Tease >> Newt

I Liked It

"Tommy."

"Only Newt calls me that, Max."

"Yeah but can I call you something?"

"Yeah how about Thomas."

"Ugh whatever. They're serving dinner. Come at get some."

I waited for Thomas to go ahead but he wouldn't.

"Go. I'm waiting for you."

"No you go first. You always follow me everywhere and the last thing we need is you following me into the maze. You go first."

"Whatever T-Dog." He glared at me. "Ok we'll think of something."

I went and got in line behind Newt. He turned around.

"You are really short you know?"

"So I'm told."

"What's life like from down there?"

"Not fun."

"Let me see." He crouched down to my level.

"This is very diminishing you know?"

"Everything below eye level is a crotch." He turned at looked at me still down at my level.

"How do you do it?" Just then somebody pushed my head forward and my mouth landed on Newt's. He lingered but I pulled back. I turned around and saw that it was Dave who had pushed me.

"I'm sorry." I said. "I...I have to go." I whispered before running off into the deadheads. I wanted to go to my favourite spot. The one Newt showed me but I really wanted nobody to find me. So I went for a different spot in the deadheads. I sat down and put my head in my hands.

What happened? Why did I run? Why did Dave push my head into Newt's? Did what I remember happening the other night really happen? I felt like crying but no tears fell.

I heard a rustling in the trees.

"Who is it? Is somebody there?"

"It's just me." Thomas said coming from my right.

"How did you find me?"

"I didn't. I just kind of came here because I like this spot."

"You saw what happened?" I looked up at him.

"Yeah I did. And it's ok I mean. Take your mind off it. Think about something else. Like what you did today. Unless you spent the day with Newt. Think about something else." He rambled on and on. I wasn't really paying attention. I was just looking forward with unfocused vision. "And then I thought maybe Minho was right. But I couldn't tell him that he's Minho. He would never let-"

"I liked it."

"What?" He said trying to come into my vision.

"I liked it." I said looking up at him. "You can't tell him, Thomas."

"But why? I mean we all saw the other night. He said he liked you."

"It's not him, Thomas, it's the others. They'll never let it go. And it's only worse if I like him back."

"Ok I won't say anything."

"I know you can't saying anything but I really liked it Thomas I really did." I said smiling a little.

"See. It's not all bad." Thomas said.

"Do you think that after all of this, if we get out, he will remember me?" He sighed. He slung his arm around my shoulder and pulled me in tight.

"How could he forget?"