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| Ceylon |
I was feeling nervous since it took a while for Rhain to get back, and then Thomas leaving to see if she's okay- even though I made it clear to him that he shouldn't go after her in the first place. She's a big girl and she knows what she's doing.
Then there was Jessica who was nagging me as soon as Rhain was out of sight, I tried my hardest to keep myself together but at some point I lost it.
"How do you not feel guilty, you could have killed us all with that scream. Why were you even screaming" she asked.
I bit my lower lip, Ceylon you can do it. Just keep yourself together.
"You're even turning everyone against me".
I watch how she keeps pacing back and forth in front of me, flipping her hair. How did she not realize what a big nagger she is? None of the others blamed me for what happened and only she keeps bringing it up.
"But let's not forget about that murderer, she probably left us for dead and-".
I don't let her finish that sentence.
My hand is stinging and she looks at me in shock. It was dead silence, as I was processing what I just did.
"You just shucking slapped me" Jessica said in pure shock.
"Yet you are still complaining, just shut the shuck up before I do it again" I warn her as I raise my hand again.
She quickly takes a few steps back while holding her cheek, I had never seen that look on her face before. But I had to feeling that she finally got the messages, well for now.
A warm hand grabs my wrist, stopping me from hitting the older girl again. There's a warm breath near my neck. "She's not bloody worth it".
I stand there frozen while I feel how Newt slowly moves my arm down, I didn't realize I still had my arm up.
All of the sudden we hear someone clear their throat, "well I think we missed something" Thomas said as he felt the awkward atmosphere.
"Why is Jessica holding her cheek, and Newt Ceylon's hand, and wait never mind I got it" Rhain said as she rubbed the back of her neck, "let me guess, she called me a murderer again".
I look down at the ground, violence is never the answer. Unless the question is how to defeat a crank.
Suddenly I felt really embarrassed, I let my frustration get the best of me. I'm always the calm one, the one who thinks things through but right now, I don't know what happened but I couldn't hold it in anymore.
"She was attack Ceylon again and then called you a murderer again" Newt said softly as he gently let go of my hand, "but did you find anything?".
Rhain nods, "I was planning on waiting up there but it got a little too quiet down here, so I got suspicious" she continues. "Well let's go".
The guys just nod as they follow her up the flight of stairs. I glance at Jessica who just looks at the ground before running behind the rest. A sigh escapes my mouth as I walk behind them.
After the tenth flight of stairs we finally saw some sunlight, a small smile crept up my lips. Maybe it was all the darkness that made us all cranky.
"Are you okay" I heard Aaliyah say, she puts her hand on my shoulder as we step outside. I simply nod. "Nice slap though, I know you're not proud of it. But let's hope she learned something from it".
Aaliyah pats my back before catching up with Frypan. I wonder what's going on between those two, they got really close in just a short period of time. It's odd to see them like this, it's almost as if they are dating.
Meanwhile I was still trying to get used to Newt.
He was not that bad, he just got into my personal space often, and with that I mean he's always around. Either when I'm taking the first watch or when I have my moments- like earlier he saved Jessica from another slap, she should thank him for that later.
Suddenly I feel someone grabbing my wrist and dragging me behind them, "Cey, I wanna talk to you later" I heard Rhain whisper as she kept dragging me behind her, she gave Thomas next to her a friendly smile before looking at me again.
"Ah I got it" I told her with a smirk as I winked at Thomas.
Her eyes widened, "no not about me" she quickly defend herself.
"Yeah not about you" I repeated before she let me go.
"Don't make me slap you" Rhain jokes as she jokingly pushes me away by pressing her hand palm against my cheek.
I've missed moments like these, just joking around with Rhain without a care in the world. Back in the Glade we would hang out when the other's went to bed. We talked about what we had hoped our memories would be like, a nice family with maybe a sibling. Even if we would have a pet, but we would never know about any of those things.
"You're hurting my feelings" I joke.
"Go to someone else to cry on" she snickers as she looks behind us.
I follow her gaze and see Newt looking down in the sand, a frown on his face. That's another thing I noticed, he's almost always frowning. It makes him look like a child when he does it.
"Wow rude" I tell her as she lets go of me.
I feel someone bump into me, almost causing me to fall face forward in the sand but an arm is wrapped around my waist- keeping me save from eating sand. When I look behind me, I notice Newt frowning before his eyes meet mine.
"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention" he told me before helping me get steady. That is until Jessica bumps her shoulder into mine, making me fall backwards against Newt.
That stupid shank.
"I'm not sorry, this is her fault" I tell him as I point at the older girl who triumphantly continues her walk.
Newt chuckles as he helps me get steady once again, "it's okay. Glad to be at services as personal tissue and catcher".
I laugh softly as I thank him once again.
"Ceylon for a runner you're pretty slow" Aris jokes as he passes us.
If only he knew, "yah, you better watch that pretty mouth, I'm faster then you think".
