𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐃 ➤ 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐦𝐫

V

ENJOY MY PRESENCE
ariel's pov

after a long day of attempting to create some building skills with gally, i was tired. the sun had set and it was time for the gladers to head back to the homesteads and go to bed. unfortunately i didn't have a hut, the same ones the rest of the gladers had. i still have to continue sleeping in the hammocks with thomas and chuck. i walk by and see that chuck had already fallen asleep. i smile at the sight of the boy but my smile quickly faded the more i thought to myself. this boy is so young and doesn't deserve to be at a place like this. whatever kind of monsterous of a being put him here, ill find a way to bring karma to their doings, whoever put us all here.

i hadn't seen thomas sleeping, i hadn't seen him at all. he wasnt there with me and gally so i assumed newt had taken him elsewhere. i breathed slightly and continued to walk around the glade, taking in the place one by one.

i came across the tree thomas and i had been to the other day. everybody was asleep so i thought i might as well sit up there and get some alone time, which i dont get much in the glade.

i climb the ladder slowly trying not to wake anybody up. as i sit leaning against the tree, i pull my knees towards my chest and get lost in my thoughts. i thought about the day me and thomas got here, i thought what made us different from the rest and why we had to come up together.
i thought about how beautiful the glade really looked at night, and how if there really was no way of getting out, at least i had made a few friends that dont find my strange sarcastic personality weird and cruel. i didn't feel as if my friends understood me though, they've all been here long enough to make this place a home, while im still struggling to navigate through the jobs.

my thoughts come to a stop when i hear rustling from beneath me, like somebody was coming up. my face rested when i realized it was just thomas.

"hey, you" he spoke softly, a smile grew onto my face. "mind if i join you?"

"only if you promise not to fall and make a fool of yourself" i teased, he chuckles at my words.

he settled down next to me before replying. "i'll do my best, what are you doing all the way up here?"

"just needed some alone time" i sighed. "trying to make sense of all this."

thomas nodded, his expression turning serious but staying silent. his breathing relaxed as i place my head on his shoulder, overlooking the glade.

"yknow despite everything this place can be kind of beautiful." he raised an eyebrow at me looking down at my face.

"sure, if your into deadly mazes and amnesia" i chuckled at thomas's reaction. thomas took my hand softly, making me forget everything that i had been thinking about.