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| Ceylon |
My arms were loosely draped around his neck, his lips still moving passionately against mine. This was the first moment I felt like an actually human girl instead of an test subject.
All it took was a touch from Newt to remind me I'm human, that I have feelings and desires. That we are not programmed to fight against WCKD or cranks. That we have a right to live a normal live without having to live in constant fear.
I was so caught up that I didn't hear the door opening, all until I heard a gasp.
I quickly broke the kiss with Newt as I looked up in shock, standing there in the doorway was Rhain. The last person I was expecting to see right now, I avoided her eyes and instead looking at Newt's chest. Seeing how his chest was moving up and down faster then usual.
"Oh hi Rhain" Newt said softly as he eyes me from the corner of my eyes. "I eh, we eh didn't hear you".
It was quiet, so silent you could hear a pin drop.
I didn't want to look up at Rhain, I was embarrassed by the way I acted towards her earlier. I lost it and did things I'm not proud of, I had never gotten physical with her before. It was completely out of character for me to act like that.
Newt made me realize that Rhain didn't do this for fun, no she's the one who carries the guilt, the burden of giving into someone's last demand.
"I noticed" she answers.
I can hear the hurt in her voice, her voice sounds hoarse. Another wave of guilt hits me as I realize she had been crying on her own while I was surrounded by, well by Newt.
"Sorry you had to see this" Newt apologizes.
She shakes her head and gives him a bitter smile, "it's nothing, I heard the others found food".
Newt looks at me confused but I just shrug it off before standing up from his lap. Not everyone needed to know how Newt had been comforting me. I'd rather have that no one know about it.
"Oh but that's good news, right Cey" Newt asks as he gives me a friendly push.
Seriously? After kissing me so passionately he's now pushing me around as if I'm his best guy friend? Guys are so weird.
"Yeah" I mutter softly, looking at the ground.
I'm afraid that if I look up at Rhain, I might get upset. That I will start crying, yelling at her why she had to do what she did- all the while it was very obvious to me why she did it.
"Well let's look for them" Newt says as he wraps his arm around my shoulders to drag me along with me, "who would have ever thought that I could turn into the chatty one" I heard him mutter.
His eyes look down at me, a concerned look on his face.
The three of us make our way through the building as we hear footsteps coming from a hallway, I quickly free myself from Newt's embrace as I pull my gun out of my boot. With an poker face we move closer towards where the sound.
"Liyah it's this way" I heard the giddy voice of Frypan say, making me lower my gun.
A few seconds later we see Frypan walking next to Aaliyah. They look a little taken back, since we were holding a gun.
"Wow guys relax, there's not a single crank in here. Well not one who's still breathing" he jokes.
Aaliyah next to him starts to chuckle, hiding her mouth with her hand. She really likes him, it's so obvious.
"Dude" Frypan continues as he takes a step closer towards us, he looks at Newts face- who starts to roll his eyes, "did you eat something bad? You're lips are swollen".
Quickly I hide my own lips with my hand, pretending I had a cough. It does attract the attention from Aaliyah who raises her eyebrow.
"It's nothing Fry, I must have bumped my face into something" Newt replies.
Hearing him say that makes him look all the more suspicious, who doesn't remember bumping his face into something? However Frypan seems to buy the excuse as he simply shrugs his shoulders.
I look behind him to see Jessica walking next to Thomas and Aris, the three of them are carrying a backpack. When they notice us, I see Jessica shooting daggers at Rhain- there goes the drama queen again. Thomas has his eyes on too but in a different way and then there's Aris who's just lightly smiling at me. He knows how much Emme meant to me and how devastating it was to lose her.
"Okay so" Jessica starts, "we found some supplies we need, Aris suggested that we put everything we can carry in our own bags before diving everything".
"It's a smart idea only the bags got too heavy as you can see" Thomas said, trying to smile to lighten the mood.
It seems that I was the only downer around here, well me and Rhain.
"Well show us what you found, then let's divide and leave this place" Newt suggests.
Frypan puts his own bag on the floor as he starts to rummage through it, "well I mostly found rotten fruits and veggies so Aaliyah and I painted a room with it" the guy chuckles, "as Newt would say, we 'bloody' painted a room".
Newt on the other hand rolled his eyes, "that's not how you use it in a sentence".
"Who cares, anyway we found some bags which contains dried fruit and veggies".
Aaliyah smiles as she took out a few bottles of water, "I found us some water, Cey, Rhain catch" she said before throwing us both a bottle.
We easily catch it as I look down at it, once again being reminded of Emme. I swallow the tears that are threatening to come up as I look up, and give her a small smile.
"Thanks Ally".
I jerk my head up when I feel a hand on my lower back, looking at Newt. It was his way of reminding me he was here, and that it would all be okay in the end.
