The Gladers Love Tale

The Bonfire

Thomas was just sitting down, leaning his back against a log while everyone else surrounded the bonfire, cheering, shouting and dancing, when suddenly someone comes and sits next to Thomas.
"Heya greenie, how you doing?" Thomas looked up, it was Newt. As Newt sat down his hand brushed against Thomas'. "Doing fine, been better though." Thomas said as he looked down at the dirt beneath him. Newt looked at Thomas, what was this feeling? Maybe he likes Thomas? Then Thomas speaks up.
"Do you by any chance know who made the maze?" Newt shakes his head, then turns it to face some people by the bonfire.
"Those guys there, they are the runners, they know more about the maze than anyone, and that guy, in the middle," Newt pauses, "he's the keeper of the runners." Newt has some of the drink before passing it to Thomas. "Here, put some hair on your chest." Thomas takes it and has some, immediately spitting it out, making Newt let out a little giggle that makes Thomas' heart flutter
"What the fuck is in that thing?" Thomas asks, clearly disgusted by it, Newt tries to hold in a laugh as he says,
"I don't know actually it's Gally's recipe, a trained secret," Newt takes another sip, a loud stone scraping sound can be heard, "Can you hear that? That's the sound of the maze, changing, it changes every night," Newt shrugs, "But enough about that! You're supposed to be the guest of honor! C'mon!" Newt pulls Thomas off the floor as he shows him around,
"Here we Winston, keeper of the slicers, here we have Jeff and Clint, medjacks, Clint's the keeper of the medjacks, they mostly heal the slicers! You've met Gally, keeper of the builers, they're good with their hands but not alot going on up there," Newt points to his head and lets out a small chuckle.
"What if i want to be a runner?"
Newt pauses at Thomas' words.
"Greenie nobody wants to be a runner. Either way you have to be picked."
Suddenly Gally shouts,
"Hey greenie! C'mon dont be a pussy! Come try!" People started chanting 'Greenie! Greenie! Greenie!'
Thomas gives in and goes to the ring.
As him and Gally fight Thomas almost gets pushed out the ring, but gets saved, after a while he finally pushes Gally down, but unfortunately he gets tripped up. But realisation hit him, his name.. He remembered his name!
"Thomas... Thomas. THOMAS! MY NAMES THOMAS!" Everyone erupts in cheers suddenly everyone hears a loud screeching noise.
"What was that?" Thomas asks, looking at Gally.
"That, my friend was a Greiver. But don't worry your tiny shank brain, nothing gets through those walls" Then Gally gets interrupted,
"Time to wrap it up for the night!" Alby shouts as everyon goes back to their huts  but Thomas stays in place before going to his hammock but he steals a glance at Newt, but quickly turns away when him and Newt make eye contact, then he just walks to his hammock and goes to sleep.