the maze it has always been the same. Always a guy and once you showed up, it messed up something in my head. I have been used to this my whole life, as I don't know my other life. So I took it upon myself to protect you as you were a girl in a maze full of teenage boys. It was also out of character for the creators to let you come up in the box. Then there was the letter - don't worry I know that you know about it. Alby showed me the first week you were here and I saw you clutching the paper in your hands when I came to get Alby when the grievers attacked."

Newt sighed.

"I just don't want you to get hurt, by anything."

"All because of that note?" I asked him.

"I don't know." He responded. He was fighting with himself for some reason, but I didn't dare to ask him.

"I think part of me doesn't want you to get hurt like I did." His eyes moved towards his leg. I tilted my head in confusion.

"Have I ever told you how I got this limp?" His eyes connecting with mine. I slowly shook my head at him.

"It was three years ago when I came up from that bloody box. I didn't know anything, everything was missing. Even though my memories were wiped, there was still a part of me that felt that something was missing. It was eating me alive, every single day. One day I couldn't take it anymore. In the morning when the doors of the maze opened I sneaked my way through it. I looked for the tallest wall that I could climb, and I did. Once at the top I looked down and I knew that this - this was it. This will take me out of my misery. I pushed myself off the wall and I jumped down."

My eyes started stinging at the thought of Newt doing this. I didn't know how old he was now, but he should have been close to 13 or 14 around that time.

"Minho saved me. I didn't blame myself for doing that, I blamed the maze. That is why I didn't want to make you a runner. Because part of me thinks that one day the maze will take you away from me. Like it took my sanity."

We stood still for a moment. Newt started to play with a twig in his hands. I didn't know what came over me, but I pulled him into a hug.

He moved his head into my neck, while I held him in my arms.

Our sweet moment was interrupted by fast feet clashing the leaves. I looked up, and saw Minho come into view.

"We have to leave, now."

I pulled Newt up from his feet and we all made our way towards the opening of the maze. I saw Thomas laying on the ground and Teresa strapped against a pole.

This wasn't part of the plan...

We quickly made our way towards them to hear Teresa speaking to the boys.

"If you stay here they will keep coming back." She spoke, she turned her head towards me and the two boys beside me. "The grievers will never stop."

"Shut up." Gally told her, he pointed towards Thomas laying on the ground. "Tie him up, now?"

"Gally?" I took a step towards him. He turned to me, and his eyes looked mad.

"What Cassie!" He almost screamed, "Are you on his side, because I would gladly use you as an extra offer."

Newt pushed himself in front of me. I was confused by Gally' outburst, yes he is mean to Thomas, but this is over the top.

"Tie him up!" He again screamed at the two boys. They went to pick up Thomas, but he hit one in the balls and the other in the face.

Newt left my side and unsheathed his machete. Minho did the same and walked towards Gally, tapping him on the shoulder.

I crossed my arms and I went up to Teresa, untying her.

"Thanks." She eased the pain around her wrist using her hands.

"No problem."

I turned around to see all the guy's weapons unsheathed pointed at Gally. My mistake was keeping my back towards Gally's followers.

I felt an arm around my neck and a heavy disgusting breathing the side of my neck. My hands instantly went to the arm, making sure he didn't choke me to death.

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