Her Heart Belongs to Him- (TMR Fanfiction) ON HOLD

Part 27- Into The Maze

Everyone had woken up, and now I was pretending to still be asleep. I perked up when a lot of noise erupted from downstairs. I sat up slowly, looking out through the small window of the treehouse. 

Thomas was dragged towards the doors by two Gladers. He seemed to be unconcious. I smiled, Minho had tried to reach Teresa, Thomas, Newt and Chuck last night to tell them the plan. It seemed that this had worked. 

I stayed in my positon. I would be the ultimate back-up. A lot of shouting went on downstairs, but I tried to only focus on the movements of Thomas. My que was his right arm jerking slightly. He opened his right eye to see where everyone was, before giving me the sign. 

I jumped up, and grabbed a piece of wood from the treehouse. I skipped out of the tree, stumbling slightly as I touched the ground, before running towards the boys and Teresa, who were already in their fighting stance. 

Gally tried to reach forward, and grab Thomas. But I was earlier, and hit his right leg, before joining the others. 

"Vanessa! You idiot." Gally screamed as he grabbed his leg. As weird as it may sound, I could only smile. He kept cursing, while I joined my friends in front of the doors.

"I am not the idiot here, Gally." I retord quickly. Even though I knew that my wannabe one-liner wasn't as great as I expected, it still felt good to say it.

"You hit my leg! What are you thinking?" He asked, quickly turning his head up to see me and the others standing there. "You're all idiots." 

"Gally, we aren't save here." Thomas starts, he lowers his weapon slightly, seeming to show some simpathy for the guy in front of us. "We have to leave now." 

"No, you and Teresa have to leave." Gally barks. "Since you came in here, everything started to collapse. Everything we lived for got taken to the ground. So, don't tell me what I should, and what I shouldn't do."

The two guys have a small stare down, while my eyes immediatly switch to Newt. He looks down with a slightly pained expression on his face. He sighs, before looking at me and catching my eye.

His blank face turn into a smile quickly, and I feel the corners of my mouth twitch up as well. Honestly, Newt was the cutest thing I had ever seen. 

I now step forward, allowing a sigh to leave my throat. "Please, you guys. Alby wouldn't have wanted any of this to happen. You two fighting, or Gally taking over the power forcefully." I start. I don't know where I am going with this story exactly, but now that I started, I'll have to finish. 

"He might be gone now, but does that mean that we should completely forget about him? Or anyone else who lost their live to the Grievers who came storming in? The answer is no, of course we shouldn't forget them, but we shouldn't stop thinking about ourselves either."

I take a deep breath, before I continue. "They have proven to us that living inside the Glade isn't save anymore. And, if this is caused by Thomas and Teresa will probably always be an unanswered question. Thing is, we have to leave. Before we also loose our lives."

Everyone is quiet, wide eyes staring at me in awe. I feel a slight blush erupt on my cheeks because of all the attention, but shake the feeling off. For once, I am actually proud of my words.

"I couldn't have said it better." Thomas states, breaking the heavy silence. "So, please come with us. So we can make it out of here alive." 

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A few people were now standing at our side, and Thomas and Minho were preparing them for the maze. All I could do was stare at Gally.

He had declined the offer to come with us, and for some reason this got me extremely sad. I walked over to him, leaving the voices of Minho and Thomas behind me. 

"Are you sure that you don't want to come?" I ask. He only shakes his head.

"Vanessa, I am happy here in the Glade. I wouldn't want to leave it." He answers. His voice is soft and vulnerable, which brings a small smile to my face. 

"But, you were aware that you'd get the chance to leave one day." I say. Would he have declined the offer of going if Alby was still here? 

"Yes, I was. I was still thinking about leaving." He says before laying a hand on my shoulder. "I hope you remember us as the friends we were in the beginning, because that's how I'll remember you."

"I will." I turn around to join the group of Gladers. 

"Oh, and Vanessa?" Gally calls from behind me. I turn back around, a smile on my face as I see the happiness in his eyes. "Don't die in there."

"I'll try my best, Gal. Promise." 

I turn around abruptly and settle for the group. I'd miss Gally, even though he was a dick at times. When I arrive back at the group, I stand next to Newt, and push my hand into his. 

"Wait," Minho says, right before we're ready to leave. "Don't we need a little motivation speech, or something." 

"Go ahead." Newt says, a grin on his face.

"Uh... Well, be careful. And don't die." Minho stutters a bit. I think he thought that someone else would volunteer to speech, like Thomas or me.

"Great, we're all bloody inspired." Newt says sarcasticly, and a chuckle escapes me. Netw turns to me, and gives me a small kiss on my forehead. "Now let's go."