Flicker ~ newt

5. Lightning

Elaine

I walk in to the dinner hall, the sun has gone down, and I feel peaceful.
I see a familiar blonde haired boy he throws back his head and laughs making my heart do a strange flutter, the kind that makes me worried it's not going to continue beating.

"Newt that's disgusting!" Newt looks up at me with confusion in his eyes and a slight smile "don't wipe you hands on your pants get a napkin! It's called being sanitary!" I laugh at the look on his face "your such a big baby!" I continue walking to the front where frypan is serving dinner.

living with 20 boys is so disgusting, I catch myself cleaning up after them more than chuck does.
And that is literally his job.

"Hey fry!" I wave

"Hey El! Did you get to meet the knew greenie?" He asks passing me a bowl of soup

"Yeah he's nice but I was a little disappointed that another girl didn't come up." I grab the bowl about to walk away when a thought crosses my mind "do you have napkins or like tea towels?" I ask

"Uh I think there might be some over here," he rummages around for a little before he pulls out a pile of clean napkins.

"Can I take... all of them?" I ask his eyebrow raises but he nods

"It's not like anyone here uses them anyway." He says passing the pile to me.

In one hand while I balance my bowl in the other I grab napkins and put a couple on the end of each table as I pass it.

Once actually having to make a boy wipe his hands free of gunk before he started eating.

Grots.

When I make it to the table with Newt, chuck, Minho, and the new greenie eating and chatting I am starving.

I put my food down in my spot next to Newt then pass out the napkins to everyone.

"You clunk heads need to start being more clean it's like living with a bunch of monkeys." I mumbled to myself laying my napkin on my lap and beginning to eat.

It's been a month since I arrived in the glade.
I still want more than anything to get out but I've found a strange comfort in my routine waking up, breakfast, work, lunch more work, dinner, sleep repeat.

The knew greenie came up today, he seems, like I told frypan, very nice.

We couldn't get him out of the box for a lot of hours because he was so scared, crying and throwing things at anyone who got close.

I look over at newt, he was one of the unlucky ones who got his with something hard leaving a big purple bruise on his shoulder.

I've made friends with practically everyone, I think they like me too, and for more reasons than the fact I'm a girl. They like me for my personality and the fact I work hard.
I can't imagine what would happen if I came up here a freeloader.

"Laney can you grab me that?" I turn to look where newt is pointing at his jacket sitting on the end of the table, I reach over grabbing it and passing it to newt.
He smiles in a thank you and I nod in recognition.

"Laney? Why did Newt just call you Laney?" It's the first thing the greenie has said in hours.

"Uh that's just what he calls me I guess," I answer.