I'm a hopeless romantic so I write stories about The Maze Runner's Newt or Thomas Brodie Sangster. Most of them are sweet but some are heartbreaking. Thanks for reading and voting! :)
Walking for two weeks in the scorch with this burden on my chest was agonizing. I noticed the eyes always on me but yet I was never the one to meet them. I couldn't. I knew if I saw how Newt looked at me, I would crack and get him killed.
Minho had put the pieces together and approached me a few days ago. He found me crying alone and comforted me until my aching heart spilled out the truth. He swore he wouldn't tell Newt for the sake of his life and decided to help perk Newt and i up. It never really worked though.
We walked for a little while longer in silence until Thomas stopped us. In the distance, we could make out a figure of a girl. Of course Thomas assumed it was Teresa and if I knew exactly how Wicked thought, it was.
She then walked quicker until an army of the group B girls marched towards us. All of them held some weapon whether it was a bow and arrow or a gun. They came to us until there was only a couple meters between her and Thomas.
Oh no. This was her task. The one ratman gave us. Thomas's tattoo said to be killed by group B. Teresa was leading the group B girls to kill him.
"Teresa," Thomas moaned and tried running to her but Teresa held up her spear.
"Don't come any closer," she warned. "We are going to take Thomas with us to-" she was cut off by two squealing girls. One girl with blonde hair tied into a braid ran towards Nelson and a brown haired girl ran to Aris. Those must have been the girls they were betraying.
"I'm so glad I found you. I didn't know if I would ever see you again," the blonde cried as she hugged tightly onto Nelson. He looked up at me with wet eyes and all I could do was nod.
"I'm sorry but have we met?" He asked making her gasp and pull away.
"You don't remember me?" She said in a horse tone yet her face showed it all. She was breaking inside with wet eyes and flushed cheeks. "It's me. It's Ella. How can you not remember me, I'm your girlfriend."
"No you're not. I don't think I've ever met you in my life. The only girls I've known are Teresa and (Y/N)," he explained making her shift her eyes to me. I could see the brown haired girl crying to Aris but he had to stay strong.
"Now that that's over. We will be taking Thomas with us to the mountains. If you don't comply easily, we will use force," Teresa stated and held her gun up. I looked to the gladers, all looking helplessly confused and Newt looking to the two broken girls. I know it shouldn't make me jealous knowing the pain I caused to him but it hurt too much. I was done.
"No stop," I said making heads turn.
"Didn't you hear me? I said if you don't agree we will-"
"Teresa shut it!" I yelled bringing all eyes to me. "This, this is too far. You can't just walse in here and take Thomas away."
"(Y/N) what are you doing?" Nelson asked grabbing my arm. I yanked him away and backed up so I could see all three of the people with specific tasks.
"I'm done! Guys, I can't do this anymore. I mean can you really keep going while looking at Thomas, Teresa? Can you really stand to be the one to break her heart, Nelson? This is all useless." Teresa jumped off the ledge and came closer to me.
"Don't you think this is killing me? I know it's killing you but do you actually think I'm enjoying this?" She asked pointing to her chest. "Apparently, unlike you I care about his life."
"You think I don't care about Newt? You think I lied to him for the fun of it? You think it wasn't destroying me to destroy him? Bloody hell Teresa, its agonizing looking at him and pretending I have no shuck idea who he is but I wanted him alive. I would do anything to keep him alive, but this, this is just a game to Wicked now. Seeing how far he can push the four of us or eight of us or however many until we've had enough. I know the tasks we were all given but this is insane. This won't help at all in their making of a cure, it's just them playing a game with us!"
"But what are we supposed to do?" Aris chimed in joining the small circle of us. "They said if we go against them, they'll kill them. How do we know they'll keep their word and let them live now that you've blown our cover?"
I looked down and back up. "I don't. But I know I will do whatever it takes to keep him alive. Wicked can go through me before they touch him and I'm fine with that."
"Wicked said we just had to keep up the act until we made it to the safe haven," Nelson added. "We're not there yet, guys."
"Yes, but we know where the Right Arm is. They can protect all of us no matter if this safe haven is real. That way everyone's alive and safe regardless of who they remember. Nelson, I see the way you look at her, it's how I look at him. I cant keep watching us destroy the people we care about. Please," I begged.
"They won't forgive us. You most of all," Aris added. I nodded knowing it was true. Newt probably wouldn't ever forgive me for this. "But I'm still gonna protect her. Wicked or not, she's gonna be okay."
"What are we supposed to say to them?" Nelson asked. He then had a tap to his shoulder making him spin around.
"Did you miss me?" The girl asked before Nelson picked her up and set her onto his hips for a tight hug. I turned around and started walking back a little from the group. I couldn't show my face.
Suddenly, a hand was inside mine pulling me back. I spun around to see a tear face Newt. He looked angry too with red cheeks and a clenched jaw.
"Newt, I-I'm so so sorry. I know you probably never want to see me again but they were-" I was stopped when a pair of lips were on mine. It took seconds, but I stopped my panicking and kissed him back. I was crying still with my hands tugging at his shirt collar. He had his on my cheek taking away any distance from our chests.
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He broke the kiss first and pursed his lips. The tears didn't stop and now I noticed he was crying harder too. He opened his eyes and found mine.
"I'm sorry. Please, forgive me. I just couldn't-" he cut me off again the same way as before.
"My love, you hurt me, but you saved me. I can't believe they made you do that," he said pressing our foreheads together.
"They we're gonna kill you and i couldn't let that happen. I'm so sorry, Newt. I-I didn't want to hurt you but they said make it hurt or it would all be for nothing. I mean it was for nothing but still. I'm so sorry." We stood there for a while just letting myself cry into his arms. "C-can you ever forgive me?"
"Of course, love. I just wish I told you I loved you in the maze. Maybe then it would have been different," he chuckled. I couldn't laugh though. I couldn't even smile.
"I love you. I love you so much. I have for a long time." Our lips found each other's again before we walked with
"I love you too, (Y/N)," he smiled at me finally making my lips curl into a smile as well. He did forgive me. We turned around to face the others, some very confused still and others smiling at us four.
"How about we find that safe haven now?" Newt offered making the girls from group B cheer. We were gonna stop playing Wicked's games cause they don't control us anymore. We were gonna be free soon.
