Beauty and the Builder- A Gally Fanfic

Chapter 7- A Whole World Of Problems

Before we start I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you all so much for reading it means so much to me that you would all keep hoping for an update even though I'd been gone for ages! I'm not one for apologies or anything like that so I wanted to get a solid chapter ready for you all as I know you've been waiting for so long. We're on around 11K reads now which I can't even comprehend so again, my thanks go out to each and every one of you for all of the lovely comments and sticking with me for months on end. I hope you'll enjoy - Me.
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Elizabeth's P.O.V
A long time passed since I talked to Newt that night. Thomas made a full recovery and got many pats on the back from the gladers. I think Gallys even impressed! Makes a change I suppose. Everything seemed back to normal apart from the fact that Ben was still sick and we still didn't know what was wrong with him. Alby told me to carry on as normal and try to keep a happy face for the rest of the Glade, he also said that today was my job tryout with the Builders. Not gonna lie, I've been dreading this moment for weeks.

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Gally's P.O.V
When I was told that Elizabeth was going to be working with us today I suddenly felt nervous, I don't know why. I mean how could the weakest member of the glade make me feel weaker? Was it what happened in the fighting ring a while back? I'm not going to ponder about it for long as I've got work to do.

I can't believe that some of my builders would even dare to think that she's pretty or even like her at all.

Elizabeth's P.O.V
For the moment I decided that my problems were more important that Newt's lovelife. If I can't handle my own problems how can I even think of attempting to help someone else? Well, today is as good as any other day I figured let's just get it over with.

I walked cautiously over to where the builders usually work and hopped over a few logs on the way to Gally who was standing under the treehouse sawing a plank of wood. I gently tapped him on the shoulder and was greeted with the same scowl and characteristic eyebrows that no one in their right mind would miss. "Would you look at that boys, Miss Prissy pants here would like a job," Gally remarked as he squeezed my cheek. He gained a couple laughs from his usual gang of goons but not everyone was joining in on the joke. I recognised one of them as a guy who would usually hang around Ben and never leave his side. It was always him, Ben and Gally. I did wonder for a second why Ben didn't call this boy his best friend instead of Gally, maybe Ben wanted to be in with the cool crowd?

When I snapped out of my gaze (and wondering about Ben's friendships) I noticed that I was surrounded in a circle of builders all with creepy smirks on their faces. I remember reading once that surrounding someone is an intimidation tactic and was ready to pipe up with a witty comeback that Chuck and Minho would be surely proud of, when Alby's voice echoes across the Glade. "Stop working for the day, all keepers to the meeting room immediately we have some very urgent topics to discuss. Anyone have any objections?" ... The Glade fell silent. "No? Well hop to it then!"

Groans of boredom filled the air around me and boys all around shuffled their way into the meeting room. Gally waited until last and gave me a stern look before proudly making his way to the meeting room too, leaving me alone under the shade if the treehouse.