If There Is A Light

Chapter 24

"You're gonna get in trouble." Newt scolded, although he did appreciate her loyalty.

Ellia ignored him and sat on the ground in front of the pit. "You should say you're sorry." She handed him a sandwich she had smuggled from Frypan. She knew it was breaking one of the three commandments that had gotten them into this mess in this first place, but she could not help it. Newt would be going out into the maze first thing in the morning and she could not in good conscience let him do that on an empty stomach. Alby could either get over it or throw her in there too.

"He probably deserved it... maybe not at that moment, but you know Gally." Newt knew she was right, but he would much rather pretend nothing happened. He took a bite of his meal, "Gally probably won't even remember."

"Yeah, yeah. You didn't really have a reason to hit him. l'm the one that talked."

"Perhaps I just wasn't thinkin' clearly." Newt admitted. Maybe an apology was in order. "If you could just not talk to anyone else that'd be great."

Ellia laughed. She had contemplated the idea that if she had just kept her mouth shut in the first place none of this would have happened. She lifted her fingers to 'zip' her lips.

"Don't really do that. That's not funny at all. Don't know why I bloody said that." Newt had known that she was more than likely kidding, but on the off chance she wasn't he needed her to know how he felt. Well about that. He did not even really know himself how he felt anymore (about her that was). He knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were good feelings. That much was obvious to anyone. They were just more intense and urgent than anything he had felt before. He was still trying to decipher them.

"First talk, then don't talk, now talk again... anything else I can do for you?"

"Say my name."

The request caught her off guard and resulted in a pink tint spreading across her nose, "Why?"

"Just wanna hear it. Gotta have something to get me through the night."

"Goodnight Newt."