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Sam
My body is still warm from Minho's touch, the patch on my forehead where he kissed almost glowing with heat.
"How are your wrists?" Jeff, the medjack, asks me as he rearranges several bottles of medicine on the shelves.
I nod, showing him the now lighter bruises around my wrists. He notices my silence and drops the subject, thankfully, and shows me where to start my work.
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I find my way to the kitchens, and steal an apple, before sneaking into the deadheads. I walk and walk, deeper and deeper into the forest.
I peak through a tree, I stare before snapping back into reality. Am I dreaming?
A smirk forms on my face, as I begin to back away from the pool, getting a headstart as I canon ball into the crystal water. I resurface and laugh, flailing and splashing in the water. I dive down and memories flood my mind.
Tears streak down my face, I remember a woman. She was dressed in a navy blue dress smiling at me.
"I love you" she says. "Remember that Minho and Thomas will protect you."
"I love you too mommy." I cry into her dress.
She backs away from the room and two arms wrap around me, preventing me from chasing after her. "She's gone now." says a gravelly voice. I look up at a man in a smart suit.
He laughs and takes me into a bright white room.
"I see you found the pool." A British accent calls, startling me, as I turn to see a smiling Newt.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that, but it was so hot..."
"It's okay, greenie. We all come for a swim every now and then, but not in our clothes, unlike you." He chuckles, sitting at the edge of the pool and dangling his, now bare, feet in the cool water.
I smile at him, then diving into the water, swimming deeper and deeper into the crystal blue. But all of a sudden, the water is disrupted as something large lands in it. I resurface, and look around me, but there was nothing to be seen.
Suddenly, my leg is tugged, and I scream as I am pulled under. I open my eyes and come face to face with Newt. He laughs under the water at my facial expression, but he then realises that he's lost all of his oxygen, and rises to the surface coughing and spluttering.
The rest of the time in the pool consisted of play fighting and stupid pranks.
Until we realised we should get back to work, and we both ran to our rooms, shedding our wet clothes and racing back to our various jobs, laughter bubbling from our mouths each time we saw eachother.
