Kept Quiet / The Maze Runner / Minho

Chapter 8: "I Think I'm a Vampire"

Song: Landslide by Oh Wonder, One Step at a Time by Jordan Sparks

AND...Food Glorious Food from Ice Age 2 (play it when it's the dinner scene. Your welcome) ;D

Helen's POV

"You named the star yet?"

I smiled while slightly cocking my head to the side at Minho. 'Yes. Out of all the glorious names I made up, there was one name that never left my mind. It was always repeating itself to the extent that it sounded better than all the other ones. I named the star, Polaris. It...just sounds right.' I rolled my eyes at Minho's teasing nods of his head. I laugh but try to keep an offended vibe. 'Hey! Be nice! I'm not good at naming things.' I lightly bump into Minho's shoulder.

Whenever Minho and I talked he'd put his hands on his hips because of running that day and he'd wear that cute grin of his. Since my "girl talk" with myself, I've been noticing all the eye-catching things that Minho did. It's been nagging me because I'd suddenly start thinking of him when I'm running or just laying in my new bed, that I got a few days ago.

I put my name on the wall yesterday next to Minho's. On accident, Okay! I finally felt like I belonged in the Glade. Alby has loosened up when I am around him, but people just think that the only reason he does that is because he feels like I'm his younger sister that he HAS to protect.

"Polaris sounds like the perfect name. It can be our thing."

Our thing? I look at Minho's addictive smirking smile and just nod. Sometimes he just makes me speechless. I ignore the butterfly feeling in my stomach because it usually ends with an annoying blush. Minho just laughs and complements me which worsens my reaction to the first time.

We slide into a silence that is nice and comfortable. We have come below the same tree every night to gaze up at the sky and talk about random things. This night felt different to me. Maybe it was the constant feeling of being watched all the time or the uncomfortable feeling of liking my best friend. He definitely doesn't like me back because he has been making it very clear to me other than the playfulness. The only problem is, is that everyone else in the Glade is coming up to me and making kissy noises about Minho and I which makes me uncomfortable. I've only been here...what...2 months? God, time flies fast here even if nothing has been going on. Thank god for me because I don't know what I'd do if a guy tried to rape me or something.

I see Minho's steady rising and falling of his chest and immediately go to the assumption that he is asleep. For once, I'm glad. I slowly slip the piece of paper I've been dying to look at since I got here, but I've always had a distraction. I hear the crinkle of the thin paper in my hand and the itching of the suspense of what the paper held. From the faint glow of the mysterious moon, I see a list of titles. There was probably over 15 titles in all. For some reason I just knew that these were titles of songs. It was weirdly familiar. Without thinking I start lip syncing to lyrics that I didn't even know I knew.

(One Step at a Time by Jordan Sparks)

I am still singing when I catch a look of Minho. He is so peaceful when he sleeps and it shows his vulnerable side. I like that side because it shows that he is truly a big softy. I promise that I'll always be there for him. Even if he doesn't feel the same way about me, I'll still have feelings for him because lately all those feelings are growing into love.

Too be honest, I have no clue what to do with them. So many questions that I have but I don't know who to ask. I almost confronted it with Newt but I chickened out at the last second.

I feel Minho flinch from beside me and I quickly put away my belongings. I bring up the soft red blanket that kept us warm every night to my chin. I soon drift off into a pleasant sleep of Minho's dreamy smile and pick up lines that make me secretly smile.