Paradise (Newt X Reader Book 5)

- Family Bonding. The Fun Way. -

The next morning I was sat in the library tent in my chair with the fantasy book that Atticus gave me the previous day. I couldn't make out the title because it was so old but it was about a wizard called Harry. "Hey!" My brother came in the tent and pulled a chair opposite me. "Yes?" I smiled sarcastically.
"So good news and bad news!"
"Bad news first"
"Well you are going to be very sad to know that today you are spending the day with me. We're gonna do some physical training...don't worry I'll make it fun!"
"Oh! Sweet! You sure that's not the good news?"
"Nope! I have better news for you"
"Go on..."
"Well Georgia's hand...you screwed it up badly. She won't have use of it ever again"
"Stupid shank deserved it!"
"I couldn't agree more!" He winked and threw a bag at my feet. "In there are some new clothes. I'll be outside" he said and walked out with the normal swagger he had going on. I know I shouldn't be happy that I made Georgia Hand forever useless but hey, I could've killed her quite easily. I was happy I restrained myself to ruining her hand. I laughed silently to myself.
I opened the bag and inside was a white tank top and a pair of army patterned combat trousers with black boots. I put them in hastily and felt great. I scraped my hair into an elastic band I had found and stored the book under my chair.

"Proper soldier now sis!" He said nudging me. Minho ran over "hey Greenie, damn you look good" he said winking and pulling me into a hug. I gladly accepted it. "So promise me I get to spend some time with you tonight?" He asked, I nodded. "Sweet! Oh nice work on Georgia's hand by the way. That's my girl!" He said laughing and he ran around the corner. "I always wondered why Minho wasn't your boyfriend?" Atticus asked looking down at me. "Minho is too....arrogant? I love him of course I do and he's beyond hot but Newt is sweet and handsome and.." I looked up at Atticus and he was pretending to vomit. I punched him in the arm "ow. Damn Y/N you got some punch on you! But that's not surprising coming from a wicked test tube kid" he smiled and picked up a small rock from the floor and crushed it to dust in his hands. I could've done that easily but I was still impressed. I was happy my strength had returned to me in the last 3 years. "Come on let's go break some shit!" He said and ran off. I smiled and ran after him.

As we rounded a corner I saw a flat concrete square, it was bigger than the glade back in the maze for sure! Against a rock were two machine guns. They weren't your averages ones. They were the ones heavy ones you had to keep in the ground. In front of me were targets and to the sides were piles and piles of rubble from what I assumed were from the buildings that used to be here. "Target practise. Let's see how good you are with a gun!" He said smirking.

So I wasn't as good as Atticus was. During the first hour he taught me how to hold the gun properly and how to aim. By the end of that hour I could hit each target he set for me in turn and dead on perfect. He was a good teacher. "Let's see how strong you are!" He said taking the gun off of me. He picked up a large rock and put it in front of me. "I can't smash this rock. I can lift it but I can't get enough strength behind a punch. Let's see how you do!" He said looking adoringly at me. "No problem!" I said coolly. I breathed and calmed myself before pulling my fist back and pushing it forward.

It didn't break.

I chipped a piece off of the top but that was it. Atticus and me both fell down laughing. I expected it to break. But oh well. For the remaining time until sunset we talked and broke smaller rocks and did some more target practise. It was so much fun, I didn't want the day to end! But my stomach was growling. "Come on you. Dinner time" he said lifting me over his shoulder. "Your such a dick!" I said laughing. "Oh yeah?" He jumped making me lift off of his shoulder, it was scary and I was worried he would drop me. "Yeah!" I said playfully as he caught me in his arms and set me down. "Race yah?" I said stopping. "You're challenging me?" He said stunned. "Yeah. I'm a runner Atticus. I can beat you no problem."
"You're on!"

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I love the reader and Atticus' relationship! It's so cute!!!! Hope you enjoyed.

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