The Variable

Greenie

"Wake up Greenie", Minho nudged Rakau awake in what was becoming their morning ritual. Rakau grinned.

"You can't call me that after today!", Minho looked confused for a moment.

"Oh yeah, we get a new greenie today huh?" . They both started walking towards the map room.

"How could you forget with new people popping up every month?".

"When you've been down here as long as I have Greenies all kinda look the same." Rakau smirked.

"Wow geezer, your memory is really getting shoddy. You sure you should be running still? We might have to look into a retirement plan.". Minho pulled a face at her.

"Well maybe after today you might not be the only girl anymore." 

"Huh, I never really thought of that. Oh well, as long as she isn't a snotty brat like Gally we will be fine".  They walked out to the entrance of the maze and began to run. Without saying anything both runners were on edge. Every little sound made them whip around to see what had caused it. For the first time Rakau could really understand the pressure of being a runner. When they neared the Glade both teenagers visibly relaxed.Rakau turned to Minho with a playful grin.

"Well geezer, think you can finally defeat me?". 

"Huh, are you actually asking that? I have been going easy on you till this point. But I guess you need to be humbled greenie."

"Hey you can't call me that..", before she could finish her sentence Minho took off down the long passage way. Rakau grinned and raced off right behind him. She came up next to him and winked before pushing him away.

"Hey! That was uncalled for!".

"Haven't  you ever heard that cheaters never win?"

"Well if they are good at cheating then they win all the time!". Rakau stuck out her tongue and Minho had to sprint to catch up to her. They were side by side as they made a sharp turn directly into the Glade. It would have been an epic finish to an epic race, but unfortunately someone had been standing right at the entrance to the maze. As Rakau turned to tease Minho she slammed right into the person, knocking them both to the ground. Minho stumbled and yelped as he tripped over their legs and ended up sprawled ontop of Rakau. Across the Glade she heard Chuck and Nico start laughing.

"Aw bloody... Actually I don't even know what this looks like...". Newt looked down at the sweaty dog pile with an amused expression. Rakau groaned and tried to get up but Minho kept her awkwardly pinned over this random boy. 

"Minho, get off me right now."

"Aww,but this is our first cuddle! You want it to end that quickly?". She let out a frustrated puff of air before twisting to glare at him.

"If you don't get off me in the next three seconds I will kick your little shuck head out into  the maze and you can cuddle with the grievers."

"Aw, your no fun..."he slowly began to climb off her, but Rakau shoved him off as hard as she could. Minho tumbled to the ground and Rakau immediately shot of the other boy. She looked down at him for the first time. Wow, she thought, what  hottie. This boy had an amused looked on his face and his brown hair was tousled from his fall. He wore a blue shirt and leather hand guards. Rakau smiled and held out her hand to pull him up.

"Sorry about that, I was to busy destroying Minho again to see where I was going." The boy smiled.

"It's fine, I suppose it's every teenage boys dream to be tackled by a beautiful girl". Chuck and Nico laughed. Wow, Rakau had not even seen them come up.

"Careful there dude, you flirt with Rakau and you make the entire Glade your enemy". Thomas looked down and Chuck.

"Hey little man don't get jealous, if you really want I can shove Rakau into you to." Chuck pretended to consider that, but Rakau shoved both of them. She rolled her eyes and turned to Newt with a smile. She had been expecting him to smile back, but Newt actually looked a little irritated. Suddenly she felt an arm wrap around her shoulder and she was pulled into a hard chest. She looked up and saw Minho had also snagged Newt and was practically pulling them both away.

"Chucky boy we will leave the greenbean to you". Chuck, Nico, and Thomas looked a little surprised at his bluntness.

"Um sure, but you might want to relax a little. Newt and Rakau look like they are choking." Minho did not even look back as he yanked his friends towards the homestead. Rakau pulled away and glared at him. 

"What was that about? We just ditched the Greenie". Newt and Minho ignored her and continued to march to the homestead. Only then did she see what they saw. Ben was looking around in a daze just outside the door

*dah dah Dunn!! Hey fellow geeks! If you are still reading this please comment and tell me how you think that went! Things are about to get interesting in the Glade. Also tell me what you thought of Thomas! Thanks for reading and again don't be afraid to comment!*