A/n- 💕💕 I'd like to apologize for another long wait. Sigh I'm the worst lol. Anyway here's the chapter enjoy!!
"I think I love you..." Cole said as he stared into my e/c eyes.
My mouth hung open. Was he being serious? We just met a couple days ago.
"Well...I uh..." I was dumbfounded.
He frowned and nodded saying, "I get it. You don't have to say anything."
He stood up and smiled. He put his hand out and helped me up. He saluted to me and trudged away. Newt came over, arms crossed and eyes narrowed at Cole. He huffed. He's been acting odd lately.
"What did he want?" Newt asked. I shrugged.
"Doesn't matter much. We were just talking," I answered.
Newt gave me a look and dropped his arms to his side. Minho walked over and told me about finding something to do. When I reminded him about my cooking he just sighed and asked if I wanted to do anything else.
"Nah I'm good."
They just shrugged and all three of us walked away to the Home Stead. You could here yelling upstairs. Two people were arguing but their voices were muffled. But scream upon scream came out of their mouths. Newt sat next to me on the left with Minho on my right. Newt was holding my hand like a kid held onto his mother's hand. How would I know about family? Odd thoughts of small children come to mind. Children training, crying, and trying to find their way out of a large building. Hands stopped them. Crazy people could be heard from the barred windows yelling hateful things.
"YOU SHOULD ALL DIE!"
"YOU DO NOTHING FOR US!"
"GIVE ME YOUR EYES KIDS!"
"I WANT TO FEED OFF YOUR BLOOD YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF TRASH!!"
If you looked closely at them, they were missing body parts. Eyes, arms, noses, legs, ears, fingers, large gashes in their faces and bodies. Terrifying honestly.
Newt elbowed me in the stomach.
"Are you alright (Y/n)?" He said with a small sparkle in his eyes.
"Yeah, just thinking about things." I said while trying to force a smile.
He shrugged. The screaming subsided to murmurs and calm voices. I nudged Minho and asked him what was happening.
"Eh just Alby and Gally's soothing conversations about useless crap."
"The things they argue about aren't
useless...sometimes." Newt said with a blank look on his face.
"Hey about Cole... what's his job?" I asked quietly.
Newt look at Minho.
"Care to explain Keeper?" Newt joked as he rested his head in the palms of his hands.
Minho rolled his eyes and said, "He's a Runner. A very fast one too. I'd watch out if I were him though." Minho laughed at his comment.
Watch out? What's that supposed to mean?
"Newt will kill 'em just so he can have his hands on you," Minho said as he looked at Newt, who was blushing and staring daggers at Minho.
"Stop with that crap Minho," Newt said as he crossed his arm defensively, "I wouldn't hurt the guy."
Minho shrugged. "We'll have to see."
Whoever was upstairs was coming down. Alby clomped down the stairs and clapped his hands so he got everyone's attention.
"Fires gonna start now. Let's go people."
Minho sprang up and jogged out to the fire pit to help. Newt grabbed my hand and we walked together. His hand was surprisingly warm and soft. I looked at his face and hair. His hair looked soft also, a beautiful dirty blonde. He had doll like lips that complimented his cheeks and eyes. His eyes were like beautiful diamonds to me. What am I saying? I don't like him, do I? Hmm... I'm not sure. Maybe I'll be sure later though. I squeezed his hand and he looked at me and smiled.
"You okay?" He asked me sweetly.
I bit my lower lip and looked at him. He rubbed my back and looked ahead.
"I'm scared..." I finally admit. This place was getting to me. We may never leave. I could die here. I could die never remembering my family. Death. Something we all have to go through. I know I'll have to. But not here.
"It'll be okay. You'll get out of here sooner or later," Newt says.
I rest my head on his shoulder when we get to the fire.
Voices come back to me.
"It'll be sooner. We still have to punish you for what you've done (Y/n)!" Two voices said in my head.
Who are these people? I still have yet to know what I've done. An image flashes in my head. That girl from before. She promised we'd escape. She promised me and her would escape. And I'd be their key to freedom. Her strawberry hair came to mind. We'd be safe, sound, and sane...
Something brought me back to reality.
"I'll keep you safe. I promise." Newt said as he grasped my hand.
"I'll keep you safe. We need to look out for each other." I say.
Minho sits in front of us.
"She makes a good point there. I'll keep ya both safe!" He said cheerfully.
Alby sat next to Minho and put a hand on his shoulder.
"And I'll be the one who makes sure none of you guys die on us." Alby had a large smile on his face.
Everything was perfect at that moment. We all smiled and then all three boys went to get more wood. Out of the corner of my eye I spot Cole. His eyes are darting around and he looks shady. What's going on with him? He spots me and freezes, his mouth a gap. He quickly turns the other way and runs off. Runs to the woods. (Run Forest, R U N!!) Gally walked up to the log I sat on and crossed his arms.
"Ready?" He asked me.
Huh? What does he mean? Gally huffed impatiently.
"Our fight you idiot."
I stood up and slapped him hard across the face. He touched his cheek and winced in pain. He then pushed me into the sand pit they used for fighting. I punched him in the gut and proceeded to kick him in the knees so he was on his back. I pinned him down without breaking a sweat. The other boys cheered and whistled. I stood up and wiped the dust off my pants.
"Don't try that again please." I say as I walk off and Newt hands me a drink. I try it but immediately spit it out.
"What is this stuff?!" I ask.
Newt just laughs and says, "It's a special concoction made by the shuck-face you just fought."
I squint. It's so sour and disgusting. I hand the drink to Alby but he just dumps it out.
(TIMESKIP TO: later that night)
I yawned loudly. We were all dancing and laughing and having a good time. Newt told me to get to bed. I nodded slightly. I walked off under a tree and made myself comfortable. Sleep finally came to me. A peaceful dream that was destroyed.
