Be Mine

Chapter 19

   I woke up to the sound of an alarm. What the shuck? I thought. I got up out of bed and ran to the Box where a bunch of boys were already crowded around. The Greenie alarm. That's what that noise was.
Thomas. Thomas would be the new Greenie if all my dreams were memories.
The Box opened. I saw a boy looking up at us. He made eye contact with me and his eyes widened with surprise. "Addison?"
I stared back at him, not knowing what to say. I noticed the Gladers staring at me. I shook my head and turned to leave. I didn't know where I was going, but I was not going to stay with all the Gladers.

I ended up in the Deadheads. I climbed a tree and stayed up there. Not long afterward I heard a voice call my name.
"Addison!" Newt called out.
He saw me and headed toward me. I climbed down the tree and looked at him.
"Addison," Newt said. "What happened back there?"
"I don't know," I replied truthfully.
"Do you know the Greenie?"
I didn't answer.
"Addison," Newt said sternly. "I need you to be honest with me. Do you know the Greenie?"
"I don't know," I said. "He appeared in my dreams a few times. We were...friends. His name is Thomas."
"Come with me," Newt said. "We need to talk to Alby."
Newt headed back to the middle of the Glade and I followed. We didn't talk, but I didn't mind. I wasn't in the mood for talking. Newt looked very lost in thought. I had to admit though, he looked so hot when he was thinking.
Newt led me to Alby who was talking to Thomas. Chuck came over and took Thomas to show him his bed, leaving me alone with Alby and Newt.
"Do you know the Greenie, Addison?" Alby asked me.
I slowly nodded my head.
"You mean you actually remember him?"
"Well yes and no," I explained. "I don't really remember him but he did appear in some of my dreams. I think we were friends."
"Well he obviously remembered you," Alby stated.
"Yeah," I said. "I don't really know how he remembered me. I doubt he remembers anything else."
"I think I need to talk to the Greenie later," Alby muttered. With that, he left.
Newt was staring at something off in the distance and I awkwardly stood looking everywhere except for at him. Then I thought of Ben.
"How's Ben doing?" I asked.
"Huh? Oh, well he's going through the changing," Newt explained.
"Is he going to be okay?"
Newt looked at me and smiled sadly. "You're so beautiful."
"Stop trying to distract me," I said, annoyed. "Is Ben going to be okay?"
Newt sighed. "I hope so. I don't know for sure though."
I felt like crying but no tears came. Poor Ben. He was my best friend here in the Glade, I didn't want anything bad to happen to him.
Newt put his arm around me and held me close to him. "I'm sorry, Addison."
I closed my eyes and sighed.
"When Ben feels a little better, I'll ask Alby if you can visit him," Newt said.
"Okay," I replied.
"Okay," Newt said before he picked me up and carried me bridal style to his bedroom.
"Why are you doing this?" I asked.
"Because I think we can both use a break from the Glade and Gladers."
"You didn't need to carry me," I said, although I didn't really mind. "I'm heavy."
"No you're not," Newt countered. "You're on the short side and you're not fat at all. Although you are pretty muscular."
I giggled. "That's because of Minho's workouts he plans for me."
Newt chuckled. "I wonder if Minho can plan some workouts for me too."
I laughed as Newt laid me down on his bed. He lay down next to me, stroking my hair. We lay in silence for a few moments.
"Hey Newt?"
"Yeah?"
"What do I look like?"
Newt chuckled. "That was random."
"What if I want to be random?" I giggled.
"Then you can be random," Newt smiled at me. "You've been here a long time and you're just now asking what you look like?"
"Yeah," I said. "What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing," Newt replied. He sat up and looked at me. "Well, you have long, beautiful brown hair with natural light brown, almost blonde highlights. And you have dark brown, almost black, eyes; they remind me of the night sky. You're about 5 feet 2 inches tall. You have a perfect nose and your eyebrows are on fleek."
I laughed at the last part.
"And your lips, you have perfect soft lips that I could kiss all day," Newt leaned in and kissed me.
I smiled and kissed him back.
"I love you," Newt said after we broke apart.
"I love you too."
After a few more kisses, I fell asleep in Newt's arms.